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Asia Edition: Mining, a Crypto Yuan and the Two Main Reasons the Chinese Are Interested in Crypto - Ep.102

Unchained

Laura Shin

News, Tech News, Business News

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In this wide-ranging episode, Eric Meltzer and Dovey Wan of Primitive Ventures describe how Asia is weathering the crypto downturn: how have the low prices affected miners, how has this affected Bitmain's prospects for an IPO and how, despite a ban on crypto exchanges, Chinese crypto users have been trading. We also discuss more broadly how crypto projects and startups differ between China and the U.S., how crypto is upending Silicon Valley's dominance, and how differences in regulation are affecting entrepreneurship in the space. Plus, Eric and Dovey address whether or not the surveillance state is motivating Chinese interest in crypto. Thank you to our sponsors! Tokensoft: https://www.tokensoft.io Microsoft: https://twitter.com/MSFTBlockchain CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained Episode links: Primitive Ventures: http://primitive.ventures Eric Meltzer: https://twitter.com/wheatpond Dovey Wan: https://twitter.com/DoveyWan Binance was more profitable than Deutsche Bank in quarter 1 of 2018: https://www.ccn.com/binance-surpassed-germanys-biggest-bank-deutsche-in-profitability/ Bitmain and Huobi layoffs: https://www.scmp.com/tech/blockchain/article/2179513/chinas-cryptocurrency-giants-bitmain-and-huobi-plan-lay-offs-amid Hong Kong regulators reluctant to allow crypto firms to IPO: https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2178747/hong-kong-regulators-say-ipos-cryptocurrency-businesses-are Report that China wants an "orderly exit" from crypto mining: https://qz.com/1174091/china-wants-an-orderly-exit-from-bitcoin-mining/ Chinese op-ed on why the People’s Bank of China should consider a yuan-pegged cryptocurrency: https://www.coindesk.com/pboc-op-ed-pushes-use-case-for-yuan-pegged-crypto-stablecoins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, Laura here. Before we dive into today's episode, I just have a few quick

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announcements. First, today we're relaunching the Unchaint and Unconfirmed websites. Both

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both podcasts have new logos and a more unified look.

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Plus we've got a beautiful podcast player

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on every episode page.

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The website looks amazing.

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Definitely check it out. Go do it right now. Unchained

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podcast.com and unconfirmed podcast.com will both get you to the right

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destination. Thanks to Zach Swinehart for doing such a great job to Daniel Ness for helping

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to transition to the new site and to the past guests who also helped make it happen by sending

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in all their headshots.

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Second, with the new website,

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we are now able to offer one of the most requested features,

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transcripts.

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That means we have transcripts for every episode of Unchained going all the way back to the very first one.

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Wuh! I know this material can sometimes be rather dense, so I hope that having a written version can help you understand this complex and nuanced technology.

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Additionally, as you'll hear in this week's episode, I'll be putting exclusive content on the website.

1:11.0

For instance, this week, I didn't get to ask Eric and Dovey all my

1:15.3

questions during the episode itself, so I'll be publishing their answers to

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those remaining questions on the website. Finally, I am launching a weekly newsletter. It will be a

1:25.4

curated set of the week's top crypto news and links, along with a little summary to

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make sense of this fast-paced world. While you're browsing the new site, which again is at unchained

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