Cryptocurrency - You're a Crypto Currency Journalist?

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i started following you when you were already a crypto currency journalist. And i have no idea what you were doing before that. You wrote a book that is like the catnip to the stack of books that i could potentially read in preparation for this interview. People listen t the show probably know that i have something of a soft spot for the crypto currency world.

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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