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How Libertarian Leader Mr Liechtenstein Got Lucky

Andreas Kohl Martinez

"To be invited by the Prince of Liechtenstein at his own restaurant with a Michelin star, that was the start of the more surreal part of my life."

Host
Matt Aaron

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About the Episode

He holds four passports, although Liechtenstein isn't one of them. 

Forced to pave his own way, Andreas got involved with accounting and economics as a teenager in London. 

A few years later, he would be gifting bitcoin to the Prince of Liechtenstein, Hans Adam II.

Just 23, he has become a key figure for the wealthiest country in the world, leading them in bitcoin and blockchain adoption.

Liechtenstein has only 37,000 citizens. Yet it is a force in the cryptoworld with over 200 ICO's based out of this tiny nation.

Listen for an inside look on a fascinating country in the heart of Western Europe.

Mentioned in the episode:
Andreas's company
The State in the Third Millennium

About the Host

Matt Aaron

Matt Aaron has been podcasting since 2013, when he launched the Food Startups Podcast.

He recently found a second love in cryptocurrency and blockchain and hasn't looked back.

His first major investment into cryptocurrency was the money he made betting on (but not voting for) that Donald Trump would win the 2016 election.

Matt believes that public blockchains and cryptocurrencies are the solution to the many problems exposed of the current banking system in the 2008 financial crisis.

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