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" Auctions create greater price discovery and liquidity, resulting in a very meaningful final auction price. If you were building a securities exchange today, an auction would be a core feature. "

" Bitcoin and digital currency is just this thing that was always going to happen. "

" Bitcoins are like gold bars with wings. That is why I, and so many others, view bitcoin and its network as gold 2.0. "

" Bitcoins - it's freedom. It's very American. "

" Calling bitcoin volatile - it's a non-statement. Unregulated assets with unclear regulatory landscapes are always going to be volatile. That's what unregulated assets do. "

" Cash is going to be killed. It will be nostalgia. "

" Dad was a pure entrepreneur. The dinner conversations weren't like, 'Did the Yankees win today?' "

" Everybody has a good idea, but nothing goes as planned. "

" Every investor around the world wants to invest in U.S. markets because they're regulated and they're licensed. They're trustworthy; they have confidence. If you take that away, the global economy will take a hit like nothing else. We want to create that for Bitcoin. "

" Facebook is like the Internet: a large company and an application. Bitcoin is a protocol for decentralisation, so you could build a decentralised company on top of it, a stock market. It's an Internet of ownership, so it's not quite a direct comparison. "

" For me, becoming the best you can be in something that you love, like rowing, is incredibly challenging, and what you learn about yourself, the sense of satisfaction as you get older and move on, you'll never forget that. It's huge. "

" Gemini is a spot bitcoin exchange. To use it, you sign up with Gemini.com and undergo the initial standard review process, similar to what you'd encounter at a traditional bank. Once you're through, you can ACH or wire cash to the platform, then begin buying and selling bitcoin. "

" Gox was a pattern of poor operations, poor customer service, poor PR. You can't just take bitcoin and hide. "

" Hate is a strong word. It's also very destructive, so no - I don't hate Mark Zuckerberg. "

" I don't think it hurts to have rowing featured in a movie that's in the race for the best pictures. If it means someone might try the sport... then I'm really excited and happy about that. "

" If Bitcoin is a better gold or seen as a type of gold-like asset, then it could be in the trillions on a market cap. "

" I'm not a man who likes to define his identity too narrowly. "

" In our early experiences with bitcoin, we found how few people were building bitcoin exchanges the right way. They really weren't taking the regulation seriously; they were taking it too much like how you would approach something when you're 18, full of the excitement of youth and throwing caution to the wind. "

" I remember there was one summer - I think I was 13 years old - that was literally defined by watching 'Beavis and Butt-head' with my friends. "

" I remember when people called Facebook a fad. "

" I think fiat currencies will become digital. "

" I think it's always interesting when you see a company start moving so quickly - it's like wow, incredible. When a company like Uber starts breaking away, it's not a linear thing. It's exponential. All of a sudden, the guy you know who threw $25,000 at Uber very early on - all the sudden, that $25,000 is $25 million. "

" I think our path to the Olympics is a good metaphor for how you build a company. Our skill and commitment grew over time, day by day, stroke by stroke. So, sports are tied well with our entrepreneurial pursuits because you train for a few years, but there is no guarantee that you will succeed. "

" I've been a huge fan of Mike Judge for a long time. "

" Judging a child taking his first steps for not being able to run a marathon is shortsighted. "

" Often, people are afraid to be good at more than one thing. "

" One of the things that has plagued bitcoin is not bitcoin itself but the companies built on top of it. "

" On one of our very first days when we tried rowing, our coach, James Mangan, showed us a video of the Boat Race. That was part of the impetus for us to start rowing. "

" Our basic thesis for bitcoin is that it is better than gold. "

" Our business isn't to be famous: that's not what we do; that's not what we strive for. "

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