Things We're Reading - July 2019

Fed Chair Powell: “Bitcoin is a store of value like gold”

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/fed-chair-powell-just-called-bitcoin-a-speculative-store-of-value-like-gold-adding-weight-to-the-safe-haven-theory-1028348566?miRedirects=3

Microsoft: Leveraging blockchain to make machine learning models more accessible

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/leveraging-blockchain-to-make-machine-learning-models-more-accessible/

Twitter thread on “How Ethereum is becoming the global settlement layer for every asset”

https://twitter.com/MuteDialog/status/1149047398532075526

Piece comparing crypto stablecoins to historical land banks and American colonial money

https://medium.com/coinmonks/makerdao-18th-century-edition-bd15722d9193

Balanced piece about Ethereum’s continued growth and growing pains

http://startupmanagement.org/2019/07/24/critical-thoughts-on-ethereums-unbundling-stack-and-marketing/