Magic Internet Money

Magic Internet Money: Willy Woo

In this episode, Brad is joined by one of world’s most popular personalities: Willy Woo. Willy has over 200,000 followers on Twitter and is Substack's currently best-rated investment newsletter. Most people know Willy as the on-chain analyst, but they haven't gotten the chance to hear him one on one. He talks for the first time about last March's Adaptive Capital shut down, as both reveal their stake in the fund and how they rode out the fallout. Tune in for illuminating discussions on more Bitcoin trends. 

Timestamps

00:01:00: Introduction by Brad

00:03:17: Willy's newsletter, 

00:04:45: Willy on BTC's current bull run 

00:14:09: Willy's analysis of the direction of exchanges' traffic 

00:16:29: Willy's newsletter and his on-chain analysis 

00:19:00: Discussion on Bitcoin’s fit into Willy's personality spectrum 

00:28:26: The Satoshi mystery

00:31:31: Willy's first foray into investing

00:55:21: 'Stoic philosophy' and Zen

01:02:46: Willy's approach to the recent financial crisis 

01:06:30: Adaptive Capital's and lessons learned

01:15:15: Bitcoin's cycles

01:31:41: Brad's 75-day challenge 

01:32:53: Where to find Willy on social

Podcast Mentions

Microstrategy buying of Bitcoin 

Blackrock's endorsement of Bitcoin

Michael Saylor 

Willy's cool "Shit runs downhill" chart 

Proof of Keys, Trace Mayer

Laura Shin, host of Unchained Podcast

Adaptive Capital closure 

Glassnode

Coin Metrics 

Find Willy Woo on:

Willy Woo Twitter 

Willy Woo Substack 

Find Brad Mills on:

Brad Mills Twitter

Magic Internet Money Twitter

Magic Internet Money Facebook

Magic Internet Money Instagram

Produced by Brad Mills - Twitter, Hamilton - YouTube, Jason Sanderson - Podcast Tech

Other Credits: bitconnect theme by schmoyoho, graphics by CryptoScamHub, Magic Internet Money inspired by u/mavensbot, invention of Bitcoin & all cryptocurrencies by Satoshi Nakamoto.

In this episode of Magic Internet Money, host Brad Mills discusses guest Ivan Brightly’s time being partnered with Galaxy Digital. Galaxy began as a hedge fund that has since shifted its scope to become the “Goldman-Sachs of Crypto”. Ivan discusses his experience with the company before his departure in January.

The pair discuss the impact that ETFs are having and may continue to have on cryptocurrency markets. In addition to that impact, ETFs have the potential to bring centralization to the market. Brad and Ivan debate about Coinbase being anti-bitcoin and whether or not it remains true to libertarian philosophies. Finally, the two share their lessons learned over the past few cycles and share their crypto portfolio experiences.

Time Stamps

4:20 – “Saylorization” of the investment class and cipherpunk values

10:20 – The Risk of government intervention

22:53 – Importance of ETF

38:20 – Options about GBTC/QBTC

57:30 – Lessons learned over past cycles

Mentions from the Show

Galaxy Digital

Mike Novogratz

Ben Hunt’s podcast, Epsilon Theory

Michael Saylor

Chaincode and Blockstream developer tools

Bitcoin ETFs

Coinbase

Find Ivan Brightly at:

Ivan Brightly twitter

Brad Mills Social Links

Brad Mills Twitter

Magic Internet Money Twitter

Magic Internet Money Facebook

Magic Internet Money Instagram

Produced by Brad Mills - Twitter, Hamilton - YouTube, Jason Sanderson - Podcast Tech

Other Credits: bitconnect theme by schmoyoho, graphics by CryptoScamHub, Magic Internet Money inspired by u/mavensbot, invention of Bitcoin & all cryptocurrencies by Satoshi Nakamoto.

In this episode of Magic Internet Money, host Brad Mills discusses guest Ivan Brightly’s time being partnered with Galaxy Digital. Galaxy began as a hedge fund that has since shifted its scope to become the “Goldman-Sachs of Crypto”. Ivan discusses his experience with the company before his departure in January.

The pair discuss the impact that ETFs are having and may continue to have on cryptocurrency markets. In addition to that impact, ETFs have the potential to bring centralization to the market. Brad and Ivan debate about Coinbase being anti-bitcoin and whether or not it remains true to libertarian philosophies. Finally, the two share their lessons learned over the past few cycles and share their crypto portfolio experiences.

4:20 – “Saylorization” of the investment class and cipherpunk values

10:20 – The Risk of government intervention

22:53 – Importance of ETF

38:20 – Options about GBTC/QBTC

57:30 – Lessons learned over past cycles

Galaxy Digital

Mike Novogratz

Ben Hunt’s podcast, Epsilon Theory

Michael Saylor

Chaincode and Blockstream developer tools

Bitcoin ETFs

Coinbase

Ivan Brightly twitter

Brad Mills Twitter

Magic Internet Money Twitter

Magic Internet Money Facebook

Magic Internet Money Instagram

In this episode, Brad Mills, host of the Magic Money Internet Podcast, is joined by Ray Youssef, the founder of Paxful. The two discuss a range of topics during this episode such as Bitcoin, Africa, and the story of how Ray founded Paxful. Today, Paxful is a network with more than 5 million global users, with more than half of them from the continent of Africa. Tune in to hear how Ray Youssef goes from being a serial entrepreneur, to founding the Paxful network, to dismantling Financial Aparthied.

0:2:15: Introduction

0:0:09: Ray’s Journey with Bitcoin

0:7:31: Ray’s Experience with Regulators

0:10:10: Discussion on Financial Aparthied

0.16:08: Bitcoin vs Stablecoins and Opportunities in Africa

0:21:56: Sanctions Against Paxful

0:27:32: Paxful Fees and Volumes

0:28:10: Paxful Education Goals and Customer Support

0:35:07: Paxful's Affiliate Program

0:36:33: Paxful’s Expansion in 2021

0:41:46: Paxful in India

0.46:33: Paxful Daytraders

0:53:11: Managing Paxful on a Day to Day Basis

0.57:33: Ray’s Leadership Values

1:03:08: How to Engage with Paxul, Show Summary, Social Mentions

Hawala peer-to-peer system 

Chaincode Labs residency 

Paxful Affiliate Program

India's crypto ban and subsequent lifting

Ray Youssef Twitter

Ray Youssef Instagram

Brad Mills Twitter

Magic Internet Money Twitter

Magic Internet Money FacebookMagic Internet Money Instagram

In this episode, Brad Mills, host of the Magic Money Internet Podcast, is joined by Ray Youssef, the founder of Paxful. The two discuss a range of topics during this episode such as Bitcoin, Africa, and the story of how Ray founded Paxful. Today, Paxful is a network with more than 5 million global users, with more than half of them from the continent of Africa. Tune in to hear how Ray Youssef goes from being a serial entrepreneur, to founding the Paxful network, to dismantling Financial Aparthied.

Time Stamps

0:2:15: Introduction

0:0:09: Ray’s Journey with Bitcoin

0:7:31: Ray’s Experience with Regulators

0:10:10: Discussion on Financial Aparthied

0.16:08: Bitcoin vs Stablecoins and Opportunities in Africa

0:21:56: Sanctions Against Paxful

0:27:32: Paxful Fees and Volumes

0:28:10: Paxful Education Goals and Customer Support

0:35:07: Paxful's Affiliate Program

0:36:33: Paxful’s Expansion in 2021

0:41:46: Paxful in India

0.46:33: Paxful Daytraders

0:53:11: Managing Paxful on a Day to Day Basis

0.57:33: Ray’s Leadership Values

1:03:08: How to Engage with Paxul, Show Summary, Social

Podcast Mentions

Hawala peer-to-peer system 

Chaincode Labs residency 

Paxful Affiliate Program

India's crypto ban and subsequent lifting

Find Ray Youssef on:

Ray Youssef Twitter

Ray Youssef Instagram

Find Brad Mills and Magic Internet Money on:

Brad Mills Twitter

Magic Internet Money Twitter

Magic Internet Money Facebook
Magic Internet Money Instagram

Produced by Brad Mills - Twitter, Hamilton - YouTube, Jason Sanderson - Podcast Tech

Other Credits: bitconnect theme by schmoyoho, graphics by CryptoScamHub, Magic Internet Money inspired by u/mavensbot, invention of Bitcoin & all cryptocurrencies by Satoshi Nakamoto.

Alex Gladstein is a Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation which is a registered charity that has been helping protect individual rights in authoritarian countries in the world since 2006. In this episode, we talk about bitcoin being the trojan horse that can supersede all fiat currency as well as helping overthrow corrupt, communist regimes.

Some of the topics we discuss in this podcast are:

How can we affect real change in the world that helps human rights via financial technology?

The Lucky Billion…

Do entrepreneurs donate to human rights?

The History of Satoshi Being Just as Important Presently as before.

Bitcoin is a virus that destroys and replaces authoritarian economies.

Don’t be a sheep.

The most important things about bitcoin…

Break out of Twitter.

Where does brian get his sources of information?

Bitcoin Can Be Completely Renewable?

Chuck Norris vs Communism: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2442080/

Manal Al-Sheriff: https://www.manal-alsharif.com/

The Little Bitcoin Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Bitcoin-Book-Matters-Finances-ebook/dp/B07W957N7T

Brians Twitter: https://twitter.com/gladstein

The Human Rights Foundation: https://hrf.org/

Produced by Brad Mills - Twitter, Hamilton - YouTube, Jason Sanderson - Podcast TechOther Credits: bitconnect theme by schmoyoho, graphics by CryptoScamHub, Magic Internet Money inspired by u/mavensbot, invention of bitcoin & all cryptocurrencies by satoshi nakamoto.

Brad Mills is a partner at Xsquared Ventures. All opinions expressed by Brad & his guests do not reflect the opinions of Xsquared Ventures or Xsquared Ventures Management. Investing in cryptocurrencies is high risk and can get you rekt, do not treat any opinion expressed on this show as investment advice, but only as an expression of Brad’s opinion. This podcast is for informational purposes only. Do not attempt to HODL without doing your research first.

Alex Gladstein is a Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation which is a registered charity that has been helping protect individual rights in authoritarian countries in the world since 2006. In this episode, we talk about bitcoin being the trojan horse that can supersede all fiat currency as well as helping overthrow corrupt, communist regimes.

Some of the topics we discuss in this podcast are:

How can we affect real change in the world that helps human rights via financial technology?

The Lucky Billion…

Do entrepreneurs donate to human rights?

The History of Satoshi Being Just as Important Presently as before.

Bitcoin is a virus that destroys and replaces authoritarian economies.

Don’t be a sheep.

The most important things about bitcoin…

Break out of Twitter.

Where does brian get his sources of information?

Bitcoin Can Be Completely Renewable?

Chuck Norris vs Communism: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2442080/

Manal Al-Sheriff: https://www.manal-alsharif.com/

The Little Bitcoin Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Bitcoin-Book-Matters-Finances-ebook/dp/B07W957N7T

Brians Twitter: https://twitter.com/gladstein

The Human Rights Foundation: https://hrf.org/

Produced by Brad Mills - Twitter, Hamilton - YouTube, Jason Sanderson - Podcast Tech
Other Credits: bitconnect theme by schmoyoho, graphics by CryptoScamHub, Magic Internet Money inspired by u/mavensbot, invention of bitcoin & all cryptocurrencies by satoshi nakamoto.

Brad Mills is a partner at Xsquared Ventures. All opinions expressed by Brad & his guests do not reflect the opinions of Xsquared Ventures or Xsquared Ventures Management. Investing in cryptocurrencies is high risk and can get you rekt, do not treat any opinion expressed on this show as investment advice, but only as an expression of Brad’s opinion. This podcast is for informational purposes only. Do not attempt to HODL without doing your research first.

Produced by Brad Mills - Twitter, Hamilton - YouTube, Jason Sanderson - Podcast Tech

Other Credits: bitconnect theme by schmoyoho, graphics by CryptoScamHub, Magic Internet Money inspired by u/mavensbot, invention of Bitcoin & all cryptocurrencies by Satoshi Nakamoto.

Brad joins Brian Krogsgard, the host of Ledger Cast, for a co-hosted special episode and a wide ranging discussion about Bitcoin, money, central banks, and a bunch of other random stuff. Brian Krogsgard (@ledgerstatus on twitter) You can find Ledger Cast on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, YouTube and via RSS.

Produced by Brad Mills - Twitter, Hamilton - YouTube, Jason Sanderson - Podcast TechOther Credits: bitconnect theme by schmoyoho, graphics by CryptoScamHub, Magic Internet Money inspired by u/mavensbot, invention of bitcoin & all cryptocurrencies by satoshi nakamoto.

Brad Mills is a partner at Xsquared Ventures. All opinions expressed by Brad & his guests do not reflect the opinions of Xsquared Ventures or Xsquared Ventures Management. Investing in cryptocurrencies is high risk and can get you rekt, do not treat any opinion expressed on this show as investment advice, but only as an expression of Brad’s opinion. This podcast is for informational purposes only. Do not attempt to HODL without doing your research first.

Produced by Brad Mills - Twitter, Hamilton - YouTube, Jason Sanderson - Podcast Tech
Other Credits: bitconnect theme by schmoyoho, graphics by CryptoScamHub, Magic Internet Money inspired by u/mavensbot, invention of bitcoin & all cryptocurrencies by satoshi nakamoto.

Thank you for tuning into the Magic Internet Money Podcast! I'm Brad Mills and this is the podcast where you can learn how to short the banks and bank on being your own bank!

Today's episode is with the legendary Jameson Lopp! He's well known in the space as a great adversarial thinker, privacy advocate, defender of bitcoin and one hell of a model American. I hope you guys enjoy this podcast because I learned a thing or 2 from this episode. Enjoy!

Jameson's goal is to spread knowledge of cryptosystems and liberating technologies. If you can offer an opportunity to reach a large audience, please use the low priority form. If you're seeking specific answers for your own understanding, please check the educational resources page on his website. More info on Jameson can be found here:

Website: https://www.lopp.net/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lopp

Casa: https://keys.casa/

More info on Stratum: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Stratum_mining_protocol

Topics discussed:

4:14 How has Casa been affected by the Covid lockdowns in 2020?

12:52 Why Did  Jameson Lopp Leave BitGo And How Did That Help Casa?

29:20 Should we be worried about institutions changing bitcoin fundamentally?

43:48  Brads Idea For Casa & The Future Of Finance

54:15 The Ultimate Cold Storage and Bitcoin Security Using Casa

1:08:17 How much will bitcoin be worth in the future?

1:24:05 Will Bitcoin Scale?

1:39:17Alt Coins vs Bitcoin, the final battle!

Produced by Brad Mills - Twitter, Hamilton - YouTube, Jason Sanderson - Podcast Tech
Other Credits: bitconnect theme by schmoyoho, graphics by CryptoScamHub, Magic Internet Money inspired by u/mavensbot, invention of bitcoin & all cryptocurrencies by satoshi nakamoto.

Brad Mills is a partner at Xsquared Ventures. All opinions expressed by Brad & his guests do not reflect the opinions of Xsquared Ventures or Xsquared Ventures Management. Investing in cryptocurrencies is high risk and can get you rekt, do not treat any opinion expressed on this show as investment advice, but only as an expression of Brad’s opinion. This podcast is for informational purposes only. Do not attempt to HODL without doing your research first.