Mike Belshe on What BitGo's Kingdom Trust Acquisition Means for Crypto and How Security Will Develop in the Future
b'Mike Belshe, the founder and CEO of BitGo, talks about one of the biggest problems facing crypto today: security. We discuss some of the ways BitGo has resolved this issue, whether that still leads to single points of failure, and what the company\'s recent acquisition of Kingdom Trust (a "qualified custodian" as defined by the 1940 Investment Company Act) means for the space -- hint, it may have to do with ETFs. We also discuss the recent violent crimes against people in crypto and how everyday people should go about protecting their funds.\\n Mike Belshe: https://twitter.com/mikebelshe\\n BitGo: https://www.bitgo.com/\\n A Wired article on the BitGo acquisition of Kingdom Trust: https://www.wired.com/story/why-a-tiny-kentucky-firm-rules-a-corner-of-the-crypto-market/\\n New York Times article on crimes against crypto holders: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/18/technology/virtual-currency-extortion.html\\n Thank you to our sponsors:\\n Preciate: https://preciate.org/, which is taking suggestion for new people to recognize at https://preciate.org/recognize/\\n Bitwise:\\xa0https://www.bitwiseinvestments.com/unchained\\n StartEngine:https://www.startenginesummit.com/\\n \\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'