Frank Chaparro, director of news at The Block, gives his predictions for what will happen in crypto in 2021. In this episode, we discuss:

  • the big stories in crypto in 2020
  • how the market has changed in 2020
  • how the market differs from the 2017-2018 bubble
  • what big traditional financial services firms and investment banks will do in crypto in 2021
  • how crypto exchanges will experiment with their fee structures
  • how regulatory actions, such as the lawsuit against Ripple, will affect exchanges
  • what might happen to privacy coins as regulators become more active
  • what he expects to see from the upcoming Coinbase IPO and how that will affect the broader market




Thank you to our sponsors!

Crypto.com: http://crypto.com

Blocknative: http://blocknative.com/unconfirmed

Episode links:

Frank Chaparro: https://twitter.com/fintechfrank

The Block: https://www.theblockcrypto.com

The Block’s 2020 year in review: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/promotions/2020-in-review/

Predictions from The Block’s analysts: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/89788/2021-predictions-from-the-blocks-analysts

Unchained interview with Raoul Pal and Michael Novogratz: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-bitcoin-now-mike-novogratz-and-raoul-pal-on-the-single-greatest-brand-of-the-last-10-years/

Bittrex delisting privacy coins: https://twitter.com/BittrexExchange/status/1345056010981892096?s=20

Link to the Crypto News Recap:

https://unchainedpodcast.com/1t-40k-1200/