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Ep 172Can Crypto Bridge the Political Divide? with Adam Goldman

My guest today is my friend Adam Goldman, the co-founder and president of BitBUY.ca, a cryptocurrency brokerage firm. Prior to BitBuy, Adam was an entrepreneur with several startups under his belt and spent time working at Yahoo! as an IT business analyst. Bitbuy is the leading Canadian digital currency trading platform. The company's mission is to provide convenient, dependable and secure access to Bitcoin and other digital currencies. Currently, Bitbuy offers deep liquidity across 10+ spot trading markets through its trading interfaces and OTC (Over-the-counter) trading desk. We discuss the development Canadian Tech and Crypto Scene, Bitbuy leveraging Knox’s custody and 1:1 deposit insurance, how an OTC trading desk works, the memetic nature of crypto, and why we are beginning the second Chapter of crypto's journey. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Adam Goldman.----Legacy of Dead This episode was brought to you by Bitcasino. The worlds leading Bitcoin-led online casino and crypto-centric gaming destination. Wager your way into a world of opportunity, with the ultimate Fun, Fast and Fair crypto-casino experience. Deposit, wager, and withdraw in real-time with a host of top cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), LiteCoin (LTC), Tether (USDT), TRON (TRX), Ripple (XRP), and more! Use the promo link https://Bitcasino.io/Shrem, to unlock your 200 FREE SPINS in the Legacy of Dead Promotion.----NEXOCrypto banking just got real with Nexo. Get cryptо credit from just 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% interest on crypto, stablecoins & fiat, swap assets on their brand new integrated exchange, and much more all conveniently wrapped in a single wallet interface. Sign up for free at nexo.io. Download the Nexo Wallet App on Google Play or the App Store .–––KAVAKava.io is a leading DeFi platform trusted by Binance, Huobi, Kraken, Okex and Chainlink. Learn more at kava.io–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mar 23, 202147 min

Ep 171How to Hedge Against Inflation with William Noble

My guest today is my friend, William Noble, the Chief Technical Analyst at Token Metrics. Token Metrics is a data-driven cryptocurrency investment research platform that leverages artificial intelligence to build indices, rankings, and price predictions to help crypto investors build profitable portfolios. Bill is also the host of Token Metrics's podcast and Youtube channel. Prior to Token Metrics, Bill was a former Goldman Sachs Analyst for 12 years, where he was widely considered a thought leader for his ability to understand market dynamics and capitalize on them. Our conversation covers the current commodity super cycle, how the Bitcoin market has changed since Bitcoin has become more mainstream, the rise of inflation and what investors can do to protect their wealth, where we are in the crypto cycle and much more. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Bill.–––YIELDWith a market so new and so powerful, it goes without saying that investment opportunities are everywhere, with sometimes the potential for astonishing returns. Yield filters through all defi investments, consolidated gas fees, and only invests in a select few to generate up to 20% APY, which more than double what you could earn from the top lending services in the space. Check them out at https://on.yield.app/charlie–––COSMOSVisit stargate.cosmos.network to learn about the Cosmos Hub and how it's the port city for blockchains across the world. Cosmos can bridge the siloed blockchains, like Bitcoin and Ethereum, to ensure your liquidity on any chain can be used anywhere. Find new staking opportunities and applications, or build your own, at stargate.cosmos.network.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mar 18, 202148 min

Ep 170What is an Enterprise Blockchain? with Medha Parlikar and Clifford Sarkin

My guests today are Medha Parlikar, CTO of CasperLabs, and Cliff Sarkin, COO of CaperLabs. Medha is a product and engineering leader with a wealth of experience delivering leading software projects at marquee companies including Adobe, Omniture, Avalara, MP3.com, and DivX. Her first formal involvement with Blockchain came in 2017 with the RChain project where she served as the tech manager before co-founding CasperLabs in the fall of 2018. Before joining CasperLabs in January 2019, he was VP of Business Development at DNA, a leading early-stage blockchain venture fund. Prior to blockchain, Clifford help grow and scale three successful technology companies, highlights include: helping scale Duda.co from 12 employees to 70+ from 2012 - 2015 and leading VideoSurf’s $80M acquisition by Microsoft in 2011. In this conversation, Medha and Cliff take us through the world of enterprise focused blockchains and we dive deep into how enterprise companies build and deploy software. We also cover Casper's innovative tech, the future of corporate governance and product management, how to get involved in the crypto space, and much more. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Medha Parlikar and Clifford Sarkin.----BitcasinoThis episode was brought to you by Bitcasino. The worlds leading Bitcoin-led online casino and crypto-gaming destination. Wager your way into a world of opportunity, with the ultimate Fun, Fast and Fair crypto-casino experience. Deposit, wager, and withdraw in real-time with a host of top cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), LiteCoin (LTC), Tether (USDT), TRON (TRX), Ripple (XRP), and more! Choose from over 2000+ games, developed by the best in the business and curated into one seamless platform. Bitcasino. A world of epic gaming awaits. ----NEXOCrypto banking just got real with Nexo. Get cryptо credit from just 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% interest on crypto, stablecoins & fiat, swap assets on their brand new integrated exchange, and much more all conveniently wrapped in a single wallet interface. Sign up for free at nexo.io. Download the Nexo Wallet App on Google Play or the App Store .–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mar 16, 202151 min

Ep 169Why humans value scarcity with Steven Capone and Phil Leibovski

My guests today are my friends Steven Capone, the VP, Marketing at Fidelity Digital Assets, and Phil Leibovski, who runs a concierge trading desk. Steven has a wealth of experience: he has Voyager's first hire as their CMO, he has worked Microsoft as a Senior Strategist / Senior Business Development Mgr. Phil has been trading professionally in the crypto space for over 5 years and brings a deep understanding of the carypto market. We discuss the institutional adoption of bitcoin, the hype around NFTs, the current socioeconomic conditions in America, the human psyche and investing, plus much more.–––YIELDWith a market so new and so powerful, it goes without saying that investment opportunities are everywhere, with sometimes the potential for astonishing returns. Yield filters through all defi investments, consolidated gas fees, and only invests in a select few to generate up to 20% APY, which more than double what you could earn from the top lending services in the space. Check them out at https://on.yield.app/charlie–––COSMOSVisit stargate.cosmos.network to learn about the Cosmos Hub and how it's the port city for blockchains across the world. Cosmos can bridge the siloed blockchains, like Bitcoin and Ethereum, to ensure your liquidity on any chain can be used anywhere. Find new staking opportunities and applications, or build your own, at stargate.cosmos.network.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mar 11, 202155 min

Ep 168Unlocking Bitcoins' 2nd Layer with Diego Gutierrez

My guest today is Diego Gutierrez, CEO of IOVLabs. IOVLabs builds low-cost, highly secure, easy-to-use platforms for the new global economy. Diego is a pioneer of web development in Argentina and Latin America since 1995, Diego was also one of the first persons to foster and develop Bitcoin and blockchain technology in Latin America, which he has done since 2012. In addition to IOVLabs, he also has co-founded Koibanx, another blockchain company that is aiming to transform the potential of Bitcoin and blockchain technologies into real use cases, which serve as a driver for social and economic change. We discuss why Bitcoin is the future, why build on Bitcoin, Layer 2 solutions for Bitcoin, technical breakdown of the Bitcoin network, and much more.----Legacy of Dead This episode was brought to you by Bitcasino. The worlds leading Bitcoin-led online casino and crypto-centric gaming destination. Wager your way into a world of opportunity, with the ultimate Fun, Fast and Fair crypto-casino experience. Deposit, wager, and withdraw in real-time with a host of top cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), LiteCoin (LTC), Tether (USDT), TRON (TRX), Ripple (XRP), and more! Use the promo link https://Bitcasino.io/Shrem, to unlock your 200 FREE SPINS in the Legacy of Dead Promotion.----NEXOCrypto banking just got real with Nexo. Get cryptо credit from just 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% interest on crypto, stablecoins & fiat, swap assets on their brand new integrated exchange, and much more all conveniently wrapped in a single wallet interface. Sign up for free at nexo.io. Download the Nexo Wallet App on Google Play or the App Store .–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mar 9, 202135 min

Ep 167Privacy Preserving Protocols with Luca Cosentino and Viktor Bunin

My guests today are Luca Cosentino the Product Lead at Oasis Labs and Viktor Bunin a Protocol Specialist at Bison Trails. Oasis Labs is a privacy-first cloud computing platform on blockchain technology and Luca focuses on creating the infrastructure for privacy-preserving applications. Bison Trails is a technology platform providing enterprise-grade security, multi-cloud and multi-region distribution, and a 99.99% uptime guarantee for node operators and Viktor researches emerging technologies and translates those insights into business development, product, operations, and marketing. Our discussion focuses on crypto's infrastructure layer. We did deep dive into Taproot and its implications, nodes and their role in the consensus process, privacy vs anonymity. I hope you enjoy the conversation.–––YIELDWith a market so new and so powerful, it goes without saying that investment opportunities are everywhere, with sometimes the potential for astonishing returns. Yield filters through all defi investments, consolidated gas fees, and only invests in a select few to generate up to 20% APY, which more than double what you could earn from the top lending services in the space. Check them out at https://on.yield.app/charlie–––COSMOSVisit stargate.cosmos.network to learn about the Cosmos Hub and how it's the port city for blockchains across the world. Cosmos can bridge the siloed blockchains, like Bitcoin and Ethereum, to ensure your liquidity on any chain can be used anywhere. Find new staking opportunities and applications, or build your own, at stargate.cosmos.network.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mar 4, 202139 min

Ep 166Legacy Capital Markets vs. DeFi, with Bittrex Global CEO Tom Albright

My guest today is Tom Albright, CEO of Bittrex Global. Bittrex Global is a secure, reliable and advanced digital asset trading platform developed for international customers and built on Bittrex’s cutting-edge technology. Before becoming CEO in February 2020, Tom served as general counsel of Bittrex in the United States, where he supervised all legal matters and managed all legal operations. This is a must listen for anyone interested in understanding the inefficiencies in traditional finance and how crypto is building a new financial system. We discuss how legacy capital markets and securities work, the growth decentralization throughout society, crypto's current regulatory framework, Bittrex and tokenizing stocks. I hope you enjoy this conversation.----Legacy of Dead This episode was brought to you by Bitcasino. The worlds leading Bitcoin-led online casino and crypto-centric gaming destination. Wager your way into a world of opportunity, with the ultimate Fun, Fast and Fair crypto-casino experience. Deposit, wager, and withdraw in real-time with a host of top cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), LiteCoin (LTC), Tether (USDT), TRON (TRX), Ripple (XRP), and more! Use the promo link https://Bitcasino.io/Shrem, to unlock your 200 FREE SPINS in the Legacy of Dead Promotion.----NEXOCrypto banking just got real with Nexo. Get cryptо credit from just 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% interest on crypto, stablecoins & fiat, swap assets on their brand new integrated exchange, and much more all conveniently wrapped in a single wallet interface. Sign up for free at nexo.io. Download the Nexo Wallet App on Google Play or the App Store .–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mar 2, 202135 min

Ep 165Tokenizing Stocks and the Gamestop Fiasco with Steve Ehrlich

My guest today is my friend Steve Ehrlich is the co-Founder and CEO of Voyager, a retail-first publicly-traded, licensed crypto-asset broker that provides investors with a simple solution to trade crypto assets. Steve has a long history in the brokerage and market structure industry, he founded Lightspeed Financial, a retail broker-dealer where he was responsible for eight major transactions. This is a must listen for anyone interested in the future of capital markets. We discuss Voyager and its mission democratize capital markets, the rise of retail investors, the tokenization of assets and much more.–––YIELDWith a market so new and so powerful, it goes without saying that investment opportunities are everywhere, with sometimes the potential for astonishing returns. Yield filters through all defi investments, consolidated gas fees, and only invests in a select few to generate up to 20% APY, which more than double what you could earn from the top lending services in the space. Check them out at https://on.yield.app/charlie–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Feb 25, 202142 min

Ep 163How Bitcoin Mining Collides with Energy, with Core Scientific

My guests today are Russell Cann, Chief Customer Success Officer, and Taras Kulyk, the Senior Vice President of Blockchain Business Development from Core Scientific. Our conversation focuses on the Digital Mining Industry. We discuss the role of mining within the Bitcoin Network, debunking the myths and false narratives centered around the environmental impact of Digital Asset Mining, how the market cycle effects the mining industry, and why it’s important to ensure America is the leader in the digital mining industry. I hope you enjoy this conversation. –––YIELDWith a market so new and so powerful, it goes without saying that investment opportunities are everywhere, with sometimes the potential for astonishing returns. Yield filters through all defi investments, consolidated gas fees, and only invests in a select few to generate up to 20% APY, which more than double what you could earn from the top lending services in the space. Check them out at https://on.yield.app/charlie–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Feb 18, 202138 min

Ep 162How Angel Investing Bootstrapped Crypto, with Michael Terpin

My Guest today is my friend Michael Terpin an American investor, entrepreneur and public relations (PR) agency manager. Terpin in 2013 co-founded BitAngels, an investment network for blockchain technology startups, and Transform Group, a PR firm for the digital currency industry, in 2014. BitAngels was the first angel network for bitcoin and digital currency startups. The Transform Group is a bitcoin and blockchain marketing firm headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The company has four major divisions: public relations, social media, event managing and cryptocurrency consulting. We discuss The BitAngels' Origin Story and some of their iconic investments, what is angel investing and it's role within the investing ecosystem, and how the public relations within crypto has evolved as the community has become more informed and mainstream. Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Feb 16, 202129 min

Ep 161Creating Ethereum, with Co-Founder Anthony Di Iorio

My guest today is my friend Anthony Di Iorio, a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, community organizer, and thought leader in the field of digital currencies, blockchain and decentralized technologies. I didn't know where this conversation would take us given Anthony's wide range of activities and influence in the digital asset space but I think this conversation provides a glimpse into the history of our industry and gives a road map to how to move forward as crypto begins gaining mainstream adoption. In our wide-ranging discussion we cover the founding of Ethereum, the Holy Grail of Crypto, disrupting society's current incentive framework, the importance of mental health for entrepreneurs, building mental models and problem solving skills and much more.–––TOKENIZED STOCKS from BITTREX GLOBALBittrex Global is offering all of the Charlie’s listeners the ability to now buy tokenized stocks from Tesla, Apple, Amazon and more. Please visit https://global.bittrex.com/discover/tokenized-stocks to get fractional shares of your favorite stocks now from almost anywhere in the world.–––YIELDWith a market so new and so powerful, it goes without saying that investment opportunities are everywhere, with sometimes the potential for astonishing returns. Yield filters through all defi investments, consolidated gas fees, and only invests in a select few to generate up to 20% APY, which more than double what you could earn from the top lending services in the space. Check them out at https://on.yield.app/charlie–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Feb 11, 202142 min

Ep 159Legacy Finance is Hungry for Crypto. Too Late? with John Sarson and Jason Penner

My guests today are John Sarson, CEO and Founder of Sarson Funds, and Jason Penner, Senior Trader and General Partner at Sarson Funds. Sarson Funds is an independent provider of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency marketing and educational services focusing on the financial professional community and their clients. Sarson Funds was among the first US cryptocurrency managers to directly address the concerns of Financial Advisors by focusing on education for both the advisor and the client. Our conversation ranges from the origins of Sarson Funds, the explosive growth of interest in crypto from institutional investors, the current crypto regulations, legacy institutions entering the crypto space and so much more.–––TOKENIZED STOCKS from BITTREX GLOBALBittrex Global is offering all of the Charlie’s listeners the ability to now buy tokenized stocks from Tesla, Apple, Amazon and more. Please visit https://global.bittrex.com/discover/tokenized-stocks to get fractional shares of your favorite stocks now from almost anywhere in the world.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Feb 4, 202129 min

Ep 158Will Latin America Be a Crypto Powerhouse? With Pablo Gonzalez

My guest today is Pablo Gonzalez, Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer of Bitso, the leading cryptocurrency exchange platform in Latin America boasting 1 million users. Before venturing into the crypto space, Pablo founded his own design and animation firm where he worked on high profile games like FIFA and Resident Evil. I found this conversation fascinating and think it will be essential for anyone who wants to understand the extent of the inefficiencies of the legacy financial markets or crypto helping bring the large global unbanked population into the financial system. Our conversation touches on how Bitso is helping their users send remittances payments and fight against unstable inflationary currencies by being the on ramp for stablecoin access, the current state of the local inefficient and corrupt legacy financial institutions, and why design is Crypto's biggest obstacle for adoption.----This podcast is powered by Blockworks . For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Feb 2, 202143 min

Ep 157The Looming Bitcoin Liquidity Squeeze with Chris Spadafora

My guest today is my friend Chris Spadafora, founder of Badger DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that has a single purpose: build the products and infrastructure necessary to accelerate Bitcoin as collateral across other blockchains. Chris is highly involved in the Crypto ecosystem; he organized Crypto After Dark, a Crypto COVID19 Charity Poker Tournament, he is a partner at Angelrock, a boutique consulting firm focused on helping large digital assets hodlers navigate the crypto space and much more. Our conversation covers the development of the crypto market, the Badger origin story, the danger of a Bitcoin liquidity crisis, the current state of DeFi, Bitcoin's place within DeFi.–––Coin GamingPut your crypto knowledge to the test with Coingaming, and take home your share of a massive 500 mBTC prize pool. Predict the BTC price for Feb. 1, 2021 for a piece of the winning. Visit https://play.bitcasino.io/btc-predictor-2020-gb/index.html to learn more.–––TOKENIZED STOCKS from BITTREX GLOBALBittrex Global is offering all of the Charlie’s listeners the ability to now buy tokenized stocks from Tesla, Apple, Amazon and more. Please visit https://global.bittrex.com/discover/tokenized-stocks to get fractional shares of your favorite stocks now from almost anywhere in the world.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jan 28, 202141 min

Ep 156Chasing Yields in the Crypto Markets with Tim Frost

My guest today is my friend Tim Frost, CEO and Co-Founder of Yield App, a fintech app making DeFi accessible to everyone. Prior to founding Yield, Tim helped build 2 previous digital banks, Wirex and EQIBank. Tim has also helped accelerate early-stage blockchain startups QTUM, NEO, Paxful, Polymath, and many others. I found this conversation fascinating and think it will be essential for anyone who is interested in DeFi and where fintech is headed. In our conversation we cover what is DeFi, the importance of liquidity, how Yield is creating frictionless DeFi experience, and much more. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Tim Frost.----This podcast is powered by Blockworks . For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jan 26, 202137 min

Ep 155Estonia: The First Digital Citizenship, with Mikk Maal

My guest today is Mikk Maal, CEO of Comistar. Comistar offers smart corporate governance solutions, including company incorporation, accounting, tax & legal advisory to help foreign entrepreneurs to do business in Estonia. Our conversation focuses on Estonia's E-Residency and how Estonia's institutions are all digitized. Mikk discusses the benefits of becoming an E-Resident of Estonia, the entrepreneurial/start up culture of Estonia, the benefits and drawbacks of living in a country whose institutions are completely digitized and much more. –––Coin GamingPut your crypto knowledge to the test with Coingaming, and take home your share of a massive 500 mBTC prize pool. Predict the BTC price for Feb. 1, 2021 for a piece of the winning. Visit https://play.bitcasino.io/btc-predictor-2020-gb/index.html to learn more.–––TOKENIZED STOCKS from BITTREX GLOBALBittrex Global is offering all of the Charlie’s listeners the ability to now buy tokenized stocks from Tesla, Apple, Amazon and more. Please visit https://global.bittrex.com/discover/tokenized-stocks to get fractional shares of your favorite stocks now from almost anywhere in the world.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jan 21, 202132 min

Ep 154Can the Power of Community build a Credit Score for Crypto?

My guest today is Patrick Stanley, Founder & CEO of Freehold. Freehold is a community of cryptocurrency stakeholders focused on furthering the reputation, usefulness, and mission of their respective holdings. The Freehold model rewards hodlers who take an active role in educating, building, and growing within their community, and is designed so technical and non-technical holders can become real stakeholders in the rise of a movement. This is a must listen for those interested in understanding the user-staker model but also community building more generally. In our conversation, we cover how Freehold is pioneering a new business model by leveraging community, what is proof of hodl and how it can act like a crypto credit score, the evolution of the crypto community and much more. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Patrick Stanley. ----This podcast is powered by Blockworks . For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jan 19, 202138 min

Ep 153Fighting for Data Rights with Gilbert Hill

My guest today is Gilbert Hill, CEO of TapMyData. TapMyData is a decentralized data protocol enabling people to own their digital identity and for companies to rebuild trust. Prior to becoming CEO of TapMyData, Gilbert founded Optanon and as the MD grew it to become the market leader in the provision of website auditing and cookie compliance solutions in the UK and EU. This is a must listen for those interested in Data and the Data economy. In our conversation we cover the GDPR, the evolution of the Data economy, Data Storage/Data Breaches, how TapMyData is helping consumers fight for their data rights and much more.–––Coin GamingPut your crypto knowledge to the test with Coingaming, and take home your share of a massive 500 mBTC prize pool. Predict the BTC price for Feb. 1, 2021 for a piece of the winning. Visit https://play.bitcasino.io/btc-predictor-2020-gb/index.html to learn more.–––TOKENIZED STOCKS from BITTREX GLOBALBittrex Global is offering all of the Charlie’s listeners the ability to now buy tokenized stocks from Tesla, Apple, Amazon and more. Please visit https://global.bittrex.com/discover/tokenized-stocks to get fractional shares of your favorite stocks now from almost anywhere in the world.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jan 14, 202141 min

Ep 152Permissionless and Censorship Resistance with Kevin Wang

My guest today is Kevin Wang, Co-Founder and of the Nervos Network. The Nervos Network is an open source public blockchain ecosystem and collection of protocols focused on solving the biggest challenges facing blockchains today. The design of the Nervos Network is a sustainably secure, permissionless and decentralized Layer 1 blockchain that is built to scale with Layer 2 solutions, making Nervos the only PoW, multi-asset, store of value, smart contract platform. Our discussion centers around the technical differences between the various consensus models, what it means to be a "truly permissionless" system, what makes The Nervos Network so special, and much more. ----This podcast is powered by Blockworks . For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jan 12, 202138 min

Ep 151Why Blockchains help build trust within society with Joe Yu

My guest today is Joe Yu, is the Tech Coordinator for Sperax. Sperax is a blockchain infrastructure platform focused on enabling decentralized financial services. Joe helped Prof. Wang design the Sperax consensus protocol as his chief research assistant. He was also the co-author and presenter of Sperax's IEE paper — "Sperax: An Approach to Defeat Long Range Attack." We dive deep into the Consensus Models and their benefits and their drawbacks, how blockchains enable trust and why that's important, and much more.–––PermissionPermission.io enables people to earn rewards for doing the same things online they do every day by empowering them to take back ownership of their personal data from Silicon Valley startups. People can now decide which brands and online retailers can target them with ads, and use the rewards earned for viewing them to pay for goods and services available online. Go to www.permission.io/charlie for a sign up bonus.–––TOKENIZED STOCKS from BITTREX GLOBALBittrex Global is offering all of the Charlie’s listeners the ability to now buy tokenized stocks from Tesla, Apple, Amazon and more. Please visit https://global.bittrex.com/discover/tokenized-stocks to get fractional shares of your favorite stocks now from almost anywhere in the world.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jan 7, 202138 min

Ep 150How The Hardest Asset Is Now Liquid with Jacques Voorhees

My guest today is my friend Jacques Voorhees, the Founder and CEO of Icecap. Icecap is a Blockchain-Based Diamond Marketplace. Icecap uses Ethereum-based, non-fungible tokens to represent ownership of individual diamonds. Jacques Voorhees is a serial entrepreneur, prior to Icecap, founded and was the past president of Polygon, one of the most disruptive initiatives to hit the diamond industry in the last fifty years. We discussed the history of diamonds as an alternative asset, how diamonds are graded, what is an investment grade diamond, what is Icecap, the legal connection between the diamond and the token and much more.–––Coingaming was formed when one Australian professional poker player, who knew first-hand the importance of fun, fast and fair gaming, met two Estonian tech whizzes who just so happened to be vanguards of Bitcoin. From there, Coingaming’s ecosystem of brands and products evolved, breathing new life into the gaming industry.Now with 400+ people, Coingaming is behind some of the world’s most innovative crypto gaming brands and is on a mission to further awareness of cryptocurrencies across the globe.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jan 5, 202138 min

Ep 149Bringing the Unbanked into the Financial World w Brandon Mintz of the Bitcoin ATM Empire

My guest today is Brandon Mintz, Founder and CEO of Bitcoin Depot. Brandon has spent his whole career in the crypto-space. He began his career by starting Cash To Crypto, which became one of the first professional OTC crypto trading companies in the world. Following the success with Cash to Crypto, in 2016 Brandon founded his current company, Bitcoin Depot.Bitcoin Depot currently has hundreds of Crypto ATMs across the U.S. and is the fastest growing as well as one of the most respected names in the Crypto ATM space. We discuss how the unbanked is realizing the power of crypto, how he got into the crypto industry, how he first started Bitcoin Depot, and how he was able to scale it to the largest Bitcoin ATM company in the country.–––Coingaming was formed when one Australian professional poker player, who knew first-hand the importance of fun, fast and fair gaming, met two Estonian tech whizzes who just so happened to be vanguards of Bitcoin. From there, Coingaming’s ecosystem of brands and products evolved, breathing new life into the gaming industry.Now with 400+ people, Coingaming is behind some of the world’s most innovative crypto gaming brands and is on a mission to further awareness of cryptocurrencies across the globe.–––PermissionPermission.io enables people to earn rewards for doing the same things online they do every day by empowering them to take back ownership of their personal data from Silicon Valley startups. People can now decide which brands and online retailers can target them with ads, and use the rewards earned for viewing them to pay for goods and services available online. Go to www.permission.io/charlie for a sign up bonus.–––TOKENIZED STOCKS from BITTREX GLOBALBittrex Global is offering all of the Charlie’s listeners the ability to now buy tokenized stocks from Tesla, Apple, Amazon and more. Please visit https://global.bittrex.com/discover/tokenized-stocks to get fractional shares of your favorite stocks now from almost anywhere in the world.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dec 29, 202040 min

Ep 148An Argument for the Free Market and Objectivism with Charles Silver

My guest today is my friend Charles Silver, CEO of Permission.IO an e-commerce platform where instead of merchants paying centralized third-party platforms to engage consumers, merchants compensate consumers for their time and data directly with ASK cryptocurrency. The platform enables businesses to connect with individuals on a permission basis, building trusted, transparent, and interruption-free relationships. Prior to Permission, Charles has been a serial entrepreneur, in a wide range of industries, his companies have been acquired by Jiffy Lube, the Hearst to name a couple.Our conversation focuses on the importance of individualism, decentralization and transparency. We discuss the importance of finding balance between the individual and the collective in governance, how markets help drive value creation and equality, how Permission.IO is empowering both consumers and advertisers by de-siloing data and creating a more direct personal relationship with the consumer and advertiser, and why this is the future of advertising.–––Coingaming was formed when one Australian professional poker player, who knew first-hand the importance of fun, fast and fair gaming, met two Estonian tech whizzes who just so happened to be vanguards of Bitcoin. From there, Coingaming’s ecosystem of brands and products evolved, breathing new life into the gaming industry.Now with 400+ people, Coingaming is behind some of the world’s most innovative crypto gaming brands and is on a mission to further awareness of cryptocurrencies across the globe.–––PermissionPermission.io enables people to earn rewards for doing the same things online they do every day by empowering them to take back ownership of their personal data from Silicon Valley startups. People can now decide which brands and online retailers can target them with ads, and use the rewards earned for viewing them to pay for goods and services available online. Go to www.permission.io/charlie for a sign up bonus.–––TOKENIZED STOCKS from BITTREX GLOBALBittrex Global is offering all of the Charlie’s listeners the ability to now buy tokenized stocks from Tesla, Apple, Amazon and more. Please visit https://global.bittrex.com/discover/tokenized-stocks to get fractional shares of your favorite stocks now from almost anywhere in the world.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dec 22, 202039 min

Ep 147The Return of The American Crypto Investor With Graham Friedman

Graham Friedman is Director at Republic Advisory Service & Co-founder and Partner at TLDR Global, a global investment firm, focusing on tokenized assets and DLT technology. Prior to joing the crypto space, Graham spent over a decade of working in multimedia; shooting commercials for major brands and pioneering new media strategies, such as live-stream integration, vertical video, and more. We discuss his time at Vayner Media, the current regulatory framework for crypto, how far crypto as an industry has become, what are No-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and imagining their future use cases and much more.–––Coingaming was formed when one Australian professional poker player, who knew first-hand the importance of fun, fast and fair gaming, met two Estonian tech whizzes who just so happened to be vanguards of Bitcoin. From there, Coingaming’s ecosystem of brands and products evolved, breathing new life into the gaming industry.Now with 400+ people, Coingaming is behind some of the world’s most innovative crypto gaming brands and is on a mission to further awareness of cryptocurrencies across the globe.–––PermissionPermission.io enables people to earn rewards for doing the same things online they do every day by empowering them to take back ownership of their personal data from Silicon Valley startups. People can now decide which brands and online retailers can target them with ads, and use the rewards earned for viewing them to pay for goods and services available online. Go to www.permission.io/charlie for a sign up bonus.–––TOKENIZED STOCKS from BITTREX GLOBALBittrex Global is offering all of the Charlie’s listeners the ability to now buy tokenized stocks from Tesla, Apple, Amazon and more. Please visit https://global.bittrex.com/discover/tokenized-stocks to get fractional shares of your favorite stocks now from almost anywhere in the world.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dec 17, 202043 min

Ep 146Why DeFI will finally bring finance to the Internet Age with Spencer Bogart

My guest today is my friend, Spencer Bogart, General Partner at Blockchain Capital - a leading venture firm in the crypto and blockchain industry. Spencer has made over 90 investments in companies and protocols in the sector, across different stages, geographies and asset types. Prior to Blockchain Capital , Spencer was a part of the Internet Equity Research team at Needham & Company, an investment bank, where he led the firm's research efforts in all things crypto and blockchain.We discuss how Spencer's experience publishing Bitcoin research reports in the early days of crypto and having to defend his thesis against traditional fund managers, the possibility of a Bitcoin liquidity squeeze, why DeFi is so exciting, and Blockchain Cap's Investment Framework.---ELECTRONEUMElectroneum, has gained widespread adoption providing a mobile-first payment solution to the world's unbanked, attracting more than 4M users worldwide in less than three years. They have since launched a new freelance marketplace, AnyTask.com, which is providing thousands of freelancers the opportunity to sell their services to buyers globally, without the need of a bank account. Learn more at Electroneum.com.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dec 15, 202044 min

Ep 145Breaking Down the Complex World of Fintech and Banking as a Service with Edward Woodford

My guest today is Edward Woodford, Co-founder and CEO of Zero Hash. Zero Hash offers a post-trade settlement utility to bridge a fragmented market of diverse execution platforms. Participants leverage Zero Hash’s innovative technology, regulatory compliance and operational excellence to settle confidently across the ecosystem. Prior to Zero Cash, Edward was working in the financial sector mainly in the hedge fund industry. In 2018, Edward along with Co-Founder were named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 for their work at Zero Hash (formally SeedCX).Our conversation focuses on banking as a service and the regulation around money transfer. We discuss his experience bootstrapping a Crypto Startup and his advice for aspiring entrepreneurs, Zero Hash and how it is facilitating the bridge between the crypto markets and the legacy financial markets, banking as a service and much more.–––Coingaming was formed when one Australian professional poker player, who knew first-hand the importance of fun, fast and fair gaming, met two Estonian tech whizzes who just so happened to be vanguards of Bitcoin. From there, Coingaming’s ecosystem of brands and products evolved, breathing new life into the gaming industry.Now with 400+ people, Coingaming is behind some of the world’s most innovative crypto gaming brands and is on a mission to further awareness of cryptocurrencies across the globe.–––PermissionPermission.io enables people to earn rewards for doing the same things online they do every day by empowering them to take back ownership of their personal data from Silicon Valley startups. People can now decide which brands and online retailers can target them with ads, and use the rewards earned for viewing them to pay for goods and services available online. Go to www.permission.io/charlie for a sign up bonus.–––BITTREX GLOBALDEFI TOKENS from BITTREX GLOBAL. Bittrex Global is offering all of Charlie's listeners the ability to trade DeFi tokens without paying trading or gas fees through the end of 2020. Bittrex Global is the safest and most secure place for you to trade DeFi tokens like Compound, Aave, Balancer and all of the rest of the top tokens. Please visit https://global.bittrex.com/discover/defi to get free trades and no gas fees now.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dec 10, 202037 min

Ep 144Getting into the Flow State with Chris Burniske: Importance of Privacy and Ethereum’s Perception

My guest today is Chris Burniske, Co-founder of Placeholder, a New York venture capital firm that specializes in crypto-assets. Prior to Placeholder, Chris pioneered ARK Investment Management's Next Generation Internet strategy, leading the firm to become the first public fund manager to invest in bitcoin. Our wide-ranging conversation covers Satoshi Nakamoto & and try to understand why they decided to leave the crypto-space, what is the flow state and how to master it, ZCash and their unique privacy features, and how Ethereum’s perception within crypto evolved over time and the ignorance of Bitcoin maximalists. I hope you enjoy and learn from this conversation as much as I did.---ELECTRONEUMElectroneum, has gained widespread adoption providing a mobile-first payment solution to the world's unbanked, attracting more than 4M users worldwide in less than three years. They have since launched a new freelance marketplace, AnyTask.com, which is providing thousands of freelancers the opportunity to sell their services to buyers globally, without the need of a bank account. Learn more at Electroneum.com.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dec 8, 202046 min

Ep 143How Crypto is Facilitating one of the Largest Wealth Shifts in History w. Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital

My guest today is Kyle Samani, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital. Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm that invests in blockchain and crypto companies with the purpose of making capital markets more efficient and accessible to everyone, helping enable Web3.0 and data emancipation, and the integration of global state-free money.Samani is one of the leading authorities in blockchain and cryptoeconomics. Our conversation covers a wide range of topics including the possible outcomes and realities of digitization and tokenization of society, how ascribing Bitcoin to be “digital gold” is actually a limiting label, Multicoin’s investment thesis and much more. –––Coingaming was formed when one Australian professional poker player, who knew first-hand the importance of fun, fast and fair gaming, met two Estonian tech whizzes who just so happened to be vanguards of Bitcoin. From there, Coingaming’s ecosystem of brands and products evolved, breathing new life into the gaming industry.Now with 400+ people, Coingaming is behind some of the world’s most innovative crypto gaming brands and is on a mission to further awareness of cryptocurrencies across the globe.–––PermissionPermission.io enables people to earn rewards for doing the same things online they do every day by empowering them to take back ownership of their personal data from Silicon Valley startups. People can now decide which brands and online retailers can target them with ads, and use the rewards earned for viewing them to pay for goods and services available online. Go to www.permission.io/charlie for a sign up bonus.–––BITTREX GLOBALDEFI TOKENS from BITTREX GLOBAL. Bittrex Global is offering all of Charlie's listeners the ability to trade DeFi tokens without paying trading or gas fees through the end of 2020. Bittrex Global is the safest and most secure place for you to trade DeFi tokens like Compound, Aave, Balancer and all of the rest of the top tokens. Please visit https://global.bittrex.com/discover/defi to get free trades and no gas fees now.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dec 3, 202035 min

Ep 142How to Become a Better Trader with David Waslen & HedgeTrade

My guest today is David Waslen, CEO of Rublix. Rublix is a software development company focused on Fintech fueled by blockchain technology, their first decentralized project is HedgeTrade. HedgeTrade is a crypto prediction social marketplace, where traders can post trading predictions and are rewarded if their information/prediction was accurate. HedgeTrade accomplishes this by holding forecasters accountable through immutable blockchain records and the unique smart contract staking model. David Waslen has a background in venture capital and private equity with extensive experience managing growing businesses. The Topics we discussed included what is HedgeTrade, why derivatives markets are important for the growth of crypto, the incentive model and the token economics of HedgeTrade, Singapore becoming the new global Financial Capital and much more.---ELECTRONEUMElectroneum, has gained widespread adoption providing a mobile-first payment solution to the world's unbanked, attracting more than 4M users worldwide in less than three years. They have since launched a new freelance marketplace, AnyTask.com, which is providing thousands of freelancers the opportunity to sell their services to buyers globally, without the need of a bank account. Learn more at Electroneum.com.---Permian ChainPermianChain brings together the crypto-mining and oil and gas sectors. We offer crypto projects access to cheap, abundant power, using an oil and gas blockchain-integrated framework (OGBiF) to ensure that stranded and wasted energy resources are used efficiently. This unlocks liquidity and transforms the way that oil and gas reserves are funded, produced, bought and sold on the blockchain.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dec 1, 202035 min

Ep 141Data Emancipation and The Permissionless Future with Filecoin's Pooja Shah

My guest today is Pooja Shah, Product Lead at Filecoin. Filecoin is a decentralized storage network that turns the world’s unused storage into an algorithmic market, creating a permanent, decentralized future for the web. Prior to joining Filecoin, Pooja worked at Palantir, the leading Big data analytics company for Governments and Intelligence agencies, and started her own company Dagny, a virtual reality platform focused on improving the users productivity.Our conversation touched a wide range of topics in data and crypto. The topics discussed included her time and what she learned at Palantir, VR and it’s roadblocks, Filecoin vs Torrent Platforms she explains how Filecoin is trying disrupt the data industry and what is and why data emancipation is important. –––Coingaming was formed when one Australian professional poker player, who knew first-hand the importance of fun, fast and fair gaming, met two Estonian tech whizzes who just so happened to be vanguards of Bitcoin. From there, Coingaming’s ecosystem of brands and products evolved, breathing new life into the gaming industry.Now with 400+ people, Coingaming is behind some of the world’s most innovative crypto gaming brands and is on a mission to further awareness of cryptocurrencies across the globe.–––PermissionPermission.io enables people to earn rewards for doing the same things online they do every day by empowering them to take back ownership of their personal data from Silicon Valley startups. People can now decide which brands and online retailers can target them with ads, and use the rewards earned for viewing them to pay for goods and services available online. Go to www.permission.io/charlie for a sign up bonus.–––BITTREX GLOBALDEFI TOKENS from BITTREX GLOBAL. Bittrex Global is offering all of Charlie's listeners the ability to trade DeFi tokens without paying trading or gas fees through the end of 2020. Bittrex Global is the safest and most secure place for you to trade DeFi tokens like Compound, Aave, Balancer and all of the rest of the top tokens. Please visit https://global.bittrex.com/discover/defi to get free trades and no gas fees now.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nov 26, 202046 min

Ep 140The Road to Bitcoin's $20k: CryptoBirb breaks down the 2020 Market Runup

My guest today is CryptoBirb, Founder and CEO of The Birb Nest. The Birb Nest is one of the most successful crypto educational and trading community platforms, with hundreds of clients powered by a top notch team with proven expertise in technical analysis, fundamental analysis and IT. CryptoBirb is a Chemical Engineer turned Crypto and Legacy market trader. Our conversation covers the 2020 Crypto market runup, Bitcoin approaching All Time Highs, how the retail investor is buying crypto, singularity and it’s possible effects on Bitcoin and the Crypto Industry at large, and much more. I had a blast talking and learning from my friend CryptoBirb, I hope you enjoy this conversation. ---ELECTRONEUMElectroneum, has gained widespread adoption providing a mobile-first payment solution to the world's unbanked, attracting more than 4M users worldwide in less than three years. They have since launched a new freelance marketplace, AnyTask.com, which is providing thousands of freelancers the opportunity to sell their services to buyers globally, without the need of a bank account. Learn more at Electroneum.com.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nov 24, 202032 min

Ep 139Fan Long: The Problem with PoS, Conflux and the Chinese Crypto Environment

My guest today is Fan Long, co-founder of Conflux, founder and president of Tree-Graph Blockchain Research Institute and currently an Assistant Professor at University of Toronto. Conflux is a next generation blockchain protocol with a focus on scalability, security and extensibility. Fan holds a Ph.D in Computer Science from MIT. His research interests included systems security, programming language, and blockchain. He was awarded the ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Dissertation Award and MIT Best Dissertation Award for his work in Automatic patch generation, which is focused on creating software that promises to automatically correct software defects without the need for developers.He was also a competitive programmer, winning two gold medals in the International Olympiad of Informatics (2005, 2006). Our conversation covers the origins of bitcoin and blockchain with an emphasis on comparing bitcoin and blockchain to previous distributed system networks and how they attempted to solve the Byzantine Generals Problem, we also compare and contrast the differences between the proof-of-work (PoW) and proof-of-stake (PoS), the current crypto environment in China and what it’s like running a Crypto Company in China and his work at Conflux, and which country fears Bitcoin becomes the world reserve currency the most.–––Coingaming was formed when one Australian professional poker player, who knew first-hand the importance of fun, fast and fair gaming, met two Estonian tech whizzes who just so happened to be vanguards of Bitcoin. From there, Coingaming’s ecosystem of brands and products evolved, breathing new life into the gaming industry.Now with 400+ people, Coingaming is behind some of the world’s most innovative crypto gaming brands and is on a mission to further awareness of cryptocurrencies across the globe.–––PermissionPermission.io enables people to earn rewards for doing the same things online they do every day by empowering them to take back ownership of their personal data from Silicon Valley startups. People can now decide which brands and online retailers can target them with ads, and use the rewards earned for viewing them to pay for goods and services available online. Go to www.permission.io/charlie for a sign up bonus.–––BITTREX GLOBALDEFI TOKENS from BITTREX GLOBAL. Bittrex Global is offering all of Charlie's listeners the ability to trade DeFi tokens without paying trading or gas fees through the end of 2020. Bittrex Global is the safest and most secure place for you to trade DeFi tokens like Compound, Aave, Balancer and all of the rest of the top tokens. Please visit https://global.bittrex.com/discover/defi to get free trades and no gas fees now.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nov 19, 202045 min

Ep 138Governance 2.0: Rethinking governance in the era of decentralization with Gabriel Abed

Gabriel Abed is an expert on Central Bank digital currencies, blockchain technology, and is a pioneer and a leader within the Caribbean blockchain and crypto industry. Gabriel co-founded and was the Vice Chairman at Bitt, the leading Caribbean-based digital asset exchange. Gabriel has given presentations on digital currencies and blockchain technology to the leading economic and political institutions, including but not limited to the United Nations (U.N.), the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (I.M.O.).He has also consulted heads of state and governments on blockchain and digital assets, most recently he was appointed as the Special Technology Advisor to the Honourable David Burt, Premier of Bermuda and has advised the Premier and his government on legislation and the best way of implementing blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. He is currently working on a new top secret project. In this conversation we discuss the rise in demand for a secondary citizenship and the various different naturalization process across the globe, his time at Bitt and his experience consulting the Premier of Bermuda and the Bermudian government on blockchain and digital currencies, the growth and future of DAOs and how governance and social institutions will be decentralized and a lot more. Gabriel is not only a friend, but one of the leading entrepreneurs and ambassadors of the crypto industry.---ELECTRONEUMElectroneum, has gained widespread adoption providing a mobile-first payment solution to the world's unbanked, attracting more than 4M users worldwide in less than three years. They have since launched a new freelance marketplace, AnyTask.com, which is providing thousands of freelancers the opportunity to sell their services to buyers globally, without the need of a bank account. Learn more at Electroneum.com.---Permian ChainPermianChain brings together the crypto-mining and oil and gas sectors. We offer crypto projects access to cheap, abundant power, using an oil and gas blockchain-integrated framework (OGBiF) to ensure that stranded and wasted energy resources are used efficiently. This unlocks liquidity and transforms the way that oil and gas reserves are funded, produced, bought and sold on the blockchain.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nov 17, 202041 min

Ep 137Community First, Token Second with Greg Isenberg, Founder of Late Checkout

Greg Isenberg, Founder of Late Checkout, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.Greg and Charlie discuss Late Checkout, web design, communities, design tools, product marketing, early internet, engineering, social internet, crypto, art, intuition marketing, tokens, incentives, and building massive communities.–––Coingaming was formed when one Australian professional poker player, who knew first-hand the importance of fun, fast and fair gaming, met two Estonian tech whizzes who just so happened to be vanguards of Bitcoin. From there, Coingaming’s ecosystem of brands and products evolved, breathing new life into the gaming industry.Now with 400+ people, Coingaming is behind some of the world’s most innovative crypto gaming brands and is on a mission to further awareness of cryptocurrencies across the globe.–––PermissionPermission.io enables people to earn rewards for doing the same things online they do every day by empowering them to take back ownership of their personal data from Silicon Valley startups. People can now decide which brands and online retailers can target them with ads, and use the rewards earned for viewing them to pay for goods and services available online. Go to www.permission.io/charlie for a sign up bonus.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nov 12, 202035 min

Ep 134The A-Z Guide to Crypto Trading with Koroush AK, Founder of Market Meditations

Koroush AK, Founder of Market Meditations, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.Koroush and Charlie discuss trading, meditation, defi, Bitcoin, blockchain, podcasting, therapy, master classes, decentralization, youtube, social media, world economics, philosophy, delivering value, and shedding light on crypto markets. –––Bitpay CardThe all new Bitpay card is chalked full of new features. It has contactless pay, a new EMV chip, added in-app security where users can lock their card anytime, and so much more. Unlike other cards, reloading has no conversion fees & you can load your card whenever you want to. Download the latest version of the BitPay App and click the card icon to get to the new card offer.---ELECTRONEUMElectroneum, has gained widespread adoption providing a mobile-first payment solution to the world's unbanked, attracting more than 4M users worldwide in less than three years. They have since launched a new freelance marketplace, AnyTask.com, which is providing thousands of freelancers the opportunity to sell their services to buyers globally, without the need of a bank account. Learn more at Electroneum.com.---Permian ChainPermianChain brings together the crypto-mining and oil and gas sectors. We offer crypto projects access to cheap, abundant power, using an oil and gas blockchain-integrated framework (OGBiF) to ensure that stranded and wasted energy resources are used efficiently. This unlocks liquidity and transforms the way that oil and gas reserves are funded, produced, bought and sold on the blockchain.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nov 3, 202040 min

Ep 133Crypto: A Cult Based on Math with Tatiana Moroz, Founder of the Tatiana Show

Tatiana Moroz, Founder of the Tatiana Show, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.Tatiana and Charlie discuss art, cryptocurrency, libertarians, elections, speculation, blockchain, Bitcoin, chat rooms, crypto culture, decentralization, principles, tokenomics, Defi, crypto museums, Coinbase, and discoverings Bitcoin history.–––Coingaming was formed when one Australian professional poker player, who knew first-hand the importance of fun, fast and fair gaming, met two Estonian tech whizzes who just so happened to be vanguards of Bitcoin. From there, Coingaming’s ecosystem of brands and products evolved, breathing new life into the gaming industry.Now with 400+ people, Coingaming is behind some of the world’s most innovative crypto gaming brands and is on a mission to further awareness of cryptocurrencies across the globe.–––PermissionPermission.io enables people to earn rewards for doing the same things online they do every day by empowering them to take back ownership of their personal data from Silicon Valley startups. People can now decide which brands and online retailers can target them with ads, and use the rewards earned for viewing them to pay for goods and services available online. Go to www.permission.io/charlie for a sign up bonus.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Oct 29, 202043 min

Ep 132The Godfather of Ethereum with Yanislav Malahov, Founder of Aeternity

Yanislav Malahov, Founder of Aeternity, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.Yanislav and Charlie discuss Aeternity, Ethereum, mass adoption, decentralization, smart contracts, speculation, blockchain, Vitalik, early days of Bitcoin, alt coins, Master Coin, Bitcoin Forks, Bitcoin nodes, and building unstoppable crypto scripts. –––Bitpay CardThe all new Bitpay card is chalked full of new features. It has contactless pay, a new EMV chip, added in-app security where users can lock their card anytime, and so much more. Unlike other cards, reloading has no conversion fees & you can load your card whenever you want to. Download the latest version of the BitPay App and click the card icon to get to the new card offer.---ELECTRONEUMElectroneum, has gained widespread adoption providing a mobile-first payment solution to the world's unbanked, attracting more than 4M users worldwide in less than three years. They have since launched a new freelance marketplace, AnyTask.com, which is providing thousands of freelancers the opportunity to sell their services to buyers globally, without the need of a bank account. Learn more at Electroneum.com.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Oct 27, 202034 min

Ep 131How to Work Full Time in Crypto with Rob “Crypto Bobby” Paone, Founder of Proof of Talent

Rob “Crypto Bobby” Paone, Founder of Proof of Talent, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.Rob and Charlie discuss Proof of Talent, bull markets, crypto talent pool, crypto jobs, digital securities, hiring potential, Bitcoin, centralized organizations, Microstrategies, corporate strategies, youtube growth, market research, and building a company in crypto.–––Coingaming was formed when one Australian professional poker player, who knew first-hand the importance of fun, fast and fair gaming, met two Estonian tech whizzes who just so happened to be vanguards of Bitcoin. From there, Coingaming’s ecosystem of brands and products evolved, breathing new life into the gaming industry.Now with 400+ people, Coingaming is behind some of the world’s most innovative crypto gaming brands and is on a mission to further awareness of cryptocurrencies across the globe.–––PermissionPermission.io enables people to earn rewards for doing the same things online they do every day by empowering them to take back ownership of their personal data from Silicon Valley startups. People can now decide which brands and online retailers can target them with ads, and use the rewards earned for viewing them to pay for goods and services available online. Go to www.permission.io/charlie for a sign up bonus.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Oct 22, 202037 min

Ep 130The Next Industrial Revolution Will be Tokenized with Mohamed El Masri, Founder of Permian Chain

Mohamed El Masri, Founder of Permian Chain, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.Mohamed and Charlie discuss Permian Chain, capital markets, financial markets, corporate finance, growth equity strategies, fintech, the digital economy, Bitcoin, ICO’s, blockchain, private equity funds, digital securities, tokenized assets, network adoption, supply chains, and Bitcoin mining. –––Bitpay CardThe all new Bitpay card is chalked full of new features. It has contactless pay, a new EMV chip, added in-app security where users can lock their card anytime, and so much more. Unlike other cards, reloading has no conversion fees & you can load your card whenever you want to. Download the latest version of the BitPay App and click the card icon to get to the new card offer.---ELECTRONEUMElectroneum, has gained widespread adoption providing a mobile-first payment solution to the world's unbanked, attracting more than 4M users worldwide in less than three years. They have since launched a new freelance marketplace, AnyTask.com, which is providing thousands of freelancers the opportunity to sell their services to buyers globally, without the need of a bank account. Learn more at Electroneum.com.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Oct 20, 202038 min

Ep 129Reinventing Governance & Crypto Social Experiments: Ethan Buchman, Co Founder of Cosmos

Ethan Buchman, Co Founder of Cosmos, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.Ethan and Charlie discuss social cohesion, social experiments, political economics, institutions, governance, Defi, speculation, sushi swap, experimental finance, legacy systems, decentralization, digital life forms, biophysics, sustainability, and building the infrastructure of the future.–––Coingaming was formed when one Australian professional poker player, who knew first-hand the importance of fun, fast and fair gaming, met two Estonian tech whizzes who just so happened to be vanguards of Bitcoin. From there, Coingaming’s ecosystem of brands and products evolved, breathing new life into the gaming industry.Now with 400+ people, Coingaming is behind some of the world’s most innovative crypto gaming brands and is on a mission to further awareness of cryptocurrencies across the globe.–––PermissionPermission.io empowers people to take back ownership of their personal data from Silicon Valley giants who profit from it without their consent. The team has developed a cool way for users to leverage their data and earn crypto while doing the things they normally do online. People can now decide which brands & retailers can target them and are rewarded directly for viewing ads and content. Go to permission.io/charlie for a signup bonus–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Oct 15, 202036 min

Ep 128Community as an Asset: Speculators Vs Real World Users with Richard Ells, Founder of Electroneum

Richard Ells, Founder of Electroneum, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.Richard and Charlie discuss community, Electroneum, anonymity, social contracts, crypto for good, utility tokens, gig economy, blockchain, speculation, real world transactions, global payment systems, any task platforms, equities, use cases for blockchain, and millions joining the crypto space. –––Bitpay CardThe all new Bitpay card is chalked full of new features. It has contactless pay, a new EMV chip, added in-app security where users can lock their card anytime, and so much more. Unlike other cards, reloading has no conversion fees & you can load your card whenever you want to. Download the latest version of the BitPay App and click the card icon to get to the new card offer.---ELECTRONEUMElectroneum, has gained widespread adoption providing a mobile-first payment solution to the world's unbanked, attracting more than 4M users worldwide in less than three years. They have since launched a new freelance marketplace, AnyTask.com, which is providing thousands of freelancers the opportunity to sell their services to buyers globally, without the need of a bank account. Learn more at Electroneum.com.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Oct 13, 202039 min

Ep 127Crypto’s Double Edge and Going Cashless: Simon Harman, CEO of Loki

Simon Harman, CEO of Loki, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.Simon and Charlie discuss privacy, Bitcoin, anonymity, distributed systems, commerce, cash jobs, cashless societies, government systems, Loki Network, blockchain, socialism, crypto trading, Monero, masternode systems, off chain activities, private messaging, distributed products, centralized systems, the future of crypto, and decentralized messaging.–––Coingaming was formed when one Australian professional poker player, who knew first-hand the importance of fun, fast and fair gaming, met two Estonian tech whizzes who just so happened to be vanguards of Bitcoin. From there, Coingaming’s ecosystem of brands and products evolved, breathing new life into the gaming industry.Now with 400+ people, Coingaming is behind some of the world’s most innovative crypto gaming brands and is on a mission to further awareness of cryptocurrencies across the globe.–––PermissionPermission.io enables people to earn rewards for doing the same things online they do every day by empowering them to take back ownership of their personal data from Silicon Valley startups. People can now decide which brands and online retailers can target them with ads, and use the rewards earned for viewing them to pay for goods and services available online. Go to www.permission.io/charlie for a sign up bonus.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Oct 8, 202037 min

Ep 126Defi is an Explosion of Evolution with Diogo Monica, President of Anchorage

Diogo Monica, President of Anchorage, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.Diogo and Charlie discuss Square, Bitcoin, Bitinstant, centralization, early days of Bitcoin, distributed systems, proof of work, monetary policy, economic theory, self organizing, malicious nodes, Bittorrent, security protocols, adversarial nodes, public keys, economic incentive, hashing, computational resource tests, SIlvergate Bank, FDIC, verifiable delay function, Anchorage, quantum computing, and SHA 256.–––Bitpay CardThe all new Bitpay card is chalked full of new features. It has contactless pay, a new EMV chip, added in-app security where users can lock their card anytime, and so much more. Unlike other cards, reloading has no conversion fees & you can load your card whenever you want to. Download the latest version of the BitPay App and click the card icon to get to the new card offer.---ELECTRONEUMElectroneum, has gained widespread adoption providing a mobile-first payment solution to the world's unbanked, attracting more than 4M users worldwide in less than three years. They have since launched a new freelance marketplace, AnyTask.com, which is providing thousands of freelancers the opportunity to sell their services to buyers globally, without the need of a bank account. Learn more at Electroneum.com.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Oct 6, 202043 min

Ep 125The Reputation Mechanism with Jenna Pilgrim, Founder of Streambed

Jenna Pilgrim, Founder of Streambed, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.Jenna and Charlie discuss Bitcoin business, software development, connecting people, Bitcoin events, blockchain native, crypto careers, hyper connecting, building businesses, the digital economy, consuming media, early Bitcoin adoption, the reputation mechanism, Blockchain revolution, financial services, incentive mechanisms, fake news, and the future of media.–––Coingaming was formed when one Australian professional poker player, who knew first-hand the importance of fun, fast and fair gaming, met two Estonian tech whizzes who just so happened to be vanguards of Bitcoin. From there, Coingaming’s ecosystem of brands and products evolved, breathing new life into the gaming industry.Now with 400+ people, Coingaming is behind some of the world’s most innovative crypto gaming brands and is on a mission to further awareness of cryptocurrencies across the globe.–––PermissionPermission.io enables people to earn rewards for doing the same things online they do every day by empowering them to take back ownership of their personal data from Silicon Valley startups. People can now decide which brands and online retailers can target them with ads, and use the rewards earned for viewing them to pay for goods and services available online. Go to www.permission.io/charlie for a sign up bonus.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Oct 1, 202051 min

Ep 124Gambling & Gaming with Crypto: Tim Heath, Founder of Coingaming

Tim Heath, Founder of Coingaming, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.Tim and Charlie discuss venture capital, gaming, global payment systems, KYC, sportsbooks, customer service, gaming fueling Bitcoin adoption, casinos, third party intermediaries, fighting fraud, poker, early adopters, easy payment methods, crypto gambling, Ethereum, BCH, and building a massive crypto gaming community.–––Bitpay CardThe all new Bitpay card is chalked full of new features. It has contactless pay, a new EMV chip, added in-app security where users can lock their card anytime, and so much more. Unlike other cards, reloading has no conversion fees & you can load your card whenever you want to. Download the latest version of the BitPay App and click the card icon to get to the new card offer.---ELECTRONEUMElectroneum, has gained widespread adoption providing a mobile-first payment solution to the world's unbanked, attracting more than 4M users worldwide in less than three years. They have since launched a new freelance marketplace, AnyTask.com, which is providing thousands of freelancers the opportunity to sell their services to buyers globally, without the need of a bank account. Learn more at Electroneum.com.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sep 29, 202050 min

Ep 123High Risk High Reward: CZ of Binance on the Bull Market Trigger

CZ, Founder of Binance, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.CZ and Charlie discuss finance, decentralization, Bitcoin, private keys, defi, centralization, mass adoption, Binance, staking, earning interest in crypto, counterparty risks, smart contracts, DAO’s, publicly traded companies, ICO’s, yield farming, issuing tokens, high yields, liquidity swap, launch pool, bull markets, bear markets, and building the future of decentralized finance. –––Coingaming was formed when one Australian professional poker player, who knew first-hand the importance of fun, fast and fair gaming, met two Estonian tech whizzes who just so happened to be vanguards of Bitcoin. From there, Coingaming’s ecosystem of brands and products evolved, breathing new life into the gaming industry.Now with 400+ people, Coingaming is behind some of the world’s most innovative crypto gaming brands and is on a mission to further awareness of cryptocurrencies across the globe.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sep 24, 202033 min

Ep 122From Parliament to Crypto with Antoni Trenchev, Co Founder of Nexo Finance

Antoni Trenchev, Co Founder of Nexo Finance, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.Antoni and Charlie discuss protesting, Parliament, Bitcoin, corporations, crypto reality, philosophy, government, decentralization, capital markets, socialism, banking on crypto, earning interest in crypto, stable coins, financial greed, Covid19, global crypto merchants, self sovereignty, antifragility, studying law, crypto backed mortgages, and building for a decentralized future.–––Bitpay CardThe all new Bitpay card is chalked full of new features. It has contactless pay, a new EMV chip, added in-app security where users can lock their card anytime, and so much more. Unlike other cards, reloading has no conversion fees & you can load your card whenever you want to. Download the latest version of the BitPay App and click the card icon to get to the new card offer.---ELECTRONEUMElectroneum, has gained widespread adoption providing a mobile-first payment solution to the world's unbanked, attracting more than 4M users worldwide in less than three years. They have since launched a new freelance marketplace, AnyTask.com, which is providing thousands of freelancers the opportunity to sell their services to buyers globally, without the need of a bank account. Learn more at Electroneum.com.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sep 22, 20201h 0m

Ep 121Crypto Podcasts Disrupt Traditional Media with Sebastien Couture, Founder of Epicenter Podcast

Sebastien Couture, Founder of Epicenter Podcast, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.Sebastien and Charlie discuss podcasting , early days of Bitcoin, building Bitcoin communities, media in crypto, cryptos future, running startups, Bitcoin conferences, monetary policy, early crypto podcasts, regulation, disrupting Wall Street, money printing, the crypto boom, quality projects, working in crypto, traveling around the world, crypto conferences, podcasting as the medium of choice for crypto, complex crypto topics, and creating crypto content for the future.–––Coingaming was formed when one Australian professional poker player, who knew first-hand the importance of fun, fast and fair gaming, met two Estonian tech whizzes who just so happened to be vanguards of Bitcoin. From there, Coingaming’s ecosystem of brands and products evolved, breathing new life into the gaming industry.Now with 400+ people, Coingaming is behind some of the world’s most innovative crypto gaming brands and is on a mission to further awareness of cryptocurrencies across the globe.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sep 17, 202045 min

Ep 120The Story of BitcoinCash, Bitcoin and Her Forks by Amaury Séchet, Lead Developer of BitcoinABC

Amaury Sechet, Lead developer of Bitcoin Cash, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.Amaury and Charlie discuss BCH development, Bitcoin Cash, Satoshi Roundtable, Bitcoin, The Cyprus Crisis, hash wars, selling out to banks, Satoshis Vision, socioeconomics, The Bitcoin community, decentralization, Bitcoin resiliency, adversarial balance, the scaling debate, Bitcoin SV, splitting communities, block size, Blockstream, Bitcoin security, and losing crypto adoption.–––Bitpay CardThe all new Bitpay card is chalked full of new features. It has contactless pay, a new EMV chip, added in-app security where users can lock their card anytime, and so much more. Unlike other cards, reloading has no conversion fees & you can load your card whenever you want to. Download the latest version of the BitPay App and click the card icon to get to the new card offer.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sep 15, 202046 min

Ep 119The Innovation of Money, Founder of Sögur Currency, Ido Sadeh Man on Gaining Purchasing Power

Ido Sadeh Man, Founder of Sögur Currency, joins Charlie Shrem on today’s episode of Untold Stories.Ido and Charlie discuss , jazz, venture capital, social paradigms, blockchain, running startups, political science, philosophy, monetary policy, being humble, changing people lives, ability to earn a yield, Ethereum, concept of central banking, money printing, innovation vs compliance, fiat currencies, manipulated markets, smart contracts, herd mentality, block producers, trade wars, global commerce, and the next 5 years of the crypto industry.–––Coingaming was formed when one Australian professional poker player, who knew first-hand the importance of fun, fast and fair gaming, met two Estonian tech whizzes who just so happened to be vanguards of Bitcoin. From there, Coingaming’s ecosystem of brands and products evolved, breathing new life into the gaming industry.Now with 400+ people, Coingaming is behind some of the world’s most innovative crypto gaming brands and is on a mission to further awareness of cryptocurrencies across the globe.–––This podcast is powered by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworksgroup.io Thank you for listening to The Charlie Shrem Show. For more free content and access to over 400 episodes, visit www.CharlieShrem.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sep 10, 202048 min