April 16, 2018· 27 min
Why A Florida Orange Grove In 1946 Is The Key To Understanding Regulation Of ICOs
Orality
Model
69%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)
Speaker Breakdown
HostTracy Alloway(522 words)
M:28%
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,037 words)
M:28%
GuestPeter van Valkenburgh(3,244 words)
M:93%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic30%
literally, completely, obviously
Engagement68%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, so
Repetition100%
it's (55x), like (55x), think (39x)
Parallelism92%
And And I'm Joe Wiesenthal...., So Joe, I got an interesting e..., But one thing in particular I ...
Sound Patterns34%
18 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases4%
i mean
Literate Indicators
Hedging12%
could, probably, may
Passive Voice10%
been inundated, was illustrated, be excited
Abstract Nouns23%
investment, recommendation, advertisement
Subordination9%
because, therefore, though
Sentence Length46%
Avg: 16.5 words/sentence
Word Complexity48%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style32%
359 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style90%
literally, completely, practically
Description
By now, everyone's heard of ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) where companies issue their own currency-like tokens. They boomed massively in 2017, alongside the whole cryptocurrency craze. But very few people really get what they are, and how they fit into the regulatory landscape. On this week's Odd Lots podcast, we speak with Peter van Valkenburgh, the director of research at Coin Center, who explains why you have to go back to a 1946 case involving a Florida orange grower to understand how regulators see these newfangled financial instruments. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.