BCB074_MAURICIO DI BARTOLOMEO: Building Financial Inclusion
Blue Collar Bitcoin
Is There a Definition of a Stable Coin?
In the algarithmic stable coin spectrum, Maker works because it's over collateralized. Luna and terra was an uncollateralied algarithic stable coin. There is no definition of a stable coin, righted. Most institutional investors would want to see in those reserves cash or cash equivalent.
Mauricio Di Bartolomeo Co-Founder and CSO of Ledn drops by BCB to chat with Josh & Dan.
This Episode Covers…
- Escaping hyperinflation
- How democracies become dictatorships
- How Bitcoin is a lifeboat during hyperinflation
- Stablecoins
- Ethereum Merge
- Crypto Crash and it’s fallout
- Risks of BTC financial services
- Entrepreneurship
ITEMS MENTIONED IN THE SHOW:
- Ledn (Go here for $10 USDC signing bonus)
- Mauricio's Blog (Bitcoin Economic Calendar)
- Alex Gladstein Article on El Salvador & Nayib Bukele ("The Village And The Strong Man")
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ABOUT MAURICIO:
Mauricio is a serial entrepreneur from Venezuela. He is the Co-Founder and CSO of Ledn. His perspective on financial matters is incredibly interesting because of his experience living through hyperinflation in his home country. Most commentators in the west have a very academic view of inflation, Mauricio and his family have encountered it first hand.
TWITTER: Follow Mauricio @cryptonomista, Follow Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast @blue_collarbtc (https://twitter.com/blue_collarbtc)
EMAIL: Send us questions, comments, or feedback at bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com
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