Why Bitcoin is Failing with Kyle Samani from Multicoin Capital

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In this podcast I chat with Multicoin Capital Managing Partner, Kyle Samani. Multicoin Capital are a Cryptocurrency hedge fund and in this interview we talk about Kyle's view on Bitcoin and Ethereum and their investment strategy.

Breakdown of the show

00:02:36: Introductions
00:02:55: Pristine Inc
00:04:37: Discovering Ethereum
00:05:47: Starting Multicoin Cap
00:07:48: Starting a hedge fund
00:09:29: The key issue of custodianship
00:10:36: Multicoin's investment strategy
00:14:44: What are the big investors waiting for?
00:17:54: Volatility in the crypto market
00:19:01: Market manipulation by the whales
00:22:10: Why Kyle thinks Bitcoin is failing
00:26:54: Decentralisation within crypto assets
00:32:58: Tezos
00:34:56: Voting rights and capitalism
00:38:43: Professionalism in crypto
00:43:12: 0x (ZRX)
00:44:40: Ethereum and smart contracts
00:46:46: Dispute resolution
00:49:50: The complexities of the crypto space and its usability
00:52:22: EOS
00:53:51: Regulation within crypto
00:55:30: Nation state adoption
00:57:37: Crypto investment tips
00:59:46: Final comments

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Show Notes

• Connect with Kyle:

  • On Twitter @kylesamani

  • On Medium

  • Kyle's blog (currently paused but useful for old content)
     

• Multicoin Capital:

  • Website: https://multicoin.capital/

  • Twitter

  • Crunchbase

  • AngelList
     

• Key Multicoin Capital blog posts:

  • Models for Scaling Trustless Computation

  • New Models for Utility Tokens

  • Understanding Token Velocity

  • Path to Tends of Trillions

  • Why We Invested in Multicoin
     

• Other Important Articles: 

  • Marc Andreessen, Craft Ventures Back Crypto Hedge Fund Multicoin

  • Multicoin Capital Plans $100 Million Raise for New Blockchain Investment Fund

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THANKS

• Jason Camiolo for audio production, his website is at http://www.jasoncamiolo.com/

• James Parkin for helping me with admin and trading

• Tom Pattinson for helping with content

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