Alex Leishman: Earn 3.8% in Bitcoin on Cash Balances on River
In this episode with Alex Leishman, CEO and CTO of River, we discuss:
How Bitcoin exchanges work
Why River is Bitcoin only and how crypto exchanges differ
Proof of Reserves
River's newly launched interest product on fiat balances
Bitcoin as the future global reserve asset
*River is where I DCA weekly and buy Bitcoin with the lowest fees in the industry. Get up to $100 when you sign up: https://partner.river.com/natalie
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Bio: Alex Leishman is the CEO, CTO and co-founder of River, a financial services company specializing in Bitcoin. He was previously at Polychain Capital and a Security Software Engineer at Airbnb. Alex earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland, and his Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Stanford University. He also taught Stanford’s first Bitcoin class under Professor Dan Boneh.
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🗒️ IN THIS EPISODE:
00:00 Early career in Bitcoin
2:08 Why Bitcoin only?
3:59 Bitdeer Technologies Group
4:54 Bitcoin price differences
7:02 Proof of reserves
8:30 Competition with tradfi
9:52 River's interest product
12:10 Fiat account
13:27 Bitcoin regulations
15:15 Banks embracing Bitcoin
15:51 Bitcoin in the election
16:59 Casa, Speed Wallet
17:53 Coinkite, The Bitcoin Way
18:38 Why is Bitcoin special?
20:22 Lull in Bitcoin space?
22:25 Bullish on Bitcoin?
23:41 What's to worry about Bitcoin?
24:45 Building in the Bitcoin space
26:30 Who are River's customers?
29:16 What's happening with the Bitcoin price?
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