B is for Bitcoin with Graeme Moore

On this episode of Magic Internet Money, host Brad Mills invites children’s book author, Graeme Moore onto the show to discuss teaching kids about Bitcoin in his book, B is for Bitcoin. The two talk politics and the nature of bankers influencing both the Republican and Democratic parties. Brad dissects several altcoin projects and why they aren’t currencies. Graeme shares his experience working at Polymath, a company managing security token assets. Finally, the two discuss the consequences of politicization of cryptocurrencies and how coming regulations may change the markets. Timestamps 00:04:32 - Show start 00:07:19 - Graeme’s start with Bitcoin 00:20:25 - Misleading companies and how they prey on new bitcoiners 00:29:10 - Bitcoin under attack 00:36:55 - Irrationality in economics 00:44:44 - Red Goldman-Sachs or Blue Goldman-Sachs: The danger of binary thinking 00:55:30 - Ethereum vs Bitcoin speculation 01:12:07 - Lessons from the dotcom bubble 01:17:55 - Bitcoin as the one true money 01:30:15 - The value of top 20 altcoins 01:43:19 - B is for Bitcoin 01:48:25 - Vine and TikTok 01:50:25 - Social media influences on crypto 02:00:12 - Bitcoin’s relation to altcoins, Polymath 02:14:15 - Use cases for security tokens 02:29:10 - The Crypto Rating Council 02:33:55 - Closing remarks and social media plugs