Aaron Stanley is the Founder of the Brazil Crypto Report, and is building Filecoin Foundation. He is also a fellow board member of the Association of Crypto Journalists and Researchers (ACJR).
We fly over the region and ask:
- Why is the media overlooking us
- How journalism in crypto is like forging things in Mordor
- What are the new types of news coverage we need in our industry
- How advocates are running around DC for years without results
- Where we're heading
Episode chapters:
0:00 intro
1:55 My role as a bitcoin reporter
5:49 The Winklevoss Twins orange-pilled me into bitcoin
9:36 From mainstream media to crypto media at CoinDesk
12:36 What made me interested in Brazil's crypto ecosystem
16:04 "It's basically impossible to support yourself on Substack"
22:07 The importance of working on your own brand and newsletter
23:51 Have a personal brand if you can master your niche
28:00 Tell the same story in a different way - everyone is too serious
32:38 The LATAM audience - native and "gringo"
37:38 Media outlets aren't doing enough to about crypto in Latin America
45:40 Argentina is the most interesting thing in crypto right now
51:00 I would love stop be somebody to shine a light in LATAM and bridge the language gap
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