#bitcoin #solana #blockchain  Luno’s Aaron Tang - The Bitcoin, Crypto Bull Market Has Begun, But It’s Early Days Yet The Bitcoin and crypto market is in a clear bull run right now, making it an excellent time to be talking to Aaron Tang, the Regional General Manager of Luno, where he oversees the Malaysian, Singaporean and Indonesian crypto markets for the global cryptocurrency platform.  I get deep into the weeds with him on how early we are in the current crypto bull run, question him on some of the assumptions about cryptos (such as self-custody and blockchain safety) while getting his views on how strict or market-friendly the regulators are.  CONTENTS 00:02:05 - Who’s Aaron Tang? 00:02:38 - What Are Cryptocurrencies? 00:03:24 - Attributes of Cryptocurrencies?  00:05:01 - Self Custody, Private Wallets - You Don’t Need Banks Any Longer 00:06:10 - Why People Are Flocking to Crypto 00:07:15 - How and What Drives Crypto Prices 00:09:38 - Not All Coins Are Finite Like Bitcoin 00:11:08 - Why People Remain Cynical About Bitcoin 00:13:35 - What Triggered the Crypto Bull Market? 00:16:32 - But the REAL Crypto Bull Run Has Not Yet Begun 00:17:45 - What Drives Crypto Mania? 00:20:03 - What is Proof of Work, Blockchain Immutability? 00:21:55 - Satoshi’s Code is Open Source and Constantly Improved 00:23:16 - Not All Coins or Tokens Have the Same Network Reliability as Bitcoin 00:24:44 - What Are Gas Fees? How Are They Charged? 00:26:25 - Why Do Gas Fees Differ So Much on Different Networks 00:28:07 - What Are the Biggest Drivers of Crypto Prices? 00:30:07 - Why Have Ethereum Prices Not Surpassed Their All-Time Highs But Bitcoin Has Not? 00:31:40 - What Are the Differences Between Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Cardano and Other Coins? 00:34:44 - There Are Pitfalls, Like Lack of Network Operability, ie: You Can Lose Your Coins! 00:37:18 - There’s No Need to FOMO .. 00:39:00 - How Do Cold Wallets Work? Are They Really That Safe? 00:41:56 - How Do Professional Investors Self-Custody? 00:42:47 - What About Demi-Serious Investors? How Do They Self-Custody? 00:44:43 - Luno’s Court Case When a Customer Alleged They Lost Their Coins 00:47:46 - Luno Security Measures - What’s Needed 00:50:01 - What Happens When You Lose Your Phone? 00:50:59 - Malaysia AND Indonesia LOVE Crypto. Why? 00:54:00 - Most Crypto Adoption is Asia-Based And Many HODL it. Why? 00:56:15 - Why is Crypto So Darned Volatile? 00:57:51 - Should You Lock in Gains Before the Market Crashes (Again?) 01:00:18 - There Are Only One, Maybe Two Bull Runs Left 01:02:54 - Buying Crypto Is Like Buying Amazon or Tesla at $10 a Share  01:05:57 - The US SEC Bitcoin ETF Was Bitcoin’s IPO Moment 01:07:28 - Crypto, A Decentralised Asset, is Re-Centralising. What Gives? 01:09:09 - What Black Swans Exist for Crypto? 01:10:46 - What Happens to Crypto If the US Dollar Collapses? 01:13:00 - Bitcoin Hasn’t Really Surpassed Its All-Time High Because of Inflation: T/F? 01:14:25 - What Other Factors Will Drive the Crypto Bull Run? 01:16:00 - Will Luno Lower Its Rates? 01:17:44 - How Does Luno Add More Coins to Its Platform? 01:19:16 - How Knowledgeable Are the Securities Commission (SC) About the Crypto Market?01:20:43 - How Luno Assesses Coins to be Added to its Platform 01:22:40 - Algorand is Coming to Luno, What Else is Coming? 01:24:57 - How Regulators Think About Crypto Markets01:26:00 - Are Crypto Gains Taxable? Is a Digital Assets Tax Coming? 01:28:04 - How Tokenization Works and Are Central bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) Coming? 01:31:05 - Is a Digital Ringgit Coming? 01:33:19 - Where is the Crypto Market Going?  FOLLOW AARON HERE LinkedIn: https://my.linkedin.com/in/aarontangslURL: https://www.mr-stingy.com/ and https://www.luno.com/en/myX: @mrstingy2014 ---  Follow Chuang here: URL: http://www.domore.my/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsu-chuang-khoo-ab199343/FB: https://www.facebook.com/khoo.chuang/IG: https://w