Natalie Brunell's Coin Stories

This week's Coin Stories features Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management President and CEO Ross Gerber

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Okcoin is on a mission to make crypto investing and trading easily accessible to anyone around the world. We are building the next generation of tools to help onboard the investors and traders who have been on the fence about crypto. Okcoin a globally licensed exchange with offices in San Francisco, Miami, Malta, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. We are a collective of global citizens with a common passion to help decentralize finance and level the economic playing field for everyone around the world. Visit https://go.okcoin.com/natalie for $50 in Bitcoin when you sign up.

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Bio sourced from GerberKawasaki.com:

Ross is the Co-Founder, President and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management. Ross oversees Gerber Kawasaki's corporate and investment management operations as well as serves individual clients. Ross has become one of the most influential investors on social and traditional media. His investment ideas and advice have made him a regular in global business news as well on many of the most popular podcasts.

Ross and the Gerber Kawasaki team oversee $1.8 billion of investments as of 2/22/21 focused on technology, electric vehicles, consumer, media, and entertainment companies for clients and the firm. Gerber Kawasaki is a leader in Fintech innovation leveraging technology and social media to work with a large diverse client base providing financial advice in scale. GK has grown to over 7500 clients and was listed in 2020 as one of the fastest-growing companies in Los Angeles according to the LABJ. GK received several Diversity and Inclusion Awards in 2020 within the financial industry and prides itself in representing the community.

You can follow Ross on Twitter at @GerberKawasaki

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This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Guest views are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Natalie Brunell or the show. Paid partnerships, sponsorships, and affiliate relationships are disclosed where applicable. Natalie Brunell may earn commissions from purchases or sign-ups through certain links, at no additional cost to you. Always conduct your own research before making financial decisions.

This week's Coin Stories features Okcoin CEO Hong Fang

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Okcoin is on a mission to make crypto investing and trading easily accessible to anyone around the world. We are building the next generation of tools to help onboard the investors and traders who have been on the fence about crypto. Okcoin a globally licensed exchange with offices in San Francisco, Miami, Malta, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. We are a collective of global citizens with a common passion to help decentralize finance and level the economic playing field for everyone around the world. Visit https://go.okcoin.com/natalie for $50 in Bitcoin when you sign up.

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Hong Fang is the CEO of Okcoin, a global, US-licensed cryptocurrency platform serving 190+ countries — the largest reach of any US-based exchange. Having experienced the opening of China's economy, Hong worked at Goldman Sachs for nearly a decade, driven by her passion for free markets. She left Wall Street for cryptocurrency after realizing digital assets offer the financial inclusion that traditional finance only claims to. Hong joined Okcoin in 2019 after making a growth equity investment in the company, and has since overseen the company's rapid growth. She holds an MBA in Finance, Accounting and Entrepreneurship from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.

You can follow Hong on Twitter at @hfangca

Timecodes:

00:00 Intro and promo codes

02:26 Hong upbringing

03:48 Hong's Chinese parents

04:38 Understanding money in China

05:26 Applying to school in the US

07:32 Chinese vs. American value systems

08:39 Business school

11:14 Chinese vs. American monetary systems

14:06 First job on Wall Street

15:10 Interest in cryptocurrency

17:10 Was Hong for or against bailouts?

18:32 Satoshi's Bitcoin white paper

20:22 Hong's transition from Goldman Sachs to cryptocurrency world

26:33 Investing in making a difference

31:23 Hong's rise to CEO of OKcoin

38:48 Hong's family's reaction to her career

40:15 Becoming first female global exchange CEO

43:12 OKcoin's culture and diversity

53:26 Hong's take on various coins and cryptocurrencies

58:17 Why does Hong believe in Bitcoin?

1:00:42 What would Hong tell her younger self?

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This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Guest views are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Natalie Brunell or the show. Paid partnerships, sponsorships, and affiliate relationships are disclosed where applicable. Natalie Brunell may earn commissions from purchases or sign-ups through certain links, at no additional cost to you. Always conduct your own research before making financial decisions.

This week's Coin Stories features Financial Advisor and Bone Fide Wealth Founder Doug Boneparth

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Okcoin is on a mission to make crypto investing and trading easily accessible to anyone around the world. We are building the next generation of tools to help onboard the investors and traders who have been on the fence about crypto. Okcoin a globally licensed exchange with offices in San Francisco, Miami, Malta, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. We are a collective of global citizens with a common passion to help decentralize finance and level the economic playing field for everyone around the world. Visit https://go.okcoin.com/natalie for $50 in Bitcoin when you sign up.

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Bio sourced from BonefideWealth.com:

For more than a decade, Douglas A. Boneparth has helped his clients negotiate sales of businesses; establish legacies for future generations; purchase new homes; pay off debt and achieve financial independence. But while servicing the needs of his diverse book of business, he noticed a gaping hole in the financial services industry: financial planning and advice for Millennials, his peers. So while everyone else was chasing old money to invest, Douglas started finding young people to invest in.

With a passion to improve the financial lives of those around him, Douglas founded Bone Fide Wealth, a firm dedicated to providing both effective and relatable advice to the city's hardest working young professionals. Through his personal experiences with student debt, higher education, career development, professional achievement and entrepreneurship, Douglas shares a perspective that very few financial advisors in the industry can. Douglas then draws upon the real life examples of his firm's clientele, offering financial solutions that are as creative as they are practical.

You can follow Doug on Twitter at @DougBoneparth

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Timecodes:

00:00 Intro and Discount Promos

1:54 Doug background and upbringing

4:36 Early lessons learned about money

6:21 Becoming a financial planner

9:37 Working and living at home after college

13:40 Chasing dreams in NYC

17:45 Lessons from '08 Financial Crisis

20:45 Focusing on Millennials

26:18 Top performing Millennials

30:03 Why do we need financial planners?

33:58 Biggest mistake Millennials make

35:30 Looking at your financial behavior

37:52 Discovering Bitcoin

40:41 Post mining Bitcoin

42:34 Bitcoin rabbit hole & Investing

48:56 Bitcoin allocation

52:21 Can BTC be Global Reserve Asset?

53:40 Will the market crash?

56:05 Doug's Twitter Humor

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Natalie Brunell's content features conversations with leading voices in Bitcoin, economics, finance, and technology, exploring the future of money and how it impacts our lives.

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DISCLAIMER

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Guest views are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Natalie Brunell or the show. Paid partnerships, sponsorships, and affiliate relationships are disclosed where applicable. Natalie Brunell may earn commissions from purchases or sign-ups through certain links, at no additional cost to you. Always conduct your own research before making financial decisions.

This week's Coin Stories features Space Force and MIT National Defense Fellow Jason Lowery

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Okcoin is on a mission to make crypto investing and trading easily accessible to anyone around the world. We are building the next generation of tools to help onboard the investors and traders who have been on the fence about crypto. Okcoin a globally licensed exchange with offices in San Francisco, Miami, Malta, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. We are a collective of global citizens with a common passion to help decentralize finance and level the economic playing field for everyone around the world. Visit https://go.okcoin.com/natalie for $50 in Bitcoin when you sign up.

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Bio sourced from LinkedIn.com and Twitter.com:

Jason Lowery is an Air Force veteran and National Defense Fellow researching Bitcoin while pursuing a master's degree in engineering & management through the System Design & Management program jointly offered by MIT's School of Engineering & Sloan School of Management.

You can follow Jason on Twitter at @JasonPLowery

Timecodes:

00:00 Introduction and promo codes

1:53 Jason's back story and upbringing

3:20 Band camp and Space camp

5:28 Joining the military

11:08 Most surprising aspect of military

13:30 Discovering Bitcoin

17:36 Jason under investigation

20:21 Bitcoin and national security

27:58 Kinetic to electric power projection

36:25 Bitcoin as a military system

45:58 Bitcoin creates frenemies

55:56 Why doesn't the military get Bitcoin?

57:47 Jason's Bitcoin drawing

1:05:50 What will US do with Bitcoin?

1:08:26 Military spending

1:13:09 Bitcoin promotes peace

1:14:45 Military track record on new tech

1:22:16 Jason's biggest question about BTC

1:24:44 Bitcoin is a battery

1:29:05 Space Force Guy

1:31:51 Space Force, the Military and Musk

1:36:34 Explaining BTC for national security

1:39:16 Question from a Marine

1:41:53 What Jason wishes people would ask

1:42:30 Proof of Stake argument

1:50:43 Other crypto to buy Bitcoin

1:51:19 Jason denied for credit

1:53:45 When Jason is going to space

1:54:50 A future of hope

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We are checking in with podcast host and Bitcoin legend Preston Pysh who shared a viral tweet about the state of the global financial market. Preston said, "Why does everything feel like the world is falling apart, yet the stock market has looked like this since 2009?" He followed his question up with a breakdown of global indexes and how they performed when adjusted for monetary inflation. We talked about the recent market volatility and why Bitcoin is the best solution to a rigged system.

Follow him at @PrestonPysh.

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Okcoin is on a mission to make crypto investing and trading easily accessible to anyone around the world. We are building the next generation of tools to help onboard the investors and traders who have been on the fence about crypto. Okcoin a globally licensed exchange with offices in San Francisco, Miami, Malta, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. We are a collective of global citizens with a common passion to help decentralize finance and level the economic playing field for everyone around the world. Visit https://go.okcoin.com/natalie for $50 in Bitcoin when you sign up.

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Natalie Brunell's content features conversations with leading voices in Bitcoin, economics, finance, and technology, exploring the future of money and how it impacts our lives.

CONNECT WITH NATALIE

Read Bitcoin is for Everyone: https://www.talkingbitcoin.com/freechapters

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Interested in sponsoring Coin Stories? Contact [email protected]

DISCLAIMER

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Guest views are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Natalie Brunell or the show. Paid partnerships, sponsorships, and affiliate relationships are disclosed where applicable. Natalie Brunell may earn commissions from purchases or sign-ups through certain links, at no additional cost to you. Always conduct your own research before making financial decisions.

This week's Coin Stories features Entrepreneur and Financial Advisor Patrick Bet-David.

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Coin Stories is brought to you in part by The Bitcoin Conference and Okcoin. BITCOIN 2022 will be the BIGGEST BITCOIN EVENT IN HISTORY held in Miami on April 6-9, 2022. For 10% Off your Bitcoin Conference Ticket head to https://b.tc/conference and use code COINSTORIES

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Okcoin is on a mission to make crypto investing and trading easily accessible to anyone around the world. We are building the next generation of tools to help onboard the investors and traders who have been on the fence about crypto. Okcoin a globally licensed exchange with offices in San Francisco, Miami, Malta, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. We are a collective of global citizens with a common passion to help decentralize finance and level the economic playing field for everyone around the world. Visit https://go.okcoin.com/natalie for $50 in Bitcoin when you sign up.

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Bio sourced from PatrickBetDavid.com:

Patrick's amazing story starts with his family immigrating to America when he was 10 years old. His parents fled Iran as refugees during the Iranian revolution and were eventually granted U.S. citizenship. After high school Patrick joined the U.S. military and served in the 101st Airborne before starting a business career in the financial services industry. After a tenure with a couple of traditional companies, he was inspired to launch PHP Agency Inc., an insurance sales, marketing and distribution company – and did so before he turned 30.

Patrick speaks on a range of business, leadership and entrepreneurial topics including how and why to become an entrepreneur and the importance of learning how to fully process issues. He is particularly passionate about the need for every individual to pursue their desires, once stating, "Most of the greatest world changers and heroes of all time are at the graveyard undiscovered because they never sold out to their dreams and desires."

You can follow Patrick on Twitter at @PatrickBetDavid

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Natalie Brunell's content features conversations with leading voices in Bitcoin, economics, finance, and technology, exploring the future of money and how it impacts our lives.

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DISCLAIMER

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Guest views are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Natalie Brunell or the show. Paid partnerships, sponsorships, and affiliate relationships are disclosed where applicable. Natalie Brunell may earn commissions from purchases or sign-ups through certain links, at no additional cost to you. Always conduct your own research before making financial decisions.

This week's Coin Stories features Bitcoin security expert and Casa CTO, Jameson Lopp.

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Okcoin is on a mission to make crypto investing and trading easily accessible to anyone around the world. We are building the next generation of tools to help onboard the investors and traders who have been on the fence about crypto. Okcoin a globally licensed exchange with offices in San Francisco, Miami, Malta, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. We are a collective of global citizens with a common passion to help decentralize finance and level the economic playing field for everyone around the world. Visit https://go.okcoin.com/natalie for $50 in Bitcoin when you sign up.

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Jameson Lopp is a cypherpunk, software engineer, writer, and Bitcoin security expert. He is the co-founder and CTO of BTC security provider Casa.

Prior to joining Casa, Lopp was a software engineer at BitGo. He first became involved in Bitcoin around 2012.

Lopp made national headlines in 2017 when he was the victim of a swatting attack. He decided to live off the grid as the result of that incident, and the New York Times has written about the extent to which Lopp went in order to privatize his life. He purchased a decoy house, created a number of business entities and paid private investigators to try and find him. His exact location remains unknown and in his community he is only known by a pseudonym.

For more information head to lopp.net

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Natalie Brunell's content features conversations with leading voices in Bitcoin, economics, finance, and technology, exploring the future of money and how it impacts our lives.

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DISCLAIMER

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Guest views are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Natalie Brunell or the show. Paid partnerships, sponsorships, and affiliate relationships are disclosed where applicable. Natalie Brunell may earn commissions from purchases or sign-ups through certain links, at no additional cost to you. Always conduct your own research before making financial decisions.

This week's Coin Stories features Chamber of Digital Commerce Founder Perianne Boring (bio below)

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Okcoin is on a mission to make crypto investing and trading easily accessible to anyone around the world. We are building the next generation of tools to help onboard the investors and traders who have been on the fence about crypto. Okcoin a globally licensed exchange with offices in San Francisco, Miami, Malta, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. We are a collective of global citizens with a common passion to help decentralize finance and level the economic playing field for everyone around the world. Visit https://go.okcoin.com/natalie for $50 in Bitcoin when you sign up.

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Perianne Boring is the founder and president of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, the world's largest trade association representing the blockchain industry. The Chamber's mission is to promote the acceptance and use of digital assets and blockchain-based technologies. Working with policymakers, regulatory agencies and industry, the Chamber advocates for a pro-growth policy environment that fosters job creation, innovation and investment. Perianne was named America's Top 50 Women in Tech by Forbes. In 2016, she was named 10 Most Influential People in Blockchain by CoinDesk. Prior to forming the Chamber, Perianne was a television host and anchor of an international finance program that aired in more than 100 countries to over 650 million viewers. She began her career as a legislative analyst in the U.S. House of Representatives, advising on finance, economics, tax and healthcare policy.

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Natalie Brunell's content features conversations with leading voices in Bitcoin, economics, finance, and technology, exploring the future of money and how it impacts our lives.

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DISCLAIMER

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Guest views are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Natalie Brunell or the show. Paid partnerships, sponsorships, and affiliate relationships are disclosed where applicable. Natalie Brunell may earn commissions from purchases or sign-ups through certain links, at no additional cost to you. Always conduct your own research before making financial decisions.

This week’s Coin Stories features Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky. (Bio Below)

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Okcoin is on a mission to make crypto investing and trading easily accessible to anyone around the world. We are building the next generation of tools to help onboard the investors and traders who have been on the fence about crypto. Okcoin a globally licensed exchange with offices in San Francisco, Miami, Malta, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. We are a collective of global citizens with a common passion to help decentralize finance and level the economic playing field for everyone around the world.

Visit https://go.okcoin.com/natalie for $50 in Bitcoin when you sign up.

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Alex Full Biography via Mashinsky.com:

Alex Mashinsky was born into communism, reared under socialism, and is currently thriving under capitalism. He is a prominent entrepreneur who has founded several companies over the years, including Celsius Network, GroundLink, Transit Wireless, Elematics and Arbinet. Alex disrupted several industries but he is most known as the inventor of VOIP which today enables over 1B people worldwide to use free voice over the internet for free. His new startup Celsius Network, is disrupting the banks, it is a community-based Proof-of-Stake blockchain protocol allowing members to borrow dollars against their crypto assets and to earn interest when they deposit (and lend) their crypto out. he wants 7.5B people to go From VOIP to MOIP (Money over IP) Alex's success as an entrepreneur stems from his acute ability to identify future trends, assemble world-class teams and raise enough money to fund his projects. Two of his companies, Arbinet and Transit Wireless achieved a monopolistic hold in their respective industries and pioneered new business models and groundbreaking technologies. Alex has a long history with high tech, evidenced by his powerful intellectual property portfolio. He has authored over 50 patents that cover aspects of VOIP, Smart Grid, Ad exchanges, Groupon, Twitter, Skype, App Store, Netflix streaming concept and many other top performing web companies. He is one of the leading evangelists of web-based exchanges. Due to his extensive experience as a prolific inventor and a business strategist, Alex has been a featured speaker at over 250 international conferences. He has also made numerous TV appearances on business networks and talk shows. He has received numerous awards, notably the prestigious Albert Einstein Technology Medal in 2000, the Technology Foresight Award for Innovation (presented in Geneva at Telecom '99) and Crain's Top Entrepreneur Award in 2010. He has also been nominated for E&Y's Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2002 and 2011. He recently was named "Top 100 In Crypto" by CoinTelegraph. After years of entrepreneurship, Alex subsequently gravitated towards investing in startups, founding his early stage venture capital firm, Governing Dynamics. Over the years, Alex has raised over $1 billion in venture and private equity funds to help position his startups as leaders in their fields. Arbinet's fundraising efforts were even documented in an HBS case study in 2001. Currently based in New York, Alex serves as a Managing Partner of Governing Dynamics. The firm has invested in Cryptocurencies and ICO's as well as startups focused on AI/ML, biotech and cybersecurity. Alex has invested in over 60 startups over the years, recording many successes and an equal number of failures. As a prominent figure in the New York entrepreneurial scene, he has previously been a member of the YPO's NYC chamber. He believes that "the secret to success is finding something to do in which your skills can exceed your ambitions."

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00:00 Introduction and Discount Codes 2:01 Alex young life in Ukraine 3:42 Why Alex’s family fled to Israel 5:59 From communism to socialism 7:54 Alex’s education 10:52 Bitcoin is the Black Swan 11:45 Why move to the U.S. 12:44 Alex early career in commodities trading 15:29 Alex entrepreneurial path 17:46 VOIP revolution 18:47 Alex’s great success and financial security 21:07 Where Alex’s spirit comes from 23:16 Learning from failure 25:59 Discovering Bitcoin 29:33 Going down the rabbit hole 33:12 Bitcoin maximalism vs alts 35:55 Earning high yield on coins 38:40 Why Alex wanted to give back 41:54 How does Celsius work 44:18 Stable coins 46:43 Taking from the rich to give to the poor 51:12 The Celsius name 51:37 Bitcoin and mass adoption 54:02 Regulation of yield products 56:41 Bitcoin vs. U.S. Dollar 59:57 Money printing or market crash 1:02:54 Alex reflections 1:04:17 Price prediction

Caitlin Long is the Founder & CEO of Avanti Bank & Trust and she is a 22-year Wall Street veteran who has been active in Bitcoin and blockchain since 2012. In 2018-20 she led the charge to make her native state of Wyoming an oasis for blockchain companies in the US, where she helped Wyoming enact 20 blockchain-enabling laws. From 2016-18 she jointly spearheaded a blockchain project for delivering market index data to Vanguard as chairman and president of Symbiont, an enterprise blockchain start-up. Caitlin ran Morgan Stanley's pension solutions business (2007-2016), held senior roles at Credit Suisse (1997-2007) and began her career at Salomon Brothers (1994-1997). She is a graduate of Harvard Law School (JD, 1994), the Kennedy School of Government (MPP, 1994) and the University of Wyoming (BA, 1990).

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Coin Stories is brought to you in part by The Bitcoin Conference and Okcoin. BITCOIN 2022 will be the BIGGEST BITCOIN EVENT IN HISTORY held in Miami on April 6-9, 2022. For 10% Off your Bitcoin Conference Ticket head tohttps://b.tc/conference and use code COINSTORIES

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Okcoin is on a mission to make crypto investing and trading easily accessible to anyone around the world. We are building the next generation of tools to help onboard the investors and traders who have been on the fence about crypto. Okcoin a globally licensed exchange with offices in San Francisco, Miami, Malta, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. We are a collective of global citizens with a common passion to help decentralize finance and level the economic playing field for everyone around the world. Visit https://go.okcoin.com/nataliefor $50 in Bitcoin when you sign up.

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Natalie Brunell's content features conversations with leading voices in Bitcoin, economics, finance, and technology, exploring the future of money and how it impacts our lives.

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DISCLAIMER

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Guest views are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Natalie Brunell or the show. Paid partnerships, sponsorships, and affiliate relationships are disclosed where applicable. Natalie Brunell may earn commissions from purchases or sign-ups through certain links, at no additional cost to you. Always conduct your own research before making financial decisions.