Hi there and welcome to the third installment of the Crypto Digest where I share a weekly list my favorite articles and videos on technology, blockchain, futurism and beyond.

Enjoy your Sunday!

1. How Binance Became the Most Popular Crypto Exchange in 5 Months.

a podcast by Laura Shin

In this fast-paced and exhilarating conversation, Changpeng Zhao, aka "CZ," tells the pivotal business decisions that led users to flock to the brand-new Binance in the summer and fall of 2017, catapulting it from obscurity to become the world's most popular crypto exchange within five months. He also describes his regulatory stance, why he focuses on small jurisdictions and why he lets token teams hire their own lawyers to determine whether their coins are securities or not. He explains the company's insider trading and market manipulation policies and how BNB coin works. Plus, he disputes the notion that stocks have better information due to disclosure rules, lays out Binance's current mission and delineates the differences in the crypto communities in North America, Europe and Asia.

2. Ari Paul Talks Blockchain, Investing, And Regulation.

a podcast by Doug Polk

For many years, Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies were regarded as little more than a nerdy curiosity by the financial world. But with the rise of Bitcoin and Ethereum, the process of cryptocurrencies becoming a recognized asset class has begun.

One person at the forefront of this transformation is Ari Paul. Previously a portfolio manager at the University of Chicago's $8 billion endowment, he recently left to start the cryptocurrency hedge fund BlockTower Capital.

3. The Truth about Smart Contracts.

an article by Jimmy Song

Much like the words “blockchain”, “AI” and “cloud”, “smart contract” is one of those phrases that get a lot of hype.
I sympathize with the hype. After all, how much more efficient could things be if we could just remove the need for trusting the other party to execute?
What the heck is a smart contract, anyway? And isn’t that the domain of Ethereum? Isn’t this the way of the future? Why would you stand in the way of progress?
In this article, I’m going to examine what smart contracts are and the engineering reality that goes with it (spoiler: it’s not so simple and very hard to secure).

4. Quantum Fields: The Real Building Blocks of the Universe

a lecture by David Tong

According to our best theories of physics, the fundamental building blocks of matter are not particles, but continuous fluid-like substances known as 'quantum fields'. David Tong explains what we know about these fields, and how they fit into our understanding of the Universe.

Hope you'll enjoy this selection!

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Until next Sunday,

FØx.

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