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How a 19-year-old genius and a ragtag group of hackers invented the new internet of money. Camila Russo, entrepreneur, journalist, and author, is our field guide through the Ethereum Genesis Story.

Can you Imagine getting phone calls from strangers, begging, and threatening you to invest money in your startup?

Cyrus Fazel (@Cyrus_Fazel) has experienced exactly that when he was raising money through an initial coin offering (ICO) at the end of 2017.

In this episode, we dive deep into the origin story of his startup SwissBorg. Cyrus shares his best-kept secrets as we relive the ups and downs before, during, and after the ICO. This episode is packed with useful information anecdotes and funny bits and pieces for everyone who is interested in crypto.

SwissBorg is alive and kicking and recently launched its Wealth App. Check it out at swissborg.com

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The Case for Tezos with Adrian Brink

‘My baker just sent me some XTZ’ Do you know what this means? If not, then this episode is for you!

Adrian Brink (@adrian_brink) is the Co-founder of Cryptium Labs. He and his team of engineers and researchers are running one of the biggest staking services for the Tezos network directly out of the Swiss alps.

In this conversation, we dive deep into the Tezos blockchain. We discuss how Tezos Proof-of-Stake (PoS) mechanism works. Why governance is important and what XTZ, the native cryptocurrency of Tezos, one day could be useful for. We also learn why Tezos is called the self-amending blockchain and what formal verification is all about.

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Do you think your favorite cryptocurrency is money? One indicator could be, if someone already released a rap track about it. Because we all know that money and rap go together like Snoop and weed. On this episode, Jonas talks to three artists who made or continue to make (rap) music about crypto / blockchain. They talk about what drives them, how they got into crypto and why it’s sometimes important to flex a little.

The guests (and their music) featured on this episode are:

Toby Ganger: https://twitter.com/tobyganger

Lil Bubble: https://twitter.com/thecryptobubble

88N8: https://twitter.com/The88N8

Trading cryptocurrencies can be stressful. But what if there was a computer program, that could do it for you? In the very first episode of Unforkable I talk with Christian Spahr about his experience with crypto trading bots.

During his time at the University Christian started trading bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies in. After one too many trading sessions that lasted until the early morning, it became evident for him, that he needed a technical solution that would do the trading for him. Together with a friend, they started to build their very own crypto trading bot.