Flashback: The Bitcoin Podcast #112: The Broader Economy II

Flashback: The Bitcoin Podcast #112: The Broader Economy II

From The Bitcoin Podcast by Corey Petty, Demetrick Ferguson, Jessie Santiago

July 4, 2026 · 1h 34m

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The episode features Andreas Antonopoulos discussing cryptocurrency's impact on the economy and individual sovereignty, alongside Matt McKibbin talking about Equibit's ICO.

This is a Flashback Episode, we are going back to Jan 2017 in which Andreas Antonopoulosgreets us at the beginning of the bull run of 2017 on his second appearance on The Bitcoin Podcast Network. When I dove down the rabbit hole of Bitcoin in late 2013, Andreas’ YouTube talks and podcasts pulled me further in. He swings by the show again to tell us a bit about the current scene of crypto and to talk a bit about his new book, The Internet of Money. Beyond the more pragmatic applications of cryptocurrency for the millions of unbanked around the world, Andreas also waxes philosophic on deeper topics such as the history of money, the role cryptocurrency can play for individual sovereignty and privacy, and the implications of currency as language, where currency transfer is, at root, an expression of value akin to speech. In addition, in a few days we’ll be in DC to celebrate Equibit and the opening date of their official ICO! Matt McKibbin swings by the show to talk a bit about it. If you want to participate sign up here – https://ico.equibit.org/EDC is building Equibit, the world’s first peer-to-peer equity marketplace and a complete platform for issuers to manage their investor…

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Hosts: Corey Petty, Demetrick Ferguson, Jessie Santiago

Guests: Andreas Antonopoulos, Matt McKibbin

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Organizations: The Bitcoin Podcast Network, Equibit

Products: The Internet of Money

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