Nick Hansen (Luxor) on Ordinals, Blockspace, and Mining Pools (EP.407)
Nick Hansen is the cofounder and CEO of Luxor, a Bitcoin mining pool. He joins to talk to us about his excitement around ordinals and inscriptions, and how Luxor is thinking about the opportunity. The history of ordinals and how Luxor got started in the space How Luxor mined the first 4MB block in Bitcoin […]
Weekly Roundup 03/17/23 feat. Alex Thorn (Bank crisis, Fed makes $2T available, Signature mysteries) (EP.406)
Matt and Nic are back to cover a dramatic week in crypto. Galaxy Digital’s Alex Thorn also joins to provide market color. In this episode: Bitcoin’s price action in response to the bank runs USDC recovers its peg FTX crime family news Signature bank is shut down somewhat arbitrarily What happened with Silvergate? Is Operation […]
Weekly Roundup 03/10/23 (Silvergate wind-down, NYAG comes after ETH, more bank runs) (EP.405)
Matt and Nic are back for another tumultuous week of news and deals. In this episode: Nic’s Vespa crisis FTX crime family update Grayscale’s oral arguments go well against the SEC in the GBTC case Binance.US wins the right to buy the Voyager assets in court NYAG sues Kucoin and alleges that ETH is a […]
Rob Hamilton (AnchorWatch) on Ordinals and Miniscript (EP.404)
Rob Hamilton, the founder and CEO of AnchorWatch joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Rob’s career journey and path to finding Bitcoin. The origins of miniscript and how Rob started to build in this area. The potential applicability for miniscript to the custody market. The current state of bitcoin core development. Ordinals and […]
Michael Gronager (Chainalysis) on Building a Blockchain Analytics Juggernaut (EP.403)
Chainalysis CEO and co-founder Michael Gronager joins us for an episode chronicling the rise of the blockchain analytics firm. In this episode: Michael’s origin story and how he went from helping build Kraken to founding Chainalysis Responding to early market pull from the public sector when building products Responding to criticism around privacy vs. anonymity […]
Weekly Roundup 03/03/23 (Silvergate in trouble, Oasis hacks back, Regulation by Blog Post) (EP.402)
Matt and Nic are back for news and deals of the week. In this episode: Is Yuga Labs’ NFT collection on Bitcoin genuine? Will the environmentalist attacks on PoW move to other industries? FTX’ Nishad Singh pleads guilty Ramnik Aurora maxed out donations to George Santos Silvergate is in trouble Why concentration risk makes it […]
Jon Birnbaum (Domain Money) on Increasing Access for Retail Investors (EP.300)
Jon Birnbaum, COO of Domain Money, a new investment platform, joins the show. In this episode, we discuss: History and launch of Domain Money Jon’s path into fintech and then the digital asset industry Dimension of access to investing for the retail market Domain’s product offering across crypto and equities Developing new metrics to help […]
Weekly Roundup 03/25/22 (Terra buying BTC, a new ETF timeline, Russia accepting BTC for energy?) (EP. 301)
Matt and Nic return for more deals and news. In this episode: Brink Nation is officially moving to GM.xyz Did blockchains 2.0 make fundamental scaling improvements? Is ESG over? Nic surrenders his eyeball sovereignty to Clear A secret trick to get through the Miami airport Bloomberg analysts think a spot ETF could be approved summer […]
Michael Sonnenshein and Craig Salm (Grayscale) on the GBTC ETF Application and Market Commentary (EP.302)
Michael Sonnenshein and Craig Salm of Grayscale Investments join the show. In this episode we discuss: Grayscale’s filing to convert GBTC to an ETF and their advocacy campaign. The comment process (details at: www.grayscale.com/comment) Reactions to the Biden Executive Order. Grayscale’s product lineup and the future of active vs. passive crypto products. The metaverse, NFTs […]
Ben Gagnon (Bitfarms) on Separating Fact from Fiction in Bitcoin Mining (EP. 303)
Ben Gagnon, the Chief Mining Officer at Bitfarms, joins the show. In this episode we cover: Bitfarms’ journey to the public markets in the US Ben’s early efforts in flared gas mining How immersion cooling could provide operational efficiencies Bitfarms’ site selection methodology How Bitfarms secures power originally built for now-departed industries How Quebec overbuilt […]