NFTs as the gateway to mainstream adoption with Gmoney (EP.251)
We had the pleasure of hosting NFT collector, Gmoney, on the show. He is a former equities trader turned NFT collector, educator, and expert. In this episode, we unpack the community, stories, and experiences Gmoney has amassed during his time in the NFT space and discuss the following: Gmoney’s “aha” moment about the massive supercycle […]
Weekly Roundup (ETF chatter, Tungsten cubes, USA #1 in mining, insider airdropping) (EP.250)
Nic and Matt are back for our 250th episode! We discuss: ETF chatter heats up Where the Tungsten memes come from Why tungsten is good Coinbase launches an NFT platform Ribbon airdrop controversy How DeFi airdrops are like the McDonalds monopoly game Does the token industry need a disclosure framework? Miami plans to pay employees […]
Weekly Roundup 10/22/21 (Proshares ETF launches, CBOE acquires ErisX, FB’s Metaverse ambitions, Tungsten takes over) (EP.253)
Matt and Nic are back for a monster week of deals and news. In this episode: CBOE acquires ErisX FTX raises a monster round Worldcoin launches with their eyeball scanner The Proshares futures-based ETF goes live and sets a record Why are futures-based ETFs expensive? the Proshares ETF starts to max out its futures exposure […]
Ray Cline and Shaun Connell (Lancium) on Stabilizing the Grid with Bitcoin Mining (EP.254)
Ray Cline, Lancium CTO, and Shaun Connell, EVP Power at Lancium, join the show. We cover the changing Texas grid, several models for renewable based mining, and how miners can serve as a controllable load. In this episode: Personal backgrounds and crossing the threshold from energy to Bitcoin Origins of Lancium Features of Texas grid Why Texas is so […]
Weekly Roundup 10/29/21 (FATF publishes guidance, More Tungsten, Facebook is Meta) (EP.255)
Matt and Nic return for another week of deals and news. In this episode: The SEC wants to regulate stablecoins El Salvador buys 420 BTC River launches a mining product Direxion wants to launch a short BTC ETF The FATF guidance isn’t as bad as we thought it might be Facebook is now Meta Is […]
Nikos Andrikogiannopoulos (Metrika) on blockchain reliability (EP.256)
Nikos Andrikogiannopoulos. the founder of Metrika joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Nikos’ journey to the blockchain industry and how we came to see the opportunity to found Metrika How Metrika thinks about monitoring public blockchains for reliability and downtime Perspectives on the common reasons that blockchains go down Nikos’s perspective on the […]
Weekly Roundup 11/05/21 (Do stablecoins need bank charters, Mayors taking salaries in Bitcoin) (EP.257)
Nic and Matt return for deals and news of the week. In this episode: The President’s Working Group report on Stablecoins comes out Should stablecoins really require a bank charter? Would a red wave in the midterms be good for the crypto industry Two congressmen ask the SEC to approve a spot Bitcoin ETF The […]
Tom Chippas (ErisX) and Chris Isaacson (CBOE) on CBOE’s Acquisition of ErisX (EP.252)
Tom Chippas, the CEO of ErisX and Chris Isaacson, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Cboe Global Markets join the show. In this episode we discuss: CBOE’s acquisition of ErisX Details of the acquisition and the rationale for the deal CBOE’s current and future plans in the digital assets industry The market structure implications […]
Brannin McBee (Core Weave) on moving from GPU mining to specialized compute (EP.258)
Core Weave cofounder and CSO Brannin McBee joins the show to talk GPU mining and high performance computation. In this episode: Details on the Core Weave’s latest fundraise Core Weave’s hybrid data center model which combines Ethereum mining and generalized computation Transitioning from just crypto mining to the specialized compute market Why the hyperscale cloud […]
Weekly Roundup 11/12/21 (Inflation hits 6.2%, Discord dithers on Web3, Is is really about the supply chain?) (EP.259)
Matt and Nic return for news and deals of the week. In this episode: Circle launches an early stage venture fund SEC targets American CryptoFed DAO LLC The SEC references Nic’s paper on DeFi risks Should DeFi teams be more aggressive in disclosing admin key risks? What would a DeFi disclosure regime look like? BlockFi […]