Breaking News About A Change In The Leadership Team At Synereo (The Cryptoverse #164)
**On today's episode of The Cryptoverse:** After receiving a tip from a subscriber yesterday I began to look into the events coming out of Synereo HQ yesterday. Here's what we know so far.
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A motion has been filed to block the Internal Revenue Service’s move to access the personal and Bitcoin transactional information of over a mln U.S. based Coinbase customers between 2013 and 2015.
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[The Bitcoin Price Chart](https://bitcoinwisdom.com/markets/bitstamp/btcusd)
[Cryptocurrency Prices Provided by CoinMarketCap.com](http://coinmarketcap.com/)
[The Steemit Article About Stellar](https://steemit.com/news/@rafaelzauner/stellar-has-partnered-up-with-some-of-the-big-ones-of-the-world-for-more-remittance-efficiency)
[The Original Article on The Cointelegraph](https://cointelegraph.com/news/class-action-filed-to-block-the-irs-from-tracking-bitcoin-users-on-coinbase)
[Coinbase Will Take IRS to Court Over Consumer Privacy Attack (The Cryptoverse #149)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW9pJPiMP_c)
[A Judge Just Cleared the Way for the IRS to Seek Coinbase Customer Data (The Cryptoverse #156)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5CVCNOEVo)
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Back in April, Erik Voorhees explained to Bitcoin.com the whole story of the ShapeShift hack with the “Looting of the Fox” and followed up with us in an interview about the situation. Now, the coins stolen by a hacker who collaborated with a rogue ShapeShift employee have left their original wallet, according to blockchain explorers.
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Venezuela’s government ordered all 100-bolivar bank notes out of circulation within 72 hours, amid a hard cash shortage and the scheduled release this week of bigger bank notes.
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[Original Article on Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-11/venezuela-orders-largest-bills-turned-in-ahead-of-new-bank-notes)
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[2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Cypriot_financial_crisis)
[Interview: Impact of Demonetization on Ordinary Indians by Bitcoin.com](https://news.bitcoin.com/india-impact-demonetization/)
[All Pain, No Gain: India's Failed Demonetization Is Lesson to All by Coin Telegraph](https://cointelegraph.com/news/all-pain-no-gain-indias-failed-demonetization-is-a-lesson-to-all)
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Although there isn't a timeline yet, ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin today suggested that the platform's developers may have to hard fork to once again solve pressing network problems. If pursued, the move would come less than three months after ethereum last executed a hard fork in a controversial bid to return funds to investors in The DAO.
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**On Today's Episode Of The Cryptoverse:**
International hedge funds are said to be moving to purchase claims held by customers of failed bitcoin exchange startup Mt Gox.
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Japanese news reports that Mark Karpeles, the infamous CEO of Mt Gox, was released on bail yesterday. The video from News24 Japan says Karpeles was let out after being imprisoned for a year and he was released on a $100,000 bail.
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Today I bring you a conversation I had with David Apple, creator of the Bitcoin Empire card game which teaches players the basics of how Bitcoin works. There is also an opportunity to win a free copy of the game by commenting on this episode and suggesting new characters for the next edition.
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