Weekly Roundup 02/08/24 (OPNX closes, COPA case, more SAB121) (EP503)
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: OPNX is very sadly shutting down Is jail good for you? GBTC outflows are declining Solicited versus unsolicited treatment of ETFs The Bitcoin L2 space is heating up The latest on COPA We revisit the Satoshi is the NSA conspiracy […]
Weekly Roundup 02/02/24 (FTX recovery, Bitcoin Season 2, Tether’s Q4) (EP.502)
Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Where is the FTX tungsten cube? FTX will make a 100% recovery for creditors FTX 2.0 is not happening The Genesis Digital Assets mystery Tether’s blockbuster quarter Chris Larsen hacked New legislative developments on SAB121 Bitcoin Season 2 is underway […]
Weekly Roundup 01/26/24 (GBTC chaos, BBerg’s stable coverage, Listener questions) (EP.501)
Matt and Nic are back with a celebratory 500th episode. In this episode: ETFs are off to a rocky launch with the GBTC premium trade closing Bitwise launches real time transparency for their ETF holdings Fraud in the metals market versus Bitcoin The boys confront some fake news Is there light at the end of […]
Peter Johnson (BH Digital) on the Relentless rise of Stablecoins (EP.451)
Peter Johnson, co-head of Venture at Brevan Howard Digital, returns to the show to talk about his latest theses on stablecoins. In this episode: The origins of Peter’s interest in stables We review Peter’s prior stablecoin predictions USDC versus USDT market share trends Peter’s main takeaways from the Relentless Rise paper Stablecoin usage on BSC […]
Weekly Roundup 09/15/23 (Token 2049 reviewed, Stables are the killer app) (EP.452)
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode. We review Singapore and Token 2049 Singapore food reviews Is crypto pivoting to Asia? Singapore bans the 3ac boys from the Securities industry for 9 years The offshoring of dollar stablecoins Stablecoins are becoming interest bearing Fortress is hacked and […]
Henri Stern (Privy) on Wallet Experiences for Mainstream Users (EP.453)
Henri Stern, CEO and co-founder of Privy, joins us to discuss: The contradictory functions that wallets serve Offering in-app non-custodial embedded wallets Balancing the trade offs of security versus convenient recovery How customers are customizing their embedded wallet experience The decision to build third party wallet connectors and embedded wallets Check out this […]
Weekly Roundup 09/22/23 (SBF family in focus, Tether is lending again, BTC security budget) (EP.454)
Matt and Nic return for news and deals. In this episode: We recap the conferences Nic’s Columbia lecture snafu The Bitcoin security budget debate One theory for what might provide Bitcoin with long term security FTX sues Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried Tether has resumed their lending operations Did SBF’s parents make him do it? […]
Weekly Roundup 09/29/23 (Gensler HFSC hearing, Vespa problems, SBF trial starts) (EP.455)
Matt and Nic return for deals and news. In this episode: Is AI going to cause unemployment for IB associates? Blockchain based sneakers Tungsten business cards What’s happening with OTB merch? Nic’s Vespa catastrophe Gensler’s HSFC hearing How Gensler is the Tonya Harding of crypto Made up airlines What’s going on with Huobi? FTX trial […]
David Phelps (Jokerace) on Incentivizing Participation and Co-creation (EP.456)
David Phelps is the co-founder and CEO of jokerace and a prolific writer. He joins the podcast to discuss: Why tokens are not optimal for effective governance Alternative ways to incentivize users and distribute decision making power How we solve for retaining users versus just attracting them Composability and evolving from user generated content to […]
Matt Hougan on Bitwise’s launch of Ethereum Futures ETFs (EP.457)
Matt Hougan, the Chief Investment Officer of Bitwise Asset Management joins the show. In this episode we discuss: The SEC’s approval of Ethereum Futures ETFs Bitwise’s launch of AETH, The Bitwise Ethereum Strategy ETF and BTOP, the Bitwise Bitcoin and Ether Equal Weight Strategy ETF. The current state of play as it relates to Bitcoin […]