The Kings of Crypto podcast with Aidan McCullen of The Innovation Show

Kings of Crypto podcast
May 25 2022
Business Company News Crypto

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Welcome to the first in a series of specially curated Zai podcasts hosted by our friend Aidan McCullen of The Innovation Show.

Episode 1 focuses on cryptocurrency.

For a moment late in 2018, one bitcoin, which physically amounts to a few electrons blipping on a tiny bit of silicon, was worth $20,000—the same as a pound of gold. Libertarian technologists who believed bitcoin would be the foundation of a new world order saw the moment as an apotheosis. Everyone else saw a bubble. Everyone else was right, and the bubble burst. But bitcoin survived, and the battle for its soul rages on.

Author of Kings of Crypto: One Startup’s Quest to Take Cryptocurrency out of Silicon Valley and onto Wall Street, Jeff John Roberts, drops us into the unfolding drama, tracing the rise, fall, and rebirth of cryptocurrency through the experiences of major players across the globe. We follow Silicon Valley entrepreneur Brian Armstrong and the turbulent rocket ride of his startup, Coinbase, as he tries to take bitcoin mainstream while fighting off hackers, thieves, and zealots.

Roberts keenly observes the world of virtual currencies and what happens when startups try to disrupt the world of high finance. Clear explanations of crypto technology are woven into an amazing landscape full of meme-fueled startup hijinks, hacking (so much hacking!), shady investors, government investigations, billionaire bros and their Lambos, and closed-door meetings with billionaire Jamie Dimon.

This is the surprising story of the origins of cryptocurrency and how it is changing money forever.

Listen and watch now wherever you get your podcasts including:

YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Audible.

Also check out Zai’s suite of B2B crypto platform content including: Five crypto exchange trends for 2022 and beyond  | Australian crypto exchanges: opportunities ahead | Online payment options for cryptocurrency trading platforms | Organic growth for cryptocurrency exchanges has never been easier and your payment provider can help CoinJar: Faster conversions

And of course feel free to find out more about who we are in The story of Zai: a new force in financial services

 

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