We sometimes look at crypto and we say, well, it is very different from any other asset class.

And that's to some degree true, but I think there are similarities with other asset classes.

If you look at something like gold gold there's some similarities in the sense

that you know you have a lot of different marketplaces all over the world and you know some of them

are more transparent than others and so I think we have to be careful not to place concerns

that out there that we haven't really placed on other asset classes.

Welcome to the What Bitcoin did podcast.

Hi there, how are you all?

Welcome to the What Bitcoin did podcast anniversary episode. Yes, it's one year ago today. I released the very first episode of the podcast. It has been quite a journey for me and I have a very special interview to commemorate this

with as I got to visit the SEC in Washington DC and interview Commissioner

Hester Pears but before that I do have a message from my show sponsors. So first up I want to talk about

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That's Derabits with an S D-E-R-I-B-I-T-S dot com and please note

der a bit is not available for you as customers and let's also talk about my regular

sponsor BlockFi who I'm hugely grateful to for supporting the show for so long.

I got to visit them in New York this week so I'll be telling you a bit more about what I learned about them

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