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Hello everyone, welcome to Industry Focus, the podcast that dives into a different

sector of the stock market every day.

You're listening to the Financials Edition tape today on Monday, July 17th, 2017.

My name is Gabby Lopera and joining me on Skype is Brian Patrick Eha, a journalist whose work has

been published by Fortune, the New Yorker, and CNN Money.

Also a variety of other publications.

Hey Ryan, how's it going?

Hi Gabby.

And yeah, and don't forget my book.

Yes, no, actually, I'm getting to that. Don't you worry. There was a there was a really

great response the last time that you were on and y'all as in y'all the listeners asked

for more and I live to serve. And so last time you were here you were actually on the

show to talk about your book how money got free, Bitcoin and the fight for

the future of finance, and knowing authors

also what you just said, I'm sure you'd like a chance to plug your book again.

Sure, well, my book just came out in May.

It's the definitive journalistic account of the story of

Bitcoin and its implications for the world, technologically, economically,

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