Co-founder and chief evangelist officer for Codex, Alex Gordon-Brander, spoke to Cointelegraph about his Bitcoin story, the actual-world use cases for crypto, and also the downturn in the economy throughout a World Economic Forum interview in Davos, Europe.
Standing curbside before Davos’ “Crypto House” in the evening, where Gordon-Brander had just finished demonstrating Codex’s abilities throughout a crypto panel, the co-founder shared an upbeat outlook on crypto.
A lengthy-serving crypto enthusiast and trad-fi veteran, Gordon-Brander told Cointelegraph he was exploring digital and-backed currencies just before finding Bitcoin (BTC). He researched a “distributed currency according to alternative energy credits and governments,” but he concedes it had been “super complicated.”
At about the time, a buddy shared a Bitcoin idea with Gordon-Brander, but like lots of people that first learn about Bitcoin — especially so in early stages — Gordon-Brander thought it’s “probably not likely to work.”
He attempted to call some satoshis but his employer at that time, Bridgewater Associates– — founded by former Bitcoin basher switched Bitcoin bull, Ray Dalio — “couldn’t handle the compliance.” Go forward to 2015, the entire year the Ethereum network launched, and Gordon-Brander recognized the cryptocurrency space had legs.
“I’d been really intrigued by Bitcoin but the thought of a programmable currency — the thought of a global computer as well as an interoperable economic climate, that is amazing,” he stated.
From 2015 onwards, Gordon-Brander aided the launch of the crypto exchange and took part in the first gold coin offering boom before joining Codex Labs.
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Although interest among investors in decentralized applications is swelling for example individuals keen to get their first Ether (ETH), there’s still “a large amount of Bitcoin first” interest from institutions. Finally, as the bear market cost action drags on, there’s expect Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies:
“As a secular trend bet, digital assets still make lots of sense.”
Ultimately, Gordon-Brander explains, there’s been an awakening regarding crypto finance and also the role it may play in solving real-world problems, from “ordinary people understanding that their cash staying with you wasn’t any longer safe if their government doesn’t similar to their politics,” to tackling global warming:
“The world is within a far greater place with this particular technology than it might be without them.”
His former boss at Bridgewater, Ray Dalio, now recommends a little allocation to Bitcoin and the optimism that crypto introduced towards the WEF was difficult to ignore.
