
David El Achkar: Bitcoin in the Middle East
About this episode
For episode 19, we had David El Achkar on as our guest host. He is a Bitcoin entrepreneur in Beirut and the founder of the Bitcoin Lebanon group. We talked about the broken state of payments in the Middle East and David’s startup, Yellow Pay.
Episode links:
- Yellow Pay
- Shu Bitcoin
- Dark Wallet
- Moolah
- Moolah Publishes Dogecoin Customer Funds Audit Amid USD Deposit Freeze (Coindesk)
- Proof that Moolah.io is a legitimate business (reddit)
- BitBay raises $30 million in funding
- Bitcoin 2014 Amsterdam Conference
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/019
Get every episode summarized
Each time Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies

The DAO Security Fund: Turning a Historic Hack into Ethereum's Future | Griff Gr...
Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies

Why Crypto Finally Makes Sense to Wall Street | Jason Yanowitz
Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies

Vitalik Buterin on The Economic Zone (EEZ) Ep. 642
Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies

Why Only 3 Builders Control All of Ethereum
Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies