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Podcast: Wharton FinTech Podcast
Episode: Mike Dudas, 'The Block' Founder and Paxos VP: Crypto, Venmo vs. CashApp, Andrew Yang, and More
Description: Ryan Zauk sits down with one of the crypto world's most popular figures, Mike Dudas.
Mike navigated a long career spanning Disney, Google, Venmo, and Circle before founding The Block, one of the world's premier research and news sources for all things crypto and blockchain. Mike recently stepped back into a Chairman role at The Block, moving to Paxos as their VP of Stable Coin Business Development.
The Block: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/
On today's episode, Mike and Ryan discuss:
- The Venmo / CashApp battle of the last few years (6:45)
- When Mike first learned about Bitcoin and realized its...