Borderless Crypto

Dear listeners, in this episode, we meet, Jürgen Michels, the Chief Economist of the German BayernLB bank. The bank research team recently published a model that suggests the price of BTC to reach $90K after the halving in 2020. This estimation comes not from some random person, but from a state-owned German Bank. The moment I read the paper I instantly reached out to Jürgen and here he is on the Borderless Crypto. Some of the topics we cover include: What is the difference between hard and easy money? How do the USD, EUR, Gold and Bitcoin compare in terms of hardness? The stock-to-flow model as a tool for estimating the future price of bitcoin. The central bankers’ view on Bitcoin. Why is BTC a better store of value than GOLD?

Dear listeners, in this episode, we meet, Jürgen Michels, the Chief Economist of the German BayernLB bank. The bank research team recently published a model that suggests the price of BTC to reach $90K after the halving in 2020. This estimation comes not from some random person, but from a state-owned German Bank. The moment I read the paper I instantly reached out to Jürgen and here he is on the Borderless Crypto. Some of the topics we cover include: What is the difference between hard and easy money? How do the USD, EUR, Gold and Bitcoin compare in terms of hardness? The stock-to-flow model as a tool for estimating the future price of bitcoin. The central bankers’ view on Bitcoin. Why is BTC a better store of value than GOLD?

This is an insightful conversation with Matt Houghan, the head of research at Bitwise Asset Management. Bitwise is the first provider of cryptoasset index funds. In my view, these are very important tools for the growth of crypto’s market cap as they allow accredited and institutional investors to easily enter the crypto asset investment class. Before entering crypto, Matt was the CEO of ETF.com, where he created the first-ever ETF data analytics system. He is also the person behind the biggest ETF conference and the biggest ETF website. Matt and I discuss the history of gold along with the recent introduction of tokenized gold coins. Matt goes on to explain why he doesn’t hold gold in his personal portfolio but instead he does hold bitcoin and other crypto assets. He further outlines the characteristics which make Bitcoin an emerging store of value and he draws some absolutely fascinating similarities between the history of gold and the history of bitcoin.

Hello borderless friends. I am especially thrilled to be publishing this interview with the fascinating Sam Bankman-Fried. While studying physics at MIT Sam came across effective altruism - this is a research field that finds the most promising solutions to the world's pressing problems. Sam decided that he can have the biggest impact in solving these problems by making money as a trader and donating it to important causes. In 2017, he launched Alameda research to address the liquidity problems he saw in the growing crypto industry. Two years later, his team is trading an average of $1B a day across crypto markets, they are among the top 3 most profitable traders on BitMex, having realized profits exceeding $50M. The team has already donated $4M to save human lives, prevent animal suffering, and research AI. I believe Sam, Alameda, and their new exchange FTX are just getting started. I loved this talk and I hope you love it as well.

This time I am meeting Ivan Gowan, who is the founder and CEO of Currency.com. This is the first regulated tokenized securities exchange which allows crypto holders to get price exposure to more than 1000 securities such as Apple, Facebook, and Telsa stock, governmental bonds, and industry indices like the S&P500 and the DAX. Ivan explains in detail how Currency.com work, why the company based its operations in Belarus, what are its most sought investment products, why they are determined to move to a completely decentralized trading engine and much more. It was a pleasure having this conversation and I hope you enjoy it as well. Ivan’s Contact: Ivan’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/IvanGowan Currency.com’s website - https://currency.com/ Currency.com’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/CurrencyCom

This crypto shot features Clay Collins, the founder and CEO of Nomics. I did a 70-min interview with Clay in episode 5 of the podcast. In this crypto shot I have selected some of my favorite highlights from my chat with Clay. This episode covers: How exchanges create fake volumes out of thin air. What makes Nomics different from other pricing trackers and API providers. Why Nomics classifies crypto assets as actively traded, inactive and deadcoins. And we finish off with some valuable insights from Clay on building a successful company. Clay’s Webinar (must watch if you trade and care about liquidity) Crypto Market Data 101: Fake Volume, Exchange Spam, and How The Seedy Market Data Underworld Actually Works – https://webinar.nomics.com

In this episode, I am talking to Preethi Kasireddy, the founder of TruStory - the only place on the internet where you can have truly constructive debates on crypto topics. This is a place where you go to not to argue and prove how smart you are, but to genuinely look for the truth or at least all sides of a particular story. What’s more, you can make money by debating on the platform. Preethi is a fascinating builder. After studying engineering and working 100 hrs/week at Goldman Sachs, she joined the leading VC firm a16z only to realize that she wants to become a founder herself. This made her drop the dream a16z job in order to learn how to code. After a brief experience as a software engineer in Coinbase, she went on to start TruStory with the mission to bring meaningful debates back into society. Preethi’s Contact TruStory website – https://www.trustory.io/ Terra twitter – https://twitter.com/isTruStory Preethi’s twitter – https://twitter.com/iam_preethi

In this episode, I meet Daniel Shin, the co-founder of Terra - a fascinating stablecoin and payments network, backed by some of the biggest crypto VC funds. Terra is unlike any other stablecoin. They are not about trading. They are about spending in the real world. In this talk you will learn: How you can save up to 10% on online purchases with Terra? How Terra achieves stability, without being backed by real-world assets. How Terra is better than Facebook’s Libra. How you will be able to get a high-yield interest with Terra on Nexo’s interest-earning account. Daniel’s Contact: Terra website - https://terra.money/ Terra twitter - https://twitter.com/terra_money Daniels’ twitter - https://twitter.com/hyunsung1112

This crypto shot features Daniel Shin, the co-founder of the Terra stablecoin and payments network, who explains how Terra compares to Facebook’s Libra, and what gives Terra a powerful advantage over Libra. Daniel's Contact: Terra website - https://terra.money/ Terra twitter - https://twitter.com/terra_money Daniels’ twitter - https://twitter.com/hyunsung1112

This crypto shot features Daniel Shin, the co-founder of the Terra stablecoin and payments network, who explains why all e-commerce platforms are super enthusiastic to start accepting payments in Terra. Daniel’s Contact: Terra website - https://terra.money/ Terra twitter - https://twitter.com/terra_money Daniels’ twitter - https://twitter.com/hyunsung1112

This crypto shot features Daniel Shin, the co-founder of the Terra stablecoin and payments network, who explains what makes Terra fundamentally different from all established stablecoins. Daniel's Contact: Terra website - https://terra.money/ Terra twitter - https://twitter.com/terra_money Daniels’ twitter - https://twitter.com/hyunsung1112

Today I have a very special guest. Nathaniel Whittemore - the master of crypto narratives. He is a renowned marketer, thought leader, and curator in the cryptocurrency space. He is most famous for his Long Read Sunday twitter threads, where every week he builds an engaging story off of the major news and opinions the crypto community is most excited about. This talk consists of 3 distinct parts. Think of them as 3 crypto shots. You can listen to all of them at once. Or you can listen to just 1 or 2 shots, which cover the topics you are most interested in. Each of these crypto shots is available as a separate episode on the playlist of the Borderless Crypto podcast. Shot number 1 - What is narrative marketing? Why companies must have it as a foundational layer of all their marketing and communication activities? What are some prime examples of crypto business utilizing narrative marketing? And how Nathaniel can help you build your company narrative. Shot number 2 -  Do we need decentralized social media? What keeps us attached to the centralized Facebook, Twitter and what is the key ingredient that could make us switch to a decentralized alternative? This shot presents an absolutely brilliant analysis of the lifecycle of a social media from Nathaniel. Shot number 3 - is about your privacy. Today, for the most part, you don’t have privacy. Google and Facebook probably know more about you than you know about yourself. But that might change as Apple recently started to care, respect and fight for your privacy. Nathaniel analyzes why Apple’s move may be the catalyst to make you a sovereign of your data. Lastly, Nathaniel shares who are the two types of investors he thinks will benefit the most from Bitcoin’s growth. Nathaniel's Contact: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nlw Website - http://whittemore.io/ Long Reads Sunday - Weekly Newsletter - https://www.getrevue.co/profile/nlw

This is the Borderless Crypto podcast. Hello there, this is George and I am excited to share that apart from my long-form interviews, I am starting the Borderless Crypto Shots. These are select excerpts from my regular talks, which give you a concentrated chunk of information on a specific topic in 5-10 or 20 minutes maximum. ?his crypto short features Nathaniel Whittemore, the author of the popular crypto newsletter Long Reads Sunday, with whom we discuss privacy. Today, for the most part, you don’t have privacy. Google and Facebook probably know more about you than you know about yourself. But that might change as Apple recently started to care, respect and fight for your privacy. Nathaniel analyzes why Apple’s move may be the catalyst to make you a sovereign of your data.

This is the Borderless Crypto podcast. Hello there, this is George and I am excited to share that apart from my long-form interviews, I am starting the Borderless Crypto Shots. These are select excerpts from my regular talks, which give you a concentrated chunk of information on a specific topic in 5-10 or 20 minutes maximum. ?his crypto short features Nathaniel Whittemore, the author of the popular crypto newsletter Long Reads Sunday, with whom discuss decentralized social media. What keeps us attached to the centralized Facebook, Twitter and what is the key ingredient that could make us switch to a decentralized alternative? This shot presents an absolutely brilliant analysis from Nathaniel.

This is the Borderless Crypto podcast. Hello there, this is George and I am excited to share that apart from my long-form interviews, I am starting the Borderless Crypto Shots. These are select excerpts from my regular talks, which give you a concentrated chunk of information on a specific topic in 5-10 or 20 minutes maximum. ?his crypto short features Nathaniel Whittemore, the author of the popular crypto newsletter Long Reads Sunday. In the coming 20 minutes, Nathaniel and I cover - What is narrative marketing? Why companies must employ it as a foundational layer of all their marketing and communication activities? What are some prime examples of crypto business utilizing narrative marketing? And how Nathaniel can help you build your company narrative.

Today I am talking to Bill Ottman, the founder, and CEO of Minds.com - the social media platform, which unlike Facebook, Twitter, Instagram is 100% open source - meaning their software code is completely public. That’s right anyone can read their code and see what data Minds gathers and how they use it. What’s more, Minds.com leverages the blockchain with its ERC-20 token which users earn by contributing to the platform and they can spend to promote their content on the platform. Among many other things Bill shares first - what sets Minds.com apart from existing social media giants, second - he gives us a recipe on how to build your profile and grow your followers on Minds.com so that you get way more engagement than what you are getting on FB, Twitter, etc…., third - Bill provides us with a list of open-source products, which fully respect your rights and do not sell your user data. Minds and Bill’s Contact: Bill - https://www.minds.com/ottman Minds - https://www.minds.com/ Minds on Twitter - https://twitter.com/minds   Bill recommends: Open source alternatives to closed-source products - www.prism-break.org

In this episode, I meet Nathan Worsley - the Chief Technical Officer at LocalCoinSwap - a P2P cryptocurrency exchange, allowing anyone globally to buy and sell crypto assets directly with each other securely, completely privately, without any KYC using over 250 different payment methods. This is yet another project that is removing financial borders and therefore I had to feature them on the Borderless Crypto podcast. Even if you are in countries which ban crypto, like Venezuela for example, with the LocalCoinSwap platform you can still buy Bitcoin, Ether, Stablecoins and escape your local reality. In this talk, Nathan shares his story of entering crypto in 2011, how he traded crypto in the early days, how he and his team raised a $12M ICO and everything around LocalCoinSwap and its company challenges. Nathan also shares his investment philosophy, which stands out from what most investors in the space do. LocalCoinSwap and Nathan’s Contact: https://localcoinswap.com/en/ Nathan - https://twitter.com/NathanWorsley_ LCS - https://twitter.com/Localcoinswap_ Evangelists who converted Nathan into crypto: Satoshi Nakamoto & his Bitcoin White Paper Nathan also learned a lot from Gavin Anderson (@gavinandresen) Nathan recommends reading and following: Bitcoin subreddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/ BTC subreddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/ Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum - https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin Riccardo Spagni, Project Lead at Monero - https://twitter.com/fluffypony

This time I meet Clay Collins, the CEO of Nomics, a data company delivering professional-grade market data APIs. This may sound boring, but you will be surprised how truly intriguing and entertaining this talk gets. We cover what Nomics does and how it sets the solid data foundations for the crypto industry to grow. Clay and I also talk extensively about trading volumes, fake trading volumes, and how Nomics fosters the adoption of best practices by crypto exchanges with its recently launched “Exchanges Transparency Ratings.” Clay also compares Nomics to CoinMarketCap, CryptoCompare, OnchainFX, and others. Last but not least, we discuss Clay’s extremely successful podcast, his 4AM morning routine, and his expectations of how Bitcoin will overtake the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency. This was one of the most educational and at the same time entertaining interviews I have done. I hope you find this conversation useful and enjoyable just like it was for me. Other resources mentioned in the podcast: The Bitwise report “The Real Bitcoin Market” – https://twitter.com/BitwiseInvest/status/1109114656944209921 The CoVenture report “Cryptocurrency Liquidity” – https://medium.com/@coventureresearch/exchange-liquidity-analysis-b27260d0bbd8 What Nomics is doing to promote best practices among exchanges. Nomics, Flippening and Clays’s Contact: https://nomics.com The Flippening (Clay’s Podcast) – https://p.nomics.com/podcast/ Clay – https://twitter.com/ClayCollins Nomics – https://twitter.com/nomicsfinance

This time I present you Hart Lambur, the CEO and founder of Universal Market Access, also known as UMA. UMA recently took over crypto media with the announcement of the USStocks token, which allows anyone with access to the internet to participate in the US stock market. The fact that UMA breaks literally all financial borders made it absolutely necessary for me to have them on the podcast. While the project is still in its early days, its potential is hard to understate. UMA is building the infrastructure that will allow even people in the lowest income bracket to build a diverse investment portfolio or to get exposure to assets that are today accessible only to large institutional investors. This conversation was super interesting for me. Hart is an extremely intelligent person on a mission to break financial borders. He helped me learn what financial derivatives are, how you can benefit from the price increase of an asset, without actually owning that asset, and how transparent financial derivatives built on UMA will positively affect the financial world. I hope you enjoy this talk, just like I did.

If you google about “trading altcoins” the top result you will find is Nik Patel and his “Altcoin Trader’s Handbook”, an extremely practical and at the same time entertaining guide on how to analyze, trade, and profit from altcoins. Half-way through reading Nik’s book, I knew I wanted to interview him. He has seen it all - from generating 43X returns to losing all of his capital. In this talk, we cover: Dogecoin, which initially got Nik into crypto. We analyze why the Dogecoin still exists, and why it will continue to exist even without the recent promotion it received from Elon Musk. We then move to discuss how one can trade altcoins in a profitable way as a side hustle alongside your day job or how you can make altcoin trading your full-time job. Nik makes an in-depth analysis of the price of bitcoin and altcoins, the dependencies between those and his price action expectations. Last but not least, Nik shares his rationale as to why even the world’s wealthiest cannot destroy bitcoin. This conversation was truly intriguing for me, which is why this episode ended up being a little longer than ones I previously did. But trust me, every minute of listening is totally worth it. Nik’s Contact: Nik’s weekly market analyses and coin reports (which are also featured on Binance Info) - https://www.altcointradershandbook.com   Nik Patel - https://twitter.com/cointradernik   Evangelists who converted Nik into crypto: Getting tipped with Dogecoin Andreas M. Antonopoulos - https://twitter.com/aantonop   Leaders Nik continues to learn from: https://twitter.com/notsofast   Other resources mentioned in the podcast: Nik’s long Twitter thread about the crypto market from March 12, 2019 - https://twitter.com/cointradernik/status/1105426760492036096 Nik’s visual analysis of coin charts https://www.altcointradershandbook.com/the-precedence-of-price/ The go-to-platform for the market capitalization of cryptocurrencies https://coinmarketcap.com  Feel free to message me, George, on Twitter @borderlessBTC.