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On the eleventh episode of Coins, the blockchain podcast, we discuss how retail investors united against hedge funds and increased GameStop stocks value 10 times, the future of the crypto industry, and how NFT's and DeFI will disrupt the blockchain.

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On the eleventh episode of Coins, the blockchain podcast, we discuss a classic tale of David v. Goliath, as retail investors united against hedge funds to increase the value of the nostalgia stock GameStop, increasing its value 10 times! The ripple effects of this retail revolution and much more lead to conversations about the future of the crypto industry, NFT's and DeFI and ask the question, what does the future of blockchain look like and how will it ultimately help to shape humanity as a whole?

0:00 Intro
2:54 GameStop Conversation
5:37 Gamification Of Wall Street And Crypto
10:32 GameStop Saga
13:31 Is This A Retail Investor Revolution?
20:15 People Lack Awareness
21:39 Explanation Of DeFi
23:48 Changes In Next Few Years
30:16 NFT's And Enterprise Clients
31:44 Attracting Next 1 Billion Users
35:43 Propaganda In The Industry
37:08 Future Of Crypto
47:14 Ending

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

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

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO at FTX
Twitter Sam Bankman-Fried: twitter.com/SBF_FTX

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

Bill Barhydt, CEO at Abra
Twitter Bill Barhydt: twitter.com/billbarhydt

Whitfield Diffie, Cryptographer and A.M Turing Award Laureate
Twitter Whitfield Diffie: twitter.com/whitfielddiffie

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

Dave Jevans, CEO at Ciphertrace
Twitter Dave Jevans: twitter.com/davejevans

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

Kosala Hemachandra, CEO & Founder at MyEtherWallet
Twitter Kosala Hemachandra: twitter.com/kvhnuke_

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

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 11 | Power To The People

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