In this episode, we're joined by Viram Shah, the Co-Founder and CEO of Vested Finance, a platform that has been instrumental in helping Indians invest in the US stock markets. Today, we're exploring a hot topic in the crypto world - the recently listed spot Bitcoin ETFs. Can Indians invest in these financial instruments? Viram brings his expertise to shed light on this question and discuss the potential benefits and challenges for Indian investors. Tune in as we navigate the complexities of Bitcoin ETFs and their accessibility for the Indian market. Chapters 00:00: Introduction 00:49 About Vested Finance 02:25 Can Indians invest in US Bitcoin ETFs 03:18 Brokerage platforms refusing investments to Indians 04:22 Process to invest in Bitcoin ETFs 06:37 Indian banks refusing to remit money 07:52 Risks to your platform for allowing Bitcoin ETFs 10:14 Taxes in case of investing in Bitcoin ETFs vs buying bitcoin 11:03 Exchange rate issues to consider 12:42 How to get the LRS money back  13:36 When does a tax event occur 15:00 Available for Indians or NRIs 16:07 Other brokerage platforms 16:35 What's your take on bitcoin 18:20 Other products and services by Vested 20:57 Contact details Subscribe to my newsletter at https://www.btclighthouse.com.  Join the Bitcoin Lighthouse groups on: WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JKrcmSaXhnS5SrijvZvDoY Telegram: https://t.me/btclighthouse Bitcoin Lighthouse Podcast:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBnIgIKJjojCojJveevdjMWTRfkvsJ94t Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/21towers/id1560959546 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6X2WkOg74tVQLo0C182aNv Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/21towersbitcoin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btclighthouse/message

In this episode, I have a conversation with Adrian Chng, founder of Fintonia Group, the only bitcoin fund registered in Dubai and Singapore. Adrian shares insights on the Fintonia Bitcoin Physical Fund, which offers a safe and secure way to invest in Bitcoin, as well as the Enhanced Yield Fund, which invests in US Treasuries and offers a higher return while keeping risk manageable. Adrian also discusses the performance of the Bitcoin Physical Fund, the benefits of dollar-cost averaging, and the psychology of investors. He also shares his views on the future of Bitcoin and how Fintonia is bridging the gap between the crypto ecosystem and traditional finance and regulation. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:33 Exploring the Future of Bitcoin With Adrian 04:34 Bitcoin Is the Best Store of Value 10:06 Should You Include Bitcoin in Your Portfolio? 14:49 Banking relationships 17:47 Fintonia Capital's Bitcoin Physical Fund and Enhanced Yield Fund 26:25 Singapore-based Bitcoin Fund 27:30 Have Wealth Managers Started Talking About Bitcoin? 28:55 GreyScale Bitcoin Trust 31:46 Have We Reached a Neutral Point on Bitcoin? 34:33 Have you attended any bitcoin-related events? 35:58 In the Elevator With Bitcoin and Crypto 36:53 Fintonia for YPO If you want to learn about bitcoin or ask us questions, sign up for free at https://www.21towers.com. WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CJxWYfYoPxSBW64PbeUlss Telegram: https://t.me/btc21towers 21Towers Podcast: YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBnIgIKJjojCojJveevdjMWTRfkvsJ94t Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/21towers/id1560959546 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6X2WkOg74tVQLo0C182aNv Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/21towersbitcoin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btclighthouse/message

In this episode, I have a conversation with Mauricio, co-founder of Ledn, the last crypto lending platform standing. In the podcast, Mauricio tells the painful story of how his family had to deal with hyperinflation in Venezuela and leave the country and how he stumbled upon bitcoin. He talks about the inspiration to start Ledn and all the products that Ledn offers. He also talks about how Ledn survived in spite of the failure of all the other lending platforms in the last few months. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:05 Your background and how you got into Bitcoin 15:31 Hyperinflation in Venezuela 24:21 Ledn's lending and borrowing platform 28:36 Does your Proof of Reserves include liabilities 30:56 What do you mean by 'not all lending platforms are created equal' 32:41 Are you going to add Ether 35:16 What products does Ledn offer 37:07 Do you recommend depositing bitcoin to earn yield 42:25 Ledn's Loan product 47:22 Ledn's Trade product 51:14 Is there more risk when you get a lower interest rate loan 53:01 What did you do to be the last crypto lender standing 58:02 Your comments on the USDC depeg 01:00:09 Your comments on the banking crisis 01:02:12 How can people find you and find Ledn If you want to learn about bitcoin or ask us questions, sign up for free at https://www.21towers.com. WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CJxWYfYoPxSBW64PbeUlss Telegram: https://t.me/btc21towers 21Towers Podcast: YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBnIgIKJjojCojJveevdjMWTRfkvsJ94t Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/21towers/id1560959546 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6X2WkOg74tVQLo0C182aNv Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/21towersbitcoin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btclighthouse/message

For bitcoin news, resources, price updates and bitcoin mastery videos, sign up for free at https://21towers.com.  In this episode, I have a conversation with Roger, founder of CryptoLock.ai, a membership program that allows you to save up to 90% of the compliance and recovery expenses in the event  of a crypto breach. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:07 Your background 08:12 Has China lost a massive opportunity by banning bitcoin 12:35 Bitcoin vs altcoins 15:02 Whats the problem your clients are trying to solve 22:45 Is there a motivation for people to sign up for CryptoLock 29:04 Who are your typical customers 32:45 How does crypto recovery work 45:10 What percent of crypto breaches are you able to recover 46:08 What are the chances of recovery 48:45 CryptoLock website 52:51 What do you think about the bitcoin price 54:09 Do you feel all the leverage is cleared out 55:27 How can people find you and CryptoLock If you want to learn about bitcoin or ask us questions, sign up for free at https://www.21towers.com. Telegram: https://t.me/btc21towers 21Towers Podcast:  YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBnIgIKJjojCojJveevdjMWTRfkvsJ94t Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/21towers/id1560959546 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6X2WkOg74tVQLo0C182aNv Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/21towersbitcoin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btclighthouse/message

For bitcoin news, resources, price updates and bitcoin mastery videos, sign up for free at https://21towers.com. In this episode, I have a conversation with Adi Shakara founder of Summer of Bitcoin, a global, online summer internship program focused on introducing university students to bitcoin open-source development and design. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:13 Why faceless online 01:48 Why are you paranoid about social media 03:51 Your background 04:27 What is bitcoin 09:45 Resources to learn about bitcoin 14:07 Your current project - Summer of Bitcoin 16:54 What do you do in Blockstream 19:49 What is lightning network 22:09 What is Blockstream doing in Lightning Network 23:04 What is Summer of Bitcoin 28:05 Who can apply 33:06 Which companies are sponsoring Summer of Bitcoin 34:31 What do you think of open source development 37:32 State of bitcoin in India 41:43 How can people find you and Summer of Bitcoin Links from the show: - https://medium.com/john-pfeffer/an-institutional-investors-take-on-cryptoassets-690421158904 - https://learn.saylor.org/course/PRDV151 If you want to learn about bitcoin or ask us questions, sign up for free at https://www.21towers.com. Telegram: https://t.me/btc21towers 21Towers Podcast: YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBnIgIKJjojCojJveevdjMWTRfkvsJ94t Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/21towers/id1560959546 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6X2WkOg74tVQLo0C182aNv Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/21towersbitcoin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btclighthouse/message

For bitcoin news, resources, price updates and bitcoin mastery videos, sign up for free at https://21towers.com.  In this episode, I have a conversation with Mahin Gupta, founder of Lmnl, a digital asset custody company and ex founder of India's first crypto exchange, Zebpay. We discussed Bitcoin vs altcoins, the FTX contagion, the risks of investing in Bitcoin and more. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 04:20 Is history going to repeat itself in bitcoin's price 05:35 Price predictions 08:18 Among the first few people in bitcoin 09:43 Lessons from FTX contagion 10:53 Lesson 1 - Not your keys, not your coins 12:55 Can you use Binance for custody 13:20 When should you use a custodian 15:36 Lesson 2 - Don't trust anyone 15:45 Lesson 3 - New technologies are volatile 18:55 Infrastructure inversion 20:21 Your background 21:08 Bitcoin vs altcoins 24:12 DeFi, NFTs and Ethereum 24:52 Bitcoin vs altcoins as an investment (not financial advice) 26:15 Why is bitcoin risky 29:39 Are you comfortable investing in bitcoin 30:34 Regulatory risks 32:15 What is Lmnl 34:09 Lmnl's target audience 37:27 Are you regulated 38:47 How is Lmnl better than others 39:14 Making Lmnl easy for clients 42:19 Funding by famous VCs 44:09 How are your VCs reacting to the bear market 45:43 Who are your existing customers 46:33 Future plans 48:54 Geeking on halving and game theory 50:34 No panic calls in this bear market If you want to learn about bitcoin or ask us questions, sign up for free at https://www.21towers.com. Telegram: https://t.me/btc21towers 21Towers Podcast:  YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBnIgIKJjojCojJveevdjMWTRfkvsJ94t Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/21towers/id1560959546 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6X2WkOg74tVQLo0C182aNv Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/21towersbitcoin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btclighthouse/message

For bitcoin news, resources, price updates, and bitcoin mastery videos sign up for free at https://21towers.com. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:08 Summary 00:40 Bitcoin Halving Price Narrative Dead?  06:55 Fidelity Digital Assets Report Summary of Bitcoin Adoption 09:13 Pantera's assessment - no major tech stock outperformed Bitcoin 10:42 Mixed Signals on where Bitcoin goes next  12:09 Argentina and Brazil's de-dollarization move  13:35 Nexo settles with SEC by paying fine and closing Earn product 14:14 BlockFi Mistakenly Reveals Its $1.2B FTX Exposure 15:34 Binance processed millions for 'money laundering engine' Bitzlato 17:10 Importance of Self Custody  18:51 Silvergate Capital reports net loss of $1 billion for the fourth quarter  19:58 French senators vote to ease crypto licensing regulation 20:44 El Salvador paid 800 million dollars plus interest 21:37 New Hampshire exploring Bitcoin Mining after Texas 22:21 Nuclear-powered Bitcoin mining farm to open in Pennsylvania 23:05 Blockstream raises $125 million to boost mining operations Related podcasts referred from this show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDxqiqZfO8E Links from this show: https://ecoinometrics.substack.com/p/ecoinometrics-is-the-bitcoin-halving https://news.bitcoin.com/report-crypto-adoption-hits-new-milestones-global-crypto-owners-reached-425-million-in-2022/ https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/sites/default/files/documents/1068419.1.0%20Fidelity%20Digital%20Assets%20-%202023%20Look%20Ahead%20-%20Retrospective%20-%2001.24.pdf https://panteracapital.com/blockchain-letter/the-year-ahead/ https://insights.glassnode.com/the-week-onchain-week-04-2023/ https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/01/26/argentina-and-brazil-propose-a-bizarre-common-currency https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/19/crypto-lender-nexo-to-pay-45m-cease-offering-eip-in-settlement-with-sec/ https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/silvergate-capital-reports-net-loss-1-billion-fourth-quarter-2023-01-17/ https://unchainedpodcast.com/blockfi-mistakenly-reveals-its-1-2b-ftx-exposure/ https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/binance-bitzlato-crypto-crime-russia-money-laundering-doj-2023-1 https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/silvergate-capital-reports-net-loss-1-billion-fourth-quarter-2023-01-17/ https://www.econotimes.com/Cryptocurrency-Binance-admits-mixing-customer-funds-with-collateral-tokens-by-mistake-1649492 https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/silvergate-capital-reports-net-loss-1-billion-fourth-quarter-2023-01-17/ https://www.theblock.co/post/205237/french-senators-vote-to-ease-crypto-licensing-regulation https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1617700039534731264 https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1616158010593935360 https://twitter.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1617675075637112833 https://www.btctimes.com/news/blockstream-raises-125m-to-boost-mining-operations If you want to learn about bitcoin or ask us questions, sign up for free at https://www.21towers.com. Telegram: https://t.me/btc21towers 21Towers Podcast:  YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB... Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6X2WkOg... Twitter: https://twitter.com/21towersbitcoin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btclighthouse/message

For bitcoin news, resources, price updates, and bitcoin mastery videos, sign up for free at https://21towers.com. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:06 Summary 01:13 Economic Cycles  02:30 Bitcoin price & Mayer multiple 11:11 Anthony Scaramucci predicts Bitcoin going $50k in a year   11:57 Dedollarization - Dollar index, Saudi-China alliance and Gold backed sovereign currencies 15:20 Crypto contagion taking down Silvergate, Crypto.com, FTX, DCG, Genesis, Coindesk and Bitzlato?  21:59 Bitcoin adoption in Texas and El Salvador Links from this show: https://www.amazon.com/Most-Important-Thing-Uncommon-Thoughtful/dp/151138347X https://www.notion.so/21towers/Mayer-Multiple-and-buy-sell-strategy-18e4beac6b07470eb3dbc994bcd454b3 https://www.themarketsunplugged.com/indicator-series-the-mayer-multiple/ https://buybitcoinworldwide.com/stats/mayer-bands/ https://bitcoinition.com/charts/mayer-multiple/ https://ecoinometrics.substack.com/p/ecoinometrics-buy-or-pass https://insights.glassnode.com/the-week-onchain-week-3-2023/ https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/crypto-bitcoin-price-outlook-anthony-scaramucci-ethereum-market-rally-ftx-2023-1 https://twitter.com/txmctrades/status/1613911701195481088 https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1303-the-saudis-are-looking-to-diversify/ https://twitter.com/nikhilkamathcio/status/1614986501657612289 https://twitter.com/dondion35974931/status/1613865737294159872 https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ftx-debtors-provide-additional-information-to-customers-and-other-stakeholders-301723770.html https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/17/crypto-conglomerate-dcg-suspends-dividends-amid-distress-at-genesis-unit/ https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/18/coindesk-engages-lazard-to-explore-sale-as-dcg-crisis-grows.html https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/founder-and-majority-owner-bitzlato-cryptocurrency-exchange-charged-unlicensed-money https://viewemail.nydig.com/conventional-wisdom https://twitter.com/DocumentingBTC/status/1615739143111196673 https://twitter.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/1613565748244365312 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPmCALIrswI If you want to learn about bitcoin or ask us questions, sign up for free at https://www.21towers.com. Telegram: https://t.me/btc21towers 21Towers Podcast:  YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBnIgIKJjojCojJveevdjMWTRfkvsJ94t Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/21towers/id1560959546 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6X2WkOg74tVQLo0C182aNv Twitter: https://twitter.com/21towersbitcoin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btclighthouse/message

For bitcoin news, resources, price updates, and bitcoin mastery videos sign up for free at https://21towers.com. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:09 Summary 01:38 NYDIG 2022 Review and Look Ahead 06:18 Bitcoin price & Mayer multiple 08:56 Glassnode predicts Bitcoin going up 12:30 Is weakning dollar causing Bitcoin to gain strength? 16:57 FED, SEC and AG going hard on crypto mess (We cover DCG, Gemini, Huobi & Binance) 27:07 Bank run on Silvergate Capital 31:13 Marathon Miner consolidating Bitcoins and paying off Silvergate loans 34:09 $3.8B has moved out from India in a year since the introduction of Tax 36:48 El Salvador launches a bond to fund Bitcoin adoption & mining in the country Links from this show: https://viewemail.nydig.com/2022-review-and-look-ahead?ecid=ACsprvsmMMHtjx-_dUTe_6f1qEaQvyKR6n9W0eHBx8ayjzRU7Zvv-5SVCkqVvWzcu5_Xd8YCRUgN&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--bIOMdooru5OOFcXTiLDvI7992Q9C1GhrV43Qq_Iw96YKldTdmMLNB3d1699zobr8bUtjZXSG-6zZc5XhUOsnQi_N7uwhttps://buybitcoinworldwide.com/stats/mayermultiple/https://twitter.com/excellion/status/1613408614638813185 https://ycharts.com/companies/GBTC/discount_or_premium_to_navhttps://insights.glassnode.com/the-week-onchain-week-2-2023/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/dollar-7-month-low-vs-euro-slower-fed-rate-hike-expectations-3191881https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-07/crypto-empire-dcg-faces-us-investigation-over-internal-transfershttps://twitter.com/dylanleclair_/status/1613667119157186563 https://www.straitstimes.com/business/celsius-founder-alex-mashinsky-sued-for-crypto-fraud-by-new-york-attorney-general https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/01/06/huobi-exchange-token-down-11-on-reports-of-layoffs-internal-strife-at-company/ https://u.today/crypto-giant-binance-bleeding-assets-reporthttps://cryptopotato.com/sec-objects-to-binance-us-buying-voyager-digital-for-1-billion/ https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/silvergate-capital-shares-sink-crypto-related-deposits-plunge-8-billion-3185181 https://www.reuters.com/markets/woods-ark-invest-nearly-liquidates-silvergate-capital-position-2023-01-06/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/05/bitcoin-miner-marathon-digital-pays-off-silvergate-revolving-credit/https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/04/indians-moved-over-38b-to-foreign-exchanges-since-crypto-tax-rules-research-study/ https://www.investopedia.com/el-salvador-bitcoin-bond-7094463 Related podcasts referred from this show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20iEEFqU6uo&list=PLBnIgIKJjojCojJveevdjMWTRfkvsJ94t&index=16 If you want to learn about bitcoin or ask us questions, sign up for free at https://www.21towers.com. Telegram: https://t.me/btc21towers 21Towers Podcast: YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBnIgIKJjojCojJveevdjMWTRfkvsJ94t Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/21towers/id1560959546 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6X2WkOg74tVQLo0C182aNv Twitter: https://twitter.com/21towersbitcoin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btclighthouse/message

For bitcoin news, resources, price updates, and bitcoin mastery videos sign up for free at https://21towers.com. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:31 Summary 01:25 Happy 14th Birthday Bitcoin  03:42 Long term damage of inflation 08:59 Hawkish US Fed showing signs of confusion 10:17 Bitcoin price & Mayer multiple  11:39 Is it a good time to buy GBTC?    18:23 Tim Draper predicts Bitcoin going 250K 20:38 Bitcoin trading volume drops massively - now at $22B/day 22:09 Crypto mess at FTX 22:44 CZ of Binance bombs CNBC interview 24:56 DCG & Genesis troubling saga continues 29:10 Bitcoin core developer loses Bitcoin 32:09 A simple custody solution that works (sign up at *https://21towers.com/*) 33:53 Thinking of Bitcoin price in probabilities and not absolutes Links from this show: https://dailybitcoiner.substack.com/p/td-genesis-block-jan-3rd-not-your https://pomp.substack.com/p/the-long-term-damage-of-inflation https://www.livemint.com/news/world/fed-meeting-minutes-may-point-to-rate-hike-endgame-new-debate-phase-11672831604064.html https://buybitcoinworldwide.com/stats/mayermultiple/ https://bmpro.substack.com/p/the-bitcoin-ghost-town https://u.today/tim-draper-continues-to-stand-by-his-250000-bitcoin-price-prediction https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-will-reach-10000-might-take-another-year-tim-draper https://news.bitcoin.com/global-cryptocurrency-trade-volumes-saw-a-significant-decline-in-december-2022/ https://unchainedpodcast.com/sam-bankman-fried-pleads-not-guilty-to-all-charges/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFxlMc1yLt0&t=75s https://dirtybubblemedia.substack.com/p/digital-currency-grift https://twitter.com/cameron/status/1609913051427524608 https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1297-use-a-dedicated-hardware-device/ https://pomp.substack.com/p/probabilities-not-predictions If you want to learn about bitcoin or ask us questions, sign up for free at https://www.21towers.com. Telegram: https://t.me/btc21towers 21Towers Podcast:  YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBnIgIKJjojCojJveevdjMWTRfkvsJ94t Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/21towers/id1560959546 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6X2WkOg74tVQLo0C182aNv Twitter: https://twitter.com/21towersbitcoin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btclighthouse/message