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A flaw in Bitcoin’s design created the incentives for ICOs & now chain forks: here’s why

We’re heading into what could well be a $&!* storm in the cryptocurrency space during November 2017 with plans afoot for creating both BTG…

Oct 11, 2017

A flaw in Bitcoin’s design created the incentives for ICOs & now chain forks: here’s why

Oct 11, 2017

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Introducing tokenized Dala SAFTs

Earlier this week we saw the official release of the Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT) framework for issuing cryptocurrency tokens…

Oct 6, 2017

Introducing tokenized Dala SAFTs

Oct 6, 2017

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Newtown Partners

The rich get richer: the effect of restricting private securities to accredited investors

I’ve been busy helping one of our portfolio companies with a cryptocurrency token issue which kicked off yesterday and had to endure…

Oct 5, 2017

The rich get richer: the effect of restricting private securities to accredited investors

Oct 5, 2017

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Surprise at China outlawing cryptocurrency exchanges is not news, its naiveté

How foolish are we being when something as expected as reports of the Chinese government outlawing cryptocurrency exchanges and tokens can…

Sep 14, 2017

Surprise at China outlawing cryptocurrency exchanges is not news, its naiveté

Sep 14, 2017

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Did the SEC just stop the music at the token party?

Yesterday the SEC made the unfortunate, but not unexpected announcement, that crypto-tokens and coins are likely securities, unless they…

Jul 26, 2017

Did the SEC just stop the music at the token party?

Jul 26, 2017

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The foul smell of state cryptocurrency legislation

Back in January 2017 I was contacted by one of the members of the Bitcoin Foundation, Theo Chino. Theo needed help. It turned out that Theo…

Jul 14, 2017

The foul smell of state cryptocurrency legislation

Jul 14, 2017

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The Bitcoin Roundup

Consensus 2017 roundup

Holy *^&#, time flies. I promised I’d prepare a summary of my thoughts around Consensus 2017 & here we are already — a month later! So…

Jun 21, 2017

Consensus 2017 roundup

Jun 21, 2017

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Which is better for Bitcoin’s scalability — a Bitcoin Unlimited hard-fork or a Bitcoin Core…

The wisdom of the crowds inherent in prediction markets, more specifically the relative price of the Bitfinex chain split tokens (“CSTs”)…

Mar 23, 2017

Mar 23, 2017

Llew Claasen

Transformation in the information age #imsorry

I’m humbled by the outpouring of support and thanks for a keynote talk which I delivered at the Hudson Park High School Founder’s Day…

Aug 14, 2016

Aug 14, 2016

Llew Claasen

Llew Claasen

Crypto Investor & Advisor at http://newtownpartners.com, Executive Director http://bitcoinfoundation.org, Chairman http://dala.org. Views are my own.

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