Yoni Assia of eToro on Dogecoin, the Rise of Retail Investors, and the Future of Crypto (EP.161)

I brought back Yoni Assia for another guest appearance on Panic with Friends. He is a good friend of mine who's been in the crypto space for a while now. Recently, I even got to catch up with him in Miami, which you can read about on my blog. I first met Yoni back in 2010. He was one of the first people to talk to me about Bitcoin, and I was immediately sold on the brokerage he was starting, eToro. Back then, I was telling all the venture capitalists I knew eToro was like “Zynga, but for men.” So, we invested. And I’m glad I did. eToro is now an over $10 billion Israeli social trading and multi-asset brokerage. They recently added 3.1 million new users in the first quarter of 2021 and clocked in 5.2 million users for the full year 2020. In total, eToro has reported 20 million registered users. In this episode, Yoni and I talk about Dogecoin, the most interesting characters in crypto space, eToro, capital markets, the rise of retail investors, “fashionology,” blockchain, SPACs, trends, liquidity, art, and more. Enjoy! 

Guest - Yoni Assia, Co-Founder and CEO at eToro 

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Twitter: @howardlindzon, @yoniassia, @eToro, @eToroUS, @eToroX @knutjensen, @Nikita_Arora17 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoniassia 

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