Bitcoin is More Than a Financial System with Zac Prince & Jeremy Welch

Location: New York
Date: Thursday 11th July 2019
Company: Casa & BlockFi
Role: Founder & Founder/CEO

During the previous bull run, the hype led to an influx of companies using Bitcoin or 'blockchain' to inflate value and attract investment. Many of these were questionable projects, and some were outright scams. Even legitimate companies struggled with the difficulty of creating value with Bitcoin, as companies failed two thrived: Casa and BlockFi.

BlockFi is building financial products for Bitcoin holders which allow them to use their crypto as collateral for taking out a loan or lend out their Bitcoin to earn interest. Casa is improving security by simplifying multisig.

So why have BlockFi and Casa been able to grow and thrive during the bear market while so many others have failed?

In this interview, I speak with Casa Founder Jeremy Welch and BlockFi Founder Zac Prince, we discuss Bitcoin utility, non-financial and sometimes unexpected applications and why Bitcoin is more than a financial system.

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Connect with Zac:
- On Twitter @BlockFiZac
- On LinkedIn
- On Crunchbase
- On AngelList

Connect with Jeremy:
- On Twitter @jeremyrwelch
- On LinkedIn
- On Crunchbase
- On Medium
- On AngelList

Connect with BlockFi
- On Twitter @TheRealBlockFi
- On Crunchbase
- The Website

Connect with Casa
- On Twitter @CasaHODL
- On Twitter@SatsApp
- On Crunchbase
- The Website

Mentioned in the interview:
- Casa and BlockFi Partnership
- Mastering Bitcoin
- Bitcoin Legality by Country
- Facebook’s David Marcus In Front of Senate
- Bitcoin Timelock
- North Korea Mining Bitcoin

Other relevant WBD podcasts:
- WBD128: Juthica Chou on The First Physically Settled Bitcoin Futures
- WBD122: Brad Stephens & Spencer Bogart on How Venture Capital Thinks About Bitcoin Investing
- WBD117: Jeremy Welch on Why Bitcoin Changes Everything
- WBD107: Daniel Buchner on Why Microsoft is Building Decentralised IDs on Bitcoin
- WBD084: Amber Baldet on Surveillance Capitalism
- WBD082: Andreas M. Antonopoulos Podcast Interview - What Happens When Bitcoin Takes Over
- WBD073: Bill Barhydt on How ABRA Is Building a Global Bank With Bitcoin
- WBD067: Gab's Andrew Torba on Why Bitcoin Is Free Speech Money
- WBD056: Alex Gladstein on Why Bitcoin Matters for Freedom
- WBD055: Vijay Boyapati's Bullish Case for Bitcoin
- WBD051: Zac Prince on the Future of Banking With Bitcoin
- WBD047: Adam Back on a Decade of Bitcoin
- WBD045: Brave's Brendan Eich on Fixing Online Advertising
- WBD034: Why Crypto Privacy is Important with Monero's Riccardo "FluffyPony" Spagni

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