Chamath Palihapitiya, the CEO of Social Capital and chairman of Virgin Galactic, talks about a wide range of issues, including Bitcoin, COVID, civil unrest, and broad economic trends and forecasts. We discuss: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Whether his economic forecasts have shifted throughout COVID</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Why he believes a debt crisis will occur</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">How he views the success of BTC as a hedge against the ruling class</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">How the economic pendulum will swing back toward consumers</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Why he doesn't mind if big corporations and hedge funds get wiped out</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Whether he subscribes to the thesis that Bitcoin is uncorrelated </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Why the pandemic has not spurred institutional adoption of crypto</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Why he sees no merit in Ethereum</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">How the economy will become more decentralized in the future and whether blockchain will be a part of it </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Why he prefers SPACs over ICOs</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Why he started capital as a service </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Why he believes the government should bust up large corporations</li> </ul> Unchained is hiring! I'm looking for a remote editorial assistant. If you love crypto and have journalism experience, get in touch! <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/seeking-remote-editorial-assistant/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/seeking-remote-editorial-assistant/</a> Thank you to our sponsors!  <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "https://crypto.com/">https://crypto.com</a> Stellar: <a href= "https://www.stellar.org/">https://www.stellar.org</a>  Kelman Law: <a href= "https://www.kelman.law/">https://www.kelman.law</a>  Episode links:  Chamath Palihapitiya: <a href= "https://twitter.com/chamath?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"> https://twitter.com/chamath</a> Social Capital: <a href= "https://www.socialcapital.com/">https://www.socialcapital.com/</a> Turmoil at Social Capital: <a href= "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/social-capital-founder-gives-his-account-of-turmoil-at-firm"> https://www.theinformation.com/articles/social-capital-founder-gives-his-account-of-turmoil-at-firm</a> <a href= "https://observer.com/2018/09/chamath-palihapitiya-social-capital-turmoil/"> https://observer.com/2018/09/chamath-palihapitiya-social-capital-turmoil/</a> <a href= "https://medium.com/@chamath/the-reports-of-our-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated-11bcc80ee4ab"> https://medium.com/@chamath/the-reports-of-our-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated-11bcc80ee4ab</a> 2019 interview with Kara Swisher: https://<a href= "http://www.vox.com/podcasts/2019/3/4/18247010/chamath-palihapitiya-social-capital-happiness-identity-crisis-kara-swisher-teddy-schleifer-podcast">www.vox.com/podcasts/2019/3/4/18247010/chamath-palihapitiya-social-capital-happiness-identity-crisis-kara-swisher-teddy-schleifer-podcast</a> Chamath on Recode Decode in 2020: <a href= "https://podcastnotes.org/recode-decode/chamath-palihapitiya-kara-swisher-investing/"> https://podcastnotes.org/recode-decode/chamath-palihapitiya-kara-swisher-investing/</a> Fed buying up to $250 billion in individual corporate bonds: <a href= "https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/federal-reserve-begins-individual-corporate-bond-purchases-secondary-market-relief-2020-6-1029309910"> https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/federal-reserve-begins-individual-corporate-bond-purchases-secondary-market-relief-2020-6-1029309910</a> CNBC interview where he says Bitcoin is an uncorrelated hedge: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2gDmcU8bDw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2gDmcU8bDw</a>  <a href= "https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/12/12/social-capitals-palihapitiya-bitcoin-is-going-to-1-million-in-the-next-20-years.html"> https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/12/12/social-capitals-palihapitiya-bitcoin-is-going-to-1-million-in-the-next-20-years.html</a> SPAC: <a href= "https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-modern-ipo-is-useless-lets-reinvent-it-1506361770?mod=searchresults&page=2&pos=13"> https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-modern-ipo-is-useless-lets-reinvent-it-1506361770?mod=searchresults&page=2&pos=13</a> China’s blockchain efforts: <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/from-banking-giants-to-tech-darlings-china-reveals-over-500-enterprise-blockchain-projects"> https://www.coindesk.com/from-banking-giants-to-tech-darlings-china-reveals-over-500-enterprise-blockchain-projects</a> Capital as a service:  <a href="https://caas.socialcapital.com/">https://caas.socialcapital.com</a>  <a href= "https://medium.com/social-capital/from-experiment-to-product-capital-as-a-service-one-year-later-6d8b4b9c038b"> https://medium.com/social-capital/from-experiment-to-product-capital-as-a-service-one-year-later-6d8b4b9c038b</a> 2019 investor letter: <a href= "https://www.socialcapital.com/annual-letters/2019">https://www.socialcapital.com/annual-letters/2019</a> At Stanford GSB: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMotykw0SIk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMotykw0SIk</a>

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