Cole Kennelly is a Decentralized Finance/Cryptocurrency writer, executive, consultant, and entrepreneur. Currently, he is the founder of Volmex.Finance, a protocol for volatility indices and non-custodial trading built on the Ethereum blockchain. Additionally, Cole is also the founder/coordinator of DeFi-NYC as well as an executive with Staked.

Follow Cole on Twitter for his insights on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and everything DeFi: https://twitter.com/ColeGotTweets 

6:59 - Bitcoin; 2017-2018 Crypto Crash; Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy, & Institutional BTC Bullishness

13:54 - Bitcoin background & story, past attempts at cryptocurrency

18:41 - Blockchain explained with examples; NFT’s

23:12 - How governments print money & devalue currency; Bitcoin’s supply

29:47 - Covid Stimulus & The Dollar; Why BTC is a movement; Virtual Wallets (Private Keys & Centralized Exchanges)

42:17 - “Bitcoin Billionaires” by Ben Mezrich; the Winklevoss twins; Bitcoin awareness; What is Ethereum?

56:32 - Sablier protocol explained; Vitalik Buterin & DeFi discussion

1:07:08 - Ethereum (ETH) adoption and use cases discussion; EIP 1559; Tribalism in the online crypto communities

1:19:13 - Collateral on the Ethereum blockchain; Dai explanation; relating traditional mortgages & loans to the  Ethereum protocol

1:35:56 - Groupthink in banks and legacy financial system; Uniswap

1:45:16 - Many people have no idea what they’re buying; Centralized Exchanges pricing explanation

1:50:11 - Bitcoin Scarcity & Network Effects; Comparing Bitcoin & Ethereum

1:54:39 - Comparing user understanding of social media & user understanding of crypto/blockchain

2:13:19 - Ripple &  why XRP is problematic; XRP’s attempt to integrate with legacy institutions

2:27:33 - Predicting where BTC & ETH adoption will end up

2:34:14 - Initial Coin Offerings (ICO’s); Why many ICO’s have been terrible

2:39:26 -  “The Fourth Turning” (Howe & Strauss)--and a Theory on why Bitcoin is the “New” New Deal

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YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q 

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