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Homepage > News > Interviews > Reggie Middleton tackles Defi, booms/busts and Bitcoin regulation Inventor and entrepreneur Reggie Middleton joined Kurt Wuckert Jr. on the latest CoinGeek Weekly Livestream to discuss blockchain utility, patents, intellectual property (IP), decentralized finance (Defi), and many other interesting topics. title=”YouTube video player” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share” referrerpolicy=”strict-origin-when-cross-origin” allowfullscreen> Wuckert’s weekly CoinGeek post Wuckert usually pens a weekly article on CoinGeek; this week, it was about the nature of the data economy. He talks about Marc Andreessen and his recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Podcast, noting how he has morphed from a West Coast liberal into a Trump supporter talking about the dangers of big tech. Check out the article, Marc Andreessen is a hypocrite, now. Middleton’s background and Bitcoin story Before getting into the blockchain space, Middleton worked in finance. He understands the need for regulations and the importance of the law in making this sector work globally, and he holds multiple patents for what he considers foundational technology in the space. During his time in finance, Middleton researched investments when someone brought Bitcoin to him. Like so many others, he dismissed it at first, but when the same person came back to him again a few times, he decided to look into it properly in 2013.  After checking out the Bitcoin Wiki and white paper, his “jaw dropped” because he understood the implications. This was peer-to-peer technology with no counterparty risks, and he knew the implications, thanks to his unique background in finance and enthusiasm for technology. While Bitcoin script is relatively simple, you can do a lot more with it than you can with a dollar bill, he says. Circumventing the gatekeepers Middleton says that Bitcoin was a way to circumvent the gatekeepers, acknowledging that it has changed since then. Sadly, it’s now owned by the same gatekeepers,…

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