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POV Crypto Podcast: Your Crypto Echo-Chamber Dies Here.

Industry insiders David Hoffman and Christian Keroles, explore the markets, news, and interesting topics in cryptocurrency. POV Crypto offers listeners a diverse range of perspective from their experience living this brave new blockchain world. Please follow the show on Twitter @POVCryptopod David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @trustless_state Christian Keroles on Twitter @reallife_ck
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Episodes

BTC VS ETH in a BULL on Twitter Spaces.

CK and David are back from a long break to discuss BTC and ETH on the verge of another crazy bull market. This is a recording of a conversation over Twitter spaces on the night of November 10th.

Nov 12, 20211 hr 21 min

The Physical and The Digital Collide - POV Crypto

Join CK and David Hoffman as they meet for a rare in person POV Crypto. For this episode, we catch you up on the recent action that has happened in the Bitcoin and Crypto space. Topics: Physical vs Digital El Salvador MSTR bought more Price is down More Energy Fud BTC v ETH upgrading differences.

Jun 14, 202144 min

What is Sound Money - Fight Night

CK and David discuss Bitcoin, Ethereum and what makes sound money Follow David @TrustlessState Follow ck @ck_SNARKs

Apr 12, 202157 min

The World is Waking up to the Power of Crypto

CK and David discuss how BTC, NFTs, and DeFi are opening up to a more and more general audience. We discuss What a Bitcoin future will look like and Debate whether Ethereum can compete with bitcoin as de-facto future money.

Mar 02, 202127 min

Laser-Eyes, NFTs, and Crypto-Religions

David and Christian meet to discuss some of the recent social dynamics in the crypto-communities. Christian offers the Bitcoiner take on NFTs. David discusses how laser eyes are bullish. David makes the claim that the people that make up a community are critically important. Christian claims that Bitcoin just is, and is independent from people.

Feb 24, 202141 min

Chaos and Fragility

This week for POV Crypto Ck and David discuss last week's crazy markets around GME and the fall out. We discuss Where bitcoin Ethereum and other open source tools fit into the new paradigm. David closes out with giving his DeFi token moonshots. Enjoy this deep and nuanced conversation of POV Crypto. Follow POV on Tiwtter @POVCryptoPod Follow David Hoffman @TrustlessState Follow ck @ck_SNARKs

Feb 02, 20211 hr 8 min

Bull Market Mentality

David and ck discuss how to think and approach the bull market, Debate energy usage and PoW, Debate Pos, Discuss defi tokens.

Jan 29, 20211 hr 2 min

Debating DeFi Season and the Center of Crypto

Join ck and David Hoffman as they discuss the latest musings in the crypto markets and debate the core fundamentals of the crypto ecosystem. Topics: Blockchains make for a new kind of history DeFi Season not Alt (chain) Season. $Uni is the open source story next to Coinbase IPO Debating Ethereum's dependance to Bitcoin. Follow David @trustlessstate Follow ck @ck_SNARKs

Jan 19, 202154 min

MicroCHADegy, ETH 2 Staking, StableACT

David and Christian discuss Microstrategy and whats going on behind the scenes there, as well as other topics in the news such as the STABLE Act. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

Dec 10, 202043 min

172 - ETH 2 Launch BTC ATH

CK and David discuss the launch of Eth 2 and BTC pushing up against all time highs.

Dec 03, 202041 min

171 - Fight Night: How to be Bullish, Thanksgiving Edition

David and CK have a conversation about the state of the industry, and express their excitement about what's to come in the months ahead. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

Nov 25, 202043 min

170 - Trading ETH/BTC with Kyle Davies of Three Arrows

Join ck and David as they host high powered traders Kyle Davis of Three Arrows back on to the show. We discuss what he sees in the crypto market and why he and his firm have changed their tune about Ethereum Defi and Bitcoin.

Nov 20, 202044 min

169 - Bitcoin and the 4th Turning | Brandon Quittem

Brandon Quittem, friend of the pod, recently wrote a piece called 'Bitcoin and the Rhythms of History'. In this piece, he discusses the concept of a 'saeculum', or a period of time that represents a 'very long lifespan'.... 90 years in which 4 generations of humans come and go, and the same four patterns of history are repeated in the way that society tumbles forward into the future. He then connects how we are making yet another 'turning' of the 4-part revolution of a saeculum, and what Bitcoin...

Nov 05, 20201 hr 4 min

168 - Fight Night - Bitcoin, Ethereum, Fat Protocol, and SBF attacks DeFI

Jon ck and David as the debate this weeks hottest topics and well dive deep into the Bitcoin and Ethereum debate. David is disappointed with eth price while ck is impressed. Learn about what David considers to be an attack on DeFi from SBF of FTX.com. Follow ck @ck_SNARKs Follow David @TrustlessState

Oct 30, 202045 min

167 - Drumrolling the Decaying Dollar (+ an ETH 2.0 chaser)

David and Christian discuss how some long-time Bitcoiner thesis have manifest into reality from the COVID pandemic. A lot of Bitcoiners have described a financial world that crumbles from a fragile system LONG before COVID. Then COVID happened, and a lot of narratives that Bitcoiners illustrated have manifested into reality. David and Christian discuss some of topics that surround the discussion of crypto in the broader macro environment. And then David gives an ETH 2.0 update. Please rate and s...

Oct 22, 202047 min

166 - Fight Night - The Rise and Fall of the Dollar

Are you ready for another POV Crypto Fight Night? This week, CK and David discuss hot stories in Bitcoin, Ethereum and DeFi. We cover the following: Topics: Square buys Bitcoin Bitcoin Vs the Dollar Ethereum as a Money BTC Vs Ethereum Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs

Oct 16, 20201 hr 7 min

164 - The Rise of Bitcoin Finance w/ Atomic Finance

This week CK and David host Matthew Black and Tony Cai of Atomic Finance to discuss their move from building on BTC and ETH to focusing on BTC only. They give their critics of Ethereum infrastructure and tease the nascent but exciting tech being built for Bitcoin. David does a good job of asking questions and defending Ethereum’s current moat. Please enjoy this conversation exploring the cutting edge of trustless P2P finance. Find Atomic Finance: Atomic.Finance @AtomicFinance Find Matt and Tony:...

Oct 02, 202056 min

163 - Fight Night Microstrategy, $tBTC, $UNI launch, and Macro

Are you ready for another POV Crypto Fight Night? This week, CK and DAvid discuss hot stories in Bitcoin, Ethereum and DeFi. WE cover the following: Topics: Global Market Sentiment Crypto Prices dumping Microstrategy tBTC launching. The $UNI air drop and the implications of a Uniswap with governance. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs...

Sep 24, 202037 min

162 - Fight Night: Cryptography vs Authoritarianism, Illiquid DeFi token vs BTC, Custodial Contracts vs Non-custodial contracts

David and CK begin with an unexpected journey exploring the current state of the world, and viewing it from an authoritarian vs individual perspective then, we take a slight detour to conspiracy theories around Netflix and soft-core pedophilia (?) Then, into the meat debating the merits of DeFi tokens with treasuries CK: DeFi tokens will trend towards 0 vs BTC David: They wont go to 0, because they're designed to accrue money, in whatever form money comes in. They're a hard money multiplier Then...

Sep 16, 202059 min

160 - Bitcoin (and Ethereum) is a Religion, Organism, and State

Gigi, Author of 21 Lessons, returns to POV Crypto to discuss the concept of Bitcoin as a self-fulfilling religion, a life-seeking organism. Gigi previously came to POV Crypto and had a very heated debate with David. This time, Gigi returns and David and him discuss the ways that Bitcoin (and Ethereum) represent new forms of Religion, Nation State, and Organism all in one! Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessSt...

Sep 02, 202044 min

159 - Fight Night: DeFi Tokens vs BTC Halvening, $YFI and Yearn, next 18 months of crypto

Prices are cooling down How long tho Could just 2x in the next two weeks Bitcoin mining hash rate being affected by flooding in szechuan region Costs of being a tangible thing Staking as intangible; costs and benefits Stocks keep going up ‘Free market’ David is extremely bullish on $YFI Convince me why YFI? What does it mean that Aave passed makerDAO? How to play the Bull Market Right? CK and David each give their take. The next 18 months are going to be defined by Capital inflows to Ethereum in...

Aug 27, 202053 min
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