College Crypto: Recent Episodes
College Crypto
Welcome to College Crypto, where Aymon Holth, Yilan Yu and Hunter Dickinson teach crypto in a no-nonsense way, to give you an edge on what's coming (in the digital economy). Here we provide answers to the questions you've always wanted to ask, and explain how and why crypto is taking the world by storm.
We are joined by Ruby Crandell to answer questions about how to get started in crypto investing, why crypto is volatile and a set of guidelines for finding a great project.
0:00 – Introducing Ruby
2:30 – motives for investing
12:00 – how do you start? What’s an exchange?
13:18 – Long-term thinking
14:55 – Dollar cost averaging (DCA) vs lump sum
17:00 – market volatility
18:08 – Why is crypto volatile?
21:55 – Choosing crypto projects
23:15 – Finding signal from noise
27:45 – Ethereum 2.0
31:00 – Bearish vs Bullish
32:05 – How to look for a great coin or project
34:10 - #1: Fundamental technology
34:33 - #2: Visionary leadership
37:12 - #3: Market traction
39:57 – The anthropological side of crypto
After a crazy week of trading NFTs, we sit down to chat with Dean Pham, a member of College Crypto who’s new to the crypto and NFT world. TL;DR – Non-fungible tokens are a way to represent unique things like art, property and communities on the internet in a credible and transparent way.
0:00 – why Hunter feels like a Neanderthal today
1:40 – introducing Dean
3:30 – NFTs are non-fungible tokens
5:53 – Why NFTs are a big boon for creators
7:40 – NFTs are programmable
8:45 – NFT gaming, play-to-earn and Axie Infinity
12:40 – True player ownership opens a world of possibilities
15:25 – Axie Infinity’s growth story is just beginning
26:00 – Successful play-to-earn games need to be fun
27:20 – What is meant by minting an NFT?
28:00 – gaming economics
29:20 – The future of NFTs (contracts, real estate, tickets…)
30:05 – why NFT ticketing makes a lot of sense
31:15 – NFTs provide transparency and credibility
Make sure to follow us on our socials:
Twitter – https://twitter.com/CollegeCryptoHQ
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/collegecryptohq
TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@collegecrypto
Join Aymon, Hunter and Yilan as we take a closer look at some of the problems plaguing traditional finance (TradFi), the origins of Bitcoin, and why blockchains like Ethereum are revolutionary.
Our mission is to accelerate the understanding and adoption of blockchain technologies for people and businesses.
Timestamps
0:00 – Intro
0:20 – recap of last episode
1:10 – traditional finance is cumbersome
3:13 – the unbanked billions
6:00 – vulnerability to inflation
6:50 – Bitcoin’s value as deflationary, global, peer-to-peer currency
7:47 – Bitcoin is first generation crypto
10:20 – Satoshi Nakamoto applies blockchain to money
11:28 – Born in the GFC
11:56 – what are blocks in the blockchain?
12:34 – Aymon’s favourite bus metaphor for blocksize, blocktime and transaction fees
16:45 – Ethereum vs Bitcoin
18:20 – Ethereum is a revolutionary platform solution
22:48 – Cryptos are built different
24:07 – Knowledge gives you an upper hand in investing
25:45 – Why projects like Ethereum and Solana are undervalued
28:17 – Investing in innovation
30:03 – Beware of leveraged trading and dodgy projects
30:38 – Loyal, decentralised communities in crypto
36:59 – recap of this episode
Make sure to follow us on our socials:
Twitter – https://twitter.com/CollegeCryptoHQ
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/collegecryptohq
TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@collegecrypto
Today Aymon, Hunter and Yilan discuss why they started College Crypto, some of the misconceptions around cryptocurrencies and debunk some myths in the space. Spoiler Alert: Bitcoin doesn't only go up
Our mission is to accelerate the understanding and adoption of blockchain technologies for people and businesses.
Make sure to follow us on our socials:
Twitter – https://twitter.com/CollegeCryptoHQ
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/collegecryptohq
TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@collegecrypto
0:00 - What is College Crypto?
1:02 - Who are we?
4:58 - How much money Aymon lost overnight
5:55 - How has the crypto landscape evolved?
7:37 - Should we care about inflation?
9:13 - El Salvador adopts Bitcoin
13:52 - Bitcoin and decentralisation
15:37 - The dark side of Bitcoin
18:52 - Why Aymon loves Bitcoin
21:09 - Web1 vs Web2 vs Web3
27:09 - Why we're still early
29:44 - The next steps for College Crypto