Crypto Voices

Crypto Voices: Episode 61

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Matthew & Fernando interview Joshua Scigala, founder & CEO of bitcoin-gold exchange Vaultoro.

Joshua is a tech entrepreneur who, in addition to co-founding five startups, also brings enterprise managerial experience to the crypto space. He co-founded Vaultoro with his brother Philip in 2015. Vaultoro is a unique bitcoin-gold exchange in the space, focusing on the sound money aspects of both assets, as well as privacy and ease-of-use for the customer. We focus on the history of Vaultoro and why Josh decided to create it, many of the big picture economic and monetary features of gold when used in tandem with bitcoin, the economic and political situation in Venezuela, Bitcoin's risk and safety as a bearer instrument, custodial risk of both gold and bitcoin, the Glass Books Protocol that Vaultoro created for transparency, the economic future for gold and bitcoin, Vaultoro's integration with the Lightning Network, and future offerings coming down the pipeline from Vaultoro.

Josh is a solid and relatable tech entrepreneur, it was a pleasure to interview him.

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Links for more info:

https://twitter.com/vaultoro

https://www.vaultoro.com

https://audit.vaultoro.com

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Crypto Voices: Episode 60

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Matthew & Fernando interview Lamont Black, Assistant Professor of Finance at DePaul University in Chicago.

Lamont is the first economist we've interviewed who has worked directly for the Federal Reserve. He worked at the Board of Governors in Washington DC for eight years, and now teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at DePaul, where he was the first professor to formally introduce Bitcoin and crypto into the curriculum. Lamont gives his take on a variety of monetary policy issues, such as central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), the importance of the dollar today and the (in)direct consequences of Fed policy, the euro, market cycles, quantitative easing, and more. We explore some technicalities of price inflation versus money growth, further nuances of Bitcoin's future in the markets, and finally how Lamont's students are taking interest in Bitcoin.

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Links for more info:

https://twitter.com/lamontkblack

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lamont-black-80a86b43/

https://lamontblack.com/

https://business.depaul.edu/faculty/faculty-a-z/Pages/lamont-black.aspx

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Crypto Voices: Episode 59

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Matthew & Fernando interview Mark Yusko, founder, CEO, and CIO of Morgan Creek Capital.

Mark has extensive experience in asset management and fund investing, and is a popular Bitcoin investor in the mainstream media. We have a very thorough and engaging conversation with Mark on his views on Bitcoin, from why it is changing the game, why it won't be MySpace, its investment thesis, why it's sound money, and how regulators fit into the picture. Really enjoyed this discussion with Mark, his analogies and comparisons, across old and new history, both in tech investing and not, is very thought provoking.

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Links for more info:

https://twitter.com/MarkYusko

https://www.digitalassetindexfund.com/

https://www.morgancreekcap.com/about-us/

https://www.morgancreekfunds.com/

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Crypto Voices: Episode 58

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Matthew interviews Murad Mahmudov for the 2-year anniversary of Crypto Voices.

Murad is a talented young trader and analyst who has exploded onto the Bitcoin scene. Here is methodical and detailed analysis on price action, trends, the bottom, and the next cycle. He covers some interesting questions, such as should Bitcoin's market cycle be longer or shorter as its tech matures, and how important/accurate are metrics such as transactions per second or transaction volume. Also sound money versus "unconfiscatability". He gives his thoughts on his "mostly Bitcoin" future, how credit markets may form around Bitcoin, and what governments will do in a Bitcoin world - how they will finance deficits and how large they might be. Murad also details some of the strategies and ideas behind his crypto fund, which he will be launching very soon with some colleagues. Was a pleasure to interview a smart and enthusiastic young professional with bright future in the space.

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Links for more info:

https://twitter.com/MustStopMurad

https://twitter.com/MustStopMurad/status/1082332572510752770

https://blog.usejournal.com/bitcoin-past-and-future-45d92b3180f1

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Crypto Voices: Episode 57

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Matthew interviews Nathan Simmons, longtime listener of the Crypto Voices podcast, for a reflective Christmas special.

Nathan explains how and why he got into Bitcoin. He compares his initial versus current views on the Bitcoin protocol, as well as a few others - Ethereum, Decred, and Ravencoin. He draws on his experience in tech sales and client relations to compare how "ready" the average user (and tech support!) might be for Bitcoin, compared with other software out there today. He gives some great advice on finding the time for education and learning in the midst of a hectic family schedule. He reflects on a few more interesting censorship resistant, identity, time-preference, and adoption ideas, as well as a thoughtful comparison with one of his favorite sci-fi novels.

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https://twitter.com/GIGhorizons

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004G60EKK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_tr9iCbVK02AW2

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Crypto Voices: Episode 56

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Matthew and Fernando interview Professor Steve Hanke, applied economist at Johns Hopkins University, professional commodity and currency trader, and legendary troubled currency reformer.

Professor Hanke expounds upon his professional and academic career. We cover a few hyperinflationary episodes, including reform works he has completed or aided in, such as in Lithuania, Argentina, and Brazil. We talk about gold and the dollar, currency backing and redemption, as well as potential global currency reforms. Professor Hanke gives his (negative) opinion on Bitcoin, which he has long held. He informs on his ideas for a stablecoin project in conjunction with his board advisory position at Airtm. We close with some final thoughts on the definitions of inflation, hyperinflation, and the money supply.

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Links for more info:

@steve_hanke

https://www.cato.org/research/troubled-currencies

http://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/iae/files/2017/04/Remembrances_of_a_Currency_Reformer.pdf

https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/images/troubled-currencies-project/routledge-handbook-of-major-events-in-economic-history-world-hyperinflations.pdf

https://engineering.jhu.edu/ehe/faculty/steve-h-hanke/

https://www.airtm.io/#/

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Crypto Voices: Episode 55

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Matthew interviews Dr. Richard Smith, founder and CEO of Crypto TradeSmith. We discuss Richard's risk management software, which has many amazing tools to help crypto investors manage their portfolio. For a special offer on this software subscription, please follow this link!

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Dr. Richard Smith has built his career on math and investment risk. Richard explains his Crypto TradeSmith product, which is cryptoasset risk management software (subscription based). This mirrors his stock/equity system (TradeStops). We discuss the ins and outs of Richard's system, and all the tools they offer in Crypto TradeSmith:

- The Crypto Calculator

- Position sizing

- Risk Rebalancer

- Pure Quant

- Portfolio Volatility Quotient

- Crypto State Indicators (Red/Yellow/Green Lights)

- Custom email and text alerts

- Crypto Finder (over 50,000 crypto trading pairs)

We talk a lot about finding confidence, courage, and conviction in the markets. As the product is entirely math based, Richard's system offers some powerful insights into volatility and risk of any crypto investment. Also, uniquely, his system can give you comfort to NOT leave your coins on an exchange, and NOT be frontrun.

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Crypto Voices: Episode 54

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Matthew & Fernando interview Nic Carter, partner at Castle Island Ventures and founder of Coin Metrics. We discuss Bitcoin in 2018 and beyond.

We start with Nic's bearish (correct) call back in March, as well as social media reactions to his kidney joke if the price hits $4,000. Nic reflects on the correct theoretical positions from the Bitcoin Core side 3-4 years ago, as the layered approach is now working and adopted more and more each day. We ask if the legacy systems of Visa, Mastercard, Fedwire, etc. are correct comparisons to Bitcoin's system. Nic comments on Ethereum, Ripple, and EOS in this context as well. Nic continues on Bitcoin's "full stack" approach as a currency and payment system that's self-sovereign, and speaks to other projects' trade-offs in this regard. He speaks to proof-of-work and its tendency to consolidate on the dominant chain. We discuss other great articles that Nic has written, such as Bitcoin's ontology and its identity as a currency/payment provider/social consensus system. Nic discusses the pros and cons of alternative implementations on Bitcoin. We take a look at the monetary policy of Bitcoin. Is it really inflationary? Is it more like authorized and issued corporate stock, where the totals are generally known? Will bitcoin ever become a unit of account under such a system? Will bitcoin ever become a global settlement asset among major institutions? What about Bitcoin's security model? Will it boil the oceans, and has Nic in his VC role found a company that can save us?

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Links for more info:

https://twitter.com/nic__carter

http://www.castleisland.vc/

https://coinmetrics.io/

https://medium.com/@nic__carter/transaction-count-is-an-inferior-measure-fba2d5ac97f1

https://medium.com/s/story/what-is-it-like-to-be-a-bitcoin-56109f3e6753

https://medium.com/@nic__carter/digesting-quantification-of-energy-and-carbon-costs-for-mining-cryptocurrencies-1f019e10fad4

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Crypto Voices: Episode 53

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Matthew & Fernando interview Bob Murphy, Austrian economist and libertarian theorist. We discuss Bitcoin and money in the free market.

Bob is an expert on libertarian theory, money, and macroeconomic issues, coming from the Austrian tradition. We discuss a variety of topics regarding money and bitcoins in the free market. We start with Hayek's "Denationalization of Money," covering currency competition versus government fiat monopoly. We cover the effect of taxes and regulation on "non-monetized" assets today, such as bitcoin and gold. We touch on the "shadow economy." We look at Bitcoin's inflation cap of 21 million, and how that is different than other base monies. We spend some time on fractional-reserve banking, and how fractionalized claims might look on bitcoin (and other monies) in a free market. We also take a brief look at the comparison with the Lightning Network and how other claims could develop on bitcoin.

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Links for more info:

https://twitter.com/BobMurphyEcon

http://understandingbitcoin.us

https://consultingbyrpm.com

https://contrakrugman.com

https://lara-murphy.com

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Crypto Voices: Episode 52

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Matthew & Fernando interview Ragnar Lifthrasir, founder of IBREA and velox.RE. We discuss Bitcoin, blockchain, and real estate.

Ragnar overviews his work toward getting real estate deals done more effectively, efficiently, and seamlessly with Bitcoin and blockchain. We talk deeds, title, mortgages, leases, tenants, financials, time-stamping, and tokens. As Fernando has written, when people refer to tokenization in the "real world," essentially they are referring to a "proxy" phenomenon, meaning the token represents something else (as opposed to a "native" token, such as a bitcoin). Historically, the government has always been involved in registering and tracking property rights. So we spend a lot of time discussing the overlap of these two forces: traditional government property ownership recognition, versus property ownership recognition on the blockchain (proxy tokens). We discuss different technical aspects, such as tokenizing on Bitcoin, versus Ethereum, Stellar, or other blockchains. We talk stablecoins, and many other big picture aspects on getting real estate effectively working in the digital age.

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Links for more info:

https://twitter.com/Ragnarly

https://www.ibrea.network/

https://www.velox.re/

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