The Bitcoin News Show for the week of May 21st with your host @theonevortex and panelists @patmillertime @madbitcoins and special guest Joshua from @Vaultoro! Quick Bits: Joshua Unseth, formally of the Bitcoin Uncensored podcast, has had $7k siphoned from his banking account via ACH. https://twitter.com/junseth/status/999043469036412928 Bitcoin block propagation is continuing to improve and Jameson Lopp formally of bitgo, posted a very revealing video illustrating just how fast blocks propagate today vs 2015 https://twitter.com/lopp/status/999280257701171200 PayPal: We’ll ‘Definitely Support’ Bitcoin If It Becomes ‘Better Currency’ https://bitcoinist.com/paypal-well-definitely-support-bitcoin-becomes-better-currency/ The World Celebrates the 8th Anniversary of the First Bitcoin Transaction: Buying Two Pizzas https://bitcoinist.com/the-world-celebrates-the-8th-anniversary-of-the-first-bitcoin-transaction-buying-two-pizzas/ The mining space is heating up, Tech Giant GMO to Roll Out World's First 7nm Bitcoin Miner and Bitcoin Miner Maker Canaan Files for Hong Kong IPO https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-miner-maker-canaan-files-for-hong-kong-ipo/ SegWit Now Comprises Almost Half of All Bitcoin Transactions https://bitcoinist.com/segwit-now-comprises-almost-half-bitcoin-transactions/ Come and see me live and in person to see my talk entitled "Who Controls Bitcoin?" at the Los Angeles / Century City Bitcoin Meetup next friday! https://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Century-City-Bitcoin/events/247789427/ Topics: Vaultoro and Lightning TechCrunch has reported that venture capital investments made in the space have already surpassed the levels seen in the entirety of 2017, clocking in at casual $1.3 billion not even 5 months into the year. Is 2018 the year of venture capital for crypto? https://bitcoinist.com/2018-year-venture-capital-investment-cryptocurrency-market/