The Charlie Shrem Show
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Dec. 5, 2019
OG Dan Held on Launching ZeroBlock in 2013, 1st Bitcoin Price iPhone App, & Kraken Biz Dev
Dan Held joins Charlie to share his interesting experiences and opinions in the crypto sphere. He breaks the media stereotype of POW and talks about its efficiencies.
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Dec. 3, 2019
VP of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, MP Memli Krasniqi, on Starting a Country, Adopting Bitcoin & Accumulation of Crypto by Governments
Memli Krasniqi and Charlie Shrem discuss Kosovo’s maximum tax rate of just 10% and how its economy is in just 20 years now comparable to well established European economies.
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Nov. 28, 2019
OG Bitcoin Pioneer George Mandrik on Guns & Drugs, Anarcho-Capitalism, Bacon Sandwiches, and Selling Baklava for Bitcoin
George Mandrik and Charlie Shrem discuss working together at BitInstant, his experience with ASIC mining, and moving to Blockchain.com,
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Nov. 26, 2019
Andreas M. Antonopoulos on How Bitcoin Defeats the System of Control over Money and Why US Politics are Rigged
Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Charlie Shrem discuss the 4th property of money, how Bitcoin defeats it, and corruption in the US political system.
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Nov. 21, 2019
Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino on the 2012 Bitcoin Wild West of Hacks and Scams. Is the Lightning Network the Future?
Paolo Ardoino and Charlie Shrem discuss the 2012 Bitcoin Wild West, and how tokenizing debt is one of the greatest economic experiments in history.
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Nov. 19, 2019
CEO of AtomicWallet, Konstantin Gladych on Hacking Crypto Exchanges & Libra Love/Hate
Konstantin Gladych and Charlie Shrem discuss crypto exchange hacking, Libra love/hate, and why government shouldn’t tell us what to think of other nations.
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Nov. 14, 2019
Kris Marszalek of Hong Kong’s Crypto.com Renders Bitcoin More Feasible & Fungible with Almost One Million Users
Kris Marszalek and Charlie Shrem discuss the phenomenal growth of crypto.com and the deep data insights user transactions show. As a financial and crypto expert Kris gives his view of how his products help bring privacy to traditional financial tools.
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Nov. 12, 2019
Bestselling Author, Critic, & Bitcoiner Michael Kimelman Walks Through Being Arrested, Fighting in Trial, and Serving Time in Prison
Michael Kimelman and Charlie Shrem discuss the criminal justice system and life in prison.
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Nov. 7, 2019
Vinny Lingham on the Economy Apocalypse and Anonymity vs. Privacy & Entrepreneurial Grit
Vinny Lingham and Charlie Shrem discuss how Vinny’s creation of Civic Coin affects privacy and what’s the difference between privacy and anonymity. Vinny shares his critical points on entrepreneurship grit and how to be successful over the competition. Lastly, Vinny gives his prediction for Bitcoin in 2020 and beyond.
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Nov. 5, 2019
Bitcoin Embassy Atlanta CEO Jeffrey Tucker on Bitcoin and the Economic Cold War with China
Jeffrey Tucker and Charlie Shrem for a conversation about trade policies that have resulted in iPhones being thrown in the garbage, transformation of economics throughout history, and predictions for the future of cryptocurrency.
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Oct. 29, 2019
Shapeshift Founder Erik Voorhees on Bitcoin Tribalism, Libra and How to Transcend the Fed
Erik Voorhees and Charlie Shrem discuss digital assets and why Erik actually loves Libra.
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Oct. 22, 2019
SFOX Exec Danny Kim Describes Bitcoin OTC, Custody, and how Institutions will Enter Crypto
Danny Kim and Charlie Shrem discuss why he left traditional finance for crypto, how the trading space is evolving, and welcoming newcomers to the crypto revolution.
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Oct. 15, 2019
BnkToTheFuture Founder Simon Dixon on Bank Problems, Bitcoin’s Role in Solving Them, and Crypto Innovation
Simon Dixon and Charlie Shrem discuss Bank Problems, Bitcoin’s Role in Solving Them, and Crypto Innovation
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Oct. 8, 2019
BitPay Founder Stephen Pair Shares his Journey from IBM to Founding the Oldest Crypto Payment Company
Stephen Pair and Charlie Shrem discuss unique perspectives on Satoshi, the gorgeous simplicity of the white paper and how it gave rise to Bitcoin, using existing technology and coding language.
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Oct. 1, 2019
eToro Founder and CEO Yoni Assia on Financial Autonomy for the Masses and the Great Transfer of Wealth
Join Charlie and eToro CEO Yoni Assia, who at 25, founded the company that leveled the playing field for investors, eliminating the need for middlemen and giving regular people the tools to grow wealth.
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Sept. 24, 2019
Charlie Lee Talks Founding Litecoin and the Ultimate Altcoin Story From 2011 To Today
Charlie Shrem interviews Charlie Lee, the founder of Litecoin, about Altcoins, Butterfly Labs, Ripple, and how crypto has changed from 2011 to today.
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Sept. 17, 2019
Charlie Talks to Crypto OG Bobby Lee — Founder of Bitcoin China and the New Released Ballet Wallet
Bobby Lee and Charlie Shrem discuss China’s unique and evolving relationship with Bitcoin
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Sept. 10, 2019
Indian Politician Rajeev Chandrasekhar on India’s View of Crypto and Why They’re Beating the U.S.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Charlie Shrem discuss how the crypto revolution is well underway, parallels between the 1980s early internet and early crypto, dealing with “anti-innovators,” the benefits of self-regulation before of government regulation, and how India is moving toward regulatory and legal frameworks for crypto and privacy.
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Sept. 3, 2019
Blockstream’s Samson Mow on the Art of Trolling, the Bitcoin Civil War, and the Big Block Bandwagon
Samson Mow and Charlie Shrem discuss Bitcoin surviving China’s attempts to stifle it and the quirkiness of the crypto space.
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Aug. 27, 2019
Tenacious Innovator Amber Baldet on Leaving JP Morgan’s Blockchain Program to Found Clovyr
Charlie Shrem interviews Amber Baldet, a top 40 under 40 for leading JP Morgan’s blockchain program, founding Clovyr and being a leading thinker in the space.
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Aug. 20, 2019
Brian Hoffman On Leaving His Elite Government Job and How It Led to the Founding of OpenBazaar
Brian Hoffman and Charlie Shrem discuss leaving his elite government job to grow a startup.
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Aug. 13, 2019
Actress and Crypto Advocate Courtney Shrem Shares Her Unique Perspective on the Bitcoin Revolution
Courtney and Charlie Shrem discuss diversity in crypto, how they met, and sticking by Charlie through prison and beyond.
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Aug. 6, 2019
Diary of a Made Man Ian Balina shares his family’s journey from a Ugandan village to the crypto big time
Ian Balina and Charlie Shrem discuss how he and his family worked their way from remote village to amazing success.
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July 30, 2019
Alena Vranova From Communism And Casa To Crypto And Trezor
Alena Vranova and Charlie Shrem discuss how she discovered Bitcoin, her experience of communism’s fall, how mass surveillance culture pushes people to crypto, the birth of the first crypto hardware wallet, the true meaning of updates that will come “in two weeks”, the driving philosophy behind the Trezor wallet, and how Trezor guards hardware security.