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BREAKDOWN: The Most Important Trends and People Shaping Crypto 2020, With Ryan Selkis

The Messari CEO goes over the highlights of his just-released annual “Crypto Theses” report. This episode is sponsored by <a href="http://crypto.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crypto.com</a>, <a href="https://nexo.io/?utm_source=coindesk&amp;utm_medium=fixed&amp;utm_campaign=coindesk_podcasts_aug20&amp;utm_term=general&amp;utm_content=content" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nexo.io</a> and this week’s special product launch <a href="https://lvl.co/coindesk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LVL.co</a>.What were the most important trends? Who were the most important people? Was it the year of Bitcoin Macro, the year of DeFi or both? Ryan Selkis is the founder and CEO of Messari. Each year he puts together a massive “<a href="https://messari.io/crypto-theses-for-2021" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crypto Theses</a>” report that looks at the year that was and the year to come. On this episode, he and NLW discuss the highlights of Selkis’ 2020 report, including: The top 10 people in crypto 2020 The bifurcation of bitcoin and ethereum How DeFi was and wasn’t like ICOs in 2017Why regulatory battles loom  Find our guest online:Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/twobitidiot" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@twobitidiot</a>Website: <a href="https://messari.io" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">messari.io</a>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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