Maury Blackman is a serial entrepreneur who has led high-growth tech companies for more than 25 years. Maury is also an active investor, board member, and advisor to many tech companies. Currently, Maury is the CEO of Premise Data, a global on-demand data insight company.
Great Minds Think Data shares exclusive insightful interviews from the most influential industry leaders in the world, covering prominent topics at the intersection of data and the worlds of business, politics, and economics. Maury and his guests explore how commercial businesses and governments can use real-time data to make actionable decisions.
Data presented in each podcast episode is collected on-demand by Premise’s app available on App store and Google Play store with over 4.5 million contributors in 135 countries around the world.
My guest today is Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and author of the book "Check your Financial Privilege". Today’s episode focuses on how Bitcoin is changing the landscape of the financial services industry and offers hope to many people who were born into a weaker financial system. The episode illustrates how Americans (which is only 4% of the world population) enjoy financial privilege from the dominant U.S. dollar system while 2 billion people live with double-digit inflation every day. Most of us think of Bitcoin as an investment opportunity, but there's ample data that shows bitcoin is fast becoming a transaction platform to move money across borders, protect savings from inflation, and pay for services in many countries around the world. Lastly, Alex emphasized the crypto world's famous mantra “Not your keys, not your coins”.
0:41 – Intro to Bitcoin and Alex Gladstein
3:50 – Financial Privilege and The Evolution of Global Currencies
23:40 – The U.S. Economy’s Power
27:06 – Bitcoin as a Solution and Currency for the World
36:44 – Bitcoin’s Impact in Countries with Lacking Financial Infrastructure
46:46 – Responding to Bitcoin Criticisms and Spreading Financial Freedom
57:00 – Alex’s Three Insights for the World
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