In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Will Reeves the CEO of Fold App, about how he is helping people get their very first Bitcoin without having to go through the struggle of purchasing it from an exchange. The Fold app gives people Bitcoin-back for purchasing gift cards to places they already go anyway and is literally the easiest way for anyone to get started in crypto that we’ve seen so far. Sponsored link: https://www.etoro.com/crypto101 https://cog.networ...
Jun 24, 2020•36 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we talked with Brian Wong from BTSE about the inner workings of building a crypto exchange. BTSE is focused on integrating the most cutting edge Bitcoin technology like Liquid and Lightning Network. It also has a few unique things no other exchange has, such as multi-currency spot ordering. This means you have a single order book which aggregates all the bids and offers from each fiat currency. It makes markets far more efficient, but is no...
Jun 18, 2020•29 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we meet with David Sinjin Jung, founder of International Blockchain Monetary Reserve (IBMR), built on Algorand. We take a look at the collapsing financial system and what’s really happening, banking the unbanked, social equality, asset-backed cryptos, and the new smart contract platform called Algorand. We also compare and contrast IBMR to Facebook’s ambitious Libra project. Sponsored link: https://crypto101podcast.com/etoro Guest Links: ht...
Jun 10, 2020•51 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we talked to Cory Klippsten about the easiest way to make recurring purchases of Bitcoin, called Swan Bitcoin. Cory is a leading Bitcoin maximalist who is also one of the many people behind GiveBitcoin.io. He had some very interesting things to say about money and the current situation the world is facing today. Sponsored link: https://www.etoro.com/crypto101 Guest Links: https://twitter.com/coryklippsten Show Links: https://CRYPTO101podcas...
Jun 03, 2020•38 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we speak with Dave Weisberger of Coinroutes. He is a former VP at Morgan Stanley, and former Managing Director at Citigroup. Coinroutes is a run by a genius father-son duo, and has the hallmarks of an unstoppable company in crypto. We discuss the total addressable market of crypto, and all the problems which plague traditional markets. Lastly, we discuss market structure, price action, and what we suspect went wrong with the Bitmex liquidat...
May 28, 2020•52 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Dan Doney the CEO of Securrency. Dan has experience working with the US Defense Intelligence Agency and holds a degree from MIT. He shares so very cool insights about working with the government, as he is now working in the private sector. We talked about a term which is rising in popularity: “RegTech”. A lot of the conversation centers around the idea of two systems (regulated and unregulated) co-existing in crypto, and Da...
May 21, 2020•51 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we welcome our very first guest from Finland on the show, Sven Martinsson of Valega Chain. Valega chain performs on-chain analytics and gives governments and agencies some very unique insight. It’s like X-ray vision into how cryptocurrencies are moving around between users and exchanges. We got his perspective on blockchain’s elements of privacy vs transparency, some new EU laws that went into effect, and what we should be looking for in Fi...
May 19, 2020•29 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Jack Tao, the CEO of Phemex. We learned a lot about derivatives, why they play a part of healthy markets for assets, and what some of the derivative-specific terms mean. We also got some insight in how crypto is affected by macroeconomic conditions and a whole lot more! Don’t miss this one. Sponsored link: https://etoro.com/crypto101 https://cog.network Guest Links: https://phemex.com https://twitter.com/Phemex_official Sho...
May 14, 2020•34 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we talk to the founder of IOTA about one of the coolest projects in the crypto space. We talk a lot about the future of automation and the future that is upon us, built around a machine-to-machine economy. The dominating news is their wallet was hacked, and David reimbursed roughly two million dollars worth of stolen tokens out of his own pocket! This signifies a huge change in philosophy in crypto, when stolen funds used to be met with a s...
May 08, 2020•48 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Joshua Frank, the CEO of TheTie and Sacha Ghebali, a market analyst for Kaiko. Josh and Sacha worked hard on a quarterly report for eToro and we discussed their findings in both market and sentiment data. The link to their full report can be found here: https://www.etoro.com/en-us/crypto/quarterly-report/ Sponsored link: https://www.etoro.com/crypto101 eToro USA LLC; Investments are subject to market risk, including the pos...
May 05, 2020•1 hr 1 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Ami Ben David, the CEO of Ownera.io which is creating institutional-grade tokenization solutions. We discuss the entire tech stack that undergirds security tokens. He shared with us the differences between cryptocurrency and digital securities, as well as the advantages of tokenizing stock and fractionalizing ownership of real estate. Sponsored link: https://www.etoro.com/crypto101 https://cog.network Guest Links: https://o...
May 01, 2020•42 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Will Martino the founder of Kadena, about his experience working at JP Morgan and the SEC, as well as what problems he is trying to solve at Kadena. In production since 2016, Kadena is finally ready to hit the spotlight, and Will tells us about Web 3.0, interoperability, and their proprietary smart contract language Pact. Sponsored link: https://www.etoro.com/crypto101 https://cog.network Guest Links: https://kadena.io http...
Apr 27, 2020•44 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Harry Halpin from Nym Technologies. Harry is one of the original “cypherpunks” who interacted with Satoshi Nakamoto in the early days. Harry shares some personal stories about his philosophy behind why he is involved in privacy preserving technologies, and cryptocurrencies. We also unpack the anti-encryption bill trying to be snuck in called the EARN IT bill, which tries to take away some fundamental human rights. Lastly, w...
Apr 21, 2020•50 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we meet with Muneeb Ali, founder and CEO of Blockstack-- a user-owned internet leveraging Bitcoin’s security! Blockstack is a decentralized computing platform that app developers can use in lieu of AWS, Ethereum, or EOS. We discuss the future of decentralized networks, privacy, and interoperability. Sponsored link: https://crypto101podcast.com/etoro Guest Links: https://blockstack.org https://twitter.com/blockstack https://twitter.com/munee...
Apr 17, 2020•42 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Alex Grodnik of Wall Street Oasis’ “Moving Up” Podcast. Alex shares with us a very candid look inside the life and mind of an investment banker. He shares how he found more joy eventually through building his own businesses, and living a life built on the premise of Rejection Therapy-- not taking “no” for an answer. Sponsored link: https://etoro.com/crypto101 Guest Links: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moving-up/id12...
Apr 14, 2020•27 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Sergey Nazarov, founder of Chainlink. Chainlink has had a very impressive and successful past couple years inking a very cool partnership with Google Cloud, amongst several others. We break down what a future running on irreversible, autonomous, machine-to machine value transfers really looks like. We dive into how that new reality will affect industries such as insurance, capital markets, gaming, and more. Sponsored link: ...
Apr 06, 2020•46 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Pankaj Balani, CEO and founder of Delta Exchange. We speak at length about the profound effects of COVID-19 on the economy, how we should expect to see crypto evolve during a recession, general trading ideas, volatility, derivatives, the future of crypto in India, and so much more. Sponsored link: https://etoro.com/crypto101 Guest Links: https://www.delta.exchange/ https://twitter.com/Delta_Exchange https://twitter.com/bala...
Apr 02, 2020•51 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Emre Tekisalp of Coda, the world’s smallest blockchain. This was one of our more technical conversations, where we learned a lot about Zero Knowledge Proofs and the Ouroboros consensus mechanism that several blockchains use to secure their transactions. Sponsored link: https://etoro.com/crypto101 https://cog.network Guest Links: https://codaprotocol.com/ https://twitter.com/codaprotocol https://t.me/codaprotocol Show Links:...
Mar 26, 2020•41 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Tal Kol, co-founder of Orbs. We talk about the decentralized Web 3.0 stack and what the internet of the future really looks like. We also take a good look at the necessary improvements needed to the user experience in order to bring mass adoption to crypto. Sponsored link: https://etoro.com/crypto101 Guest Links: https://orbs.com https://twitter.com/orbs_network https://twitter.com/koltal Show Links: https://CRYPTO101podcas...
Mar 23, 2020•34 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we talk with Jon Rice, the new managing editor of CoinTelegraph, about blockchain and media, and what kind of stories to expect in CoinTelegraph Magazine. We look at the ethics of journalism in crypto, how stories get so skewed sometimes, and the most exciting story Jon has ever reported on. Sponsored link: http://etoro.com/crypto101 Guest Links: https://magazine.cointelegraph.com https://twitter.com/JonRiceCrypto Show Links: https://CRYPTO...
Mar 19, 2020•33 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we speak with Jesus Rodriguez, CEO and founder of Into the Block (ITB). We discuss how his team is giving the average investor hedge fund level tools to make big profits. ITB is applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyze the blockchain and make buy and sell signals. Their platform is only a few bucks a month, and gives you detailed order book depth, twitter sentiment analysis, support and resistance levels, and much mo...
Mar 16, 2020•35 min
What’s burning, CryptNation? In The Weekly Fire, Bryce and PizzaMind recap the most important events of the week, and give you a piece of their mind. As always, we cover this week’s hottest topics, crypto’s most burning questions, and get into some heated debates. Recurring Show Segments: “Hot or Not”, “Smoke and Mirrors”, “Fire Tweets”, and “Scorched Earth”. “Hot or Not” is a quick look at the biggest winners and losers from last week. “Smoke and Mirrors” spurs debate between PizzaMind and Bryc...
Mar 12, 2020•37 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we speak with Alex Wang of Ember Fund, which is revolutionizing investing for the everyday consumer. With a deep background in artificial intelligence, mathematics, and computer science, Alex shares secrets about how he outperforms the market. He also discusses how you can reap those benefits by becoming a part of Ember Fund, a decentralized hedge fund. Sponsored link: http://etoro.com/crypto101 Guest Links: https://www.emberfund.io/ https:...
Mar 09, 2020•32 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we talked with Kristy-Leigh Minehan (otherwise known as OhGodAGirl on Twitter). She enlightened us about the earliest days of Bitcoin mining and gave us the inside track on how crypto mining operates today. We talk about some of the largest enterprise mining operations from former Paypal executives, Bitcoin’s former halvings, and expectations for this year’s halving. Sponsored link: http://etoro.com/crypto101 Guest Links: https://twitter.co...
Mar 05, 2020•48 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we talked with Lisa Butters of Honeywell, a Fortune 100 company. The 77th largest company in America by market cap, we discuss Honeywell’s blockchain strategy and the impact it will have on supply chain. We take a look at how Honeywell is revolutionizing a business-to-business industry with their online crypto marketplace. We talk about how the largest companies in America view cryptocurrency and blockchain, in order to provide uniform and ...
Mar 02, 2020•36 min
What’s burning, CryptNation? In The Weekly Fire, Bryce and PizzaMind recap the most important events of the week, and give you a piece of their mind. As always, we cover this week’s hottest topics, crypto’s most burning questions, and get into some heated debates. Recurring Show Segments: “Hot or Not”, “Smoke and Mirrors”, “Fire Tweets”, and “Scorched Earth”. “Hot or Not” is a quick look at the biggest winners and losers from last week. “Smoke and Mirrors” spurs debate between PizzaMind and Bryc...
Feb 27, 2020•50 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sit down with Dr. Steven “7” Waterhouse who is CEO and co-founder of Orchid, as well as former partner and CTO of Pantera Capital-- one of cryptos leading investment funds. In this episode, we learn that the most cited researcher in the legendary Bitcoin Whitepaper now works with Orchid. We focus our conversation specifically around current problems and dangers inherent in current internet infrastructure, and how blockchain is the novel ...
Feb 24, 2020•46 min
What’s burning, CryptNation? In The Weekly Fire, Bryce and PizzaMind recap the most important events of the week, and give you a piece of their mind. As always, we cover this week’s hottest topics, crypto’s most burning questions, and get into some heated debates. Recurring Show Segments: “Hot or Not”, “Smoke and Mirrors”, “Fire Tweets”, and “Scorched Earth”. “Hot or Not” is a quick look at the biggest winners and losers from last week. “Smoke and Mirrors” spurs debate between PizzaMind and Bryc...
Feb 21, 2020•43 min
In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sit down with Simon Yu, CEO and Founder of StormX, enabling users to earn crypto anywhere, anytime, from any device! Built on the back of blockchain technology, Storm’s gamified microtask platform creates opportunities for people around the world to earn cryptocurrency rewards. Sponsored link: http://etoro.com/crypto101 Guest Links: https://stormx.io/ https://twitter.com/stormplayapp Show Links: https://CRYPTO101podcast.com https://www.c...
Feb 17, 2020•30 min
What’s burning, CryptNation? In The Weekly Fire, Bryce and PizzaMind recap the most important events of the week, and give you a piece of their mind. As always, we cover this week’s hottest topics, crypto’s most burning questions, and get into some heated debates. Recurring Show Segments: “Hot or Not”, “Smoke and Mirrors”, “Fire Tweets”, and “Scorched Earth”. “Hot or Not” is a quick look at the biggest winners and losers from last week. “Smoke and Mirrors” spurs debate between PizzaMind and Bryc...
Feb 13, 2020•39 min
