Why Digital Currency Group's Meltem Demirors Is Concerned About The ICO Craze
b"The DCG director of development talks about why she thinks identity will be the first tangible application of blockchain technology that consumers experience, why DCG supports Ethereum Classic as an investment vehicle and yet still supports Ethereum as a protocol, and how bitcoin itself as a global currency hasn't taken off as much as she thought when she first got into the industry. She also explains what the top regulatory issue is for blockchain startups and projects -- it's a lot more mundane than you might expect -- and why she doesn't, at this point, have a lot of confidence in crypto hedge funds. Plus, she makes suggestions on how ICOs could improve and reveals her top picks for new tokens.\\n \\xa0\\n Show notes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/06/13/why-digital-currency-groups-meltem-demirors-is-concerned-about-the-ico-craze/\\n The phone hijacking article referenced in the episode:\\xa0https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2016/12/20/hackers-have-stolen-millions-of-dollars-in-bitcoin-using-only-phone-numbers/\\n DCG:\\xa0http://dcg.co/\\n Ethereum Classic Investment Trust:\\xa0https://grayscale.co/ethereum-classic-investment-trust/\\n \\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"