Premium Only Content

Crypto Devs Are "Building a Life Raft For The World After Fiat Falls Apart:" Erik Voorhees
In today’s episode, I speak with Erik Voorhees, long-time crypto advocate and founder and CEO of ShapeShift. Voorhees has been in crypto since 2012 and first learned about Bitcoin through his involvement in the Free State Project.
The idea of peer-to-peer money, where each individual is in control of their assets, appealed to his libertarian beliefs. Fast forward a couple of years later and he was founding ShapeShift, a non-custodial exchange. So the decision to add KYC to the platform in 2018 was especially tough. In this interview, he talks about how he was able to stop gathering information about his customers and take the exchange back to its roots, by leaning into DeFi. His plan is to create a platform that connects with all of the different DeFi applications, starting with decentralized exchanges.
Voorhees holds probably the boldest view of anyone who has come on this podcast. He thinks we will see the collapse of the US dollar within our lifetime. He argues the level of US debt and continuous erosion of the currency is untenable. When this happens an entire financial ecosystem built on open, immutable blockchains will be the solution. He believes today’s developers aren’t just building a product for their customers. They’re building a life raft for the world after fiat falls apart.
Follow The Defiant
http://thedefiant.substack.com
https://twitter.com/DefiantNews
Follow Camila Russo
Camila Russo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/camirusso
Camila's website: https://www.camirusso.com/
Purchase Infinite Machine at Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/yxd74f54
Edit by Alp Gasimov
https://twitter.com/alpgasimov
#thedefiant #defi #decentralized #finance #blockchain
-
5:01
The Defiant - DeFi, Web3 & NFT Insights
1 year ago13 year old VC explains Eigen Layer
50 -
LIVE
Dr Disrespect
1 hour ago🔴LIVE - DR DISRESPECT - WARZONE NUKE IS BACK? - SHOTTY BOYS®
1,352 watching -
LIVE
Lara Logan
9 hours agoGeneral Michael Flynn Goes Rogue with Lara Logan | Episode 32
127 watching -
Michael Heaver
5 hours agoEngland Witnesses By-Election BOMBSHELL
64 -
1:04:41
Steven Crowder
21 hours agoIslamic Love in America: Crowder Torches PBS's New Muslim Propaganda Documentary
191K125 -
LIVE
Barry Cunningham
4 hours agoBREAKING NEWS: PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDRESSES AMERICA FROM THE OVAL OFFICE!
2,860 watching -
LIVE
The Mel K Show
1 hour agoMORNINGS WITH MEL K - The Season Of Treason: America’s Future On the Ropes 8-22-25
938 watching -
LIVE
Flyover Conservatives
11 hours agoUpdate on Tina Peters in Prison - Matt Meck; The Big Shift You Must Make Before It’s Too Late - Clay Clark | FOC Show
411 watching -
LIVE
JuicyJohns
4 hours ago $0.30 earned🟢#1 REBIRTH PLAYER 10.2+ KD🟢
149 watching -
32:24
Rethinking the Dollar
1 hour agoPowell Caves: The MAGA Wealth Effect Begins NOW! | Morning Check-In: Let's Talk...
4.45K