Understanding the Importance of Crypto with Nicholas Merten, Founder of DataDash

Sign up for our newsletter at Evolvement.io. Evolvement is a podcast hosted by Nye that revolves around Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, and how these play a role in the current financial models and economic systems of the world. Episode Five features Nicholas Merten, the founder of DataDash - the largest crypto youtube channel! Nicholas is one of the most informed and well-read people I have come across in the crypto space and it was an honor to sit down with him. In this episode, we discussed a bit about our current financial models, how Bitcoin plays a role in those, and what the future for crypto might look like. We also chat a little bit about the potential that bitcoin and crypto have to revolutionize the bank world, especially for people in other countries that has less access to traditional banking methods. We chat a biit about how the last bubble for Bitcoin in 2017 might not even have been the biggest one and there could be some ever bigger stuff coming in the future! You can learn more about Nicholas at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCatR7nWbYrkVXdxXb4cGXw. Timestamps: 02:00 - Your youtube channel was supposed to be about technology before you came across crypto? 07:00 - What did you see when you were reading bitcoin "white paper" and how did your knowledge about financial systems played in all of this? 11:45 - I can see how an educated person can see value in bitcoin and the uneducated cannot understand how the crisis in Venezuala can affect them, what are your thoughts on that? 16:53 - Are we still in the stone ages of finance and is bicoin step one towards a sustainable financial system? 23:25 - Is bitcoin currency or store value? 27:35 - In China 70% of people are using ( WeChat?) for paying, which is a form of digital currency? 29:20 - Effect of crypto on corruption in places like Africa, Venezuela etc. 34:30 - We could be heading to better harmony with nature and more fairer welth distribution, this might be the first step in financial aspekt of all of this. 38:40 - What is your opinion on bitcoin/crypeto, where are now, how are you "feeling about it"? 44:02 - How do you feel about all this regulations coming? 48:28 - People are more aware of where they put their money. 52:17 - What are your plans for 2019? 54:10 - Where can people learn more about you?