The first videos of the highly anticipated debate between Dr. Nouriel Roubini and Arthur Hayes have been released, showing the affectionately called Dr. Doom losing his cool when the topic of Bitcoin's scalability was discussed.
The debate between Dr. Nouriel Roubini, one of the most outspoken critics of the crypto industry, and Arthur Hayes, the CEO of BitMEX, the world's second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has been the most anticipated crypto event of the year.
The entire industry has been speculating as to what went down behind closed doors, as only BitMEX and the conference organizers were allowed to film the debate.
Dr. Roubini didn't spare any words on Twitter, either, accusing Hayes and BitMEX of hiding the video.
After more than a week, BitMEX released two videos from the debate, showing just how heated the discussion really was.
The video of the second round of the debate caused a stir in the crypto community, as few expected that Dr. Roubini would lose his cool.
The video starts off with emotions running high, with Roubini clearly struggling to keep his composure when speaking about the "Shady stuff" happening with Bitcoin.
Roubini countered Hayes' point by saying the future of finance is in fintech, and not in cryptocurrencies or blockchain.
Roubini cited AliPay, WeChat Pay, UPI, M-Pesa, Venmo, and PayPal as examples of successful centralized systems.
Roubini also called out BitMEX, saying it was nothing more than a "Middleman making money off of shitcoins worth nothing."
Nouriel Roubini lost his cool during debate with BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes
gepubliceerd op Jul 13, 2019
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