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Jon Southurst is based in Tokyo and has reported on the Bitcoin and blockchain industry since 2013. He has worked for a number of crypto news websites, and creates videos on Bitcoin SV for the YouTube channels BitcoinSVtrain and MetaNetTV.

Article by Jon Southurst

How we created Haste: Interview with co-founder Joe DePinto
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22 March, 2021

How we created Haste: Interview with co-founder Joe DePinto

Like so many other useful Bitcoin apps that started to become available again, Haste grew from the notion that small,...
Coinbase gets $6.5 million penalty from CFTC over in-house trading issues
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22 March, 2021

Coinbase gets $6.5 million penalty from CFTC over in-house trading issues

The charges, which the CFTC filed and settled on the same day, were for "reckless false, misleading or inaccurate reporting"...
Crypto Regulation Masterclass: Risk-based approach to digital assets necessary for compliance officers
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19 March, 2021

Crypto Regulation Masterclass: Risk-based approach to digital assets necessary for compliance officers

Compliance officers at financial institutions feel they still have a low understanding of digital assets, blockchain, and their surrounding legal...
Bitcoin as a computer: ‘Theory of Bitcoin: Bitcoin Class’ looks at matrix operations, logic and microprocessors
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18 March, 2021

Bitcoin as a computer: ‘Theory of Bitcoin: Bitcoin Class’ looks at matrix operations, logic and microprocessors

The Bitcoin Class series is about thinking bigger—much bigger—about what Bitcoin can do, and what sort of system it really...
Two Hop Ventures marks €1M in BSV startup funding with two new deals in 2021
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18 March, 2021

Two Hop Ventures marks €1M in BSV startup funding with two new deals in 2021

Two Hop Ventures launched in November 2019 with a mission to assist startups that leveraged BSV's technological advantages.
638MB block advances Bitcoin SV’s journey to be world’s money—and everything else too
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15 March, 2021

638MB block advances Bitcoin SV’s journey to be world’s money—and everything else too

No other blockchain today is capable of processing transaction blocks that large, at a cost to users (in transaction fees)...

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