In this interview, I speak with Bill Barhydt the CEO & Founder of Abra about the dawn of corporate money. We discuss why Facebook is launching Libra, why they didn't use Bitcoin and why Bill considers Libra as positive.
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In this interview, I sit down with Brian Lockhart from Casa to talk about Bitcoin full nodes. We discuss why it is vital to the individual and for the Bitcoin community, and how Casa is working to make it easier for people to run a full node.
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In this interview, I speak with fellow podcaster Stephan Livera to learn more about Austrian Economics and libertarianism. We discuss free markets, libertarian principles in practice, and why Bitcoin is the perfect tool for taking power from the state.
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In this interview, I speak with Raoul Pal, economist and investment strategist. We take an in-depth look at the state of the global economy, whether we are on the brink of recession and the role Bitcoin may play as a hedge against legacy markets.
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For the fifth and final episode of ATM week, I speak to Hassan Khoshtaghaza the Managing Director at UK based SatoshiPoint. We discuss the difficulties faced when trying to grow an ATM business, the regulation and security requirements and looking for new territory.
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For the fourth episode of ATM week, we have Bill Repasky from the law firm Frost Brown Todd. We discuss why the firm moved into blockchain services and the regulations regarding Bitcoin ATMs, including FinCEN and money transmitter licenses.
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For the third episode of ATM week, we have Chris Yim Co-Founder & CEO of LibertyX. LibertyX was the company that launched the first Bitcoin ATM in the U.S. Now in 43 states we discuss their journey from starting out to operating in thousands of locations.
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In the second episode of ATM week, we have Karel Kyovsky from General Bytes, the largest Bitcoin ATM manufacturer with 1,700 machines worldwide. We discuss competition, regulation, security requirements and The Lightning Network.
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This week is ATM week! In the first of the series, I’m joined by Gil & Eric co-founders of Athena Bitcoin, one of the largest Bitcoin ATM operators in the industry. They share their insider knowledge on regulations & use cases, offering unparalleled insights.
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John Newbery quit his job & moved to NYC to take up a spot on the first Chaincode Labs Residency. After four weeks, his gamble paid off, and he was hired to work as a full-time Bitcoin developer. In this interview, John explains how he now focusses growing a Bitcoin developer community and the future of Bitcoin and Lightning.
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In this interview, I speak with Matt Odell and Marty Bent from the Tales from the Crypt podcast and Rabbit Hole Recap. We discuss issuance, inflation and contentious forks, government regulation, podcasting and of course, stacking sats.
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Pieter Wuille is one of the most prolific and respected Bitcoin developers. He has the 3rd most commits to the Bitcoin codebase and is the person who proposed SegWit. In this interview, we discuss discovering Bitcoin, what Pieter is working on, and what the future holds.
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In this interview, I speak with Alan Lane, Chief Executive Officer with Silvergate Bank. Silvergate have built a reputation of being the leading bank for cryptocurrency companies. We discuss the risks and rewards of providing banking for the industry.
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In this episode, I speak to Zac Prince & Jeremy Welch from BlockFi and Casa. We discuss how both companies thrived in a bear market, why Bitcoin is more than a financial system and the importance of stacking sats.
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In this interview, I speak with Nicholas Percoco, Chief Security Officer at Kraken. We discuss the secret world of hacking and how Kraken has become the most trusted exchange in the world by embedding strict security practices in the company DNA. We also cover:
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For this interview, I travelled to New York to speak with Juthica Chou the COO at LedgerX who announced the first regulated physically settled Bitcoin futures contract. We discuss what it means to LedgerX, Bitcoin as a whole and if this is the end of Bitcoin’s volatility.
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In this interview I speak with Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard, where he teaches me about Austrian Economics. We discuss how free markets function, will there be a fractional reserve Bitcoin and whether Liverpool will win the league.
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In this interview, I speak with Michel Rauchs from the University of Cambridge Judge Business School to talk about Bitcoin’s power consumption and its carbon footprint. We discuss mining efficiency, the energy mix, and whether Bitcoin needs to be inefficient to work.
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While I was in Boston, I sat down with Neha Narula, the Director at MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative. We discuss bugs in Bitcoin, Proof of Work being too risky and whether Bitcoin developers are ethical.
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In this interview, I travelled to Boulder to interview the Mallers family: Brooke, Bill and Jack about Bitcoin & Cannabis. We discuss the Mallers family history in trading, how the Bitcoin space has changed, and their investments in the cannabis industry.
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