NewsPicks Roundtable: The Bitcoin Era

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Naysayers and Cassandras forecast a crash to rival the housing crisis of 2008. Optimists -- or simply those with a long position -- say Bitcoin could reach $1 million valuation. The world of finance will never be the same. Or will it? We asked three of NewsPicks’ smartest Pickers to give us their thoughts on the meteoric rise -- and possible fall -- of cryptocurrencies.

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Jason Zweig

investing columnist at Wall Street Journal

Earlier this month, Vanguard Group, which manages nearly $5 trillion, announced that it will use blockchain technology to improve the delivery of market prices for its index funds and other assets.

To me, this epitomizes both the promise ...

Peter Kozodoy

Partner // Chief Strategy Officer at GEM Advertising

Bitcoin is only a small piece of it. This past year, almost half the nation's millennials took part in a vast movement away from banks and into self-controlled and fluid financial exchanges, swapping $17.6 billion on Venmo -- yes, that&...

Jeff Koyen

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Investor at 360 Blockchain

For much of the early 90s, AOL floppy disks, then CDs, were more common than cockroaches in New York City. To AOL’s credit, their incessant junk mail put millions of Americans online. Yet, they weren’t really online. Using dial-up modems, t...

Patrick McGinnis

Globally-minded VC & Creator of FOMO. at Author, The 10% Entrepreneur

Bitcoin: FOMO, Free Markets, and the Fake News.

I’m credited with inventing the term FOMO (Google that, if you’re a skeptic). After years of hard work to conquer my fear of missing out, however, I’ve completely fallen off the wagon. The c...

Ernie Sander

Chief Content Officer at NewsPicks

Great insights from our ProPickers about the rise of crypto currencies... To see more smart curation and conversation, download the NewsPicks app in the App Store. (Android version available soon.)

Sopiea Mitchell

CEO at 3toZEN

Thank you, ProPickers, for the great insights. I don’t know much about cryptocurrency, but I think blockchain technology is fascinating and that its potential is huge.

Also, I can tell you almost everyone I run into is talking about cry...

Adaora Udoji

Principal at Boshia Group

.@newspicks #Roundtables -what you need to know about #bitcoin. Fantastic.

Sumeet Shah

Chief Strategy Officer at NewsPicks

Expect more of these Roundtables over time. Great re-read here.

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