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Scott Melker and Brock Pierce further discuss painting the White House, the life of a child movie star, why he's running for president, the polarization of our nation, stepping into the political ring of fire, breaking free of left and right politics, a developing political evolution, being bullish on crypto, going face to face with the media giants, financing a presidential campaign, universal earned income, criminal justice reform, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and more.

Scott Melker and Alex Mashinsky further discuss moving to the U.S. in the ’80s, phone company monopolies, the urge to disrupt, creating Celsius Network, giving 80% of the profits to the community, bank bailouts, daytime robbery, beating the banks, crypto community fees, hedge funds in crypto, the name “Sushi” as a leading indicator, the corrosion of standards and voting with your wallet.

Scott Melker and John Wu further discuss discovering Bitcoin in 2013, the untapped world of alternative assets, taxi medallions, the internet of assets, the DeFi Petri dish, NFT’s, political polarization, the danger of big companies, the schoolyard vs. the comment section, trillions of dollars locked in an inefficient system, the ‘08 crash and DeFi, Mad Men investors and more.

Scott Melker and Mati Greenspan further discuss the good QE, Elon heading to Mars, COVID’s lasting impact, a self-made billionaire grandfather, Mati as the face of eToro, managing other people’s money, receiving $30 in Bitcoin as a gift, Link Frogs attacking, leverage, most traders failing, meditation and prayer and more.

Scott Melker and Mike McGlone further discuss the screams and shouts of the trading pit, determining the volume of the market by the odor of the other traders, the Bloomberg Terminal, the election’s impact on the market, CBDCs' unstoppable trend, tempting the market gods, quantitative easing, the classic signs of a bear and bull market, the growing advantages of hard assets, where the market is heading, Bitcoin’s true value and more.

Scott Melker and Justin Blau further discuss their similar backgrounds in music, performing and crypto, mixing finance and blockchain into the world of art, learning about Bitcoin from the Winkelvoss twins, NFTs, Kanye West tweets, what blue checkmarks, Yeezys, and Jordans all have in common, who is Blockparty, predatory record labels, mining for gold on asteroids, a shaky dollar, having strong opinions loosely held, the impact of COVID on performers, building schools in Guatemala and more.

Scott Melker and Richard Ells further discuss the massive unbanked and underbanked population, trying to pay a Ugandan villager, skipping a layer of technology with crypto, the ICO boom, Amazon, how most cryptocurrencies lack a real-world use case, Anytask.com, longing Gold, Silver and Bitcoin, proof of responsibility, ETN in Brazil, Uganda, India and more.

Scott Melker and Joe Vezzani further discuss growing up as a finance kid, looking for a job in the ‘08 crash, the rise and fall of Lehman Brothers, a lack of fundamentals in the crypto world, developing a platform that understands “Dogecoin is mooning,” millennial farm animals, the Wall Street Suits, the nightmare of taxing Bitcoin, Galaxy scores, Alt Ranks and more.

Scott Melker and Jeff Booth further discuss working at the forefront of tech, hidden taxes, a Ponzi scheme of debt, the government propping up the market, Bitcoin as our life raft, the rich moving into missile silos, a non-existent middle class, time as our most valuable resource, creating generational wealth, going irresponsibly long on Bitcoin, overpriced real estate, inflation vs. deflation, tech monopolies, Bitcoin to $0 or $1,000,000 and more.

Scott Melker and Ido Sadeh Man further discuss their shared music background, the difficulties of becoming a successful musician, transitioning from entrepreneurship to the blockchain, the possible death of the dollar, the change from SAGA to Sögur, living on a Kibbutz, selling your Bitcoin when your taxi driver is talking about it, money and materialism, COVID exposing our financial fragility and more.

Scott Melker and Matt Stover further discuss, the major pitfalls of crypto hedge funds, how nobody is keeping up with the pace of crypto, the natural progression of a successful trader, every trader's dream to open a hedge fund, poker players backed by hedge funds, trading your money vs. your client’s money, offshore vehicle investments, giving the government their piece of the pie, the similarities of crypto and marijuana, the disappearance of the physical dollar, a digital world and more.

Scott Melker and Jonas Simanavicius further discuss, the private vs. the public internet, a new 2.0 layer of the internet, NOIA token economics, Ethereum 2.0 gas fees, smart contracts and the world computer, the DeFi craze vs. the ICO craze, virtual reality vs. quantum computing, the dot-com boom, Bitcoin as the only true decentralized model, DeFi disruption and more.

Scott Melker and Humayun Sheikh further discuss artificial intelligence for dummies, combining commodity trading with blockchain development, the dangers of AI, and how far we are from the Matrix.

Scott Melker and Samson Mow further discuss Bitcoin preventing an Orwellian future, managing two companies at once, Fidelity leading the adoption charge, Zeus Capital and INX controversy, & getting Grandma to buy Bitcoin.

Micah Johnson and Scott Melker further discuss having one dream your entire life, learning how to play as the last man on the roster, batting for the first time in the pros, discovering a talent you never knew you had, painting black children as astronauts, balancing a newborn with a new career, painting the blockchain, battling depression during the season, learning how to compete as an artist, the stages of discovering Bitcoin, and more.

Sahil Bloom and Scott Melker further discuss how baseball failures taught him valuable lessons, his aspirations of a Major League career, how the grind of work prepares you for life, and simplifying the world of finance.

Scott Melker and Didi Taihuttu further discuss what sparked Didi’s radical transformation, telling his wife that they were going all-in on Bitcoin, selling everything he owned, watching the price of Bitcoin when it is all you have, living with 4 women in a van, buying everything with Bitcoin, beingstuck on a tropical island during Covid, giving to charity, zooming out on Bitcoin and in on life, and so much more.

Scott Melker sits down with Ray Youssef, CEO of Paxful

Ryan Radloff and Scott Melker further discuss having Bitcoin in your retirement account, zombie mutual funds, the Fed rat trap, cattle and firetrucks in your IRA, beating crusty old Wall Streeters, Bitcoin outcompeting every other asset, targeting 28 trillion in retirement money, a massive community and investment awakening and more.

Scott Melker sits down with Zuby a well known British rapper, author, podcaster, fitness instructor and life coach.

Andrew Elliott and Scott Melker further discuss military intelligence and high-value targets, Iraq’s high-speed internet via satellite, fly-ridden meat and SIM cards for sale, the simplest tool for mainstream adoption, a digital cold war, and more.

Anthony Pompliano and Scott Melker further discuss Twitter as Tik-Tok for intellectuals, eating ice cream in the Iraqi desert, the intellectual dark web, truth over consensus, the great financial education awakening, mining ethereum at $10, bitcoin evolving from arcade money to hard currency, the death of paper money, beating the cards you were dealt, bitcoin’s multi-decade plan and so much more.

Scott Melker and Peter McCormack further discuss, bitcoin as monetary defiance, traveling to Venezuela, impending stock market doom, and so much more.