Dan Held on Bitcoin and the Battle Against CBDCs

The Breakdown

Blockworks

Investing, Business

4.8 • 786 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and FTX US. Dan Held is a serial bitcoin entrepreneur, the former head of growth marketing at Kraken and currently an adviser to Trust Machines and other crypto companies. In this discussion, he and NLW talk about the state of crypto narratives, bitcoin maximalism versus bitcoin moderates and why central bank digital currencies are among his top concerns. Find our guest on Twitter: @danheld - Nexo Pro allows you to trade on the spot and futures markets with a 50% discount on fees. You always get the best possible prices from all the available liquidity sources and can earn interest or borrow funds as you wait for your next trade. Get started today on pro.nexo.io. - Circle, the sole issuer of the trusted and reliable stablecoin USDC, is our sponsor for today’s show. USDC is a fast, cost-effective solution for global payments at internet speeds. Learn how businesses are taking advantage of these opportunities at Circle’s USDC Hub for Businesses. - FTX US is the safe, regulated way to buy Bitcoin, ETH, SOL and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors and trade ETH and SOL NFTs with no gas fees and subsidized gas on withdrawals. Sign up at FTX.US today. - “The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is “War” by Enoch Yang. Image credit: Boris SV/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.

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0:00.0	At the very highest levels of government, it's purely a power grab.
0:03.7	That's all it is.
0:04.3	It's totally f***ing bullshit talking about innovation or anything else like that.
0:07.3	It's literally a power grab.
0:09.0	And they're seeing how complacent and sloth-like the civilian population is to where they can
0:14.8	implement this right underneath her nose.
0:17.1	What politician or what bureaucrat wouldn't want absolute power.
0:21.1	And they have the ability to do it under the guise of CBDCs.
0:24.7	And most people are sleepwalking and have no idea that's even going on.
0:29.4	Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW.
0:33.6	It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big picture power shifts remaking our world.
0:39.4	The breakdown is sponsored by nexo.io, Circle, and FtX, and produced and distributed by CoinDesk.
0:47.2	What's going on, guys? It is Wednesday, November 2nd, and today I am joined by Dan Held.
0:53.1	Before we get into that, however, if you are enjoying the breakdown, please go subscribe
0:56.3	to it, give it a rating, give it a review, or if you want to dive deeper into the conversation,
1:00.1	come join us in the Breakers Discord.
1:01.9	You can find a link in the show notes or go to bit.le slash breakdown pod.
1:05.6	Also a disclosure, as always, in addition to them being a sponsor of the show, I also work
1:09.2	with FTX. All right, friends, today I am welcoming back, returning breakdown guest, Dan held.
1:16.2	If you are not familiar, Dan has started numerous acquired businesses in the Bitcoin space
1:20.3	and sold his most recent to Cracken, where he spent about three years leading growth in
1:24.1	marketing. Dan is now a free agent working on a number of different projects in the
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