The First Crypto Bank with Caitlin Long

After years of trial and error, plus extensive legislator work, the first-ever crypto bank was established in Wyoming, headed by Caitlin Long. As impressive as the advancement is, according to Long, it’s really only the first innings for digital asset collaboration with legacy banking. Ultimately, it will be the velocity of technology and private sector innovation that drives crypto adoption around the world creating a new financial system that supersedes our outdated way of doing things.

In this episode, Melker and Long discuss a range of topics including: 

• The difference between value and price
• Long-term capital investment projects
• Unstable interest rates
• A deleveraging FED
• Avanti Bank
• The velocity of new technology
• The crypto bank misnomer
• A Bitcoin lending market
• Crypto efficient payment systems
• The blockchain taskforce
• Central banks buying Bitcoin

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