Inside BetHog: An Interview With Founder, Nigel Eccles
The post Inside BetHog: An Interview With Founder, Nigel Eccles appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In an exclusive interview, Nigel Eccles, the co-founder of FanDuel and BetHog, shares his insights into the rapidly evolving (and competitive!) world of crypto gambling and how it compares with traditional online gambling. Drawing from his extensive background in the betting industry, Nigel discusses the inspiration behind BetHog’s launch in 2024, the challenges of merging crypto with gambling, and his ambitious plans to make gambling fun, transparent, and engaging for a global audience. The Coin Republic — Question 1: Thanks for joining us today. There’s been a lot of buzz lately around BetHog, a crypto casino that you launched in November of 2024. Can you tell us why you wanted to build in crypto? Nigel: Well, I got into crypto in 2020 because I was excited about the potential of building a new financial system that was outside the control of banks. Since then, crypto has only expanded with $3.7T in crypto assets held by millions of people across the world. Question 2: So, let’s get right into it. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of competitors. What makes BetHog different from all the others in the crowded crypto casino space? Nigel: Yes, I think there are somewhere around 2,000 crypto casinos today. One of the funny things, though, is that of those 2,000 operators, maybe only 2 or 3 have publicly named founders. One of our key differentiators is that we are very public about who is behind the company. We want users to trust us, so sharing who is behind the product seems like an absolute minimum. Secondly, with that, we feel like there has been a real lack of investment in the product in the crypto casino. From day one, we have invested in creating a new and original product. Question 3: In a land full of…
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In an exclusive interview, Nigel Eccles, the co-founder of FanDuel and BetHog, shares his insights into the rapidly evolving (and competitive!) world of crypto gambling and how it compares with traditional online gambling. Drawing from his extensive background in the betting industry, Nigel discusses the inspiration behind BetHog’s launch in 2024, the challenges of merging crypto with gambling, and his ambitious plans to make gambling fun, transparent, and engaging for a global audience. The Coin Republic — Question 1: Thanks for joining us today. There’s been a lot of buzz lately around BetHog, a crypto casino that you launched in November of 2024. Can you tell us why you wanted to build in crypto? Nigel: Well, I got into crypto in 2020 because I was excited about the potential of building a new financial system that was outside the control of banks. Since then, crypto has only expanded with $3.7T in crypto assets held by millions of people across the world. Question 2: So, let’s get right into it. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of competitors. What makes BetHog different from all the others in the crowded crypto casino space? Nigel: Yes, I think there are somewhere around 2,000 crypto casinos today. One of the funny things, though, is that of those 2,000 operators, maybe only 2 or 3 have publicly named founders. One of our key differentiators is that we are very public about who is behind the company. We want users to trust us, so sharing who is behind the product seems like an absolute minimum. Secondly, with that, we feel like there has been a real lack of investment in the product in the crypto casino. From day one, we have invested in creating a new and original product. Question 3: In a land full of…
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