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Oct 9, 2019 4 hr 29 min

Bitcoin Skepticism with Greg Thomson

from Magic Internet Money Hosted by Keegan Francis

In this episode of Magic Internet Money, host Brad Mills discusses guest Ivan Brightly’s time being partnered with Galaxy Digital. Galaxy began as a hedge fund that has since shifted its scope to become the “Goldman-Sachs of Crypto”. Ivan discusses his experience with the company before his departure in January. The pair discuss the impact that ETFs are having and may continue to have on cryptocurrency markets. In addition to that impact, ETFs have the potential to bring centralization to the market. Brad and Ivan debate about Coinbase being anti-bitcoin and whether or not it remains true to libertarian philosophies. Finally, the two share their lessons learned over the past few cycles and share their crypto portfolio experiences. Time Stamps 4:20 – “Saylorization” of the investment class and cipherpunk values 10:20 – The Risk of government intervention 22:53 – Importance of ETF 38:20 – Options about GBTC/QBTC 57:30 – Lessons learned over past cycles Mentions from the Show Galaxy Digital Mike Novogratz Ben Hunt’s podcast, Epsilon Theory Michael Saylor Chaincode and Blockstream developer tools Bitcoin ETFs Coinbase Find Ivan Brightly at: Ivan Brightly twitter Find Brad Mills at: Brad Mills Twitter Magic Internet Money Twitter Magic Internet Money Facebook Magic Internet Money Instagram

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