Could
Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) ever gain widespread adoption as a method of payment? Dan Morehead, CEO of Pantera Capital seems to think so. In this
Fool Live video clip,
recorded on March 18, head of our Extreme Opportunities franchise Aaron Bush asks Morehead why Bitcoin is indeed a viable currency.
Aaron Bush: I kind of want to touch on maybe some areas where people would have questions or might have doubts. Some people say Bitcoin is like digital gold. Well, I don t think gold is interesting as an investment. Or some people say, Bitcoin as a currency isn t as good as the dollar, why would I be interested? People have concerns about the energy usage and things like that. To these people who have these various forms of skepticism, what would you tell them to add a different perspective to help them think past why those issues aren t a huge deal?
Apr 7, 2021 at 7:03AM
Two of the biggest investment trends related to blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, and decentralized finance, or DeFi. In this
Fool Live video clip,
recorded on March 18, Aaron Bush, head of The Motley Fool s Extreme Opportunities franchise, asks Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead what investors should know about them.
Aaron Bush: So, could you maybe just take a moment to explain what these two terms are, maybe why they re interesting, and then just how you think about it in the context of Pantera.
Dan Morehead: Yes, so NFTs are non-fungible tokens. They re essentially buying a digital form of some scarce asset like art or even literature that you essentially own the only version of, the only copy of. We ve looked at a handful of investments in NFT space. We haven t really made a big commitment. I know there are some people out there that are very bullish on this. There are some potenti
Apr 6, 2021 at 10:41AM
Dan Morehead is the CEO of crypto-focused Pantera Capital, chairman at cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp, and generally regarded as an expert on the cryptocurrency space. As part of our
Fool Live
Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) Day coverage from
March 18, The Motley Fool s Extreme Opportunities head, Aaron Bush, sits down with Morehead for a wide-ranging discussion on Bitcoin, investing in cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and much more. You don t want to miss it!
Aaron Bush: Hi, everyone. I m Aaron Bush, investor here at The Motley Fool and head of our Extreme Opportunities franchise, and I m super excited to talk to Dan Morehead, CEO of Pantera Capital, chairman of Bitstamp, and a board member at BitPesa. We re going to be digging into all things crypto today. Dan, thanks for joining me.
Apr 6, 2021 at 8:13AM
Investment firm Pantera Capital made a big shift a few years ago and decided to focus on opportunities in the cryptocurrency space. In this
Fool Live video clip,
recorded on March 18, Aaron Bush, head of The Motley Fool s Extreme Opportunities franchise, asks Pantera s CEO Dan Morehead why he decided to make this shift several years before cryptocurrencies started to gain serious traction.
Aaron Bush: For those who don t know, Pantera has been around since 2003 and you used to focus primarily on global macro investing. But in 2014, you made a pretty huge shift and now focus on
Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC), digital currencies and other companies in this space. Can you just tell us a bit more about why you made this bold shift way back in 2014? What was your mindset at the time?