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‘Bitcoin and Ethereum Have Gone Completely Separate Directions,’ Feat. Bully Esq.

One of crypto twitter's best-known personalities discusses DeFi, bitcoin and how 2020 was and wasn't like 2017.

Updated Sep 14, 2021, 10:48 a.m. Published Dec 24, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
Breakdown 2020-12-24 - Bully Esq

One of crypto twitter's best-known personalities discusses DeFi, bitcoin and how 2020 was and wasn't like 2017.

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Bully Esquire is a Crypto Twitter personality, lawyer, founder of AlphaMarkets and host of the “Bully Esquire” podcast. In this conversation, he and NLW discuss what was good and bad about the DeFi boom of 2020 and more.

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@bullyesq

See also: Raoul Pal on the Coming Transformation of Monetary and Fiscal Policy

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