Why many Africans still use WhatsApp to buy Bitcoin, with Nelly Chatue-Diop
Nelly Chatue-Diop left her home in Cameroon to dive in to the tech world. Now she's bringing what she learned back to Africa with Ejara, which she hopes will soon let people on the continent invest in...
6 Maj 20211h 12min
Michael Moro on Why Corporations Bought $8 Billion of Bitcoin in Q1
Michael Moro remembers when Bitcoin felt like it could go to $0. We talked about the transition from that to corporations buying $8 billion in BTC in a quarter, the time he was forced to spend a bitco...
29 Apr 20211h 22min
Why Jameson Lopp burned down his life to live in extreme privacy
After being Swatted, Jameson Lopp decided to burn down every trace of his identity. Even his own family members don't know where he lives. Now, he's using what he learned to build Casa — a secure stor...
22 Apr 20211h 16min
Ex Goldman Trader: The 80 Year Debt Cycle Will End With Wealth Redistribution
Before Bill Barhydt started Abra, he build security systems for the CIA and NASA. We talked about his time working for the government, as well as his role getting banks online through Netscape, and wh...
15 Apr 20211h 8min
Bootstrapping CoinGecko: The Fastest Growing Crypto Data Platform, with Bobby Ong
Bobby Ong co-founded the fastest-growing crypto data aggregator, CoinGecko. We talked about how to build a crypto company so that it can last through a bear market — and why honesty is central to his ...
8 Apr 202151min
How Sam Bankman-Fried made $10 billion by the age of 28
Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX made headlines when they acquired the naming rights to Miami's basketball stadium. We talk about how he got there, including everything from his childhood to his experience j...
1 Apr 20211h 11min
Mike Belshe, from $20M Bitcoin under a couch to $20B+ in custody: the BitGo story
My guest today is Mike Belshe, Founder and CEO of BitGo. But before that, he used what he learned at Netscape to help Google develop Chrome. Like many of us, Belshe stored his first Bitcoin on an old ...
25 Mars 202154min
Flori Marquez on founding BlockFi: the fastest-growing Fintech in the world
My guest today is Flori Marquez, Co-Founder of BlockFi. On this episode of Empire, we discuss BlockFi's staggering valuation, what it's like to lead a $3 billion Fintech company, and why crypto is so...
18 Mars 202152min
