Bitcoin Lighthouse

In this episode, we're joined by Viram Shah, the Co-Founder and CEO of Vested Finance, a platform that has been instrumental in helping Indians invest in the US stock markets. Today, we're exploring a hot topic in the crypto world - the recently listed spot Bitcoin ETFs. Can Indians invest in these financial instruments? Viram brings his expertise to shed light on this question and discuss the potential benefits and challenges for Indian investors. Tune in as we navigate the complexities of Bitcoin ETFs and their accessibility for the Indian market.

Chapters

00:00: Introduction

00:49 About Vested Finance

02:25 Can Indians invest in US Bitcoin ETFs

03:18 Brokerage platforms refusing investments to Indians

04:22 Process to invest in Bitcoin ETFs

06:37 Indian banks refusing to remit money

07:52 Risks to your platform for allowing Bitcoin ETFs

10:14 Taxes in case of investing in Bitcoin ETFs vs buying bitcoin

11:03 Exchange rate issues to consider

12:42 How to get the LRS money back 

13:36 When does a tax event occur

15:00 Available for Indians or NRIs

16:07 Other brokerage platforms

16:35 What's your take on bitcoin

18:20 Other products and services by Vested

20:57 Contact details

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In this episode, I have a conversation with Adrian Chng, founder of Fintonia Group, the only bitcoin fund registered in Dubai and Singapore. Adrian shares insights on the Fintonia Bitcoin Physical Fund, which offers a safe and secure way to invest in Bitcoin, as well as the Enhanced Yield Fund, which invests in US Treasuries and offers a higher return while keeping risk manageable. Adrian also discusses the performance of the Bitcoin Physical Fund, the benefits of dollar-cost averaging, and the psychology of investors. He also shares his views on the future of Bitcoin and how Fintonia is bridging the gap between the crypto ecosystem and traditional finance and regulation. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:33 Exploring the Future of Bitcoin With Adrian 04:34 Bitcoin Is the Best Store of Value 10:06 Should You Include Bitcoin in Your Portfolio? 14:49 Banking relationships 17:47 Fintonia Capital's Bitcoin Physical Fund and Enhanced Yield Fund 26:25 Singapore-based Bitcoin Fund 27:30 Have Wealth Managers Started Talking About Bitcoin? 28:55 GreyScale Bitcoin Trust 31:46 Have We Reached a Neutral Point on Bitcoin? 34:33 Have you attended any bitcoin-related events? 35:58 In the Elevator With Bitcoin and Crypto 36:53 Fintonia for YPO If you want to learn about bitcoin or ask us questions, sign up for free at https://www.21towers.com. WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CJxWYfYoPxSBW64PbeUlss Telegram: https://t.me/btc21towers 21Towers Podcast: YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBnIgIKJjojCojJveevdjMWTRfkvsJ94t Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/21towers/id1560959546 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6X2WkOg74tVQLo0C182aNv Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/21towersbitcoin

In this episode, I have a conversation with Mauricio, co-founder of Ledn, the last crypto lending platform standing. In the podcast, Mauricio tells the painful story of how his family had to deal with hyperinflation in Venezuela and leave the country and how he stumbled upon bitcoin. He talks about the inspiration to start Ledn and all the products that Ledn offers. He also talks about how Ledn survived in spite of the failure of all the other lending platforms in the last few months. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:05 Your background and how you got into Bitcoin 15:31 Hyperinflation in Venezuela 24:21 Ledn's lending and borrowing platform 28:36 Does your Proof of Reserves include liabilities 30:56 What do you mean by 'not all lending platforms are created equal' 32:41 Are you going to add Ether 35:16 What products does Ledn offer 37:07 Do you recommend depositing bitcoin to earn yield 42:25 Ledn's Loan product 47:22 Ledn's Trade product 51:14 Is there more risk when you get a lower interest rate loan 53:01 What did you do to be the last crypto lender standing 58:02 Your comments on the USDC depeg 01:00:09 Your comments on the banking crisis 01:02:12 How can people find you and find Ledn If you want to learn about bitcoin or ask us questions, sign up for free at https://www.21towers.com. WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CJxWYfYoPxSBW64PbeUlss Telegram: https://t.me/btc21towers 21Towers Podcast: YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBnIgIKJjojCojJveevdjMWTRfkvsJ94t Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/21towers/id1560959546 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6X2WkOg74tVQLo0C182aNv Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/21towersbitcoin

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In this episode, I have a conversation with Roger, founder of CryptoLock.ai, a membership program that allows you to save up to 90% of the compliance and recovery expenses in the event  of a crypto breach.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:07 Your background

08:12 Has China lost a massive opportunity by banning bitcoin

12:35 Bitcoin vs altcoins

15:02 Whats the problem your clients are trying to solve

22:45 Is there a motivation for people to sign up for CryptoLock

29:04 Who are your typical customers

32:45 How does crypto recovery work

45:10 What percent of crypto breaches are you able to recover

46:08 What are the chances of recovery

48:45 CryptoLock website

52:51 What do you think about the bitcoin price

54:09 Do you feel all the leverage is cleared out

55:27 How can people find you and CryptoLock

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In this episode, I have a conversation with Adi Shakara founder of Summer of Bitcoin, a global, online summer internship program focused on introducing university students to bitcoin open-source development and design.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:13 Why faceless online

01:48 Why are you paranoid about social media

03:51 Your background

04:27 What is bitcoin

09:45 Resources to learn about bitcoin

14:07 Your current project - Summer of Bitcoin

16:54 What do you do in Blockstream

19:49 What is lightning network

22:09 What is Blockstream doing in Lightning Network

23:04 What is Summer of Bitcoin

28:05 Who can apply

33:06 Which companies are sponsoring Summer of Bitcoin

34:31 What do you think of open source development

37:32 State of bitcoin in India

41:43 How can people find you and Summer of Bitcoin

Links from the show:

- https://medium.com/john-pfeffer/an-institutional-investors-take-on-cryptoassets-690421158904

- https://learn.saylor.org/course/PRDV151

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In this episode, I have a conversation with Mahin Gupta, founder of Lmnl, a digital asset custody company and ex founder of India's first crypto exchange, Zebpay. We discussed Bitcoin vs altcoins, the FTX contagion, the risks of investing in Bitcoin and more.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

04:20 Is history going to repeat itself in bitcoin's price

05:35 Price predictions

08:18 Among the first few people in bitcoin

09:43 Lessons from FTX contagion

10:53 Lesson 1 - Not your keys, not your coins

12:55 Can you use Binance for custody

13:20 When should you use a custodian

15:36 Lesson 2 - Don't trust anyone

15:45 Lesson 3 - New technologies are volatile

18:55 Infrastructure inversion

20:21 Your background

21:08 Bitcoin vs altcoins

24:12 DeFi, NFTs and Ethereum

24:52 Bitcoin vs altcoins as an investment (not financial advice)

26:15 Why is bitcoin risky

29:39 Are you comfortable investing in bitcoin

30:34 Regulatory risks

32:15 What is Lmnl

34:09 Lmnl's target audience

37:27 Are you regulated

38:47 How is Lmnl better than others

39:14 Making Lmnl easy for clients

42:19 Funding by famous VCs

44:09 How are your VCs reacting to the bear market

45:43 Who are your existing customers

46:33 Future plans

48:54 Geeking on halving and game theory

50:34 No panic calls in this bear market

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:08 Summary

00:40 Bitcoin Halving Price Narrative Dead? 

06:55 Fidelity Digital Assets Report Summary of Bitcoin Adoption

09:13 Pantera's assessment - no major tech stock outperformed Bitcoin

10:42 Mixed Signals on where Bitcoin goes next 

12:09 Argentina and Brazil's de-dollarization move 

13:35 Nexo settles with SEC by paying fine and closing Earn product

14:14 BlockFi Mistakenly Reveals Its $1.2B FTX Exposure

15:34 Binance processed millions for 'money laundering engine' Bitzlato

17:10 Importance of Self Custody 

18:51 Silvergate Capital reports net loss of $1 billion for the fourth quarter 

19:58 French senators vote to ease crypto licensing regulation

20:44 El Salvador paid 800 million dollars plus interest

21:37 New Hampshire exploring Bitcoin Mining after Texas

22:21 Nuclear-powered Bitcoin mining farm to open in Pennsylvania

23:05 Blockstream raises $125 million to boost mining operations

Related podcasts referred from this show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDxqiqZfO8E

Links from this show:

https://ecoinometrics.substack.com/p/ecoinometrics-is-the-bitcoin-halving

https://news.bitcoin.com/report-crypto-adoption-hits-new-milestones-global-crypto-owners-reached-425-million-in-2022/

https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/sites/default/files/documents/1068419.1.0%20Fidelity%20Digital%20Assets%20-%202023%20Look%20Ahead%20-%20Retrospective%20-%2001.24.pdf

https://panteracapital.com/blockchain-letter/the-year-ahead/

https://insights.glassnode.com/the-week-onchain-week-04-2023/

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/01/26/argentina-and-brazil-propose-a-bizarre-common-currency

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/19/crypto-lender-nexo-to-pay-45m-cease-offering-eip-in-settlement-with-sec/

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/silvergate-capital-reports-net-loss-1-billion-fourth-quarter-2023-01-17/

https://unchainedpodcast.com/blockfi-mistakenly-reveals-its-1-2b-ftx-exposure/

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/binance-bitzlato-crypto-crime-russia-money-laundering-doj-2023-1

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/silvergate-capital-reports-net-loss-1-billion-fourth-quarter-2023-01-17/

https://www.econotimes.com/Cryptocurrency-Binance-admits-mixing-customer-funds-with-collateral-tokens-by-mistake-1649492

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/silvergate-capital-reports-net-loss-1-billion-fourth-quarter-2023-01-17/

https://www.theblock.co/post/205237/french-senators-vote-to-ease-crypto-licensing-regulation

https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1617700039534731264

https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1616158010593935360

https://twitter.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1617675075637112833

https://www.btctimes.com/news/blockstream-raises-125m-to-boost-mining-operations

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:06 Summary

01:13 Economic Cycles 

02:30 Bitcoin price & Mayer multiple

11:11 Anthony Scaramucci predicts Bitcoin going $50k in a year  

11:57 Dedollarization - Dollar index, Saudi-China alliance and Gold backed sovereign currencies

15:20 Crypto contagion taking down Silvergate, Crypto.com, FTX, DCG, Genesis, Coindesk and Bitzlato? 

21:59 Bitcoin adoption in Texas and El Salvador

Links from this show:

https://www.amazon.com/Most-Important-Thing-Uncommon-Thoughtful/dp/151138347X

https://www.notion.so/21towers/Mayer-Multiple-and-buy-sell-strategy-18e4beac6b07470eb3dbc994bcd454b3

https://www.themarketsunplugged.com/indicator-series-the-mayer-multiple/

https://buybitcoinworldwide.com/stats/mayer-bands/

https://bitcoinition.com/charts/mayer-multiple/

https://ecoinometrics.substack.com/p/ecoinometrics-buy-or-pass

https://insights.glassnode.com/the-week-onchain-week-3-2023/

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/crypto-bitcoin-price-outlook-anthony-scaramucci-ethereum-market-rally-ftx-2023-1

https://twitter.com/txmctrades/status/1613911701195481088

https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1303-the-saudis-are-looking-to-diversify/

https://twitter.com/nikhilkamathcio/status/1614986501657612289

https://twitter.com/dondion35974931/status/1613865737294159872

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ftx-debtors-provide-additional-information-to-customers-and-other-stakeholders-301723770.html

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/17/crypto-conglomerate-dcg-suspends-dividends-amid-distress-at-genesis-unit/

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/18/coindesk-engages-lazard-to-explore-sale-as-dcg-crisis-grows.html

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/founder-and-majority-owner-bitzlato-cryptocurrency-exchange-charged-unlicensed-money

https://viewemail.nydig.com/conventional-wisdom

https://twitter.com/DocumentingBTC/status/1615739143111196673

https://twitter.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/1613565748244365312

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPmCALIrswI

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:09 Summary

01:38 NYDIG 2022 Review and Look Ahead

06:18 Bitcoin price & Mayer multiple

08:56 Glassnode predicts Bitcoin going up

12:30 Is weakning dollar causing Bitcoin to gain strength?

16:57 FED, SEC and AG going hard on crypto mess (We cover DCG, Gemini, Huobi & Binance)

27:07 Bank run on Silvergate Capital

31:13 Marathon Miner consolidating Bitcoins and paying off Silvergate loans

34:09 $3.8B has moved out from India in a year since the introduction of Tax

36:48 El Salvador launches a bond to fund Bitcoin adoption & mining in the country

Links from this show:

https://viewemail.nydig.com/2022-review-and-look-ahead?ecid=ACsprvsmMMHtjx-_dUTe_6f1qEaQvyKR6n9W0eHBx8ayjzRU7Zvv-5SVCkqVvWzcu5_Xd8YCRUgN&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--bIOMdooru5OOFcXTiLDvI7992Q9C1GhrV43Qq_Iw96YKldTdmMLNB3d1699zobr8bUtjZXSG-6zZc5XhUOsnQi_N7uwhttps://buybitcoinworldwide.com/stats/mayermultiple/https://twitter.com/excellion/status/1613408614638813185

https://ycharts.com/companies/GBTC/discount_or_premium_to_navhttps://insights.glassnode.com/the-week-onchain-week-2-2023/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/dollar-7-month-low-vs-euro-slower-fed-rate-hike-expectations-3191881https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-07/crypto-empire-dcg-faces-us-investigation-over-internal-transfershttps://twitter.com/dylanleclair_/status/1613667119157186563

https://www.straitstimes.com/business/celsius-founder-alex-mashinsky-sued-for-crypto-fraud-by-new-york-attorney-general

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/01/06/huobi-exchange-token-down-11-on-reports-of-layoffs-internal-strife-at-company/

https://u.today/crypto-giant-binance-bleeding-assets-reporthttps://cryptopotato.com/sec-objects-to-binance-us-buying-voyager-digital-for-1-billion/

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/silvergate-capital-shares-sink-crypto-related-deposits-plunge-8-billion-3185181

https://www.reuters.com/markets/woods-ark-invest-nearly-liquidates-silvergate-capital-position-2023-01-06/

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/05/bitcoin-miner-marathon-digital-pays-off-silvergate-revolving-credit/https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/04/indians-moved-over-38b-to-foreign-exchanges-since-crypto-tax-rules-research-study/

https://www.investopedia.com/el-salvador-bitcoin-bond-7094463

Related podcasts referred from this show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20iEEFqU6uo&list=PLBnIgIKJjojCojJveevdjMWTRfkvsJ94t&index=16

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:31 Summary

01:25 Happy 14th Birthday Bitcoin 

03:42 Long term damage of inflation

08:59 Hawkish US Fed showing signs of confusion

10:17 Bitcoin price & Mayer multiple 

11:39 Is it a good time to buy GBTC?   

18:23 Tim Draper predicts Bitcoin going 250K

20:38 Bitcoin trading volume drops massively - now at $22B/day

22:09 Crypto mess at FTX

22:44 CZ of Binance bombs CNBC interview

24:56 DCG & Genesis troubling saga continues

29:10 Bitcoin core developer loses Bitcoin

32:09 A simple custody solution that works (sign up at *https://21towers.com/*)

33:53 Thinking of Bitcoin price in probabilities and not absolutes

Links from this show:

https://dailybitcoiner.substack.com/p/td-genesis-block-jan-3rd-not-your

https://pomp.substack.com/p/the-long-term-damage-of-inflation

https://www.livemint.com/news/world/fed-meeting-minutes-may-point-to-rate-hike-endgame-new-debate-phase-11672831604064.html

https://buybitcoinworldwide.com/stats/mayermultiple/

https://bmpro.substack.com/p/the-bitcoin-ghost-town

https://u.today/tim-draper-continues-to-stand-by-his-250000-bitcoin-price-prediction

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-will-reach-10000-might-take-another-year-tim-draper

https://news.bitcoin.com/global-cryptocurrency-trade-volumes-saw-a-significant-decline-in-december-2022/

https://unchainedpodcast.com/sam-bankman-fried-pleads-not-guilty-to-all-charges/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFxlMc1yLt0&t=75s

https://dirtybubblemedia.substack.com/p/digital-currency-grift

https://twitter.com/cameron/status/1609913051427524608

https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1297-use-a-dedicated-hardware-device/

https://pomp.substack.com/p/probabilities-not-predictions

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:26 Congressional hearing on FTX collapse and the state of crypto

05:50 Will crypto accounting firms and Nexos survive 

10:20 Binance outflows

12:12 Cryto.com and proof of reserves

16:32 Bitcoin's production cost lags Bitcoin's price by $10K

21:58 Grayscale Bitcoin Trust update 

30:31 DOJ & SEC charges Social Media influencers 

31:42 De-dollarization move by India, China, Russia & Gulf

Links from this show:

https://dailybitcoiner.substack.com/p/td-the-case-for-privacy-by-david

https://dirtybubblemedia.substack.com/p/arthur-armanino

https://twitter.com/dylanleclair_/status/1602712622666768386

https://cryptopotato.com/after-binance-cryptocom-reveals-proof-of-reserves/

https://bitcoiners.21towers.com/c/bitcoin-news/bitcoin-production-cost-at-27k-eclipses-bitcoin-s-market-price-at-17k-by-10k-usd

https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/newsletter/pump-and-dump/

https://youtu.be/eLxJ8mESau4

https://bitcoiners.21towers.com/c/bitcoin-news/china-gulf-move-towards-de-dollarization-with-shanghai-petrol-gas-exchange

https://bitcoiners.21towers.com/c/bitcoin-news/de-dollarization-gaining-momentum-in-indo-russian-trade

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:14 Crypto.com and Huobi tokens crash

02:16 Genesis in trouble

02:39 Gemini Earn stops redemptions

02:55 Status of Gemini Exchange

03:07 Blockfi near bankruptcy

04:50 Did crypto companies grow too fast too soon

06:33 Genesis problems

07:36 Status of Digital Currency Group

09:42 Status of Greyscale Bitcoin Trust

17:27 Cathie Wood buying GBTC and Coinbase stock

19:30 Status of Silvergate Bank

20:16 Current market sentiment

22:30 Countermeasures from the bitcoin industry

22: 41 Regulatory backlash

24:23 Reaction of the developer community

25:24 Learnings from this crash

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:27 Sandeep's Introduction

00:49 Setu's Introduction

02:25 21Towers' Introduction

09:37 Current Mayer Multiple is 0.77

11:33 Highlights from Fidelity Digital Assets November 2022 report

11:58 Growth of the Lightning Network

15:33 How long will bitcoin stay below the 200-week moving average

17:13 Bitcoin vs Crypto

21:55 100 million bitcoin wallets

23:30 Temasek in talks with FTX

24:49 Cory - "Traders understand bitcoin has value"

26:18 Risk with other crypto exchanges

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In this episode, I have a conversation with Lyn Alden, a macro investment advisor who has become famous in the bitcoin community. In today's conversation we discussed the FED and the future of interest rate increases, the state of the dollar, her recommended portfolio positioning, investing in big tech and her views on bitcoin's price.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:37 How did you start Lyn Alden Investment Strategy

04:01 What advisory services do you offer

04:52 What's your target audience

06:07 What do you think the FED will do today (2nd Nov 2022)

06:45 Do you believe that the dollar has topped and the FED is near a pivot

09:23 Do you think the FED would have to buy treasury bonds

13:47 What time period do you expect a FED QE

15:28 What do you mean by defensive portfolio positioning

17:47 After the pivot, what would be a change in strategy

20:52 Why is big tech missing from your recommendations

24:49 Why have you recommended infrastructure

27:56 Has bitcoin bottomed

29:59 Why do you recommend Greyscale Bitcoin Trust

32:37 Any macro trends you are seeing which the mainstream media is missing

34:57 Are you a bitcoin maximalist

38:06 Your views on Ethereum

42:04 Your favourite bitcoin events

44:30 Your favourite investment book The Most Important Thing by Howard Marks

46:07 How can people find you

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In this episode, I had a great conversation with Cory Klippsten, founder of Swan Bitcoin. In today's conversation we discussed why Cory started a 'bitcoin only' exchange and the other products that Swan offers, the amazing stuff that Swan does in the bitcoin education space, his warnings against lending platforms like Celsius and his current views on the bitcoin price.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:34 Background

06:44 Friction tokens

07:29 Medium of exchange and store of value

08:46 Why Swan Bitcoin and not Swan Crypto

10:33 Swan Bitcoin Products

15:13 Swan Bitcoin Only Conference

17:07 What is Swan Private

20:41 What is Swan doing in the education space

24:47 Inventing Bitcoin book

26:35 Investing in bitcoin mining

28:42 How was Consensys

30:22 Bitcoin's unit bias

31:00 Celsius meltdown

37:14 Views on other lending platforms like Genesis and Ledn

39:08 Has bitcoin bottomed?

40:00 Dollar cost average vs one go to buy bitcoin

43:09 Does bitcoin face risks from a high interest rate environment

46:23 How is Swan handling the bear market

48:00 Swan Bitcoin Benefit Plan for companies

48:41 How can people find you

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In this episode, I had a fun conversation with a dear friend and queen of crypto Kavita Gupta, ex-ConsenSys fame. In today's conversation we discussed her new crypto fund Delta which is focused on blockchain based decentralised storage, computing and identity. We discussed her illustrious background with ConsenSys, the leading Ethereum VC fund, her Fintech.TV project which in 2 short years has got over 8 million views, the blockchain courses she teaches at Stanford and her celebrity life. It was an absolute privilege to have her on the show, I really enjoyed this conversation and I hope you do too.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

02:43 Your new blockchain fund

04:12 Your background

17:18 Your Fintech.TV project

19:56 Teaching blockchain courses at Stanford University

21:07 Your background with ConsenSys Ventures

24:15 ConsenSys Ventures investments, fund size, early deals

28:12 Favourite deals at ConsenSys

32:16 Investment thesis of your Delta Fund

39:26 Does Delta have any geographic focus

39:48 Where is the fund located

40:32 Fund management fee

41:30 Investing in bitcoin vs funds

43:59 Comments on current crypto prices

46:54 Contact you, find Delta Fund

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Harsh co-founder of Etherbit, an online marketplace in India which sells all the popular crypto hardware wallets like Trezor, Ledger and other popular crypto merchandise joins the show. In today's conversation we discussed the pain in trying to buy these hardware wallets and importing them in India and how Etherbit solves this problem, how Etherbit is able to sell these devices cheaper than their international prices, their crypto hardware manufacturing plans, which are the most popular hardware wallets, the hardware wallets that we both use and lots more.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

02:24 What does Etherbit sell

04:51 What's your background

05:53 Where are you based out of

06:17 Siblings as co-founders

08:58 Plans for manufacturing hardware wallets in India

10:11 Number of users, growth rate

11:14 Etherbit Experience Store

12:34 Most popular hardware wallets

13:28 Hardware wallets preferred by Harsh and me

16:01 Binance's hardware wallet

18:04 When will you sell the BlockClock

19:25 Why are the Bitcoin books sold out

20:17 The Bitcoin Standard book

21:26 Buying from Etherbit vs directly from the supplier

23:36 Bitcoin and business principles

24:26 Team size

25:18 User stories of problems with hardware wallets

28:17 Scope for wallet and custody companies

29:26 YourStory article on Etherbit

30:12 Funding plans

31:22 Bitcoin vs altcoins

32:39 Find Etherbit online

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Ankit from Mudrex, a marketplace where you can publish your own crypto trading strategies or algos or you can follow other people's strategies, they call it an open crypto hedge fund, joins the show. In today's conversation we discuss Mudrex's amazing numbers of users, AUM and trading volume, their recent funding round, how their platform works, their ambitious new plans and lots more.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

01:20 Your background

04:21 Products

05:52 Number of users, volume

09:22 How to use Mudrex trading algos

12:55 Risks in giving Mudrex access to your exchange wallet

15:17 Minimum transaction size

16:40 Favorite alogs

17:55 Profile of users who create the algos

19:27 Available in 90 countries, how

22:45 New business unit of Mudrex

24:25 Jurisdiction of the new fund

28:37 YCom experience

31:08 Mudrex treasury allocation

33:12 Sunny Bitcoin special announcements

37:47 Regulatory challenges in India on the ground

38:42 Bitcoin vs altcoins

41:54 Find Mudrex online

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Roshan, founder of GoSats an Indian bitcoin rewards startup and a bitcoin OG who has been involved in the crypto space in India since 2014 joins the show to discuss why he started GoSats, the GoSats debit card, the challenges in running a crypto startup in India, his views on Ethereum vs bitcoin and lots more.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:46 Your background and how you got involved in crypto

07:24 What does Sats mean in GoSats

09:45 Are there similar products in the international market

11:01 Tell us more about the new Rupay debit card

12:12 How were you able to get partnerships as a bitcoin company with large ecommerce companies

13:52 How are you able to offer such high rewards as 25% and 100%

16:56 How did you get a partnership with NPCI of RBI for this product

21:43 With which merchants can one use the Rupay debit card

23:20 What are your numbers in terms of users and transaction volume

24:07 Give us details of your latest investment round

24:46 What is the Stacks accelerator programme

25:54 Are you going to support other cryptos for rewards

27:48 What's your take on Ethereum

31:31 What are your future plans

32:58 How large is your team

33:10 Has the working environment changed for crypto startups in India

36:04 What is your take on the current bitcoin price

38:28 Your take on Ethereum and Dogecoin

40:48 How can people find GoSats

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rank Holmes, Executive Chairman of Hive Blockchain joins the show to discuss crypto mining, gold, virgin bitcoin, the Bitcoin Mining Council and Elon Musk, Hive's future plans, his views on Ethereum vs Bitcoin and lots more.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:58 Your background and journey to crypto and Hive

03:51 Your journey to gold

07:57 Are you still bullish on gold

14:53 How did the Bitcoin Miami crowd respond to your opinion on virgin bitcoin

15:37 What do you think of Peter Schiff

23:01 Why Frank got into crypto after Consensus 2017

24:04 Frank's historic analogy of blockchain

27:38 Why Frank started Hive

30:16 Tell us about your ETF journey

39:08 What does Hive do and the product it offers to investors

41:48 Tell about the skepticism you faced when trying to be the first public listed crypto mining company

48:11 How is Elon Musk responding to the Bitcoin Mining Council

50:33 Is US part of your future plans

53:50 Any specific reasons for expanding rapidly right now, are you concerned that you could be over optimistic

56:23 What's your bitcoin mining cost and how do you compare with other miners

58:21 What are Hive's future plans

58:55 Do you keep both Bitcoin and Ethereum as part of your reserves

01:01:04 What's your view on the current bitcoin price

01:02:02 Your view on Ethereum's price being correlated to bitcoin but an investor takes a lot more risk

01:03:42 Does Ethereum face an existential risk when it moves from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake

01:05:59 What are your prediction for Hive's stock price

01:07:11 How can people find you

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Anil, a bitcoin educator and author, among the 20 bitcoiners I regularly read on Twitter joins the show to discuss his amazing Twitter threads, his mini books that he has published, his current project on mental models and bitcoin, his views on bitcoin vs altcoins and more.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:39 Your background and how you got involved with crypto

08:01 Tell us about the MBA bitcoin scholarship you started

11:38 Tell us more about the bitcoin books you have published

20:16 Who have been your biggest bitcoin influencers

22:06 Were you there for the Bitcoin Miami conference

22:43 What do you think about the current bitcoin price

23:37 You have written about Ethereum, what's your take on altcoins

26:23 Any new projects or books that you are working on

28:26 How can people find you

31:30 Any last comments for the audience

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Fred Thiel, CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) joins the show to discuss investing in bitcoin mining stocks vs directly buying bitcoin, the impact of China's bitcoin mining ban, why bitcoin mining companies are making windfall profits right now. We also discuss the Bitcoin Mining Council, his visit to the Bitcoin Miami conference, Marathon's controversial decision to signal a bitcoin block as OFAC compliant and lots more.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

01:00 Your background and your journey becoming the CEO of Marathon

13:04 What is the main product that Marathon offers to investors

15:20 When did you get listed on Nasdaq and what's the current market cap

16:15 How does Marathon compare with other US bitcoin miners

18:44 Any non-US miners you compete with

20:01 Are bitcoin mining stocks more volatile than bitcoin

21:52 How have you achieved one of the lowest mining costs

23:33 How long do you think the windfall due to China bitcoin mining ban is going to last 

26:39 Is the current windfall period for miners reflected in your stock price

32:54 How did the Bitcoin Mining Council start and what's the purpose

37:56 Your opinions on Bitcoin PoW vs Ethereum's PoS

43:23 Your comments on Marathon's signalling of a block as OFAC compliant

46:30 How was Bitcoin Miami and what were the key takeaways

51:32 How can people find you and find Marathon

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Scott Bambacigno, head of Sales for AlphaPoint joins the show to discuss why AlphaPoint is one of the top companies which provides ready to go live software for anyone who wants to run a crypto exchange. We discuss AlphaPoint's exchange software, their new products like yield platform and digital asset token platform, his recent Bitcoin Miami trip and some great takeaways from the trip and finally his views on bitcoin, ethereum and other altcoins.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

01:26 Your background and how you got involved in crypto

02:34 Background of AlphaPoint's founders and their vision with AlphaPoint

03:27 Products AlphaPoint offers and who is your target customer

04:34 Volume of trade AlphaPoint powered exchanges do

05:12 Who are your existing customers

06:56 What is the benefit of running a crypto exchange powered by AlphaPoint vs building their own

09:48 Is it true that someone can start an exchange powered by AlphaPoint in 60 days

12:32 Does AlphaPoint support mobile crypto exchange apps

14:02 What are the security and risk management features AlphaPoint provides

18:37 How does the pricing work

20:00 Is it correct that a new crypto exchange could start with AlphaPoint but later build the software internally

24:22 How large is the team and where are you based out of

25:17 Tell more about the new products like yield platform and asset digitization

29:29 Does AlphaPoint support NFTs

30:32 Any new products

31:10 How was Bitcoin Miami

32:17 Is Bitcoin Miami for bitcoin maxis or suitable for bitcoin noobs also

33:53 Any key takeaways from Bitcoin Miami

36:08 What's your take on the current bitcoin price

37:57 Your views on Ethereum and Dogecoin

41:10 How can people find you and AlphaPoint

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Phil Geiger of Unchained Capital, a top tier bitcoin only custody and lending company, joins the show to discuss why Unchained is one of the rare bitcoin only companies, how all their products are aligned with bitcoin principles, details of their 3 main products - Vault, Lending and OTC and more.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:46 Phil’s Background 

02:35 About Phil's LinkedIn title as a Bitcoin Specialist 

04:29 What it means that Unchained was incorporated at blockheight 433179 

05:41 What is the co-founders vision for Unchained 

10:29 What is the size of Unchained 

12:21 Which products are available globally and in the US

14:26 How is Unchained Vault different for other wallet solutions 

19:16 Does Unchained Vault need KYC 

24:03 How much does Unchained Vault cost

27:23 The pricing philosophy of Unchained Vault 

31:19 How does Unchained lending differ from other crypto lending companies 

34:10 How much interest do you charge

37:33 What is the buy bitcoin product and how does it differ for other exchanges 

39:03 Any new product on the way 

40:17 What are your views on the current bitcoin price 

41:55 What are your views on other cryptocurrencies 

44:29 What are your views on NFT 

45:16 Where can people connect with you and Unchained 

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Sathvik, co-founder of Unocoin, one of India's oldest crypto exchanges since 2013, joins the show to discuss product offerings of Unocoin, the famous investors they have on board, their cautious approach to regulations in India and and lots more. 

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

01:00 What's your background and how did you start Unocoin

11:15 What is your current funding investment status

12:30 How is the support from Digital Currency Group so far

15:15 Do you feel that you were not able to build on the first-mover advantage

19:20 What is your current volume and number of users

20:55 What are the main products you offer

26:05 What about crypto lending and interest

28:15 What is the interest you charge on crypto deposits

30:20 Do you still have the bitcoin point of sale app?  

33:25 What are your future plans?

34:52 What are the biggest challenges you are dealing with

37:30 What are your views on the legality of bitcoin

41:50 Do you still face a lack of banking infrastructure

44:55 Is there any change in Indian crypto user behavior in last few months

46:44 Any plans to expand outside India

47:25 What do you think about the current bitcoin price

49:20 What are your views about bitcoin vs other cryptos

52:20 What do you think about NFTs 

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Dave Perrill, co-founder and CEO of Compute North, a bitcoin mining company based in the US joins the show to discuss why bitcoin mining is a critical part of bitcoin, what are the recent trends in bitcoin mining, is this a good time to invest in bitcoin mining and lots more.   

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:04 What's your background and how did you start Compute North
05:34 What is bitcoin mining
07:29 What are the trends you are seeing in mining
12:14 Whose a typical customer of Compute North
15:26 What are the products you offer, are they packaged or customized
16:54 Is it a good time to invest in bitcoin mining right now
19:39 What would be a minimum transaction size to invest via Compute North in bitcoin mining
20:20 What would be your estimated ROI
21:42 Can an investment in bitcoin mining get you better returns than investing directly in bitcoin
24:47 Are American miners at a disadvantage compared to Chinese miners due to chip manufacturing in China  
27:51 Will bitcoin mining be more profitable in the next few years due to shortage of chips
29:57 Is electricity cheaper in China compared to the US
31:36 Is the institutional interest increasing in bitcoin mining
33:07 What's your take on this narrative that bitcoin consumes too much energy and is bad for the world
35:52 Do miners now have the ability to raise money and so go long on bitcoin
37:43 Tell us about your contract with Nasdaq listed BitDigital
39:05 What are your views on the centralization of mining pools
41:30 Do you do mining for other cryptos besides bitcoin
42:31 What percentage of mining you do for bitcoin vs other cryptos
43:27 What do you feel about Ethereum's update to Proof of Stake which will remove miners
46:18 What are your future plans
47:27 How can someone find you, follow you  

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Sumit Gupta, co-founder of CoinDCX, an Indian crypto exchange and among the top 30 exchanges in the world, joins the show to discuss how CoinDCX has some of the top investors on their cap table like Bain Capital, Coinbase, Polychain and Tamasek, how CoinDCX provides the widest range of crypto offerings that any exchange provides for the Indian market, products like CoinDCX Go app through which users can buy crypto within a few minutes of downloading the app, their interest earning products on their crypto deposits and more.   

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:27 What's your background and how did you start CoinDCX
08:47 Who is the other co-founder
10:50 How does CoinDCX rank as the top exchange in India on Coinmarketcap
13:36 How did you raise funds from some of the top investors
21:44 What are your plans for CoinDCX token
28:03 What are the products that CoinDCX offers
33:37 How can a user buy their crypto in minutes using CoinDCX Go app
34:33 How can one earn interest on crypto deposits
35:59 Do you offer loans against crypto deposits
36:32 Are Indian institutions buying bitcoin
39:13 What do you feel about international competition
42:47 What is CoinDCX doing in terms of regulation
47:12 What do you think of the current bitcoin price and cycle
52:53 What do you feel about NFTs
56:37 How can people find CoinDCX  

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Jeremy NG, Head of Gemini Asia Pacific, joins the show to discuss the Winklevoss Brothers and their popular crypto exchange Gemini, the products they offer including Gemini Custody and the newly launched Gemini Earn, competition with Coinbase, their stable coin GUSD, his Sunny Bitcoin special announcement on NFTs and more.  

Chapters 00:00 Introduction
04:52 How are the Winklevoss Brothers involved in Gemini
07:23 What are Gemini's views on Facebook's Libra
08:43 Which products does Gemini offer
10:52 What is Gemini Earn
14:05 What is Gemini Singapore
16:07 Which countries Gemini does NOT serve
17:03 Any plans for India
18:19 Which products for institutions
20:49 Is Gemini prepared for current surge
22:14 Why is Gemini lagging behind Coinbase
24:39 Why is Gemini Custody so popular
27:52 What is the fee for using Gemini Custody
28:29 Does Gemini offer USD loans
29:10 What are plans with GUSD Gemini's stable coin
32:02 Is Gemini seeing increase in institutional activity
35:02 Winklevoss' article on bitcoin touching $500k
38:38 What is the regulatory status in the US and Singapore
43:39 Sunny Bitcoin special announcement on NFTs
45:24 How can people find Gemini  

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Gemini APAC Telegram group: https://t.me/geminiofficial_APAC
https://winklevosscapital.com/the-case-for-500k-bitcoin/  

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:33 Price analysis
12:28 Coinbase public listing on Nasdaq
15:03 Goldman Sachs CEO considers bitcoin important
15:58 Record breaking crypto volumes
17:15 Peter Thiel calling bitcoin a Chinese financial weapon against the US
20:01 USDT FUD
21:38 Class action lawsuit against Ledger wallet
23:20 Large insurance companies enter into crypto
25:23 New US SEC Chief  
26:51 HSBC bans MicroStrategy stock
27:42 India news - Revolut, RBI QE, regulation, bank risks
31:44 Data leaks  

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Rahul Pagidipati current owner and CEO of Zebpay joins the show to discuss his long history with bitcoin, his investments in Coinbase and Brave, his journey with Zebpay, a Sunny Bitcoin special announcement of upcoming NFT token, Indian crypto regulations, Bitcoin vs Eth and more. It was a great conversation with the owner of the exchange that I had co-founded.  

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:08 Your background, how you got involved in crypto and Zebpay
13:07 You are the largest investor in Brave browser
17:12 Impact on price because of Coinbase IPO listing
19:55 Journey been so far in Zebpay
23:38 What do you feel about the competition
26:40 How are you taking care of the volume surge
28:07 $25 billion volume in 2021
29:29 What's the T-shirt that you are wearing
33:38 Crypto regulation in India
36:37 Sunny Bitcoin special announcement on upcoming NFT token
40:48 Are NFTs a fad
43:11 Efforts by the industry association on government advocacy
44:25 Radical transparency at Zebpay
46:38 Bitcoin or Eth
49:23 Current Bitcoin price
52:10 How can people find you  

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Rishi Ramchandani, Business Head of Asia for Blockfi, a US crypto company joins the show to discuss why the interest rates on crypto deposits has dropped so low, how earning interest rates on stable coins is a good opportunity, the countries which Blockfi accepts customers from. He also discussed Blockfi's risk management practices, its massive funding, their plans for Asian countries and the soon to be launched crypto reward credit card. It was a great conversation with one of my favourite crypto companies.  

Chapters 

00:00 Introduction
01:01 Your background, how you got involved in crypto and Blockfi
03:32 Whose a target user
06:54 Which countries you accept users and which you don't
07:57 Why is it easier to open an account with Blockfi vs other US exchanges
10:27 What is Blockfi planning with the $300 million fund raise
12:38 Why has Blockfi grown so fast
15:10 Interest rates on crypto deposits has been falling
19:19 How do you manage risk
22:18 Will Blockfi offer USD loans without lending out the crypto collateral
23:19 How do you pay such a high interest on stable coins
24:52 Do you offer market neutral trades to investors
25:32 When is the bitcoin reward credit card launching
27:34 What new things are coming
28:14 Blockfi's plans for Asian markets
29:15 What's the US regulatory landscape looking like
30:12 What's the experience with MAS Singapore
30:29 How can people find you  

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Nischal Shetty, Founder of WazirX on being India's largest crypto exchange and WRX touching $1 billion market cap. In this episode:

• Nischal's background, his experience with Crowdfire and why he entered the crypto industry 
• Why he started WazirX
• Why the name WazirX
• Why recently the WazirX website crashed
• Why have Indian volumes jumped massively
• Are Indian volumes growing at same rate as global volumes or faster
• How record breaking users are signing up per day
• Why skeptics who claim such high exchange volumes are fake are wrong
• Why they launched WazirX NFT marketplace
• Why WRX token's market cap touched $1 billion market cap
• What the future plans are for using WRX token
• Why WRX token increased 10x in the last week
• What have been the challenges in running an Indian crypto exchange
• What he feels about international crypto exchanges entering India
• WazirX big new feature announcement, announced first on Sunny Bitcoin
• How did the Binance funding happen and how has life changed since then
• How involved is Binance in WazirX
• What crypto industry wide initiative is happening right now for government advocacy
• What are his views on the current crypto industry market
• Why he doesn't think the bitcoin blockchain is the Internet
• His message to WazirX and Indian crypto users

Sunny Bitcoin is back for another blockbuster bitcoin week. In this episode:

• Price updates from Glassnode
• New Zealand's $350 million retirement fund gets into bitcoin
• Sovereign funds start to invest in bitcoin but some governments could outlaw crypto
• Ark Invest CEO: $1 trillion is nothing compared to where Bitcoin is going
• Indian Government says crypto gains taxable as income
• Indian government asks companies to disclose crypto transactions and holdings
• Hackers allegedly leak data of 100 million Mobikwik users in India
• JP Morgan adjusts its bitcoin target at $130k
• Morgan Stanley to acquire Korea's largest crypto exchange Bithumb
• Blockfi lands a $350 million Series D at a $3 billion valuation
• Blockchain.com raises $300 million
• Bitcoin price jumps after Visa set to allow payment settlement using crypto