Brad Yasar | The GoldSilverBitcoin Podcast
Brad Yasar joins the 36th GoldSilverBitcoin podcast to discuss basic economics, entrepreneurship, and cryptocurrency.
What venture capitalists look for in crypto startups and entrepreneurs
Whilst investigating potential investments, I look at the team, its background, and skill set. I then determine whether all of that seems complimentary or not. In instances where that’s not easily visible and accessible, I look at the project’s stakeholders. As with anything else in life, if enough people support you–in your mission, vision, and goals–you’re going to be successful.
Happy Belated Birthday, Bitcoin!
It’s been a tumultuous 12 years of existence in this weary world for the first mover of all blockchain projects, the first cryptocurrency in history, the most spectacularly profitable, outrageously volatile asset in modern times, Bitcoin. Otherwise, lovingly referred by its ticker symbol by friends and colleagues BTC for short.
The United States of AI
In 1956, American assistant professor of mathematics, John McCarthy, met with his colleagues to discuss and later coin the term “artificial intelligence.” Soon scientists worldwide were teaching computers to play chess and robotically speak languages. It was just the beginning.
Meta-Trends 2021 & Beyond - Part 3: Full Speed Ahead with Autonomous Vehicles
In our last article on Meta-trends, we explored the Internet of Things (IoT) and the many possibilities of a more interconnected future. Integral to this new life connecting people with smart devices will be new business models that facilitate machine to machine (M2M) communication and micropayments occurring automatically between vendor platforms and other machines.
Meta-Trends 2021 & Beyond: Part 2: Internet of Everything
IoT or the Internet of Things encompasses a high level of connectedness worldwide with the power to help humanity in almost endless ways. According to IHS Markit, consisting of 5,000 analysts, data scientists, financial experts, and specialists, the number of installed IoT devices will grow to 125 billion by 2030.
Meta-Trends 2021 & Beyond: Part I: Augmented Reality & the Spatial Web
What are “Augmented Reality” and the “Spatial Web,” -- and how will they change our lives in the near and distant future? Combined with Augmented Reality, the Spatial Web, also called Web 3.0, will soon connect humans, machines, and AI worldwide in realtime.
What if You Could Invest in the Entire Cryptocurrency Market with One Token?
So much in the news about the meteoric rise of Bitcoin. From institutional investments, Square’s $50 million, Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor’s vow to hold Bitcoin for 100 years, and even PayPal announcing their decision to sell, accept and carry BTC along with ETH, BCH, and LTC.
The Future of Life, Work & Blockchain
2020 will be the year that changed the way we work forever. From the massive trend to work from home to the downsizing of all formal office space-oriented businesses, people think of work in a whole new way.
What Today’s Financial Uncertainty Means for Cryptocurrency Investors
Here in the Wild West World of blockchain technology and FinTech, we who are genuinely invested - not just literally in tokens, but philosophically in the technology behind it - have quickly learned to keep cool heads and stay agile to be adaptive as the cryptocurrency market swings in manic depressive mayhem.
The New 'Bretton Woods Moment' and How Bitcoin Will Play a Part
A lot has been said recently about a “New Bretton Woods Moment,” as proclaimed to save the world’s monetary system, by International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. What does it all mean, and what could such a moment hold for the world’s first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin?
What are “Wrapped” Crypto Tokens & Why are They so Important?
In step with the meteoric rise of DeFi platforms, today’s “wrapped” tokens, especially wrapped BTC (“WBTC”), is an intriguing phenomenon. A “wrapped token” is an asset on the Ethereum blockchain matched 1:1 with an underlying asset, which need not share the same blockchain, or as a physical asset like gold, be on a blockchain at all.
How DeFi Will Help the Unbanked Worldwide
Of a global population of over 7.8 billion, it was estimated that 1.7 billion people have limited or no access to financial services, and therefore limited or no access to many corresponding opportunities. Simply receiving and sending money to friends or family becomes an impossibility for the “unbanked.”