Beniamin Mincu, CEO of Elrond on the Future of Money and Reinventing the Internet

Jeff Booth is the author of The Price of Tomorrow - Why Deflation is Key to an Abundant Future. After extensive experience developing cutting edge technology, Jeff began to observe that the deflationary course of innovation is at odds with our inflationary fiscal policy. Concerned about the course of the dollar and markets, Jeff offered numerous solutions to our government's mistakes - buy Bitcoin, hold cash, and invest in tech stocks. Both his book and this conversation offer valuable insight into a crisis that neither the rich nor the poor can avoid. Scott Melker and Jeff Booth further discuss working at the forefront of tech, hidden taxes, a Ponzi scheme of debt, the government propping up the market, Bitcoin as our life raft, the rich moving into missile silos, a non-existent middle class, time as our most valuable resource, creating generational wealth, going irresponsibly long on Bitcoin, overpriced real estate, inflation vs. deflation, tech monopolies, Bitcoin to $0 or $1,000,000 and more. --- ROUNDLYX RoundlyX allows you to dollar-cost-average into crypto with our spare change "Roundup" investing tool, manage multiple crypto exchange accounts in one dashboard and access curated digital asset content and services. Visit RoundlyX and use promo code "WOLF" to learn more about accumulating your favorite digital assets when making everyday purchases and earn $4 in free Bitcoin. --- EQUOS Diginex is the first company with a cryptocurrency exchange to be listed in the US. That exchange, EQUOS, has been built to institutional standards, but is available to everyone. You can trade Bitcoin and Ethereum spot, as well as Bitcoin perpetuals, and get a 5% discount on all fees, by signing up using equos.com/wolf. --- CELSIUS With the Celsius app you can earn up to 15% APY rewards on over 30 cryptocurrencies. Have crypto but want cash? Celsius also offers the lowest cost loans against your crypto with interest rates starting at just 1% APR. Enter promo code WOLF when you sign up and get $20 in BTC! Users must transfer and hold at least $200 of any coin for 30 days to be eligible for the reward. --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

22 Sep 20201h 7min

Richard Byworth is the CEO of Diginex, a multi-faceted crypto company paving the way for the largest players to enter the space. Before developing Diginex, Richard was a professional trader, focused heavily on derivatives in legacy markets. After reading "Sapiens" and becoming fascinated with Bitcoin, he decided to focus on developing institutional grade tools for crypto investors - leading to a listing of his company on the Nasdaq. Scott Melker and Richard Byworth further discuss the experience of trading derivative through the 2008 crash, acquiring Lehman Brothers, the “loser” talking about Bitcoin in 2009, moving to Hong Kong, suitcases full of cash in the streets, facilitating OTC deals, listing Diginex on the NASDAQ, the ICO craze in 2017, DeFi and Hotdog Coin, living in the Bitcoin echo chamber, “this time feels different,” your barber teaching you about Bitcoin, helicopter money and more. --- CHOICE IRA by KINGDOM TRUST Don’t be part of the 7.1M Bitcoiners who have bitcoin and a retirement account but don’t have bitcoin in their retirement account. With Choice IRA by Kingdom Trust you can hold bitcoin in your retirement account. The first 1,000 users to open a Choice IRA will receive $62.50 in free BTC - visit RetireWithChoice.com/WOLF to join the waitlist and secure free BTC. --- VOYAGER This episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account. --- ELECTRONEUM Electroneum, has gained widespread adoption providing a mobile-first payment solution to the world's unbanked, attracting more than 4M users worldwide in less than three years. They have since launched a new freelance marketplace, AnyTask.com, which is providing thousands of freelancers the opportunity to sell their services to buyers globally, without the need of a bank account. Learn more at Electroneum.com. --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

17 Sep 20201h 14min

Ido Sadeh Man is the founder of the Sögur token, a new digital currency that combines the best attributes of Bitcoin and stable coins. Before his deep dive into entrepreneurship, Ido was a Jazz musician in Paris. He later discovered blockchain and leveraged this technology to design a new currency, borrowing from the best aspects of Central Bank monetary policy while allowing people to store value in a safe way. As Ido sees it, national currencies are useful to nations, but SGR will best suit the global economy. Scott Melker and Ido Sadeh Man further discuss their shared music background, the difficulties of becoming a successful musician, transitioning from entrepreneurship to the blockchain, the possible death of the dollar, the change from SAGA to Sögur, living on a Kibbutz, selling your Bitcoin when your taxi driver is talking about it, money and materialism, COVID exposing our financial fragility and more.  --- ROUNDLYX RoundlyX allows you to dollar-cost-average into crypto with our spare change "Roundup" investing tool, manage multiple crypto exchange accounts in one dashboard and access curated digital asset content and services. Visit RoundlyX and use promo code "WOLF" to learn more about accumulating your favorite digital assets when making everyday purchases and earn $4 in free Bitcoin. --- EQUOS Diginex is the first company with a cryptocurrency exchange to be listed in the US. That exchange, EQUOS, has been built to institutional standards, but is available to everyone. You can trade Bitcoin and Ethereum spot, as well as Bitcoin perpetuals, and get a 5% discount on all fees, by signing up using equos.com/wolf. --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

15 Sep 20201h 11min

Matt Stover is the CEO and founder of MGStover, a financial service company with over 130 crypto dedicated funds as clients. Matt began his professional career with a background in taxes and went on to develop a passion for finance and crypto. This passion buoys a firm that today services billions of dollars worth of combined client crypto investments. As crypto tracking and accounting have become increasingly difficult, MGStover has set out to make it simple and has even had regulators come to them for assistance in regulating crypto. Scott Melker and Matt Stover further discuss, the major pitfalls of crypto hedge funds, how nobody is keeping up with the pace of crypto, the natural progression of a successful trader, every trader's dream to open a hedge fund, poker players backed by hedge funds, trading your money vs. your client’s money, offshore vehicle investments, giving the government their piece of the pie, the similarities of crypto and marijuana, the disappearance of the physical dollar, a digital world and more. --- CHOICE IRA by KINGDOM TRUST Don’t be part of the 7.1M Bitcoiners who have bitcoin and a retirement account but don’t have bitcoin in their retirement account. With Choice IRA by Kingdom Trust you can hold bitcoin in your retirement account. The first 1,000 users to open a Choice IRA will receive $62.50 in free BTC - visit RetireWithChoice.com/WOLF to join the waitlist and secure free BTC. --- VOYAGER This episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

10 Sep 202058min

Jonas Simanavicius is the Co-founder and CTO of NOIA Network, a company bringing modern technology to an outdated and flawed internet. Jonas developed his skills in software development for traditional banking and then began his entrepreneurial journey. His discovery of blockchain mixed with his passion for improving the outdated, day to day technology we take for granted, resulted in the creation of NOIA. Now he sees the company and its role at a major inflection point, poised to make vast improvements to the internet in the near future. Scott Melker and Jonas Simanavicius further discuss, the private vs. the public internet, a new 2.0 layer of the internet, NOIA token economics, Ethereum 2.0 gas fees, smart contracts and the world computer, the DeFi craze vs. the ICO craze, virtual reality vs. quantum computing, the dot-com boom, Bitcoin as the only true decentralized model, DeFi disruption and more. --- ROUNDLYX RoundlyX allows you to dollar-cost-average into crypto with our spare change "Roundup" investing tool, manage multiple crypto exchange accounts in one dashboard and access curated digital asset content and services. Visit RoundlyX and use promo code "WOLF" to learn more about accumulating your favorite digital assets when making everyday purchases and earn $4 in free Bitcoin. --- VOYAGER This episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

8 Sep 20201h 3min

Humayun Sheikh is the CEO of Fetch.Ai, a company solving today’s challenges surrounding blockchain and artificial intelligence. Previously a professional commodities trader, Humayun leveraged his engineering background with his interest in blockchain to improve the way machines interact with each other. Humayun is now designing tomorrow's digital economy, creating what will look to many like a Hollywood Matrix-like reality.  Scott Melker and Humayun Sheikh further discuss artificial intelligence for dummies, combining commodity trading with blockchain development, the dangers of AI, how far we are from the Matrix, teaching machines to interact with each other, blockchain reducing the middleman, self-driving cars, DeFi’s innovation harming traditional banking, the use cases for blockchain outside of finance, DeepMind, and more. --- CHOICE IRA by KINGDOM TRUST Don’t be part of the 7.1M Bitcoiners who have bitcoin and a retirement account but don’t have bitcoin in their retirement account. With Choice IRA by Kingdom Trust you can hold bitcoin in your retirement account. The first 1,000 users to open a Choice IRA will receive $62.50 in free BTC - visit RetireWithChoice.com/WOLF to join the waitlist and secure free BTC. --- VOYAGER This episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

3 Sep 20201h 5min

Samson Mow entered the crypto space in late 2014, developing one of the first major Bitcoin exchanges. He went on to head two unique companies, Blockstream and Pixelmatic, both heavily involved in Bitcoin and the Blockchain. Samson is well known for his perma-bull stance and passion for Bitcoin and its potential. Scott Melker and Samson Mow further discuss Bitcoin preventing an Orwellian future, managing two companies at once, Fidelity leading the adoption charge, Zeus Capital and INX controversy, getting Grandma to buy Bitcoin, ETH 2.0, the Lightning Network, CBDCs, raising 3 million in capital for an upcoming game, 60% of Bitcoin mining being in China, the dangers of DeFi, securing your crypto and more. --- ROUNDLYX RoundlyX allows you to dollar-cost-average into crypto with our spare change "Roundup" investing tool, manage multiple crypto exchange accounts in one dashboard and access curated digital asset content and services. Visit RoundlyX and use promo code "WOLF" to learn more about accumulating your favorite digital assets when making everyday purchases and earn $4 in free Bitcoin. --- VOYAGER This episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

1 Sep 202058min

Micah Johnson was a baseball star, playing for multiple teams in MLB and enjoying an incredible career. While competing, he discovered that he had a talent greater than sports - painting. Micah dropped the bat and picked up paint and charcoal and began to pursue his passion, quickly finding success outside of baseball. Micah finally felt free, as he could voice his frustrations and aspirations to the world and be his own boss. Now his craft is inspiring disadvantaged youths everywhere, proving anyone can do anything. Micah Johnson and Scott Melker further discuss having one dream your entire life, learning how to play as the last man on the roster, batting for the first time in the pros, discovering a talent you never knew you had, painting black children as astronauts, balancing a newborn with a new career, painting the blockchain, battling depression during the season, learning how to compete as an artist, the stages of discovering Bitcoin, and more. --- CHOICE IRA by KINGDOM TRUST Don’t be part of the 7.1M Bitcoiners who have bitcoin and a retirement account but don’t have bitcoin in their retirement account. With Choice IRA by Kingdom Trust you can hold bitcoin in your retirement account. The first 1,000 users to open a Choice IRA will receive $62.50 in free BTC - visit RetireWithChoice.com/WOLF to join the waitlist and secure free BTC. --- VOYAGER This episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

27 Aug 20201h 7min