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Malcolm DeGods, better known as “The Man in the Goggles” on social media, asked presidential candidate Donald Trump a question at an NFT event held at Mar-a-Lago earlier this month, and has since been credited with sparking the cryptocurrency revolution. . Washington.
We caught up with Malcolm to find out what he thinks about his small role in cryptocurrency history, and the story behind his flashy sunglasses.
1. Tyler Winklevoss recently tweeted, “A guy in goggles completely turned the fortunes of cryptocurrencies around in Washington.” What do you think about it?
I think there are a lot of very smart people, whether it’s Brian Armstrong, Paul Grewal, or the Blockchain Association, who have dedicated their lives to regulating cryptocurrencies and making the United States a safe haven for cryptocurrencies. You can run a team.
While I believe my questions have played a small part in this and voiced many of the concerns of everyday cryptocurrency experts, I know that my questions are not the only ones that can help turn the tide of the battle in our favor. US regulations.
2. Some people say that the handshake between Donald Trump and Messari CEO Ryan Selkis actually did that. what do you think?
It is a fusion of things. There is the Blockchain Association and their work. I saw Balaji acknowledge Ryan Selkis’ ‘trillion dollar handshake’ and my question also played a small role. To be honest, I think it’s been a long fight.
Every cryptocurrency executive in the United States spends time in Washington DC. They’ve been doing this for years. So, of course, you can look for a moment, a handshake, a question, as a turning point.
But in reality, in the longer history, this was a fight that took some time. So I don’t feel any territory towards Ryan Selkis or (the) Blockchain Association poll. I’m just trying to see crypto win broadly and I love that there are so many crypto natives fighting for it.
three) What about ‘goggles’? What is the story behind them?
So, one of the most prominent memecoins on Ethereum is a memecoin called MOG, and Mog is a die-hard community that has rallied around this memecoin, which in popular culture means “victory.”
So if you look at my profile on Twitter and many of my friends and cryptocurrency natives have Pit Vipers symbolizing Mog in their profile pictures.
So before we went to Mar-a-Lago, a guy from the Mog team came to my house and delivered the Pit Vipers and said, ‘Hey, I want you to wear this to the Trump event.’ ‘That’s amazing.’ And we said, ‘That would be our honor.’ This is the story behind Pit Vipers. We were at a Trump event.
4) How did you get to the Trump event anyway?
Trump and the NFT team approached us for advice. Since I am the CEO of DeGods, I am working on the NFT collection. Around the time they were about to create their first Mint, they approached the CEO for some tactical questions and advice on positioning and how the NFT market works. .
I don’t actually own the Trump NFT, but since we helped, they invited me to the VIP corner of the Mar-a-Lago event, which was like a Q&A before the main dinner.
5) What do you think about the so-called cryptocurrency “pivot” in Washington? Where do you think it’s going?
Regulations really have a long way to go. This is a moment that can get you excited because they are recognizing us and the cryptocurrency community.
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But even if you have FIT21 passed (in the House), it still has to go through the Senate billing community, ratify or rewrite the bill, and pass through the Senate, which doesn’t really do that much. Cryptocurrency now.
Cryptocurrency has a long way to go in the United States
I think the Trump administration will continue to support this. After Mar-a-Lago, they launched a campaign donation feature, which is really cool. I don’t think it’s a black and white answer where you can just say, “Cryptocurrency in America is here to stay.”
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6) How did you get into the cryptocurrency industry?
I have been working in this space for 3 years, since I was 20 years old.
I originally became interested in this issue through an NYU professor who gave me the Bitcoin white paper as a reading assignment. I’ve been hooked ever since.
It was a small, individualized study program that designed a degree called Blockchain and Business at NYU. This course was ‘Finance for Social Theorists’ taught by Professor Peter V. Rajsingh.
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Felix Ng first began writing about the blockchain industry in 2015 through the perspective of a gambling industry journalist and editor. Since then, he has been covering the blockchain field full-time. He is most interested in innovative blockchain technology to solve real-world problems.