Welcome to this cryptocurrency podcast with Pete Rizzo, Editor At Large at Kraken and former Editor In Chief at CoinDesk. It's a wide-ranging interview that begins with a quick history of crypto journalism and a review of Pete's career before shifting to the fascinating report from Kraken Intelligence entitled "Inheriting USDs & Acquiring BTCs: How The Great Wealth Transfer Will Fuel The Great Bitcoin Adoption."

The conversation is split into 4 chapters:

Pete's time at CoinDesk
His current role as Editor At Large at Kraken
The Kraken report
The cryptocurrency canon

It also covers:

The early days of crypto content
How everyday language can fail technological innovations like Bitcoin
How the internet & social media disrupted the old media monopolies
Kraken’s recent acquisitions and plans for the future
Why crypto needs a definitive, in-depth explanation of Bitcoin mining

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