EB19 - Guest David El Achkar: Bitcoin in the Middle East




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Summary: For episode 19, we had David El Achkar on as our guest host. He is a Bitcoin entrepreneur in Beirut and the founder of the Bitcoin Lebanon group. We covered the following topics: - The broken payment system in the Middle East - His startup Yellow Pay - BitPay raising $30m - Moolah wallet provider allows audit of funds - The possible consequences of Dark Wallet Links: - Yellow Pay: http://yellowpay.co/ - Shu Bitcoin: http://shubitcoin.com/ - Dark Wallet: https://darkwallet.is/ - Amsterdam Conference: http://bitcoin2014.com/ Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture and is available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Stitcher and other podcast aggregators. Website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe: http://feed.epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe to our Friday newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc Tip the show: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips