Josh Rosenthal joins us to discuss how crypto will unleash new business models, applications and markets! Josh is a historian, investor, founder and one of the most interesting people I know. In this episode, we discuss crypto's key unlock, scarcity vs abundance, history's revolutionary technologies, crypto tribalism, the bidirectional door between the physical and digital world, DePIN, how to embrace change and more!

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(00:00) Introduction

(00:54) Setting the Scene: Who Is Josh Rosenthal?

(13:33) When Generative Tech Meets New Capital Formation

(44:10) Access Protocol Ad

(45:12) DAS London Plug

(46:09) Crypto Tribalism, Maximalism and Identity

(56:33) The Interplay of the Digital and Physical World

(01:06:17) The Crypto Revolution

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Resources

6ixth Event

https://www.go6ixthevent.com/

The Crypto Renaissance (Bankless with Josh Rosenthal)

https://spoti.fi/47sxAEo

A Historian's Take on the Bear Market (Empire with Josh Rosenthal)

https://spoti.fi/3tUuGKZ

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