Charlie Lee is the creator of Litecoin and currently serves as Director of the Litecoin Foundation. In this conversation, we discuss the creation of Litecoin in 2011 and how the industry has evolved since, the prospects for Litecoin ETFs, the reasoning behind his decision to sell all of his LTC, the Lite Strategy DAT and its outlook this year, growing institutional interest, and why price and adoption may be the most important crypto stories of 2026.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Welcome Charlie Lee To Crypto In America!0:30 - What Does ‘Crypto In America’ Mean To Charlie?
1:30 - Starting Litecoin3:00 - Changes In Industry Since Mt. Gox From A Crypto OG4:30 - Starting In Google
5:45 - Sovereign Individual/Bitcoin - Does The Bitcoin Ethos Survive In Modern Age Of Crypto?
8:00 - Bitcoin No Longer A Risk-off Asset?
9:00 - Joining Coinbase In 2013 - Looking Back at Last Decade
10:15 - Litecoin ETF
12:50 - Building Through Different Phases Of Cypto (ICOs, Decentraliziation, etc)
15:50 - How To Make America The Best Place For Litecoin
17:45 - LItecoin Post-Genius Act
22:50 - Prediction Markets & Crypto
26:15 - Energy Concerns For Proof Of Stake
27:50 - Charlie Selling His Litecoin, What’s His Role Today
30:20 - Is Litecoin Holding Up It’s Original Ethos?
31:30 - Lite Strategy Digital Asset Treasury
34:30 - Institutional Interests In DATS vs. ETFs
37:30 - Tax Regulation For Crypto
39:30 - Price & Adoption Are The Most Important
41:30 - Charlie Is Paying Attention To Financial Privacy
44:00 - Thanks Charlie For Joining! Like & Subscribe
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