Kraken refuses to respond to NY AG’s questionnaire, Bitcoin data science, why ASICS are great, and more news.

Flockpath (coming soon) keeps you updated on top news in select topics. The most talked-about cryptocurrency posts in tweets tracked by Flockpath this week:

1. Kraken CEO: Crypto Exchange Won’t Answer New York AG’s Inquiry

“San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken isn’t planning to respond to the New York Attorney General’s newly unveiled inquiry into the ecosystem.”

2. Bitcoin Data Science (Pt. 1): HODL Waves

“A common pattern after every rally in Bitcoin’s price is what we have named a ‘HODL wave.’ A HODL wave is created when a large amount of Bitcoin transacts on the way up to and through a local price high, becoming recent BTC (1 day — 1 week old), and then slowly ages into each later band as its new owners HODL.”

3. On Radical Markets

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s commentary on ‘Radical Markets’ by Eric Posner Glen Weyl.

4. Why ASICs are Great

This article posits, “ ASIC-based miners promote the soundness of a distributed blockchain though maintaining a high and relatively constant hash rate.”

5. Introducing Crypto Composables

“Purchasing a home becomes a complex decision; a single transfer of title representing a composition of items that may be broken apart later. How might we accomplish this on the Ethereum blockchain?”