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Bitcoin is the Only Thing That Will Behave as Internet For Money | David Marcus on Invested

On this episode of Invested, Michael sits down with David Marcus, the CEO and co-founder of Lightspark. Most recently, he led all payments and crypto efforts on Meta/Facebook. In 2018, David started Diem (fka Libra). He joined Meta in 2014 to lead Messenger, which he took from under 200M monthly users to over 1.5B. Previously, he was PayPal’s President. A lifelong entrepreneur, David launched two companies in Europe and then founded mobile payments company Zong in Silicon Valley, which was acquired by PayPal in 2011. Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! KEY TOPICS 00:00 - Intro 01:54 - Dropping Out of College 05:07 - Elite Colleges Are Radicalizing Students 07:45 - AI Makes College Mostly Obsolete 15:30 - Libra Threatened the Global Financial Order 17:36 - Janet Yellen Personally Killed Libra 18:55 - Why Centralized Crypto Always Fails 19:40 - Bitcoin Is the Only Neutral Money 23:38 - Bitcoin Can’t Work - Until Lightning 26:05 - Bitcoin Replaces SWIFT and Banks 30:11 - Stablecoins Are Corporate Control Tools 33:45 - Bitcoin Enables Real De-Dollarization 36:10 - Most Financial Crime Isn’t Crypto 41:30 - Bitcoin Is the Ultimate Bar Mitzvah Gift 43:10 - Bitcoin Will Hit Seven Figures 44:05 - US Education Is a National Security Threat 47:35 - Parents Are Letting Kids Be Radicalized 54:20 - Mark Zuckerberg Backed Libra Until End 56:10 - Why Governments Fear Neutral Money 57:30 - Politics Destroyed My Faith in DC 59:10 - Israel, Iran, and Regime Change Hopes 01:03:45 - Europe’s Point of No Return RESOURCES Follow David on X: https://x.com/davidmarcus Learn more about Lightspark: https://www.lightspark.com/ Subscribe to Invested here: https://content.aleph.vc/invested Learn more about Aleph: aleph.vc Sign up for Aleph’s monthly email newsletter: https://newsletter.aleph.vc/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel:    / @aleph-vc   Follow Michael on Twitter: twitter.com/mikeeisenberg Follow Michael on LinkedIn:   / mieisenberg   Follow Aleph on Twitter:   / mikeeisenberg   ‍Follow Aleph on LinkedIn:   / aleph-vc   ‍Follow Aleph on Instagram:   / aleph.vc   CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom Producer: Sofi Levak, Myron Shneider, Dalit Merenfeld Video and Editing: Ron Baranov, Nadav Elovic Music and Creative Direction: Uri Ar Content and Editorial: Kira Goldring Design: Rony Karadi