Oslo Freedom Forum 2019: Protecting Financial Freedoms in the Digital Age - Ep.123

Published: June 11, 2019, 7:30 a.m.

b'In this panel, recorded at the Oslo Freedom Forum 2019, I moderated what an attendee described as a "lively" discussion on the relationship between finances and freedom with Bitcoin author and educator Jimmy Song; Alena Vranova, Head of Strategy at Casa; and Coin Center founder Jerry Brito. We talked about what it\'s like to live under a regime where people don\\u2019t have a lot of financial freedom, how the move to a cashless society is leading to a surveillance state, and how we\'re seeing the emergence of a corporate surveillance state. We talked about how cryptocurrency could bring us more financial freedom, how crypto is/should be regulated, privacy coins and the imminent Financial Action Task Forces rules that require crypto exchanges and other services send each other information on customers for each transaction. Plus, we discuss bad state actors using crypto.\\n Read the show notes on Forbes!\\n http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2019/06/11/how-bitcoin-and-cryptocurrencies-can-further-financial-freedom/\\n Help make Unchained better! Take our survey and enter the giveaway for a free Bitcoin lightning node and a yearlong Casa Gold membership, -- including a multisig security app for iPhone and Android, a Trezor hardware wallet, a Casa faraday bag, and 24/7 support! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019\\n Those of you interested in learning more about Casa, or about protecting your Bitcoin investment generally, should check out my interview with CEO Jeremy Welch. https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-casa-makes-it-harder-for-someone-to-steal-your-bitcoins/ Thank you to Casa for donating!\\n Thank you to our sponsors!\\n Kraken: https://www.kraken.com\\n CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained\\n Episode links:\\n Oslo Freedom Forum: https://oslofreedomforum.com\\n Human Rights Foundation: https://hrf.org\\n Jimmy Song: https://twitter.com/jimmysong\\n Alena Vranova: https://twitter.com/AlenaSatoshi\\n Jerry Brito: https://twitter.com/jerrybrito\\n Programming Blockchain: https://programmingblockchain.com\\n Casa: https://keys.casa\\n Coin Center: https://coincenter.org\\n FATF rules: https://www.coindesk.com/beyond-kyc-global-regulators-appear-set-to-adopt-tough-new-rules-for-crypto-exchanges\\n How regulation could spur the development of technology in the crypto space toward more P2P:\\n Vitalik blog post on this: https://vitalik.ca/general/2019/05/09/control_as_liability.html\\n Michael Casey on the topic: https://www.coindesk.com/the-cat-and-mouse-game-of-crypto-regulation-enters-a-new-phase\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'