Yassine Elmandjra is an analyst with ARK Invest covering Bitcoin, Crypto and Blockchain technologies. We discuss what is Bitcoin, potential risks, and various future scenarios.
Yassine on Twitter: yassineARK
Bitcoin
As An Investment by Yassine, https://research.ark-invest.com/hubfs/1_Download_Files_ARK-Invest/White_Papers/ARKinvest_091729_Whitepaper_Bitcoin_II_An%20Investment.pdf
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Start of interview
4:15 - The fallacy of BTC scarcity
5:30 - Comparing BTC to TSLA
7:50 - BTC as an asset
11:15 - BTC’s main value proposition is eliminating optionality of human decision
13:00 - Scarcity is linked to demand
17:30 - Role of BTC miners
19:44 - Forking BTC
20:45 - Software alone does not determine value of BTC
21:33 - Scarcity is not the lone value proposition of BTC
23:15 - BTC as a currency
26:20 - Pegging a commodity as an asset
27:20 - What’s the main value proposition of BTC?
30:15 - Protection of assets from seizure
32:40 - BTC more a commodity than currency
35:00 - BTC as a digital asset
37:25 - BTC’s original purpose as currency
38:25 - BTC’s weakness as currency
40:00 - Benefits of BTC choosing security over speed
42:50 - Lightning network
44:40 - Government crypto
46:00 - Government crypto as a threat to personal liberties
48:15 - Benefit of a way to transact outside of gov crypto
53:40 - Will governments ban BTC?
58:24 - Banning BTC like banning gold
1:06:20 - Banning BTC different from banning gold
1:07:40 - Institutions holding BTC opportunistic
1:08:20 - FB libra vs BTC
1:09:48 - China, Iran, North Korea on BTC
1:13:00 - On India banning BTC
1:16:45 - When does BTC become existential threat to gov?
1:22:25 - The profound nature of BTC
1:30:15 - Inherent investment risks of BTC vs stocks
1:40:00 - Tracking BTC’s demand
1:49:40 - Value by demand vs value by intrinsic value
1:55:22 - BTC is disinflationary
1:57:50 - How Yassine got hired at Ark
2:06:12 - Conclusion
Videos:
Tesla ONLY Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfibpgBinf9QkDHJ5hbv5rMvpRse9C-re
SpaceX Starlink ONLY Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfibpgBinf9QrcuyoiO1tjQs_yzer72EI
Square ONLY Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfibpgBinf9Q3PIw2JOQr4qoL_fSrIZA7
Lemonade ONLY Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfibpgBinf9StEd21tlQBndopSTek8iAZ
Company Analysis Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfibpgBinf9QMjeqM7he4G7FLhI88ZXdo
Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfibpgBinf9QdC6pEaycZvv3pGyvEbO8P
Check out my archived articles/posts on Tesla and investing: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/articles-megaposts-by-davet.23473/#post-485768