Growing up in Argentina, Wences Casares saw his family lose all their money three times due to actions by the government. The so-called “patient zero” of Bitcoin in Silicon Valley[…]
Category: 2018

Mike Novogratz on Why Bitcoin, “a Big FU to the System,” Needs Institutions – Ep.98
Mike Novogratz, founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital Holdings, describes the company’s services and products, why it’s launching a credit offering, and why he pivoted from his original intention to[…]

How Crypto and Blockchain Technology Could Change Financial Services – Ep.97
This is a special episode of Unchained from the CME Global Leadership Conference in Naples, Florida. There, I spoke with Arthur Hayes, CoFounder and CEO of Bitmex, Dan O’Prey, chief[…]

Coinbase’s Listing Process: Why It’s Adding Many More Coins and How It Decides – Ep.96
Coinbase has departed from its conservative roots and begun adding many more coins. Dan Romero, vice president of Coinbase, explains how its listing process works, how it tries to prevent[…]

Ari Paul on Why Bitcoin Is a Good Value Buy Today – Ep.95
Ari Paul, CIO of BlockTower Capital, explains why he likes how short-term trades concentrate risk in investment, why, “no matter what,” he thinks Bitcoin is a good-value buy today, and[…]

How Donating Crypto Can Help You Save on Taxes – Ep.94
Connie Gallippi, the founder and executive director for BitGive, and Joe Waltman, the executive director of GiveCrypto.org, discuss charitable giving in crypto — what problems in philanthropy it solves, what[…]

Monero’s Riccardo Spagni, aka Fluffypony, on How He Feels About Monero Being Used for Crime – Ep.93
Riccardo Spagni, the lead maintainer for Monero, describes the four pillars of Monero’s privacy, makes the case for why it would still be valuable even if BItcoin were to adopt[…]

CoinFund’s Jake Brukhman and Multicoin’s Tushar Jain on Generalized Mining – Ep.92
Jake Brukhman of CoinFund and Tushar Jain of Multicoin Capital discuss a new trend among crypto funds: generalized mining, also called mining 2.0, in which investors participate in the networks[…]

Down 94% Since Winter, What Has Happened to ICOs? – Ep.91
After the ICO craze of 2017, such offerings have raised extremely little so far this fall, with total sales in October down 94% since February, according to Token Data. Why?[…]

Reflections on the 10-Year Anniversary of the Bitcoin White Paper – Ep.90
For this episode on the eve of the Bitcoin white paper’s 10-year anniversary, Nathaniel Popper and Paul Vigna, reporters who cover Bitcoin and crypto for The New York Times and[…]
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