SkyBridge Capital’s Bitcoin Fund with Anthony Scaramucci

 
 
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“You can be volatile and still march upwards, and I predict Bitcoin may do both of those things, but maybe it won’t, it could glide to $280k a coin...I think it’s got a long way to go here.”
— Anthony Scaramucci

SHOW DESCRIPTION

Location: Remotely
Date: Tuesday 29th December
Company: SkyBridge Capital
Role: Founder

SkyBridge Capital is an investment firm, run by Anthony Scaramucci. The firm, which has $9.3 billion under management, has announced a Bitcoin fund, allowing customers to invest in Bitcoin.

SkyBridge is the latest in a growing list of companies creating onramps for institutional exposure to Bitcoin, going up against the likes of Grayscale. The latter already has over half a million Bitcoin under management.

In this interview, I talk to SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci. We discuss the SkyBridge Bitcoin fund, institutional interest, and 11-day stint working for President Trump.

TIMESTAMPS

00:03:06: Introductions
00:03:56: SkyBridge
00:07:18: The birth of SkyBridge's Bitcoin fund
00:11:42: The doubts before establishing the fund
00:16:27: The Mooch's views on government interference
00:18:58: The Bitcoin-only SkyBridge Fund
00:23:11: The fund's advantageous entry point
00:24:33: Supporting Bitcoin's dev community
00:28:13: Bitcoin as a store of value
00:32:14: SkyBridge's capital investment into Bitcoin
00:34:45: The importance of decentralisation
00:38:15: Bitcoin still in the early adoption phase
00:41:44: Working for the Orange Maniac!
00:53:18: Final comments

 

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