TIP185: The Bitcoin Debate (part 1) w/ Tuur Demeester & Erik Townsend (Investing Podcast)
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Stig Brodersen
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🗓️ 8 April 2018
⏱️ 55 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TIP. |
| 0:02.7 | In 2017, we saw Bitcoin grow by over 1300%. |
| 0:07.5 | Ever since the start of the new year, however, things have been pretty ugly with a year-to-day |
| 0:12.3 | performance of negative 50%. So what in the world is happening? |
| 0:16.2 | Is Bitcoin still the darling new asset class that so many people believe in, |
| 0:20.4 | or is something more frightening on the horizon? |
| 0:23.0 | Well, in today's show, we're going to have a little discussion that covers both sides of the argument. |
| 0:27.8 | In one corner, we have Tirtamaster. |
| 0:30.4 | Tirt has been an investor in Bitcoin since the early days when one coin was only $5. |
| 0:35.4 | Since his initial position, Bitcoin has grown by 132,000%. |
| 0:40.7 | Tirt has a huge following with over 159,000 people online because of his |
| 0:45.5 | in-depth ideas and comments about cryptocurrencies. |
| 0:48.5 | Then on the other side of the argument, the bear side of the argument, |
| 0:51.9 | we have the talented Eric Townsend. |
| 0:54.5 | Eric is the host of the very popular investing podcast called Macro Voices. |
| 0:58.9 | Eric got his start as a computer programmer and by the age of 17, |
| 1:02.8 | he was already an independent software development and design consultant. |
| 1:06.5 | Eric is an entrepreneur that has built successful tech companies and he's also the founder of his |
| 1:10.9 | own Global Macro hedge fund. This is part one of a two-part episode, |
| 1:15.1 | so whether you're a bull or a bear on the future of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, |
| 1:19.2 | we hope you enjoy this thoughtful discussion from two very intelligent individuals. |
| 1:25.2 | You are listening to the Investors podcast where we study the financial markets and read the books |
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