The ICO craze, the tokenization of crowdfunding, and the globalisation of access to venture capital – as well as the scams, panic, and lawsuits coming in the first wave.
This is part of a talk which took place at the Advanced Digital Innovation Summit (ADIS) on September 12th 2017 in Vancouver, Canada: https://antonopoulos.com/event/adisummit-vancouver-canada/
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ICOs and responsible investment – https://youtu.be/C8UdbvrWyvg
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Investing in Education Instead of Speculation – https://youtu.be/6uXAbJQoZlE
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) – https://youtu.be/Q5R8KuxV4A0
The token ICO explosion – https://youtu.be/vdaW8NtJXuQ
ICOs and financial regulation – https://youtu.be/Plu_WX3Gs8E
Scams, gambling, and regulation https://youtu.be/fTI88YrN1UE
The impact of smart contracts on law and accounting – https://youtu.be/K-TRzuPwJCc
The out-of-sync hype around “blockchain” – https://youtu.be/9mm8iiEj4TE
How to get people to care about security – https://youtu.be/Ji1lS9NMz1E
Governance trade-offs in decentralised systems – https://youtu.be/dtwaW79Fj7c
Altcoins and the scaling debate – https://youtu.be/slbpdW-H3yk
Blockchain vs. Bullshit: Thoughts on the Future of Money -https://youtu.be/SMEOKDVXlUo
How much bitcoin do you have? – https://youtu.be/DJtM9mR7cOU
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6:10 Sums up the inherently flawed accredited investor concept:
"The whole idea that investment should be vetted is in my opinion problematic. It puts enormous power into those who do the vetting and removes the responsibility from investors to do the vetting themselves and creates a false sense of security."
By far, Andreas has been the go to person for info that I look up to. The amount of knowledge this dude has is unfathomable. Thank you for everything!!!
This talk blew me away. Everything that has been in my head, perfectly explained.
So the CME group is starting a futures trading for bitcoin. They are quoted as saying they will ' Tame Bitcoin" that means make it less volatile. I don think that is a good thing.
This is some good shit Andreas. Love the way you describe things.
Yet another excellent talk, thanks Andreas !
Intelligence + Pragmatism…a winning combination…
99.9% of early apps for android / apple were not shit…..he is exaggerating…..otherwise, good vid. But to be into crypto means constant review and adapting…..leave your screen for a few days and you can get rekt.
All that the gov (including the colluding central banks) has to do to crush bitcoin is to criminalize its acceptance by any merchant. Most will comply. Then, trading things directly for bitcoin will be pure fantasy and utopia (except for a very small and insignificant black market). Am I missing something?
Thumbs up if you have an ICO ad in your screen right now.
The Banking system is a "FRAUD" Jamie
2015 : Sh*t!! one moar altcoin?
2017 : Sh*t!! one moar ICO?
Fun fact, there's an ICO ad in my face, rigth now! LOL!
Great Insight as always.
99.999% of all the ICOs are not shit, complete junk and return nothing. If so, the rest of his argument cannot be true. I understand exaggeration to make a point, but how can 99.999% of all ICOs be a scam, yet at the same time, the remaining .001 % will completely revolutionize the financial industry. So I guess no, I cannot hold these two ideas in my head at the same time.
I would say 90% will fail
Which ICOs are not shit, if the 99.99% of all the present ICOs are shit?
As usual, Antanop's analysis is spot-on.
omg he is the brain i would follow for the rest of my life
Good shit. Not sure why I never rang the bell. Don't get updates often enough.
Look, comments, I never thought I will see them here 🙂