How Elon Musk Pushed DOGE Up and BTC Down, With Arca’s Jeff Dorman

Jeff Dorman, the chief investment officer at Arca, comes on the show to give a macro perspective on the crypto environment. In this episode, he discusses:

• how economic data and real-world events have affected digital assets
• how Jeff classifies the different types of assets within crypto
• what market forces have pushed ETH to new all-time highs above $4k
• whether EIP 1559 will have the same effect on ether price as the Bitcoin halving has on BTC price
• what is happening with Dogecoin and other meme-coins
• why the market’s reaction to Tesla’s halt of BTC vehicle purchases was healthy
• whether environmental concerns surrounding Bitcoin will have long-term consequences on crypto as an asset class

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Episode Links

Jeff Dorman

• Twitter
  •  https://twitter.com/jdorman81
• Arca
  • https://www.ar.ca/
• Blog post titled “How Economic Data Affects Digital Assets”
  • https://www.ar.ca/blog/crypto-market-recap-05-10-21 
• Blog post titled “The Four Types of Digital Assets”
  • https://www.ar.ca/blog/crypto-market-recap-06-29-20 

Miscellaneous Links

• Dogecoin SNL clip
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5RCfQyTDFI
• SHIB token + dog meme-coins
  • https://decrypt.co/70587/shiba-inu-shib-what-why-price-dogecoin
  • https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/104676/vitalik-buterin-donates-more-than-60m-to-charity-after-selling-meme-tokens-including-shiba-inu 
  • https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1392533724814876680/photo/1 
• Nic Carter on Bitcoin mining
  • https://www.coindesk.com/the-last-word-on-bitcoins-energy-consumption
• Tesla’s announcement on halting BTC vehicle purchases
  • https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1392602041025843203

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