Meltem Demirors, chief strategy officer of Coinshares, talks about how the emergence of Bitcoin fits within the larger technological and financial shifts of the last decade, how crypto can integrate privacy into our digital lives and how political shifts, ideology and meme culture have helped drive adoption. We also cover her stance on shitcoin minimalism/Bitcoin maximalism, what other areas of crypto development are interesting to her, and why she thinks the development of Libra is different from the trajectory of crypto. She also discusses what she thinks the effects of the Bitcoin halving will be in 2020, and makes a few predictions for 2020 and beyond.  Thank you to our sponsors!  Crypto.com: http://crypto.com/ CipherTrace: https://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed  eToro: https://etoro.com/ Episode links:  Meltem Demirors: https://twitter.com/Melt_Dem CoinShares: https://coinsharesgroup.com/ CoinDesk on Meltem as one of 2019's Most Influential: https://www.coindesk.com/most-influential/2019/meltem-demirors Coinshares mining report: https://coinsharesgroup.com/research/bitcoin-mining-network-december-2019#mailmunch-pop-849406 News recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/bitcoin-price-blows-past-all-time-high/