Stephen Novenstern (Kintsu) on Building on Monad (EP.565)
Stephen Novenstern, the founder of Kintsu joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Stephen’s path to the cryptocurrency industry and the vision for Kintsu, a liquid staking project in the Monad ecosystem. The history of DeFi and the LST category. Why Monad and views on the net new primitives that are enabled by this […]
Weekly Roundup 09/26/24 (Chokepoint 2.0 updates, Gensler’s House hearing, Ellison sentenced) (EP.564)
Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Gensler denies knowledge of Operation Choke Point 2.0 We recap the Silvergate collapse Why did the MSM ignore the new Silvergate revelations? Trump’s fair banking access rule Looking back at the Signature closure Gensler appears in front of the House […]
Weekly Roundup 09/20/24 (Trump at Pubkey, Token 2049 review, RIP Airdrops) (EP.563)
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Nic’s Singapore Zyn problem Nic’s Token 2049 keynote The Iggy Azalea Eric Wall debate Trump make an appearance at Pubkey in NYC World Liberty Financial continues to be insane SEC versus Flyfish club Are airdrops done for? Is JPM really […]
Alex Leishman (River Financial) on Launching Proof of Reserves (EP. 562)
Alex Leishman, founder and CEO of River, joins us to talk about River’s Proof of Reserve initiative. In this episode: River business update Building their own custodian Why Alex decided to do PoR now? River’s PoR mechanics Proof of Reserve versus traditional audit What kind of assurances PoR gives users How does River handle privacy […]
Weekly Roundup 09/13/24 (Trump-Harris debate, World Liberty Fi, Stablecoins in EM) (EP.560)
Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: We review the Trump-Harris debate Matt’s new wildlife problems Nic’s birthday party Trump doubles down on World Liberty Financial The Castle Island stablecoins whitepaper is out! Our reactions to the emerging markets stablecoin report TZero gets approval to trade tokenized securities […]
Weekly Roundup 09/05/24 (WorldLibertyFinancial, Galois settles with the SEC, XRP’s stablecoin) (EP.559)
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: SEC fiscal year ending in September How to get accurate transfer volume figures for stablecoins How much volume do stablecoins really settle? Do SEC rules stop registered venture firms from voting in governance or staking? CFTC settles with Uniswap Robinhood […]
Dan Burke (Nirvana Labs) on Purpose Built Infrastructure for Web3 (EP.558)
Dan Burke, CEO of Nirvana Labs, joins the show.
Mark Eckerle on Digital Assets at Withum (EP.557)
Mark Eckerle, Partner at Withum joins the show.
Weekly Roundup 08/30/24 (Durov arrested, Trump’s DeFi thing, the EU vs Tech Companies) (EP. 556)
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Has cryptodollarization occured? Tigran Gambaryan is still detained in Nigeria Durov of Telegram was detained in France Should major tech companies leave the EU? The SEC settles with Abra Sony is launching an ETH L2 The mythical Harris reset VCs […]
Scott Fletcher (Intersection GP) on Executive Search in the Digital Asset Industry (EP.555)
Scott Fletcher, founder of Intersection Growth Partners joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Scott’s professional background and the events that led him to launching Intersection Growth Partners. The Intersection Growth Partners business model and how they also became investors in a number of their clients’ businesses. The current state of the Executive Search […]