VIDEO
Adriano B. Lucatelli speaks about why he thinks the real value of Bitcoin is zero, different narratives of Bitcoin valuation, the comparison of Bitcoin to gold and fiat money, Austrian Economics and Bitcoin, dealing with criticism for his strong views, what the real promise of cryptocurrencies could be, his private experiments with creating tokens, real estate tokens, why traditional financial players offering crypto services is not the future, the seed of the next financial crisis, and his fascination with using finance to improve people’s lives.
The Swiss business magazine “Bilanz” chose Adriano among the top 100 Swiss bankers in 2017. He is an outspoken critic of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and a co-founder and CEO of Descartes Finance, a Swiss Robo Advisor. He started his career in 1994 at Credit Suisse, where he held various managerial positions in Zurich and London, and from 2002 to 2009, he was managing director and member of the management committee at UBS Switzerland in Lugano and Zurich. From 2012 to 2018, Adriano lectured at the University of Zurich on the political economy of international finance.
Many thanks to our advertisers who support this podcast!
Crypto Storage offers a proprietary solution to enable Professional storage of Crypto Assets. The storage is secure both physically and digitally on the highest-grade hardware security modules with detailed configuration possibilities for individual – based access control. To learn more visit: www.cryptostorage.ch .
Related Episodes and PostsMarch 20, 2019 “Blockchain Is Successful When People Don’t Know They’re Using It” – Johannes Schweifer, Co-Founder & CEO, CoreLedger January 16, 2019 How to Build on Bitcoin – Lucas Betschart, Founder, 21 Lectures, President, Bitcoin Association Switzerland August 29, 2018 How Journalists and the Financial Press Stay Objective About Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology – Peter Hody, Editor-in-Chief, Finews August 20, 2018 Why Cryptoassets Will Soon Be Part of Every Bank’s Business – Niklas Nikolajsen, Founder, Bitcoin Suisse August 2, 2018 A Recap of Zug’s Bitcoin Experiment and How it Energized Switzerland – Dolfi Mueller, Mayor of Zug July 30, 2018 Bitcoin’s Early Days and its Eternal September, Bitcoin Association Switzerland, and Why Regulation Kills Innovation – Luzius Meisser, Meisser Economics July 16, 2018 Analyzing the Price of Bitcoin – Tone Vays June 20, 2018 The UN, the Pirate Party, and Bitcoin – Alexis Roussel, Co-Founder, Bity June 18, 2018 The World’s First Bitcoin PhD – Christian Decker, Core Developer at Blockstream June 13, 2018 Making Bitcoin More User-Friendly – Jonas Schnelli, Bitcoin Core Developer February 27, 2019 Why You Need Digital Identity Before Anything Else – Daniel Gasteiger, Founder & CEO, Procivis December 5, 2018 Blockchain Identity and the Importance of Ethics – Monique Morrow, President and Co-Founder of The Humanized Internet November 28, 2018 The Human Story Behind Blockchain Technology – Matthew Allen, Zurich Bureau Chief/Business Reporter at Swissinfo October 10, 2018 The Antifragility of Cryptoassets – Alexander Bulkin, Co-Founder of CoinFund September 19, 2018 Why Education Is the Killer App for Blockchain Technology – Cedric Waldburger, Co-Founder of Dfinity August 13, 2018 Why Bitcoin is the Hardest Money We Ever Had – Saifedean Ammous, Author of “The Bitcoin Standard” July 23, 2018 How Digital Jurisdictions Help Us Escape 1984 and Take Back Control – Luis Cuende, Co-Founder of Aragon July 19, 2018 From Dot-Com Entrepreneur to Blockchain Investor and Enabler – Mathias Ruch, Lakeside Partners/CV VC July 13, 2018 How to Tell the Story of Blockchain Technology – Tom Lyons, ConsenSys Research and Advisory July 11, 2018 How the Blockchain Disrupts Venture Capital – Michael Sidler, Partner at Redapline July 6, 2018 Science, Academia, and the Blockchain – Roger Wattenhofer, Professor at ETH Zurich July 4, 2018 Putting Insurance on the Blockchain – Paul Meeusen, CEO at B3i June 29, 2018 The Rise of Cryptoassets – Jack Tatar, Author of “Cryptoassets” June 22, 2018 The Bitcoin Queen and Her Mission to “Tokenize Everything” – Olga Feldmeier, Co-Founder, Smart Valor June 11, 2018 Cryptoasset Management in Switzerland – Lidia Bolla, Co-Founder and CEO, Vision& January 9, 2019 Can Blockchain Technology Keep Humanity Human? – Anne Connelly, Singularity University November 6, 2018 Podcast Review: How to Get The Public Interested in Your Blockchain Project, Inside Bitcoins February 20, 2019 Why the Blockchain Space Needs Better Access – Alexis Gauba, Co-Founder she(256), Mechanism Labs February 13, 2019 Why Good Content is King in Blockchain PR – David Wachsman, Founder and CEO, Wachsman June 8, 2018 The Promise of Blockchain Technology – Rik Willard, Founder, Agentic July 26, 2018 Marketing Basics for ICOs and Blockchain Projects – John Hargrave, CEO at Mediashower August 21, 2018 The Blockchain and Us is in the Top 30 Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Podcasts, Listennotes.com November 14, 2018 Why China Will Be the World’s Largest Token Economy – Tony Tao, Founder of X-Order, Founding Partner at Neo Global Capital November 3, 2018 Top Blockchain Podcasts to Follow in 2019, FintechNews June 15, 2018 Why The Blockchain Won’t Fix Digital Identity – Steve Wilson, Digital Identity Innovator at Constellation Research June 3, 2018 Making Cryptocurrencies Bankable – Mauro Casellini, Head of Blockchain at Bank Frick, Liechtenstein May 13, 2019 Hackernoon: Five Blockchain Podcasts You Shouldn’t Miss (Spoiler: The Blockchain and Us is #1) August 6, 2018 How Blockchain Technology Redefines Entrepreneurship – Daniel Doll-Steinberg, Atari Token October 16, 2018 Why Executives Need Blockchain Literacy – Alison McCauley, Author of Unblocked December 12, 2018 Why Blockchains Empower a New Social Contract for the Digital Age – Don Tapscott, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Blockchain Research Institute August 16, 2018 How a Futurist Looks at Blockchain Technology – Lars Thomsen, Future Matters March 15, 2019 Crypto Weekly: 24 Crypto Podcasts with Tips from Industry Experts August 23, 2018 Why Hacking Smart Contracts is Easier than Hacking Web Servers – Hubert Ritzdorf, Co-Founder, Chainsecurity July 9, 2018 A New Blockchain Law in Crypto Country Liechtenstein – Thomas Naegele, Naegele Law October 24, 2018 How Digital Scarcity Helps Artists and Creators – Eric Elliott, Author, Developer, Mentor December 26, 2018 How Blockchains Could Create Community Consciousness – Toni Lane Casserly, Founder of Cultu.re August 9, 2018 Why Blockchain Standards Create New Business Models for Companies and Developers – Ron Resnick, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance March 6, 2019 Why New Technologies Need Sharper Critical Thinking – Andrea Bauer, Founder & Senior Advisor, BEAM Innovation Studio December 19, 2018 Why Some Blockchain Ideas Can’t Wait – Aparna Krishnan, Co-Founder Mechanism Labs July 9, 2018 The Future is Decentralized, and Why Decision-Making is a “Big, Fuzzy, Hairy, and Messy Thing” – Joe Lubin, Founder, Ethereum