Crypto is the talk of the streets these days, almost similar to 2017. What's different is that corporates and institutional investors are getting involved. It's not just a retail craze anymore. I thought it would be good to get back on the topic to talk about all things crypto and perhaps make it into a regular topic to pick up.

In this episode, I speak to Naomi Oba, the marketing director of Bitcoin.com Exchange. We get into the topics of crypto payments, DeFi, derivatives and education. We've kept it broad just so that we cover many topics as possible but after the show, we realized we left out Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT). Perhaps that could be a topic for next time.

Here we talk about the following;
- How is crypto going to be used for payments
- How can institutional investors can invest in crypto derivatives
- How Dex's and DeFi lending works
- Use of crypto for corporations
- How DeFi can get into the underbanked

Naomi Oba is heading up Marketing for the Bitcoin.com Exchange, doing everything from editorial to content creation and social media management.

She's has  a deep understanding of the crypto industry and a track record of solving problems and taking the initiative to drive projects to completion.

A studied linguist, she became fascinated with the idea of a decentralized financial system and have been studying financial concepts ever since. She is self-taught, relentlessly doing online courses and questioning knowledgable peers to deepen her understanding.

She has a blog @naomioba on Medium, to showcase what she has learned in the esoteric world of crypto.

Guest: Naomi Oba (LinkedIn)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)