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Nat Eliason — Crazy, Crypto, Confidential (EP.224)

2024/7/11
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Nat Eliason is a writer with a keen interest in writing about challenging and revealing things. His debut book, Crypto Confidential: Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance (out July 9th, 2024), charts his personal odyssey into Crypto’s Get-Rich-Quick underbelly.

Nat joins the show to discuss the highs and lows of the cryptocurrency market, the lessons learned from his financial adventures, the psychological effects of bubbles, crypto’s cutting-edge developments, and MUCH more!

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Show Notes:

  • Making A Lot of Money, As Fast as Possible
  • The Peer Pressure of Crypto Markets
  • The Psychological Effects of Diamond Hands
  • Signs of Peak Speculation
  • How Bitcoin Has Carried the Crypto Story
  • Ethereum’s Innovations
  • The Emergence of Stablecoins
  • What Makes USD A Reserve Currency?
  • The Crazy Anonymity of Crypto Projects
  • The Two Options of Getting Into Crypto
  • Imagining the Money Pile
  • What Nat Couldn’t Keep in the Book
  • Nat’s Next Career as a Novelist
  • Nat as Emperor of the World
  • MORE!

Books Mentioned:

  • Influence; by Robert Cialdini