This is a special episode of Unchained from the CME Global Leadership Conference in Naples, Florida. There, I spoke with Arthur Hayes, CoFounder and CEO of Bitmex, Dan O’Prey, chief marketing officer of Digital Asset, and Alexis Ohanian, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Reddit and Co-Founder of Initialized Capital. We cover how public and permissioned chains will compete or complement each other, how blockchain technology will affect incumbent financial services, and how it has already proven itself (hint: as a store of value is one answer). We discuss whether or not crypto represents a new asset class, why the crypto winter is helping to improve the space, and what the launch of Bakkt and Fidelity Digital Assets could mean going forward.

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Episode links

CME's Global Financial Leadership Conference: https://www.gflc.com

Arthur Hayes: https://twitter.com/cryptohayes

Bitmex: https://www.bitmex.com

Dan O'Prey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danoprey/

Digital Asset: https://www.digitalasset.com

Alexis Ohanian: https://twitter.com/alexisohanian

Initialized Capital: https://initialized.com

Unconfirmed episode with Tom Jessop's Fidelity Digital Assets: http://unconfirmed.libsyn.com/fidelity-digital-asset-services-tom-jessop-on-why-its-serving-institutional-clients-first-ep043

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