>> CHIP SUPPLIER.
STUART: GOT THAT, MY NEXT GUEST
SAYS ELON MUSK HAS BEEN ADVISING
DOGECOIN DEVELOPERS FOR YEARS
NOW.
DANIEL ROBERTS JOINS ME HE IS
THE EDITOR IN CHIEF OF "DECRYPT
MEDIA."
DANIEL, FIRST OF ALL WHO SAYS
THAT MUSK HAS BEEN WORKING WITH
DOGE THE PAST FEW YEARS IN
OTHER WORDS WHAT’S YOUR SOURCE
AND THEN I’LL ASK YOU THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS SO
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT’S YOUR SOURCE
>> SO, STUART, THIS IS ROSS
NICKEL WHOSE BASICALLY BEEN ONE
OF THE UNOFFICIAL CORE DOGE
DEVELOPERS FOR A WHILE
AND DOGE IS OPEN SOURCE AND
THERE ARE NO REAL CORE DEVELOPER
S BUT IF YOU REWIND A
LITTLE BIT REMEMBER WHEN ELON
MUSK SHOPPED THE CRYPTO MARKETS
AND NOW IN HINDSIGHT YOU THINK
THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A PLAN
THERE AND OF COURSE HIS TWEETS
MOVE MARKETS BUT WE KNOW HE HAS
BEEN IN TALKS WITH SOME OF THESE
UNOFFICIAL CORE DEVELOPERS WHO
DO WORK ON THE CODE FOR YEARS
NOW AND HE SAID HE WAS WORKING
WITH DOGE AND AT THE TIME,
PEOPLE ON TWITTER SAID ARE THERE
ANY AND NOW WE KNOW INDEED THERE
ARE.
STUART: SO WHAT’S THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS?
YOU’VE BROKEN THIS STORY, YOUR
SOURCE IS STRONG.
WHAT’S THE SIGNIFICANCE, WHAT
DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE CRYPTO
MARKET?
AND FOR ELON MUSK?
>> YEAH, I KNOW, STUART, THAT
YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT
DOGECOIN AND YOU’VE REMARKED AS
MANY DO, WAIT A MINUTE.
IT WAS CREATED AS A JOKE AND
IT’S STILL A JOKE, AND YET, IF
ENOUGH INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE ARE IN
ON THE JOKE, WE’VE INTERVIEWED
MARK CUBAN WHO HASSELBERG BEEN
PUMPING DOGE ON TWITTER AND THE
DOW NOW ACCEPTS IT AS
PAYMENT, EXCEPT FOR TODAY,
BUT THE ON SITE WITH THIS
INFORMATION, IF YOU LOOK AT
MUSK’S WITHDRAWAL FROM BITCOIN
AND HIS QUESTIONING OF ITS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, IN A
DIFFERENT WAY DON’T YOU?
AND IT STARTS TO LOOK LIKE MAYBE
HE IS REALLY TRYING TO MAKE
DOGECOIN CRAZY, THOUGH IT SEEMS,
SINCE IT IS A JOKE, AN ACTUAL,
YOU KNOW, FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVE
TO BITCOIN.
HE WANTS TO MAKE IT MORE
ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE,
INCREASE THE BLOCK SIZE SO THEY
CAN BE USED FOR A CUP OF COFFEE.
IT LOOKS CRAZY BUT MUSK HAS
INFLUENCE ON THE CRYPTO MARKET.
STUART: IS THIS WHAT YOU DO?
DECRYPT MEDIA?
ARE YOU SORT OF NEGATIVE ON THE
WHOLE CRYPTO MARKET OR
EXPOSING SORT OF THE GOINGS ON
WHAT DOES DECRYPT MEDIA REALLY
DO?
>> THANKS FOR ASKING WE ARE
JUST A NEUTRAL, UNBIASED SOURCE
FOR CRYPTOCURRENCY NEWS, SO WE
COVER ALL OF THE DAILY NEWS AND
OF COURSE AS YOU KNOW, THERE HAS
BEEN A FLOOD OVER THE LAST YEAR.
I MEAN WHEN I LOOKED AT PEOPLE
THAT SAY CRYPTO HAS GONE MORE
MAINSTREAM THAN EVER BEFORE,
REGARDLESS OF YOUR VIEW EVEN IF
YOU THINK IT’S TOO BIG OR YOU
WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT THERE
IS CERTAINLY MORE MASS INTEREST
THAN THERE’S EVER BEEN.
WE COVER IT AND EXPLAIN IT AND
THEN WE ALSO HOLD YOUR HAND AND
EXPLAIN SOME OF THESE CONCEPTS
IN OUR LEARN SECTION WHICH IS
EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT AS OUR
DAILY NEWS COVERAGE SO JUST LIKE
YAHOO FINANCE OR RECOVERED
STOCKS, WE COVER CRYPTO NEWS.
STUART: DO YOU HAVE ANY IMPORTS
OR ANY OPINION ON LIKE DOGECOIN
>> YOU KNOW, THERE’S A FEW
THINGS I’D SAY, STUART.
FIRST OF ALL I NEVER TELL ANYONE
NECESSARILY TO INVEST IN CRYPTO.
WE DON’T DISPENSE INVESTMENT
ADVICE.
IT’S LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, ONLY
PUT IN WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD TO
LOSE, IT’S A HIGHLY SPECULATIVE
ASSET BUT WHAT IS TABLE STAKES
NOW IS JUST TO SAY THAT IT’S
HERE TO STAY.
THAT DOESN’T MEAN THAT I BELIEVE
IT’S GOING TO REPLACE THE DOLLAR
OR REVOLUTIONIZE THE WHOLE
WORLD, BUT BITCOIN HAS PROVEN
ITSELF OVER 12 YEARS AND WHETHER
YOU’RE INTERESTED IN IT OR NOT
IT’S NOT ABOUT TO COLLAPSE
TOMORROW.
YOU KNOW, SKEPTICS USED TO SAY
WHAT IF IT GOES TO ZERO?
IT’S NOT GOING TO GO TO ZERO,
ITS NEVER GONE TO ZERO.
THERE ARE MOMENTARY CRASHES AS
THERE’S BEEN AND CORRECTIONS,
BUT IT HAS PROVEN ITS STAYING
POWER SO OUR VIEW IS THAT THE
TECHNOLOGY IS REALLY
INTERESTING AND IT’S HERE TO
STAY AND WE COVER EVERYTHING IN
THAT UNIVERSE.
STUART: ALL RIGHT WE’LL LEAVE IT
AT THAT.
IT IS HERE TO STAY, SAYS DANIEL
ROBERTS, EDITOR IN CHIEF OF DE