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• “The moment you jump, you will never change back again. We had our doubts at the beginning as well, but we will never change back again.”
  — Didi Taihuttu

  Location: Remotely
  Date: Tuesday 22nd December

  In early , with the Bitcoin price at around $1,, Didi Taihuttu, his wife and three kids sold their house, cars and everything they owned and invested it all in Bitcoin. They planned to travel the world and live a nomad lifestyle. 

  In , following their decision, the Bitcoin price went to $20, before crashing back down to around $3, With this volatility, the family had to adjust their lifestyle. However, with Bitcoin hitting new all-time highs of $42, last week, their conviction has paid off.

  Now, four years later, the family are still travelling the world and living off Bitcoin.

  In this interview, I talk to Didi Taihuttu, and we discuss his decision to sell everything and buy Bitcoin, how the family coped during the bear market and the pros and cons of living a nomad lifestyle.

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• “We don’t believe in suing our critics into silence… we think it’s better to counter fiction with facts.”
  — Stuart Hoegner

  Location: Remotely
  Date: Wednesday 6th January
  Company: Bitfinex
  Role: CTO & General Counsel

  There have been claims that Tether has manipulated the Bitcoin price. Still, JL van der Velde, CEO of both Bitfinex and Tether, denied the allegations stating "Bitfinex nor Tether is, or has ever, engaged in any sort of market or price manipulation. Tether issuances cannot be used to prop up the price of bitcoin or any other coin/token on Bitfinex."

  As well as market manipulation there have been calls for a full audit of the Tether reserves amidst claims that the stablecoin is not fully reserved. 

  In this interview, I talk to Paolo Ardoino & Stuart Hoegner the CTO & General Counsel at Bitfinex. We discuss Tether FUD, the claims of not being fully backed and price manipulation. 

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• “We have banked the unbanked. We have given them free and instant international money transfers, we have provided them financial services that have had gatekeepers for hundreds of years.”
  — Jack Mallers

  Location: Remotely
  Date: Tuesday 5th January
  Company: Zap
  Role: CEO

  This week Jack Mallers announced the launch of Strike Global, a Bitcoin neobank that uses the Bitcoin network and lightning to facilitate the sending of money anywhere in the world, in a matter of seconds, for free.

  The speed and cost of payments have often been a topic of debate in Bitcoin. While the basechain is necessarily slow, the Lightning Network promises to provide instant and low-cost bitcoin transfers. 

  With Strike, Jack Mallers is taking this to the next level allowing users to settle in fiat currencies across the Bitcoin network. Fast and no cost transfers of fiat currencies solve problems across the world, especially in third-world countries. Strike aims to run a pilot in El Salvador to prove this. 

  Strike has also enabled Caroline Panthers Offensive Tackle; Russell Okung to become the first NFL player to be paid in bitcoin, half of his $13 million salary.

  In this interview, I talk to Zap CEO Jack Mallers. We discuss the newly launched Strike Global, revolutionising global payments, neobanking with Bitcoin and helping to bank the unbanked in 3rd world countries.

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• “You can be volatile and still march upwards, and I predict Bitcoin may do both of those things, but maybe it won’t, it could glide to $k a coinI think it’s got a long way to go here.”
  — Anthony Scaramucci

  Location: Remotely
  Date: Tuesday 29th December
  Company: SkyBridge Capital
  Role: Founder

  SkyBridge Capital is an investment firm, run by Anthony Scaramucci. The firm, which has $ billion under management, has announced a Bitcoin fund, allowing customers to invest in Bitcoin.

  SkyBridge is the latest in a growing list of companies creating onramps for institutional exposure to Bitcoin, going up against the likes of Grayscale. The latter already has over half a million Bitcoin under management.

  In this interview, I talk to SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci. We discuss the SkyBridge Bitcoin fund, institutional interest, and day stint working for President Trump.

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• “It’s a grassroots movement, and we are making real fucking progress, people are starting to wake the fuck up. That’s major, that’s a big fucking deal.”
  — Matt Odell

  Location: Remotely
  Date: Wednesday, 30th December
  Company: Tales from the Crypt
  Role: Co-Host

  has been a defining year for Bitcoin, with the world reeling from a global pandemic, the necessity of hard money is more apparent than ever. 

  With the worst of the bear market behind us, looked to be a promising year for Bitcoin. However, in March with the coronavirus outbreak, markets went into freefall and Bitcoin was no exception, dropping over 40% in a day and hitting yearly lows of ~$4,

  By the time of the halving on May 11th Bitcoin had recovered from this drop. With the increased scarcity and massive amounts of money printing, debasing fiat currencies and the increased threat of high inflation, institutional investors began moving into Bitcoin. With MicroStrategy, Square and MassMutual, amongst others, transferring part of their treasuries into Bitcoin.

  While institutional interest in Bitcoin dominated the headlines in , Bitcoin continues to be a powerful tool for freedom, for those who live under oppressive regimes. Notably in Belarus, where government workers are striking in protest against the rigged elections. The Human Rights Foundation have supported them by setting up the Belarus Solidarity Fund. They are using Bitcoin as a censorship-resistant way of getting money to those striking to supplement their lost wages. 

  To round off , I talk to Matt Odell, co-host of Tales From the Crypt. We discuss everything in Bitcoin in , from price action and institutional investment to government reaction to coronavirus and privacy.

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• “I don’t think there are that many more hurdles anymore. I think once you have enough legendary investors come out, once you have a corporation add it to the balance sheet, once you have an insurance company add it, most of the flood gates are open.”
  — Lyn Alden

  Location: Remotely
  Date: Friday 18th December
  Company: tallerembajador.com.mx
  Role: Macroeconomist

  has been a year unlike any, even before the coronavirus pandemic, the global economy was showing signs of stress. With the outbreak, the spread of the virus and subsequent lockdowns, governments worldwide resorted to unprecedented levels of monetary and fiscal stimulus to keep the flailing economy afloat.

  With the record levels of money printing and the ballooning money supply, many earmarked as the year that Bitcoin could prove itself. 

  In the last few days, Bitcoin has hit all-time highs of around $24,, but unlike , it is not just retail investors that have flocked to Bitcoin.

  MicroStrategy has paved the way for institutional investors to own Bitcoin by not only converting $m of their treasury to Bitcoin but raising an additional $m by way of a convertible senior note sale to buy more Bitcoin.

  MicroStrategy, legendary macro investors Paul Tudor Jones and Stanley Druckenmiller have taken positions in Bitcoin, signalling a new era of Bitcoin investors.

  In this interview, I am joined by Lyn Alden, a macroeconomist and founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy. We discuss the coronavirus pandemic's impact, the increase in the broad money supply, high inflation and institutional investment in Bitcoin.

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• “It’s warrantless surveillance, it’s mass data collection, just like Snowden revealed for emails and things, just for our financial records. So, we don’t like it, but at the very least we should have equal treatment suffering under this regime.”
  — Peter Van Valkenburg

  Location: Remotely
  Date: Tuesday 22nd December
  Company: Coin Center
  Role: Executive Director & Research Director

  Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury Secretary of the United States, is looking to implement a new regulation that would require financial institutions to verify the identity of both senders and recipients of any Bitcoin transaction, over $

  A few weeks ago, Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong tweeted that Mnuchin was looking to 'rush out' new regulation before the end of President Trump's term in office.

  This regulation is not without opposition and Coin Center is addressing many concerns with the new rules and the method in which they are being passed.

  In this interview, I talk to Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh, Coin Center Executive Director and Research Director. We discuss the implications of the new regulations, the key issues and what you can do to prevent them from passing.

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• “This year, is the first year where I feel like the question of ‘is all this going to work out in the long term?’ is settling itself, everything is just rocketing forward.”
  — Shinobi

  Location: Remotely
  Date: Monday 21st December
  Company: Block Digest
  Role: Host

  has been a record-breaking year for Bitcoin where we have seen the price reach a new all-time high of over $24, Companies like MicroStrategy and Square have paved the way for institutional investors, and mainstream media covers Bitcoin more than ever. 

  While interest in Bitcoin is continuing to grow, behind the scenes, Bitcoin developers are quietly continuing to push the technology forwards. With improvements like Schnorr signatures and CoinSwap on the horizon and advancements with discrete log contracts and Lightning Lab’s Loop, the technical side of Bitcoin is also thriving. 

  In this interview, I am joined by Shinobi host of Block Digest. We review the technical side of Bitcoin in , including MuSig, Schnorr & Taproot, discrete log contract, Lightning Labs Loop and CoinSwap.

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• “I can never repeat enough that we are sorry, but sadly we cannot go back in time and undo it… now we focus on the present and the future.”
  — Pascal Gauthier

  Location: Remotely
  Date: Monday 21st December
  Company: Ledger
  Role: CEO

  In July of this year, Ledger was made aware of a data breach on their website. Their initial statement read: "consisting mostly of email addresses, but with a subset including also contact and order details such as first and last name, postal address, email address and phone number."

  Since then customers have been subject to a range of phishing attempts with scammers sending fraudulent emails claiming that their "cryptocurrency assets are at risk", prompting them to download the latest version of Ledger Live. This fake version would then ask for the user's seed words.

  To make this data breach worse, what was initially reported by Ledger as 9, customers personal details (including physical addresses) was actually over , Yesterday both that list, along with over one million customer email addresses, was uploaded to RaidForums for anyone to download. Since the dump, there has been an increase in phishing attempts, including a new threat of physical attacks.

  In this interview, I talk to Ledger CEO, Pascal Gauthier. We discuss the data breach, their disclosure of the hack, how they communicated with those affected and their plans moving forwards.

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• “$,, I would rate as very conservative, probably overly conservative. I would rate $, upwards as a sweet spot. $, not out of the question, and I do not ridicule $1,,”
  — Willy Woo

  Location: Remotely
  Date: Tuesday 15th December
  Company: Hypersheet
  Role: Co-Founder

  Bitcoin has had an incredible year. Following the outbreak of the coronavirus, the Bitcoin price crashed to just below $4, However, the subsequent government bailouts and money printing has led to many fearing fiat currencies will suffer from high inflation, highlighting the importance of hard money.

  Since the lows in March, Bitcoin has gone from strength to strength, particularly on the back of corporate interest. MicroStrategy and Square paved the way for corporations to buy Bitcoin, and others are following. 

  Over the last couple of days, Bitcoin has rallied to new all-time highs, reaching close to $24,, but what makes this time different to ? And how high could the price go in ?

  In this interview, I talk to on-chain analyst and the co-founder of Hypersheet; Willy Woo. We discuss the current state of the Bitcoin market, the catalysts for Bitcoin’s rally and what to expect in the coming year.

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• “What some people in the Bitcoin community have in common is they don’t know what they don’t know, but they think they know everything.”
  — George Gammon

  Location: Remotely
  Date: Friday 11th December
  Company: The Rebel Capitalist Show
  Role: Host

  Bitcoin is a revolutionary thing that will potentially have a hugely positive impact on the world. Bitcoiners believe in its ability to change many aspects of the modern world by reducing the role of the state and leading to a more open and free society but this vision isn’t shared by all.

  With memes like Bitcoin fixes this applied to everything from central banking to inequality and war, however, for those looking from the outside, does this behaviour look like a religion or cult?

  In this interview, I talk to George Gammon, an investor and YouTube host who is “bullish Bitcoin, bearish Bitcoiners”. We discuss his Bitcoin thesis, where he thinks its strengths and weaknesses lie and his thoughts on the Bitcoin community.

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• “If we reach the point where we have overspent so much, that things start crashing down, the black swan event occurs… there is a backstop available to every government in the world, and that backstop is Bitcoin.”
  — Cynthia Lummis

  Location: Remotely
  Date: Tuesday 1st December
  Role: Senator

  Wyoming's Cynthia Lummis is the first woman to represent Wyoming in the Senate, not only that; she is the first Bitcoiner ever to make it into the Senate.

  Cynthia describes herself as a "libertarian-leaning Republican". She plans to focus on reducing government debt as well as increasing the understanding of Bitcoin within the Senate.

  In this interview, we discuss how she became a Bitcoiner, her political goals, the understanding of Bitcoin within the government and the US debt and deficit.

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• “This is the one asset in modern history, where average people have had a shot at it before companies and before hedge funds and before billionaires… that window may be ending.”
  — Andy Edstrom

  Location: Remotely
  Date: Thursday 10th December
  Company: Swan Bitcoin
  Role: Head of Institutional Investment

  When MicroStrategy acquired $ million of Bitcoin earlier this year, it sent a clear message to corporations everywhere, that Bitcoin is a valuable asset and can be a vital part of a company's treasury.

  With an asset as volatile as Bitcoin, this move wasn't without its risks, however, just a few months after piling into Bitcoin, that $ million is now worth around $ million. 

  Now just a few months after first buying Bitcoin, company CEO, Micael Saylor is not happy with the company's 40, Bitcoin and now has plans to raise another $ million to buy more.

  In this interview, I talk to Andy Edstrom, the Head of Institutional Investment at Swan Bitcoin. We discuss MicroStrategy's Bitcoin moonshot, ETFs, mass awareness & adoption and the race for corporations to own Bitcoin.

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• “When paper [money] is printable in perpetuity, and not grounded to the gold standard, or some other aspect, the thesis is not difficult to understand.”
  — Gary Vaynerchuk

  Location: Remotely
  Date: Monday 23rd November
  Company: VaynerX
  Role: CEO

  Gary Vaynerchuk is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and Internet personality who has known about, and owned Bitcoin for a long time, but has yet to go down the Bitcoin rabbit hole.

  has highlighted the importance of Bitcoin. We have seen unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus as governments try and keep local economies afloat. In response, we have seen institutional investors taking note and corporations adding Bitcoin to their treasuries. The outlook is very bullish; however, the impact of all of this is difficult to comprehend.

  In this interview, I am joined by Gary, who asks the big questions; what happens if Bitcoin takes over and how will states react if Bitcoin becomes a threat.

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