Ric Edelman on The Truth About Crypto (EP.321)
Ric Edelman, the founder of Edelman Financial Services and the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Ric’s new book The Truth About Crypto His journey in the digital assets industry The current macro backdrop and how cryptoassets should be considered in a portfolio Views on the RIA […]
Weekly Roundup 05/27/22 feat. Dan Matuszewski (VC dry powder, FTX’ CFTC proposal, more Tether concerns) (EP.322)
Matt returns with CMS Holdings’ Dan Matuszewski, filling in for Nic, covering deals and news of the week. In this episode: Bitcoiners brief Norwegian policymakers History of the BitLicense Circle’s physical BitLicense a16z raises a massive $4.5b fund The effect of VC dry powder on crypto startups Can crypto catch a bid until macro calms […]
Andrew Cahill and Saurabh Deshpande (The Block) on Ethereum L2 Scaling (EP.323)
Andrew Cahill and Saurabh Deshpande of The Block join the show. In this episode we discuss: The Ethereum L2 ecosystem The varying scaling solutions and views on the communities with traction Views on native tokens being launched on these platforms in 2022 Optimistic rollups ZK rollups Learn more by reading the report, “Layer-2 Scaling Solutions: […]
Weekly Roundup 06/03/22 (Insider trading in NFTs, takeaways from Oslo, Biden wants to lower BTC emissions) (EP.324)
The original roundup cast return for a covid-stricken episode. In this roundup: The boys are laid low with Covid (again!) Nic recounts his visit to Norwegian parliament Nic recaps the Oslo Freedom Forum Are we on the brink of L2 summer? Former Opensea PM is arrested on wire fraud/insider trading charges Is there an insider […]
Weekly Roundup 06/10/22 (What’s in the Lummis bill, NY State mining ban, Custodia sues the Fed) (EP.325)
Nic and Matt are back for news and deals of the week. In this episode: Greetings from a very hot Consensus in Austin Our takeaways from the Lummis/Gillibrand bill What the NY state mining moratorium means for miners The Central African Republic lays out its plans for Project Sango Custodia Bank is suing the Fed […]
Weekly Roundup 06/17/22 (Celsius chaos, Market contagion, the Fed’s Quandary) (EP.326)
Nic and Matt are back for a truly chaotic week in the markets. In this episode: Is DeFi’s transparency a vice? We reconsider the need for a lender of last resort? We debrief on Consensus How will the Celsius situation resolve? Fidelity doubles down on digital assets Is the Fed trapped by inflation? Was the […]
Eli Ben-Sasson and Uri Kolodny (Starkware) on Scalability with STARKs (EP.327)
In this episode, host Ria sits down with the co-founders of Starkware, Eli Ben-Sasson and Uri Kolodny to discuss how the team is leveraging STARKs, or validity proofs, to unlock a magnitude increase in scalability. We discuss: The differences between Starkex and Starknet and how the two will converge Enabling functions and applications that cannot […]
Weekly Roundup 06/24/22 (FTX steps in, 3AC postmortem, fraying DeFi governance) (EP.328)
Matt and Nic return for a fiery episode of deals and news. In this episode: Is miner selling backed up by the on-chain data? Is Massachusetts open to pro-crypto legislation? FTX provides credit support to embattled crypto lenders Why private market transactions do not constitute bailouts in the pejorative sense Was 3 Arrows just a case […]
Zac Prince (BlockFi) on Navigating Through the Storm (EP.329)
Matt Walsh sits down with BlockFi CEO Zac Prince to cover turmoil in the crypto lending markets and how BlockFi is handling the crisis. In this episode: Is the contagion among lenders over? Was Three Arrows excessive risk taking or fraudulent? BlockFi’s relationship with Three Arrows Does BlockFi still have 3AC exposure? BlockFi’s plan to […]
Blake King on How Grids can Accommodate Bitcoin Mining (EP.330)
Blake King, power markets engineer at Galaxy, formerly of Oak Ridge national lab and ERCOT, joins us to talk about how changing grids are accommodating an influx of load from Bitcoin miners. In this episode: Why the grid is undergoing a radical transformation today Blake’s background in electrical engineering, power system modeling, and renewable development […]