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Unchained

Olga Feldmeier on Why Switzerland Has Welcomed Crypto - Ep.137

Unchained

Laura Shin

News, Tech News, Business News

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Olga Feldmeier, CEO of SmartValor, describes how her upbringing in Ukraine when it was undergoing 10,000% and 5,000% annual inflation helped her understand the potential in Bitcoin years later, and helped her connect with Wences Casares, CEO of Xapo. She also talks about how Xapo was able to get regulated in Switzerland, without having to get a banking license, and why she believes Switzerland has been open to the crypto industry. She explains why she is now focused on security tokens and tokenizing other real-world assets with her venture SmartValor, why it is also licensed in Lichtenstein, why it is aiming to make South Korea its second home, and what her view is on Facebook's Libra.  Thank you to our sponsors! Simbachain: https://simbachain.com Kraken: https://www.kraken.com CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained Episode links:  Smart Valor: https://smartvalor.com/en/ Olga Feldmeier: https://twitter.com/OlgaFeldmeier Forbes interview with Olga: https://www.forbes.com/sites/montymunford/2018/07/30/qa-with-olga-feldmeier-cryptoqueen-and-ceo-smart-valor/#e3a3c9f3bcd1 Untold Stories interview with Olga (episode 14): https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/untoldstories?selected=BWG5775450315 Xapo receives approval to operate as a financial intermediary in Switzerland: https://blog.xapo.com/xapo-regulatory-status-in-switzerland/ SmartValor white paper: https://res.smartvalor.com/public/SMART-VALOR-WhitePaper.pdf SmartValor launches in Switzerland: https://www.coindesk.com/smart-valor-launches-regulated-crypto-exchange-in-switzerlandBusiness Insider interview on tokenizing physical objects:  https://www.businessinsider.com/smart-valor-ceo-tokenization-of-everything-icos-bitcoin-future-value-2018-1 Smart Valor makes South Korea its second home: https://news.smartvalor.com/korea-update/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, welcome to Unchained, your no-hype resource for all things

0:07.6

crypto. I'm your host Laura Schitt. In case you haven't heard, I have another

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0:16.5

If you haven't yet, go subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts.

0:20.0

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0:24.8

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1:04.0

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Then check out Simba Chain, the Smart Contract is a Service blockchain simplification layer on

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1:19.6

My guest today is Olga Feldmeyer, CEO of Smart Valor.

1:23.2

Welcome Olga.

1:24.7

Hello, Laura.

1:25.5

Nice to be here.

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