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Lea Thompson, aka Girl Gone Crypto, talks about what goes into producing her popular “The Crypto Minute” vlog, what initially got her into crypto, and her recent decision to quit her day job and go full time crypto. In this episode we discuss:  what “The Crypto Minute” is all about, and all the crypto video content she produces (2:37) how Lea comes up with creative content such as wearing a whale costume to portray Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor (5:04) how long it actually takes to create “The Crypto Minute” (6:36) what goes into producing “The Crypto Minute” and which family member is behind the camera (7:05) the biggest challenges Lea faces when creating her videos and how she decides which stories make the final cut (8:56) Lea’s favorite bloopers including, but not limited to, rug pulls, sushi, an Amazon money printer, and a few fake $100 bills (10:28) how Girl Gone Crypto fell down the crypto rabbit hole and why her ukulele skills were instrumental to her crypto journey (12:54) the time when JK Rowling tweeted about Bitcoin, resulting in Lea’s viral “A Muggle’s Guide to Bitcoin” video (17:31) what type of crypto content works best on different social media platforms such as Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok  (20:00) when Girl Gone Crypto stopped being a hobby and how it is going now that Lea is full-time crypto (21:46) how Lea is trying to educate people about crypto in a simple and approachable way… one ninja suit at time (22:34) Crypto News Recap (26:12)    Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://bit.ly/3jzkTAD Download the Crypto.com app here: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/laurashinpodcasttesla The Sun Exchange: http://thesunexchange.com/unconfirmed   Episode links: Lea Thompson: https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto Her YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GirlGoneCrypto Her TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@girlgone_crypto?source=h5_m Lea's personal website: https://www.lealovescrypto.com/   Video Examples 2020 Year in Review… News Vlog Style:  https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto/status/1344384717466914817?s=20  A Muggle’s Guide to Bitcoin:  https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto/status/1261445010832015361?s=20 Hardware Wallets Explained:  https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto/status/1329580439820849153?s=20   Miscellaneous Information Fair Use: https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/more-info.html Money Printer:  https://www.amazon.com/Printing-Machine-Magician-Close-Up-Accessories/dp/B07XRBDCL8   Link to the Crypto News Recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/a-300k-btc-by-eoy/

Lea Thompson, aka Girl Gone Crypto, talks about what goes into producing her popular “The Crypto Minute” vlog, what initially got her into crypto, and her recent decision to quit her day job and go full time crypto. In this episode we discuss: <ul> <li>what “The Crypto Minute” is all about, and all the crypto video content she produces (2:37)</li> <li>how Lea comes up with creative content such as wearing a whale costume to portray Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor (5:04)</li> <li>how long it actually takes to create “The Crypto Minute” (6:36)</li> <li>what goes into producing “The Crypto Minute” and which family member is behind the camera (7:05)</li> <li>the biggest challenges Lea faces when creating her videos and how she decides which stories make the final cut (8:56)</li> <li>Lea’s favorite bloopers including, but not limited to, rug pulls, sushi, an Amazon money printer, and a few fake $100 bills (10:28)</li> <li>how Girl Gone Crypto fell down the crypto rabbit hole and why her ukulele skills were instrumental to her crypto journey (12:54)</li> <li>the time when JK Rowling tweeted about Bitcoin, resulting in Lea’s viral “A Muggle’s Guide to Bitcoin” video (17:31)</li> <li>what type of crypto content works best on different social media platforms such as Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok  (20:00)</li> <li>when Girl Gone Crypto stopped being a hobby and how it is going now that Lea is full-time crypto (21:46)</li> <li>how Lea is trying to educate people about crypto in a simple and approachable way… one ninja suit at time (22:34)</li> <li>Crypto News Recap (26:12)</li> </ul> Thank you to our sponsors! <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crypto.com</a>: <a href="https://bit.ly/3jzkTAD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3jzkTAD</a> Download the <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crypto.com</a> app here: <a href="https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/laurashinpodcasttesla" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/laurashinpodcasttesla</a> The Sun Exchange: <a href="http://thesunexchange.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thesunexchange.com/unconfirmed</a> Episode links: Lea Thompson: <a href="https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto</a> Her YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/GirlGoneCrypto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/GirlGoneCrypto</a> Her TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@girlgone_crypto?source=h5_m" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@girlgone_crypto?source=h5_m</a> Lea's personal website: <a href="https://www.lealovescrypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.lealovescrypto.com/</a> Video Examples 2020 Year in Review… News Vlog Style: <a href="https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto/status/1344384717466914817?s=20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto/status/1344384717466914817?s=20</a> A Muggle’s Guide to Bitcoin: <a href="https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto/status/1261445010832015361?s=20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto/status/1261445010832015361?s=20</a> Hardware Wallets Explained: <a href="https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto/status/1329580439820849153?s=20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto/status/1329580439820849153?s=20</a> Miscellaneous Information Fair Use: <a href="https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/more-info.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/more-info.html</a> Money Printer: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Printing-Machine-Magician-Close-Up-Accessories/dp/B07XRBDCL8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.amazon.com/Printing-Machine-Magician-Close-Up-Accessories/dp/B07XRBDCL8</a> Link to the Crypto News Recap: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/a-300k-btc-by-eoy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://unchainedpodcast.com/a-300k-btc-by-eoy/</a>

Girl Gone Crypto: How These Wildly Entertaining Crypto Videos Get Made - Ep.165

Michael Moro

Michael Moro, CEO of Genesis Global, discusses Tesla’s purchase of $1.5 billion in bitcoin and Genesis’s new unit: Genesis Treasury. He also talks about how demand has shaped Genesis’ bitcoin and crypto offerings over the years, which events have acted as catalysts for institutional demand, and what Genesis is expecting in 2021. In this episode Michael covers:  The significance of Tesla allocating $1.5 billion to BTC (1:08)   How Tesla’s purchase is a result of the evolution of the asset class and why this is just the beginning   How Genesis got its start as a regulated BTC trading desk in 2013 (2:56) What new products and services Genesis has launched since 2018 to meet institutional demand (6:11) How Genesis came to launch Genesis Treasury and what this unit does (8:00)   Understanding the idea of bitcoin as a corporate treasury asset and how the stock market is rewarding companies for getting into crypto   What the catalysts were in creating corporate demand for bitcoin and where corporate demand for bitcoin is coming from (10:52) How corporate interest in bitcoin correlated with Microstrategy’s Bitcoin for Corporations event (13:16)   Why institutions have been interested in Bitcoin as collateral, and why that narrative is new   How the conversation with institutions interested in buying bitcoin would be different in a bear market (16:00) How GAAP accounting rules affect the quarterly earnings reports of publicly traded companies that hold bitcoin (19:03 ) His projections for how 2021 in crypto will play out (21:44)    Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: http://crypto.com The Sun Exchange: http://thesunexchange.com/unconfirmed   Episode links: Michael Moro: https://twitter.com/michaelmoro Genesis: https://genesis.global/  Genesis Treasury: https://genesistrading.com/treasury/   Recent institutional purchasing news:  Tesla’s BTC purchase:  https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/02/08/bitcoin-surges-above-43000-to-a-record-after-elon-musks-tesla-buys-1point5-billion.html  Twitter’s CFO considers Bitcoin:  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/94459/twitter-cfo-bitcoin-btc-balance-sheet-comments  Microstrategy’s Bitcoin for Corporations event:  https://www.microstrategy.com/en/bitcoin/videos/bitcoin-macro-strategy  Michael Saylor’s Unchained interview:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-michael-saylor-on-the-best-way-for-companies-to-buy-bitcoin/  Companies holding bitcoin: https://bitcointreasuries.org/   Genesis information:  Michael Moro’s presentation at Microstrategy’s event:  https://www.microstrategy.com/en/bitcoin/videos/genesis  Genesis Global background:  https://f.hubspotusercontent00.net/hubfs/6024551/About%20-%20Genesis%20Global/About%20Genesis%20Global%20-%20Full%20Overview.pdf  Prime Brokerage Services:  https://f.hubspotusercontent00.net/hubfs/6024551/About%20-%20Genesis%20Prime/About%20Genesis%20Prime%20-%20Full%20Overview.pdf  Q4 market observations:  https://f.hubspotusercontent00.net/hubfs/6024551/About%20-%20Genesis%20Prime/About%20Genesis%20Prime%20-%20Full%20Overview.pdf   Miscellaneous:  Crypto and GAAP accounting :  https://www.forbes.com/sites/shehanchandrasekera/2020/05/21/how-are-cryptocurrencies-classified-in-gaap-financials/?sh=40ed4f9865b2  Coin Metrics report on institutional investing:  https://coinmetrics.substack.com/p/coin-metrics-state-of-the-network-330     Link to the Crypto News Recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/41-trillion-in-aum/

Michael Moro, CEO of Genesis Global, discusses Tesla’s purchase of $1.5 billion in bitcoin and Genesis’s new unit: Genesis Treasury. He also talks about how demand has shaped Genesis’ bitcoin and crypto offerings over the years, which events have acted as catalysts for institutional demand, and what Genesis is expecting in 2021. In this episode Michael covers: <ul> <li>The significance of Tesla allocating $1.5 billion to BTC (1:08)</li> <li> <ul> <li>How Tesla’s purchase is a result of the evolution of the asset class and why this is just the beginning</li> </ul> </li> <li>How Genesis got its start as a regulated BTC trading desk in 2013 (2:56)</li> <li>What new products and services Genesis has launched since 2018 to meet institutional demand (6:11)</li> <li>How Genesis came to launch Genesis Treasury and what this unit does (8:00)</li> <li> <ul> <li>Understanding the idea of bitcoin as a corporate treasury asset and how the stock market is rewarding companies for getting into crypto</li> </ul> </li> <li>What the catalysts were in creating corporate demand for bitcoin and where corporate demand for bitcoin is coming from (10:52)</li> <li>How corporate interest in bitcoin correlated with Microstrategy’s Bitcoin for Corporations event (13:16)</li> <li> <ul> <li>Why institutions have been interested in Bitcoin as collateral, and why that narrative is new</li> </ul> </li> <li>How the conversation with institutions interested in buying bitcoin would be different in a bear market (16:00)</li> <li>How GAAP accounting rules affect the quarterly earnings reports of publicly traded companies that hold bitcoin (19:03 )</li> <li>His projections for how 2021 in crypto will play out (21:44)</li> </ul> Thank you to our sponsors! <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crypto.com</a>: <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://crypto.com</a> The Sun Exchange: <a href="http://thesunexchange.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thesunexchange.com/unconfirmed</a> Episode links: Michael Moro: <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelmoro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/michaelmoro</a> Genesis: <a href="https://genesis.global/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://genesis.global/</a> Genesis Treasury: <a href="https://genesistrading.com/treasury/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://genesistrading.com/treasury/</a> Recent institutional purchasing news: <ul> <li>Tesla’s BTC purchase: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/02/08/bitcoin-surges-above-43000-to-a-record-after-elon-musks-tesla-buys-1point5-billion.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/02/08/bitcoin-surges-above-43000-to-a-record-after-elon-musks-tesla-buys-1point5-billion.html</a> </li> <li>Twitter’s CFO considers Bitcoin: <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/94459/twitter-cfo-bitcoin-btc-balance-sheet-comments" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/94459/twitter-cfo-bitcoin-btc-balance-sheet-comments</a> </li> <li>Microstrategy’s Bitcoin for Corporations event: <a href="https://www.microstrategy.com/en/bitcoin/videos/bitcoin-macro-strategy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.microstrategy.com/en/bitcoin/videos/bitcoin-macro-strategy</a> </li> <li>Michael Saylor’s Unchained interview: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-michael-saylor-on-the-best-way-for-companies-to-buy-bitcoin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-michael-saylor-on-the-best-way-for-companies-to-buy-bitcoin/</a> </li> <li>Companies holding bitcoin: <a href="https://bitcointreasuries.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bitcointreasuries.org/</a> </li> </ul> Genesis information: <ul> <li>Michael Moro’s presentation at Microstrategy’s event: <a href="https://www.microstrategy.com/en/bitcoin/videos/genesis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.microstrategy.com/en/bitcoin/videos/genesis</a> </li> <li>Genesis Global background: <a href="https://f.hubspotusercontent00.net/hubfs/6024551/About%20-%20Genesis%20Global/About%20Genesis%20Global%20-%20Full%20Overview.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://f.hubspotusercontent00.net/hubfs/6024551/About%20-%20Genesis%20Global/About%20Genesis%20Global%20-%20Full%20Overview.pdf</a> </li> <li>Prime Brokerage Services: <a href="https://f.hubspotusercontent00.net/hubfs/6024551/About%20-%20Genesis%20Prime/About%20Genesis%20Prime%20-%20Full%20Overview.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://f.hubspotusercontent00.net/hubfs/6024551/About%20-%20Genesis%20Prime/About%20Genesis%20Prime%20-%20Full%20Overview.pdf</a> </li> <li>Q4 market observations: <a href="https://f.hubspotusercontent00.net/hubfs/6024551/About%20-%20Genesis%20Prime/About%20Genesis%20Prime%20-%20Full%20Overview.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://f.hubspotusercontent00.net/hubfs/6024551/About%20-%20Genesis%20Prime/About%20Genesis%20Prime%20-%20Full%20Overview.pdf</a> </li> </ul> Miscellaneous: <ul> <li>Crypto and GAAP accounting : <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/shehanchandrasekera/2020/05/21/how-are-cryptocurrencies-classified-in-gaap-financials/?sh=40ed4f9865b2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.forbes.com/sites/shehanchandrasekera/2020/05/21/how-are-cryptocurrencies-classified-in-gaap-financials/?sh=40ed4f9865b2</a> </li> <li>Coin Metrics report on institutional investing: <a href="https://coinmetrics.substack.com/p/coin-metrics-state-of-the-network-330" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://coinmetrics.substack.com/p/coin-metrics-state-of-the-network-330</a> </li> </ul> Link to the Crypto News Recap: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/41-trillion-in-aum/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://unchainedpodcast.com/41-trillion-in-aum/</a>

Michael Moro on Tesla's BTC Buy and the New Genesis Treasury - Ep.164

Mira Christanto, research analyst at Messari, recently wrote a comprehensive report on the crypto scene in Asia. In this episode, she covers cultural differences in crypto trading between East and West, plus gives us the latest on the diverse regulatory landscape within this large region. Some topics covered in this show include:  why Asia is an important geography in crypto why Asia dominates the crypto futures trading markets why DeFi fits better with Western culture, and centralized services are more respected in the East the state of regulation across the region what makes crypto regulation in Hong Kong unique how the Chinese are approaching regulation, and how bitcoin is exchanged there how Japan's crypto industry differs from that of other companies and why penetration is still somewhat low why and how Korea is distinct from other crypto trading cultures why Singapore's regulatory framework for crypto is the most sophisticated what's happening in Southeast Asia and India  the status of crypto mining in China — and why the Western view of it is quite different from what it's like on the ground    Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: http://crypto.com Sun Exchange: http://sunexchange.com/unconfirmed   Episode links: Mira Christanto: https://twitter.com/asiahodl Messari: https://messari.io   Messari's Asia Crypto Landscape report: https://messari.io/asia-crypto-landscape   Link to the Crypto News Recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/25-billion-in-institutional-bitcoin-by-eoy/

Mira Christanto, research analyst at Messari, recently wrote a comprehensive report on the crypto scene in Asia. In this episode, she covers cultural differences in crypto trading between East and West, plus gives us the latest on the diverse regulatory landscape within this large region. Some topics covered in this show include: <ul> <li>why Asia is an important geography in crypto</li> <li>why Asia dominates the crypto futures trading markets</li> <li>why DeFi fits better with Western culture, and centralized services are more respected in the East</li> <li>the state of regulation across the region</li> <li>what makes crypto regulation in Hong Kong unique</li> <li>how the Chinese are approaching regulation, and how bitcoin is exchanged there</li> <li>how Japan's crypto industry differs from that of other companies and why penetration is still somewhat low</li> <li>why and how Korea is distinct from other crypto trading cultures</li> <li>why Singapore's regulatory framework for crypto is the most sophisticated</li> <li>what's happening in Southeast Asia and India </li> <li>the status of crypto mining in China — and why the Western view of it is quite different from what it's like on the ground</li> </ul> Thank you to our sponsors! <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crypto.com</a>: <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://crypto.com</a> Sun Exchange: <a href="http://sunexchange.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://sunexchange.com/unconfirmed</a> Episode links: Mira Christanto: <a href="https://twitter.com/asiahodl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/asiahodl</a> Messari: <a href="https://messari.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://messari.io</a> Messari's Asia Crypto Landscape report: <a href="https://messari.io/asia-crypto-landscape" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://messari.io/asia-crypto-landscape</a> Link to the Crypto News Recap: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/25-billion-in-institutional-bitcoin-by-eoy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://unchainedpodcast.com/25-billion-in-institutional-bitcoin-by-eoy/</a>

Why Asia Is So Important to Crypto - Ep.163

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO and founder of FTX, describes what happened between the Subreddit Wall Street Bets and hedge funds around the stock of GameStop this week. In this episode, he covers:  what happened with the stock of video game retailer GameStop this week what that says about how to value a stock how the traditional financial establishment reacted how the events in GameStop this week are similar to the way crypto markets operate how a crypto financial system could affect the ability of investors to do what the hedge funds did with GameStop — shorting more shares of the stock than actually exist what led to FTX listing for tokenized versions of GameStop, Blackberry, AMC and Nokia, as well as a tokenized index fund of Wall Street Bets stocks how the tokenized stocks and index work on the back end why Robinhood restricted customers from purchasing shares in GameStop on Thursday what the inspiration was for FTX    Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: http://crypto.com The Sun Exchange: http://sunexchange.com   Episode links: Sam Bankman-Fried: https://twitter.com/SBF_Alameda FTX: https://ftx.com   Roundups of what happened with Gamestop:  NYT:  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/business/gamestop-wall-street-bets.html Vox:  https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22249458/gamestop-stock-wallstreetbets-reddit-citron Early Wired story:  https://www.wired.com/story/gamestop-stock-wall-street-bets-short-squeeze/ NYT analysis:  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/technology/gamestop-stock.html   Sam on what can determine an asset’s price:  https://twitter.com/SBF_Alameda/status/1354790766313234432?s=20   Chamath Palihapitiya on CNBC discussing Gamestop — defending individual investors:  https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/27/chamath-palihapitiya-closes-gamestop-position-but-defends-individual-investors-right-to.html Videos:  https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/01/27/investor-chamath-palihapitiya-the-gamestop-story-is-pushback-against-wall-street-establishment.html  https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/01/27/billionaire-investor-chamath-palihapitiya-on-gamestop-surge-and-rise-of-retail-investors.html   Gamestop price gyrations:  https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/28/gamestop-reverses-losses-and-surges-another-30percent-in-the-premarket-to-450-as-mania-continues.html    How many shares of GME are shorted: https://isthesqueezesquoze.com   FTX lists GME for tokenized spot and futures trading:  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/92756/ftx-lists-gme-stock-for-tokenized-spot-futures-trading   FTX’s Wall Street Bets tokenized index fund:  https://twitter.com/SBF_Alameda/status/1354790817060143114?s=20   Robinhood customers only being able to sell, not buy GME when Robinhood’s revenue biggest revenue source is sending order flow to hedge funds:  https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/28/robinhood-interactive-brokers-restrict-trading-in-gamestop-s.html   Matt Levine of Bloomberg on GameStop:  https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-28/knowing-when-to-sell-gamestop-stock-at-the-top-is-impossible?sref=m9L277rN   Link to the Crypto News Recap:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-gamestop-is-like-crypto/

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO and founder of FTX, describes what happened between the Subreddit Wall Street Bets and hedge funds around the stock of GameStop this week. In this episode, he covers: <ul> <li>what happened with the stock of video game retailer GameStop this week</li> <li>what that says about how to value a stock</li> <li>how the traditional financial establishment reacted</li> <li>how the events in GameStop this week are similar to the way crypto markets operate</li> <li>how a crypto financial system could affect the ability of investors to do what the hedge funds did with GameStop — shorting more shares of the stock than actually exist</li> <li>what led to FTX listing for tokenized versions of GameStop, Blackberry, AMC and Nokia, as well as a tokenized index fund of Wall Street Bets stocks</li> <li>how the tokenized stocks and index work on the back end</li> <li>why Robinhood restricted customers from purchasing shares in GameStop on Thursday</li> <li>what the inspiration was for FTX</li> </ul> Thank you to our sponsors! <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crypto.com</a>: <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://crypto.com</a> The Sun Exchange: <a href="http://sunexchange.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://sunexchange.com</a> Episode links: Sam Bankman-Fried: <a href="https://twitter.com/SBF_Alameda" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/SBF_Alameda</a> FTX: <a href="https://ftx.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ftx.com</a> Roundups of what happened with Gamestop:  NYT: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/business/gamestop-wall-street-bets.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/business/gamestop-wall-street-bets.html</a> Vox: <a href="https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22249458/gamestop-stock-wallstreetbets-reddit-citron" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22249458/gamestop-stock-wallstreetbets-reddit-citron</a> Early Wired story: <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/gamestop-stock-wall-street-bets-short-squeeze/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.wired.com/story/gamestop-stock-wall-street-bets-short-squeeze/</a> NYT analysis: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/technology/gamestop-stock.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/technology/gamestop-stock.html</a> Sam on what can determine an asset’s price: <a href="https://twitter.com/SBF_Alameda/status/1354790766313234432?s=20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/SBF_Alameda/status/1354790766313234432?s=20</a> Chamath Palihapitiya on CNBC discussing Gamestop — defending individual investors: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/27/chamath-palihapitiya-closes-gamestop-position-but-defends-individual-investors-right-to.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/27/chamath-palihapitiya-closes-gamestop-position-but-defends-individual-investors-right-to.html</a> Videos: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/01/27/investor-chamath-palihapitiya-the-gamestop-story-is-pushback-against-wall-street-establishment.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/01/27/investor-chamath-palihapitiya-the-gamestop-story-is-pushback-against-wall-street-establishment.html</a> <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/01/27/billionaire-investor-chamath-palihapitiya-on-gamestop-surge-and-rise-of-retail-investors.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/01/27/billionaire-investor-chamath-palihapitiya-on-gamestop-surge-and-rise-of-retail-investors.html</a> Gamestop price gyrations: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/28/gamestop-reverses-losses-and-surges-another-30percent-in-the-premarket-to-450-as-mania-continues.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/28/gamestop-reverses-losses-and-surges-another-30percent-in-the-premarket-to-450-as-mania-continues.html</a> How many shares of GME are shorted: <a href="https://isthesqueezesquoze.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://isthesqueezesquoze.com</a> FTX lists GME for tokenized spot and futures trading: <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/92756/ftx-lists-gme-stock-for-tokenized-spot-futures-trading" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/92756/ftx-lists-gme-stock-for-tokenized-spot-futures-trading</a> FTX’s Wall Street Bets tokenized index fund: <a href="https://twitter.com/SBF_Alameda/status/1354790817060143114?s=20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/SBF_Alameda/status/1354790817060143114?s=20</a> Robinhood customers only being able to sell, not buy GME when Robinhood’s revenue biggest revenue source is sending order flow to hedge funds: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/28/robinhood-interactive-brokers-restrict-trading-in-gamestop-s.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/28/robinhood-interactive-brokers-restrict-trading-in-gamestop-s.html</a> Matt Levine of Bloomberg on GameStop: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-28/knowing-when-to-sell-gamestop-stock-at-the-top-is-impossible?sref=m9L277rN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-28/knowing-when-to-sell-gamestop-stock-at-the-top-is-impossible?sref=m9L277rN</a> Link to the Crypto News Recap: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-gamestop-is-like-crypto/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-gamestop-is-like-crypto/</a>

Why the GameStop Insanity Is So Similar to Crypto - Ep.162

Gregory Pepin, deputy CEO of Deltec Bank and Trust, responds to allegations in a blog post by the pseudonymous Crypto Anonymous, that Tether is a "highly probably fraud." In this episode, he covers:  how Deltec accounts for its reserves, and why they didn't show up on Crypto Anonymous's blog post where the dollars backing Tethers are held how Tethers get created where Tether Ltd. keeps its cash equivalents why there's more demand for trading with USDT than with USD partially because of the arbitrage opportunity between East and West  how Tethers get created using Deltec why USDT gets minted in very round numbers as opposed to very specific numbers that USDC is minted in where the cash equivalents backing Tethers are held what type of due diligence Deltec conducted when it took on Tether Ltd. as a customer why the perception that Tether is unregulated compared to other stablecoins is false what Deltec thinks about the New York Attorney General office's investigation in to Tether why Deltec has a "large position in bitcoin"    Thank you to our sponsor! Crypto.com: http://crypto.com   Episode links: Gregory Pepin: https://twitter.com/dzrgreg Deltec Bank: https://www.deltecbank.com/?locale=en   Crypto Anonymous’s Medium post:  https://crypto-anonymous-2021.medium.com/the-bit-short-inside-cryptos-doomsday-machine-f8dcf78a64d3   Deltec having large position in bitcoin:  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/91353/deltec-bitcoin-position-tether   Original video in which Deltec mentions its “large position in bitcoin”:  https://www.deltecbank.com/2021/01/14/a-covid-year-in-review/   Deltec banking Tether:  https://www.coindesk.com/deltec-chairman-says-tether-letter-on-bank-relationship-is-authentic   Tether not audited:  https://www.coindesk.com/tether-review-claims-crypto-asset-fully-backed-theres-catch   Tether says it is fully backed:  https://www.coindesk.com/tether-says-its-stablecoin-is-fully-backed-again   Tether current balances:  https://wallet.tether.to/transparency?cf_chl_jschl_tk=c035d054dd287020b16d6dbb4b70398ca7a99dcb-1611253376-0-AcOsT0Zqpd8Muzw5gnkSz6KKmTrN3WAssxGX8K-p_PkeZ2SUfW9EsAr-a2EkIojYzm5-3RA_1DHxpoK579d0YgtnxMYevlVRSS7RIAKh0sgk-ORzOZUDNgg_AvZjugdrxWVjTA9dCBf1hX4X83oU3-RTjQYn_qYukdRFJUq9a89BXyyDovL3bu4ohxSSVdworOR-cdxEiPURe4ZJrGIvuW3Ej2qJLJt3RDXfX6BfDANdpkVrU6O2KB4V0Or-HJjItS0uAu-L7KrTomXNv9anUv34_An8cH3VHYfB_OD-iyIvkgOh7RHd-Xafe-SJwPnUYg   What Tether is backed by:  https://wallet.tether.to/transparency?cf_chl_jschl_tk=c035d054dd287020b16d6dbb4b70398ca7a99dcb-1611253376-0-AcOsT0Zqpd8Muzw5gnkSz6KKmTrN3WAssxGX8K-p_PkeZ2SUfW9EsAr-a2EkIojYzm5-3RA_1DHxpoK579d0YgtnxMYevlVRSS7RIAKh0sgk-ORzOZUDNgg_AvZjugdrxWVjTA9dCBf1hX4X83oU3-RTjQYn_qYukdRFJUq9a89BXyyDovL3bu4ohxSSVdworOR-cdxEiPURe4ZJrGIvuW3Ej2qJLJt3RDXfX6BfDANdpkVrU6O2KB4V0Or-HJjItS0uAu-L7KrTomXNv9anUv34_An8cH3VHYfB_OD-iyIvkgOh7RHd-Xafe-SJwPnUYg   New York Attorney General’s office press release on investigation into iFinex:  https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2019/attorney-general-james-announces-court-order-against-crypto-currency-company   CoinDesk on NYAG investigation:  https://www.coindesk.com/bitfinex-ny-prosecutors-tether-850-million-allege   Link to the Crypto News Recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/what-8-trillion-could-do-in-bitcoin/

Gregory Pepin, deputy CEO of Deltec Bank and Trust, responds to allegations in a blog post by the pseudonymous Crypto Anonymous, that Tether is a "highly probably fraud." In this episode, he covers: <ul> <li>how Deltec accounts for its reserves, and why they didn't show up on Crypto Anonymous's blog post</li> <li>where the dollars backing Tethers are held</li> <li>how Tethers get created</li> <li>where Tether Ltd. keeps its cash equivalents</li> <li>why there's more demand for trading with USDT than with USD partially because of the arbitrage opportunity between East and West </li> <li>how Tethers get created using Deltec</li> <li>why USDT gets minted in very round numbers as opposed to very specific numbers that USDC is minted in</li> <li>where the cash equivalents backing Tethers are held</li> <li>what type of due diligence Deltec conducted when it took on Tether Ltd. as a customer</li> <li>why the perception that Tether is unregulated compared to other stablecoins is false</li> <li>what Deltec thinks about the New York Attorney General office's investigation in to Tether</li> <li>why Deltec has a "large position in bitcoin"</li> </ul> Thank you to our sponsor! <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crypto.com</a>: <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://crypto.com</a> Episode links: Gregory Pepin: <a href="https://twitter.com/dzrgreg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/dzrgreg</a> Deltec Bank: <a href="https://www.deltecbank.com/?locale=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.deltecbank.com/?locale=en</a> Crypto Anonymous’s Medium post: <a href="https://crypto-anonymous-2021.medium.com/the-bit-short-inside-cryptos-doomsday-machine-f8dcf78a64d3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://crypto-anonymous-2021.medium.com/the-bit-short-inside-cryptos-doomsday-machine-f8dcf78a64d3</a> Deltec having large position in bitcoin: <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/91353/deltec-bitcoin-position-tether" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/91353/deltec-bitcoin-position-tether</a> Original video in which Deltec mentions its “large position in bitcoin”: <a href="https://www.deltecbank.com/2021/01/14/a-covid-year-in-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.deltecbank.com/2021/01/14/a-covid-year-in-review/</a> Deltec banking Tether: <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/deltec-chairman-says-tether-letter-on-bank-relationship-is-authentic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.coindesk.com/deltec-chairman-says-tether-letter-on-bank-relationship-is-authentic</a> Tether not audited: <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/tether-review-claims-crypto-asset-fully-backed-theres-catch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.coindesk.com/tether-review-claims-crypto-asset-fully-backed-theres-catch</a> Tether says it is fully backed: <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/tether-says-its-stablecoin-is-fully-backed-again" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.coindesk.com/tether-says-its-stablecoin-is-fully-backed-again</a> Tether current balances: <a href="https://wallet.tether.to/transparency?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=c035d054dd287020b16d6dbb4b70398ca7a99dcb-1611253376-0-AcOsT0Zqpd8Muzw5gnkSz6KKmTrN3WAssxGX8K-p_PkeZ2SUfW9EsAr-a2EkIojYzm5-3RA_1DHxpoK579d0YgtnxMYevlVRSS7RIAKh0sgk-ORzOZUDNgg_AvZjugdrxWVjTA9dCBf1hX4X83oU3-RTjQYn_qYukdRFJUq9a89BXyyDovL3bu4ohxSSVdworOR-cdxEiPURe4ZJrGIvuW3Ej2qJLJt3RDXfX6BfDANdpkVrU6O2KB4V0Or-HJjItS0uAu-L7KrTomXNv9anUv34_An8cH3VHYfB_OD-iyIvkgOh7RHd-Xafe-SJwPnUYg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://wallet.tether.to/transparency?cf_chl_jschl_tk=c035d054dd287020b16d6dbb4b70398ca7a99dcb-1611253376-0-AcOsT0Zqpd8Muzw5gnkSz6KKmTrN3WAssxGX8K-p_PkeZ2SUfW9EsAr-a2EkIojYzm5-3RA_1DHxpoK579d0YgtnxMYevlVRSS7RIAKh0sgk-ORzOZUDNgg_AvZjugdrxWVjTA9dCBf1hX4X83oU3-RTjQYn_qYukdRFJUq9a89BXyyDovL3bu4ohxSSVdworOR-cdxEiPURe4ZJrGIvuW3Ej2qJLJt3RDXfX6BfDANdpkVrU6O2KB4V0Or-HJjItS0uAu-L7KrTomXNv9anUv34_An8cH3VHYfB_OD-iyIvkgOh7RHd-Xafe-SJwPnUYg</a> What Tether is backed by: <a href="https://wallet.tether.to/transparency?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=c035d054dd287020b16d6dbb4b70398ca7a99dcb-1611253376-0-AcOsT0Zqpd8Muzw5gnkSz6KKmTrN3WAssxGX8K-p_PkeZ2SUfW9EsAr-a2EkIojYzm5-3RA_1DHxpoK579d0YgtnxMYevlVRSS7RIAKh0sgk-ORzOZUDNgg_AvZjugdrxWVjTA9dCBf1hX4X83oU3-RTjQYn_qYukdRFJUq9a89BXyyDovL3bu4ohxSSVdworOR-cdxEiPURe4ZJrGIvuW3Ej2qJLJt3RDXfX6BfDANdpkVrU6O2KB4V0Or-HJjItS0uAu-L7KrTomXNv9anUv34_An8cH3VHYfB_OD-iyIvkgOh7RHd-Xafe-SJwPnUYg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://wallet.tether.to/transparency?cf_chl_jschl_tk=c035d054dd287020b16d6dbb4b70398ca7a99dcb-1611253376-0-AcOsT0Zqpd8Muzw5gnkSz6KKmTrN3WAssxGX8K-p_PkeZ2SUfW9EsAr-a2EkIojYzm5-3RA_1DHxpoK579d0YgtnxMYevlVRSS7RIAKh0sgk-ORzOZUDNgg_AvZjugdrxWVjTA9dCBf1hX4X83oU3-RTjQYn_qYukdRFJUq9a89BXyyDovL3bu4ohxSSVdworOR-cdxEiPURe4ZJrGIvuW3Ej2qJLJt3RDXfX6BfDANdpkVrU6O2KB4V0Or-HJjItS0uAu-L7KrTomXNv9anUv34_An8cH3VHYfB_OD-iyIvkgOh7RHd-Xafe-SJwPnUYg</a> New York Attorney General’s office press release on investigation into iFinex: <a href="https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2019/attorney-general-james-announces-court-order-against-crypto-currency-company" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2019/attorney-general-james-announces-court-order-against-crypto-currency-company</a> CoinDesk on NYAG investigation: <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/bitfinex-ny-prosecutors-tether-850-million-allege" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.coindesk.com/bitfinex-ny-prosecutors-tether-850-million-allege</a> Link to the Crypto News Recap: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/what-8-trillion-could-do-in-bitcoin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://unchainedpodcast.com/what-8-trillion-could-do-in-bitcoin/</a>

Is Tether a Fraud? Its Bank Says It's Not - Ep.161

Meltem Demirors, chief strategy officer at Coinshares, and Nic Carter, general partner at Castle Island Ventures, join me at the Stacks conference to discuss Bitcoin layer 2s. In this episode, they cover:   why layers 2s exist how layer 2s, such as payment channels like Lightning, work what kind of throughput layer 2s have  how moving Bitcoin to layer 2 affects the price why people having moved $5 billion worth of Bitcoin to Ethereum how Bitcoin moving to Ethereum affects the price the most popular Bitcoin layer 2s  Thank you to our sponsor! Crypto.com: http://crypto.com   Episode links: Meltem Demirors: https://twitter.com/Melt_Dem Nic Carter: https://twitter.com/nic__carter Stacks: https://twitter.com/Stacks   Total value locked in Lightning: https://www.defipulse.com/lightning-network   Bitcoin on Ethereum: https://www.defipulse.com/btc   Stats on Lightning: https://bitcoinvisuals.com/lightning   What layer 2s mean for altcoins and base chain assets like Bitcoin: https://www.coindesk.com/rise-of-layer-2s-altcoins-like-ethereum   Sovryn: https://sovryn.app RSK: https://www.rsk.co Liquid network: https://blockstream.com/liquid/   Link to the Crypto News Recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/stupid-bitcoin-rich/

Meltem Demirors, chief strategy officer at Coinshares, and Nic Carter, general partner at Castle Island Ventures, join me at the Stacks conference to discuss Bitcoin layer 2s. In this episode, they cover:  <ul> <li>why layers 2s exist</li> <li>how layer 2s, such as payment channels like Lightning, work</li> <li>what kind of throughput layer 2s have </li> <li>how moving Bitcoin to layer 2 affects the price</li> <li>why people having moved $5 billion worth of Bitcoin to Ethereum</li> <li>how Bitcoin moving to Ethereum affects the price</li> <li>the most popular Bitcoin layer 2s</li> </ul> Thank you to our sponsor! <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crypto.com</a>: <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://crypto.com</a> Episode links: Meltem Demirors: <a href="https://twitter.com/Melt_Dem" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Melt_Dem</a> Nic Carter: <a href="https://twitter.com/nic__carter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/nic__carter</a> Stacks: <a href="https://twitter.com/Stacks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Stacks</a> Total value locked in Lightning: <a href="https://www.defipulse.com/lightning-network" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.defipulse.com/lightning-network</a> Bitcoin on Ethereum: <a href="https://www.defipulse.com/btc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.defipulse.com/btc</a> Stats on Lightning: <a href="https://bitcoinvisuals.com/lightning" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bitcoinvisuals.com/lightning</a> What layer 2s mean for altcoins and base chain assets like Bitcoin: <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/rise-of-layer-2s-altcoins-like-ethereum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.coindesk.com/rise-of-layer-2s-altcoins-like-ethereum</a> Sovryn: <a href="https://sovryn.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sovryn.app</a> RSK: <a href="https://www.rsk.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.rsk.co</a> Liquid network: <a href="https://blockstream.com/liquid/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://blockstream.com/liquid/</a> Link to the Crypto News Recap: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/stupid-bitcoin-rich/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://unchainedpodcast.com/stupid-bitcoin-rich/</a>

What You Need to Know About Bitcoin Layer 2s - Ep.160

Frank Chaparro, director of news at The Block, gives his predictions for what will happen in crypto in 2021. In this episode, we discuss:  the big stories in crypto in 2020 how the market has changed in 2020 how the market differs from the 2017-2018 bubble what big traditional financial services firms and investment banks will do in crypto in 2021 how crypto exchanges will experiment with their fee structures how regulatory actions, such as the lawsuit against Ripple, will affect exchanges what might happen to privacy coins as regulators become more active what he expects to see from the upcoming Coinbase IPO and how that will affect the broader market    Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: http://crypto.com Blocknative: http://blocknative.com/unconfirmed   Episode links: Frank Chaparro: https://twitter.com/fintechfrank The Block: https://www.theblockcrypto.com   The Block's 2020 year in review:  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/promotions/2020-in-review/   Predictions from The Block's analysts:  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/89788/2021-predictions-from-the-blocks-analysts   Unchained interview with Raoul Pal and Michael Novogratz:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-mike-novogratz-and-raoul-pal-on-the-single-greatest-brand-of-the-last-10-years/   Bittrex delisting privacy coins:  https://twitter.com/BittrexExchange/status/1345056010981892096?s=20   Link to the Crypto News Recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/1t-40k-1200/

Frank Chaparro, director of news at The Block, gives his predictions for what will happen in crypto in 2021. In this episode, we discuss: <ul> <li>the big stories in crypto in 2020</li> <li>how the market has changed in 2020</li> <li>how the market differs from the 2017-2018 bubble</li> <li>what big traditional financial services firms and investment banks will do in crypto in 2021</li> <li>how crypto exchanges will experiment with their fee structures</li> <li>how regulatory actions, such as the lawsuit against Ripple, will affect exchanges</li> <li>what might happen to privacy coins as regulators become more active</li> <li>what he expects to see from the upcoming Coinbase IPO and how that will affect the broader market</li> </ul> Thank you to our sponsors! <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crypto.com</a>: <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://crypto.com</a> Blocknative: <a href="http://blocknative.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://blocknative.com/unconfirmed</a> Episode links: Frank Chaparro: <a href="https://twitter.com/fintechfrank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/fintechfrank</a> The Block: <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theblockcrypto.com</a> The Block's 2020 year in review: <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/promotions/2020-in-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/promotions/2020-in-review/</a> Predictions from The Block's analysts: <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/89788/2021-predictions-from-the-blocks-analysts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/89788/2021-predictions-from-the-blocks-analysts</a> Unchained interview with Raoul Pal and Michael Novogratz: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-mike-novogratz-and-raoul-pal-on-the-single-greatest-brand-of-the-last-10-years/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-mike-novogratz-and-raoul-pal-on-the-single-greatest-brand-of-the-last-10-years/</a> Bittrex delisting privacy coins: <a href="https://twitter.com/BittrexExchange/status/1345056010981892096?s=20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/BittrexExchange/status/1345056010981892096?s=20</a> Link to the Crypto News Recap: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/1t-40k-1200/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://unchainedpodcast.com/1t-40k-1200/</a>

2021 in Crypto: What to Expect in the Year Ahead - Ep.159

For the holidays, I'm doing two AMAs. In the second of two, I cover:  privacy blockchains my thoughts on the STABLE Act whether or not Facebook's Diem will have a positive or negative impact on crypto what I miss from pre-COVID about the crypto community how we can use blockchain and crypto to weed our propaganda and fake news the best pick and shovel plays in crypto what distinguishes a journalist from an entertainer my thoughts on the state of media and journalism in the US    Thank you to our sponsors! Blocknative: http://blocknative.com/unconfirmed Crypto.com: http://crypto.com   Episode links: Meltem Demirors on privacy in 2021:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-meltem-demirors-and-lyn-alden-on-the-perfect-conditions-for-bitcoin/ Jessie Liu episode:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-dojs-cryptocurrency-enforcement-framework/ Brian Brooks episode:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/acting-comptroller-of-the-currency-brian-brooks-on-crypto-banks/ STABLE Act episode:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-rohan-grey-believes-stablecoin-issuers-need-to-be-banks/ Episodes on Coinbase:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/will-coinbase-do-a-token-offering-when-it-goes-public/  https://unchainedpodcast.com/coinbase-in-turmoil-why-employees-walked-out/ Episode with Chad Cascarilla of Paxos:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/chad-cascarilla-on-paxoss-partnership-with-paypal/

For the holidays, I'm doing two AMAs. In the second of two, I cover: <ul> <li>privacy blockchains</li> <li>my thoughts on the STABLE Act</li> <li>whether or not Facebook's Diem will have a positive or negative impact on crypto</li> <li>what I miss from pre-COVID about the crypto community</li> <li>how we can use blockchain and crypto to weed our propaganda and fake news</li> <li>the best pick and shovel plays in crypto</li> <li>what distinguishes a journalist from an entertainer</li> <li>my thoughts on the state of media and journalism in the US</li> </ul> Thank you to our sponsors! Blocknative: <a href="http://blocknative.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://blocknative.com/unconfirmed</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crypto.com</a>: <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://crypto.com</a> Episode links: Meltem Demirors on privacy in 2021: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-meltem-demirors-and-lyn-alden-on-the-perfect-conditions-for-bitcoin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-meltem-demirors-and-lyn-alden-on-the-perfect-conditions-for-bitcoin/</a> Jessie Liu episode: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-dojs-cryptocurrency-enforcement-framework/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-dojs-cryptocurrency-enforcement-framework/</a> Brian Brooks episode: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/acting-comptroller-of-the-currency-brian-brooks-on-crypto-banks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/acting-comptroller-of-the-currency-brian-brooks-on-crypto-banks/</a> STABLE Act episode: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-rohan-grey-believes-stablecoin-issuers-need-to-be-banks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-rohan-grey-believes-stablecoin-issuers-need-to-be-banks/</a> Episodes on Coinbase: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/will-coinbase-do-a-token-offering-when-it-goes-public/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/will-coinbase-do-a-token-offering-when-it-goes-public/</a> <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/coinbase-in-turmoil-why-employees-walked-out/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/coinbase-in-turmoil-why-employees-walked-out/</a> Episode with Chad Cascarilla of Paxos: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/chad-cascarilla-on-paxoss-partnership-with-paypal/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/chad-cascarilla-on-paxoss-partnership-with-paypal/</a>

Laura's New Year's 2021 AMA: Your Questions About Privacy, the STABLE Act, Diem and More - Ep.158

For the holidays, I'm doing two AMAs. In this first of two, I cover:  how my book is going tips for aspiring podcasters what it's like being an independent journalist how I spent my time outside crypto if I send bitcoin to North Korea whether I own any crypto if I expect bitcoin will lose its weirdness as it becomes more widely adopted how much blockchain technology can disintermediate banks what black swans I see on the horizon for 2021 what trends I see for 2021    Thank you to our sponsors! Blocknative: http://blocknative.com/unconfirmed Crypto.com: http://crypto.com   Links:   My previous AMA:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/ama-with-laura-the-greatest-innovation-in-the-industry-right-now/ Whether North Koreans can benefit from bitcoin:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/yeonmi-park-on-why-doing-business-with-north-korea-is-like-buying-a-ticket-to-a-concentration-camp/ Why North Korea is interested in cryptocurrency:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-north-korea-is-interested-in-cryptocurrency/ Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-on-a-world-without-bitcoin/ DeFi hacks:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/defi-security-with-so-many-hacks-will-it-ever-be-safe/ Why yield farming is risky:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/defi-yield-farming-why-its-all-the-rage-but-risky/ Regulation:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-looming-battle-over-privacy-in-crypto/  https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-travel-rule-is-one-of-the-most-significant-regulations-in-crypto/   Link to the Crypto News Recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/laura-eoy-ama-pt-1/

For the holidays, I'm doing two AMAs. In this first of two, I cover: <ul> <li>how my book is going</li> <li>tips for aspiring podcasters</li> <li>what it's like being an independent journalist</li> <li>how I spent my time outside crypto</li> <li>if I send bitcoin to North Korea</li> <li>whether I own any crypto</li> <li>if I expect bitcoin will lose its weirdness as it becomes more widely adopted</li> <li>how much blockchain technology can disintermediate banks</li> <li>what black swans I see on the horizon for 2021</li> <li>what trends I see for 2021</li> </ul> Thank you to our sponsors! Blocknative: <a href="http://blocknative.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://blocknative.com/unconfirmed</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crypto.com</a>: <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://crypto.com</a> Links: My previous AMA: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/ama-with-laura-the-greatest-innovation-in-the-industry-right-now/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/ama-with-laura-the-greatest-innovation-in-the-industry-right-now/</a> Whether North Koreans can benefit from bitcoin: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/yeonmi-park-on-why-doing-business-with-north-korea-is-like-buying-a-ticket-to-a-concentration-camp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/yeonmi-park-on-why-doing-business-with-north-korea-is-like-buying-a-ticket-to-a-concentration-camp/</a> Why North Korea is interested in cryptocurrency: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-north-korea-is-interested-in-cryptocurrency/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-north-korea-is-interested-in-cryptocurrency/</a> Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-on-a-world-without-bitcoin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/alex-gladstein-on-a-world-without-bitcoin/</a> DeFi hacks: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/defi-security-with-so-many-hacks-will-it-ever-be-safe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/defi-security-with-so-many-hacks-will-it-ever-be-safe/</a> Why yield farming is risky: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/defi-yield-farming-why-its-all-the-rage-but-risky/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/defi-yield-farming-why-its-all-the-rage-but-risky/</a> Regulation: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-looming-battle-over-privacy-in-crypto/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-looming-battle-over-privacy-in-crypto/</a> <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-travel-rule-is-one-of-the-most-significant-regulations-in-crypto/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-travel-rule-is-one-of-the-most-significant-regulations-in-crypto/</a> Link to the Crypto News Recap: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/laura-eoy-ama-pt-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://unchainedpodcast.com/laura-eoy-ama-pt-1/</a>

Laura's Christmas 2020 AMA: Your Questions About Crypto Media and More - Ep.157

Events in crypto take place at warp speed. This weekly crypto podcast reveals how the marquee names in crypto are reacting to the week’s top headlines. With host Laura Shin, the guests also discuss what they’re thinking about these days and reveal what they believe is on the horizon in crypto. Disclosure: I'm a nocoiner.

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Nic Carter, partner at Castle Island Ventures, discusses the ways in which cryptocurrencies could weaken the state, how they're already providing an alternative to central bank currencies for people in economies undergoing hyper-inflation. He describes why Bitcoin is inherently political, which other coins he views as legitimate and whether coins should always aim to be money or other types can exist. Plus, he explains why he isn't optimistic about Libra and why Facebook should have pegged the value of it to the USD.  Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace: https://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode links: Nic Carter's recent Medium post on Bitcoin as a revolutionary currency:  https://medium.com/@nic__carter/a-most-peaceful-revolution-8b63b64c203e Nic Carter: https://twitter.com/nic__carter LocalBitcoins interview on Unconfirmed:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/localbitcoins-on-how-bitcoin-trading-compares-across-the-world/ Unconfirmed interview with Dante Disparte of the Libra Association:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/libras-dante-disparte-on-why-we-should-trust-a-financial-system-designed-by-facebook/ Michael Casey on why it would be good if Libra rivaled the USD:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-it-would-be-good-if-libra-rivaled-the-us-dollar/ Coin Center's Peter Van Valkenburgh on why the Congressional hearings on Facebook's Libra were good for Bitcoin:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-congressional-hearings-on-facebooks-libra-were-good-for-bitcoin/ Unchained interview with the IMF on how to design central bank digital currencies:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/the-imf-on-how-to-design-central-bank-digital-currencies/

Nic Carter, partner at Castle Island Ventures, discusses the ways in which cryptocurrencies could weaken the state, how they're already providing an alternative to central bank currencies for people in economies undergoing hyper-inflation. He describes why Bitcoin is inherently political, which other coins he views as legitimate and whether coins should always aim to be money or other types can exist. Plus, he explains why he isn't optimistic about Libra and why Facebook should have pegged the value of it to the USD.  Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace: <a href="https://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed</a> Episode links: Nic Carter's recent Medium post on Bitcoin as a revolutionary currency: <a href="https://medium.com/@nic__carter/a-most-peaceful-revolution-8b63b64c203e" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://medium.com/@nic__carter/a-most-peaceful-revolution-8b63b64c203e</a> Nic Carter: <a href="https://twitter.com/nic__carter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/nic__carter</a> LocalBitcoins interview on Unconfirmed: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/localbitcoins-on-how-bitcoin-trading-compares-across-the-world/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/localbitcoins-on-how-bitcoin-trading-compares-across-the-world/</a> Unconfirmed interview with Dante Disparte of the Libra Association: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/libras-dante-disparte-on-why-we-should-trust-a-financial-system-designed-by-facebook/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/libras-dante-disparte-on-why-we-should-trust-a-financial-system-designed-by-facebook/</a> Michael Casey on why it would be good if Libra rivaled the USD: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-it-would-be-good-if-libra-rivaled-the-us-dollar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-it-would-be-good-if-libra-rivaled-the-us-dollar/</a> Coin Center's Peter Van Valkenburgh on why the Congressional hearings on Facebook's Libra were good for Bitcoin: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-congressional-hearings-on-facebooks-libra-were-good-for-bitcoin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-congressional-hearings-on-facebooks-libra-were-good-for-bitcoin/</a> Unchained interview with the IMF on how to design central bank digital currencies: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/the-imf-on-how-to-design-central-bank-digital-currencies/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/the-imf-on-how-to-design-central-bank-digital-currencies/</a>

How Cryptocurrencies Could Threaten the State - Ep.90

Jeremy Allaire

Jeremy Allaire, cofounder and CEO of Circle, explains why the company has opened a new subsidiary in Bermuda, obtained a full Digital Assets Business Act license there and how it plans to create separate offerings for the US market vs. non-US. He discusses why Circle chose Bermuda out of the many jurisdictions that have created crypto-friendly regulations, why Circle believes the SEC's April guidance on digital assets expanded the scope on which digital assets are securities and why regulators should have a new definition for digital assets rather than putting them into existing categories like commodity, security, currency, etc. We cover how much of Poloniex's struggles have to do with restrictive regulations in the US vs. poor business choices on the exchange's part, and why some other US-based crypto exchanges are not having the same struggles. He also reveals what it is that he'll be telling the Senate next week when he testifies in a hearing on regulation for digital assets and blockchain technology.   Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://crypto.com CipherTrace:  http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode links: Circle: https://www.circle.com/en/ Poloniex: https://poloniex.com Jeremy Allaire: https://twitter.com/jerallaire  New Bermuda entity and license:  https://medium.com/circle-blog/circle-expands-international-offerings-with-new-bermuda-operations-and-digital-assets-business-ff4509ed76b9  https://www.coindesk.com/circle-moves-non-us-poloniex-customers-to-new-bermuda-entity  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/07/22/circle-is-opening-up-shop-in-bermuda-seeking-clearer-regulatory-framework-and-it-could-be-its-last-hope/  BTC trade volume:  https://www.bitcointradevolume.com  Trollbox:  https://medium.com/circle-trader/trollbox-is-back-a458e3ec58df  Next week's Senate hearing on crypto legislation:  https://medium.com/circle-blog/circle-ceo-to-testify-before-senate-on-crypto-regulation-dbaeaeba3a3b  https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/examining-regulatory-frameworks-for-digital-currencies-and-blockchain  The Bermuda rig:  https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2015-01-26/dress-code-how-to-wear-bermuda-shorts

Jeremy Allaire, cofounder and CEO of Circle, explains why the company has opened a new subsidiary in Bermuda, obtained a full Digital Assets Business Act license there and how it plans to create separate offerings for the US market vs. non-US. He discusses why Circle chose Bermuda out of the many jurisdictions that have created crypto-friendly regulations, why Circle believes the SEC's April guidance on digital assets expanded the scope on which digital assets are securities and why regulators should have a new definition for digital assets rather than putting them into existing categories like commodity, security, currency, etc. We cover how much of Poloniex's struggles have to do with restrictive regulations in the US vs. poor business choices on the exchange's part, and why some other US-based crypto exchanges are not having the same struggles. He also reveals what it is that he'll be telling the Senate next week when he testifies in a hearing on regulation for digital assets and blockchain technology.   Thank you to our sponsors! <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crypto.com</a>: <a href="https://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://crypto.com</a> CipherTrace:  <a href="http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed</a> Episode links: Circle: <a href="https://www.circle.com/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.circle.com/en/</a> Poloniex: <a href="https://poloniex.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://poloniex.com</a> Jeremy Allaire: <a href="https://twitter.com/jerallaire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/jerallaire</a>  New Bermuda entity and license: <a href="https://medium.com/circle-blog/circle-expands-international-offerings-with-new-bermuda-operations-and-digital-assets-business-ff4509ed76b9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://medium.com/circle-blog/circle-expands-international-offerings-with-new-bermuda-operations-and-digital-assets-business-ff4509ed76b9</a> <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/circle-moves-non-us-poloniex-customers-to-new-bermuda-entity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.coindesk.com/circle-moves-non-us-poloniex-customers-to-new-bermuda-entity</a> <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/07/22/circle-is-opening-up-shop-in-bermuda-seeking-clearer-regulatory-framework-and-it-could-be-its-last-hope/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/07/22/circle-is-opening-up-shop-in-bermuda-seeking-clearer-regulatory-framework-and-it-could-be-its-last-hope/</a>  BTC trade volume:  <a href="https://www.bitcointradevolume.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bitcointradevolume.com</a>  Trollbox: <a href="https://medium.com/circle-trader/trollbox-is-back-a458e3ec58df" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://medium.com/circle-trader/trollbox-is-back-a458e3ec58df</a>  Next week's Senate hearing on crypto legislation: <a href="https://medium.com/circle-blog/circle-ceo-to-testify-before-senate-on-crypto-regulation-dbaeaeba3a3b" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://medium.com/circle-blog/circle-ceo-to-testify-before-senate-on-crypto-regulation-dbaeaeba3a3b</a> <a href="https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/examining-regulatory-frameworks-for-digital-currencies-and-blockchain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/examining-regulatory-frameworks-for-digital-currencies-and-blockchain</a>  The Bermuda rig: <a href="https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2015-01-26/dress-code-how-to-wear-bermuda-shorts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2015-01-26/dress-code-how-to-wear-bermuda-shorts</a>

Jeremy Allaire on Why the US Government Needs a New Category for Digital Assets - Ep.83

Dante Disparte

Dante Disparte, head of policy and communications for the Libra Association, describes the roles of the various entities that make up the Libra ecosystem and how he came to be in this position. He addresses the most common concern being expressed: why people should trust a financial system designed by Facebook, which has lost public trust over privacy breaches. Plus, we discuss how Facebook will handle the financial information of Calibra's users, how the Libra Association will deal with the regulatory headwinds and why he believes that it's better if the project succeeds. We also discuss what impact this currency could have on the currencies of developing countries, what an identity system based on Libra might look like, and how it plans to get banks on board. Plus, we discuss what its social impact goals are. Take the Unchained/Unconfirmed survey: Help make Unchained and Unconfirmed better! Take our survey and enter the giveaway for a free Bitcoin lightning node and a yearlong Casa Gold membership, — including a multisig security app for iPhone and Android, a Trezor hardware wallet, a Casa faraday bag, and 24/7 support! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019 Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace:  http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode links: Dante Disparte: https://twitter.com/ddisparte The Libra Association: https://libra.org/en-US/association/ Libra: https://libra.org/en-US/ More details on the Libra Association:  https://libra.org/en-US/association-council-principles/#overview Security and privacy on the Libra network: https://libra.org/en-US/security-privacy/#overview Commitment to compliance and consumer protection:  https://libra.org/en-US/compliance-consumer-protection/#overview France calls for central bank review of Libra:  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-18/france-calls-for-central-bank-review-of-facebook-cryptocurrency Senate banking hearing on Libra is scheduled:  https://twitter.com/ElleBeyoud/status/1141429557846781960 (link to webcast: https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings) Europe working around US sanctions:  https://www.apnews.com/b7fbb9c4b97b41c98d625cea0529386b

Dante Disparte, head of policy and communications for the Libra Association, describes the roles of the various entities that make up the Libra ecosystem and how he came to be in this position. He addresses the most common concern being expressed: why people should trust a financial system designed by Facebook, which has lost public trust over privacy breaches. Plus, we discuss how Facebook will handle the financial information of Calibra's users, how the Libra Association will deal with the regulatory headwinds and why he believes that it's better if the project succeeds. We also discuss what impact this currency could have on the currencies of developing countries, what an identity system based on Libra might look like, and how it plans to get banks on board. Plus, we discuss what its social impact goals are. Take the Unchained/Unconfirmed survey: Help make Unchained and Unconfirmed better! Take our survey and enter the giveaway for a free Bitcoin lightning node and a yearlong Casa Gold membership, — including a multisig security app for iPhone and Android, a Trezor hardware wallet, a Casa faraday bag, and 24/7 support! <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019</a> Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace: <a href="http://ciphertrace.com/unchainedhttp://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed</a> Episode links: Dante Disparte: <a href="https://twitter.com/ddisparte" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ddisparte</a> The Libra Association: <a href="https://libra.org/en-US/association/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://libra.org/en-US/association/</a> Libra: <a href="https://libra.org/en-US/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://libra.org/en-US/</a> More details on the Libra Association: <a href="https://libra.org/en-US/association-council-principles/#overview" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://libra.org/en-US/association-council-principles/#overview</a> Security and privacy on the Libra network: <a href="https://libra.org/en-US/security-privacy/#overview" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://libra.org/en-US/security-privacy/#overview</a> Commitment to compliance and consumer protection: <a href="https://libra.org/en-US/compliance-consumer-protection/#overview" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://libra.org/en-US/compliance-consumer-protection/#overview</a> France calls for central bank review of Libra: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-18/france-calls-for-central-bank-review-of-facebook-cryptocurrency" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-18/france-calls-for-central-bank-review-of-facebook-cryptocurrency</a> Senate banking hearing on Libra is scheduled: <a href="https://twitter.com/ElleBeyoud/status/1141429557846781960" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/ElleBeyoud/status/1141429557846781960</a> (link to webcast: <a href="https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings</a>) Europe working around US sanctions: <a href="https://www.apnews.com/b7fbb9c4b97b41c98d625cea0529386b" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.apnews.com/b7fbb9c4b97b41c98d625cea0529386b</a>

Libra's Dante Disparte on Why We Should Trust a Financial System Designed by Facebook - Ep.078

Mike Novogratz

Mike Novogratz, the founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital Capital Management, talks about the recently announced Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index, why it's limited to just 12 cryptos, how traditional financial players know more about crypto than people believe they do, and how "the herd" is coming. He discusses the biggest obstacles to institutional money entering the space, how their entry will affect trading opportunities and and which types of stablecoins he believes are most promising. He also talks about why he's not very sanguine about custody solutions from Coinbase, why the market might go sideways for a while and why he wishes he'd invested in Telegram. Mike Novogratz: https://twitter.com/novogratz Listen to the Unchained episode with Wences Casares, the CEO of Xapo, which Novogratz mentions in the episode:  http://unchainedpodcast.co/xapos-wences-casares-on-how-bitcoin-makes-a-fairer-world Listen to the Unchained episode on BitGo, which Novogratz also mentions:  http://unchainedpodcast.co/mike-belshe-on-what-bitgos-kingdom-trust-acquisition-means-for-crypto-and-how-security-will-develop-in-the-future Thank you to our sponsor!   Element Group: http://elementgroup.com/unconfirmed/

Mike Novogratz, the founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital Capital Management, talks about the recently announced Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index, why it's limited to just 12 cryptos, how traditional financial players know more about crypto than people believe they do, and how "the herd" is coming. He discusses the biggest obstacles to institutional money entering the space, how their entry will affect trading opportunities and and which types of stablecoins he believes are most promising. He also talks about why he's not very sanguine about custody solutions from Coinbase, why the market might go sideways for a while and why he wishes he'd invested in Telegram. Mike Novogratz: <a href="https://twitter.com/novogratz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/novogratz</a> Listen to the Unchained episode with Wences Casares, the CEO of Xapo, which Novogratz mentions in the episode: <a href="http://unchainedpodcast.co/xapos-wences-casares-on-how-bitcoin-makes-a-fairer-world" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://unchainedpodcast.co/xapos-wences-casares-on-how-bitcoin-makes-a-fairer-world</a> Listen to the Unchained episode on BitGo, which Novogratz also mentions: <a href="http://unchainedpodcast.co/mike-belshe-on-what-bitgos-kingdom-trust-acquisition-means-for-crypto-and-how-security-will-develop-in-the-future" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://unchainedpodcast.co/mike-belshe-on-what-bitgos-kingdom-trust-acquisition-means-for-crypto-and-how-security-will-develop-in-the-future</a> Thank you to our sponsor!   Element Group: <a href="http://elementgroup.com/unconfirmed/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://elementgroup.com/unconfirmed/</a>

Mike Novogratz on Why Incumbents Are Still Well Positioned to Participate in Crypto Finance - Ep.019

Don Wilson

At the CoinAlts Fund Symposium in New York City on Thursday, Don Wilson, CEO of DRW Holdings, discussed what hopeful signs he's seeing amid greater regulatory uncertainty, what crypto regulations in other jurisdictions he finds smart, and how the regulatory cloud is affecting the decisions of institutional investors. He also described how DRW's customers changed over 2017, and why the market has dropped in 2018. DRW: https://drw.com SEC Chairman Jay Clayton's recent statements on tokens evolving toward and away from a security: https://www.coindesk.com/sec-chief-not-icos-bad/ More on BitGo's acquisition of Kingdom Trust:  http://unchainedpodcast.co/mike-belshe-on-what-bitgos-kingdom-trust-acquisition-means-for-crypto-and-how-security-will-develop-in-the-future CoinAlts Fund Symposium: https://www.coinaltsfundsymposium.com Thank you to our sponsors, Onramp and Quantstamp: http://www.thinkonramp.com https://quantstamp.com

At the CoinAlts Fund Symposium in New York City on Thursday, Don Wilson, CEO of DRW Holdings, discussed what hopeful signs he's seeing amid greater regulatory uncertainty, what crypto regulations in other jurisdictions he finds smart, and how the regulatory cloud is affecting the decisions of institutional investors. He also described how DRW's customers changed over 2017, and why the market has dropped in 2018. DRW: <a href="https://drw.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://drw.com</a> SEC Chairman Jay Clayton's recent statements on tokens evolving toward and away from a security: <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/sec-chief-not-icos-bad/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.coindesk.com/sec-chief-not-icos-bad/</a> More on BitGo's acquisition of Kingdom Trust: <a href="http://unchainedpodcast.co/mike-belshe-on-what-bitgos-kingdom-trust-acquisition-means-for-crypto-and-how-security-will-develop-in-the-future" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://unchainedpodcast.co/mike-belshe-on-what-bitgos-kingdom-trust-acquisition-means-for-crypto-and-how-security-will-develop-in-the-future</a> CoinAlts Fund Symposium: <a href="https://www.coinaltsfundsymposium.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.coinaltsfundsymposium.com</a> Thank you to our sponsors, Onramp and Quantstamp: <a href="http://www.thinkonramp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.thinkonramp.com</a> <a href="https://quantstamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://quantstamp.com</a>

Don Wilson of DRW Holdings on What's Been Driving 2018's Crypto Downturn

Ari Paul

Ari Paul, CIO of BlockTower Capital, discusses the slump in crypto prices, and how infrastructure rolling out over the rest of the year could have a positive effect on the market. He also describes how BlockTower Capital thinks about security for its assets and what risks they consider. Additionally, we discuss the movement in some parts of the crypto community to build coins to be ASIC-resistant and whether or not that could adversely affect the security of those tokens. BlockTower Capital: https://blocktower.com/ More info on custody solutions and how they could affect the development of the space: http://unchainedpodcast.co/mike-belshe-on-what-bitgos-kingdom-trust-acquisition-means-for-crypto-and-how-security-will-develop-in-the-future  Coins sorted by percent down from all-time high: https://onchainfx.com/v/aiTLnb The Carlota Perez book, Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/technological-revolutions-and-financial-capital  Movements toward ASIC resistance: Monero:  https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-kill-switch-monero-going-war-big-miners/ Ethereum -- Bitmain may have created an Ethereum ASIC miner:  https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitmain-developed-ethereum-asic-miner-194845158.html Discussion around whether to hard fork Ethereum to make ASICs obsolete:  https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/87ucsk/would_you_support_a_hard_fork_that_obsceletes_eth/ Twitter poll on whether or not to hard fork:  https://twitter.com/VladZamfir/status/979060233430552576 Siacoin's decision not to soft fork to invalidate Bitmain's new Siacoin miners:  https://blog.sia.tech/response-to-the-sia-community-and-bitmain-653a12284098 Its previous blog post on why ASICs were good for security:  https://blog.sia.tech/choosing-asics-for-sia-b318505b5b51 Thank you to our sponsors: Onramp: http://thinkonramp.com/ Quantstamp: https://quantstamp.com/ StartEngine Summit: http://www.startenginesummit.com/

Ari Paul, CIO of BlockTower Capital, discusses the slump in crypto prices, and how infrastructure rolling out over the rest of the year could have a positive effect on the market. He also describes how BlockTower Capital thinks about security for its assets and what risks they consider. Additionally, we discuss the movement in some parts of the crypto community to build coins to be ASIC-resistant and whether or not that could adversely affect the security of those tokens. BlockTower Capital: <a href="https://blocktower.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://blocktower.com/</a> More info on custody solutions and how they could affect the development of the space: <a href="http://unchainedpodcast.co/mike-belshe-on-what-bitgos-kingdom-trust-acquisition-means-for-crypto-and-how-security-will-develop-in-the-future" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://unchainedpodcast.co/mike-belshe-on-what-bitgos-kingdom-trust-acquisition-means-for-crypto-and-how-security-will-develop-in-the-future</a> Coins sorted by percent down from all-time high: <a href="https://onchainfx.com/v/aiTLnb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://onchainfx.com/v/aiTLnb</a> The Carlota Perez book, Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: <a href="https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/technological-revolutions-and-financial-capital" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/technological-revolutions-and-financial-capital</a> Movements toward ASIC resistance: Monero: <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-kill-switch-monero-going-war-big-miners/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-kill-switch-monero-going-war-big-miners/</a> Ethereum -- Bitmain may have created an Ethereum ASIC miner: <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitmain-developed-ethereum-asic-miner-194845158.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitmain-developed-ethereum-asic-miner-194845158.html</a> Discussion around whether to hard fork Ethereum to make ASICs obsolete: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/87ucsk/would_you_support_a_hard_fork_that_obsceletes_eth/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/87ucsk/would_you_support_a_hard_fork_that_obsceletes_eth/</a> Twitter poll on whether or not to hard fork: <a href="https://twitter.com/VladZamfir/status/979060233430552576" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/VladZamfir/status/979060233430552576</a> Siacoin's decision not to soft fork to invalidate Bitmain's new Siacoin miners: <a href="https://blog.sia.tech/response-to-the-sia-community-and-bitmain-653a12284098" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://blog.sia.tech/response-to-the-sia-community-and-bitmain-653a12284098</a> Its previous blog post on why ASICs were good for security: <a href="https://blog.sia.tech/choosing-asics-for-sia-b318505b5b51" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://blog.sia.tech/choosing-asics-for-sia-b318505b5b51</a> Thank you to our sponsors: Onramp: <a href="http://thinkonramp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thinkonramp.com/</a> Quantstamp: <a href="https://quantstamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://quantstamp.com/</a> StartEngine Summit: <a href="http://www.startenginesummit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.startenginesummit.com/</a>

Ari Paul of BlockTower Capital on the Crypto Downturn and Why It Could Change Direction

Nick Tomaino

Nick Tomaino, general partner of 1confirmation, discusses his firm's second fund of $45 million, announced this week, how prospective LPs have changed from 2017 to 2019, and what types of projects 1confirmation is interested in. He also reveals why he doesn't believe Libra will be meaningful in the long-term, what he thinks the top DeFi trends are, what impact Ethereum's scaling issues could have, and what other protocols the fund has invested in. Plus, he explains how the firm decides whether to invest in companies or tokens when there is a choice. Thank you to our sponsors! eToro: https://www.etoro.com CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode links: 1confirmation: https://www.1confirmation.com Nick Tomaino: https://twitter.com/NTmoney  https://thecontrol.co/1confirmation-fund-ii-f42192a9646b  https://fortune.com/2019/09/25/1confirmation-crypto-investing/  https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-venture-firm-1confirmation-announces-new-45-million-fund  https://thecontrol.co/thoughts-on-facebook-coin-c5804e97e7e1 Unchained interview with Compound:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-youll-earn-interest-on-your-crypto-with-compound-ep-82/ Unchained interview with dYdX:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-dydx-allows-you-to-take-a-short-position-in-one-token-ep-86/ Unconfirmed interview with Uniswap:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-uniswap-quickly-became-one-of-the-most-popular-dexes/ Systemic risk in DeFi due to Ethereum scaling issues:  https://twitter.com/evabeylin/status/1176861299076059136?s=20

Nick Tomaino, general partner of 1confirmation, discusses his firm's second fund of $45 million, announced this week, how prospective LPs have changed from 2017 to 2019, and what types of projects 1confirmation is interested in. He also reveals why he doesn't believe Libra will be meaningful in the long-term, what he thinks the top DeFi trends are, what impact Ethereum's scaling issues could have, and what other protocols the fund has invested in. Plus, he explains how the firm decides whether to invest in companies or tokens when there is a choice. Thank you to our sponsors! eToro: <a href="https://www.etoro.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.etoro.com</a> CipherTrace: <a href="http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed</a> Episode links: 1confirmation: <a href="https://www.1confirmation.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.1confirmation.com</a> Nick Tomaino: <a href="https://twitter.com/NTmoney" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/NTmoney</a> <a href="https://thecontrol.co/1confirmation-fund-ii-f42192a9646b" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://thecontrol.co/1confirmation-fund-ii-f42192a9646b</a> <a href="https://fortune.com/2019/09/25/1confirmation-crypto-investing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://fortune.com/2019/09/25/1confirmation-crypto-investing/</a> <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-venture-firm-1confirmation-announces-new-45-million-fund" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-venture-firm-1confirmation-announces-new-45-million-fund</a> <a href="https://thecontrol.co/thoughts-on-facebook-coin-c5804e97e7e1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://thecontrol.co/thoughts-on-facebook-coin-c5804e97e7e1</a> Unchained interview with Compound: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-youll-earn-interest-on-your-crypto-with-compound-ep-82/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-youll-earn-interest-on-your-crypto-with-compound-ep-82/</a> Unchained interview with dYdX: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-dydx-allows-you-to-take-a-short-position-in-one-token-ep-86/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-dydx-allows-you-to-take-a-short-position-in-one-token-ep-86/</a> Unconfirmed interview with Uniswap: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-uniswap-quickly-became-one-of-the-most-popular-dexes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-uniswap-quickly-became-one-of-the-most-popular-dexes/</a> Systemic risk in DeFi due to Ethereum scaling issues: <a href="https://twitter.com/evabeylin/status/1176861299076059136?s=20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/evabeylin/status/1176861299076059136?s=20</a>

Nick Tomaino on Why He Is Skeptical Libra Will Be Significant - Ep.92

Ben Mezrich

Ben Mezrich, author of the Accidental Billionaires, which formed the basis of the movie The Social Network, and the author of the recently published Bitcoin Billionaires about the Winklevoss twins' rise in the cryptocurrency industry, discusses what he initially got wrong about Cameron and Tyler. He also talks about Facebook's Libra, how he thinks personal animus against the is part of Mark Zuckerberg's motivation behind this new cryptocurrency, and what Facebook and Libra would have to do to assuage concerns over privacy issues. Plus, we cover his writing process and who can expect to be on the big screen, playing the Winklevoss twins and Charlie Shrem in the upcoming movie. Take the Unchained/Unconfirmed survey! Help make Unchained and Unconfirmed better! Take our survey and enter the giveaway for a free Bitcoin lightning node and a yearlong Casa Gold membership, — including a multisig security app for iPhone and Android, a Trezor hardware wallet, a Casa faraday bag, and 24/7 support! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019 Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode links: Ben Mezrich: http://www.benmezrich.com/ https://twitter.com/benmezrich Bitcoin Billionaires:  http://www.benmezrich.com/books/bitcoin-billionaires/ Accidental Billionaires:  http://www.benmezrich.com/books/accidental-billionaires/ The Unconfirmed interview with the Libra Association's Dante Disparte:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/libras-dante-disparte-on-why-we-should-trust-a-financial-system-designed-by-facebook/ Unchained with Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss in January 2019:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/tyler-and-cameron-winklevoss-on-being-the-fastest-tortoise-in-the-race/ Unchained with Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss in September 2016:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-tyler-and-cameron-winklevoss-fell-in-love-with-bitcoin/ The NYT on the Winklevoss Bitcoin fortune:  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/technology/bitcoin-winklevoss-twins.html

Ben Mezrich, author of the Accidental Billionaires, which formed the basis of the movie The Social Network, and the author of the recently published Bitcoin Billionaires about the Winklevoss twins' rise in the cryptocurrency industry, discusses what he initially got wrong about Cameron and Tyler. He also talks about Facebook's Libra, how he thinks personal animus against the is part of Mark Zuckerberg's motivation behind this new cryptocurrency, and what Facebook and Libra would have to do to assuage concerns over privacy issues. Plus, we cover his writing process and who can expect to be on the big screen, playing the Winklevoss twins and Charlie Shrem in the upcoming movie. Take the Unchained/Unconfirmed survey! Help make Unchained and Unconfirmed better! Take our survey and enter the giveaway for a free Bitcoin lightning node and a yearlong Casa Gold membership, — including a multisig security app for iPhone and Android, a Trezor hardware wallet, a Casa faraday bag, and 24/7 support! <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019</a> Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace: <a href="http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed</a> Episode links: Ben Mezrich: <a href="http://www.benmezrich.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.benmezrich.com/</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/benmezrich" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/benmezrich</a> Bitcoin Billionaires: <a href="http://www.benmezrich.com/books/bitcoin-billionaires/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.benmezrich.com/books/bitcoin-billionaires/</a> Accidental Billionaires: <a href="http://www.benmezrich.com/books/accidental-billionaires/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.benmezrich.com/books/accidental-billionaires/</a> The Unconfirmed interview with the Libra Association's Dante Disparte: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/libras-dante-disparte-on-why-we-should-trust-a-financial-system-designed-by-facebook/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/libras-dante-disparte-on-why-we-should-trust-a-financial-system-designed-by-facebook/</a> Unchained with Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss in January 2019: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/tyler-and-cameron-winklevoss-on-being-the-fastest-tortoise-in-the-race/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/tyler-and-cameron-winklevoss-on-being-the-fastest-tortoise-in-the-race/</a> Unchained with Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss in September 2016: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-tyler-and-cameron-winklevoss-fell-in-love-with-bitcoin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-tyler-and-cameron-winklevoss-fell-in-love-with-bitcoin/</a> The NYT on the Winklevoss Bitcoin fortune: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/technology/bitcoin-winklevoss-twins.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/technology/bitcoin-winklevoss-twins.html</a>

'Bitcoin Billionaires' Author Ben Mezrich on the Zuckerberg- Winklevoss Rivalry - Ep.079

Arjun Balaji

On the 10th birthday of the Bitcoin network, Arjun Balaji, founder and managing partner at Shomei Capital, explains why doesn't worry too much about potential bugs in the code such as there was last fall, why we'll see improved scalability, privacy and fungibility in the top cryptocurrency in 2019, and why he believes the Lightning Network will foster more developer activity on Bitcoin.  He also explains his view that governance tokens and token curated registries will be less popular than they were in 2018 and how such systems further entrench existing power structures. We look at the different waves of crypto funds, how they'll differentiate themselves during the crypto winter, and why we'll see some consolidation in that sector. Plus, he explains why long-term, value from security tokens will be captured by underwriters and why it's unclear who are the right investors for security tokens. Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace: https://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode links: Arjun's crypto theses for 2019:  https://medium.com/@arjunblj/crypto-theses-for-2019-dd20cb7f9895 CVE bug in Bitcoin caught last fall:  https://www.coindesk.com/the-latest-bitcoin-bug-was-so-bad-developers-kept-its-full-details-a-secret

On the 10th birthday of the Bitcoin network, Arjun Balaji, founder and managing partner at Shomei Capital, explains why doesn't worry too much about potential bugs in the code such as there was last fall, why we'll see improved scalability, privacy and fungibility in the top cryptocurrency in 2019, and why he believes the Lightning Network will foster more developer activity on Bitcoin.  He also explains his view that governance tokens and token curated registries will be less popular than they were in 2018 and how such systems further entrench existing power structures. We look at the different waves of crypto funds, how they'll differentiate themselves during the crypto winter, and why we'll see some consolidation in that sector. Plus, he explains why long-term, value from security tokens will be captured by underwriters and why it's unclear who are the right investors for security tokens. Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace: <a href="https://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed</a> Episode links: Arjun's crypto theses for 2019: <a href="https://medium.com/@arjunblj/crypto-theses-for-2019-dd20cb7f9895" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://medium.com/@arjunblj/crypto-theses-for-2019-dd20cb7f9895</a> CVE bug in Bitcoin caught last fall: <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/the-latest-bitcoin-bug-was-so-bad-developers-kept-its-full-details-a-secret" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.coindesk.com/the-latest-bitcoin-bug-was-so-bad-developers-kept-its-full-details-a-secret</a>

Arjun Balaji on the Ways Bitcoin Will Improve in 2019 - Ep.054

Michael Casey, chairman of the advisory board at CoinDesk, CEO of Streambed Media and a former Wall Street Journal reporter who covered global financial and economic affairs, discusses the regulatory response to Libra, in particular the letter from the US. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services to Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg and the head of Calibra, David Marcus, calling on them to halt development of Libra. Casey explains why he think it would be good if the House's concern that Libra becomes "an entirely new global financial system that is based out of Switzerland and intended to rival US monetary policy and the dollar,” as the letter put it. We also discuss the likelihood that Libra actually achieves its goal of financial inclusion for the two billion unbanked, how Facebook's track record with privacy factors in and what smart regulation would look like.  Last chance to participate in the Unchained Survey 2019! Last week to participate in the survey and enter to win a free Casa Bitcoin LIghtning node! Go to  surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019 to give us your thoughts what you like about the show, what we could do better and who you’d like to see as a guest.  Those who answer the survey can enter to win one of five free Casa Bitcoin lightning nodes, plus a free year of Casa's Gold membership -- including a multisig security app for iPhone and Android, a Trezor hardware wallet, a Casa faraday bag, and 24/7 support! Those of you interested in learning more about Casa, or about protecting your Bitcoin investment generally, should check out my interview with CEO Jeremy Welch. Thank you to Casa for donating! Again, go to surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019 now to give us your thoughts and enter to win. Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode links:  Michael Casey: https://twitter.com/mikejcasey CoinDesk: https://www.coindesk.com Michael’s CoinDesk column on how smart, not heavy-handed regulation of Libra is necessary:   https://www.coindesk.com/a-monumental-fight-over-facebooks-cryptocurrency-is-coming Michael’s CoinDesk column on understanding Libra and the Bitcoin price swings in the global economic context:  https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-facebook-and-the-end-of-20th-century-money House Financial Services Committee letter to Facebook executives:  https://financialservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/07.02.2019_-_fb_ltr.pdf David Marcus's blog post on Libra, published after Michael and I recorded: https://www.facebook.com/notes/david-marcus/libra-2-weeks-in/10158616513819148/

Michael Casey, chairman of the advisory board at CoinDesk, CEO of Streambed Media and a former Wall Street Journal reporter who covered global financial and economic affairs, discusses the regulatory response to Libra, in particular the letter from the US. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services to Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg and the head of Calibra, David Marcus, calling on them to halt development of Libra. Casey explains why he think it would be good if the House's concern that Libra becomes "an entirely new global financial system that is based out of Switzerland and intended to rival US monetary policy and the dollar,” as the letter put it. We also discuss the likelihood that Libra actually achieves its goal of financial inclusion for the two billion unbanked, how Facebook's track record with privacy factors in and what smart regulation would look like.  Last chance to participate in the Unchained Survey 2019! Last week to participate in the survey and enter to win a free Casa Bitcoin LIghtning node! Go to <a href="http://surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019</a> to give us your thoughts what you like about the show, what we could do better and who you’d like to see as a guest.  Those who answer the survey can enter to win one of five free Casa Bitcoin lightning nodes, plus a free year of Casa's Gold membership -- including a multisig security app for iPhone and Android, a Trezor hardware wallet, a Casa faraday bag, and 24/7 support! Those of you interested in learning more about Casa, or about protecting your Bitcoin investment generally, should check out my interview with CEO Jeremy Welch. Thank you to Casa for donating! Again, go to <a href="http://surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019</a> now to give us your thoughts and enter to win. Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace: <a href="http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed</a> Episode links:  Michael Casey: <a href="https://twitter.com/mikejcasey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mikejcasey</a> CoinDesk: <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.coindesk.com</a> Michael’s CoinDesk column on how smart, not heavy-handed regulation of Libra is necessary:  <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/a-monumental-fight-over-facebooks-cryptocurrency-is-coming" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.coindesk.com/a-monumental-fight-over-facebooks-cryptocurrency-is-coming</a> Michael’s CoinDesk column on understanding Libra and the Bitcoin price swings in the global economic context: <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-facebook-and-the-end-of-20th-century-money" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-facebook-and-the-end-of-20th-century-money</a> House Financial Services Committee letter to Facebook executives: <a href="https://financialservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/07.02.2019_-_fb_ltr.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://financialservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/07.02.2019_-_fb_ltr.pdf</a> David Marcus's blog post on Libra, published after Michael and I recorded: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/david-marcus/libra-2-weeks-in/10158616513819148/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/notes/david-marcus/libra-2-weeks-in/10158616513819148/</a>

Why It Would Be Good if Libra Rivaled the US Dollar - Ep.80

Jacob Franek, cofounder and COO of Coin Metrics, discusses why daily transaction fees on Ethereum have surpassed those on Bitcoin, what daily transaction fees reflect generally about a blockchain, why this change appears to be driven by demand for Tether on Ethereum, and what types of transactions people are using Tether for on Ethereum. We also cover Bitcoin vs. its forks — Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Satoshi's Vision — and whether or not the latter two are becoming medium-of-exchange coins as they hoped to be, why they're being used more for data storage and what kind of data is being stored there.  Thank you to our sponsors! CipherTrace: https://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode notes: Coin Metrics: https://coinmetrics.io Jacob Franek: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-franek-b9865039/ ETH daily transaction fees surpassed those of Bitcoin:  https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92cbb3e2-4e28-4cd7-8557-db7eea1656c5_1200x742.png For a few months in 2018, ETH daily transaction fees were higher than BTC's:  https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd2e5e596-39da-4c3a-a6ec-6c4277e1d210_1420x878.png Demand for Tether on Ethereum skyrocketing:  https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F632ba7b5-de3e-4a9d-b34c-d30a32486070_1200x742.png  Ethereum processes more than 2x transactions per day than Bitcoin:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QD82uclQKUQXp1WT12LMuqTVobkvNKEq/view ETH locked in DeFi rising:  https://twitter.com/spencernoon/status/1174048582204309505 Gas per transactions rising on Ethereum, indicating transactions are becoming more complex:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q53YFSgwSgtvvd346ARdbFV2ejwX8ZLX/view Non-ETH/ERC-20/ERC-721/Tether transactions are also growing:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q4lFfW002Q_L9geNall8E5JSznnzVHZd/view Ethereum miners have been voting up the gas limit: https://www.etherchain.org/tools/gasLimitVoting Increasing the gas limit effectively increases the block size: https://etherscan.io/chart/gaslimit Coin Metrics' comparison of Bitcoin forks:  https://coinmetrics.io/a-comparative-analysis-of-bitcoin-forks/#more-1865 Comparison of medium of exchange metrics for BTC, BCH and BSV:  https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7af691e0-7ee9-4dab-aad3-9e0a8a651542_1048x876.png BSV being used for data storage:  https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1100,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9d22b7a-c133-4086-a553-f7fbecb02227_1200x742.png Almost all BSV transactions come from weathersv app:  https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1100,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85817c8b-69a2-42ff-9174-ab4bb81c29e6_1200x742.png Comparison of hash rate on BTC, BCH and BSV:  https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1100,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e16275d-80aa-48ca-bb84-0ddf7929be49_1387x833.png

Jacob Franek, cofounder and COO of Coin Metrics, discusses why daily transaction fees on Ethereum have surpassed those on Bitcoin, what daily transaction fees reflect generally about a blockchain, why this change appears to be driven by demand for Tether on Ethereum, and what types of transactions people are using Tether for on Ethereum. We also cover Bitcoin vs. its forks — Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Satoshi's Vision — and whether or not the latter two are becoming medium-of-exchange coins as they hoped to be, why they're being used more for data storage and what kind of data is being stored there.  Thank you to our sponsors! CipherTrace: <a href="https://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed</a> Episode notes: Coin Metrics: <a href="https://coinmetrics.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://coinmetrics.io</a> Jacob Franek: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-franek-b9865039/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-franek-b9865039/</a> ETH daily transaction fees surpassed those of Bitcoin: <a href="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92cbb3e2-4e28-4cd7-8557-db7eea1656c5_1200x742.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92cbb3e2-4e28-4cd7-8557-db7eea1656c5_1200x742.png</a> For a few months in 2018, ETH daily transaction fees were higher than BTC's: <a href="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd2e5e596-39da-4c3a-a6ec-6c4277e1d210_1420x878.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd2e5e596-39da-4c3a-a6ec-6c4277e1d210_1420x878.png</a> Demand for Tether on Ethereum skyrocketing: <a href="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F632ba7b5-de3e-4a9d-b34c-d30a32486070_1200x742.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F632ba7b5-de3e-4a9d-b34c-d30a32486070_1200x742.png</a> Ethereum processes more than 2x transactions per day than Bitcoin: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QD82uclQKUQXp1WT12LMuqTVobkvNKEq/view" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QD82uclQKUQXp1WT12LMuqTVobkvNKEq/view</a> ETH locked in DeFi rising: <a href="https://twitter.com/spencernoon/status/1174048582204309505" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/spencernoon/status/1174048582204309505</a> Gas per transactions rising on Ethereum, indicating transactions are becoming more complex: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q53YFSgwSgtvvd346ARdbFV2ejwX8ZLX/view" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q53YFSgwSgtvvd346ARdbFV2ejwX8ZLX/view</a> Non-ETH/ERC-20/ERC-721/Tether transactions are also growing: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q4lFfW002Q_L9geNall8E5JSznnzVHZd/view" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q4lFfW002Q_L9geNall8E5JSznnzVHZd/view</a> Ethereum miners have been voting up the gas limit: <a href="https://www.etherchain.org/tools/gasLimitVoting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.etherchain.org/tools/gasLimitVoting</a> Increasing the gas limit effectively increases the block size: <a href="https://etherscan.io/chart/gaslimit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://etherscan.io/chart/gaslimit</a> Coin Metrics' comparison of Bitcoin forks: <a href="https://coinmetrics.io/a-comparative-analysis-of-bitcoin-forks/#more-1865" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://coinmetrics.io/a-comparative-analysis-of-bitcoin-forks/#more-1865</a> Comparison of medium of exchange metrics for BTC, BCH and BSV: <a href="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7af691e0-7ee9-4dab-aad3-9e0a8a651542_1048x876.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7af691e0-7ee9-4dab-aad3-9e0a8a651542_1048x876.png</a> BSV being used for data storage: <a href="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1100,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9d22b7a-c133-4086-a553-f7fbecb02227_1200x742.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1100,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9d22b7a-c133-4086-a553-f7fbecb02227_1200x742.png</a> Almost all BSV transactions come from weathersv app: <a href="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1100,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85817c8b-69a2-42ff-9174-ab4bb81c29e6_1200x742.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1100,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85817c8b-69a2-42ff-9174-ab4bb81c29e6_1200x742.png</a> Comparison of hash rate on BTC, BCH and BSV: <a href="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1100,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e16275d-80aa-48ca-bb84-0ddf7929be49_1387x833.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1100,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e16275d-80aa-48ca-bb84-0ddf7929be49_1387x833.png</a>

How Tether's Surge on Ethereum Is Affecting Bitcoin - Ep.91

Charlie Lee, the creator of Litecoin, discusses this week's 51% attack on the Ethereum Classic blockchain. He describes how the attacker was able to gain control of more than 51% of the network, why it was inexpensive for them to do so, how they profited from their attack and who loses money in such an attack. We talk about what types of blockchains are susceptible to these types of attacks, whether or not Coinbase or other exchange will de-list ETC and why the price of ETC hasn't dropped -- and what that means for cryptoeconomic theories around 51% attacks. Thank you to our sponsors! CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode links: Coinbase blog identifying the 51% attack:  https://blog.coinbase.com/ethereum-classic-etc-is-currently-being-51-attacked-33be13ce32de Charlie's tweet about how a coin that's dominant in its respective mining algorithm will not be vulnerable to 51% attacks:  https://twitter.com/SatoshiLite/status/1082369887278837763 Charlie's tweet about how only decentralized blockchains are susceptible to 51% attacks:  https://twitter.com/SatoshiLite/status/1082491687169998848 Haseeb Qureshi tweet storm about the ETC 51% attack:  https://twitter.com/hosseeb/status/1082815549132816384

Charlie Lee, the creator of Litecoin, discusses this week's 51% attack on the Ethereum Classic blockchain. He describes how the attacker was able to gain control of more than 51% of the network, why it was inexpensive for them to do so, how they profited from their attack and who loses money in such an attack. We talk about what types of blockchains are susceptible to these types of attacks, whether or not Coinbase or other exchange will de-list ETC and why the price of ETC hasn't dropped -- and what that means for cryptoeconomic theories around 51% attacks. Thank you to our sponsors! CipherTrace: <a href="http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed</a> Episode links: Coinbase blog identifying the 51% attack: <a href="https://blog.coinbase.com/ethereum-classic-etc-is-currently-being-51-attacked-33be13ce32de" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://blog.coinbase.com/ethereum-classic-etc-is-currently-being-51-attacked-33be13ce32de</a> Charlie's tweet about how a coin that's dominant in its respective mining algorithm will not be vulnerable to 51% attacks: <a href="https://twitter.com/SatoshiLite/status/1082369887278837763" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/SatoshiLite/status/1082369887278837763</a> Charlie's tweet about how only decentralized blockchains are susceptible to 51% attacks: <a href="https://twitter.com/SatoshiLite/status/1082491687169998848" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/SatoshiLite/status/1082491687169998848</a> Haseeb Qureshi tweet storm about the ETC 51% attack: <a href="https://twitter.com/hosseeb/status/1082815549132816384" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/hosseeb/status/1082815549132816384</a>

The Ethereum Classic 51% Attack: How It Happened and Why the Price Didn't Crash - Ep.055

Maria Shen, head of data science at Electric Capital, dives into the details of the firm's report on crypto developer activity, which analyzed 27,000 code repositories to find that a recent decrease in crypto developer activity came from a drop-off in one-time-per-month and part-time developers, while full-time developers increased 13%. She explains how this breaks out among coins, how developer activity in Bitcoin and Ethereum have consolidated, what mid-tier coins are also seeing a lot of activity, and which ones appear to be punching below their weight price-wise. She also explains her metric of "active ecosystems," which ones are most active or gaining and gives us projections for further crypto development based on the data thus far. Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://crypto.com CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode links: Electric Capital: https://www.electriccapital.com Maria Shen: https://twitter.com/mariashen?lang=en Full deck of report:  https://www.slideshare.net/MariaXinheShen/developer-report-published-august-2019-163234235 Blocktivity: https://www.blocktivity.info Unchained episode with Chris Dixon:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/chris-dixon-on-how-trust-is-the-best-lego-block-ep-70/ Most recent Unchained episode with Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-on-whether-or-not-ethereum-is-blowing-it/ Unchained episode on Monero:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/moneros-riccardo-spagni-aka-fluffypony-on-how-he-feels-about-monero-being-used-for-crime-ep-93/ Unchained episode on Grin:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/grin-a-more-private-lighter-bitcoin/ Unchained episode on MakerDAO, part 1:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/grin-a-more-private-lighter-bitcoin/ MakerDAO, part 2:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/rune-christensen-of-makerdao-part-2-how-dai-stayed-at-1-while-eth-crashed-from-1400-to-85/ Litecoin:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/charlie-lee-on-how-litecoin-can-be-truly-successful/ Unconfirmed episode on the Bitcoin Cash hard fork:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/the-bitcoin-cash-hard-fork-bitcoin-abc-vs-bitcoin-sv-ep-046/

Maria Shen, head of data science at Electric Capital, dives into the details of the firm's report on crypto developer activity, which analyzed 27,000 code repositories to find that a recent decrease in crypto developer activity came from a drop-off in one-time-per-month and part-time developers, while full-time developers increased 13%. She explains how this breaks out among coins, how developer activity in Bitcoin and Ethereum have consolidated, what mid-tier coins are also seeing a lot of activity, and which ones appear to be punching below their weight price-wise. She also explains her metric of "active ecosystems," which ones are most active or gaining and gives us projections for further crypto development based on the data thus far. Thank you to our sponsors! <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crypto.com</a>: <a href="https://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://crypto.com</a> CipherTrace: <a href="http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed</a> Episode links: Electric Capital: <a href="https://www.electriccapital.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.electriccapital.com</a> Maria Shen: <a href="https://twitter.com/mariashen?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mariashen?lang=en</a> Full deck of report: <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/MariaXinheShen/developer-report-published-august-2019-163234235" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.slideshare.net/MariaXinheShen/developer-report-published-august-2019-163234235</a> Blocktivity: <a href="https://www.blocktivity.info/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.blocktivity.info</a> Unchained episode with Chris Dixon: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/chris-dixon-on-how-trust-is-the-best-lego-block-ep-70/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/chris-dixon-on-how-trust-is-the-best-lego-block-ep-70/</a> Most recent Unchained episode with Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-on-whether-or-not-ethereum-is-blowing-it/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-on-whether-or-not-ethereum-is-blowing-it/</a> Unchained episode on Monero: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/moneros-riccardo-spagni-aka-fluffypony-on-how-he-feels-about-monero-being-used-for-crime-ep-93/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/moneros-riccardo-spagni-aka-fluffypony-on-how-he-feels-about-monero-being-used-for-crime-ep-93/</a> Unchained episode on Grin: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/grin-a-more-private-lighter-bitcoin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/grin-a-more-private-lighter-bitcoin/</a> Unchained episode on MakerDAO, part 1: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/grin-a-more-private-lighter-bitcoin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/grin-a-more-private-lighter-bitcoin/</a> MakerDAO, part 2: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/rune-christensen-of-makerdao-part-2-how-dai-stayed-at-1-while-eth-crashed-from-1400-to-85/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/rune-christensen-of-makerdao-part-2-how-dai-stayed-at-1-while-eth-crashed-from-1400-to-85/</a> Litecoin: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/charlie-lee-on-how-litecoin-can-be-truly-successful/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/charlie-lee-on-how-litecoin-can-be-truly-successful/</a> Unconfirmed episode on the Bitcoin Cash hard fork: <a href="https://unchainedpodcast.com/the-bitcoin-cash-hard-fork-bitcoin-abc-vs-bitcoin-sv-ep-046/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/the-bitcoin-cash-hard-fork-bitcoin-abc-vs-bitcoin-sv-ep-046/</a>

Electric Capital on the Coins Punching Below Their Weight - Ep.86

Delphi Digital recently released a report on Ethereum's short- and long-term prospects. It showed why there's been such high selling pressure on Ethereum, plus dived deeply into the economics of Ethereum 2.0, concluding that the current proposal leaves Ethereum with a shaky future. Medio Demarco and Yan Liberman, cofounders of Delphi, discuss how they think Ethereum could change its issuance in order to ensure the security of the network from the start and why the current plan will make validating transactions appealing only to the altruistically minded and malicious actors. Plus, we discuss the problem of velocity and utility vs. token price. Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode links: Delphi Digital: https://www.delphidigital.io Medio Demarco: https://twitter.com/mediodelphi Yan Liberman: https://twitter.com/YanLiberman Delphi Digital's Ethereum report: https://www.delphidigital.io/ethereum The Unchained interview with Vitalik will be released in full next week on Unchainedpodcast.com!

Delphi Digital recently released a report on Ethereum's short- and long-term prospects. It showed why there's been such high selling pressure on Ethereum, plus dived deeply into the economics of Ethereum 2.0, concluding that the current proposal leaves Ethereum with a shaky future. Medio Demarco and Yan Liberman, cofounders of Delphi, discuss how they think Ethereum could change its issuance in order to ensure the security of the network from the start and why the current plan will make validating transactions appealing only to the altruistically minded and malicious actors. Plus, we discuss the problem of velocity and utility vs. token price. Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace: <a href="http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed</a> Episode links: Delphi Digital: <a href="https://www.delphidigital.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.delphidigital.io</a> Medio Demarco: <a href="https://twitter.com/mediodelphi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/mediodelphi</a> Yan Liberman: <a href="https://twitter.com/YanLiberman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/YanLiberman</a> Delphi Digital's Ethereum report: <a href="https://www.delphidigital.io/ethereum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.delphidigital.io/ethereum</a> The Unchained interview with Vitalik will be released in full next week on <a href="http://unchainedpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unchainedpodcast.com</a>!

Why Ethereum 2.0 Could Fail and How It Could Be Fixed - Ep.065

Caitlin Long, who’s working on a book about Wall Street and crypto assets and is the cofounder of the Wyoming Blockchain Coalition, discusses the significance of the creation of Bakkt, a new federally regulated market for Bitcoin, by ICE, Microsoft, Starbucks and investment firms Fortress Investment Group, Eagle Seven, and Susquehanna International Group. She explains why she thinks the price of bitcoin didn't jump after the news, what this move could mean for institutional players getting into crypto and why it could lead to systemic risks. We also discuss some remarks by ICE founder, chairman and CEO Jeffrey Sprecher about how the enterprise would bring "transparency and trust" to crypto. Thank you to our sponsor! Digital Asset Custody Company: https://digitalassetcustody.com Episode links: Caitlin's articles on the announcement:  https://www.forbes.com/sites/caitlinlong/2018/08/03/ice-creating-new-cryptocurrency-market-a-double-edged-sword/#50803d791015 Tweet from SEC commissioner Hester Peirce regarding comment on crypto funds:  https://twitter.com/HesterPeirce/status/1027273379819204608 Bakkt press release:  https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180803005236/en/Intercontinental-Exchange-Announces-Bakkt-Global-Platform-Ecosystem Fortune article on Bakkt:  http://fortune.com/longform/nyse-owner-bitcoin-exchange-startup/

Caitlin Long, who’s working on a book about Wall Street and crypto assets and is the cofounder of the Wyoming Blockchain Coalition, discusses the significance of the creation of Bakkt, a new federally regulated market for Bitcoin, by ICE, Microsoft, Starbucks and investment firms Fortress Investment Group, Eagle Seven, and Susquehanna International Group. She explains why she thinks the price of bitcoin didn't jump after the news, what this move could mean for institutional players getting into crypto and why it could lead to systemic risks. We also discuss some remarks by ICE founder, chairman and CEO Jeffrey Sprecher about how the enterprise would bring "transparency and trust" to crypto. Thank you to our sponsor! Digital Asset Custody Company: <a href="https://digitalassetcustody.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://digitalassetcustody.com</a> Episode links: Caitlin's articles on the announcement: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/caitlinlong/2018/08/03/ice-creating-new-cryptocurrency-market-a-double-edged-sword/#50803d791015" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.forbes.com/sites/caitlinlong/2018/08/03/ice-creating-new-cryptocurrency-market-a-double-edged-sword/#50803d791015</a> Tweet from SEC commissioner Hester Peirce regarding comment on crypto funds: <a href="https://twitter.com/HesterPeirce/status/1027273379819204608" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/HesterPeirce/status/1027273379819204608</a> Bakkt press release: <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180803005236/en/Intercontinental-Exchange-Announces-Bakkt-Global-Platform-Ecosystem" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180803005236/en/Intercontinental-Exchange-Announces-Bakkt-Global-Platform-Ecosystem</a> Fortune article on Bakkt: <a href="http://fortune.com/longform/nyse-owner-bitcoin-exchange-startup/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://fortune.com/longform/nyse-owner-bitcoin-exchange-startup/</a>

Why the ICE/Bakkt News Makes Some Crypto Investors Nervous - Ep.032

Sam McIngvale, head of product for Coinbase Custody, describes its new staking service. He explains how Coinbase Custody plans to allow its customers to participate in crypto networks while keeping those funds offline, what Coinbase had to build from an engineering and product perspective in order to keep funds secure and how insurance works for these assets. We also discuss its plans to enable its customers to participate in governance, whether or not Coinbase.com will move in the same direction, which other blockchains it may offer staking services for. Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode links: Coinbase blog post about staking with Coinbase Custody:  https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-custody-launches-staking-support-for-tezos-makerdao-governance-to-follow-68f7bc51bc53 Sam McIngvale: https://twitter.com/sammcingvale?lang=en WSJ article:  https://www.wsj.com/articles/coinbases-new-customer-incentive-interest-payments-with-a-crypto-twist-11553855400 Fortune article:  http://fortune.com/2019/03/29/coinbase-crypto-dividend-staking/ CoinDesk article:  https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-leads-wall-street-to-brave-new-world-of-crypto-staking

Sam McIngvale, head of product for Coinbase Custody, describes its new staking service. He explains how Coinbase Custody plans to allow its customers to participate in crypto networks while keeping those funds offline, what Coinbase had to build from an engineering and product perspective in order to keep funds secure and how insurance works for these assets. We also discuss its plans to enable its customers to participate in governance, whether or not <a href="http://coinbase.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Coinbase.com</a> will move in the same direction, which other blockchains it may offer staking services for. Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace: <a href="http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed</a> Episode links: Coinbase blog post about staking with Coinbase Custody: <a href="https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-custody-launches-staking-support-for-tezos-makerdao-governance-to-follow-68f7bc51bc53" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-custody-launches-staking-support-for-tezos-makerdao-governance-to-follow-68f7bc51bc53</a> Sam McIngvale: <a href="https://twitter.com/sammcingvale?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sammcingvale?lang=en</a> WSJ article: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/coinbases-new-customer-incentive-interest-payments-with-a-crypto-twist-11553855400" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.wsj.com/articles/coinbases-new-customer-incentive-interest-payments-with-a-crypto-twist-11553855400</a> Fortune article: <a href="http://fortune.com/2019/03/29/coinbase-crypto-dividend-staking/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://fortune.com/2019/03/29/coinbase-crypto-dividend-staking/</a> CoinDesk article: <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-leads-wall-street-to-brave-new-world-of-crypto-staking" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-leads-wall-street-to-brave-new-world-of-crypto-staking</a>

Coinbase Custody: Keep Your Crypto Safe and Use It Too - Ep.068

Tricia Martinez, director of the Dala Foundation and founder and CEO of Wala, describes how cryptocurrency Dala is being used in Africa and how it hit 100,000 new wallets and 2.5 million in transactions in two months, with an average transaction size of around $0.27. She talks about how 94% of transactions in Africa are still being done in cash, why the problem she's trying to solve needs its own cryptocurrency and can't use bitcoin or ether, and how Wala's users are using Dala. Plus, she explains why she's focusing her entrepreneurial efforts in Africa and other emerging markets. Thank you to our sponsors! Onramp: http://www.thinkonramp.com/ Quantstamp: https://quantstamp.com/ Show links: Dala Foundation: https://dala.org/ Wala: https://getwala.com/ Tricia: https://twitter.com/TriciaTita

Tricia Martinez, director of the Dala Foundation and founder and CEO of Wala, describes how cryptocurrency Dala is being used in Africa and how it hit 100,000 new wallets and 2.5 million in transactions in two months, with an average transaction size of around $0.27. She talks about how 94% of transactions in Africa are still being done in cash, why the problem she's trying to solve needs its own cryptocurrency and can't use bitcoin or ether, and how Wala's users are using Dala. Plus, she explains why she's focusing her entrepreneurial efforts in Africa and other emerging markets. Thank you to our sponsors! Onramp: <a href="http://www.thinkonramp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.thinkonramp.com/</a> Quantstamp: <a href="https://quantstamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://quantstamp.com/</a> Show links: Dala Foundation: <a href="https://dala.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://dala.org/</a> Wala: <a href="https://getwala.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://getwala.com/</a> Tricia: <a href="https://twitter.com/TriciaTita" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/TriciaTita</a>

A Place Where People May Be Using Crypto For More Than Speculation - Ep.031

Willy Woo

Independent crypto analyst Willy Woo, who blogs at Woobull.com, talks about where he sees the price of Bitcoin going over the next six months. (Hint: He uses the word "sideways.") He also describes his concept of NVT Ratio, the Bitcoin equivalent of price-to-earnings ratio, and how that helps determine whether bitcoin and certain other coins are over- or undervalued. We also discuss his 10,000-year view of cryptocurrency, and why he believes we're only nine years away from half of the world using Bitcoin. Thank you to our sponsors! Clarity PR: http://clarity.pr Onramp: http://www.thinkonramp.com Links for this episode: https://woobull.com https://twitter.com/woonomic Willy's recent tweets on the short-term future price of Bitcoin:  https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1000223528803762176 The Unconfirmed episode in which Coinbase's Adam White estimates conservatively, that $10 billion of institutional money is waiting to come into crypto:  http://unconfirmed.libsyn.com/coinbases-adam-white-on-a-momentous-day-in-crypto-ep023 Willy's 10,000-year view of cryptocurrency: Graphic:  https://woobull.com/the-10-000-year-view-of-cryptocurrency/  https://woobull.com/the-state-of-crypto-markets-q4-2017/ NVT Ratio:  https://woobull.com/introducing-nvt-ratio-bitcoins-pe-ratio-use-it-to-detect-bubbles/ NVT Signal:  https://woobull.com/nvt-signal-a-new-trading-indicator-to-pick-tops-and-bottoms/

Independent crypto analyst Willy Woo, who blogs at <a href="http://Woobull.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Woobull.com</a>, talks about where he sees the price of Bitcoin going over the next six months. (Hint: He uses the word "sideways.") He also describes his concept of NVT Ratio, the Bitcoin equivalent of price-to-earnings ratio, and how that helps determine whether bitcoin and certain other coins are over- or undervalued. We also discuss his 10,000-year view of cryptocurrency, and why he believes we're only nine years away from half of the world using Bitcoin. Thank you to our sponsors! Clarity PR: <a href="http://clarity.pr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://clarity.pr</a> Onramp: <a href="http://www.thinkonramp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.thinkonramp.com</a> Links for this episode: <a href="https://woobull.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://woobull.com</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/woonomic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/woonomic</a> Willy's recent tweets on the short-term future price of Bitcoin: <a href="https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1000223528803762176" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1000223528803762176</a> The Unconfirmed episode in which Coinbase's Adam White estimates conservatively, that $10 billion of institutional money is waiting to come into crypto: <a href="http://unconfirmed.libsyn.com/coinbases-adam-white-on-a-momentous-day-in-crypto-ep023" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://unconfirmed.libsyn.com/coinbases-adam-white-on-a-momentous-day-in-crypto-ep023</a> Willy's 10,000-year view of cryptocurrency: Graphic: <a href="https://woobull.com/the-10-000-year-view-of-cryptocurrency/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://woobull.com/the-10-000-year-view-of-cryptocurrency/</a> <a href="https://woobull.com/the-state-of-crypto-markets-q4-2017/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://woobull.com/the-state-of-crypto-markets-q4-2017/</a> NVT Ratio: <a href="https://woobull.com/introducing-nvt-ratio-bitcoins-pe-ratio-use-it-to-detect-bubbles/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://woobull.com/introducing-nvt-ratio-bitcoins-pe-ratio-use-it-to-detect-bubbles/</a> NVT Signal: <a href="https://woobull.com/nvt-signal-a-new-trading-indicator-to-pick-tops-and-bottoms/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://woobull.com/nvt-signal-a-new-trading-indicator-to-pick-tops-and-bottoms/</a>

Willy Woo on Why He Thinks We're Nine Years Away From Half the World Using Bitcoin - Ep.027

Kyle Samani

Kyle Samani, managing partner of Multicoin Capital looks ahead to 2020 based on how the space changed from 2018 to 2019. He talks about how the space has matured and become more heterogeneous, when developers choose to build on platforms other than Ethereum and when they stick with it, and how the uncertainties about Ethereum 2.0 are affecting developers' choices. We discuss which chains he's most excited about now, why there's such a huge amount of competition in the smart contract space, and how the competition will shake out between the projects such as Cosmos and Polkadot that aim to connect other chains. He also covers why he isn't that excited about work being done in Bitcoin, why 2019 wasn't the year of Lightning and why 2020 will be the year of lots of small success stories. Thank you to our sponsors!  eToro: https://www.etoro.com/ Crypto.com: http://crypto.com/ Kelman Law: https://kelman.law/ Episode links:  Kyle Samani: https://twitter.com/KyleSamani Multicoin Capital: https://multicoin.capital/ Web3 Stack, 2019 edition:  https://multicoin.capital/2019/12/13/the-web3-stack-2019-edition/ Unbundling of Ethereum:  https://multicoin.capital/2019/05/24/the-unbundling-of-ethereum/ Near protocol: https://nearprotocol.com/ Solana: https://solana.com/ Kadena: https://www.kadena.io/ On Value Capture at Layer 1 and Layer 2:  https://multicoin.capital/2019/03/14/on-value-capture-at-layers-1-and-2/ Arweave: https://www.arweave.org/ Livepeer: https://livepeer.org/

Kyle Samani, managing partner of Multicoin Capital looks ahead to 2020 based on how the space changed from 2018 to 2019. He talks about how the space has matured and become more heterogeneous, when developers choose to build on platforms other than Ethereum and when they stick with it, and how the uncertainties about Ethereum 2.0 are affecting developers' choices. We discuss which chains he's most excited about now, why there's such a huge amount of competition in the smart contract space, and how the competition will shake out between the projects such as Cosmos and Polkadot that aim to connect other chains. He also covers why he isn't that excited about work being done in Bitcoin, why 2019 wasn't the year of Lightning and why 2020 will be the year of lots of small success stories. Thank you to our sponsors!  eToro: <a href="https://www.etoro.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.etoro.com/</a> <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crypto.com</a>: <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://crypto.com/</a> Kelman Law: <a href="https://kelman.law/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://kelman.law/</a> Episode links:  Kyle Samani: <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleSamani" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/KyleSamani</a> Multicoin Capital: <a href="https://multicoin.capital/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://multicoin.capital/</a> Web3 Stack, 2019 edition: <a href="https://multicoin.capital/2019/12/13/the-web3-stack-2019-edition/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://multicoin.capital/2019/12/13/the-web3-stack-2019-edition/</a> Unbundling of Ethereum: <a href="https://multicoin.capital/2019/05/24/the-unbundling-of-ethereum/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://multicoin.capital/2019/05/24/the-unbundling-of-ethereum/</a> Near protocol: <a href="https://nearprotocol.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nearprotocol.com/</a> Solana: <a href="https://solana.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://solana.com/</a> Kadena: <a href="https://www.kadena.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.kadena.io/</a> On Value Capture at Layer 1 and Layer 2: <a href="https://multicoin.capital/2019/03/14/on-value-capture-at-layers-1-and-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://multicoin.capital/2019/03/14/on-value-capture-at-layers-1-and-2/</a> Arweave: <a href="https://www.arweave.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.arweave.org/</a> Livepeer: <a href="https://livepeer.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://livepeer.org/</a>

Kyle Samani on How 2020 Will Be the Year of Small Success Stories - Ep.106

Meltem Demirors of Athena Capital and recently of Digital Currency Group explains how the crypto world is creating artificial scarcity and how investors can uncover the true scarcity (or lack thereof). She describes why many projects have not yet able to create natural demand and how the downturn has affected many of their balance sheets. She also talks about how she's looking for investments and businesses that aren't necessarily sexy but will make money in both bull and bear markets -- and reveals what types of businesses fit that description. Some recent writing and presentations in which Meltem elaborated on these thoughts:  https://medium.com/@Melt_Dem/drowning-in-tokens-184ccfa1641a  https://www.slideshare.net/DCGCo/playing-the-game-the-nature-of-competition-among-blockchain-networks The Carlota Perez book we mention:  https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/technological-revolutions-and-financial-capital OnChainFX: https://onchainfx.com/  Thank you to our sponsors! Quantstamp: https://quantstamp.com/ Onramp: http://thinkonramp.com/

Meltem Demirors of Athena Capital and recently of Digital Currency Group explains how the crypto world is creating artificial scarcity and how investors can uncover the true scarcity (or lack thereof). She describes why many projects have not yet able to create natural demand and how the downturn has affected many of their balance sheets. She also talks about how she's looking for investments and businesses that aren't necessarily sexy but will make money in both bull and bear markets -- and reveals what types of businesses fit that description. Some recent writing and presentations in which Meltem elaborated on these thoughts: <a href="https://medium.com/@Melt_Dem/drowning-in-tokens-184ccfa1641a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://medium.com/@Melt_Dem/drowning-in-tokens-184ccfa1641a</a> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/DCGCo/playing-the-game-the-nature-of-competition-among-blockchain-networks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.slideshare.net/DCGCo/playing-the-game-the-nature-of-competition-among-blockchain-networks</a> The Carlota Perez book we mention: <a href="https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/technological-revolutions-and-financial-capital" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/technological-revolutions-and-financial-capital</a> OnChainFX: <a href="https://onchainfx.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://onchainfx.com/</a> Thank you to our sponsors! Quantstamp: <a href="https://quantstamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://quantstamp.com/</a> Onramp: <a href="http://thinkonramp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thinkonramp.com/</a>

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