How Did You Get Obsessed With Cryptocurrency?

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The first source that really explained this to me in a really comprehensive way just helped me understand, this is going to change the world. And i think i understood that in that first interview. I don't know if it was literally from that first interview, but probably within six months or something, cause i remember, i think forbes said, hey ena, we'd love you in full time. and i said, ok, if you're ging to beg menin full time, then i only want to cover bit coiny like o ga, forget it.

Laura Shin is a journalist covering cryptocurrency and hosts the podcast Unchained. Her new book is The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze.

“I was extremely well-acquainted with what the failings were with our traditional financial system. I was seeing through my other reporting how everything works now, and really understanding, whoa, this is not a good system. And then getting this education on what bitcoin is, I understood right away: wow, this is going to change the world.”

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