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 […]
Andrew Myers and Brock Peterson (Satoshi Energy) on Monetizing Renewables with Bitcoin (EP.305)
Andrew Myers and Brock Petersen of Satoshi Energy join the show to cover how Bitcoin mining monetizes renewables. In this episode we cover: Andrew and Brock’s origin story How Satoshi Energy develops sites and infrastructure for miners Is Satoshi Energy explicitly renewable focused? How mining with intermittent renewables can be economical How Bitcoin mining improves […]
Paolo Fragomeni (Socket Supply Co) on the Definition of web3 (EP.306)
Socket Supply Co founder and CEO Paolo Fragomeni joins the show to discuss what web3 is and isn’t – and what it should be. In this episode: Paolo’s start writing modem software and BBS in the pre-modern web days What delineated web 1.0 from web 2.0 The single request that really made web 2.0 possible […]
John Adler (Fuel Labs, Celestia) on building the fastest modular execution layer (EP.307)
In the second episode in our modular blockchain mini-series, we sat down with John Adler, the inventor of optimistic rollups and co-founder of Fuel and Celestia. Fuel is the fastest execution layer for the modular blockchain stack. The technology enables parallel transaction execution and offers flexible throughput and the highest security required to scale. FuelVM […]
Weekly Roundup 04/14/22 (FDIC stalls bank crypto activity, Bitcoin 2022 recap, Elon’s Twitter campaign) (EP.308)
Matt and Nic return for a post-conference episode. This week we cover: The FDIC asks banks to go slow on crypto integrations Blackrock is studying cryptoassets and invests in USDC Blockchain.com partners with the Dallas Cowboys Virginia will allow state chartered banks to custody cryptocurrency Balaji’s decentralization inflation index winner is announced Why this current […]
Weekly Roundup (04/01/22) (Greenpeace and Chris Larsen attack Bitcoin, Axie sidechain hacked, the ECASH Act, SEC goes after AMMs) (EP.304)
Nic and Matt return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: Mora et al rears its head again Chris Larsen and Greenpeace team up to try and eliminate PoW from Bitcoin Who is the protagonist in the Ripple vs SEC lawsuit? Rep. Stephen Lynch introduces the ECASH Act Axie Infinity suffers a […]
Weekly Roundup 04/22/22 (Elon’s Twitter purchase, the US sanctions BitRiver, Australia gets an ETF) (EP.311)
Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: The OTB music debate rages on Nic survives Covid Should we bring back dueling? Ancient altcoin dramas Coinbase launches NFTs Elon has financing to buy Twitter Product suggestions for Twitter The US sanctions Russian miners BitRiver Is Russia remonetizing gold? Australia […]