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Simon\'s back in the studio, Colin\'s standing near a field. And they\'re ready to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain.
\\n\\nCrypto Exchange Kraken Raises $100m, Acquires london Futures Firm 02:24
\\n\\nWe ask if Kraken are pivoting to a more Coinbase-y model, if there\'s any significance raising money from OGs rather than VC and revist Colin\'s comments from last week.
\\n\\nSwift links up with R3 for trading on blockchain 07:43
\\n\\nThere\'s a lot of big words and acronyms going on in this story, but Colin\'s on hand to explain. We also discuss where (if anywhere) the Swift x Corda relationship could go.
\\n\\nProp firms are hard to sell:\\u2019 Shares for crypto exchange Circle are being offered at a massive discount 16:45
\\n\\nIt\'s a significant discount at 77% throwing up some real questions about what Circle\'s long term plans are.
\\n\\nFidelity Says its Crypto Trading & Storage Platform is in Final Testing 22:00
\\n\\nSimon and Colin discuss how exciting this is for the industry and dive a bit deeper into product in crypto after last week\'s taster. As well as how companies like Fidelity are adapting their customer facing product to get future customers.
\\n\\nA crypto exchange can\'t repay $190 million it owes customers because its CEO died with the only password 31:49
\\n\\nCustody custody custody. It\'s an absolutely ridiculous state of affairs for the exchange. Simon and Colin go over the dangers of central points of failure and how decentralisation can help alleviate those concerns.
\\n\\nFacebook gets involved with blockchain by hiring the team behind Chainspace 35:00
\\n\\nWe take a look at what this says for FB\\u2019s intentions and whether there\'s a lack of talent in the industry.
\\n\\nWe\'ve got a great Tweet of the Week from @mayazi on the agenda of governance votes 40:47
\\n\\nColin goes into how Maya\'s commenting on the real need for the blockchain industry to fix monetary issues at a transactional level rather than going straight into an ICO. Only one company\'s ever tried to do this at a wallet level. Simon questions if someone could ever get this to work at a micropayments level.
\\n\\nAll this and so much more on this week\'s episode of Blockchain Insider. And why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show!
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\\nThis week\'s episode of Blockchain Insider was produced by Laura Watkins and Petrit Berisha. Edited by Alex Woodhouse.
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