Former Wall Streeter & current author, investor and advisor Andy Edstrom joins Josh and Dan to discuss current risks to the Bitcoin network and a plethora of other topics.
We Cover:
- Risks that still exist for Bitcoin
- Andy’s time as a wolf on Wall Street
- Why banks are potentially on the road to obsolescence
- Growth of lightning network
- Grappling with exponentials
- Why BTC is fundamentally American
- The reason why Bitcoin is strikingly similar to a horny teenager
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ABOUT ANDY EDSTROM:
Andy is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Certified Financial Planner as well as author of the well known book Why Buy Bitcoin: Investing Today in the Money of Tomorrow. He’s also Managing Director of Advisor Services at Swan Bitcoin. His opinions have appeared in media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Economist, Bitcoin Magazine, and Coindesk. Additionally, earlier in his career he spent time working at Goldman Sachs in the belly of the finance beast.
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