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episode 373: Eric Wall: Arcane Assets – The Future of Digital Investments
Eric Wall is the Chief Investment Officer at Arcane Assets, but you may already know him from his writing and his presence on Twitter where he offers valuable insights on crypto markets. He joined us on the show to share with us his deep and timely insights into the current bull run and how this compared to 2017, where it is headed from here, and also he opens up on his normally guarded thoughts on the future of Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Topics covered in this episode:
- Eric's background and how he got into crypto
- Eric's experience working with Cinnober and Nasdaq
- Using blockchain as an underlying substrate in the traditional finance ecosystem
- An overview of Arcane Assets
- Eric's thesis behind Bitcoin
- The current Bitcoin bull run
- How Arcane deals with transaction fee problems and solutions that may address these over the coming years
- Using the value proposition of Ether when Bitcoin is store value
- Eric opens up on how he thinks Ethereum will become adopted in mainstream finance
- Why does the Bitcoin community reject tokens?
- What is different in the current bull market compared to 2017
- Eric's predictions on how this bull market will play out
Episode links:
- Arcane Assets
- Arcane Crypto
- Nine Bitcoin Charts Already at All-Time Highs
- Crypto Market Structure 3.0
- Arcane on Twitter
- Eric on Twitter
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Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/373