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Nic and Sean sit down with Kevin Anetsberger, General Manager at Midwest Tungsten, to cover their journey as a business and their entry into the crypto industry In this episode:\\xa0

• The history of Midwest Tungsten
• How Midwest got its start making metal steam
• Industrial applications of tungsten
• Tungsten\'s physical properties and how that makes it suitable for industrial applications
• Military applications of tungsten
• Where Midwest Tungsten sits in the supply chain
• How Tungsten is actually refined and formed, given that it\'s impossible to smelt
• The upper limits to tungsten formed objects, and where the constraints derive from
• Why a 14 inch cube is actually the largest size Midwest can actually make
• How Kevin came to work in the tungsten industry
• Where is tungsten mined?
• Have the supply chain disruptions affected Midwest Tungsten
• How Midwest Tungsten resisted offshoring
• Why Midwest Tungsten began selling collectibles
• Who has bought the cubes historically
• Was this the largest spike in demand for the tungsten cubes ever?
• How the company came to accept Bitcoin and make the NFT
• Is Midwest Tungsten holding the Bitcoin they have earned in cube sales?
• Is tungsten safe to handle?
• Where Kevin falls on the cube vs sphere debate
• What is the optimal cube size?
• Why Midwest chose to sell the cube NFT
• Other metals that Kevin likes
• What about Osmium?

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