In this episode, we talk through emerging market currency crises, and his new 5 part article series on Bitcoin as Ultimate Asset. We contrast differing monetary views, why it doesn't make sense to spend bitcoin right now, Medium of Exchange vs Method of Payment, and fallacies of 'Medium of Exchange only' cryptocurrencies.
Oct 5
Smarter Web's Capital Structure and MORE Preferred | Andrew Webley SLP780
Andrew Webley walks through Smarter Web's capital structure—ordinary shares as growth equity, a repaid short convert, Coinbase credit, and MORE as the income preferred.Webley is CEO of The Smarter Web Company (LSE: SWC), the UK's largest publicly traded Bitcoin treasury. He trace ... Show More
44m 39s
Oct 1
Why Bitkey Ditched Seed Phrases | Clay Garrett SLP778
Bitkey ditched seed phrases for a recovery-focused 2-of-3 design: an app key, hardware key, and Block server key that use phones, hardware, and cloud access to help people retain control of their funds.Clay Garrett, Bitkey lead at Block, joins Stephan Livera to explain the design ... Show More
59m 48s
Apr 2018
Buy or Sell, What the Hell #25: Building a Crypto Portfolio
In this episode of Buy or Sell, JJ, Alec, and Dee blatantly outvote that BTC is better than Gold...but we're biased. We also go into how we've positioned ourselves in this market, how we build our crypto portfolios. We also touch on how to secure yourself in this crypto world. If ... Show More
45m 8s
Nov 2021
88. Is bitcoin good money? A debate with Paul Frijters
<p>In this episode Saifedean invites back Professor Paul Frijters of the London School of Economics to debate whether bitcoin is a good form of money. Saifedean makes the case for money as a market phenomenon, and argues that bitcoin has the scarcity, divisibility, fungibility an ... Show More
2h 11m
Dec 2020
21. Central Bank Digital Currencies, the Small Reset, and was Hayek a shitcoiner?
<p>In today’s seminar we discuss Central Bank Digital Currencies and what they mean for Bitcoin. What are the likely contours of a new global monetary system, in the wake of the global economic crises? Finally we examine Hayek’s proposal for competing currencies and whether it ma ... Show More
1h 36m