Omid Malekan, an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and author of multiple books on crypto joins us. Omid shares his insights on the evolution of blockchain, the concept of digital scarcity, and the future of decentralized finance. Drawing from his experiences in both traditional finance, his teachings, and the crypto industry. Omid also discusses how blockchain offers a fundamentally new way to build trust and redefine property rights in the digital world and his best arguments for why ETH is better than SOL.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
5:52 Omid Malekan’s Crypto Background
9:31 Transitioning from TradFi to Crypto
14:51 Explaining Blockchain to Crypto Newcomers
21:10 The Fear in Crypto Transactions
24:53 Blockchain as a New Financial Architecture
28:07 What New Crypto Users Get Wrong
32:06 Not All Blockchains Are Equal
39:25 Qualitative & Quantitative Block Space
41:49 Lessons from Traditional Finance
46:36 Modular Design in Blockchain Systems
1:01:30 Envisioning Crypto's Endgame
1:09:25 Ether's Value Proposition and Role
1:20:28 Opportunities for High-Quality Liquid Assets
1:23:38 Ether as the Money of the Internet
1:36:55 Settlement Assurances and the Future of Ether
1:44:07 Crypto Cycles and Future Gains
1:45:29 Own Podcast?
1:46:22 Closing & Disclaimers

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RESOURCES

Omid Malekan
https://x.com/malekanoms

Omid's Books
https://www.amazon.com/Re-Architecting-Trust-History-Markets-Platforms/dp/1732027331
https://www.amazon.com/Story-Blockchain-Beginners-Technology-Understands/dp/1732027307

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