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Blockchain technology is about to transform every trust-based interaction of our lives, from financial services to identity, from health care to our Internet of Things devices. In this podcast, host Laura Shin talks with industry pioneers across tech, financial services, health care, government and other sectors about how the blockchain and cryptocurrency will open up new opportunities for incumbents, startups and everyday people to interact more efficiently, directly and globally.

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Why Bitcoin Now: Michael Saylor on the Best Way for Companies to Buy Bitcoin - Ep.209

Jan 26, 2021

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: 

  • why Microstrategy decided to buy Bitcoin, and how the pandemic spurred that
  • whether his previous experience...

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The SEC's Lawsuit Against Ripple and 2 Execs: What You Need to Know - Ep.208

Jan 19, 2021

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:

  • what was so "egregious" that the SEC went after two executives, Chris Larsen and Brad Garlinghouse,...

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Willy Woo: How Bitcoin Reaches up to $300,000 by End of Year - Ep.207

Jan 12, 2021

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: 

  • why he thinks Bitcoin has more than doubled in the last month
  • what the "double pump" market is and why Bitcoin may see...

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Central Bank Digital Currencies: How Should Privacy Be Built In? - Ep.206

Jan 5, 2021

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,...

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