Renowned podcaster Joe Rogan recently said he has high hopes for cryptocurrencies in a recent podcast interview.
Controversial podcasters discuss crypto
In the episode of his podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” Rogan discussed the future of crypto with fellow podcaster Adam Curry. Rogan’s podcast has an estimated 11 million listeners per episode, despite Spotify’s attempts to censor some of the more offensive episodes.
Rogan, whose podcast was the most popular on Spotify in 2021, stated the following:
“It’s either going to fall apart completely, or we’re going to use this as an opportunity to figure out a better way to live our lives.”
Curry is the host of the right-wing podcast “No Agenda”. He said:
“I own Bitcoin because I believe my money is safer there. The money system is broken. It causes inflation, misery and wars because it is related to oil.” According to Curry.
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Rogan and Curry also discussed the possibilities of a “Silicon-Valley-controlled” digital Metaverse, and the possible role of NFTs in this.
Rogan talked about a future where companies invent their own digital tokens that customers should use to buy their products. “Apple could easily do that,” said rogan, “you should buy coins, and through those coins you would buy products… It’s almost a different version of stocks.”
Curry, however, was not convinced. He expects powerful institutions and governments to set their sights on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) instead.
“You get cryptocurrency. You have a digital wallet. It comes to you directly from the Federal Reserve. And there will be very little retail banking – it just won’t happen again.” According to Curry.
Despite the positive assessment of crypto by the podcasters, many members of the community remained skeptical. In a Reddit post on the r/Cryptocurrency subreddit, user “thenudelman” noted the following: “A Captain Pseudoscience endorsement. We could have done it without him.”
Another user, “Dubsy 101”, added: “He’s an idiot and the last person that we want to see associated with Crypto.”
Both Rogan and Curry have proven to be highly controversial figures in the crypto space and beyond. Rogan is known for his rejection of “political correctness”. He has been criticized in the past for making racist, sexist and transphobic jokes.
In July 2021, CashApp paid Rogan to tell its listeners to buy Bitcoin (BTC). He then accepted a $100,000 BTC payment in November.