Joon Ian Wong: "No-one is even talking about blockchain, not crypto" - Beyond The Beat EP #24
Joon is the founder of Cryptographic Media and was one of the first journalists to join CoinDesk.
This week, Pedro Solimano chats to Joon about crypto's dominating narrative and how they're falling apart. The two dive into Malaysia's HUGE crypto scene, and how tariffs are shaping crypto economics.
Imagine getting emails from the Ethereum Foundation and saying "What sort of scam is this?" That's just one of the stories Joon's shares from CoinDesk back in the day.
Episode chapters:
0:00 intro
1:36 Geopolitics and the crypto industry
6:59 Nobody talks about Malaysia's footprint in crypto
8:32 Regions that don't matter enough for the media
13:00 Internet's role in the media
15:17 Being a part in CoinDesk's debut
21:54 I was interested in bitcoin's early-day aspects
25:50 Bitcoin's narrative didn't evolve at all
28:10 Memecoins are just another way to quickly mint tokens
31:33 Bitcoin's Blocksize War: journalist's POV
37:01 Professional (and neutral) watchers
38:47 Journalist's thoughts on crypto public relations
43:05 Automation in a journalism workload management
49:08 How important are conferences in Web3?
56:40 Book recommendations
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