Abstract Forward Podcast #11: Cryptocurrency Best Practices with Josh McIntyre and Brooks Clifford!

Featuring the esteemed crypto early adopters and tech thought leaders Josh McIntyre and Brooks Clifford — this episode covers what is crypto, where does it fit in the financial ecosystem, how to spot and avoid common crypto scams, the pros and cons of different exchanges - Robinhood, Binanace.us, and Coinbase. It also discusses the complex intersection of privacy (encryption) vs. transparency, the conundrum of those getting locked out of their own crypto, the best crypto use cases for the underbanked non-developed world, and the future prospects of fintech amid regulatory unknowns. The overarching theme of this nearly hour and a half episode is tech risk education and privacy as security for improved fintech innovation. It cites a related article I wrote on this 5.5 years ago: Thought$ On The Future of Digital Curren¢y For A Better World . Josh McIntyre is a software engineer, tech educator, and avid learner and explainer. He works full-time as a software engineer at Microsoft and runs an open-source technical education project called Chaintuts. The mission of Chaintuts is to educate anyone that wants to learn about cryptocurrencies, security, and computer science: . Brooks Clifford always had a passion for both finance and technology. He started his first business at the age of 15 at the forefront of e-commerce. It was in 2013 when he first discovered bitcoin while working at Morgan Stanley and have been a strong advocate for the technology ever since. He has been working in the cryptocurrency space professionally for the last 7 years most notably as an investment manager. A few career highlights include being invited to present on bitcoin at the 2014 Minnesota State Fair by then Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Richie as well as being appointed to the Forbes Finance Council in 2017. He is the founder of a new crypto investment firm Bidwell Investment Group at: . Disclaimer: This podcast does not represent the views of former or current employers and/or clients. This podcast will make every reasonable effort to verify facts and inferences therefrom. However, this podcast is intended to entertain and significantly inform its audience based on subjective reason-based opinions. Non-public information will not be disclosed. Information obtained in this podcast may be materially out of date at or after the time of the podcast. This podcast is not legal, accounting, audit, health, technical, or financial advice. © Abstract Forward Consulting, LLC.

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Abstract Forward Podcast #11: Cryptocurrency Best Practices with Josh McIntyre and Brooks Clifford! is an episode from Abstract Forward Consulting by Jeremy Swenson.

This episode is 01:23:49 long.

This episode was published on Sep 8, 2021.

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