Asset management & trading of crypto assets with Base58, Switzerland

<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabiofederici/">Fabio Federici</a> is a serial entrepreneur, based in Zurich, Switzerland. We talk about his latest venture, <a href="https://base58.ch/">Base58</a>, an asset management and trading firm specializing in crypto assets and recent events in the crypto or digital assets and the prospects for the future.</p><p>More specifically, we talk about: </p><ul> <li>What has attracted Fabio to the blockchain or crypto space?</li> <li>What’s Base58 about? What’s the problem they are solving?</li> <li>Solution?</li> <li>Target clients? Retail or institutional?</li> <li>What’s a cryptocurrency? A currency or an asset or both?</li> <li>This year, the halving of bitcoin happened. What does it mean, and why is it important?</li> <li>Cryptocurrencies are very volatile – how can one manage an asset like that?</li> <li>Many use cases are being explored with crypto – where are we with scalability and KYC that have been hampering wider adoption?</li> <li> <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/dalio-says-governments-will-kill-bitcoin-is-he-right">Ray Dalio from Bridgewater says governments will kill bitcoin</a>. Is he right?<em> </em> </li> <li>When you look at the <a href="https://www.newsbtc.com/news/crypto-market-2020-google-trends-search/">crypto market cap and Google Search trends,</a> is there a correlation? It seems to me that crypto has lost some steam over the years. Why? <em> </em> </li> <li>Fabio's favorite business book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Solved-Market/dp/0593086317">The man who solved the market</a> by Gregory Zuckerman</li> <li>What’s the best way to reach out and find out more about Base58</li> </ul>