Sunayna Tuteja (TD Ameritrade) on crafting an institutional digital asset strategy (EP.45)
Sunayna Tuteja, the Head of Digital Assets and DLT at TD Ameritrade, appears on the show. On this episode we discuss: – What guides TD’s decision making in this asset class – How they think about blockchain/DLT versus Bitcoin – Crypto ideology versus crypto agnosticism – Her career trajectory to date – Lessons from being […]
Weekly News Roundup 2/21/20 (Enigma SEC action, Fcoin, Tim Draper buy 2.5% of Aragon and more) (EP.44)
Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week’s topics include: – Deals of the week – Enigma settles with the SEC – Fcoin lost user funds – Tim Draper bought 2.5% of Aragon – DeFi infrastructure – Neel Kashkari’s thoughts on crypto and […]
Balaji Srinivasan on building digital commonwealths (EP.43)
Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor and entrepreneur. He was formerly the CTO of Coinbase, a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and the co-founder of Earn.com, Counsyl, Teleport and Coin Center. In this episode we discuss: – the 100x’ crypto has delivered over traditional finance – how Balaji’s views of what Bitcoin is good for […]
Weekly News Roundup 2/14/20 (BlockFi raise, JPM spinout, Iota is the gift that keeps on giving, and more ) (EP.42)
Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week’s topics include: – BlockFi raise – Other deals – JPM spinout? – USDC and much more news of the week Check out this episode!
Jake Chervinsky (Compound) on straddling crypto-anarchy and regulation (EP.41)
Jake Chervinsky the General Counsel of Compound joins the podcast. In this episode we discuss: – The history of securities markets in the US – The Howey test in plain language – Whether commodities can transmute to securities, and vice versa – Why markets function best with regulation – The purpose of open finance – […]
Weekly News Roundup 2/7/20 (Mastercard backs out of Libra, US Marshall Auction and more) (EP.40)
Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week’s topics include: – Deals of the week – U.S. Marshalls auction – ICE eyes Ebay – Crypto safe harbor? and much more news of the week Check out this episode!
Alex Leishman (River Financial) on running a Bitcoin financial institution (EP.39)
Alex Leishman, the cofounder and CEO of River Financial joins the show. In this episode we discuss: – Why Alex started River Financial – Why they are Bitcoin only – Why other exchanges were so quick to list tokens – The role of banks in Bitcoin – Practical issues with implementing Proof of Reserves To […]
Weekly News Roundup 1/31/20 (Proof of Stake Tax Policy, Popper on Bitcoin and Nic’s Presidential Endorsement) (EP.38)
Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week’s topics include: – Nic’s Presidential Endorsement – Proof of Stake Tax Policy – Popper’s NYT Article – Ripple IPO? – Super Bowl Picks and much more news of the week Check out this episode!
Mike Moro (Genesis Capital) on building cryptoasset market infrastructure for institutions (EP.37)
Mike Moro, the CEO of Genesis Capital/Genesis Trading joins the show. In this episode we discuss: – Mike’s pre-Bitcoin career and his path to Second Market and then Genesis – POV on Bitcoin ETF viability – The state of play for cryptoasset market infrastructure – Cryptoasset lending …and much more Check out this episode!
Weekly News Roundup 1/24/20 (Ray Dalio, Bcash, DigixDAO and more) (EP.36)
Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week’s topics include: – new SPAC for Blockchain Co’s – DigixDAO treasury liquidation – Bitcoin Investment Trust is now an SEC reporting company – Bcash dev funding proposal and much more news of the week Check […]