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Michael Saylor, CEO and founder of Microstrategy, explains how he decided the publicly traded business data firm needed to put its excess cash in bitcoin and what happened afterward. In this episode, we discuss:
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Episode links:
Michael Saylor: https://twitter.com/michael_saylor
Microstrategy: https://www.microstrategy.com/en
Bitcoin for Corporations: https://www.microstrategy.com/en/resources/events/world-2021/bitcoin-summit
Microstrategy purchases an additional $10 million in bitcoin:
https://www.microstrategy.com/content/dam/website-assets/collateral/financial-
documents/financial-document-archive/Form-8-K_jan-22-2021.pdf
Unchained interview with Saifedean Ammous:
August 11, 2020: Microstrategy adopts Bitcoin as its primary reserve asset:
August 11, 2020: Microstrategy makes tender offer to purchase up to $250 million of its common stock:
September 11, 2020: Microstrategy to purchase $60.5 million of common stock:
Plan to offer $550 million in convertible notes: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/87120/microstrategy-550m-convertible-notes-bitcoin
Microstrategy announces over $1 billion in Bitcoin purchases in 2020:
Michael Saylor’s 2013 tweet on Bitcoin: https://twitter.com/michael_saylor/status/413478389329428480?s=20
Forbes expose on unusual accounting practices by Microstrategy back in 2000: https://www.forbes.com/global/2000/0306/0305024a.html?sh=46312df01674
April 2000 profile of Michael in The New Yorker: https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/2000-04-03/flipbook/034/
SEC enforcement action against Microstrategy: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/34-43724.htm
Forbes profile after the SEC enforcement action: https://www.forbes.com/2000/12/18/1218faces.html?sh=523061e03bf9
Forbes announcing Microstrategy would restate earnings after its expose: https://www.forbes.com/2000/03/20/mu3.html?sh=21efe89d1ee6
Summary of SEC action:
Citi downgrading MSTR:
Renaissance Technologies has been third-largest buyer of Microstrategy’s stock since the summer: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/87194/renaissance-technologies-microstrategy-bitcoin
Microstrategy contemplating bitcoin data products: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/85310/microstrategy-bitcoin-data-products
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Stephen Palley, partner at Anderson Kill. and Gabriel Shapiro, partner at BSV Law, discuss the SEC's lawsuit against Ripple and two executives, Chris Larsen and Bard Garlinghouse. In this episode, they explain:
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Episode links:
Stephen Palley: https://twitter.com/stephendpalley
Gabriel Shapiro: https://twitter.com/lex_node
SEC lawsuit against Ripple: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2020/comp-pr2020-338.pdf
SEC lawsuit against Ripple being close to a fraud case: https://twitter.com/stephendpalley/status/1341523294344896515?s=20
Former SEC commissioner Joe Grundefest on the case: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/89164/former-sec-commissioner-says-ripple-lawsuit-will-cause-multi-billion-dollar-losses-to-innocent-third-parties
Other lawsuit against Ripple: https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.334410/gov.uscourts.cand.334410.115.0.pdf
Technical assessment of Ripple network: https://cryptobern.github.io/noconsensusripple/
Tetragon’s case against Ripple: https://twitter.com/stephendpalley/status/1346531087971999749?s=20
What the case means for exchanges: https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-delist-xrp-exchanges-dilemma
Coinbase suspends trading in XRP: https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-will-suspend-trading-in-xrp-on-january-19-2e09652dbf57
https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-suspends-xrp-trading
Lawsuit against Coinbase: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-30/coinbase-sued-over-xrp-commissions-after-sec-pursues-ripple?sref=m9L277rN
https://twitter.com/stephendpalley/status/1344352455895691269?s=20
People in the industry thinking for a while that XRP is a security: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/genesis/57366/xrp-is-probably-a-security-dont-at-me
Mary Jo White: https://www.coindesk.com/former-sec-chair-represents-ripple-xrp-lawsuit
Ripple’s Wells submission: https://ripple.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Ripple-Wells-Submission-Summary.pdf
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Willy Woo, a prominent on-chain Bitcoin analyst and author of the “The Bitcoin Forecast,” a market intelligence newsletter, explains the parabolic activity of Bitcoin in the past month. We cover:
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Episode links:
Willy Woo: https://twitter.com/woonomic
Woobull.com: http://charts.woobull.com
Willy on Unconfirmed: https://unchainedpodcast.com/willy-woo-on-why-its-an-extremely-great-time-to-buy-bitcoin/
Fibonacci traces tweet: https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1347433551906500614?s=20
Bitcoin reflexivity: https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1344189627997949952/photo/1
Who has been buying recently: https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1347127159538688002?s=20
Double pump bull market: https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1346889817792004096?s=20
Buying by long-term holders: https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1346827893322616833/photo/1
What percentage of the Bitcoin supply is liquid: https://insights.glassnode.com/bitcoin-liquid-supply/
Premium above NVT Price: https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1346797291668029440/photo/1
Accumulation of BTC before the OCC announcement: https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1346296294797582336/photo/1
Will never see a $20k BTC again: https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1345660018541019138?s=20
Bitcoin as investment vs. tech: https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1345221723751206912?s=20
NVT Ratio: http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/
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This panel, from a panel for the fifth anniversary of Hyperledger, features Rob Palatnick, managing director of global head of technology research and innovation at the DTCC and chairman of the Hyperledger board, Matthieu Saint Olive, Codefi payments product manager and CBDC advisor at ConsenSys, and Robert Bench, assistant vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. In this discussion on the current outlook on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), they cover:
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Rob Palatnick: https://www.dtcc.com/our-experts/robert-palatnick
Brian Behlendorf: https://twitter.com/brianbehlendorf?lang=en
Matthieu Saint Olive: https://twitter.com/msaintolive?lang=en
Robert Bench: https://www.bostonfed.org/home/people/bank/robert-bench.aspx
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Host Laura Shin recaps the biggest stories of the year in crypto, with clips from shows throughout the year. In this episode, we cover how the pandemic drove Bitcoin to new all-time highs, how regulation began to come for the crypto space in a big way, plus new trends in DeFi, corporate structures, and how ETH will change as an asset.
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Episode links:
Meltem Demirors on Bitcoin’s behavior during the recession https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-meltem-demirors-and-lyn-alden-on-the-perfect-conditions-for-bitcoin/
Mike Novogratz and Raoul Pal on Bitcoin’s relation to fiat https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-mike-novogratz-and-raoul-pal-on-the-single-greatest-brand-of-the-last-10-years/
Chamath Palihapitiya on Bitcoin as a financial hedge https://unchainedpodcast.com/chamath-palihapitiya-why-bitcoin-will-be-the-category-winner/
Cathie Wood and Dan Tapiero on corporate adoption of Bitcoin https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-bitcoin-under-a-biden-administration/
Dave Jevans and Siân Jones on regulation and VASPs https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-travel-rule-is-one-of-the-most-significant-regulations-in-crypto/
Jake Chervinsky and Kristin Smith on the Swiss Rule and self-hosted wallets https://unchainedpodcast.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-looming-battle-over-privacy-in-crypto/
Jeremy Allaire and Kristin Smith on Mnuchin’s proposed FinCEN rule https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-is-the-proposed-fincen-rule-for-unhosted-wallets-being-pushed-so-quickly/
Jessi Brooks and Zia Faruqui on cryptocurrencies facilitating illicit activity https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-this-doj-strike-force-hunts-down-cryptocurrency-criminals/
Brian Brooks on Americans accepting more privacy restrictions https://unchainedpodcast.com/acting-comptroller-of-the-currency-brian-brooks-on-crypto-banks/
Meltem Demirors on privacy being under attack https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-meltem-demirors-and-lyn-alden-on-the-perfect-conditions-for-bitcoin/
Haseeb Qureshi on the maturation of DeFi https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-decentralized-trading-has-10xed-in-a-few-months/
Vitalik Buterin on risks that still exist in DeFi https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-on-ethereums-five-year-anniversary/
Taylor Monahan and Dan Guido on DeFi security https://unchainedpodcast.com/defi-security-with-so-many-hacks-will-it-ever-be-safe/
Vitalik Buterin reflecting on the last five years of Ethereum https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-on-ethereums-five-year-anniversary/
Ryan Watkins on Ethereum 2.0 https://unchainedpodcast.com/ethereum-2-0-what-you-need-to-know/
Olaf Carlson-Wee on DeFi impacting the traditional corporate structure https://unchainedpodcast.com/olaf-carlson-wee-if-there-is-a-money-losing-exploit-the-money-is-gone/
Andrew Cronje on shifting corporate structures https://unchainedpodcast.com/andre-cronje-of-yearn-finance-on-yfi-and-the-fair-launch-im-lazy/
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Jeremy Allaire of Circle Pay and Kristin Smith of the Blockchain Association explain the impact of and motivation behind Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s proposed FinCEN rule that targets “unhosted” wallets. In this episode, they cover:
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Episode links:
Jeremy Allaire: https://twitter.com/jerallaire
Kristin Smith: https://twitter.com/kmsmithdc
Circle: https://www.circle.com/en/
The Blockchain Association: https://theblockchainassociation.org
Stories on proposed rule:
https://www.coindesk.com/fincen-proposes-kyc-rules-for-crypto-wallets
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/88347/treasury-crypto-wallets-reporting-rule
Effect on DeFi: https://twitter.com/jerallaire/status/1340060806088671232?s=20
https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1340050400871911424?s=20
Coin Center response: https://www.coincenter.org/a-midnight-rule-for-cryptocurrency-transaction-reports/
Brian Armstrong’s earlier tweet thread: https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1331745196887867393
Collins Belton’s tweet thread: https://twitter.com/collins_belton/status/1340051986008350721?s=20
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Marguerite deCourcelle is co-founder and CEO of Blockade Games, which is releasing the role-playing game game Neon District the day this episode comes out. She discusses her background in art, how her love of video games led her to discover Bitcoin in the early days of the cryptocurrency, and how she helps create the next phase of web 3.0 content creation and distribution. Topics include:
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Episode links:
Marguerite: https://twitter.com/coin_artist
Coin Artist: https://coinartist.io
Yield farming NFTs: https://www.coindesk.com/nfts-yield-farming-defi-buzz-explained
Crypto puzzles: https://www.coindesk.com/theres-more-money-to-win-in-the-310-bitcoin-challenge-heres-some-hints
Blockade Games's seed round: https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-puzzle-artists-blockchain-gaming-startup-valued-at-13-million
CoinDesk podcast network with Marguerite: https://www.coindesk.com/what-artists-love-about-crypto
Delphi Digital podcast with Marguerite: https://www.delphidigital.io/podcasts/marguerite-decourcelle-building-towards-a-neon-future/
Delphi Digital report on Coin's E-den syndicate: https://www.delphidigital.io/reports/social-tokens-the-rise-of-the-coins-e-den-syndicate/
OpenSea store for Alex Botez chess pieces: https://opensea.io/collection/get-pwnd
Blog post about the Alexandra Botez collaboration: https://coin-artist.medium.com/bringing-chess-to-ethereum-5969d9cfa07a
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Gavin Wood, founder of Polkadot, Kusama, and Parity, discusses what he calls the "meta-protocol," Polkadot. In this episode, he talks about:
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Gavin Wood: https://twitter.com/gavofyork
Polkadot: https://polkadot.network
Kusama: https://kusama.network
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Ryan Watkins and Wilson Withiam, senior research analysts at Messari, explain the nuts and bolts of Ethereum 2.0, including how it will transform ETH as an asset and why they believe it will be Ethereum’s most ambitious upgrade yet. Topics include:
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Episode links:
Ryan Watkins: https://twitter.com/RyanWatkins_
Wilson Withiam: https://twitter.com/wilsonwithiam
Messari Crypto: https://messari.io/
Messari report on Ethereum 2:0: https://messari.io/road-to-eth2
Amount of ETH in the Ethereum 2.0 Deposit Contract: https://etherscan.io/address/0x00000000219ab540356cBB839Cbe05303d7705Fa#analytics
https://www.stakingrewards.com/earn/ethereum-2-0
ETH issuance based on amount staked: https://docs.ethhub.io/ethereum-basics/monetary-policy/#proof-of-stake-impact
Dan Elitzer article on DETH: https://medium.com/ideo-colab/the-deth-of-ethereum-98553866e81b
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Christine Sandler, head of sales and marketing at Fidelity Digital Assets, talks about how 30 years in traditional finance and an early retirement led her to Coinbase, and, eventually, Fidelity Digital Assets. She discusses the history of Fidelity's involvement in crypto, how they became one of the first to enter the space, and what the future holds. Topics include:
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Crypto.com: https://www.crypto.com
Episode links:
Christine Sandler: https://twitter.com/shoegalnyc
Fidelity Digital Assets: https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/overview
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DigitalAssets
Christine leaves Coinbase for FDAS: https://www.coindesk.com/fidelity-poaches-coinbase-institutional-sales-head-christine-sandler
Fidelity Center for Applied Technology: https://fcatalyst.com/overview
Fidelity Digital Assets looking to become prime broker: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/daily/68920/fidelity-digital-assets-eyes-service-for-introducing-crypto-funds-to-big-investors
How the client profile has changed: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/daily/42342/the-client-profile-is-changing-fidelity-digital-assets-exec-says-new-players-are-entering-the-crypto-fold
How to Explain Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains to the Average Person
Unchained episode: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-to-explain-cryptocurrencies-and-blockchains-to-the-average-person/
Fidelity expands crypto business to Europe: https://www.coindesk.com/fidelity-to-expand-institutional-crypto-business-to-europe
Fidelity obtains New York Trust Charter: https://www.coindesk.com/fidelity-gets-a-new-york-trust-charter-to-custody-bitcoin-for-institutions
Bitcoin Index Fund: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/08/26/fidelity-president-files-for-new-bitcoin-fund/?sh=13aa335445c9
Fidelity survey of 800 institutional investors: https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/bin-public/060_www_fidelity_com/documents/FDAS/institutional-investor-study.pdf
FDAS hiring: https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/articles/engineering-hiring-initiative?ccmedia=owned&ccchannel=social&cccampaign=hiring_blog&cctactics=twitter
Kingdom Trust:
https://www.coindesk.com/fidelity-digital-assets-to-custody-bitcoin-in-kingdom-trust-retirement-accounts
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