Demetri Kofinas: Uncovering the Hidden Forces of Today's Society

Hidden Forces is a podcast devoted to exploring the underlying forces driving the most powerful changes we see in the world. Demetri Kofinas, host of the show, holds conversations with some of the most brilliant minds in technology, finance, social science, and the hard sciences. He consults blockchain and distributed ledger technology companies, and hedge funds and venture capital firms on how to invest in and around these same emerging technologies. 

We chatted to Demetri about a range of current topics from the US presidential election, the financial crisis and the role of the federal reserve and how it's reacting to the crisis. Also the role of central banks going forward in this new reality in which we live. We also discussed crypto and specifically his thoughts on the DeFi space. He has some very interesting views there. Demetri does not hold back on what he wants to say, so this was a fun and interesting conversation which we are sure you will enjoy too!

Topics covered in this episode:

• The US presidential election
• Demetri’s background and why he started Hidden Forces
• Hidden Forces and how he chooses guests and topics
• Demetri's health
• How Demetri sees the impact of blockchain on a societal level
• The current economic crisis
• The fundamental difference of the handling between past crises and the current one, by financial institutions
• Is the US on the brink of collapse?
• What is the role of the central bank if it can no longer function how it is supposed to, and can crypto play a role
• What are some past dApps that would contribute value to society
• Demetri’s views on Ampleforth
• Can a cryptocurrency become a world reserve currency?

Episode links:

• Hidden Forces
• The story of Demetri's tumour
• Demetri's website
• Demetri on Medium
• Hidden Forces on Twitter
• Demetri on Twitter

Sponsors:

• Algorand: To learn more about Algorand and how it’s unique design makes it easy for developers to build sophisticated applications. - https://algorand.com/epicenter

This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/360