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    <title>Encrypted - Episodes Tagged with “Programmable Money”</title>
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    <description>Interested in what is going on in the world of blockchain and crypto assets? Want to understand how the most pioneering entrepreneurs, enterprises and governments are creating the digital economies of the future? 
Involving a range of superb guests of likeminded innovators, enablers, investors, government officials, executives and more, Encrypted takes you on a journey to make sense of what is going on in the Wild West of cryptocurrencies, understand valid use cases of blockchain technology and how various industries could be impacted.
Encrypted is Dubai based, and the first podcast dedicated to blockchain and crypto in the MENA region, so expect to hear interesting stories, and people from this side of the world. 
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Involving a range of superb guests of likeminded innovators, enablers, investors, government officials, executives and more, Encrypted takes you on a journey to make sense of what is going on in the Wild West of cryptocurrencies, understand valid use cases of blockchain technology and how various industries could be impacted.
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  <title>#Ep. 54: Encrypted @ Gitex - The Future of Programmable Money</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Bitcoin. The US dollar. Litecoin. The Euro, oh and wait how can we forget gold. Money - the thing that drives this world, for the good or better, is going through an unprecedented shift like never before. It’s becoming digital and programmable. In this live episode we did at Gitex with the Future Blockchain summit, I sit down with Gabriel Abed and Aruba Khalid to discuss the Future of Programmable Money and we look at it through three lenses, Money for the authorities, money for the corporations and money for the people. </itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>We are live! We held a live podcast at Gitex and discussed an awesome topic ‘The future of programmable money’!
We had two great guests on the show: Gabriel Abed from Bitt.com and Aruba Khalid from the Dubai Future Foundation. In this episode, we discussed:
* Why programmable money is important (04:17)
* What is programmable money (06:32)
*  Money for the authorities: Is there an argument for separating political decisions from economic outcomes (09:47)
* How Bitt.com have helped central banks to create central bank digital currency (11:47)
* Advantages of central bank digital currencies (16:42)
* Are banks needed if central banks create their own central bank digital currencies? (18:00)
*  Money for the corporations: Libra and how money is based on its usefulness (19:18)
* Can we program money that is useful and is private? (22:22)
* The roles of regulators when regulating Money for the corporations (25:17)
* The advent of corporation based money (29:45)
* Now it all depends on who you trust (32:02)
* Money for the people: Cryptocurrencies have forced the conversation (35:29)
* Bitcoin is designed to protect the 99% (36:22)
* Bitcoin prices and fluctuations (39:17)
This was another amazing live panel we hosted as we discussed the real problems and questions surrounding programmable money and what sound money looks like. 
If you liked what you heard, please do leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and the other platforms. Don’t forget to support us by spreading the word and hitting that subscribe button!
 Special Guests: Aruba Khalid and Gabriel Abed.
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    <![CDATA[<p>We are live! We held a live podcast at Gitex and discussed an awesome topic ‘The future of programmable money’!</p>

<p>We had two great guests on the show: Gabriel Abed from Bitt.com and Aruba Khalid from the Dubai Future Foundation. In this episode, we discussed:</p>

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<li>Why programmable money is important (04:17)</li>
<li>What is programmable money (06:32)</li>
<li> <strong>Money for the authorities:</strong> Is there an argument for separating political decisions from economic outcomes (09:47)</li>
<li>How Bitt.com have helped central banks to create central bank digital currency (11:47)</li>
<li>Advantages of central bank digital currencies (16:42)</li>
<li>Are banks needed if central banks create their own central bank digital currencies? (18:00)</li>
<li> <strong>Money for the corporations:</strong> Libra and how money is based on its usefulness (19:18)</li>
<li>Can we program money that is useful and is private? (22:22)</li>
<li>The roles of regulators when regulating Money for the corporations (25:17)</li>
<li>The advent of corporation based money (29:45)</li>
<li>Now it all depends on who you trust (32:02)</li>
<li><strong>Money for the people:</strong> Cryptocurrencies have forced the conversation (35:29)</li>
<li>Bitcoin is designed to protect the 99% (36:22)</li>
<li>Bitcoin prices and fluctuations (39:17)</li>
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<p>This was another amazing live panel we hosted as we discussed the real problems and questions surrounding programmable money and what sound money looks like. </p>

<p>If you liked what you heard, please do leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and the other platforms. Don’t forget to support us by spreading the word and hitting that subscribe button!</p><p>Special Guests: Aruba Khalid and Gabriel Abed.</p>]]>
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<p>We had two great guests on the show: Gabriel Abed from Bitt.com and Aruba Khalid from the Dubai Future Foundation. In this episode, we discussed:</p>

<ul>
<li>Why programmable money is important (04:17)</li>
<li>What is programmable money (06:32)</li>
<li> <strong>Money for the authorities:</strong> Is there an argument for separating political decisions from economic outcomes (09:47)</li>
<li>How Bitt.com have helped central banks to create central bank digital currency (11:47)</li>
<li>Advantages of central bank digital currencies (16:42)</li>
<li>Are banks needed if central banks create their own central bank digital currencies? (18:00)</li>
<li> <strong>Money for the corporations:</strong> Libra and how money is based on its usefulness (19:18)</li>
<li>Can we program money that is useful and is private? (22:22)</li>
<li>The roles of regulators when regulating Money for the corporations (25:17)</li>
<li>The advent of corporation based money (29:45)</li>
<li>Now it all depends on who you trust (32:02)</li>
<li><strong>Money for the people:</strong> Cryptocurrencies have forced the conversation (35:29)</li>
<li>Bitcoin is designed to protect the 99% (36:22)</li>
<li>Bitcoin prices and fluctuations (39:17)</li>
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<p>This was another amazing live panel we hosted as we discussed the real problems and questions surrounding programmable money and what sound money looks like. </p>

<p>If you liked what you heard, please do leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and the other platforms. Don’t forget to support us by spreading the word and hitting that subscribe button!</p><p>Special Guests: Aruba Khalid and Gabriel Abed.</p>]]>
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