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Aug 2019
53m 16s

SLP95 Aleks Svetski - Clashing Visions

STEPHAN LIVERA
About this episode

Aleks Svetski (CEO and co-founder Amber) rejoins me in this episode to talk about the clash of visions:

  • Trading or HODLing 
  • Buying with a lump sum or DCA - Dollar Cost Averaging
  • Mindsets around DCA
  • Libra vs USD vs Bitcoin
  • Belief systems

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