Amy and Pat are covering the crazy week of bitcoin, with the coin hitting as high as 23.5k on Coinbase today. We cover that, plus Coinbase files confidentially to IPO, the Seychelles is feeling the heat on KYC, and Pat’s favorite time of the month: Crazy Bitcoin Price Predicitions!
Podcast: The DeFi Daily
Dec 16th, 2020: Bitcoin Watch 20k, WE DID IT!!
Bitcoin hit $22,500 today and Pat could not be happier. Amy and he spend some time discussing the next big walls for Bitcoin’s price, then chat about a new scheme from OKCoin to stay relevant in a Dex world, Cardano is working on some interesting smart contract security stuff, and Ross Ulbricht might get a […]
Dec 15th, 2020: PayPal Gets a Crypto Critic
Andreas Antonopoulos came out with some forceful criticism of PayPal’s crypto product today, and the DeFi Daily is there to cover it! Plus, MicroStrategy might just be getting a bit too into Bitcoin, a two startups raised money to bring DeFi to individuals and institutions.
Dec 14th, 2020: More Rug Pulls Than a Carpet Store
Amy and Pat kick off the week by covering 4 major hacks, and then Pat goes deep on why Pornhub moving to crypto is a huge deal. Welcome to the last few weeks of 2020, we almost can’t believe it ourselves!
Dec 11th, 2020: It’s Deep Dive Friday!
Pat and Amy cover the news, then Pat goes deep on how DeFi platforms are planning on approaching two of the biggest issues facing DeFi adoption – support for mainstays of traditional finance, under-collateralized loans and fixed rate loans. Startup Swivel raised money to build an interest rate swap market, and Pat goes deep. Happy […]
Dec 9th, 2020: Monero Under Attack, and That’s Good For Crypto
Amy and Pat chat about a recent series of attacks against privacy focused coin Monero, they discuss a new over the counter crypto index fund (BITW), Bitstamp apologies for a report they didn’t even write, and JP Morgan says crypto is eating gold’s lunch, Pat argues vociferously both in favor and against this.
Dec 8th, 2020: Apparently Pat’s In a Bad Mood
By refusing to hit 20k, Bitcoin has put Pat in a bad mood, and he’s taking it out on the news! Amy and Pat discuss compound as one of the top-performing DeFi assets for December, Pat absolutely loses his mind talking about a DeFi working group, and then we get all technical talking about how […]
Dec 7th, 2020: #202020k
Pat and Amy discuss Bitcoin’s continued reticence to hit 20k, then Pat goes way off the deep-end chastising Coinbase. Microstrategy is buying more bitcoin (perhaps that gets us to 20k in 2020??), and Bittrex is launching some tokenized publicly traded stocks on the blockchain. Happy Monday!
Dec 4th, 2020: Libra, Please Stop Freaking People Out
Facebook changes the name of Libra to Diem, and people continue to be incredibly freaked out by Facebook controlling a monetary supply. Plus Ripple makes a PR announcement but still holds and dumps tons of their own coin, and Grayscale is doing a stock split…don’t be fooled!
Dec 3rd, 2020: We’re Back On Bitcoin 20k Watch (Day 4)
Will Bitcoin ever reach 20k? Will the Dow Jones release an index fund that includes, among others, the Bitorrent Coin, Wink Coin, and Doge Coin? Will Pat ever get sick of crazy, insane, ridiculous, and awesome price predictions? Find out on today’s edition of the DeFi Daily!