What is Crypto and Should You Get Your Hands on Some? | 7
Call Me Curious
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4.4 • 555 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Everyone seems to be talking about Cryptocurrency these days, but do we really know enough to sink our hard-earned, old-fashioned regular money into it? Nikki is champing at the Bitcoin to learn more! She and Mr. Malone try to decrypt Crypto with the help of economist and 'futurist' Andy Busch.
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| 0:00.0 | From Wondry, I'm Nikki Boyer, and this is Call Me Curious, |
| 0:10.5 | where every week I'll get to the bottom of those funny, strange, puzzling, or just got-a-no questions you have. |
| 0:17.4 | And we'll tell you the best we can what the answer is. |
| 0:21.6 | Because I've got 21 questions. I've been 21 guessing you could teach me a lesson. |
| 0:28.8 | Call me curious. Call me curious. |
| 0:32.6 | Call me curious. |
| 0:34.7 | So tell the truth. Hey everyone. |
| 0:38.3 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:52.3 | I really am so happy that you're here. So, so happy. |
| 0:55.8 | So first, to start off, we're going to do a financial pop quiz. Doesn't that sound fun? |
| 1:02.4 | The question is, what is cryptocurrency? Now, look, if you said, I don't know, well, you're right, |
| 1:09.6 | and you're not alone. Because the word |
| 1:11.9 | crypto comes from the word cryptic, which my thesaurus says is basically the same thing as unclear, |
| 1:17.9 | secret, confusing, hidden, and mysterious. And none of those words describe how I like my money. |
| 1:25.3 | I like it right in my pocket or on a gift card with lots of zeros |
| 1:30.0 | behind it. So I want to know why are so many people sinking their life savings into something |
| 1:35.0 | that is so confusing and even a little scary? On today's call me curious, that's exactly what I |
| 1:43.1 | aim to find out. What is cryptocurrency? |
| 1:46.5 | And should I be getting my hands on some? So join me for some tales from the crypto. |
| 1:54.1 | You know when you buy a new car and then you see everyone on the road with that car, but you would |
| 1:58.5 | never notice that car before ever in your life. |
| 2:05.1 | Well, when Rich, our producer, sent me the title of this show, he's like, oh, we're going to talk about cryptocurrency. Now, all I'm seeing is cryptocurrency everywhere, billboards. It's on |
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