Raines and Edge

Henry, Augi Schmitz, Tampa Bay Bitcoiners Meetup organizer, Gabe Higgins, and Byte Federal CEO, Lee Hansen discuss this week's roller coaster ride in cryptocurrency prices, China's decision to close and or license cryptocurrency exchanges, how much the Chinese market affects the global market, listen to an extended audio of Chase Bank CEO Jamie Dimon's comments about Bitcoin that sent markets reel...

Henry, Augi Schmitz, Alex Solis and Byte Federal CTO, Lennart Lopin discuss a couple of new features on the show. First, Henry reviews a cryptocurrency related OTC stock, MGT Capital Investments, MGTI. The John McAfee, Bitcoin and Ethereum mining, cybersecurity company's stock ran up last week to a 52 week high then dropped by a third and rose again by 15% all in the same day eventually closing up...

In a loaded panel discussion Henry, Augi Schmitz and Alex Solis are joined by Gabe Higgins, Tampa Bay Bitcoiners meetup organizer, and Lennart Lopin and Lee Hansen, respectively CEO and CTO of Byte Federal, the Bitcoin ATM company. Topics include Bitcoin's and Litecoin's record setting prices followed by sudden drop offs, regulators in China prepare to crackdown on ICOs, Initial Coin Offerings, an...

Henry, Augi Schmitz and Alex Solis, are joined by Tampa Bay Bitcoiners Meetup organizer, Gabe Higgins. Gabe joins the discussion on this week's Segwit Activation on Bitcoin, the wild goings on at the Tampa Bay Bitcoiners Segwit Activation Party, security flaws and precautions for cryptocurrency wallets and much more. Plus the Tampa Bay Cryptocurrency Calendar. Unfortunately due to technical issues...

Henry, Augi Schmitz, Alex Solis and Lennart Lopin, Chief Technology Officer for Byte Federal, discuss cryptocurrency news of the week. Topics include a new record price for Bitcoin, BitcoinCash price surges, the upcoming hard fork for Ethereum, Metropolis, and its implications, the world’s biggest oil producing regions are moving to adopt Blockchain technology in their operations and European auto...

Henry, Augi Schmitz and Alex Solis welcome Gabe Higgins , currently advising VC funded blockchain companies with branding, PR, social media marketing, and strategic partnerships. Been active in the bitcoin space since early 2014. Lead organizer for bitcoin & blockchain meetup groups together having over 350 members and sponsored by Airbitz and Bitcoin.com. Collaborated with leading bitcoin pay...

Henry, Augi Schmitz, and Alex Solis discuss cryptocurrency news of the week including Bitfinex decision to stop serving USA based customers, rumors of the Poloniex Exchange's insolvency, the possibility of another imminent Bitcoin fork with the implementation of Segwit2x and how Alex got a 300% trading return in a day and a half.

Henry Raines,  Augi Schmitz , and  Alex Solis  talk to  Peter Glickman Author , Bitcoin-Secrets, How to Make Money With Bitcoin , about in Peter's words, "We are at the very beginning of an enormous bull market in cryptocurrency. This is similar to the huge bull market in tech from the early 80's to now and for the same reason: a change in how things are done as significant as the computer or smar...

Henry, Augi Schmitz and Alex Solis continue the discussion with Lennart Lopin and Lee Hansen, Chief Technical and Executive Officers, respectively of Byte Federal, http://www.bytefederal.com/ , the Bitcoin ATM company. Lennart reviews cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash as well as Ethereum and Ethereum Classic, if the Bitcoin Fork was comparable to the Ethereum split, what is the outlook for...

Henry, Augi Schmitz and Alex Solis welcome back Lennart Lopin and Lee Hansen, Chief Technical and Executive Officers, respectively of Byte Federal, http://www.bytefederal.com/ , the Bitcoin ATM company. Topics include the outcome of the recent Bitcoin Segwit2x activation, the split and introduction of Bitcoin Cash into the marketplace, Bitcoin's reaching of a new record high value, the approaching...

Henry, Augi Schmitz, Alex Solis continue with Lee Hansen, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Byte Federal, http://www.bytefederal.com/ , to discuss the SEC's recent decision on ICO's, Initial Coin Offerings, the role of government for cryptocurrencies, Floyd Mayweather's embrace of the Stox.com ICO and whether it is a classic pump and dump strategy.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, Alex Solis welcome Lee Hansen, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Byte Federal, http://www.bytefederal.com/ , to discuss he upcoming Segwit2x activation of Bitcoin, what the "Bitfork" could look like, how the creation of Bitcoin Cash is coming about and what the cryptocurrency world may look like after August 1.

Henry, Augi Schmitz and Alex Solis discuss the extreme price swings in the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets with Lennart Lopin, Chief Technical Officer, of Byte Federal, http://www.bytefederal.com/ . Topics include what is the user activated soft fork, Segwit2x implementation, what are the possible pitfalls and what is the likelihood of a market failure? Lennart also discusses other security con...

Henry, Augi Schmitz and Alex Solis continue there discussion with Lennart Lopin, Chief Technical Officer, of Byte Federal, http://www.bytefederal.com/ . Lennart discusses the bitcoin exchanges' plans to halt trading going into the user activated soft fork and implementation of Segwit2x and what to expect afterwards. Then talk turns to Lennart's activism for space exploration and colonization, espe...

Henry And Augi Schmitz welcome guest, Alex Solis. Alex tells how he became a Bitcoin trader in December 2016 and quickly quadrupled his money. He explains how he diversified into other alternative digital currencies. He also discusses setting up your digital wallet, finding the right digital currency exchange, the cost of transaction fees, the upcoming Bitcoin activation of Segwit2x and the recent...

Guest: Lennart Lopin, Chief Technical Officer, of Byte Federal, http://www.bytefederal.com/ , about the company's rollout of Bitcoin ATMs around Florida and beyond. Lennart gives a comprehensive overview of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and other cryptocurrencies. He explains blockchain programming, smart contracts, how digital currency is changing our lives and explains his company's vision for Bit...

We continue our discusson with Lennart Lopin, Chief Technical Officer, of Byte Federal, http://www.bytefederal.com/ , about the company's rollout of Bitcoin ATMs around Florida and beyond. We are joined by caller Alex Solis, a young man that uses the Bitcoin ATM as well as trades many cryptocurrencies. Alex talks about his successes and ambitions. We conclude with a forward looking vision from Len...

In an unplanned segment of the show Henry and Augi Schmitz digress into a discussion of the Confederate Generals sculpture on the side of Stone Mountain Park, GA. Augi calls for its demolition, but surprisingly not in protest of its Confederate symbolism but because of its poor aesthetics as art!

Henry And Augi Schmitz discuss the issues of the day.

In a follow up segment to Leon Harris' interview about his time playing baseball with The Kansas City Monarchs of The Negro League, Leon discusses his life post professional baseball. He relates his time as the prison athletic director in a facility for male juveniles, what that taught him about poverty, family and crime, how he was led to become a labor organizer and civil rights activist includi...

Special guest, Leon Harris, civil rights activist, labor organizer and former professional baseball player for the Negro League Kansas City Monarchs talks about growing up as a New York Yankees fan in the 1930's and 40's, being recruited by the St Louis Cardinals to be one of the first African American pitchers in the major leagues after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and how he eventuall...

In a case of the near sighted leading the blind, Henry tries to explain Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies to Augi Schmitz.

Guest Mitch Perry, reporter for Peter Schorsch's Extensive Enterprises, www. FloridaPolitics.com, www. Saintpetersblog.com talks about the latest political news from Tampa Bay and around the state. Topics include former FBI Director Comey's testimony, President Trump's reaction and press conference and outcomes of the Florida Legislature's special session.

Henry, speaking as a Progressive, takes fellow Progressives, Liberals and Democrats to task for their glee in President Trump's troubles and their hope for a shortened Presidency. Be careful what you wish for!

Guest: Trimmel Gomes is an award-winning journalist and former statewide news director of Florida Public Radio. Gomes hosted its flagship program "Capital Report" and created the public affairs program "It's About Florida." Gomes is political commentator and regular political contributor to WTXL ABC 27 in Tallahassee. His podcast, The Rotunda, http://rotundapodcast.com/index.php?lang=en , is a wee...