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On the tenth episode of Coins, the blockchain podcast, we discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and how the government's response, printing even more money, opened people’s eyes to the dangers of inflation and ultimately accelerated crypto adoption around the world.

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On the tenth episode of Coins, the blockchain podcast, we discuss the COVID-19 pandemic which seemed to cripple the crypto industry, before ultimately taking it to new highs. We break down how the government's response, printing even more money, opened people’s eyes to the dangers of inflation and ultimately accelerated crypto adoption around the world, proving the importance of having hard money in a destabilized world.

0:00 Intro
2:24 Covid Accelerated Digital Growth
5:48 Bitcoin During Pandemic
9:24 Bitcoin Position
12:28 Does It Matter Who Has The Power?
14:47 Financial Crisis And Growth Of Crypto
16:48 Driving Adoption
18:02 Narrative Of Bitcoin During Pandemic
21:09 What Kicked Off The Bull Run?
24:11 Is Bitcoin More like Stocks Or Gold?
25:23 Money Flow
27:37 Is Bitcoin Risky Investment?
28:52 Bitcoin Community
31:20 Institutions Looking For Alternatives
35:33 Least Expected Things In Blockchain
40:11 Big Companies Investing
47:07 Ending And Episode 11 - Gamestops And Governments

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Guests:
Erik Voorhees, CEO Co Founder at ShapeShift
Twitter: twitter.com/ErikVoorhees

Anthony Scaramucci, Former White House Communications Director
Twitter: twitter.com/Scaramucci

Charles Hoskinson, Founder at Cardano
Twitter: twitter.com/IOHK_Charles

Alex Mashinsky, CEO at Celsius.Network
Twitter: twitter.com/Mashinsky

Roger Ver, CEO at bitcoin.com
Twitter: twitter.com/rogerkver

Raoul Pal, CEO & Founder at Global Macro Investor and Real Vision Group
Twitter: twitter.com/RaoulGMI

Dan Held, Director of Business Development at Kraken
Twitter: twitter.com/danheld

Mark Yusko, Managing Director & CIO Morgan Creek Digital Assets
Twitter: twitter.com/MarkYusko

Meltem Demirors, Chief Strategy Officer at CoinShares
Twitter: twitter.com/Melt_Dem

Nathaniel Popper, New York Times Reporter and author of Digital Gold
Twitter: twitter.com/nathanielpopper

Paul Brody, Global Blockchain Leader at Ernst & Young
Twitter: twitter.com/pbrody

Asiff Hirji, President at Figure
Twitter: twitter.com/AsiffHirji

Sheila Warren, Head of DataBlockchain & Digital Assets World Economic Forum
Twitter: twitter.com/sheila_warren

Bruce Fenton, Managing Director at Chainstone Labs
Twitter: twitter.com/brucefenton

Nic Carter, Founding Partner at Castle Island Ventures
Twitter Nic Carter: twitter.com/nic__carter

Lou Kerner, CEO at BIGtoken
Twitter: twitter.com/loukerner

Coins credit list

Producer - Orlando John
Executive Producer - Levin Holz & Patrick McLain
Director - Jonas Trukanas
Director of Photography - Saulius Lukoševičius
Editor: Artūrs Valdmanis
Writer: John Dove

Host - Patrick McLain
Narrator – Robert Davi
Production assistant - Ashlie Meredith
Story producer & 2nd host - Asher Westropp-Evans
Guest booker - Allon Sinai
Editorial - Roshan Mirajkar
Editorial - Jim Scampoli
Editorial - Tyler Olsson

Production manager - Guo Guo
Gaffer - Matthew Barauskas
Key Grip - Monica Mejia
A Cam 1AC - Darrell Ham
B Cam 1AC - Azariah Bjorvig

Special thanks to remote crews in New York, New Hampshire, Zurich, Hong Kong, Denver, Las Vegas, London & Saint Barthélemy

Special Thanks to Karl-Magnus Karlsson, CW and team

©️ Orlando John LTD & Mousebelt Labs PTE LTD

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Coins is the podcast that tells the story of the tidal wave caused by crypto and blockchain, the ways it has upended the global financial system and beyond. From those pioneers of the cypherpunk movement, to the multi-trillion dollar industry that has since grown from it.

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COINS | Episode 10 | 2020, All Time High

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