CoinMetro 19th October 2018 AMA Notes
AmaZix Staff
VIDEO ARCHIVE OF THE AMA (YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK)
IN THE NEWS
#1. Austria to use Ethereum Blockchain in €1Billion Bond Issuance
- They’re not using Ethereum to price the bonds or tokenizing them, rather using the blockchain to track the bonds.
- It’s a good case for the blockchain!
- This is a government organization trying to find the most benign use case for blockchain.
- The actual tokenization of bonds would be much more interesting, although a new blockchain may be necessary as Ethereum is currently too slow.
#2. Bitcoin Surges to $7,500 on Bitfinex Due to Tether Implosion, Real Price $6,700
- Obviously Bitfinex did a lot of Tether volume.
- This is all OTC- that’s why the word exchange is kind of a misnomer.
- An exchange has a centralized pricing hub.
- With the shakeups, a lot of people sold Tether to BTC.
- There is no price discovery, and in a normal marketplace this wouldn’t happen.
#3. AARP Tells Retirees that Bitcoin is Mainly Used by ‘Bunch of Criminals’
- Nobody knows who invented Bitcoin, whether it's one person or a bunch of them.
- What they’re perpetuating is that the initial use cases were involved in some criminal activity.
- All the alphabet agencies WISHED that more nefarious actors used crypto.
- It shows you not just the immaturity of the crypto industry in general, but how people look at the industry.
- They make up nonsense and they print it.
#4. Major Exchanges are Delisting Coins as some Platforms Begin to Falter
- Regulation is tightening and at a faster pace.
- (Regulation seems like the Agents in the Matrix chasing Neo)
- “2019 is going to be the year of regulation” — Kevin Murcko
- “Easiest way to be compliant quickly, is to dump the sh*t coins.”
#5. Barclays puts its cryptocurrencies project 'on ice'.
- Barclay’s has probably stopped work on 50 different projects.
- Big banks invest a lot of money into R&D.
- Most of these projects don’t make it topside.
- Barclay’s is so vocally against crypto, but they’re still researching it.
#6. Fifth Largest Crypto Exchange Huobi Lists Four USD-Backed Stablecoins, Following OKEx
- “Stablecoins are a bandaid”.
- Exchanges can’t get fiat licenses and use this as temporary measure.
- There are uses for stable coins on the backside for liquidity reasons.
- Ripple is the closest thing for the use case of needing fast settlements.
- (Kevin’s take on stable coins is definitely worth a watch! Ed.)
#7. Bakkt COO: Crypto Market Is Shifting, Institutions Will Enter
- No news here- the market has to adapt or it dies.
- Either it shifts, and institutions come in, or it dies.
- If you’re a believer of blockchain, that’s the only option.
#8. Coinbase Opens Office in Ireland as Part of Brexit Contingency Plan
- In the US, there have been two cases where the CFTC has spoken about blockchain.
- Coinbase has the money, but they can’t apply it until they need the license.
#9. Cryptocurrency Needs More Regulation than other Commodities: Fmr. CFTC Chair
- When you look at other asset classes, they’re classified as specific asset classes.
- Assets are also classified differently based on different jurisdictions.
- We’ve never had an asset that can be many things at once.
REDDIT QUESTIONS
Airdrop, Airdrop Family.
- “Can’t clarify details on Airdrop family yet, because we’re still working them out.”
- There was some confusion in regards to people that didn’t participate in the token sale.
- Potential solutions.
CoinMetro micro investing?
- We have talked about having a “dust button”, which allows you to convert small amounts of crypto into other tokens simply.
- Having that transfer into an ETCF or TAM could be an option.
- This was brought up at one of our meetings a few weeks ago.
- It's very onerous to get debit cards.
- There are providers that will provide other currencies, but in most cases the issuance is in the EU only.
- At first it’ll be the Euro and eurozone only.
- We have to grow to see it happen, as it’s quite an onerous process.
Any reason Bitcoin Cash isn’t traceable in the beta anymore?
- No specific reason, the team is still developing the platform and quirks may occur.
Ripple Updates
- With some of our liquidity providers, we need to settle balances quickly and Ripple lets you do this.
- The team will have an update in the following weeks, in regards to both Ripple and XRapid.
- This will open up a lot of good relationships with banks, which is great news for CoinMetro.
CoinMetro Timeline
- We don’t have investors, we have contributors. We’re not a security.
- There have been delays, but the product’s quality is the end goal, in addition to regulatory compliance.
- Our token model is solid- one that is directly correlated to demand and volume.
- CoinMetro is not well known yet, in part because we’re not live and the risk of our reputation because of this, is very low.
- “We appreciate your support, as many of us have very big stakes into the business as well.”
CoinMetro Academy
- The first lessons have been completed.
- The next step is to get the GUI for the Academy ready.
Beside Hansecoin are there more projects lined up for the ICO Express?
- Yes, we’ll be releasing more details in the future.
- Our vetting will be difficult.
FXPig, TAMs, ETCFs
- FXPig was indeed designed to be small and niche.
- TAM is PAM for tokens.
“Spend some time with family and friends, don’t look at the Ethereum Charts over the weekend.” - Kevin Murcko
AMA LIVE QUESTIONS:
- “I think Binance will fail” - Kevin Murcko
- We will be reaching out to US regulation agencies.
- LATAM/Asia: CM has an office in Mexico. Asia/Pacific, we’re looking at Australia.
- API details - we have a websocket API, it’s done but not documented yet.
- Fiat Currencies for launch: EUR in the SEPA zone, credit cards that will allow worldwide access to EUR/USD/GBP at launch.
- CM/FXPig merger - there’s no planned date at the moment.
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