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Crypto: Digital without the Drama
Glen speaks with BitPay CFO Jagruti Solanki about staying focused through crypto’s ups and downs on the blocking and tackling on enabling payments. Also- revisiting a 2015 perspective on Bitcoin, and the Freakonomics boys weigh in of the blockchain.
Links related to this episode:
- BitPay: https://bitpay.com/
- The Economist’s 2015 article on the bloclkchain “trust machine”: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2015/10/31/the-trust-machine
- Freakonomics Radio’s recent three-part series deconstructing Bitcoin and the blockchain:
- https://freakonomics.com/podcast/does-the-crypto-crash-mean-the-blockchain-is-over/
- https://freakonomics.com/podcast/what-problems-does-crypto-solve-anyway/
- Protocol’s article on the Atlanta fintech hub: https://www.protocol.com/fintech/atlanta-fintech-hub
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