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Chris Burniske & Jack Tatar: Cryptoassets – The Rise of a New Asset Class

Episode Summary

Chris Burniske and Jack Tatar joined us to discuss their book 'Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor's Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond'

Episode Notes

Over the past year, cryptoassets have exploded in popularity. From a mere $18bn at the start of 2017, the aggregate market cap of all cryptoassets recently reached $820bn as interest in Bitcoin and its cousins went mainstream. Jack Tatar and Chris Burniske joined us to discuss their new book ‘Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor’s Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond’. It is one of the first systematic views on cryptoassets from a mainstream investor’s perspective.

Topics covered in this episode:

• How Jack and Chris originally became interested in Bitcoin and cryptoassets
• Why the term cryptoassets is a good umbrella term for the different kinds of tokens
• The different categories of cryptoassets: Cryptocurrencies, cryptocommodities and cryptotokens
• How cryptoassets fit into an overall investment portfolio
• How to value cryptoassets
• Whether we are in a cryptoasset bubble and expectations for the future

Episode links:

• Cryptoassets on Amazon
• Cryptoassets - Book Website
• Cryptoasset Valuations – Chris Burniske – Medium
• Why I like the term, “Cryptoassets” – Chris Burniske – Medium
• The Crypto J-Curve – Chris Burniske – Medium
• Bitcoins are the best investment in my retirement account - MarketWatch

This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/218