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On the eighth episode of Coins, the blockchain podcast, we talk about the 2017 ICO boom, a crypto market mania that brought the crypto industry to new highs and ultimately to new lows. We track the scams, hacks, and hype that drove crypto to the next level.

Watch COINS | Episode 9 | Governments And Regulation
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On the eighth episode of Coins, the blockchain podcast, we talk about the 2017 ICO boom, a crypto market mania that brought the crypto industry to new highs and ultimately to new lows. We track all the scams, hacks, and hype that drove crypto to the next level and ultimately brought crypto to the attention of new investors, but also into the eyes of regulators looking to take back control of this nascent industry. Bitcoin started it, Ethereum expanded it, but these cryptos aimed to pump it and dump it.

0:00 Intro
1:42 The ICO Boom
6:50 Investing In ICOs
8:54 Wider Scale Adoption
15:06 Massive Inflow Of Money In Crypto
16:53 Building On Ethereum
22:36 Gold Rush In Blockchain
26:47 Inviting Regulators
27:48 One Coin Ponzi Scheme
29:22 Setting The Initiative Back
30:07 Role Of Government
35:26 What Lead To Bursting The Bubble?
39:03 Launching The New Projects in 2017
40:26 Who Joined During ICO Bubble?
42:50 People Losing Belief In Crypto
43:19 Applications Of Blockchain
44:42 Democratizing Fundraising
45:45 Ending And Episode 9 - Governments And Regulation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. This series shows it all, the scams, the drugs, the hacks, the billionaires, and the bankrupt. The untold story of cryptocurrency is here told by those who are living it.

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