Alexandra DaCosta and David Yi (Aspen Creek) on a New Model for Renewable Mining (EP.356)
Alexandra DaCosta (CEO) and David Yi (Chief Commercial Officer) join the show to talk about Aspen Creek Digital Corp.’s fundraise and their model for additive renewable mining. In this episode: What was it like raising for a mining firm in this environment David and Alexandra’s backgrounds and how the came to cofound ACDC Why ACDC […]
Vivek Raman (BitOoda) on Second Order Effects of the Merge (EP.357)
Vivek Raman, Head of Proof of Stake at BitOoda joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Vivek’s career journey from traditional financial services to the world of public blockchains. Views on the impact of Ethereum’s transition to proof of stake, including his perspective on the new financial products on the horizon. The path of […]
Weekly Roundup 10/07/22 (Gensler’s theatrics, tokenization picks up, MKR buys Treasuries) (EP.358)
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Kim Kardashian settles with the SEC Gensler’s promotional campaign ruffles feathers at the SEC Was the SEC indirectly throwing shade at Jake Paul with their video? Is Gensler cracking down on crypto as part of a bid for Treasury secretary? […]
Weekly Roundup 09/30/22 (CFTC comes after Ooki/bZX, the Fed abandons CFTC ambitions, the convenience yield of stables) (EP.355)
Matt and Nic return for news and deals of the week. In this episode: What caused the Pound Sterling to sell off? Deglobalization picks up Stirrings of a sovereign debt crisis emerge Explaining Deribit’s insider-led down round Can the market recover before Do Kwon, Machinsky, and 3AC are dealt with? Celcius’ Machinsky steps down Brett […]
Rob Behnke (Halborn) on Public Blockchain Cybersecurity (EP.360)
Rob Behnke, co-founder and CEO of Halborn joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Rob’s career journey in the cryptocurrency industry and the insights that led him to founding Halborn. The 2017 ICO era and the security issues that plagued many projects. How Halborn approaches engagements with DeFi ecosystem participants. How centralized financial services […]
Weekly Roundup 10/13/22 (FASB accounting rules update, Warren’s letter to Texas, Howey’s orange groves) (EP.361)
Matt and Nic are back for another week of deals and news. In this episode: What is XEN and why is it driving up ETH fees? Bittrex settles with OFAC SEC is investigating Yuga labs Mango and Binance Smart Chain are hacked The FASB settles on fair value accounting for cryptoassets Warren writes a letter […]
Blake King (Galaxy Digital) on Mining, Transmission, and Curtailment (EP.362)
For another episode of the mining miniseries, Nic sits down with Blake King, power markets engineer at Galaxy Digital, for his second OTB appearance. In this episode: Blake reacts to the White House OSTP report on crypto mining Does mining actually reduce the incentive for utilities to build additional transmission? How transmission building decisions get […]
Mike Cahill (Pyth) on Solving the Oracle Problem (EP.364)
Mike Cahill, Director of the Pyth Data Association joins the show. In this episode we discuss: The origin of Pyth and how the project is addressing the ‘Oracle Problem’. How Pyth works and how companies and protocols are using the product today. Mike’s views on how equities on chain will evolve, and how Pyth is […]
Roundup 10/28/22 (Bitcoin’s hashrate spike, Miner insolvencies, Lightning v Rollups) (EP.365)
Matt and Nic are back for another week of deals and news. In this episode: Full time crypto haters What’s the deal with the nocoiner think tank? Eric Wall and Udi vs Bitcoiners Did Bitcoin put all of its eggs in the LN basket? Scaling isn’t LN versus big blocks any more Is there just […]
Brian Venturo and Brannin McBee (CoreWeave) on Building an Industrial Scale GPU Cloud (EP.366)
CoreWeave‘s Brian Venturo (CTO) and Brannin McBee (CSO) return to On The Brink for a discussion of their journey through the merge and beyond. In this episode: Are they relieved that the merge finally happened? Will there be some form of non-Bitcoin PoW in the future? Could Ethereum conceivably return to PoW? The effect of […]