Past Issues/Archives - Altcoin Weekly

Issue #93 (09/21/2015)

Issue #94 12 - 18 September 2015 BITCOIN PRICE (BITSTAMP) Latest News Nine of the World’s Biggest Banks Form Blockchain Partnership Nine of the world’s biggest banks, including Goldman Sachs and Barclays, have joined forces with New York-based fin...

Issue #92 (09/11/2015)

Issue #93 5 - 11 September 2015 It has been a wonderful week for blockchain startups raising money from VCs. Startups in the blockchain space announced over $45 million of funding this week. Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe at altcoinweekly.com B...

Issue #91 (09/01/2015)

Issue #91 22 - 28 August 2015 Really sorry for sending the newsletter out late this week. Most of the news for the week involves the Bitcoin block size increase. Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe at altcoinweekly.com BITCOIN PRICE (BITSTAMP) SPONS...

Issue #90 (08/23/2015)

Issue #90 15 - 21 August 2015 Bitcoin is on a constitutional crisis. Gavin Andresen and Mike Hearn has released Bitcoin XT, a fork of Bitcoin Core that introduced several new features, chief among them an increase of the block size to 8MB. Also, t...

Issue #89 (08/16/2015)

Issue #89 8 - 14 August 2015 This week the top news is about the many Bitcoin companies that choose to stop serving New York residents because of the BitLicense. This is a sad consequence of regulations throttling innovations. Some top Bitcoin com...

Issue #88 (08/09/2015)

Issue #88 1 - 7 August 2015 Overstock launched t0.com this week at Nasdaq in an otherwise less dramatic week in cryptocurrency. Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe at altcoinweekly.com BITCOIN PRICE (BITSTAMP) Latest News Bitfinex No Longer Availabl...

Issue #87 (08/02/2015)

Issue #87 25 - 31 July 2015 Mark Karpeles is finally arrested by the Japanese police after over 1 year being on the free since the bankruptcy of MtGox. Let's hope justice is served. Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe at altcoinweekly.com BITCOIN PR...

Issue #86 (07/25/2015)

Issue #86 18 - 24 July 2015 BitX announced that they have $4 million and this money will be used to grow operations in South East Asia and Africa. Both these regions most certainly need reputable Bitcoin exchanges to grow the ecosystem. Bobby Not ...

Issue #85 (07/18/2015)

Issue #85 11 - 17 July 2015 Seems like the recent bull run has lost some steam? It should go up further, dammit! Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe at altcoinweekly.com BITCOIN PRICE (BITSTAMP) Latest News London's first listed bitcoin company is c...

Issue #84 (07/12/2015)

Issue #84 4 - 10 July 2015 Bitcoin and altcoin prices are going up, up, up! Check out CoinGecko for more altcoin prices. Exciting times ahead! Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe at altcoinweekly.com BITCOIN PRICE (BITSTAMP) Latest News Citibank Is ...

Issue #83 (07/03/2015)

Issue #83 27 June - 3 July 2015 For this week, I would like to ask one simple question and I really hope that you can hit the Reply button and help me answer it: What are you struggling with in the cryptocurrency scene? Bobby Not a subscriber? Sub...

Issue #82 (06/27/2015)

20 - 26 June 2015 Hi guys, I'm heading to London tomorrow for two weeks. If you are in London and fancy meeting up, hit the Reply button and let me know! I will be attending the CoinScrum meetup featuring Andreas Antonopoulos on 6th July so do inf...

Issue #81 (06/22/2015)

13 - 19 June 2015 Bitcoin price went up mid-week. Some are speculating that this is because of increase in demand from Greece in fears of Grexit while others seem to suggest otherwise. This article provides a good summary of whether Greece was beh...

Issue #80 (06/14/2015)

6 - 12 June 2015 This week OpenBazaar announced $1 million in funding backed by big-name VCs and angel investors. It would be interesting to follow the progress of OpenBazaar in the coming months. Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe at altcoinweekly...

Issue #79 (06/08/2015)

30 May - 5 June 2015 Sorry for sending out this week's newsletter late. Top news this week: NY announced the final BitLicense bill but it seems like California has got the better regulation. Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe at altcoinweekly.com B...

Issue #78 (05/31/2015)

23 - 29 May 2015 As always in Bitcoinland, there's a non-stop supply of drama. This week, we saw the Roger Ver-OKCoin dispute over non-payment of rent for bitcoin.com escalated and started involving OKCoin's ex-CTO, Changpeng Zhao. A lot of dirty ...

Issue #77 (05/24/2015)

16 - 22 May 2015 Hi guys, recently I launched a new fintech newsletter called Fintech Street. Go take a look and join other senior bankers who are already subscribed to this newsletter and gain insights into the development of this fast-growing in...

Issue #76 (05/16/2015)

9 - 15 May 2015 This week, my partner at CoinGecko, TM Lee gave a presentation on evaluating the potential of alternative cryptocurrencies at Inside Bitcoins Hong Kong. It's been a great week most definitely! Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe at a...

Issue #75 (05/09/2015)

2 - 8 May 2015 This week, I am proud to announce that we have partnered with Inside Bitcoins to provide a 10% discount off passes for next week's conference in Hong Kong when you register with the code COINGECKO. My CoinGecko partner, TM Lee will ...

Issue #74 (05/02/2015)

25 April - 1 May 2015 Wall Street is definitely getting involved with Bitcoin. This week, Circle announced they have raised US$50 million from Goldman Sachs and IDG Capital Partners. This follows NYSE's participation in Coinbase's US$75 million ro...

Issue #73 (04/26/2015)

18 - 24 April 2015 The big news this week is Jackson Palmer, the founder of Dogecoin announcing via Twitter that he is leaving the cryptocurrency space because of its "toxic" culture. I agree with him that there are too many scams in this industry...

Issue #72 (04/18/2015)

11 - 17 April 2015 Paycoin and GAW seems to be disintegrating further with more federal agencies investigating them. When will all the scams stop? Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe at altcoinweekly.com BITCOIN PRICE (BITSTAMP) SPONSOR NeuCoin is t...

Issue #71 (04/10/2015)

4 - 10 April 2015 This week is a full-featured weekly with loads of really great reading material for your weekend. You should absolutely take read Tim Swanson's 66 page report on distributed ledgers. Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe at altcoinwe...

Issue #70 (04/05/2015)

28 March - 3 April 2015 It's big issue number 70! Amazed that I'm still curating this newsletter after over a year. Really enjoy following developments in this industry. How can you not when there are so many plot twists in developments surroundin...

Issue #69 (03/28/2015)

21 - 27 March 2015 This week we see a lot of development in the legal part so have a good weekend catching up on all the regulatory updates. Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe at altcoinweekly.com BITCOIN PRICE (BITSTAMP) Market Can the blockchain ...

Issue #68 (03/22/2015)

14 - 20 March 2015 BITCOIN PRICE (BITSTAMP) Latest News Cryptocurrency Dark Market Evolution Vanishes Evolution, a cryptocurrency dark market has disappeared. It isn’t yet clear how many bitcoins the two staff members allegedly took from the marke...

Issue #67 (03/15/2015)

7 - 13 March 2015 Secretive Bitcoin Startup, 21 came out of stealth and announced that they have raised $116 million, the most ever by a startup in the digital-currency sector. 21 is co-founder by Balaji Srinivasan, a Stanford professor and also p...

Issue #66 (03/08/2015)

28 February - 7 March 2015 This week we saw two big launches in the ecosystem: Mercury, a trustless decentralized exchange and Abra, a peer-to-peer Bitcoin remittance app. Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe at altcoinweekly.com BITCOIN PRICE (BITST...

Issue #65 (03/01/2015)

21 - 27 February 2015 To me the big news this week is that Ryan Kennedy or Alex Green of the Moolah/Mintpal debacle has finally been arrested by UK police. Those involved with this scam needs to be brought to justice. Bobby Not a subscriber? Subsc...

Issue #64 (02/21/2015)

14 - 20 February 2015 Recently when I made my last layout change for AltcoinWeekly, I got a request saying that I should remove article thumbnails in my newsletters as it was a waste of space on mobile devices. Today I am trying out a layout witho...

Issue #63 (02/14/2015)

7 - 13 February 2015 As I hit the Send button for this week, Bitcoin price is rallying up again perhaps in time for Chinese New Year? It would be interesting to watch things the next few days to see if the rally continues or settles back to low-$2...

Issue #62 (02/06/2015)

31 January - 6 February 2015 Hi guys, the big news this week is the conviction of Ross Ulbricht for being the mastermind behind Silk Road. Also NYDFS announced the revised version of BitLicense and New York Observer published a 15,000 word report ...

Issue #61 (02/01/2015)

24 - 30 January 2015 Hey guys, sorry for the delay in sending out this week's newsletter. I had a really busy week attending Inside Bitcoins Singapore. Here's an image of me talking on The Future of Altcoins panel. Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscrib...

Issue #60 (01/24/2015)

17 - 23 January 2014 Coinbase announced a massive Series C round of funding totalling US$75 million from strategic investors such as New York Stock Exchange, Spanish bank BBVA and ex-Citigroup CEO, Vikram Pandit. This shows that smart money contin...

Issue #59 (01/16/2015)

10 - 16 January 2015 Damn this was one hell of a capitulation week with bitcoin prices tumbling to below $200. Hope it recovers soon again. Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe at altcoinweekly.com BITCOIN PRICE (BITSTAMP) Latest News Bitcoin Price C...

Issue #58 (01/09/2015)

3 - 9 January 2015 It was another tough week with Bitstamp reporting that their hot wallet was hacked resulting in a loss of US$5 million. Thankfully the bulk of their holdings are stored safely in cold storage. Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe a...

Issue #57 (01/04/2015)

27 December 2014 - 2 January 2015 Hi guys, Happy New Year! Sorry for sending out this newsletter late. I was on holiday in Phuket to refresh myself for the upcoming 2015 which looks like it will be a great year :) Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe...

Issue #56 (12/26/2014)

20 - 26 December 2014 Merry Christmas folks. Hope you are having a good time enjoying the holidays with your family! Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe at altcoinweekly.com BITCOIN PRICE (BITSTAMP) Latest News Canadian Startup BitGold Closes $3.5 M...

Issue #55 (12/20/2014)

13 - 19 December 2014 It's been another crappy week in terms of bitcoin price. When will the next bull run come again? Bobby Not a subscriber? Subscribe at altcoinweekly.com BITCOIN PRICE (BITSTAMP) SPONSOR Ziftrcoin: The time for cryptocurrency i...

Issue #54 (12/13/2014)

6 - 12 December 2014 This week, ziftrCOIN is sponsoring AltcoinWeekly in conjunction with the launch of their presale. ziftrCOIN is an interesting altcoin that is run by the Ziftr team led by experienced entrepreneur, Bob Wilkins. I conducted an i...

Issue #53 (12/05/2014)

29 November - 5 December 2014 Hi folks, this week I ran a giveaway on /r/dogecoin to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of AltcoinWeekly and received quite some new subshibers to this newsletter. I want to drop a big warm welcome to all you awesome ...

Issue #52 (11/28/2014)

22 - 28 November 2014 This week we saw a huge pump in Ripple and Stellar prices. We also saw Joel Monegro of Union Square Ventures discusses how the architecture of internet applications may look like in 10 years time. Bobby Not a subscriber? Subs...

Issue #51 (11/21/2014)

15 - 21 November 2014 Hi guys, this week, I'm trying out a new format for AltcoinWeekly. I'll be writing a summary for each article that I feature. Can you kindly hit the Reply button and tell me if you like this new format? Also do let me know if...

Issue #50 (11/15/2014)

This week we saw Bitcoin price hit upwards of USD450 and came back to where it was again. We also saw Counterparty price spiked after it ported Ethereum’s open-source code over. This week, I am also trying out with a short summary of the articles ...

Issue #49 (11/08/2014)

This week we saw the FBI shutting down Silk Road 2.0 and other major darknet marketplaces. In other news Money 20/20 conference happened in Vegas and you need to watch this Bloomberg interview featuring Coinbase, Circle and Blockchain top leaders....

Issue #48 (10/31/2014)

This week we started seeing the SEC sending out many letters to people involved with IPO/ICO as reported by CoinFire. Reading the story together with the following interview of Mike Gropp on compliance requirement, it seems to me that it will be r...

Issue #47 (10/24/2014)

The big news this week is the launch of the sidechain whitepaper by Blockstream. Go read the PDF or this summarised version on CoinDesk. Also pay attention to Gems, a social currency network that is the first dApp of Koinify. They are launching th...

Issue #46 (10/18/2014)

Hi guys, this week was a dramatic week which saw Moolah declare bankruptcy. Mintpal, the exchange which was supposedly “acquired” by Moolah saw user funds trapped there. I was asked for my opinion and it was turned into an article titled CoinGecko...

Issue #45 (10/10/2014)