Bitcoin Lighthouse

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:26 Congressional hearing on FTX collapse and the state of crypto

05:50 Will crypto accounting firms and Nexos survive 

10:20 Binance outflows

12:12 Cryto.com and proof of reserves

16:32 Bitcoin's production cost lags Bitcoin's price by $10K

21:58 Grayscale Bitcoin Trust update 

30:31 DOJ & SEC charges Social Media influencers 

31:42 De-dollarization move by India, China, Russia & Gulf

Links from this show:

https://dailybitcoiner.substack.com/p/td-the-case-for-privacy-by-david

https://dirtybubblemedia.substack.com/p/arthur-armanino

https://twitter.com/dylanleclair_/status/1602712622666768386

https://cryptopotato.com/after-binance-cryptocom-reveals-proof-of-reserves/

https://bitcoiners.21towers.com/c/bitcoin-news/bitcoin-production-cost-at-27k-eclipses-bitcoin-s-market-price-at-17k-by-10k-usd

https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/newsletter/pump-and-dump/

https://youtu.be/eLxJ8mESau4

https://bitcoiners.21towers.com/c/bitcoin-news/china-gulf-move-towards-de-dollarization-with-shanghai-petrol-gas-exchange

https://bitcoiners.21towers.com/c/bitcoin-news/de-dollarization-gaining-momentum-in-indo-russian-trade

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

02:55 Status of Genesis and the Digital Currency Group

04:18 Status of Greyscale Bitcoin Trust

09:40 Do we expect any more contagion effects

11:03 Coinbase and proof of reserves

12:27 Blockfi files for bankruptcy

13:20 Australian bitcoin exchanges commit to proof of reserves

15:43 Bitcoin's price outlook by Willy Woo

16:37 Bitcoin price outlook by Glassnode

19:04 The Yuan is the new Dollar in Russia

23:53 21Towers' podcast episode with Lyn Alden

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:14 Crypto.com and Huobi tokens crash

02:16 Genesis in trouble

02:39 Gemini Earn stops redemptions

02:55 Status of Gemini Exchange

03:07 Blockfi near bankruptcy

04:50 Did crypto companies grow too fast too soon

06:33 Genesis problems

07:36 Status of Digital Currency Group

09:42 Status of Greyscale Bitcoin Trust

17:27 Cathie Wood buying GBTC and Coinbase stock

19:30 Status of Silvergate Bank

20:16 Current market sentiment

22:30 Countermeasures from the bitcoin industry

22: 41 Regulatory backlash

24:23 Reaction of the developer community

25:24 Learnings from this crash

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:27 Sandeep's Introduction

00:49 Setu's Introduction

02:25 21Towers' Introduction

09:37 Current Mayer Multiple is 0.77

11:33 Highlights from Fidelity Digital Assets November 2022 report

11:58 Growth of the Lightning Network

15:33 How long will bitcoin stay below the 200-week moving average

17:13 Bitcoin vs Crypto

21:55 100 million bitcoin wallets

23:30 Temasek in talks with FTX

24:49 Cory - "Traders understand bitcoin has value"

26:18 Risk with other crypto exchanges

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In this episode, I have a conversation with Lyn Alden, a macro investment advisor who has become famous in the bitcoin community. In today's conversation we discussed the FED and the future of interest rate increases, the state of the dollar, her recommended portfolio positioning, investing in big tech and her views on bitcoin's price.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:37 How did you start Lyn Alden Investment Strategy

04:01 What advisory services do you offer

04:52 What's your target audience

06:07 What do you think the FED will do today (2nd Nov 2022)

06:45 Do you believe that the dollar has topped and the FED is near a pivot

09:23 Do you think the FED would have to buy treasury bonds

13:47 What time period do you expect a FED QE

15:28 What do you mean by defensive portfolio positioning

17:47 After the pivot, what would be a change in strategy

20:52 Why is big tech missing from your recommendations

24:49 Why have you recommended infrastructure

27:56 Has bitcoin bottomed

29:59 Why do you recommend Greyscale Bitcoin Trust

32:37 Any macro trends you are seeing which the mainstream media is missing

34:57 Are you a bitcoin maximalist

38:06 Your views on Ethereum

42:04 Your favourite bitcoin events

44:30 Your favourite investment book The Most Important Thing by Howard Marks

46:07 How can people find you

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https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact

https://www.lynalden.com/increase-energy/

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In this episode, I had a great conversation with Mike Jarmuz of Lightning Ventures, a bitcoin only fund. In today's conversation we discussed the startups that his fund has invested in and how investors can join the fund, bitcoin only events around the world and his current views on the bitcoin price.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:30 Your background

04:42 About Node Fund 1

06:17 How's the fund performing

07:40 Details on the new syndicate which is open to investors

10:01 Investing as low as USD 1,000 in startups

12:52 What kind of startups Lightning Ventures invests in

16:02 How many companies has the syndicate invested in

17:53 Any favourite startups you have invested in

20:33 Lightning Ventures vs other funds

22:59 How many investors in the syndicate and their profile

24:44 What's the carry fee of the syndicate

30:09 How can an investor join the syndicate

32:27 Have we bottomed with bitcoin's price

37:22 Bitcoin event Baltic Honeybadger 2022

41:42 Jimmy Song's Bitcoin Class

43:02 Hackers Congress in Prague

43:57 Unconfiscatable bitcoin event

45:55 How can people find you

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https://twitter.com/ltngventures

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In this episode, I had a great conversation with Cory Klippsten, founder of Swan Bitcoin. In today's conversation we discussed why Cory started a 'bitcoin only' exchange and the other products that Swan offers, the amazing stuff that Swan does in the bitcoin education space, his warnings against lending platforms like Celsius and his current views on the bitcoin price.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:34 Background

06:44 Friction tokens

07:29 Medium of exchange and store of value

08:46 Why Swan Bitcoin and not Swan Crypto

10:33 Swan Bitcoin Products

15:13 Swan Bitcoin Only Conference

17:07 What is Swan Private

20:41 What is Swan doing in the education space

24:47 Inventing Bitcoin book

26:35 Investing in bitcoin mining

28:42 How was Consensys

30:22 Bitcoin's unit bias

31:00 Celsius meltdown

37:14 Views on other lending platforms like Genesis and Ledn

39:08 Has bitcoin bottomed?

40:00 Dollar cost average vs one go to buy bitcoin

43:09 Does bitcoin face risks from a high interest rate environment

46:23 How is Swan handling the bear market

48:00 Swan Bitcoin Benefit Plan for companies

48:41 How can people find you

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https://twitter.com/swanbitcoin

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In this episode, I had a fun conversation with a dear friend and queen of crypto Kavita Gupta, ex-ConsenSys fame. In today's conversation we discussed her new crypto fund Delta which is focused on blockchain based decentralised storage, computing and identity. We discussed her illustrious background with ConsenSys, the leading Ethereum VC fund, her Fintech.TV project which in 2 short years has got over 8 million views, the blockchain courses she teaches at Stanford and her celebrity life. It was an absolute privilege to have her on the show, I really enjoyed this conversation and I hope you do too.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

02:43 Your new blockchain fund

04:12 Your background

17:18 Your Fintech.TV project

19:56 Teaching blockchain courses at Stanford University

21:07 Your background with ConsenSys Ventures

24:15 ConsenSys Ventures investments, fund size, early deals

28:12 Favourite deals at ConsenSys

32:16 Investment thesis of your Delta Fund

39:26 Does Delta have any geographic focus

39:48 Where is the fund located

40:32 Fund management fee

41:30 Investing in bitcoin vs funds

43:59 Comments on current crypto prices

46:54 Contact you, find Delta Fund

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Harsh co-founder of Etherbit, an online marketplace in India which sells all the popular crypto hardware wallets like Trezor, Ledger and other popular crypto merchandise joins the show. In today's conversation we discussed the pain in trying to buy these hardware wallets and importing them in India and how Etherbit solves this problem, how Etherbit is able to sell these devices cheaper than their international prices, their crypto hardware manufacturing plans, which are the most popular hardware wallets, the hardware wallets that we both use and lots more.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

02:24 What does Etherbit sell

04:51 What's your background

05:53 Where are you based out of

06:17 Siblings as co-founders

08:58 Plans for manufacturing hardware wallets in India

10:11 Number of users, growth rate

11:14 Etherbit Experience Store

12:34 Most popular hardware wallets

13:28 Hardware wallets preferred by Harsh and me

16:01 Binance's hardware wallet

18:04 When will you sell the BlockClock

19:25 Why are the Bitcoin books sold out

20:17 The Bitcoin Standard book

21:26 Buying from Etherbit vs directly from the supplier

23:36 Bitcoin and business principles

24:26 Team size

25:18 User stories of problems with hardware wallets

28:17 Scope for wallet and custody companies

29:26 YourStory article on Etherbit

30:12 Funding plans

31:22 Bitcoin vs altcoins

32:39 Find Etherbit online

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Ankit from Mudrex, a marketplace where you can publish your own crypto trading strategies or algos or you can follow other people's strategies, they call it an open crypto hedge fund, joins the show. In today's conversation we discuss Mudrex's amazing numbers of users, AUM and trading volume, their recent funding round, how their platform works, their ambitious new plans and lots more.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

01:20 Your background

04:21 Products

05:52 Number of users, volume

09:22 How to use Mudrex trading algos

12:55 Risks in giving Mudrex access to your exchange wallet

15:17 Minimum transaction size

16:40 Favorite alogs

17:55 Profile of users who create the algos

19:27 Available in 90 countries, how

22:45 New business unit of Mudrex

24:25 Jurisdiction of the new fund

28:37 YCom experience

31:08 Mudrex treasury allocation

33:12 Sunny Bitcoin special announcements

37:47 Regulatory challenges in India on the ground

38:42 Bitcoin vs altcoins

41:54 Find Mudrex online

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