What is Crypto For? Matt Levine Wants to Know

Some of you may already know the work and writing of Bloomberg Opinion columnist Matt Levine. For everyone else — well you’re in for a treat.  Matt’s just published many thousands of words on the subject of crypto for a special issue of Bloomberg Businessweek. It lives HERE. He joins this episode to talk about what motivated him to do such an intensive dive into the blockchain, why he thinks of crypto as a “living laboratory” for innovation, and what prompted him to start at the very beginning, with one big question: what is crypto for?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In this daily podcast, Bloomberg’s reporting team teases out what’s actually important in the crypto conversation. Led by crypto editor stacy-marie ishmael, the show draws on reporters and editors around the world and credible voices from across the industry. Episodes cover everything from regulation to NFTs to DeFi to the environmental considerations surrounding an asset class shaping the future of finance.