Bitcoin Lighthouse

Roshan, founder of GoSats an Indian bitcoin rewards startup and a bitcoin OG who has been involved in the crypto space in India since 2014 joins the show to discuss why he started GoSats, the GoSats debit card, the challenges in running a crypto startup in India, his views on Ethereum vs bitcoin and lots more.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:46 Your background and how you got involved in crypto

07:24 What does Sats mean in GoSats

09:45 Are there similar products in the international market

11:01 Tell us more about the new Rupay debit card

12:12 How were you able to get partnerships as a bitcoin company with large ecommerce companies

13:52 How are you able to offer such high rewards as 25% and 100%

16:56 How did you get a partnership with NPCI of RBI for this product

21:43 With which merchants can one use the Rupay debit card

23:20 What are your numbers in terms of users and transaction volume

24:07 Give us details of your latest investment round

24:46 What is the Stacks accelerator programme

25:54 Are you going to support other cryptos for rewards

27:48 What's your take on Ethereum

31:31 What are your future plans

32:58 How large is your team

33:10 Has the working environment changed for crypto startups in India

36:04 What is your take on the current bitcoin price

38:28 Your take on Ethereum and Dogecoin

40:48 How can people find GoSats

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rank Holmes, Executive Chairman of Hive Blockchain joins the show to discuss crypto mining, gold, virgin bitcoin, the Bitcoin Mining Council and Elon Musk, Hive's future plans, his views on Ethereum vs Bitcoin and lots more.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:58 Your background and journey to crypto and Hive

03:51 Your journey to gold

07:57 Are you still bullish on gold

14:53 How did the Bitcoin Miami crowd respond to your opinion on virgin bitcoin

15:37 What do you think of Peter Schiff

23:01 Why Frank got into crypto after Consensus 2017

24:04 Frank's historic analogy of blockchain

27:38 Why Frank started Hive

30:16 Tell us about your ETF journey

39:08 What does Hive do and the product it offers to investors

41:48 Tell about the skepticism you faced when trying to be the first public listed crypto mining company

48:11 How is Elon Musk responding to the Bitcoin Mining Council

50:33 Is US part of your future plans

53:50 Any specific reasons for expanding rapidly right now, are you concerned that you could be over optimistic

56:23 What's your bitcoin mining cost and how do you compare with other miners

58:21 What are Hive's future plans

58:55 Do you keep both Bitcoin and Ethereum as part of your reserves

01:01:04 What's your view on the current bitcoin price

01:02:02 Your view on Ethereum's price being correlated to bitcoin but an investor takes a lot more risk

01:03:42 Does Ethereum face an existential risk when it moves from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake

01:05:59 What are your prediction for Hive's stock price

01:07:11 How can people find you

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https://www.usfunds.com

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Anil, a bitcoin educator and author, among the 20 bitcoiners I regularly read on Twitter joins the show to discuss his amazing Twitter threads, his mini books that he has published, his current project on mental models and bitcoin, his views on bitcoin vs altcoins and more.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:39 Your background and how you got involved with crypto

08:01 Tell us about the MBA bitcoin scholarship you started

11:38 Tell us more about the bitcoin books you have published

20:16 Who have been your biggest bitcoin influencers

22:06 Were you there for the Bitcoin Miami conference

22:43 What do you think about the current bitcoin price

23:37 You have written about Ethereum, what's your take on altcoins

26:23 Any new projects or books that you are working on

28:26 How can people find you

31:30 Any last comments for the audience

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Fred Thiel, CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) joins the show to discuss investing in bitcoin mining stocks vs directly buying bitcoin, the impact of China's bitcoin mining ban, why bitcoin mining companies are making windfall profits right now. We also discuss the Bitcoin Mining Council, his visit to the Bitcoin Miami conference, Marathon's controversial decision to signal a bitcoin block as OFAC compliant and lots more.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

01:00 Your background and your journey becoming the CEO of Marathon

13:04 What is the main product that Marathon offers to investors

15:20 When did you get listed on Nasdaq and what's the current market cap

16:15 How does Marathon compare with other US bitcoin miners

18:44 Any non-US miners you compete with

20:01 Are bitcoin mining stocks more volatile than bitcoin

21:52 How have you achieved one of the lowest mining costs

23:33 How long do you think the windfall due to China bitcoin mining ban is going to last 

26:39 Is the current windfall period for miners reflected in your stock price

32:54 How did the Bitcoin Mining Council start and what's the purpose

37:56 Your opinions on Bitcoin PoW vs Ethereum's PoS

43:23 Your comments on Marathon's signalling of a block as OFAC compliant

46:30 How was Bitcoin Miami and what were the key takeaways

51:32 How can people find you and find Marathon

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https://marathondh.com

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Scott Bambacigno, head of Sales for AlphaPoint joins the show to discuss why AlphaPoint is one of the top companies which provides ready to go live software for anyone who wants to run a crypto exchange. We discuss AlphaPoint's exchange software, their new products like yield platform and digital asset token platform, his recent Bitcoin Miami trip and some great takeaways from the trip and finally his views on bitcoin, ethereum and other altcoins.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

01:26 Your background and how you got involved in crypto

02:34 Background of AlphaPoint's founders and their vision with AlphaPoint

03:27 Products AlphaPoint offers and who is your target customer

04:34 Volume of trade AlphaPoint powered exchanges do

05:12 Who are your existing customers

06:56 What is the benefit of running a crypto exchange powered by AlphaPoint vs building their own

09:48 Is it true that someone can start an exchange powered by AlphaPoint in 60 days

12:32 Does AlphaPoint support mobile crypto exchange apps

14:02 What are the security and risk management features AlphaPoint provides

18:37 How does the pricing work

20:00 Is it correct that a new crypto exchange could start with AlphaPoint but later build the software internally

24:22 How large is the team and where are you based out of

25:17 Tell more about the new products like yield platform and asset digitization

29:29 Does AlphaPoint support NFTs

30:32 Any new products

31:10 How was Bitcoin Miami

32:17 Is Bitcoin Miami for bitcoin maxis or suitable for bitcoin noobs also

33:53 Any key takeaways from Bitcoin Miami

36:08 What's your take on the current bitcoin price

37:57 Your views on Ethereum and Dogecoin

41:10 How can people find you and AlphaPoint

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https://alphapoint.com

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Phil Geiger of Unchained Capital, a top tier bitcoin only custody and lending company, joins the show to discuss why Unchained is one of the rare bitcoin only companies, how all their products are aligned with bitcoin principles, details of their 3 main products - Vault, Lending and OTC and more.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:46 Phil’s Background 

02:35 About Phil's LinkedIn title as a Bitcoin Specialist 

04:29 What it means that Unchained was incorporated at blockheight 433179 

05:41 What is the co-founders vision for Unchained 

10:29 What is the size of Unchained 

12:21 Which products are available globally and in the US

14:26 How is Unchained Vault different for other wallet solutions 

19:16 Does Unchained Vault need KYC 

24:03 How much does Unchained Vault cost

27:23 The pricing philosophy of Unchained Vault 

31:19 How does Unchained lending differ from other crypto lending companies 

34:10 How much interest do you charge

37:33 What is the buy bitcoin product and how does it differ for other exchanges 

39:03 Any new product on the way 

40:17 What are your views on the current bitcoin price 

41:55 What are your views on other cryptocurrencies 

44:29 What are your views on NFT 

45:16 Where can people connect with you and Unchained 

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https://unchained-capital.com

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Sathvik, co-founder of Unocoin, one of India's oldest crypto exchanges since 2013, joins the show to discuss product offerings of Unocoin, the famous investors they have on board, their cautious approach to regulations in India and and lots more. 

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

01:00 What's your background and how did you start Unocoin

11:15 What is your current funding investment status

12:30 How is the support from Digital Currency Group so far

15:15 Do you feel that you were not able to build on the first-mover advantage

19:20 What is your current volume and number of users

20:55 What are the main products you offer

26:05 What about crypto lending and interest

28:15 What is the interest you charge on crypto deposits

30:20 Do you still have the bitcoin point of sale app?  

33:25 What are your future plans?

34:52 What are the biggest challenges you are dealing with

37:30 What are your views on the legality of bitcoin

41:50 Do you still face a lack of banking infrastructure

44:55 Is there any change in Indian crypto user behavior in last few months

46:44 Any plans to expand outside India

47:25 What do you think about the current bitcoin price

49:20 What are your views about bitcoin vs other cryptos

52:20 What do you think about NFTs 

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Dave Perrill, co-founder and CEO of Compute North, a bitcoin mining company based in the US joins the show to discuss why bitcoin mining is a critical part of bitcoin, what are the recent trends in bitcoin mining, is this a good time to invest in bitcoin mining and lots more.   

Chapters

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Sumit Gupta, co-founder of CoinDCX, an Indian crypto exchange and among the top 30 exchanges in the world, joins the show to discuss how CoinDCX has some of the top investors on their cap table like Bain Capital, Coinbase, Polychain and Tamasek, how CoinDCX provides the widest range of crypto offerings that any exchange provides for the Indian market, products like CoinDCX Go app through which users can buy crypto within a few minutes of downloading the app, their interest earning products on their crypto deposits and more.   

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Jeremy NG, Head of Gemini Asia Pacific, joins the show to discuss the Winklevoss Brothers and their popular crypto exchange Gemini, the products they offer including Gemini Custody and the newly launched Gemini Earn, competition with Coinbase, their stable coin GUSD, his Sunny Bitcoin special announcement on NFTs and more.  

Chapters 00:00 Introduction

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