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Brian David-Marshall and Rachel Gluckstern talk about building a new type of online collectable universe with Interpop. HELP US MAKE THIS PODCAST HERE! https://www.patreon.com/dreamercomicspodcast Youtube Highlights Channel https://www.youtube.com/dreamercomicshighlights
Al chats with Creator/Founder of Interpop Comics, Brian David-Marshall and his amazing EIC, Rachel Gluckstern! Learn all about this new indie comics publisher and how they are changing the game using NFT's and more.... https://youtu.be/y6HZ7XVVzmQ https://interpopcomics.com Thanks for listening / watching! Host: Al Mega (Twitter/Instagram/Facebook): @TheRealAlMega / @ComicCrusaders Make sure to Like/Share/Subscribe if you haven't yet. https://www.youtube.com/c/comiccrusad… Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/comiccrusaders Visit the official Comic Crusaders Comic Book Shop: comiccrusaders.shop Visit the OFFICIAL Comic Crusaders Swag Shop at: comiccrusaders.us Episode 106 in an unlimited series! Main Site: https://www.comiccrusaders.com/ Sister Sites: http://www.undercovercapes.com http://www.geekerymagazine.com http://www.splinteredpress.com Pick up official Undercover Capes Podcast Network merchandise exclusively on RedBubble.com – bit.ly/UCPNMerch Streamyard is the platform of choice used by Comic Crusaders and The Undercover Capes Podcast Network to stream! Check out their premium plans for this amazing and versatile tool, sign up now: https://bit.ly/ComicCrusadersStreamyard
InterPop is building games and entertainment brands using true digital ownership to redefine fandom through digital collectibles and experiences.InterPop has assembled an all-star team that is made up of industry professionals from both the tabletop and digital gaming worlds, Hall of Fame and Championship gamers, comic industry veterans, and talented engineers at the forefront of the NFT space. In this weeks episode, we sit down with President of InterPop, Brian David-Marshall, to discuss the future of gaming for blockchain, Emergents TCG, and Play with Brio. Co hosted by Marissa Trew and Stu Elmes.
Brian David-Marshall and Rachel Gluckstern talk about building a new type of online collectable universe with Interpop.
BGN interviews Brian David-Marshall (President & Publisher of InterPop) and Rachel Gluckstern (Group Editor, Emergents). InterPop is forging the future of digital fandom with comic, game, and collectible NFTs minted responsibly on the Tezos blockchain. Brian David-Marshall serves as President and publisher, creating multiple digital CCGs and is excited to bring all his gaming and comic experiences to bear on the Emergents TCG and comic universe. Rachel Gluckstern serves as group editor of InterPop's line of digital comics. She also developed the Charmz imprint for Papercutz and spearheaded the graphic novel program for Little Bee Books, acquiring the critically acclaimed "Always Human". Host: Ryanne Music by: Sammus Edited by: Ryanne Bennett
A satirical tweet about the compounding return on planting tomatoes reveals a lot about contemporary tech culture, courtesy of CoinDesk Chief Insights Columnist David Z. MorrisThis episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, Unique One Network and elliptic.co.Read the story-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -Unique One Network is an interoperable Platform for DeFi enabled NFT Marketplaces, in a variety of sectors, built on Polkadot Parity Substrate. Unique One Network's crosschain NFT hub facilitates transfers between a variety of blockchains and ecosystems, unleashing the power of NFTs with myriad innovative capabilities. Find out more at Unique One Network.-Elliptic works with the world's leading crypto businesses and financial institutions just like yours, to understand, manage, and act on crypto exposure risk.With Elliptic you can grow with confidence. Visit Elliptic.co for all your crypto compliance and AML monitoring needs.
CoinDesk columnist Nic Carter makes the case that the greatest shakeup in the geographic makeup of bitcoin mining since the start of the industrial mining era is underway.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, Unique One Network and elliptic.co.Read the story-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -Unique One Network is an interoperable Platform for DeFi enabled NFT Marketplaces, in a variety of sectors, built on Polkadot Parity Substrate. Unique One Network's crosschain NFT hub facilitates transfers between a variety of blockchains and ecosystems, unleashing the power of NFTs with myriad innovative capabilities. Find out more at Unique One Network.-Elliptic works with the world's leading crypto businesses and financial institutions just like yours, to understand, manage, and act on crypto exposure risk.With Elliptic you can grow with confidence. Visit Elliptic.co for all your crypto compliance and AML monitoring needs.
David Z. Morris digs into the historical context surrounding El Salvador's bitcoin law and reactions from global authorities.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, Unique One Network and elliptic.co.Read the storyCheck out our sponsors:InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -Unique One Network is an interoperable Platform for DeFi enabled NFT Marketplaces, in a variety of sectors, built on Polkadot Parity Substrate. Unique One Network's crosschain NFT hub facilitates transfers between a variety of blockchains and ecosystems, unleashing the power of NFTs with myriad innovative capabilities. Find out more at UniqueOne.Network.-Elliptic works with the world's leading crypto businesses and financial institutions just like yours, to understand, manage, and act on crypto exposure risk.With Elliptic you can grow with confidence. Visit Elliptic.co for all your crypto compliance and AML monitoring needs.
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With the price of BTC unchanged plus a look at ETH Max and Kim Kardashian's recent promotion of the token, CoinDesk's Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, Unique One Network and elliptic.co.Today's Stories:Citi Bank Is The Latest to Warn of Bigger-Than-Expected Trading DropChina to Release Metal Reserves in Effort to Tame Commodities RallyGlobal banks adopt markedly different back-to-work policies 81% of Fund Managers Say Bitcoin Is in a BubbleU.S. Retail Sales Drop, Hinting at Shift to Spending on ServicesUK inflation hits 2.1%, vaults past Bank of England targetApple Struggles in Push to Make Healthcare Its Greatest Legacy -Wrapped BTC Now Holds 1% of Bitcoin's Circulating SupplyDavid Z. Morris: Kim Kardashian and Ethereum Max. Why? -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -Unique One Network is an interoperable Platform for DeFi enabled NFT Marketplaces, in a variety of sectors, built on Polkadot Parity Substrate. Unique One Network's crosschain NFT hub facilitates transfers between a variety of blockchains and ecosystems, unleashing the power of NFTs with myriad innovative capabilities. Find out more at Unique One Network.-Elliptic works with the world's leading crypto businesses and financial institutions just like yours, to understand, manage, and act on crypto exposure risk.With Elliptic you can grow with confidence. Visit Elliptic.co for all your crypto compliance and AML monitoring needs.
In this Sunday story from Markets Daily, we're exploring Information Wants to Be Free. Secrets Are Worth Paying ForThis episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, Unique One Network and elliptic.co.Read the story-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -Unique One Network is an interoperable Platform for DeFi enabled NFT Marketplaces, in a variety of sectors, built on Polkadot Parity Substrate. Unique One Network's crosschain NFT hub facilitates transfers between a variety of blockchains and ecosystems, unleashing the power of NFTs with myriad innovative capabilities. Find out more at UniqueOne.Network.-Elliptic works with the world's leading crypto businesses and financial institutions just like yours, to understand, manage, and act on crypto exposure risk.With Elliptic you can grow with confidence. Visit Elliptic.co for all your crypto compliance and AML monitoring needs.
In this Saturday story from Markets Daily, we're exploring The Node: Pull Up a $DESK, This Is Serious This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, Unique One Network and elliptic.co.Read the story-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -Unique One Network is an interoperable Platform for DeFi enabled NFT Marketplaces, in a variety of sectors, built on Polkadot Parity Substrate. Unique One Network's crosschain NFT hub facilitates transfers between a variety of blockchains and ecosystems, unleashing the power of NFTs with myriad innovative capabilities. Find out more at UniqueOne.Network.-Elliptic works with the world's leading crypto businesses and financial institutions just like yours, to understand, manage, and act on crypto exposure risk.With Elliptic you can grow with confidence. Visit Elliptic.co for all your crypto compliance and AML monitoring needs.
With BTC trading at $37K and a look at the controversy surrounding the carbon footprint of blockchain ecosystems, CoinDesk's Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, Unique One Network and elliptic.co.Today's Stories:Cheap Dollars Attract Foreign Investors to TreasurysEl Salvador's Bitcoin Bill Raises 'Issues': IMF SpokespersonU.S. Inflation Is Highest in 13 Years as Prices Surge 5%Nigeria's Central Bank May Launch a Digital Currency Pilot in 2021Arrington Capital Launches $100M Algorand Ecosystem FundBlackRock Gets Green Light to Start Offering Mutual Funds in China US consumer prices climb at the fastest pace since 2008 Paul Brody: A Big Carbon Footprint Compared to What?-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -Unique One Network is an interoperable Platform for DeFi enabled NFT Marketplaces, in a variety of sectors, built on Polkadot Parity Substrate. Unique One Network's crosschain NFT hub facilitates transfers between a variety of blockchains and ecosystems, unleashing the power of NFTs with myriad innovative capabilities. Find out more at Unique One Network.-Elliptic works with the world's leading crypto businesses and financial institutions just like yours, to understand, manage, and act on crypto exposure risk.With Elliptic you can grow with confidence. Visit Elliptic.co for all your crypto compliance and AML monitoring needs.
In this Sunday story from Markets Daily, we're exploring the lesson of Bitconnect... That promoters can be liableThis episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, Unique.one and elliptic.co.Read the story-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -UniqueOne.Network is an interoperable Platform for DeFi enabled NFT Marketplaces, in a variety of sectors, built on Polkadot Parity Substrate. Unique One Network's crosschain NFT hub facilitates transfers between a variety of blockchains and ecosystems, unleashing the power of NFTs with myriad innovative capabilities. Find out more at UniqueOne.Network.-Elliptic works with the world's leading crypto businesses and financial institutions just like yours, to understand, manage, and act on crypto exposure risk.With Elliptic you can grow with confidence. Visit Elliptic.co for all your crypto compliance and AML monitoring needs.
In this Saturday story from Markets Daily, we're exploring how many crypto projects organized as DAOs are diversifying their war-chests in preparation for the crypto sectors expected cyclical downturn. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, Unique.one and elliptic.co.Read the story-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -UniqueOne.Network is an interoperable Platform for DeFi enabled NFT Marketplaces, in a variety of sectors, built on Polkadot Parity Substrate. Unique One Network’s crosschain NFT hub facilitates transfers between a variety of blockchains and ecosystems, unleashing the power of NFTs with myriad innovative capabilities. Find out more at UniqueOne.Network.-Elliptic works with the world’s leading crypto businesses and financial institutions just like yours, to understand, manage, and act on crypto exposure risk.With Elliptic you can grow with confidence. Visit Elliptic.co for all your crypto compliance and AML monitoring needs.
Central bank digital currencies have evolved from a loosely formed concept to tangible, real-live projects and an array of models have emerged. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Michael Casey and Sheila Warren host a live CBDC edition of their “Money Reimagined” podcast at Consensus 2021. In this program, they discuss the further development and future direction of CBDCs with Christian Catalini, the chief economist of the Diem Association, and Benedicte Nolens, head of the Bank of International Settlements' Innovation Hub in Hong Kong. -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.Image credit: Lucas Alexander/Unsplash modified by CoinDeskSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Central bank digital currencies have evolved from a loosely formed concept to tangible, real-live projects and an array of models have emerged. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Michael Casey and Sheila Warren host a live CBDC edition of their “Money Reimagined” podcast at Consensus 2021. In this program, they discuss the further development and future direction of CBDCs with Christian Catalini, the chief economist of the Diem Association, and Benedicte Nolens, head of the Bank of International Settlements’ Innovation Hub in Hong Kong. -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.Image credit: Lucas Alexander/Unsplash modified by CoinDesk
In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim and Consensys' Ben Edgington discuss a “severe threat” against Ethereum that was recently fixed and disclosed by non-profit organization the Ethereum Foundation. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.On Tuesday, May 18, the Ethereum Foundation published a blog post detailing a previously unknown attack vector on Ethereum where certain transactions could overwhelm the network and delay block production from a matter of seconds to minutes. “It wasn't a sort of classic security vulnerability in that nobody was going to get hacked,” said Edgington. “It was more a [Denial of Service] opportunity, a griefing attack. So there was potentially a way that the chain could be slowed down. Blocks would take much longer to produce and process than they ought to.”According to the blog post, this security vulnerability was first discovered by Ethereum researchers Hubert Ritzdorf and Matthias Egli who shared their findings with members of the Ethereum Foundation through the organization's bug bounty program on October 4, 2019 . While attempts were made to reduce the effects of the attack by the broader Ethereum developer community, it wasn't until April 15, 2021 that the issue was solved for good as a result of the activation of two Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), EIP 2929 and EIP 2930. For the six months that developers were working on a solution to the known threat, it was important to keep work somewhat hidden from the public view. The last thing developers wanted was for a potential attacker to find out about this security vulnerability and take advantage of it before a fix to the network was implemented. While this may raise concerns about transparency and centralization, Kim notes that “no code is absolutely perfect.” “These kinds of security vulnerabilities are unavoidable,” said Kim. “It's just a matter of preparing for them by having these centralized players like the Ethereum Foundation to fund bug bounties and to have a known core development team … to keep [things] on the down low until they figure out a fix.” To listen to the full commentary about Ethereum development and ongoing progress for Ethereum 2.0, listen to this week's episode of Mapping Out Eth 2.0. Links mentioned in this podcast: What's New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) Dodging a bullet: Ethereum State Problems (https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/05/18/eth_state_problems/) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington discuss a “severe threat” against Ethereum that was recently fixed and disclosed by non-profit organization the Ethereum Foundation. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.On Tuesday, May 18, the Ethereum Foundation published a blog post detailing a previously unknown attack vector on Ethereum where certain transactions could overwhelm the network and delay block production from a matter of seconds to minutes. “It wasn’t a sort of classic security vulnerability in that nobody was going to get hacked,” said Edgington. “It was more a [Denial of Service] opportunity, a griefing attack. So there was potentially a way that the chain could be slowed down. Blocks would take much longer to produce and process than they ought to.”According to the blog post, this security vulnerability was first discovered by Ethereum researchers Hubert Ritzdorf and Matthias Egli who shared their findings with members of the Ethereum Foundation through the organization’s bug bounty program on October 4, 2019 . While attempts were made to reduce the effects of the attack by the broader Ethereum developer community, it wasn’t until April 15, 2021 that the issue was solved for good as a result of the activation of two Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), EIP 2929 and EIP 2930. For the six months that developers were working on a solution to the known threat, it was important to keep work somewhat hidden from the public view. The last thing developers wanted was for a potential attacker to find out about this security vulnerability and take advantage of it before a fix to the network was implemented. While this may raise concerns about transparency and centralization, Kim notes that “no code is absolutely perfect.” “These kinds of security vulnerabilities are unavoidable,” said Kim. “It’s just a matter of preparing for them by having these centralized players like the Ethereum Foundation to fund bug bounties and to have a known core development team … to keep [things] on the down low until they figure out a fix.” To listen to the full commentary about Ethereum development and ongoing progress for Ethereum 2.0, listen to this week’s episode of Mapping Out Eth 2.0. Links mentioned in this podcast: What’s New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) Dodging a bullet: Ethereum State Problems (https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/05/18/eth_state_problems/) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.
In this episode of “On Purpose,” host Tyrone Ross announces his “Big Day'' for the official launch of his consulting company, OnRamp Invest, and the integration of “Riskalyze” a financial risk rate platform for advisers. Ross talks about the current state of the crypto markets, the expectations from governmental statutes and the guidance for advisers in the present regulatory environment. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Tyrone Ross is the CEO of OnRamp Invest, founder of 401STC, a storytelling consultancy; is a graduate of Seton Hall University, and named a top ten adviser of 2019 set to change the industry by Wealthmanagement.com A message from Tyrone:The greatest number of people living in poverty are children, we need to change that. If you can, get involved and give back to NoKidHungry.org. Love and Light. I appreciate you!-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.
In this episode of “On Purpose,” host Tyrone Ross announces his “Big Day'' for the official launch of his consulting company, OnRamp Invest, and the integration of “Riskalyze” a financial risk rate platform for advisers. Ross talks about the current state of the crypto markets, the expectations from governmental statutes and the guidance for advisers in the present regulatory environment. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Tyrone Ross is the CEO of OnRamp Invest, founder of 401STC, a storytelling consultancy; is a graduate of Seton Hall University, and named a top ten adviser of 2019 set to change the industry by Wealthmanagement.com A message from Tyrone:The greatest number of people living in poverty are children, we need to change that. If you can, get involved and give back to NoKidHungry.org. Love and Light. I appreciate you!-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.
In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim welcomes special guest Tim Beiko who recently took over as chair of the bi-weekly All Core Developers (ACD) meetings. ACD calls bring together various Ethereum stakeholders to discuss and reach consensus on proposed changes to the Ethereum protocol. They are streamed live on YouTube and generally reach an audience of roughly 10,000 viewers for each call. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.For Beiko, the most nerve-racking thing about his newest role as chair of the ACD calls is setting up the YouTube livestream. “Setting up the [Open Broadcaster Software] and all that for streaming and getting the audio right to the mic; this stresses me out so much because there was one call where I streamed it to everybody except myself,” Beiko said. Before taking over this role from the previous chair, Hudson Jameson, Beiko had been an active participant in these calls for three years as product manager of one of the Ethereum software client teams. As background, ACD calls are a long-running tradition in the Ethereum community that started as early as 2015. Aimed at bringing together and coordinating development of the Ethereum protocol, these meetings are a crucial component of the informal governance process that shapes the ongoing evolution of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. These calls, according to Beiko, are also how Ethereum protocol developers provide transparency to the broader community of the network, which includes a growing number of users, decentralized application (dapp) developers and investors. “It’s very easy for core developers and folks like myself who are basically paid to be on the calls to spend time and prepare for them,” said Beiko. “But if that’s not your job, if you’re running an application or you’re a journalist, you don’t have five hours per week to spend on protocol development for Ethereum. So I’ve tried to summarize it … [and] find ways to describe to the community what’s happening so that folks can keep tabs on [Ethereum] but don’t need to invest hours.”One area of continued discussion and debate is around the upcoming change to Ethereum’s fees, as outlined by Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559. Beiko is confident the majority of users and dapp developers are in favor of activating EIP 1559 later this July. As for other stakeholders such as miners who have not been as enthusiastic about the upgrade, Beiko explained that there are other incentives he believes will encourage their support for the fee market change when it comes time for activation. To hear Beiko’s full remarks on EIP 1559 implementation as well as more on the governance process around the other code changes that will be bundled along with EIP 1559, tune in to this week’s episode of “Mapping Out Eth 2.0.”Links mentioned in this podcast: What’s New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) London Network Upgrade Specification (https://github.com/ethereum/eth1.0-specs/blob/master/network-upgrades/mainnet-upgrades/london.md#ecosystem-readiness-checklist) Why EIP 1559? By Tim Beiko (https://hackmd.io/@timbeiko/why-1559) Flashbots: Frontrunning the MEV Crisis (https://medium.com/flashbots/frontrunning-the-mev-crisis-40629a613752) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.
The story of Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, is a tragic reminder of the lasting impact of colonial injustice and how it extends into modern finance. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.It's why this episode, on the potential for blockchain technology and digital currencies to empower people in such places, begins with a powerful monologue by Sheila about the shameful, century-long legacy of a slavery-era debt. That debt, imposed by France in punishment of Haiti's citizens for freeing themselves from their slave masters in a rebellion that founded their independence in 1805, later became a U.S.-owned asset serviced by a bank that would become Citibank. In that sense, this long-standing problem is directly related to the issue of Wall Street's power and dominance in the age of dollar hegemony, a power that is challenged, in theory, by cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. We learn from guest Jerry Tardieu, a Haitian author, entrepreneur, and politician who represents Petion-ville in the Chamber of Deputies, of how that debt legacy and the dependence on aid that came with it, has challenged Haiti's capacity to strike its own economic path. He calls for technologies and policies that boost access to investment capital rather than aid. We also hear from Daniele Jean-Pierre, the co-founder and COO of Zimbali networks, which delivers smart ledger solutions for the decentralized economy, on the kinds of solutions that entrepreneurs like her are developing to meet that call to action. -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.-Image credit: Heather Suggitt/Unsplash modified by CoinDeskSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The story of Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, is a tragic reminder of the lasting impact of colonial injustice and how it extends into modern finance.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.It’s why this episode, on the potential for blockchain technology and digital currencies to empower people in such places, begins with a powerful monologue by Sheila about the shameful, century-long legacy of a slavery-era debt. That debt, imposed by France in punishment of Haiti’s citizens for freeing themselves from their slave masters in a rebellion that founded their independence in 1805, later became a U.S.-owned asset serviced by a bank that would become Citibank. In that sense, this long-standing problem is directly related to the issue of Wall Street’s power and dominance in the age of dollar hegemony, a power that is challenged, in theory, by cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. We learn from guest Jerry Tardieu, a Haitian author, entrepreneur, and politician who represents Petion-ville in the Chamber of Deputies, of how that debt legacy and the dependence on aid that came with it, has challenged Haiti’s capacity to strike its own economic path. He calls for technologies and policies that boost access to investment capital rather than aid. We also hear from Daniele Jean-Pierre, the co-founder and COO of Zimbali networks, which delivers smart ledger solutions for the decentralized economy, on the kinds of solutions that entrepreneurs like her are developing to meet that call to action. -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.-Image credit: Heather Suggitt/Unsplash modified by CoinDesk
In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim welcomes special guest Tim Beiko who recently took over as chair of the bi-weekly All Core Developers (ACD) meetings. ACD calls bring together various Ethereum stakeholders to discuss and reach consensus on proposed changes to the Ethereum protocol. They are streamed live on YouTube and generally reach an audience of roughly 10,000 viewers for each call. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.For Beiko, the most nerve-racking thing about his newest role as chair of the ACD calls is setting up the YouTube livestream. “Setting up the [Open Broadcaster Software] and all that for streaming and getting the audio right to the mic; this stresses me out so much because there was one call where I streamed it to everybody except myself,” Beiko said. Before taking over this role from the previous chair, Hudson Jameson, Beiko had been an active participant in these calls for three years as product manager of one of the Ethereum software client teams. As background, ACD calls are a long-running tradition in the Ethereum community that started as early as 2015. Aimed at bringing together and coordinating development of the Ethereum protocol, these meetings are a crucial component of the informal governance process that shapes the ongoing evolution of the world's second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. These calls, according to Beiko, are also how Ethereum protocol developers provide transparency to the broader community of the network, which includes a growing number of users, decentralized application (dapp) developers and investors. “It's very easy for core developers and folks like myself who are basically paid to be on the calls to spend time and prepare for them,” said Beiko. “But if that's not your job, if you're running an application or you're a journalist, you don't have five hours per week to spend on protocol development for Ethereum. So I've tried to summarize it … [and] find ways to describe to the community what's happening so that folks can keep tabs on [Ethereum] but don't need to invest hours.”One area of continued discussion and debate is around the upcoming change to Ethereum's fees, as outlined by Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559. Beiko is confident the majority of users and dapp developers are in favor of activating EIP 1559 later this July. As for other stakeholders such as miners who have not been as enthusiastic about the upgrade, Beiko explained that there are other incentives he believes will encourage their support for the fee market change when it comes time for activation. To hear Beiko's full remarks on EIP 1559 implementation as well as more on the governance process around the other code changes that will be bundled along with EIP 1559, tune in to this week's episode of “Mapping Out Eth 2.0.”Links mentioned in this podcast: What's New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) London Network Upgrade Specification (https://github.com/ethereum/eth1.0-specs/blob/master/network-upgrades/mainnet-upgrades/london.md#ecosystem-readiness-checklist) Why EIP 1559? By Tim Beiko (https://hackmd.io/@timbeiko/why-1559) Flashbots: Frontrunning the MEV Crisis (https://medium.com/flashbots/frontrunning-the-mev-crisis-40629a613752) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
With BTC trading at $41K and a dive into reactions to yesterday's crash, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io.Today's stories:U.S. Stock Futures Point to Fourth Day of LossesElon Musk’s SpaceX Is Buying Up a Texas Village. Homeowners Cry Foul.China Sees Employment Remaining Largely Stable This YearMicrosoft Plans to Pull the Plug on Internet ExplorerArk Investment's Cathie Wood Says Bitcoin Will Go to $500,000 DeFi Liquidations Up 14X in Broad Crypto Sell-Off Bitcoin Price Plunge 'Feels Like Capitulation,' Says Novogratz Crypto Market Loses $460B as Ether, Altcoins Follow Bitcoin's Deep DiveDavid Z. Morris: Are You a Crypto Investor, or a Gambler? -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.
This week, “Opinionated” co-hosts Ben Schiller, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson are talking to Aaron Lammer, author of a podcast series about the now-defunct Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.The QuadrigaCX saga, first broken by our colleague Nik De and still not finished, could be a dark detective novel: Gerald Cotten, a CEO of a cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX, reportedly dies in India, the crypto wallets are empty and his widow inherits a mind-blowing fortune, while users are trying to get their money back in court for years (the case is still ongoing). Aaron Lammer, an experienced crypto podcaster, took on a tricky task to tell the QuadrigaCX story to people who might not know about crypto but definitely can learn a thing or two from this thriller story. Aaron told us how he was investigating the QuadrigaCX story and trying to explain the basics of crypto to a non-crypto audience. The first episodes of his show, “Exit Scam,” are now available for listening.Aaron interviews a very diverse group of people who have insight into what could have happened at QuadrigaCX, from a private detective specializing in fake deaths to Michael Perklin, chief information security officer at ShapeShift, who knew Gerald Cotten personally. He walks us through what we know and don't know about QuadrigaCX and its founders, and how the centuries-old history of scams and financial fraud got a new life in crypto. Enjoy the conversation, as we did, and definitely check out the podcast, an arresting detective story with elements of Crypto 101 course for everyone. Aaron's Twitter handle is: @aaronlammer. -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.Image credit: Ismagilov/iStock/Getty Images PlusSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This week, “Opinionated” co-hosts Ben Schiller, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson are talking to Aaron Lammer, author of a podcast series about the now-defunct Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.The QuadrigaCX saga, first broken by our colleague Nik De and still not finished, could be a dark detective novel: Gerald Cotten, a CEO of a cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX, reportedly dies in India, the crypto wallets are empty and his widow inherits a mind-blowing fortune, while users are trying to get their money back in court for years (the case is still ongoing). Aaron Lammer, an experienced crypto podcaster, took on a tricky task to tell the QuadrigaCX story to people who might not know about crypto but definitely can learn a thing or two from this thriller story. Aaron told us how he was investigating the QuadrigaCX story and trying to explain the basics of crypto to a non-crypto audience. The first episodes of his show, “Exit Scam,” are now available for listening.Aaron interviews a very diverse group of people who have insight into what could have happened at QuadrigaCX, from a private detective specializing in fake deaths to Michael Perklin, chief information security officer at ShapeShyft, who knew Gerald Cotten personally. He walks us through what we know and don’t know about QuadrigaCX and its founders, and how the centuries-old history of scams and financial fraud got a new life in crypto. Enjoy the conversation, as we did, and definitely check out the podcast, an arresting detective story with elements of Crypto 101 course for everyone. Aaron’s Twitter handle is: @aaronlammer. -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.Image credit: Ismagilov/iStock/Getty Images Plus
This week, “Opinionated” co-hosts Ben Schiller, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson are talking to Steven E. Russell, Esq., portfolio manager for Emerald Banking and Finance Fund.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Emerald is an asset manager that previously focused on community banks but, unlike many of its peers, could not stay away from the lucrative business of crypto. Since 2019, Emerald has been investing in companies serving the crypto industry, including Silvergate Bank, Galaxy Digital and Grayscale's ether and bitcoin trusts. (Grayscale is a CoinDesk sister company.)This seemingly progressive move got Emerald downgraded by the professional investment analytics source Morningstar from Bronze to Neutral. “Emerald Banking & Finance has moved outside its circle of competence,” Morningstar analyst Eric Schultz wrote, adding that “a big shift into cryptocurrencies in late 2020 and early 2021 calls the discipline of the approach into question.”Steven E. Russell, however, doesn't think he moved anywhere beyond his competence: He got into crypto in 2017 by starting with bitcoin, then adding ether and getting into altcoins. “Now I look back and think, well, that was really stupid,” he says of some of his altcoin investments.However, the experience demonstrated that crypto is the future not only of investments but of financial services as a whole, Russell believes. Now that Emerald is in crypto, more and more clients and even rival funds are approaching Russell asking about that “crypto thing,” what is DOGE, etc. Russell walks us through his thinking on how the capital markets will have to evolve because of the impact of crypto. “We think [decentralized finance] is really going to change the industry,” Russell said. Listen to Ben, Anna and Danny discuss Emerald's approach to crypto investments and its vision of asset management of the future.-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.Image credit:Whatawin/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDeskSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This week, “Opinionated” co-hosts Ben Schiller, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson are talking to Steven E. Russell, Esq., portfolio manager for Emerald Banking and Finance Fund.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Emerald is an asset manager that previously focused on community banks but, unlike many of its peers, could not stay away from the lucrative business of crypto. Since 2019, Emerald has been investing in companies serving the crypto industry, including Silvergate Bank, Galaxy Digital and Grayscale’s ether and bitcoin trusts. (Grayscale is a CoinDesk sister company.)This seemingly progressive move got Emerald downgraded by the professional investment analytics source Morningstar from Bronze to Neutral. “Emerald Banking & Finance has moved outside its circle of competence,” Morningstar analyst Eric Schultz wrote, adding that “a big shift into cryptocurrencies in late 2020 and early 2021 calls the discipline of the approach into question.”Steven E. Russell, however, doesn’t think he moved anywhere beyond his competence: He got into crypto in 2017 by starting with bitcoin, then adding ether and getting into altcoins. “Now I look back and think, well, that was really stupid,” he says of some of his altcoin investments.However, the experience demonstrated that crypto is the future not only of investments but of financial services as a whole, Russell believes. Now that Emerald is in crypto, more and more clients and even rival funds are approaching Russell asking about that “crypto thing,” what is DOGE, etc. Russell walks us through his thinking on how the capital markets will have to evolve because of the impact of crypto. “We think [decentralized finance] is really going to change the industry,” Russell said. Listen to Ben, Anna and Danny discuss Emerald’s approach to crypto investments and its vision of asset management of the future.-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.Image credit:Whatawin/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk
With CoinDesk's Consensus just a week away, we decided that this week's Money Reimagined episode should focus on the big macro and geopolitical themes that will be its hallmark. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Highlights of that landmark event include Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard's perspective on the future of money, Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio's thesis on the end of the dollar's dominance and a discussion/debate on the inflation outlook featuring former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and CoinDesk's Noelle Acheson. Attendees will be asked to contemplate where the global economy is headed in an age of monetary transformation and what that means for the power structures of the world as we know it. As a prelude, we invited Bruno Macaes, a Portuguese politician, author and influential thinker on geopolitical trends, and Tomicah Tillemann, the Director of the Digital Impact and Governance Initiative at the New America think tank, to give us their take on these matters. Some of the scenarios we discussed are challenging. They paint a picture of mass disruption of the global economic order. But both our guests had a somewhat contrarian take to a common view, held by many observers of geopolitical trends, that forces of technological change and economic stress will conspire to bring to an end to the era of U.S. financial, economic and political hegemony.In different ways, Macaes and Tillemann both argued that the U.S., if it plays its cards right, could turn this current moment of economic uncertainty to its advantage and sustain leadership of the global economy. To do so, they said, it must embrace the principles of open systems and open society that lie at the heart of the crypto ethos – and which, in theory at least, are ingrained in what are widely considered “American values.” -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.Image credit: Eric Prouzet/Unsplash modified by CoinDeskSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
With BTC back up to $50K and a look at why CBDCs could be even more vulnerable to attacks than the Colonial Pipeline, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io.Today's stories:Stock Futures Rise Ahead of Retail Sales Data Commodities Boost Economic Recoveries, Mirroring Aftermath of Financial CrisisBoards Are Adding More Women and Minorities Ahead of Nasdaq RuleThe IRS Is Coming for Crypto Investors Who Haven’t Paid Their TaxesDogecoin Jumps 22% as Elon Musk Hints at Improving Network's Transaction EfficiencyCoinbase Boosts Year Active Users Forecast Range, Reports Q1 Results Inline With Preview Tether Details Reserve Composition for the First Time Coinbase to Add Dogecoin in the Next 6-8 Weeks Bank of England Official: It's 'Probable' UK Will Launch a Digital CurrencyDavid Morris: What If Someone Hacks the Money Pipeline Next? -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.
With CoinDesk’s Consensus just a week away, we decided that this week’s Money Reimagined episode should focus on the big macro and geopolitical themes that will be its hallmark. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Highlights of that landmark event include Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard’s perspective on the future of money, Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio’s thesis on the end of the dollar’s dominance and a discussion/debate on the inflation outlook featuring former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal and CoinDesk’s Noelle Acheson. Attendees will be asked to contemplate where the global economy is headed in an age of monetary transformation and what that means for the power structures of the world as we know it. As a prelude, we invited Bruno Macaes, a Portuguese politician, author and influential thinker on geopolitical trends, and Tomicah Tillemann, the Director of the Digital Impact and Governance Initiative at the New America think tank, to give us their take on these matters. Some of the scenarios we discussed are challenging. They paint a picture of mass disruption of the global economic order. But both our guests had a somewhat contrarian take to a common view, held by many observers of geopolitical trends, that forces of technological change and economic stress will conspire to bring to an end to the era of U.S. financial, economic and political hegemony.In different ways, Macaes and Tillemann both argued that the U.S., if it plays its cards right, could turn this current moment of economic uncertainty to its advantage and sustain leadership of the global economy. To do so, they said, it must embrace the principles of open systems and open society that lie at the heart of the crypto ethos – and which, in theory at least, are ingrained in what are widely considered “American values.” -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.Image credit: Eric Prouzet/Unsplash modified by CoinDesk
In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim and Consensys' Ben Edgington discuss the security and running costs of CoinDesk's Ethereum 2.0 staking operations with special guest, CoinDesk Director of Engineering Spencer Beggs. They also explain the main features of Eth 2.0's first major backwards-incompatible upgrade, Altair, which is tentatively scheduled for release in July. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.In February, CoinDesk activated an Eth 2.0 validator, nicknamed Zelda, by staking 32 ETH, worth roughly $52,000 at the time, on Ethereum's parallel proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain network. Since then, Zelda has been participating in network consensus by helping produce and validate blocks. In return, Zelda's operations have earned CoinDesk a total of 0.62 ETH over the past three months, worth about $2,600 at time of writing. Unlike other validator set-ups, Beggs explained that CoinDesk's staking operations don't require any hardware. “Our Eth 2.0 validator is set-up in cloud computing so we're not running our validator locally. We're running it inside of our multi-tenant environment,” Beggs said. “This produces some challenges regarding the security infrastructure setup because we're just not able to … unplug it or log into it. We have to account for many users being able to access the same environment that our validator is running.”On the flip side, one of the main benefits to running Zelda on the cloud is its accessibility to a remote workforce. Due to the restrictions and concerns caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, most offices, including CoinDesk's in New York City, were forced to temporarily close. In lieu of a physical space, Beggs turned to Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a safe alternative to host Zelda. Beggs is presently looking into the costs associated with running an Eth 2.0 validator on the cloud. “The server itself, just running it, we know costs about $200 a month thereabouts, but there's network charges in and out. So that's what we're waiting to learn ... because that can be a lot of data or a little data depending on how the network is running. So it'll be interesting to see how that's actually playing out,” said Beggs. Looking ahead to the future of Zelda and all Eth 2.0 validators, Edgington noted that a mandatory software upgrade was in the works by protocol developers. “It's time to take off the training wheels,” said Edgington. “We've still got some stabilizers on [Eth 2.0] but eventually we'll be able to put in the full crypto economically correct amounts for these penalties and slashing penalties. So it's a good sign that we're moving in the right direction.” For the entire explanation of what Eth 2.0 validators can expect to change about the network after the Altair upgrade, listen to the full podcast episode with Edgington and Kim. Links mentioned in this podcast: What's New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington discuss the security and running costs of CoinDesk’s Ethereum 2.0 staking operations with special guest, CoinDesk Director of Engineering Spencer Beggs. They also explain the main features of Eth 2.0’s first major backwards-incompatible upgrade, Altair, which is tentatively scheduled for release in July. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.In February, CoinDesk activated an Eth 2.0 validator, nicknamed Zelda, by staking 32 ETH, worth roughly $52,000 at the time, on Ethereum’s parallel proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain network. Since then, Zelda has been participating in network consensus by helping produce and validate blocks. In return, Zelda’s operations have earned CoinDesk a total of 0.62 ETH over the past three months, worth about $2,600 at time of writing. Unlike other validator set-ups, Beggs explained that CoinDesk’s staking operations don’t require any hardware. “Our Eth 2.0 validator is set-up in cloud computing so we’re not running our validator locally. We’re running it inside of our multi-tenant environment,” Beggs said. “This produces some challenges regarding the security infrastructure setup because we’re just not able to … unplug it or log into it. We have to account for many users being able to access the same environment that our validator is running.”On the flip side, one of the main benefits to running Zelda on the cloud is its accessibility to a remote workforce. Due to the restrictions and concerns caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, most offices, including CoinDesk’s in New York City, were forced to temporarily close. In lieu of a physical space, Beggs turned to Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a safe alternative to host Zelda. Beggs is presently looking into the costs associated with running an Eth 2.0 validator on the cloud. “The server itself, just running it, we know costs about $200 a month thereabouts, but there’s network charges in and out. So that’s what we’re waiting to learn ... because that can be a lot of data or a little data depending on how the network is running. So it’ll be interesting to see how that’s actually playing out,” said Beggs. Looking ahead to the future of Zelda and all Eth 2.0 validators, Edgington noted that a mandatory software upgrade was in the works by protocol developers. “It’s time to take off the training wheels,” said Edgington. “We’ve still got some stabilizers on [Eth 2.0] but eventually we’ll be able to put in the full crypto economically correct amounts for these penalties and slashing penalties. So it’s a good sign that we’re moving in the right direction.” For the entire explanation of what Eth 2.0 validators can expect to change about the network after the Altair upgrade, listen to the full podcast episode with Edgington and Kim. Links mentioned in this podcast: What’s New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.
Technologies such as blockchain, cryptocurrency, decentralized finance and artificial intelligence have expanded the professional financial landscape. Advisers serve the financial ecosystem and the world by creating a better understanding of financial concepts, technologies and behaviors. In order to do this, financial advisers must learn more about the digital asset space including not only bitcoin but DeFi, blockchain, stablecoins, crypto investment and much more. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.In this episode of “On Purpose,” host Tyrone Ross speaks with Adam Blumberg, Certified Financial Planner and co-founder of Interaxis, a research company that educates financial advisers, investors, businesses and professionals. Blumberg discusses the importance of education in the digital asset space and how his company, Interaxis, is changing the financial landscape one adviser at a time. Ross and Blumberg announce that OnRamp Invest is sponsoring the Interaxis Academy’s “Cohort” special crypto investment education program coming May 17 and OnRamp is offering 20 seats to available RIAs. For more information go to www.onrampinvest.com or on Twitter @onrampinvest.Interested in being a certified digital asset adviser go directly to www.certifieddigital.orgAdam Blumberg is a CFP and co-founder of Interaxis, a research, technology company. He is the Board chairman and lead curriculum developer.Tyrone Ross is the CEO of OnRamp Invest, founder of 401STC, a storytelling consultancy; a graduate of Seton Hall University, and rated one of the top 10 advisers of 2019 set to change the industry by Wealthmanagement.com. A message from Tyrone:The greatest number of people living in poverty are children, we need to change that. If you can, get involved and give back to NoKidHungry.org. Love and Light. I appreciate you!-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.
Technologies such as blockchain, cryptocurrency, decentralized finance and artificial intelligence have expanded the professional financial landscape. Advisers serve the financial ecosystem and the world by creating a better understanding of financial concepts, technologies and behaviors. In order to do this, financial advisers must learn more about the digital asset space including not only bitcoin but DeFi, blockchain, stablecoins, crypto investment and much more. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.In this episode of “On Purpose,” host Tyrone Ross speaks with Adam Blumberg, Certified Financial Planner and co-founder of Interaxis, a research company that educates financial advisers, investors, businesses and professionals. Blumberg discusses the importance of education in the digital asset space and how his company, Interaxis, is changing the financial landscape one adviser at a time. Ross and Blumberg announce that OnRamp Invest is sponsoring the Interaxis Academy’s “Cohort” special crypto investment education program coming May 17 and OnRamp is offering 20 seats to available RIAs. For more information go to www.onrampinvest.com or on Twitter @onrampinvest.Interested in being a certified digital asset adviser go directly to www.certifieddigital.orgAdam Blumberg is a CFP and co-founder of Interaxis, a research, technology company. He is the Board chairman and lead curriculum developer.Tyrone Ross is the CEO of OnRamp Invest, founder of 401STC, a storytelling consultancy; a graduate of Seton Hall University, and rated one of the top 10 advisers of 2019 set to change the industry by Wealthmanagement.com. A message from Tyrone:The greatest number of people living in poverty are children, we need to change that. If you can, get involved and give back to NoKidHungry.org. Love and Light. I appreciate you!-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.
This week, “Opinionated” co-hosts Ben Schiller, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson are talking to Christopher Giancarlo, former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and David Treat, senior managing director at Accenture, the co-founders of the Digital Dollar Project .This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, and The Sun Exchange.The Digital Dollar Project recently announced plans for a slew of pilot projects that will show what the tokenized U.S. dollar can and can’t do. It’s not clear yet exactly what those pilots will be.The global race for leadership in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) started with China charging forward with its digital yuan project and all other nations rushing to catch up. Giancarlo believes the U.S. shouldn’t miss a chance to set the standards for CBDCs globally. But is it enough to issue another CBDC to stop the digital yuan’s expansion?Another important concern regarding CBDCs is privacy. Giancarlo and Treat believe the U.S. government will ensure the privacy of citizens’ transactions, in keeping with the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment. But what if the government is not the best guardian of personal information? We discuss the privacy concerns of CBDCs at length during this episode.Finally, who needs CBDCs if we already have dollar-pegged stablecoins, some of which are regularly audited and regulated by the U.S.? Giancarlo does not fully trust the stablecoin issuers on the market now: “Who is the holder of a reserve bank account? What if the holder of that account absconds with the money?” he asked.We discuss central bank digital currencies, and ask if we need this new form of money and how they will compete and integrate with private-sector initiatives, including USD-backed stablecoins.Find Christopher Giancarlo and David Treat on Twitter: @giancarloMKTS and @DBTreat.-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.Image credit:kertlis/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk
This week, “Opinionated” co-hosts Ben Schiller, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson are talking to Christopher Giancarlo, former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and David Treat, senior managing director at Accenture, the co-founders of the Digital Dollar Project .This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, and The Sun Exchange.The Digital Dollar Project recently announced plans for a slew of pilot projects that will show what the tokenized U.S. dollar can and can't do. It's not clear yet exactly what those pilots will be.The global race for leadership in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) started with China charging forward with its digital yuan project and all other nations rushing to catch up. Giancarlo believes the U.S. shouldn't miss a chance to set the standards for CBDCs globally. But is it enough to issue another CBDC to stop the digital yuan's expansion?Another important concern regarding CBDCs is privacy. Giancarlo and Treat believe the U.S. government will ensure the privacy of citizens' transactions, in keeping with the Constitution's Fourth Amendment. But what if the government is not the best guardian of personal information? We discuss the privacy concerns of CBDCs at length during this episode.Finally, who needs CBDCs if we already have dollar-pegged stablecoins, some of which are regularly audited and regulated by the U.S.? Giancarlo does not fully trust the stablecoin issuers on the market now: “Who is the holder of a reserve bank account? What if the holder of that account absconds with the money?” he asked.We discuss central bank digital currencies, and ask if we need this new form of money and how they will compete and integrate with private-sector initiatives, including USD-backed stablecoins.Find Christopher Giancarlo and David Treat on Twitter: @giancarloMKTS and @DBTreat.-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.Image credit:kertlis/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDeskSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
If you were to describe what crypto represents in its entirety, either to the insiders who are obsessed with it or to the “normies” looking on with wonder from the outside, you might focus on technical issues related to immutability, censorship resistance, smart contracts, decentralized exchanges and so forth. Or you might use the language of finance and “asset classes” to talk about bitcoin as “digital gold” or ether as a commodity token that runs a decentralized network.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.But to capture the full picture, you'd also need to deal with all the strange, sometimes obscure, sometimes crude, occasionally funny memes that constantly course through Twitter and work their way into the crypto lexicon. That's important, not only because memes are integral to the crypto experience on their own, but because they are also driving some of the shifting ideas around money and finance generally. This, after all, is the era of SPACs, “stonks” and meme shares that rise because Reddit groups like WallStreetBets manage to bring the power and collective will of the mob to markets.In many respects, that traditional world of finance is only catching up with crypto. Dogecoin, the ultimate meme token, might be hitting headlines now with its latest spectacular price rally as it is following on the heels of the WallStreetBets GameStop phenomenon. But dogecoin really precedes it, having been around since December 2013. You could argue that dogecoin is the original stonk. This episode makes the case that if you're going to try to understand how money is being reimagined in the new era, you need to go beyond the technology and the market dynamics and address the confusing cacophony of memes that drive the narratives around crypto. To do that we were joined by two people who've inserted themselves into this grand, collective storytelling exercise with more influence than almost anyone. We talk to Nathaniel Whittemore, host of CoinDesk's “Breakdown” podcast, and Coin Center's Neeraj Agrawal, to discuss the importance of all this to both the outside world and the strange but fascinating subculture that has formed around the crypto community.-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.Image credit:peterschreibermedia/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDeskSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
If you were to describe what crypto represents in its entirety, either to the insiders who are obsessed with it or to the “normies” looking on with wonder from the outside, you might focus on technical issues related to immutability, censorship resistance, smart contracts, decentralized exchanges and so forth. Or you might use the language of finance and “asset classes” to talk about bitcoin as “digital gold” or ether as a commodity token that runs a decentralized network.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.But to capture the full picture, you’d also need to deal with all the strange, sometimes obscure, sometimes crude, occasionally funny memes that constantly course through Twitter and work their way into the crypto lexicon. That’s important, not only because memes are integral to the crypto experience on their own, but because they are also driving some of the shifting ideas around money and finance generally. This, after all, is the era of SPACs, “stonks” and meme shares that rise because Reddit groups like WallStreetBets manage to bring the power and collective will of the mob to markets.In many respects, that traditional world of finance is only catching up with crypto. Dogecoin, the ultimate meme token, might be hitting headlines now with its latest spectacular price rally as it is following on the heels of the WallStreetBets GameStop phenomenon. But dogecoin really precedes it, having been around since December 2013. You could argue that dogecoin is the original stonk. This episode makes the case that if you’re going to try to understand how money is being reimagined in the new era, you need to go beyond the technology and the market dynamics and address the confusing cacophony of memes that drive the narratives around crypto. To do that we were joined by two people who’ve inserted themselves into this grand, collective storytelling exercise with more influence than almost anyone. We talk to Nathaniel Whittemore, host of CoinDesk’s “Breakdown” podcast, and Coin Center’s Neeraj Agrawal, to discuss the importance of all this to both the outside world and the strange but fascinating subculture that has formed around the crypto community.-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.Image credit:peterschreibermedia/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk
In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington discuss the future of validator rewards post-merge to proof-of-stake (PoS) and the significance of the Steklo test network launch. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Currently, if you’re staking on Ethereum 2.0, Ethereum’s parallel PoS network, your operations are earning you a roughly 8% annual percentage return (APR). But once Ethereum and Ethereum 2.0 merge, validators stand to earn more than triple this amount. “It looks like around 25% per annum is the expected initial total annual return for [validators]. So on your 32 ether, you’ll be earning about eight ether per year, on average,” said Edgington. The reason why is because a merge to Eth 2.0 will mean all transactions and smart-contract operations on Ethereum are processed by validators instead of Ethereum miners. This means validators will begin earning extra rewards from users and decentralized applications (dapps) in the form of transaction fees. Prominent Ethereum community members such as Ethereum Foundation’s Tim Beiko and Trenton Van Epps have cautioned miners about planning operations beyond the end of 2021. “To all Ethereum miners: Plan conservatively for an end to mining EOY 2021,” said Van Epps in a tweet. Testing is ongoing for Ethereum’s merge to PoS. Last Friday, April 30, developers launched the first multi-client test network for this upgrade, dubbed “Steklo.” Steklo “was only up for a day. That was pre-planned. It wasn’t supposed to be a test network that would be up and running for weeks a time,” said Kim. For the few hours it was functional, Steklo faced a number of issues and errors. For the complete commentary on the troubles the network faced and what developers learned from their first major attempt at modelling the merge of Ethereum and Eth 2.0, listen to the full podcast episode with Edgington and Kim. Links mentioned in this podcast: What’s New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.
In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim and Consensys' Ben Edgington discuss the future of validator rewards post-merge to proof-of-stake (PoS) and the significance of the Steklo test network launch. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Currently, if you're staking on Ethereum 2.0, Ethereum's parallel PoS network, your operations are earning you a roughly 8% annual percentage return (APR). But once Ethereum and Ethereum 2.0 merge, validators stand to earn more than triple this amount. “It looks like around 25% per annum is the expected initial total annual return for [validators]. So on your 32 ether, you'll be earning about eight ether per year, on average,” said Edgington. The reason why is because a merge to Eth 2.0 will mean all transactions and smart-contract operations on Ethereum are processed by validators instead of Ethereum miners. This means validators will begin earning extra rewards from users and decentralized applications (dapps) in the form of transaction fees. Prominent Ethereum community members such as Ethereum Foundation's Tim Beiko and Trenton Van Epps have cautioned miners about planning operations beyond the end of 2021. “To all Ethereum miners: Plan conservatively for an end to mining EOY 2021,” said Van Epps in a tweet. Testing is ongoing for Ethereum's merge to PoS. Last Friday, April 30, developers launched the first multi-client test network for this upgrade, dubbed “Steklo.” Steklo “was only up for a day. That was pre-planned. It wasn't supposed to be a test network that would be up and running for weeks a time,” said Kim. For the few hours it was functional, Steklo faced a number of issues and errors. For the complete commentary on the troubles the network faced and what developers learned from their first major attempt at modelling the merge of Ethereum and Eth 2.0, listen to the full podcast episode with Edgington and Kim. Links mentioned in this podcast: What's New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
For the first time ever, financial advisers are at a disadvantage. That is because their clients may know more about bitcoin and crypto assets than they do.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.In such a competitive and novel market, financial advisers must stay informed. With the volatility of bitcoin, financial advisers can look at data for answers, and so they should truly appreciate “Riskalyze” technology, which is a financial risk rate platform that every adviser should use to help their clients.In this episode of “On Purpose,” host Tyrone Ross speaks with Aaron Klein, the CEO of Riskalyze. Klein, addresses the ‘pressure shift’ against advisors from institutional to client base through crypto currency as an asset class. Riskalyze is a financial risk rate platform that every financial adviser has or should have heard of and would benefit from.Ross and Klein discuss the future of financial planning and the importance of using such technology to present the pros and cons of crypto investments. Advisers not only need information, but they also need to be their client’s superhero. Financial advisers have the power to make a difference in the future of money and what investments will yield as a result. That is priceless, and financial advisers must employ the newest technology to get the best possible outcomes for their clients.Aaron Klein is the co-founder and CEO at Riskalyze. He led the company to twice being named one of the world’s top 10 most innovative companies in finance by Fast Company Magazine. Aaron has served as a trustee at Sierra College, and Investment News has honored him as one of the industry’s top 40 Under 40 executives.Tyrone Ross is the CEO of OnRamp Invest, founder of 401STC, a storytelling consultancy. He is a graduate of Seton Hall University, and was named a Top 10 Adviser of 2019 set to change the industry by Wealthmanagement.com A message from Tyrone:The greatest number of people living in poverty are children, we need to change that. If you can, get involved and give back to NoKidHungry.org. Love and Light. I appreciate you!-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.
For the first time ever, financial advisers are at a disadvantage. That is because their clients may know more about bitcoin and crypto assets than they do.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.In such a competitive and novel market, financial advisers must stay informed. With the volatility of bitcoin, financial advisers can look at data for answers, and so they should truly appreciate “Riskalyze” technology, which is a financial risk rate platform that every adviser should use to help their clients.In this episode of “On Purpose,” host Tyrone Ross speaks with Aaron Klein, the CEO of Riskalyze. Klein, addresses the ‘pressure shift’ against advisors from institutional to client base through crypto currency as an asset class. Riskalyze is a financial risk rate platform that every financial adviser has or should have heard of and would benefit from.Ross and Klein discuss the future of financial planning and the importance of using such technology to present the pros and cons of crypto investments. Advisers not only need information, but they also need to be their client’s superhero. Financial advisers have the power to make a difference in the future of money and what investments will yield as a result. That is priceless, and financial advisers must employ the newest technology to get the best possible outcomes for their clients.Aaron Klein is the co-founder and CEO at Riskalyze. He led the company to twice being named one of the world’s top 10 most innovative companies in finance by Fast Company Magazine. Aaron has served as a trustee at Sierra College, and Investment News has honored him as one of the industry’s top 40 Under 40 executives.Tyrone Ross is the CEO of OnRamp Invest, founder of 401STC, a storytelling consultancy. He is a graduate of Seton Hall University, and was named a Top 10 Adviser of 2019 set to change the industry by Wealthmanagement.com A message from Tyrone:The greatest number of people living in poverty are children, we need to change that. If you can, get involved and give back to NoKidHungry.org. Love and Light. I appreciate you!-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.
This week, “Opinionated” co-hosts Ben Schiller, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson are talking to Nik Bhatia, an Adjunct Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.His book, "Layered Money: From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies" is freshly in print this year, and Nik has plenty of bold and controversial ideas to share. Nik recently wrote two thought-provoking op-eds for CoinDesk about the future of bitcoin. One of them, “Why $1 Million Bitcoin Is Coming” is a projection of forces affecting bitcoin's upcoming growth. In particular, Nik believes MicroStrategy's and Tesla's bitcoin purchases resulted in big increases in bitcoin's price – increases that he sees continuing as new companies and even central banks start buying in. If we expected more big enterprises to join the party, are we looking at $1 million bitcoin? Or is it too bullish? Nik guided us through his journey of understanding bitcoin and why he thinks it will be a base layer to the future financial system.Bitcoin's volatility is not going anywhere in the future, Nik believes. But that shouldn't stop traditional asset managers from buying it, because they are buying a share in the world's financial future. And in this future, the national currencies might become central bank digital currencies (CBDC), and bitcoin will be a global standard to weigh against those national We discuss these and more bold ideas, how people should invest in bitcoin and how the world will treat bitcoin in the years to come. Enjoy the conversation and definitely check out Nik's pieces, “Why $1 Million Bitcoin Is Coming” and “Asset Managers, Owning Bitcoin Is Now Your Fiduciary Duty.”Nik Bhatia's Twitter handle is: @timevalueofbtc.-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.-Image credit: Gesrey/iStock/Getty Images PlusSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This week, “Opinionated” co-hosts Ben Schiller, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson are talking to Nik Bhatia, an Adjunct Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.His book, "Layered Money: From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies" is freshly in print this year, and Nik has plenty of bold and controversial ideas to share. Nik recently wrote two thought-provoking op-eds for CoinDesk about the future of bitcoin. One of them, “Why $1 Million Bitcoin Is Coming” is a projection of forces affecting bitcoin’s upcoming growth. In particular, Nik believes MicroStrategy’s and Tesla’s bitcoin purchases resulted in big increases in bitcoin’s price – increases that he sees continuing as new companies and even central banks start buying in. If we expected more big enterprises to join the party, are we looking at $1 million bitcoin? Or is it too bullish? Nik guided us through his journey of understanding bitcoin and why he thinks it will be a base layer to the future financial system.Bitcoin’s volatility is not going anywhere in the future, Nik believes. But that shouldn’t stop traditional asset managers from buying it, because they are buying a share in the world’s financial future. And in this future, the national currencies might become central bank digital currencies (CBDC), and bitcoin will be a global standard to weigh against those national We discuss these and more bold ideas, how people should invest in bitcoin and how the world will treat bitcoin in the years to come. Enjoy the conversation and definitely check out Nik’s pieces, “Why $1 Million Bitcoin Is Coming” and “Asset Managers, Owning Bitcoin Is Now Your Fiduciary Duty.”Nik Bhatia’s Twitter handle is: @timevalueofbtc.-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.-Image credit: Gesrey/iStock/Getty Images Plus
In what has become a de facto world tour of crypto hot spots, this week “Money Reimagined” is headed to Nigeria.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.We talked to two Nigerian entrepreneurs – Yele Bademosi, the CEO of payments app Bundle Africa, and Adia Sowho, a venture builder and operator – about the burgeoning crypto innovation ecosystem in their country. Among this entertaining pair's many insights was the idea the Nigerian Central Bank's February order that banks shut down crypto companies' access ended up being a positive for the industry. It spurred even more innovation in the space, inspiring local developers to dream up interesting new decentralized solutions for getting around the banking sector's gatekeepers.The idea dovetails with some we've heard from other guests – from Democracy Earth's Santiago Siri, for example, who spoke of how the startup scene in his native Argentina is shaped and driven by the failure of the existing financial system and the efforts by authorities there to constrain people's financial freedom. It shows how the crypto world has fostered a new breed of developer-entrepreneur, one who no longer wants to work to change the existing system but is inspired to build entire new alternatives to it. We also learned from Bademosi and Sowho that the narratives the crypto community in the industrialized world tend to embrace about the technology's value in the developing world are often misplaced. It's convenient for people in the U.S. to talk up the idea that Nigerian activists were using bitcoin during the anti-government protests last year or that it is being used widely as a remittance and payments vehicle. But our guests point out those use cases aren't as widespread as believed and that, much like in the U.S, most Nigerians are for now buying bitcoin as a store of value. On the other hand, they tell us Nigeria specifically – and Africa generally – is a hotbed of innovation in DeFi. And why not? The opportunities for experimentation and creativity for decentralized finance are arguably much greater in places where the existing financial system is underdeveloped. -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.Image credit: Fela Sanu/iStock/Getty Images PlusSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
In what has become a de facto world tour of crypto hot spots, this week “Money Reimagined” is headed to Nigeria.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.We talked to two Nigerian entrepreneurs – Yele Bademosi, the CEO of payments app Bundle Africa, and Adia Sowho, a venture builder and operator – about the burgeoning crypto innovation ecosystem in their country. Among this entertaining pair’s many insights was the idea the Nigerian Central Bank’s February order that banks shut down crypto companies’ access ended up being a positive for the industry. It spurred even more innovation in the space, inspiring local developers to dream up interesting new decentralized solutions for getting around the banking sector’s gatekeepers.The idea dovetails with some we’ve heard from other guests – from Democracy Earth’s Santiago Siri, for example, who spoke of how the startup scene in his native Argentina is shaped and driven by the failure of the existing financial system and the efforts by authorities there to constrain people’s financial freedom. It shows how the crypto world has fostered a new breed of developer-entrepreneur, one who no longer wants to work to change the existing system but is inspired to build entire new alternatives to it. We also learned from Bademosi and Sowho that the narratives the crypto community in the industrialized world tend to embrace about the technology’s value in the developing world are often misplaced. It’s convenient for people in the U.S. to talk up the idea that Nigerian activists were using bitcoin during the anti-government protests last year or that it is being used widely as a remittance and payments vehicle. But our guests point out those use cases aren’t as widespread as believed and that, much like in the U.S, most Nigerians are for now buying bitcoin as a store of value. On the other hand, they tell us Nigeria specifically – and Africa generally – is a hotbed of innovation in DeFi. And why not? The opportunities for experimentation and creativity for decentralized finance are arguably much greater in places where the existing financial system is underdeveloped. -InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. -The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.Image credit: Fela Sanu/iStock/Getty Images Plus
Dan Finlay, co-founder of MetaMask, talks about the meteoric growth of monthly active users of the crypto wallet, which has quintupled in the past seven months. In this episode, he discusses: which crypto use case drove MetaMask's active user base to grow 5x in under a year what types of scaling solutions are drawing users to MetaMask how MetaMask works what kind of customers are using MetaMask how MetaMask has grown without targeted marketing whether the type of crypto usage in developing nations differed from developed nations which feature MetaMask released in 2020 that is bringing in revenue what pivotal moments in crypto over the past six years have brought new users to MetaMask why scalability and security are the most important challenges facing MetaMask in the short term how MetaMask is trying to make online wallets more secure how much volume users have traded via MetaMask's new swap feature what new features are coming up for MetaMask wallets Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2021 InterPop: https://hellointerpop.io/?utm_source=Unchained&utm_medium=episode-sponsorship&utm_campaign=interpop-launch&utm_content=interpop NEAR: https://near.org Episode Links MetaMask Dan Finlay: https://twitter.com/danfinlay MetaMask: https://metamask.io/ $5 Million Monthly Active Users: https://consensys.net/blog/metamask/metamask-surpasses-5-million-monthly-active-users/ MetaMask in Emerging Markets: https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1387114770923466755 Filecoin in MetaMask: https://medium.com/metamask/developer-preview-metamask-snap-for-filecoin-c28b01dfdcb Miscellaneous Robbie Ferguson on Unchained: https://unchainedpodcast.com/this-layer-2-solution-processed-more-nft-trades-in-24-hours-than-ethereum-did-in-1-week/ Marguerite deCourcelle on Unchained: https://unchainedpodcast.com/all-the-ways-crypto-can-make-gaming-more-fun/ Charles Cascarilla + Vlad Tenev conversation: https://t.co/2AG0y5j36B?amp=1 Link to the Crypto News Recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/a-bitcoin-standard/
With BTC stabilizing around $56K and a look at why the U.S. should stop dragging its feet on bitcoin ETFs, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, bybit.com and unfederalreserve.Today's stories:Rally in Transportation Stocks Nears 122-Year-Old Record StreakCoinbase Debuts 'Buy With PayPal' (but Read the Fine Print)Team Behind Argo Blockchain Launches London-Listed DeFi FundNYSE-Owner ICE Sold Coinbase Stake for $1.2 BillionThe Node: Bring on the Bitcoin ETFs-Introducing Bybit's newly launched BTCUSD Futures Contracts! Be part of our mega $250,000 Futures giveaway where the more you trade, the more rewards you'll get. Campaign ends on April 13. Start trading now by visiting Bybit.com.InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. "The first milestone on our product roadmap, Reserve Lending, has arrived! Join us in creating a B2B cash management marketplace, where thousands of lenders are looking to unFederalReserve to lower costs of capital for everyone. Head to our harbor -- unfederalreserve.com -- for industry leading APYs on your crypto holdings."
Dan Finlay, co-founder of MetaMask, talks about the meteoric growth of monthly active users of the crypto wallet, which has quintupled in the past seven months. In this episode, he discusses: which crypto use case drove MetaMask’s active user base to grow 5x in under a year what types of scaling solutions are drawing users to MetaMask how MetaMask works what kind of customers are using MetaMask how MetaMask has grown without targeted marketing whether the type of crypto usage in developing nations differed from developed nations which feature MetaMask released in 2020 that is bringing in revenue what pivotal moments in crypto over the past six years have brought new users to MetaMask why scalability and security are the most important challenges facing MetaMask in the short term how MetaMask is trying to make online wallets more secure how much volume users have traded via MetaMask's new swap feature what new features are coming up for MetaMask wallets Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2021 InterPop: https://hellointerpop.io/?utm_source=Unchained&utm_medium=episode-sponsorship&utm_campaign=interpop-launch&utm_content=interpop NEAR: https://near.org Episode Links MetaMask Dan Finlay: https://twitter.com/danfinlay MetaMask: https://metamask.io/ $5 Million Monthly Active Users: https://consensys.net/blog/metamask/metamask-surpasses-5-million-monthly-active-users/ MetaMask in Emerging Markets: https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1387114770923466755 Filecoin in MetaMask: https://medium.com/metamask/developer-preview-metamask-snap-for-filecoin-c28b01dfdcb Miscellaneous Robbie Ferguson on Unchained: https://unchainedpodcast.com/this-layer-2-solution-processed-more-nft-trades-in-24-hours-than-ethereum-did-in-1-week/ Marguerite deCourcelle on Unchained: https://unchainedpodcast.com/all-the-ways-crypto-can-make-gaming-more-fun/ Charles Cascarilla + Vlad Tenev conversation: https://t.co/2AG0y5j36B?amp=1 Link to the Crypto News Recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/a-bitcoin-standard/
With BTC struggling near $53K and a deep dive into Binance’s tokenization of popular tech stocks, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, bybit.com and unfederalreserve.Today's stories:US Will Not Race China to Develop CBDC Says Fed Chairman PowellPaxos Raises $300M, Joins Crypto Unicorn Club at $2.4B ValuationFed Chairman Powell Says Dogecoin Symbolizes ‘Frothy’ Stock MarketBinance `Stock Tokens' Like-Introducing Bybit's newly launched BTCUSD Futures Contracts! Be part of our mega $250,000 Futures giveaway where the more you trade, the more rewards you'll get. Campaign ends on April 13. Start trading now by visiting Bybit.com.InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. "The first milestone on our product roadmap, Reserve Lending, has arrived! Join us in creating a B2B cash management marketplace, where thousands of lenders are looking to unFederalReserve to lower costs of capital for everyone. Head to our harbor -- unfederalreserve.com -- for industry leading APYs on your crypto holdings."
With BTC below $55K again and a look at soaring dogecoin miner revenue, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, bybit.com and unfederalreserve.Today's stories:Fed to Stay Patient as U.S. Outlook ImprovesBiden to Propose $1.8 Trillion Plan Aimed at Families and Tax Hikes for Wealthiest AmericansApple to post $76bn quarterly revenue with across-board growthSpotify Adds Subscribers as Covid-19 Boosts At-Home StreamingTurkish Government Plans Central Custodian Bank to Manage Crypto Risk: ReportSquare Adds Bitcoin Policy Lead From US Chamber of CommerceAsian Video Game Publisher Nexon Buys $100M in BitcoinCoinbase Pro Delays Rollout of Tether Trading Citing API IssuesDogecoin Spikes on Elon Musk’s SNL TweetDBS, JPMorgan and Temasek to Create Blockchain-Based Payments Joint VentureOpinion: Bitcoin Is Real, Fictional Money-Introducing Bybit's newly launched BTCUSD Futures Contracts! Be part of our mega $250,000 Futures giveaway where the more you trade, the more rewards you'll get. Campaign ends on April 13. Start trading now by visiting Bybit.com.InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. "The first milestone on our product roadmap, Reserve Lending, has arrived! Join us in creating a B2B cash management marketplace, where thousands of lenders are looking to unFederalReserve to lower costs of capital for everyone. Head to our harbor -- unfederalreserve.com -- for industry leading APYs on your crypto holdings."
It is imperative financial advisers continue to cultivate their command of knowledge within the cryptocurrency world. Creating an RIA (Registered Investment Advisor) community to facilitate the erudite discussions that knowledgeable investors practice daily is important and will only yield success for those they guide. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.In this episode of “On Purpose,” host Tyrone Ross chats with one of his own OnRamp Invest family: Catlin Cook who is head of community and a new Research Associate at OnRamp Invest.Cook and the OnRamp Invest family offer financial advisers guidance to continue to build their RIA community and maintain a current level of education within the cryptocurrency world. In this volatile bitcoin age, it has become crucial for advisers to nurture their expertise in bitcoin investment.As a financial analyst and seasoned consultant within the cryptocurrency world, Cook has made a name for herself by proactively building a Twitter community with the most successful and dynamic leaders in the industry. She starts by providing essential education and even defining key terms that many newbies to the industry overlook, such as “What is a blockchain?” and “What is an NFT?” Just as within any industry, knowledge and pedagogy as well as building from the basics is imperative to understanding the complexities of cryptocurrency and for successful investing.Adviser skepticism about cryptocurrency is natural. “I think it is basic human nature to be skeptical about things we don’t understand, to reject new things … and we don’t like change,” says Cook. It is extremely important that financial advisers stay up to date with current information but it is also important to be open to all opinions as there is no “one size fits all.” Advisers must tailor their expertise to help clients best invest for what they need.Cooks’ strategy is to “keep it simple.'' “There is so much to learn in crypto and a vast amount of information to absorb that much of the content is overlooked,” she says.Listen. Learn. LEAD.OnRamp Invest is a crypto-asset iPaaS (integration platform as a service) solution for financial advisors and investment advisory firms. Tyrone Ross is the CEO of OnRamp Invest, founder of 401STC, a storytelling consultancy; is a graduate of Seton Hall University, and the top ten adviser of 2019 set to change the industry by Wealthmanagement.com A message from Tyrone:The greatest number of people living in poverty are children, we need to change that. If you can, get involved and give back to NoKidHungry.org. Love and Light. I appreciate you!-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.
With a look at bitcoin’s climbing price and declining momentum plus a warning to companies that are still figuring out their blockchain strategies, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, bybit.com and unfederalreserve.Today's stories:HSBC to Cut Office Space by 20% in 2021, as they cut Business TravelMusk Says Tesla Sold Bitcoin to Prove Liquidity as Cash AlternativeApple's Privacy Changes Are Poised to Boost Its Ad ProductsIran Central Bank to Allow Money Changers and local Banks to Pay for Imports Using Mined Crypto Five More Italian Teams Launch NFTs on Digital Soccer Collectibles Platform Sorare Taxing Crypto Trading Gains ‘Inevitable,’ Says South Korea Finance Minister: ReportBinance to Launch NFT Marketplace in JuneMastercard Revealed as Partner on Gemini Crypto Credit CardPaul Brody: Time Is Running Out to Win the Blockchain Race -Introducing Bybit's newly launched BTCUSD Futures Contracts! Be part of our mega $250,000 Futures giveaway where the more you trade, the more rewards you'll get. Campaign ends on April 13. Start trading now by visiting Bybit.com.InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. "The first milestone on our product roadmap, Reserve Lending, has arrived! Join us in creating a B2B cash management marketplace, where thousands of lenders are looking to unFederalReserve to lower costs of capital for everyone. Head to our harbor -- unfederalreserve.com -- for industry leading APYs on your crypto holdings."
It is imperative financial advisers continue to cultivate their command of knowledge within the cryptocurrency world. Creating an RIA (Registered Investment Advisor) community to facilitate the erudite discussions that knowledgeable investors practice daily is important and will only yield success for those they guide. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.In this episode of “On Purpose,” host Tyrone Ross chats with one of his own OnRamp Invest family: Catlin Cook who is head of community and a new Research Associate at OnRamp Invest.Cook and the OnRamp Invest family offer financial advisers guidance to continue to build their RIA community and maintain a current level of education within the cryptocurrency world. In this volatile bitcoin age, it has become crucial for advisers to nurture their expertise in bitcoin investment.As a financial analyst and seasoned consultant within the cryptocurrency world, Cook has made a name for herself by proactively building a Twitter community with the most successful and dynamic leaders in the industry. She starts by providing essential education and even defining key terms that many newbies to the industry overlook, such as “What is a blockchain?” and “What is an NFT?” Just as within any industry, knowledge and pedagogy as well as building from the basics is imperative to understanding the complexities of cryptocurrency and for successful investing.Adviser skepticism about cryptocurrency is natural. “I think it is basic human nature to be skeptical about things we don’t understand, to reject new things … and we don’t like change,” says Cook. It is extremely important that financial advisers stay up to date with current information but it is also important to be open to all opinions as there is no “one size fits all.” Advisers must tailor their expertise to help clients best invest for what they need.Cooks’ strategy is to “keep it simple.'' “There is so much to learn in crypto and a vast amount of information to absorb that much of the content is overlooked,” she says.Listen. Learn. LEAD.OnRamp Invest is a crypto-asset iPaaS (integration platform as a service) solution for financial advisors and investment advisory firms. Tyrone Ross is the CEO of OnRamp Invest, founder of 401STC, a storytelling consultancy; is a graduate of Seton Hall University, and the top ten adviser of 2019 set to change the industry by Wealthmanagement.com A message from Tyrone:The greatest number of people living in poverty are children, we need to change that. If you can, get involved and give back to NoKidHungry.org. Love and Light. I appreciate you!-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.
With BTC back above $50K and a look at what 'Web 3.0' has in store for the sharing economy, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, bybit.com and unfederalreserve.Today's stories:Fed to Taper Bond Buying in Fourth Quarter, Economists SayApple Boosts U.S. Investment 20% Over Five Years to $430 BillionWhat Wall Street Is Telling Us About the U.S. Economic OutlookEuropean Union will let vaccinated Americans visit this summer Insurance Alternative Nexus Mutual Follows DeFi Activity to Polkadot, Cosmos, Binance Smart ChainMicrosoft, Apple and Microstrategy to be Listed on Binance as Tokenized StocksPancakeSwap, Uniswap, SushiSwap and More: What to Consider When Parking Crypto in a DeFi ExchangeFormer Bithumb Korea Chairman Handed Over to ProsecutorsTether Passes $50B Market CapJPMorgan to Let Clients Invest in Bitcoin Fund for First Time: SourcesPaul Brody: Web 3.0 Is Coming for the Sharing Economy-Introducing Bybit's newly launched BTCUSD Futures Contracts! Be part of our mega $250,000 Futures giveaway where the more you trade, the more rewards you'll get. Campaign ends on April 13. Start trading now by visiting Bybit.com.InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. "The first milestone on our product roadmap, Reserve Lending, has arrived! Join us in creating a B2B cash management marketplace, where thousands of lenders are looking to unFederalReserve to lower costs of capital for everyone. Head to our harbor -- unfederalreserve.com -- for industry leading APYs on your crypto holdings."
This week, we’re shaking up “Opinionated’s” format and adding two more co-hosts, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson. And we’re joined by another CoinDesker, our managing editor of podcasts, Adam B. Levine. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Last week he wrote a column on the rise of dogecoin, “Dogecoin Is Not the Next Bitcoin – But Here Are the Similarities.” Dogecoin was created in 2013 on litecoin’s infrastructure, and didn’t command much attention until last year. Adam has been in crypto for ages and has seen the rise and fall of many projects. Is he seriously hopeful for DOGE’s bright future, or just trolling? In any case, on this podcast Adam, Ben, Anna and Danny are doing their best to take DOGE as seriously as they can.Adam’s point is clear: Crypto is all about consensus, and if a consensus forms around the idea that dogecoin is a good asset/digital money, why can’t it become really big and notable on the global financial scene?Dogecoin already surpassed bitcoin in investment returns over the last seven years, as Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal ironically (?) noted in his recent newsletter. People want predictable digital money that other people use as well. Can dogecoin become this one day? Can DOGE evolve into some kind of reliable money system not pegged to any particular state and government? Or will crypto influencers and companies like Slim Jim just have fun with it for a while and then forget about it for another eternity?Listen to Ben, Adam, Anna and Danny discuss both fun and serious things about dogecoin, all while having fun staying DOGE-poor.And check out Adam’s op-ed here: Dogecoin Is Not the Next Bitcoin – But Here Are the Similarities.Adam B Levine’s Twitter handle is @AdamBLevine.-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.-image credit: ajr_images/iStock/Getty Images Plus
This week, we're shaking up “Opinionated's” format and adding two more co-hosts, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson. And we're joined by another CoinDesker, our managing editor of podcasts, Adam B. Levine. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Last week he wrote a column on the rise of dogecoin, “Dogecoin Is Not the Next Bitcoin – But Here Are the Similarities.” Dogecoin was created in 2013 on litecoin's infrastructure, and didn't command much attention until last year. Adam has been in crypto for ages and has seen the rise and fall of many projects. Is he seriously hopeful for DOGE's bright future, or just trolling? In any case, on this podcast Adam, Ben, Anna and Danny are doing their best to take DOGE as seriously as they can.Adam's point is clear: Crypto is all about consensus, and if a consensus forms around the idea that dogecoin is a good asset/digital money, why can't it become really big and notable on the global financial scene?Dogecoin already surpassed bitcoin in investment returns over the last seven years, as Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal ironically (?) noted in his recent newsletter. People want predictable digital money that other people use as well. Can dogecoin become this one day? Can DOGE evolve into some kind of reliable money system not pegged to any particular state and government? Or will crypto influencers and companies like Slim Jim just have fun with it for a while and then forget about it for another eternity?Listen to Ben, Adam, Anna and Danny discuss both fun and serious things about dogecoin, all while having fun staying DOGE-poor.And check out Adam's op-ed here: Dogecoin Is Not the Next Bitcoin – But Here Are the Similarities.Adam B Levine's Twitter handle is @AdamBLevine.-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
With all the gyrations in crypto markets, it is easy to lose sight of why this technology has drawn so many passionate believers. In this week's episode we go straight to that point by diving into the theme of human rights and the role that bitcoin can play as a medium for saving and spending that is free from the confiscatory powers of government – including those of authoritarian regimes. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Throughout its life, communities of activists all around the world have taken to bitcoin as a tool of empowerment. Sometimes it's because they live in places where the local currency is constantly being debased by profligate governments. Sometimes it's because they are at risk of having property seized by the regime. Sometimes it's because they need a way to fund dissidents' activities.To explore all this, we speak to the Human Rights Foundation's outspoken chief strategy officer, Alex Gladstein, on how he, a career human rights campaigner, found his way into the weird world of bitcoin. We also have the pleasure of talking to an activist in Sudan, a person who goes by Mo and the podcaster pseudonym of @SudanHODL.-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.-Image credit: Phototreat/iStock/Getty Images Plus modified by CoinDeskSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Robbie Ferguson, co-founder and president of Immutable, talks about how Immutable is transforming the NFT industry through its layer 2 solution, Immutable X, which just launched April 8. In this episode, he discusses: what sort of problems Immutable is solving by creating a layer 2 solution (1:21) why scalability is especially an issue for NFTs in gaming (1:59) how Immutable X, built with partner Starkware, addresses the problems with scaling NFTs (3:28) how Immutable is scaling Ethereum and the definition of a layer 2 solution (5:46) the Immutable business model and how the company makes money (6:40) how validity proofs like ZK-rollups differ from fraud proofs like Optimistic rollups (7:52) how Gods Unchained has performed since the April 8th launch of Immutable X (8:27) why building on Ethereum is so important to Immutable (10:54) why Immutable is obsessed with bringing liquidity to NFTs (14:54) what sort of partners Immutable is looking to attract and how Immutable X is different from a traditional marketplace (18:00) why Immutable decided to purchase carbon credits to offset the gas the protocol consumes on Ethereum (21:33) what we might see from Gods Unchained, Immutable X, and NFT gaming in general by the end of this year (23:32 ) weekly news recap (26:22) Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2021 InterPop: https://hellointerpop.io/?utm_source=Unchained&utm_medium=episode-sponsorship&utm_campaign=interpop-launch&utm_content=interpop NEAR: https://near.org Episode Links Robbie Ferguson https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbieferguson/?originalSubdomain=au Immutable Twitter: https://twitter.com/Immutable?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Website for Immutable X https://market.x.immutable.com/assets/0xacb3c6a43d15b907e8433077b6d38ae40936fe2c Layer 2 https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/101092/ethereum-startup-immutable-aims-to-cut-nft-costs-with-new-layer-2-scaling-protocol https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/100084/opensea-nft-layer-2-immutable-x https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1385263903450484741 Gods Unchained https://www.coindesk.com/james-ferguson-on-decentralized-gamings-next-moves https://decrypt.co/65828/immutable-x-ethereum-nft-gods-unchained Previous Unconfirmed interview: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-the-hong-kong-protests-gave-a-boost-to-gods-unchained/ Miscellaneous Links Hearthstone link https://decrypt.co/48379/gods-unchained-review-and-beginners-guide Carbon Credits https://twitter.com/immutable/status/1377099577178779659?lang=en StarkWare relationship https://medium.com/starkware/starkware-immutable-8896aabab4e5 StarkWare’s recent Unchained appearance https://unchainedpodcast.com/can-dydx-become-a-decentralized-bitmex-how-it-is-scaling-with-starkware/ Link to the Crypto News Recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/2600-eth/
Robbie Ferguson, co-founder and president of Immutable, talks about how Immutable is transforming the NFT industry through its layer 2 solution, Immutable X, which just launched April 8. In this episode, he discusses: what sort of problems Immutable is solving by creating a layer 2 solution (1:21) why scalability is especially an issue for NFTs in gaming (1:59) how Immutable X, built with partner Starkware, addresses the problems with scaling NFTs (3:28) how Immutable is scaling Ethereum and the definition of a layer 2 solution (5:46) the Immutable business model and how the company makes money (6:40) how validity proofs like ZK-rollups differ from fraud proofs like Optimistic rollups (7:52) how Gods Unchained has performed since the April 8th launch of Immutable X (8:27) why building on Ethereum is so important to Immutable (10:54) why Immutable is obsessed with bringing liquidity to NFTs (14:54) what sort of partners Immutable is looking to attract and how Immutable X is different from a traditional marketplace (18:00) why Immutable decided to purchase carbon credits to offset the gas the protocol consumes on Ethereum (21:33) what we might see from Gods Unchained, Immutable X, and NFT gaming in general by the end of this year (23:32 ) weekly news recap (26:22) Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2021 InterPop: https://hellointerpop.io/?utm_source=Unchained&utm_medium=episode-sponsorship&utm_campaign=interpop-launch&utm_content=interpop NEAR: https://near.org Episode Links Robbie Ferguson https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbieferguson/?originalSubdomain=au Immutable Twitter: https://twitter.com/Immutable?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Website for Immutable X https://market.x.immutable.com/assets/0xacb3c6a43d15b907e8433077b6d38ae40936fe2c Layer 2 https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/101092/ethereum-startup-immutable-aims-to-cut-nft-costs-with-new-layer-2-scaling-protocol https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/100084/opensea-nft-layer-2-immutable-x https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1385263903450484741 Gods Unchained https://www.coindesk.com/james-ferguson-on-decentralized-gamings-next-moves https://decrypt.co/65828/immutable-x-ethereum-nft-gods-unchained Previous Unconfirmed interview: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-the-hong-kong-protests-gave-a-boost-to-gods-unchained/ Miscellaneous Links Hearthstone link https://decrypt.co/48379/gods-unchained-review-and-beginners-guide Carbon Credits https://twitter.com/immutable/status/1377099577178779659?lang=en StarkWare relationship https://medium.com/starkware/starkware-immutable-8896aabab4e5 StarkWare's recent Unchained appearance https://unchainedpodcast.com/can-dydx-become-a-decentralized-bitmex-how-it-is-scaling-with-starkware/ Link to the Crypto News Recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/2600-eth/
With BTC breaking below $50K and a look at Wyoming's newly passed DAO law, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, bybit.com and unfederalreserve.Today's stories:Global Economy Sees Pickup as Services Revive and Factories BoomSpaceX Launches Crewed Rocket Into Space in Latest NASA MissionBitcoin Price Decline Deepens, Heads for Worst Week Since FebruaryJackson, Tennessee, in ‘Prime Position’ to Be a Bitcoin Leader, Says MayorNewly Public Coinbase Lists Tether’s Controversial USDT for Pro Traders Schwab Waiting for Regulatory Clarity Before Deciding on Crypto Services: ReportTurkish Police Detain 62 People in Thodex Probe, State News Agency Says: ReportBitcoin’s Drop From Biden’s Proposed Tax Hikes Not Likely to Last, BCB CEO SaysBitcoin’s QUOTE ‘Kimchi Premium’ Evaporates as Crackdown, Price Sell-Off Cool Retail FervorState Lawmaker Explains Wyoming's Newly Passed DAO LLC Law -Introducing Bybit's newly launched BTCUSD Futures Contracts! Be part of our mega $250,000 Futures giveaway where the more you trade, the more rewards you'll get. Campaign ends on April 13. Start trading now by visiting Bybit.com.InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. "The first milestone on our product roadmap, Reserve Lending, has arrived! Join us in creating a B2B cash management marketplace, where thousands of lenders are looking to unFederalReserve to lower costs of capital for everyone. Head to our harbor -- unfederalreserve.com -- for industry leading APYs on your crypto holdings."
With all the gyrations in crypto markets, it is easy to lose sight of why this technology has drawn so many passionate believers. In this week’s episode we go straight to that point by diving into the theme of human rights and the role that bitcoin can play as a medium for saving and spending that is free from the confiscatory powers of government – including those of authoritarian regimes. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange.Throughout its life, communities of activists all around the world have taken to bitcoin as a tool of empowerment. Sometimes it’s because they live in places where the local currency is constantly being debased by profligate governments. Sometimes it’s because they are at risk of having property seized by the regime. Sometimes it’s because they need a way to fund dissidents’ activities.To explore all this, we speak to the Human Rights Foundation’s outspoken chief strategy officer, Alex Gladstein, on how he, a career human rights campaigner, found his way into the weird world of bitcoin. We also have the pleasure of talking to an activist in Sudan, a person who goes by Mo and the podcaster pseudonym of @SudanHODL.-InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io-The Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.-Image credit: Phototreat/iStock/Getty Images Plus modified by CoinDesk
In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington discuss the significance of three events: an Ethereum 2.0 milestone, an Ethereum hard fork upgrade and the public listing of a major cryptocurrency exchange. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, The Sun Exchange.Beginning with Coinbase’s direct listing on Nasdaq, Kim and Edgington consider whether this watershed moment in the cryptocurrency industry is really something to get excited about. “Bitcoin was created to be this peer-to-peer payments network, where you don’t need any financial middlemen; but here’s Coinbase. Everyone is getting so excited and happy [about] Coinbase even though it’s doing the very thing that Bitcoin was created to deal with and get rid of,” Kim said. Concerns over centralized actors overshadowing the decentralized purpose of blockchains is also relevant to Ethereum. Ethereum infrastructure provider Infura is an example of a company who has faced criticism in the past for their expanding role as the “gatekeeper” to Ethereum. “It’s an interesting spectrum and we’ve only just begun on this journey,” said Edgington. “Only a few million people have interacted with the blockchain, any blockchain, so far, and there are a few billion yet to reach. I think we need to make it as easy as possible from them to do so.” Kim and Edgington also discussed the milestone of the Ethereum proof-of-stake network, also called Ethereum 2.0, reaching its one millionth slot. A slot on Eth 2.0 is space for a block containing transactions and user data to be processed and finalized. Every 12 seconds validators, which are the equivalent of miners, can propose a block into a slot and earn rewards. “It’s just a number, but it’s a good point to take stock of where we are. [Eth 2.0] has been running for four and a half months now and it’s been totally trouble free. It’s just been incredible,” said Edgington. Finally, the two dissect the post mortem of Ethereum’s latest backwards-incompatible system-wide upgrade known as the Berlin hard fork. Everything didn’t go as planned and, as Kim notes, it’ll become increasingly important that things do work as Ethereum releases more ambitious upgrades in future. Check out the full podcast episode hosted by Edington and Kim to get all the latest commentary around Ethereum and Ethereum 2.0. Links mentioned in this podcast: What’s New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.ioThe Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.
In this week's episode, CoinDesk's Christine Kim and Consensys' Ben Edgington discuss the significance of three events: an Ethereum 2.0 milestone, an Ethereum hard fork upgrade and the public listing of a major cryptocurrency exchange. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, The Sun Exchange.Beginning with Coinbase's direct listing on Nasdaq, Kim and Edgington consider whether this watershed moment in the cryptocurrency industry is really something to get excited about. “Bitcoin was created to be this peer-to-peer payments network, where you don't need any financial middlemen; but here's Coinbase. Everyone is getting so excited and happy [about] Coinbase even though it's doing the very thing that Bitcoin was created to deal with and get rid of,” Kim said. Concerns over centralized actors overshadowing the decentralized purpose of blockchains is also relevant to Ethereum. Ethereum infrastructure provider Infura is an example of a company who has faced criticism in the past for their expanding role as the “gatekeeper” to Ethereum. “It's an interesting spectrum and we've only just begun on this journey,” said Edgington. “Only a few million people have interacted with the blockchain, any blockchain, so far, and there are a few billion yet to reach. I think we need to make it as easy as possible from them to do so.” Kim and Edgington also discussed the milestone of the Ethereum proof-of-stake network, also called Ethereum 2.0, reaching its one millionth slot. A slot on Eth 2.0 is space for a block containing transactions and user data to be processed and finalized. Every 12 seconds validators, which are the equivalent of miners, can propose a block into a slot and earn rewards. “It's just a number, but it's a good point to take stock of where we are. [Eth 2.0] has been running for four and a half months now and it's been totally trouble free. It's just been incredible,” said Edgington. Finally, the two dissect the post mortem of Ethereum's latest backwards-incompatible system-wide upgrade known as the Berlin hard fork. Everything didn't go as planned and, as Kim notes, it'll become increasingly important that things do work as Ethereum releases more ambitious upgrades in future. Check out the full podcast episode hosted by Edington and Kim to get all the latest commentary around Ethereum and Ethereum 2.0. Links mentioned in this podcast: What's New In Eth2 (www.eth2.news) Valid Points (https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/valid-points) InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.ioThe Sun Exchange is offering CoinDesk Reports listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
With ether reaching record highs and a look at how luxury brands should be using blockchain, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, bybit.com and unfederalreserve.Today's stories:ECB Keeps Stimulus Settings in Place to Await Economic ReboundUnemployment Claims Likely Held Near Covid-19 Pandemic LowCredit Suisse to raise $1.9bn of capital as it reels from Archegos lossesSwiss financial regulator opens an investigation into the bank’s $4.7bn trading loss (FT) Australia Cancels China Infrastructure Deal, Citing National Interest US pledges to halve its emissions by 2030 in renewed climate fightBinance’s Tesla Stock Token May Have Raised Regulatory Red FlagsMaker Price Passes $4,000 for First Time, as MakerDAO Brings Real Estate to DeFiUK Bank NatWest Will Refuse Business Customers Who Deal in Crypto: ReportBitMEX to Offer Custody, Spot Trading to Expand Beyond Crypto DerivativesGrayscale Added Nearly $1B in Crypto in 24 HoursArk Investment Management Increases Coinbase Holdings to 1.5M Shares while reducing exposure to Graphics card maker NVidiaBinance’s Tesla, Coinbase Stock Tokens are also Under Scrutiny From UK Regulators: ReportRipple’s Chris Larsen Says Bitcoin Should Move Away From Proof-of-WorkThe Node: Crypto Is a Luxury, Gucci Just Hasn't Realized It-Introducing Bybit's newly launched BTCUSD Futures Contracts! Be part of our mega $250,000 Futures giveaway where the more you trade, the more rewards you'll get. Campaign ends on April 13. Start trading now by visiting Bybit.com.InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. "The first milestone on our product roadmap, Reserve Lending, has arrived! Join us in creating a B2B cash management marketplace, where thousands of lenders are looking to unFederalReserve to lower costs of capital for everyone. Head to our harbor -- unfederalreserve.com -- for industry leading APYs on your crypto holdings."
With a look at BTC's consolidation phase, traditional markets and a different perspective on dogecoin, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, bybit.com and unfederalreserve.Today's stories:JPMorgan Warns of Bitcoin Weakness as Futures Get Liquidated (Bloomberg)South Korea Kicks Off New Crackdown on Illicit Crypto ActivitiesMike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital Said to Be in Talks to Buy Crypto Custodian BitGo Ark Investment Management Ups Holdings in CoinbaseAnonymous Dogecoin Donor Pays Adoption Fees at Florida Dog ShelterUS House Passes Bill to Require Financial Regulators to Set Up Digital Assets Working GroupUK Asset Manager Baillie Gifford Invests $100M in Blockchain.comThe Reality of ‘Rayonism,’ a New Plan to Merge Ethereum and Eth 2.0Louis Vuitton, Cartier and Prada plan to Use a Bespoke Blockchain to Tackle Counterfeit GoodsFirms Like Ripple May Put 'Competitive Pressure' on Traditional Indian Banks: according to a new report by EY The Node: Dogecoin Is a Joke, Get Over It -Introducing Bybit's newly launched BTCUSD Futures Contracts! Be part of our mega $250,000 Futures giveaway where the more you trade, the more rewards you'll get. Campaign ends on April 13. Start trading now by visiting Bybit.com.InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. "The first milestone on our product roadmap, Reserve Lending, has arrived! Join us in creating a B2B cash management marketplace, where thousands of lenders are looking to unFederalReserve to lower costs of capital for everyone. Head to our harbor -- unfederalreserve.com -- for industry leading APYs on your crypto holdings."
With BTC pushing past $55K, dogecoin reaching record highs and a look at the coming era of consolidation, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, bybit.com and unfederalreserve.Today's stories:Stock Futures Slide Ahead of Earnings Flurry (WSJ)Markets Haven't Priced in Biden's Tax Hikes Yet (Bloomberg)A Global Tipping Point for Reining In Tech Has Arrived (NYT)Dogecoin ($DOGE) Cryptocurrency at $50 Billion Is Bigger Than Ford, Kraft (Bloomberg)Binance.US Hires Former Bank Regulator Brian Brooks as CEOSilvergate’s Exchange Network Handled $166.5B in Crypto-Related Transactions in Q1PayPal Expands Its Crypto Offerings to Its Venmo Payments AppDiem Could Become White-Label CBDC Provider: Citi ReportFacebook-Backed Diem Aims to Launch Stablecoin Pilot in 2021: ReportOKEx Exchange Adds Bitcoin Lightning Network SupportOnline Retailer Newegg Accepts Dogecoin as Payment Option Brady Dale: Consolidations Are Coming to Crypto-Introducing Bybit's newly launched BTCUSD Futures Contracts! Be part of our mega $250,000 Futures giveaway where the more you trade, the more rewards you'll get. Campaign ends on April 13. Start trading now by visiting Bybit.com.InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. "The first milestone on our product roadmap, Reserve Lending, has arrived! Join us in creating a B2B cash management marketplace, where thousands of lenders are looking to unFederalReserve to lower costs of capital for everyone. Head to our harbor -- unfederalreserve.com -- for industry leading APYs on your crypto holdings."
With a look at BTC's biggest price drop in weeks and more on Coinbase’s Nasdaq listing, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, bybit.com and unfederalreserve.Today's stories:Stock Market Today (Bloomberg)City Comptroller Candidate Says Blockchain Is in New York's FutureForeign Buying of Chinese Government Bonds Stalls (WSJ)Paris Hilton: 'NFTs Have Taken Over My Entire Mind and Soul'Bahamas Tops China in Ranking of Central Bank Digital Currencies (Bloomberg)PBoC Softens Tone Toward Bitcoin, Stablecoins, Calling Them ‘Alternative Investment’Bank of England and HM Treasury Launch Taskforce for UK CBDCSEC Causing ‘Confusion’ Over Digital Currencies in Legal Case With Ripple: WSJ Editorial BoardDigital Assets Firm Taurus to Launch Securities Marketplace After Getting Swiss LicenseCoinbase CEO Sold $291.8M in Shares on Opening Day NBA Top Shot Firm Dapper Labs Raising Funds at $7.5B+ Valuation: Report-Introducing Bybit's newly launched BTCUSD Futures Contracts! Be part of our mega $250,000 Futures giveaway where the more you trade, the more rewards you'll get. Campaign ends on April 13. Start trading now by visiting Bybit.com.InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. "The first milestone on our product roadmap, Reserve Lending, has arrived! Join us in creating a B2B cash management marketplace, where thousands of lenders are looking to unFederalReserve to lower costs of capital for everyone. Head to our harbor -- unfederalreserve.com -- for industry leading APYs on your crypto holdings."
Gil Luria, director of research at D.A. Davidson, talks about Coinbase's performance on its first day as a public company. In this episode, Gil discusses: the significance of Coinbase going public (1:05) why doing a direct listing was a risky move (1:31) why he revised his price target for COIN from $440 to $650 (3:17) how investing in COIN as a “pure play” crypto company compares to buying stock in companies like MicroStrategy and Square (5:06) why some people are disrupting Coinbase's actual market cap (7:11) whether Coinbase can smooth out revenue over the long term and not be so correlated to the crypto markets themselves(10:45) what sort of statistics Gil is looking for in valuing Coinbase (13:08) why Gil thinks Coinbase can meet its goal of growing non-transaction revenue from 4% to 50% in five to ten years (15:32) how Coinbase could navigate the compression of fees that will occur as competition increases among exchanges (17:33) whether Coinbase's stance as an apolitical company could affect the stock price in an era in which companies are getting involved in issues like voting rights (19:45) whether the Bitcoin price and COIN stock price will always be highly correlated (21:18) which other crypto companies are good candidates for going public as well (22:35) weekly news recap (24:03) Thank you to our sponsors! Download the Crypto.com app and get $25 with the code “Laura”: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2021 Check out InterPop, a superteam redefining the future of NFTs and fandom! https://hellointerpop.io/?utm_source=Unchained&utm_medium=episode-sponsorship&utm_campaign=interpop-launch&utm_content=interpop Episode links: Gil Luria Twitter profile: https://twitter.com/gilluria Introducing Crypto's Amazon Moment (written by Gil): https://unchainedpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DA-Davidson-Coinbase-Initiation-20210302.pdf 2013 Quote from Gil on Bitcoin: https://www.streetinsider.com/Analyst+Comments/Bitcoin+Could+Be+Worth+10-100x+Current+Price+-+Analyst/8936836.html Previous Unchained Appearance: https://unchainedpodcast.com/is-coinbase-stock-a-good-buy-this-analyst-says-yes/ Related Content Ellie Frost Blog: https://frostbyte.substack.com/p/coinbase-earnings-some-less-obvious https://frostbyte.substack.com/p/coinbase-earnings-will-blow-you-away Tweet Thread on Market Cap Discrepancy w/ Comment From Jeff Dorman https://twitter.com/laurashin/status/1382746574577668111 https://twitter.com/jdorman81/status/1382749674105237507 Forbes Coverage of Coinbase Direct Listing: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/04/14/coinbase-skyrockets-in-nasdaq-listing-landing-105-billion-valuation-on-first-day-of-trading/?sh=3afb44928dc1 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2021/04/14/coinbases-ipo-creates-a-multibillion-dollar-windfall-for-founders-now-it-faces-five-big-threats/?sh=13405d8e61ff Brian Armstrong CNBC Interview on Transaction Fees: https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1382279472599162880?s=20
A few weeks ago, the non-fungible token (NFT) world saw one of the first blockchain art heists, with several users seeing their marketplace accounts taken over and their valuables stolen. In this special episode of “CoinDesk Reports,” Managing Editor Adam B. Levine digs into the thorny issue of not just what can but what should be done in these situations.This episode is sponsored by Interpop.ioThis time we speak with Marguerite deCourcelle, CEO of Blockade Games, the creator of Neon District; and William Quigley, CEO of WAX, a blockchain designed specifically for NFTs. They help us understand the ground truth about blockchain collectibles and how that both helps and hurts when things go wrong. Later, we hear from Alex Salnikov, a co-founder of Rarible, for a different perspective on where mass adoption is pushing the still-nascent technology. Oh, and there's at least a sort-of happy ending, too, for the victims in our tale. As always, we'd love to hear what you think. Have something to say? Send us an email at podcasts@coindesk.com.--InterPop is building the architecture of an entirely new landscape of fandom using technology built on the Tezos blockchain to drive their vision. Visit hellointerpop.io to learn more.--Photo credit: Bermix Studio/Unsplash modified by CoinDesk
Without letters of credit, bills of lading, shipping documents and trillions of dollars in global goods trade would grind to a halt. (And you thought our dependency on the Suez Canal was a problem!)This episode is sponsored by Interpop.ioBut the world's system of trade finance, a highly complex setup involving banks, insurers, shipping companies, data providers and all manner of intermediaries, is far from ideal. There is massive fraud – check the New York Times' account of the recent Greensill Capital collapse for – and severe inequity in terms of who gets favorable borrowing terms and who doesn't. Without access to the trusted data needed to prove their creditworthiness, millions of small-and-medium enterprises are unable to obtain credit to cover the risks associated with exporting their goods. So they either run the risk of non-payment or simply cannot participate in the global economy. As a measure of that inequity, Sheila noted in her monologue to this week's Money Reimagined episode – in which we talk to two blockchain pioneers trying to fix the trade finance industries many problems – that there's currently a $1.5 trillion global trade financing gap. But then in his first comments, Tallyx CEO Aditya Menon offered an alternative analysis of how much of the goods trade goes unfinanced and came up with a $5 trillion number. That's about half of the global trade in goods. Can blockchains and tokenization address these inequities? As you'll hear from Menon, as well as from Skuchain co-founder Rebecca Liao, the answers lie in figuring out how to incentivize all participants – the exporters, importers, shippers and financiers – to share data in a way that unlocks funding faster. Skuchain is focused on making the information richer and more reliable along the supply chain. Tallyx is figuring out how to turn the contractual information such as invoices into tokens of value that can be traded in ways that allow smaller suppliers to monetize their legitimate receivables.The problems they are trying to solve aren't easy. But that's what makes their work so compelling. Blockchain projects like Skuchain and Tallyx offer a healthy reminder that beyond the razzamatazz of crypto markets and celebrity non-fungible tokens, meaningful impact is also possible if you work hard at the core problems faced by real-world entities. --InterPop is building the architecture of an entirely new landscape of fandom using technology built on the Tezos blockchain to drive their vision. Visit hellointerpop.io to learn more.--Image Credit: Mahmoud Khaled/Getty Images NewsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Without letters of credit, bills of lading, shipping documents and trillions of dollars in global goods trade would grind to a halt. (And you thought our dependency on the Suez Canal was a problem!)This episode is sponsored by Interpop.ioBut the world’s system of trade finance, a highly complex setup involving banks, insurers, shipping companies, data providers and all manner of intermediaries, is far from ideal. There is massive fraud – check the New York Times’ account of the recent Greensill Capital collapse for – and severe inequity in terms of who gets favorable borrowing terms and who doesn’t. Without access to the trusted data needed to prove their creditworthiness, millions of small-and-medium enterprises are unable to obtain credit to cover the risks associated with exporting their goods. So they either run the risk of non-payment or simply cannot participate in the global economy. As a measure of that inequity, Sheila noted in her monologue to this week’s Money Reimagined episode – in which we talk to two blockchain pioneers trying to fix the trade finance industries many problems – that there’s currently a $1.5 trillion global trade financing gap. But then in his first comments, Tallyx CEO Aditya Menon offered an alternative analysis of how much of the goods trade goes unfinanced and came up with a $5 trillion number. That’s about half of the global trade in goods. Can blockchains and tokenization address these inequities? As you’ll hear from Menon, as well as from Skuchain co-founder Rebecca Liao, the answers lie in figuring out how to incentivize all participants – the exporters, importers, shippers and financiers – to share data in a way that unlocks funding faster. Skuchain is focused on making the information richer and more reliable along the supply chain. Tallyx is figuring out how to turn the contractual information such as invoices into tokens of value that can be traded in ways that allow smaller suppliers to monetize their legitimate receivables.The problems they are trying to solve aren’t easy. But that’s what makes their work so compelling. Blockchain projects like Skuchain and Tallyx offer a healthy reminder that beyond the razzamatazz of crypto markets and celebrity non-fungible tokens, meaningful impact is also possible if you work hard at the core problems faced by real-world entities. --InterPop is building the architecture of an entirely new landscape of fandom using technology built on the Tezos blockchain to drive their vision. Visit hellointerpop.io to learn more.--Image Credit: Mahmoud Khaled/Getty Images News
Larry Cermak, director of research at The Block, discusses the upcoming Coinbase direct listing in light of the exchange's recently released Q1 revenue hitting an impressive $1.8 billion. In this episode, Larry talks about: significant takeaways from Coinbase's Q1 results (1:04) how Coinbase was able to increase its non-transaction revenue in Q1 and why he thinks the exchange gets away with charging higher fees than its competitors (4:14) why retail consumers are investing in crypto at such a high clip (8:36) how Coinbase compares to its competition -- and why competition will drive transaction fees down (11:23) whether it matters that Coinbase has so little Bitcoin on its balance sheet (14:52) what he still wants to know about Coinbase after its S-1 filing and Q1 results 15:36) products and services that Coinbase should acquire to round out its crypto offering (17:10) his expectations for Coinbase's stock performance (17:50) why investors may not be interested in NFTs (19:37) how the crypto markets will perform in 2021 and how that might affect the COIN price (20:43) Crypto New Recap (22:40) Thank you to our sponsors! Download the Crypto.com app and get $25 with the code “Laura”: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2021 Check out InterPop, a superteam redefining the future of NFTs and fandom! https://hellointerpop.io/?utm_source=Unchained&utm_medium=episode-sponsorship&utm_campaign=interpop-launch&utm_content=interpop Episode links: Larry Cermak https://twitter.com/lawmaster Coinbase Q1 Results Coinbase Details https://investor.coinbase.com/news/news-details/2021/Coinbase-Announces-First-Quarter-2021-Estimated-Results-and-Full-Year-2021-Outlook/default.aspx Larry Cermak Analysis https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1379527265021743110 The Block https://www.theblockcrypto.com/genesis/100749/final-notes-ahead-of-the-coinbase-direct-listing?utm_source=research&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-04-08 John Street Capital https://twitter.com/JohnStCapital/status/1379526362692788227 Direct Listing Information https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/01/coinbase-direct-listing-set-for-april-14-after-sec-approval.html https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-sec-form-s-1 Related Podcasts Gil Luria https://unchainedpodcast.com/is-coinbase-stock-a-good-buy-this-analyst-says-yes/ Jeff Roberts https://unchainedpodcast.com/coinbases-s-1-the-number-that-may-make-the-exchange-nervous/ Link to the Crypto News Recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/happy-birthday-satoshi1/
In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Will Foxley and Consensys’ Ben Edgington meet up with Coogan Brennan to discuss solo staking on Ethereum 2.0.This episode is sponsored by Interpop.ioCoogan Brennan’s passion for training is contagious as he equips new generations of developers with information. Brennan says, “Education has been the North Star for a lot of the work I have done in Ethereum.” He sees the world of crypto as “learner led” and feels that “it’s such a young industry that no-one can claim to be a senior educator or developer.”Coogan is a prime example of the learner-led culture and he first heard about crypto while running a tailoring business. After years of grappling with the many complexities related to Ethereum, he now works as a trainer at ConsenSys, which is a leading Ethereum development shop.Join us as we discuss a series of in-depth articles that Coogan wrote about becoming a solo staker on the Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain.This journey into staking required a shift of mindset. We are all familiar with images of the Proof-of-Work server farms. It’s easy to imagine that we would need a similar kind of kit to run an Eth2 staking rig.We also take the chance to discuss the complexities of working at a company like ConsenSys. Brennan explains a bit more about his work when he says, “to be an employee of ConsenSys is to live with great contradictions”. He sees one of ConsenSys’ great survival strategies as “its ability to fund wild dreamers.”Finally, we inevitably arrive at our favorite topic, Ethereum governance. Coogan describes Ethereum as a “dynamic, moving, evolving beast.” Does this make it ungovernable?Coogan is “always urging people to go further and further down the wormhole.” Listen to the full podcast to catch his infectious desire for learning.Coogan’s articles:My Journey to Becoming a Validator on Ethereum 2.0: Part 1, Part 2How to Monitor Your Eth2 Validator and Analyze Your P&LHow To Safely Migrate Your Ethereum 2.0 Validator ClientTwitter handles:ConsenSys Academy: @ConsenSysAcadCoogan: @BEB_AND_SONWill: @wsfoxleyBen: @benjaminion_xyz--InterPop is building the architecture of an entirely new landscape of fandom using technology built on the Tezos blockchain to drive their vision. Visit hellointerpop.io to learn more.
Dave Jevans, CEO of Cipher Trace, talks about what the new draft guidance from the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) means for DeFi, NFTs, and crypto in general. In this show, he breaks down: the six main areas the draft guidance covers, including the expansion of KYC regulatory standards into DeFi (1:07) how a dex like Uniswap would operate under the proposed draft guidance, and which types of companies or services providers would have to take identifying customer information (3:54) why DeFi applications might start requiring customers to create an account to use their platforms (7:03) how the crypto community has reacted to the FATF draft guidance (8:59) whether NFTs are affected by the proposed draft guidance (11:01) who the FATF recommendations apply to (13:54) how to reach out to FATF to comment on the draft guidance (15:32) the nuances of the travel rule and how DeFi developers may now be forced to include KYC mechanisms in their applications (17:29) how the crypto community would likely want to tweak the guidance to align the philosophy of DeFi (21:27) Crypto News Recap (23:42) Thank you to our sponsors! Download the Crypto.com app and get $25 with the code “Laura”: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2021 Check out InterPop, a superteam redefining the future of NFTs and fandom! https://hellointerpop.io/?utm_source=Unchained&utm_medium=episode-sponsorship&utm_campaign=interpop-launch&utm_content=interpop Episode Links Dave Jevans Twitter: https://twitter.com/davejevans Cipher Trace: https://ciphertrace.com/ Previous Unchained episode: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-travel-rule-is-one-of-the-most-significant-regulations-in-crypto/ FATF Website: https://www.fatf-gafi.org/ Updated FATF draft guidance: http://www.fatf-gafi.org/media/fatf/documents/recommendations/March%202021%20-%20VA%20Guidance%20update%20-%20Sixth%20draft%20-%20Public%20consultation.pdf Analysis of draft guidance: CoinDesk: https://www.coindesk.com/fatfs-new-guidance Decrypt: https://decrypt.co/62600/fatf-money-laundering-rules-defi-nfts Coin Center: https://www.coincenter.org/a-quick-analysis-of-fatfs-2021-draft-cryptocurrency-guidance/ Cipher Trace: https://ciphertrace.com/analysis-proposed-fatf-guidance-for-virtual-assets-and-vasps/ Miscellaneous Links Travel Rule: https://www.coindesk.com/is-the-travel-rule-good-or-bad-for-crypto-both FinCEN: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/fincen-looks-to-rein-in-cryptocurrency-6821323/ Link to the Crypto News Recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/michael-jordans-nft-investment/
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez talks about how Miami plans to be the crypto capital of the world. In this show, he discusses: what Miami is doing to become the crypto capital of the world (1:40) why he feels so strongly about bringing crypto to Miami (3:09) the relationship between cryptocurrencies and government (4:08) why he believes that, in the future, governments will transaction in crypto, not fiat currency (5:26) his feelings about the FTX sponsorship proposal and how he convinced city officials to move past crypto's tumultuous past (6:51) whether city of Miami employees have expressed interest in being paid in bitcoin (10:06) what needs to happen for Miami to be able to hold BTC in its treasury (11:25) how Mayor Suarez balances his interest in Bitcoin against his interest in mitigating the effects of climate change on Miami (14:24) Crypto News Recap (18:00) Thank you to our sponsors! Download the Crypto.com app and get $25 with the code “Laura”: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2021 Check out InterPop, a superteam redefining the future of NTFs and fandom! https://hellointerpop.io/?utm_source=Unchained&utm_medium=episode-sponsorship&utm_campaign=interpop-launch&utm_content=interpop Episode Links: Francis Suarez - Mayor of Miami Twitter: https://twitter.com/FrancisSuarez Miami and Crypto Overview New York Times: https://www.nytimes3xbfgragh.onion/2021/03/23/business/dealbook/miami-suarez-crypto.html CNBC interview: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/02/17/miami-mayor-francis-suarez-on-push-to-accept-bitcoin-attract-big-tech.html Forbes Coverage: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerhuang/2021/02/01/miamis-mayor-leads-the-charge-to-bring-bitcoin-to-americas-largest-cities/?sh=5bbbbf68c6c9 https://www.forbes.com/sites/leeorshimron/2021/02/07/miami-mayor-francis-suarez-talks-bitcoin--building-a-tech-innovation-hub/?sh=1d1c40691a53 FTX Naming Rights Press Release: https://www.miamidade.gov/releases/2021-03-23-mayor-arena-agreement.asp The Block: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/99134/report-ftx-miami-heat-stadium-vote Bitcoin paying employees in BTC + investing treasury in BTC: https://twitter.com/francissuarez/status/1360069847971954690?lang=en Link to the Crypto News Recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/tesla-is-a-hodler/
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