Episode #89: 📯 The Tweet We Have Been Waiting For

We finally get around to discussing the Trump tweets on Bitcoin and Libra

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Show Notes

• Trump finally tweets about Bitcoin… and Libra?
• Betting odds on whether Libra ever launches
• AOC says Libra is like coal-company ‘scrip’
• Ethereum can’t say Goodbye to Vitalik

Transcript

Aaron Lammer: Okay. Jay, I’ve been waiting to talk to you about this for what feels like forever. We’ve been waiting for a moment, and we’ve been talking about this moment, almost since the beginning. Will it happen? How will it happen? Which side will our president land on? We are, of course, referring to Trump’s Bitcoin and Libra tweets. Where were you when you first experienced Trump’s Bitcoin tweet?

Jay Kang: I’m sure I was where I am 90% of the time, which is in my apartment sitting on a bean bag-