Swan Bitcoin with Cory Klippsten

In this episode, the yWhales team speaks with Cory Klippsten, CEO of Swan Bitcoin, a crypto trading app that helps automate Bitcoin purchases. Swan Bitcoin makes investing easier and provides automated Bitcoin savings plans and instant purchases for users. 

Cory shares how Swan Bitcoin is helping users understand Bitcoin investing and allowing them to buy it as cheaply and easily as possible. He discusses financial innovation and why he believes Bitcoin will become increasingly valuable in the coming years. He also talks about the unforeseen competition Swan Bitcoin faced with false yield promises of securities marketing.

 

About Guests

Cory Klippsten is the CEO of SwanBitcoin.com and author of the upcoming book "Bitcoin: Your Bright Orange Future." He also serves as an advisor to Riot Blockchain (NASDAQ: RIOT), Unchained Capital, and Bitcoin Venture Fund (TVP), and is a partner in Bitcoiner Ventures. As an advisor he has supported more than $250M of fundraising since 2016, and as an angel has funded 20+ early stage startups. Before startups, Klippsten worked for Google, McKinsey, Microsoft and Morgan Stanley, and earned an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the University of Chicago. He grew up in SF and Seattle, split 15 years between NYC and Chicago, and now lives in LA with his wife and daughters. His hobbies include Bitcoin, history and travel (Istanbul and Barcelona are favorites).

 

You’ll learn about:

• How Swan Bitcoin provides accessibility to automated Bitcoin savings plans and instant purchases
• How to navigate Bitcoin and make sure your units go up over time
• Cory’s thoughts on the history and current state of Web3

 

Resources: 

Connect with Cory Klippsten: LinkedIn | Twitter 

Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter

Swan Bitcoin: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter

 

Timestamps

[00:25] Intro & Cory’s Background

[09:00] Swan Bitcoin Origin Story

[16:16] Why Swan Bitcoin?

[19:28] Walk through Swan Bitcoin onboard & Swan Private

[25:16] Thoughts on proof of work vs. proof of stake

[30:26] Biggest misconceptions on Bitcoin

[33:20] Key metrics to increase Bitcoin value

[38:07] Inflation

[40:30] Adoption & How Swan Bitcoin works

[44:40] Competition

[45:40] Regulation

[47:20] Parting words and how to contact Cory

 

DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allow for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.