Baton Rouge Crypto

If you’re like a lot of people, you may never have completely
gotten your head around crypto currency or believed that it is a
viable and inevitable replacement for traditional bullion-based
U.S. dollars. When the crypto market cratered in the summer of
2022, you might have felt a little bit vindicated and assumed
that the whole thing was over. A flash in the pan, just like
you’ve been saying all along. Right? Well, not so fast
apparently.


As crypto continues its fluctuations, here in Baton Rouge there
are more than a few entrepreneurs betting on the continued
adoption and growth of alternative currencies. Among them are
Stephanie Riegel's guests on this edition of Out to Lunch Baton
Rouge.


Jared Loftus was the poster child for entrepreneurism in Baton
Rouge a decade ago. He had owned a popular T-shirt company near
the LSU campus, then brought the food truck revolution to the
capital region with Taco de Paco. He also took on the beleaguered
bus system, CATS, at a pivotal moment and got himself appointed
to its board, and then walked away from the spotlight to help
grow the very successful startup Mastery Prep, an online test
prep firm which was acquired by a huge national company.


Moving more into the tech world - as you may remember from our
pandemic-era Out to Lunch shows - Jared helped build RASA.io, an
AI powered email newsletter platform, and theses days he's all-in
on crypto!


Jared's latest company, founded in early 2022, is Max Boring,
which is focused on building out the infrastructure that makes
decentralized blockchains possible. What exactly - or even
approximately - does that mean? If you're wondering, "What the
heck is the blockchain?" and "Where does crypto currency come
from anyway?" Jared explains it all in this conversation.


Charlie Davis is an entrepreneur and CEO of Moxey, a network of
small businesses who have banded together to improve their sales
and cash flow through a unique community currency.


You may remember we talked about the original version of Moxey
back in 2016 when it was called The Trade Authority. In the years
since, the community currency has grown to include 3,000 small
business owners and has created a mobile app that makes using
Moxey as easy as Venmo or a credit card.


In a small-world - or perhaps small-town - coincidence, Charlie
Davis is also a co-founder of Mastery Prep.


Out to Lunch is recorded live over lunch at Mansurs on the
Boulevard. You can find photos from this show by Erik Otts at
itsbatonrouge.com.


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