CARPE CONSENSUS: Paxful’s Fall – Questions in the Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Exchange’s Demise

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🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Plus: Fortune’s Crypto Editor Jeff John Roberts breaks down the publication’s new “Crypto 40” list. On today’s “Carpe Consensus,” hosts Ben Schiller, Danny Nelson and Cam Thompson break down the latest in crypto news, featuring an interview with Jeff John Roberts on Fortune’s “Crypto 40” industry ranking. [0:44] Danny reviews the “Saga” smartphone, Solana Labs’ crypto-forward device. [3:39] Inside the Desk: Drugs, Erratic Dismissals and Feuding Founders: Behind Bitcoin Marketplace Paxful's Unraveling [11:04] “Crypto 40”: Roberts explains the motivations and methodologies behind Fortune’s latest list detailing the crypto industry’s 40 top players – some entrants might surprise you. [25:45] Cam’s Corner: Cam explains what the popular non-fungible token collection Nakamigos and its copycat Magamigos might have to say about the tricky relationship between the meme economy and NFTs. Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 at Consensus 2023, happening April 26–28 in Austin, Texas. Come and immerse yourself in all that Web3, crypto, blockchain and the metaverse have to offer. Use code CARPE to get 15% off your pass. Visit https://consensus.coindesk.com. - “Carpe Consensus” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This is Carpe Consensus.
0:11.0	Join hosts Ben Schiller, Danny Nelson, and Cam Thompson as they seize the world of crypto.
0:22.9	Hello, everybody.
0:24.2	This is the Carpe Consensus podcast.
0:26.4	Welcome to this show.
0:27.4	My name is Ben Schiller.
0:28.3	I'm the features editor here at CoinDesk.
0:30.6	And joining me today is Cam Thompson.
0:32.2	Hey, Cam.
0:33.1	Hi, Ben.
0:33.8	How's it going?
0:35.1	It's going very well.
0:36.1	Thank you.
0:36.5	And also joining me is Danny Nelson.
0:39.2	And Danny Nelson, I believe, has a new device in his hand. What is that device, Dan?
0:44.1	Yes, this doodad is the Solanophone, the much-anticipated Android device that is said to be the future of finance by very few people, not myself, to be sure. I'm trying to
0:57.0	understand how to use this thing. I'm an iPhone user and this is an Android. And let me tell you,
1:01.7	Android is basically like 80% of the way to iPhone, but they couldn't finish the last 20% because
1:07.7	it would be like too obviously the same. So the last 20% is just
1:12.1	worse phone. So I'm not impressed. Although I'm not not impressed by the crypto part. I just don't
1:17.5	like the phone. Danny, very important question for you. Yeah. Are the texts green? The texts are
1:23.5	green. And you know, as an elitist iPhone user, I can't bring myself to be texting all my
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