The DWealthMuse Podcast

Episode 73 – Web3 and the Empowerment of the Ownership Economy

In this episode, DWealthMuse host Dara Albright and guest Daniel Bland, Co-founder of the Cirus Foundation, a tokenized ecosystem enabling people to unlock true ownership of their data, discuss how Web3 and decentralized media will empower the ownership economy and, in doing so, create a monumental global wealth shift from oligarchs to we-the-people. Highlights include:
The great transition from the creator economy to the owner economy;
The micro and macro economic impacts of Web3 and the Participate-2-Earn Economy;
Closing financial literacy gaps with Web3;
How “couch cushion money” could create substantial wealth and foster world-changing innovations;
The market potential of Surf2Earn;
How Surf2Earn will impact the Advertising Industry;
Thoughts on why Web3 will obsolete Web2 social media behemoths like Facebook and Twitter.
This episode is sponsored by Worthy Financial, the fintech company helping all investors build a more secure financial future.

Episode 71 – What Every Cryptocurrency Investor Needs to Know About the Inflation Reduction Act

In this episode, DWealthMuse host Dara Albright and guest Kell Canty, CEO of Ledgible, Crypto Tax & Accounting Software for Professionals, discuss how the Inflation Reduction Act will impact cryptocurrency investors and ways to stay out of the IRS crosshairs. Highlights include:
Why it’s been so difficult for cryptocurrency investors (and their accountants) to keep track of cryptocurrency transactions;
Why the ability to track crypto transactions is becoming increasingly paramount;
What the $45+ billion allocated towards IRS enforcement in the Inflation Reduction Act means to cryptocurrency investors;
Avoiding the IRS cryptocurrency perjury trap;
What cryptocurrency investors can do to prepare for any IRS rules that might be retroactive;
The complexities of taxing NFTs;
Finding crypto qualified CPAs;
The lawsuits that may provide insights into future crypto tax regulations.

Episode 70 – The Once in Humanity Opportunity to Create the Decentralized Metaverse

In this episode, DWealthMuse host Dara Albright and guest Mike Weiksner, co-founder and CEO of Pocketful of Quarters (aka POQ), the only cross-game microtransaction solution on the blockchain, discuss this once in humanity opportunity to create the decentralized metaverse and unlocking the trillions of dollars of opportunity in the microtransaction space. Highlights include:
How blockchain enables game currency interoperability which solves the main problem of conventional gaming;
How POQ’s SEC No-Action letter for game tokens can foster the growth of the Participate-2-Earn economy;
How unifying the free-to-play game economy unlocks trillions of dollars in new incremental revenue opportunity;
How NFTs are being used for affinity marketing;
How DAOS empower we-the-people to create the metaverse as opposed to a centralized entity like facebook;
The future of gaming.
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Episode 69 – The SEC Versus the Cryptocurrency Industry

In this episode, DWealthMuse host Dara Albright and guest Nick Morgan of ICAN, a nonprofit public interest law firm representing parties who cannot afford counsel in precedent setting Securities and Exchange Commission matters impacting barriers to entry to capital markets, discuss fighting back against regulatory overreach and why ruling by enforcement in the cryptocurrency industry could backfire on the Commission. Highlights include:
How uncontested settled lawsuits form unfair rules and discourage innovation;
Why protection in the form of prohibition favors the establishment;
How the SEC is making alternative investments more out of reach;
How narrowing the accredited investor rule harms underserved communities the most;
How the SEC’s case against Ripple could transform the cryptocurrency regulatory landscape;
What the SEC’s Insider Trading Case against Coinbase may reveal about security clarification.
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Episode 68 – Blockchain Bringing Truth to Economics

In this episode, DWealthMuse host Dara Albright and guest Stefan Rust, CEO of Laguna Labs, the development arm of Truflation, a blockchain-based inflation dashboard possessing a more accurate, real-time inflation gauge, discuss everything from today’s real inflation number to the rise of metaverse real estate to why Ethereum is becoming more and more valuable to which blockchains are poised for the most growth based on developer activity to how blockchain has accelerated the pace of capital formation. Highlights include:
How blockchain is being used to calculate the true inflation rate;
Why government economic data is outmoded and inaccurate;
Why Keynesian economics is becoming obsolete;
The importance of incorporating metaverse real estate data into traditional real estate indices;
How Ethereum’s imminent merge will impact the crypto markets;
How having a diversity of blockchains will impact the development of Web3;
How gas fees bring about innovation;
Why those who don’t embrace innovation, cling to regulation;
Why community could ultimately supersede regulation.
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Episode 67 – DAO-ifying the Economy

In this episode, DWealthMuse host Dara Albright and guests Josh Hudson and John Goldscmidt, co-leads at CryptoMondays and DAO experts, discuss Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), how DOAs may impact the future of corporate structure and what that could mean for innovation, traditional finance and the economy. Highlights include:
What exactly is a DAO;
Some of the more high profile DAOs;
DAO governance for corporations;
Implications of Wyoming’s DOA legislation;
How DAOs may foster the growth of Web3;
The importance of community in Web3;
Community as an investment metric;
How DAOs epitomize Satoshi Nakamoto’s Proof of Work concept;
How tokens are used to incentivize and compensate DAO members.
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Episode 66 – The Current State of Blockchain Venture and Public Cryptocurrency Investing

In this episode, DWealthMuse host Dara Albright and guest Matthew Le Merle, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Blockchain Coinvestors, the highest performing blockchain venture fund of funds, discuss the current state of blockchain venture and public cryptocurrency investing. Highlights include:
Why Matt is as optimistic about the future of crypto today as he was when he was on the show in December;
Private blockchain valuations versus public crypto valuations;
The substantial increase in the number of blockchain enterprise unicorns;
Why now is a great time to be allocating capital to blockchain enterprises;
The industries being disrupted by blockchain innovation;
Why the digitalization of commerce is the next shoe to drop;
How much of the recent cryptocurrency market turmoil is due to fundamentals versus other factors;
Will today’s social media companies be displaced by decentralized media?
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Episode 65 – The Many Ways that Blockchain will Improve the Healthcare System

In this episode, DWealthMuse host Dara Albright, and guest Michael Dershem, Founder and CEO at MAPay, LLC, discuss the many ways that blockchain is transforming healthcare and how individuals can participate in that transformation. Discussion highlights include:
Blockchain use cases in healthcare;
How blockchain provides a higher level of care;
How blockchain can help ensure that more people are able to access healthcare;
How blockchain will change the way healthcare is paid for;
How patients will use blockchain to monetize their healthcare data;
How Bermuda has become a working sandbox for blockchain projects;
How blockchain-based healthcare may impact HIPAA laws;
Why insurance companies will see value in blockchain healthcare.
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