{"podcast":{"title":"new renaissance capital","slug":"new-renaissance-capital-6459193","podcast_index_feed_id":6459193,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/478626/destinations/4067226.xml","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/@newrenaissancecapital","image_url":"https://feeds.fountain.fm/Zuaqe7tWKnmnJtyw2zuk/files/COVER_ART---DEFAULT---58a1c9fd-5146-44d7-8f77-21aff85b75bc.jpg","author":"Frank Corva","episode_count":40,"summary":"We cover Bitcoin adoption around the globe.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-renaissance-capital-6459193"},"episode":{"title":"nrc24 | Lessons from Lebanon with Sooly Kobayashi","slug":"nrc24-lessons-from-lebanon-with-sooly-kobayashi","published_at":"2024-01-22T23:26:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-renaissance-capital-6459193/nrc24-lessons-from-lebanon-with-sooly-kobayashi","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-renaissance-capital-6459193","url":"https://b0352ecc-8f30-4630-b8ac-c9ae2b41716c.libsyn.com/nrc24-lessons-from-lebanon-with-sooly-kobayashi","audio_url":"https://feeds.fountain.fm/Zuaqe7tWKnmnJtyw2zuk/items/OXdgLTJb2hvNRGxU5mlK/files/AUDIO---DEFAULT---5e293061-e697-4eb5-bf5c-3d2ade785dd6.mp3","summary":"\"We're all Lebanese. Most just don't know it yet.\" This is how Jan 3 founder Samson Mow responded to a tweet thread on the economic situation in Lebanon from Sooly Kobayashi — a consultant, entrepreneur and investor in the Bitcoin space. What Mow was insinuating was that the fiat system is going to catch up with all of us eventually — that we'll all see our lives financially upended, just as the Lebanese currently are, because of excess money printing and poor fiscal policy. Luckily for Lebanon, they have citizens like Sooly who are investing in the Bitcoin ecosystem so to make it more accessible to the Lebanese and to many in the Global South who will benefit from access to it. In our interview, we discuss the macroeconomic situation in Lebanon, what Bitcoin adoption there looks like and why Bitcoin is Sooly's ikigai. Enjoy! Follow Sooly on social media: X (Twitter): @Sooly_Kobayashi Nostr: npub1hzz35pkl67w53lpj2g62zh56g63j5zvz4q3m2nxlsfg5hxcjpwssaynqel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sooly/ Check out Sooly's Linktree page: https://linktr.ee/Sooly Timestamps: 0:00 Cold open 0:46 Intromusic 1:01 Introduction 2:50 What's happening in Lebanon? 12:41 Is there Bitcoin adoption in Lebanon? 19:34 Challenges for the Lebanese 24:50 Why Bitcoin adopting will be difficult in Lebanon 27:33 We're All Lebanese 31:31 Investing in Bitcoin companies that solve problems in the Global South 38:37 The Spot Bitcoin ETFs 45:42 Bitcoin as ikigai 51:03 Outro / Where to find Sooly Listen and subscribe on the platform of your choice: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@newrenaissancecapital Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-renaissance-capital-w-frank-corva/id1696184407 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7k6eUo3z5L5LEeP0Bo35SP?si=4eb4482b611c4983 Fountain: https…","meta_description":"\"We're all Lebanese. Most just don't know it yet.\" This is how Jan 3 founder Samson Mow responded to a tweet thread on the economic situation in Lebanon f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3159,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-renaissance-capital-6459193/episodes/nrc24-lessons-from-lebanon-with-sooly-kobayashi/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-renaissance-capital-6459193/nrc24-lessons-from-lebanon-with-sooly-kobayashi.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}