Unconfirmed: Insights and Analysis From the Top Minds in Crypto
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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.
Unconfirmed: Insights and Analysis From the Top Minds in Crypto
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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 behin ..read more
Unconfirmed: Insights and Analysis From the Top Minds in Crypto
3y ago
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 201 ..read more
Unconfirmed: Insights and Analysis From the Top Minds in Crypto
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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 regulatio ..read more
Unconfirmed: Insights and Analysis From the Top Minds in Crypto
3y ago
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 actuall ..read more
Unconfirmed: Insights and Analysis From the Top Minds in Crypto
3y ago
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
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3y ago
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
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