Roubini Vs. Crypto, Round Two: This Time at a Blockchain Summit
- Economist debates Ethereum co-creator Lubin at Brooklyn event
- Roubini sees AI and data reshaping finance, but not blockchain
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Last week, economist Nouriel Roubini tested his arguments against cryptocurrencies at the Milken conference, only to ignite a verbal brawl on stage. On Thursday evening in Brooklyn, the whole audience was hostile.
Speaking to a packed room of blockchain believers in Williamsburg, and sitting across from Joseph Lubin, the co-creator of No. 2 cryptocurrency Ethereum, Roubini tried starting with an icebreaker.