Self-made man Daniel Gouldman holds some politically charged and insightful views on financial systems, monetary reform, and rights of the individual. The CEO & Co-founder of enterprise blockchain company Unbanked joins Jason Butcher on Off the Ledger to share his personal journey from homelessness to successful entrepreneur, as well as his vision for how crypto can help people regain control of their own money.
Show Notes
00:00 Intro
01:09 Daniel's personal journey to entrepreneurship
07:51 Founding of Unbanked
11:46 Finding success through purpose and partnerships
14:16 Unbanked: giving people the choice to control their own money
17:29 Phone-based banking as a precedent
19:00 Crypto as the “open loop” system for our money
20:59 Digital currencies create competition in the marketplace
23:44 COVID, money printing, and asset bubbles
27:24 Crypto needs smart policies and regulation
30:09 Consumer protection shouldn’t preclude consumer rights
31:25 CBDCs, choice, and the concept of criminalizing crypto
Daniel Gouldman is CEO & Co-founder of Unbanked, a global blockchain-powered fintech platform that is changing the way people interact with money and disrupting payments. Daniel has founded several companies and is passionate about making a difference for other businesses, too. A highly political person with an avid interest in geopolitics, history, and business, Daniel is more concerned with doing what’s right than what’s popular.
Jason Butcher is the CEO of CoinPayments. An entrepreneur with nearly three decades of experience in payments and fintech, Jason has founded multiple global payments companies and serves as an advisor to various fintech and payment associations.
