The Proof of Talent Podcast

$15,000 BTC in 2018? Still?

Tom Lee went on CNBC and revised his 2018 Bitcoin price target from $25,000 to $15,000. As much as I respect Tom Lee, I'll discuss why I disagree with the $15,000 BTC price call. Let's also chat about Overstock.com going full steam ahead into crypto by selling their e-Commerce business and much more.

Tom Lee revises call to $15,000 video:
https://youtu.be/Y-pX6GbRbwc

WSJ on Overstock.com
https://www.wsj.com/articles/overstocks-founder-bets-on-blockchain-not-bedsheets-1542969001

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Bitcoin Crashes Below $5,000, Crypto Market Down 13%

Bitcoin fell below $5,000 for the first time in 2018, and the rest of the cryptocurrency market followed suit, with only #XRPthestandard being spared. Let's talk about the market as a whole, the recent SEC Paragon/Airtoken ordeal and more.

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I jinxed it

"Bitcoin is the next stablecoin", Rob said as he watched his money float into the ether.... Whoops my bad folks, I may have jinxed it when talking about Bitcoin's lack of volatility as BTC is currently down over 10% on the day. Let's talk about today's wild price action and all that wonderful stuff.

Bitcoin Cash hash war and ecosytem from The Block:
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2018/11/14/the-companies-in-the-middle-of-the-bitcoin-cash-debate-and-where-they-stand/

Coinmine System:
https://www.coindesk.com/the-799-coinmine-one-will-look-like-an-xbox-and-mint-crypto-money

What's Next on Coinbase, Bitcoin Volatility, and Decentralized Governance

Today let's talk about the rapidly declining Bitcoin volatility (who needs a stablecoin when you have BTC?!) and what's next on Coinbase. I recently made a portfolio move based upon an educated guess for the next Coinbase addition, and I'll walk through my logic (or lack thereof) for the decision. Also, let's check out the latest experiment in decentralized governance.

Watch AirSwap next on Wednesday at 7pm Eastern:
https://youtu.be/sG3gXstuH38

Bitcoin volatility hitting a low:
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2018/11/13/bitcoins-volatility-is-hitting-its-lowest-level-in-two-years-and-it-is-forcing-traders-to-shakeup-their-strategy/

Decred Governance Votes:
https://medium.com/politeia-digest/politeia-digest-issue-3-oct-31-nov-6-2018-44308c973fde

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** This is not financial advice and these are simply my own opinions, as such, this should not be treated as explicit financial, trading or otherwise investment advice. This is not explicit advice to buy these cryptos, do you own research.**

State of EOS, dApp Users, China and Stablecoins with Myles Snider of Aurora EOS

EOS is the 5th largest cryptocurrency by market cap, but something I'm fairly ignorant on. To educate me a bit further, I brought on Myles Snider of Aurora EOS Block Producer, to chat about what the deal with EOS is, what does a block producer do, are the EOS dApp numbers real and more. Oh yeah, we also talk about steak because you know that's whats important in life. 

Hope you enjoy this chat with Myles.

Follow Myles Snider on Twitter: https://twitter.com/myles_snider

Aurora EOS BP: https://www.auroraeos.com/

The Stablecoin Index: https://stablecoinindex.com/

Is Crypto Losing It's Original Ethos and Conforming to the System?

Cryptocurrency is supposed to be a financial revolution, but much of the recent developments seem to be reverting to the original financial system. Let's take a look at some recent developments including the USDC stablecoin, IDEX closing off New York customers and more.

I think it's important to understand both sides of the argument here and view things in a balanced perspective, so hopefully this video opened your eyes to some interesting debates and challenges the crypto industry might have moving forward.

Would love to hear your thoughts in the comments... Are we losing the original ethos or evolving towards an end goal.

CryptoRae/Vitalik Tweet:
https://twitter.com/cryptorae/status/1054908744235016197

Proof of Work:
https://proofofwork.substack.com/p/proof-of-work-43

Bully Tweet Thread:
https://twitter.com/BullyEsq/status/1055066554172428288

IDEX tweet: https://twitter.com/Aurora_dao/status/1054917418621984768

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Crypto Sinks on Tether FUD and Global Market Sell Off

A widespread sell off in the global markets as well as significant fear regarding banking issues with Bitfinex and Tether have lead to a sudden drop in the Bitcoin and crypto prices across the board. Let's discuss what's happening, what you should keep an eye on and how to approach things in the crypto world moving forward.

Bitfinex suspends fiat deposits:
https://theblockcrypto.com/tiny/bitfinex-suspends-all-fiat-deposits/

Paxos and TrueUSD trade at premium to Tether:
https://theblockcrypto.com/tiny/paxos-and-trueusd-trades-at-a-premium-against-tether/

Peter Van Valkenburgh's pro-crypto testimony:
https://theblockcrypto.com/tiny/paxos-and-trueusd-trades-at-a-premium-against-tether/

Nouriel Roubini's anti-crypto testimony:
https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Roubini%20Testimony%2010-11-18.pdf

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Lowest BTC Volatility by Month? Select Altcoin Pumps & Malta Thoughts

Bitcoin is currently experiencing some it's lowest volatility ever, with October 2018 currently experiencing less than 1% daily volatility for the first time ever since 2012. Let's discuss this in more detail, as well as some altcoins that are currently moving and taking bullish thoughts with a grain of salt.

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Thread on BTC volatility:
https://twitter.com/Rptr45/status/1049270261575557120

Bullish thoughts from Ran NeuNer:
https://twitter.com/cryptomanran/status/1048467005865484288

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The Demise of Utility Tokens? Examining Iconomi and Cofound.it

Utility tokens are facing a crossroad situation, with the loss of faith from "investors" and questionable utility within their ecosystems. Let's examine the situation of two different utility tokens, Iconomi (ICN) and Cofound.it (CFI), who are handling the changing ecosystem in interesting ways.

I firmly believe this will be an important trend to keep an eye on, as the market sours on certain flavors of utility tokens, while other forms of utility may actually gain prominence and use.

Iconomi's Blog Post on Moving from a utility token to equity and refunding investors who don't want equity:
https://medium.com/iconominet/the-technical-and-legal-side-of-iconomis-transformation-542319b96f0f

"Closing Cofound.it as crowdfunding market disappears and presenting good practice for ICOs"
https://blog.cofound.it/closing-cofound-it-as-crowdfunding-market-disappears-and-presenting-good-practice-for-icos-796db5e001b8

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Crypto Happy Hour - September 26th Edition

It's that time for a few beers and to talk shop on the crypto landscape.

This Episode brought to you by Honey Miner: Try it out today:
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** This is not financial advice and these are simply my own opinions, as such, this should not be treated as explicit financial, trading or otherwise investment advice. This is not explicit advice to buy these cryptos, do you own research.**