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Dec 01, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Bitcoin is growing up in ways not imagined in Satoshi Nakamoto’s 2008 writings that gave birth to it. How will Bitcoin’s future unfold? AAX website: https://www.aax.com AAX APP: https://www.aaxlab.com/m/download Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaxexchange?s=11 Telegram (English): https://t.me/aaxcommunity Telegram (Chinese): https://t.me/aax_cn Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AAXExchange Instagram (English): https://www.instagram.com/aaxexchange/ Instagram (Chinese): https://www.instagram.com/aa...
Nov 18, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Hong Kong, 11 November 2021 – Bitcoin & Beyond, the half-day virtual summit co-hosted by AAX and Forkast.News, brought together some of the most influential voices in the crypto industry. Together, they discussed how to chart a course for a new digital economy in great depth, after experiencing a historic year for digital assets. Visionaries and innovators speaking at the virtual event discussed everything from the adoption of Bitcoin by countries, the popularity of Bitcoin versus altcoins, ...
Nov 15, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Hong Kong, 11 November 2021 – Bitcoin & Beyond, the half-day virtual summit co-hosted by AAX and Forkast.News, brought together some of the most influential voices in the crypto industry. Together, they discussed how to chart a course for a new digital economy in great depth, after experiencing a historic year for digital assets. Visionaries and innovators speaking at the virtual event discussed everything from the adoption of Bitcoin by countries, the popularity of Bitcoin versus altcoins, ...
Nov 15, 2021•12 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Hong Kong, 11 November 2021 – Bitcoin & Beyond, the half-day virtual summit co-hosted by AAX and Forkast.News, brought together some of the most influential voices in the crypto industry. Together, they discussed how to chart a course for a new digital economy in great depth, after experiencing a historic year for digital assets. Visionaries and innovators speaking at the virtual event discussed everything from the adoption of Bitcoin by countries, the popularity of Bitcoin versus altcoins, ...
Nov 15, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Hong Kong, 11 November 2021 – Bitcoin & Beyond, the half-day virtual summit co-hosted by AAX and Forkast.News, brought together some of the most influential voices in the crypto industry. Together, they discussed how to chart a course for a new digital economy in great depth, after experiencing a historic year for digital assets. Visionaries and innovators speaking at the virtual event discussed everything from the adoption of Bitcoin by countries, the popularity of Bitcoin versus altcoins, ...
Nov 15, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Hong Kong, 11 November 2021 – Bitcoin & Beyond, the half-day virtual summit co-hosted by AAX and Forkast.News, brought together some of the most influential voices in the crypto industry. Together, they discussed how to chart a course for a new digital economy in great depth, after experiencing a historic year for digital assets. Visionaries and innovators speaking at the virtual event discussed everything from the adoption of Bitcoin by countries, the popularity of Bitcoin versus altcoins, ...
Nov 15, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Hong Kong, 11 November 2021 – Bitcoin & Beyond, the half-day virtual summit co-hosted by AAX and Forkast.News, brought together some of the most influential voices in the crypto industry. Together, they discussed how to chart a course for a new digital economy in great depth, after experiencing a historic year for digital assets. Visionaries and innovators speaking at the virtual event discussed everything from the adoption of Bitcoin by countries, the popularity of Bitcoin versus altcoins, ...
Nov 15, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Hong Kong, 11 November 2021 – Bitcoin & Beyond, the half-day virtual summit co-hosted by AAX and Forkast.News, brought together some of the most influential voices in the crypto industry. Together, they discussed how to chart a course for a new digital economy in great depth, after experiencing a historic year for digital assets. Visionaries and innovators speaking at the virtual event discussed everything from the adoption of Bitcoin by countries, the popularity of Bitcoin versus altcoins, ...
Nov 15, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Hong Kong, 11 November 2021 – Bitcoin & Beyond, the half-day virtual summit co-hosted by AAX and Forkast.News, brought together some of the most influential voices in the crypto industry. Together, they discussed how to chart a course for a new digital economy in great depth, after experiencing a historic year for digital assets. Visionaries and innovators speaking at the virtual event discussed everything from the adoption of Bitcoin by countries, the popularity of Bitcoin versus altcoins, ...
Nov 15, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Hong Kong, 11 November 2021 – Bitcoin & Beyond, the half-day virtual summit co-hosted by AAX and Forkast.News, brought together some of the most influential voices in the crypto industry. Together, they discussed how to chart a course for a new digital economy in great depth, after experiencing a historic year for digital assets. Visionaries and innovators speaking at the virtual event discussed everything from the adoption of Bitcoin by countries, the popularity of Bitcoin versus altcoins, ...
Nov 15, 2021•3 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Hong Kong, 11 November 2021 – Bitcoin & Beyond, the half-day virtual summit co-hosted by AAX and Forkast.News, brought together some of the most influential voices in the crypto industry. Together, they discussed how to chart a course for a new digital economy in great depth, after experiencing a historic year for digital assets. Visionaries and innovators speaking at the virtual event discussed everything from the adoption of Bitcoin by countries, the popularity of Bitcoin versus altcoins, ...
Nov 15, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Hong Kong, 11 November 2021 – Bitcoin & Beyond, the half-day virtual summit co-hosted by AAX and Forkast.News, brought together some of the most influential voices in the crypto industry. Together, they discussed how to chart a course for a new digital economy in great depth, after experiencing a historic year for digital assets. Visionaries and innovators speaking at the virtual event discussed everything from the adoption of Bitcoin by countries, the popularity of Bitcoin versus altcoins, ...
Nov 15, 2021•3 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Hong Kong, 11 November 2021 – Bitcoin & Beyond, the half-day virtual summit co-hosted by AAX and Forkast.News, brought together some of the most influential voices in the crypto industry. Together, they discussed how to chart a course for a new digital economy in great depth, after experiencing a historic year for digital assets. Visionaries and innovators speaking at the virtual event discussed everything from the adoption of Bitcoin by countries, the popularity of Bitcoin versus altcoins, ...
Nov 15, 2021•22 min
Hong Kong, 11 November 2021 – Bitcoin & Beyond, the half-day virtual summit co-hosted by AAX and Forkast.News, brought together some of the most influential voices in the crypto industry. Together, they discussed how to chart a course for a new digital economy in great depth, after experiencing a historic year for digital assets. Visionaries and innovators speaking at the virtual event discussed everything from the adoption of Bitcoin by countries, the popularity of Bitcoin versus altcoins, ...
Nov 15, 2021•12 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Hong Kong, 11 November 2021 – Bitcoin & Beyond, the half-day virtual summit co-hosted by AAX and Forkast.News, brought together some of the most influential voices in the crypto industry. Together, they discussed how to chart a course for a new digital economy in great depth, after experiencing a historic year for digital assets. Visionaries and innovators speaking at the virtual event discussed everything from the adoption of Bitcoin by countries, the popularity of Bitcoin versus altcoins, ...
Nov 15, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Based on a recent article in The Business Times, in this video Ben explores NFTs and the prospect of these digital assets eventually moving to the Bitcoin Network. Ben Caselin is Head of Research & Strategy at AAX, the first crypto exchange to be powered by LSEG Technology. Drawing from experience in the creative arts, cultural anthropology, development work and the crypto space, Ben develops insights into Bitcoin from a technological, socio-political and philosophical perspective, to drive ...
Oct 18, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In these series, Ben Caselin takes Shudan on a light-hearted journey into crypto to learn more about different projects and ways of thinking about everything that’s happening in the crypto space. From Bitcoin to Taproot and meme coins to NFTs, this is about exploring and coming to clarity. AAX website: https://www.aax.com AAX APP: https://www.aaxlab.com/m/download Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaxexchange?s=11 Telegram (English): https://t.me/aaxcommunity Telegram (Chinese): https://t.me/aax_cn Y...
Sep 24, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this video, Ben discusses some of the contradictions and tensions crypto exchanges need to navigate, and explore the question of what it means to operate a crypto exchange in this "transitory economy". Ben Caselin is Head of Research & Strategy at AAX, the first crypto exchange to be powered by LSEG Technology. Drawing from experience in the creative arts, cultural anthropology, development work and the crypto space, Ben develops insights into Bitcoin from a technological, socio-political...
Sep 24, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In this episode, we discuss Elizabeth Warren’s recent rhetoric in her efforts to crack down on crypto and Moody’s downgrading of El Salvador’s country rating. Contrary to popular opinion, Ben Caselin makes the argument for these criticisms and attacks as propelling more growth. Ben Caselin is Head of Research & Strategy at AAX, the first crypto exchange to be powered by LSEG Technology. Drawing from experience in the creative arts, cultural anthropology, development work and the crypto space...
Aug 13, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In this episode we discuss Bitcoin and other forms of currency from a first principles perspective. What are the key features or sound money? What makes Bitcoin suitable for global use as a reserve asset and currency? Bitcoin First Principles (Gradually then Suddenly Pt2) with Parker Lewis: podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4nmb... Ben Caselin is Head of Research & Strategy at AAX, the first crypto exchange to be powered by LSEG Technology. Drawing from experience in the creative art...
Jul 24, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In today’s episode, we discuss some of the reasoning behind AAX’s newly added feature which enables users to see their balance in satoshis (SATs) as well as the platform’s coming listing of the SAT/USDT spot pair. Ben Caselin is Head of Research & Strategy at AAX, the first crypto exchange to be powered by LSEG Technology. Drawing from experience in the creative arts, cultural anthropology, development work and the crypto space, Ben develops insights into Bitcoin from a technological, socio-...
Jul 16, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this episode, we discuss the different types of ways to engage Bitcoin and the crypto markets, and how this changes our perspective on volatility. Whether you’re new to the space or a real OG, chances are you fit into one of these, or move somewhere between these categories. Ben Caselin is Head of Research & Strategy at AAX, the first crypto exchange to be powered by LSEG Technology. Drawing from experience in the creative arts, cultural anthropology, development work and the crypto space...
Jul 12, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 10
While China has banned the majority of Bitcoin miners, causing a mass hashrate migration to other more bitcoin-friendly countries, Latin America is opening up to Bitcoin as legal tender. In this video, we discuss the driving factors behind this wave of adoption which in turn may help to shed some light on the reasons as to why some countries are cracking down on the industry. Ben Caselin is Head of Research & Strategy at AAX, the first crypto exchange to be powered by LSEG Technology. Drawin...
Jun 29, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Did you know that Bitcoin has been ranked the number 1 cryptocurrency consistently since its launch? Is there a reason to believe this will change anytime soon? In this session we discuss the observation that there are now more than 10,000 cryptocurrencies, but that there are only a limited amount of use cases. Are altcoins a distraction or is Bitcoin just outdated? What are some of the great themes in crypto and where can be expected consolidation? Are Altcoins A Distraction Or Is Bitcoin Just ...
Jun 08, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this session, we make the case for hodling bitcoin, despite negativity in the media or skeptical comments by “experts” in traditional finance. We discuss the meaning of scarcity, its relevance to human society and the logical progression by which bitcoin is being adopted. Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt are powerful drivers of human behaviour, but so are Conviction, Resolve and Knowledge. Download AAX app: https://bit.ly/3exwIqb English Telegram AAX community: https://t.me/aaxcommunity Chinese Te...
May 28, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Have you ever thought about using Bitcoin for your daily transactions instead of trading? Bitcoin has come a long way, and its adoption by society remains an important subject for study and discussion in the crypto community. What’s the significance of the Lightning Network? In this video, we talk with Leo Weese who is heavily involved with the Lightning Network, for Lightning Labs. We spoke about the technology underlying Bitcoin with respect to other protocols and projects, the creation of a n...
May 21, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Many people buy Bitcoin as an investment or to diversify their portfolio, and the market and media closely follow the Bitcoin price. However, few people talk about the deeper meaning of Bitcoin and what adoption really entails. What does Bitcoin adoption mean to our society? What kind of problems could it solve? What’s driving Bitcoin’s uptake? Stay tuned as we address these questions. Bitcoin and Beyond. A Conversation Between Peers. This week on May 12th, Wednesdays at 9 p.m. (HKT). Download A...
May 10, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 5
NFTs blew up earlier this year charting record high sales at prestigious auction houses. Public figures like Elon Musk and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey are making and selling their NFTs. In this video, we talk with Yix Chen, Brand Manager at AAX. We explore NFTs and go deep to discuss how they form our digital identities. Are NFTs a game for the elite, or are they broadening the entry for everyone? Bitcoin and Beyond. A Conversation Between Peers. Next week on May 12th, Wednesdays at 9 p.m. (HKT). Do...
May 06, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Compared to the 2017 bull market, there are more institutional investors that have joined the Bitcoin rally, pushing the price to skyrocket to as high as USD$64,804.72. As Bitcoin is getting more mature, payment platforms like Visa, Square, PayPal etc are looking into ways to allow their customers to use Bitcoin for payments. It is likely that this is the beginning of cryptocurrencies’ mainstream adoption. Are we getting close to the point where we can use crypto in our daily life? What will it ...
May 04, 2021•5 min•Season 1Ep. 3
