Molly O'Brien: In the case of Coinbase, specifically, one thing that's happening is obviously a need for diversification. We know that if your primary business relies on trading volume and you're not saying a lot of that, you definitely have to diversify creating some version of AWS with Prince Cash for Amazon seems kind of smart. The concern is, did you just create a dev playground and there are no kids in your neighborhood? Yeah. I'll tell you what, I'm just going to confess right now, Vinnie, I also have not solved identity. Help me just. So it sounds like two things are happening here.
Vinny and Sunny joined Molly on another segment of Crypto Roundtable! Highlights included how Twitter could have integrated crypto (2:02), the benefits and controversy of a national ID system (23:00), and Spotify's NFT experiment.
(0:00) Molly kicks off the show
(2:02) The future of Twitter payments
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(14:21) What does an ideal Twitter identity system look like?
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(23:00) The benefits and controversy of a national ID system
(32:20) Predictions about the latest Yuga drop
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(41:54) Vinny breaks down the future of Coinbase and its active users
(48:07) Molly sees the connection between K-Pop and crypto
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