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Paulus: One-third of all Bitcoin ever mined is lost
“Something like one third of every Bitcoin ever mind is, is now lost.”
Paulus: Google, Volvo, and Mercedes accept self-driving liability
“Google Volvo and Mercedes have all said that for their cars, while they're in assault driving mode, they have the liability”
Paulus: Insurance is the original big data problem
“I think the really interesting thing about insurance is it's the first big data problem.”
Paulus: Drone sales surpassed Apple Watches at Christmas 2015
“More men bought drones than I watches for Christmas.”
Paulus: Cyber coverage will be most critical auto insurance for self-driving cars
“If my car drives itself, then that cyber policy is going to be the most important form of auto insurance that I have.”
Paulus: Winning insurance companies will focus on risk prevention over payouts
“And I think that the insurance companies that, that win in the, in, in, in the next century, we will be those insure least and that they pay the most claims or they pay the fewest claims rather, and they're the most preventive.”
Paulus: Ridesharing platforms will deliver self-driving cars to mass market first
“Services like Lyft and Uber which will likely be the first delivery mechanism on the, for the mass market for self-driving cars.”
Paulus: ZhongAn raised $1B at an $8B valuation backed by Alibaba
“I think another really interesting company that's flown under the radar a little bit is, is on on, and that's an insurance company backed by Alibaba and Tencent that's raised almost a billion dollars. And an eight billion dollar valuation, which would make it …”