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152. Insights: Making predictions for 2022 Jan 05, 2022

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Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back to discuss all things 2022 predictions!

2021 has been a wild year for crypto, so expectations are high for 2022. Simon and Cuy unpack all of their thoughts about what the new year will bring, and even debate some of your very own predictions. Will crypto crash in 2022? Will regulators kill the momentum in crypto this year? What wil happen to NFTs?

All of this and much much more on today' episode!

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151. News: MetaMask and MoonPay looking set to become household names Dec 15, 2021

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Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain and Crypto. Tune in now to find out more about:

MetaMask surpasses 21 Million MAUs as ConsenSys raises $200 million to make Web3 universally easy to use, access, and build on
Crypto payments service MoonPay raises $555 million from Coatue and Tiger
Jack Dorsey’s Square is now Block
Bank of England chief expresses concern over El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment
Iconic Los Angeles Venue STAPLES Center gets a new name
NFT or non-fungible token is Collins Dictionary’s word of the year

And much more!

Simon and Cuy are joined by some fantastic guests:

Curtis Ting, Managing Director EMEA, Kraken
Amber Baldet, Co-Founder and CEO of Clovyr
Haseeb Awan, Founder and CEO of Efani, and Co-founder of Bitaccess

The Tweet of the Week comes from John Hillis, @JohnathanHillis.

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Special Guests: Amber Baldet, Curtis Ting, and Haseeb Awan.

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150. Insights: Large banks and crypto - going from a threat, to an opportunity Dec 01, 2021

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Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back to discuss and unpack all things Large Banks and Crypto. In this Insights show, we want to take a deep dive into the turbulent relationship between the both. With incumbents dismissing Bitcoin and Co. at the start, things are now looking very different - large banks are offering crypto custody and leading in investments in crypto in 2021.

So how is the space looking? How has it changed to get to where we are now? What does the future relationship look like? Let's dive in!

Simon and Cuy are joined by fantastic guests who are experts in the ever-evolving crypto space:

Emily Nicolle, Fintech Correspondent at Financial News
Edward Woodford, Co-Founder and CEO at Zero Hash

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Special Guests: Edward Woodford, Emily Nicolle, and Emily Nicolle.

149. News: Crypto is accelerating its growth Nov 17, 2021

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Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain and Crypto. Tune in now to find out more about:

$9.5 billion spent using Chinese central bank's digital currency 1:55
Chipper Cash gets $2B valuation with $150M extension round led by FTX 15:05
Goldman Sachs Taps Digital Asset to Build Open Platform for Tokenized Assets 24:10
A DAO is trying to buy a rare print of the US Constitution 34:25
EA says NFTs are part of the future of games industry 41:13

And much more!

Simon and Cuy are joined by a fantastic guest:

Charles Cascarilla, CEO and Co-Founder of Paxos

The Tweet of the Week comes from David Hoffman, @TrustlessState.

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Special Guest: Charles Cascarilla.

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148. Insights: Understanding the Metaverse and Play to Earn Nov 03, 2021

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Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back to discuss and unpack all things Play To Earn. In this Insights show, we want to take a deep dive into the metaverse, and all things Play To Earn. Even if you’re not into the crypto world, I can guarantee you have started seeing and hearing about the metaverse and Axie Infinity lately - and for good reasons. Play To Earn is revolutionising gaming and crypto, all in one go.

But what is it, how does it work, why have we been hearing so much about it lately? Is this just a fad? Is it too good to be true? Could this be the future of gaming? Let’s dive in!

Simon and Cuy are joined by fantastic guests who are experts in the ever-evolving crypto space:

Cathy Hackl, Godmother of the Metaverse
Bryce Johnson, Co-Founder at LootSquadGG

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Special Guests: Bryce Johnson and Cathy Hackl.

147. News: Every company is a crypto company Oct 20, 2021

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Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain and Crypto. Tune in now to find out more about:

Visa develops interoperability concept for central bank digital currency payments 1:48
Almost 1.1M people have already signed up for Coinbase NFT waitlist, and NFT sales surge to $10.7 billion in Q3 as crypto asset frenzy hits new highs 12:40
Bitcoin—not gold—is the new inflation hedge, says JPMorgan 25:30
DeFi platform mistakenly sends $89 million, CEO begs its return 38:20

And much more!

Simon and Cuy are joined by some fantastic guests:

Kinjal Shah, Senior Associate at Blockchain Capital LLC
David Hoffman, Co-owner at Bankless
Lex Sokolin, Head Economist, Decentralized Protocols at ConsenSys

The Tweet of the Week comes from Ryan Watkins, @RyanWatkins_.

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Special Guests: David Hoffman, Kinjal Shah, and Lex Sokolin.

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146. Insights: Deconstructing DAO Oct 06, 2021

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Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back to discuss all things DAO. In this Insights episode, Simon and Cuy want to explore the world of DAOs. After its resurgence in 2020, DAOs is grabbing headlines left, right, and centre. What are the differences between DAO and more traditional forms of financial services such as traditional banks? What about community based decision making that goes into DAO?

But most importantly - what is it, and why should we be paying attention? How does it work? Is this just a novelty, or is there something lasting here? Let’s dive in!

Simon and Cuy are joined by fantastic guests who are experts in the ever-evolving crypto space:

Jess Sloss, Instigator at Seed Club - Social Token Incubator
Kyla Scanlon, creator and investor

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Special Guests: Jess Sloss and Kyla Scanlon.

145. News: Flipping the script on NFTs Sep 22, 2021

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Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain and Crypto. Tune in now to find out more about:

The Loot project flips the script on NFTs 1:26
El Salvador endures bumpy first week with bitcoin as legal tender 11:16
SEC wants to regulate Coinbase’s crypto yield product, and is also investigating decentralized crypto exchange developer Uniswap Labs 22:20
Big week for FTX: An NFT marketplace with cross-chain trading between Ethereum and Solana, an ambassador/equity deal with NBA star Steph Curry, and cast Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen in their first ads 31:52
British Post Office ID App to sell Bitcoin vouchers next week 43:40
Standard Chartered is more bullish on ether than bitcoin — with a $35,000 price prediction 44:41

And much more!

Simon and Cuy are joined by some fantastic guests:

Gwera Kiwana, Senior Ops Analyst at 11:FS
Ryan Todd, Research Lead of Digital Assets at Fintech Collective

The Tweet of the Week comes from Jeremy Allaire, @jerallaire.

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Special Guests: Gwera Kiwana and Ryan Todd.

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144. Insights: NFTs defined Sep 08, 2021

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Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back to discuss all things NFTs. In this Insights episode, Simon and Cuy aim to break NFTs down: what are they, how do they work, what can you do with them, what are the practical applications of NFTs, and what does the evolution of the space look like?

What is the story so far, how are they stored, and how can they move beyond what might be described as a “gimmick” and into something more impactful?

Simon and Cuy are joined by fantastic guests who are experts in the ever-evolving NFT space:

Ameer Carter - NFT Artist
Maria Shen - Partner at Electric Capital

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Special Guest: Ameer Carter.

143. News: Why Visa bought a CryptoPunk Aug 25, 2021

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Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain and Crypto, kicking off with a big announcement from Visa that we dive into and ask Cuy all the burning questions. Tune in now to find out more about: