Apr 6, 2021

Mark Cuban -- billionaire investor, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and Shark Tank “shark” -- shares his thoughts on the Ethereum vs. BTC debate, issues with DeFi, and how NFTs could change content distribution. Tune in to hear Mark talk about...

• why ETH is a better store of value than BTC (1:08)
• why bitcoin as an inflation hedge is a bananas narrative 6:29)
• his opinion on EIP-1159 and the idea of proof of stake mining (9:06)
• why minting an NFT was a crypto-lightbulb moment for him (11:36)
• how his background in technology prepared him to invest in crypto (13:55)
• the main problem with the DeFi user experience and his advice for new DeFi users (16:34)
• what might happen to the centralized banking system if DeFi becomes the norm (20:46)
• how putting private data on a blockchain could work (25:53)
• why CBDC’s make “perfect sense” (32:11)
• how he evaluates decentralized business models and governance structures (41:13)
• his NFT investment thesis (47:09)
• who he believes will be the NFT winners in the long term (52:09)
• why Mavs tickets are a perfect example for how NFTs may be used in the future (54:55)
• industries that are ripe for NFT disruption (59:45)
• the many use cases for NFTs (1:01:48)
• why he is advising against minting social tokens (1:04:15)

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Episode Links

Mark Cuban

• Personal website: https://markcubancompanies.com/marks-bio/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcuban 

NFT Investment

• Lazy.com
• • https://lazy.com/ 
  • https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/98974/mark-cuban-digital-art-gallery-nft
• Mintable
• • https://cryptoslate.com/mark-cuban-invests-undisclosed-sum-in-nft-platform-mintable/
• Esprezzo
• • https://blog.esprezzo.io/esprezzo-raises-round-to-bring-no-code-automation-to-crypto-investors-nft-creators-collectors-defi-users
• OpenSea
• • https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/18/nft-marketplace-opensea-raises-23-million-from-a16z/ 
• SuperRare
• • https://www.coindesk.com/cuban-chamath-back-nft-marketplace-superrares-9m-series-a
• Other
• • https://markcubancompanies.com/blockchain/

Other Links

• Defiant Podcast (“ETH Has An Advantage Over Bitcoin”) 
• • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdGseBuuq_I
• Why DeFi is the Future | Mark Cuban on the Bankless Podcast
• • https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-why-defi-is-the-future-mark-cuban
• Mark Cuban: The Billionaire Crypto Degen on the Delphi Podcast
• • https://www.delphidigital.io/reports/mark-cuban-the-billionaire-crypto-degen/
• NFTs as ticketing disruptor
• • https://cryptoslate.com/forget-overvalued-artwork-mark-cuban-sees-nft-ticketing-as-the-mass-market-disruptor/
• Bananas video (2:16-3:49)
• • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWBlN9o6Azc 
• CoinDesk interview
• • https://www.coindesk.com/mark-cuban-bitcoin-nfts-blockchain-dallas-mavericks