Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWeekly Roundup 07/29/21 (Shadowy super coders, Goldman's DeFi ETF, is TVL overrated?)
Episode 233
Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
Warren's shadowy super coders Was Digicash the first stablecoin? Is TVL o…4 years, 7 months ago
Michel Rauchs (Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance) on quantifying Bitcoin's energy use
Episode 232
We welcome Michel Rauchs, research affiliate and longtime contributor to the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance which just released an update …
4 years, 7 months ago
Weekly Roundup 07/22/21 (The B Word, SpaceX owns Bitcoin, Stablecoins and Wildcats)
Episode 231
Nic and Matt are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
We debate the merits of the Merritt parkway We reflect on the B Word con…4 years, 7 months ago
Weekly Roundup 07/16/21 (New mining data, Shapeshift decentralizes, are clay tablets proto blockchains?)
Episode 230
Nic and Matt are back for a sideways week. In this episode:
BlockFi's credit card comes out How mesopotamian clay tablets are blockchains Cambridge…4 years, 7 months ago
Weekly Roundup 07/09/21 (Circle is going public, SEC targets exchanges, the Bullish SPAC, good takes on stables from the Fed)
Episode 229
Nic and Matt are back. In this episode:
Circle's SPAC filing Circle's evolution over the year The business model behind stablecoins Circle's risk f…4 years, 8 months ago
Anton Katz and Ethan Feldman on Trading Infrastructure in Cryptoassets
Episode 228
Anton Katz and Ethan Feldman, the cofounders of Talos join the show. In this episode we discuss:
Anton and Ethan's path from roles at AQR and Broadw…4 years, 8 months ago
Weekly Roundup 07/02/21 (Eyeball based coins, why airdrops don't work, the Mining Council shares data)
Episode 227
Nic and Matt return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
A new twist in the turkey tale Why airdrops historically haven't work Sam …4 years, 8 months ago
Kinjal Shah (Blockchain Capital) and Manasi Vora (Skynet Labs) on DAOs as a New Investing Paradigm
Episode 226
Kinjal Shah of Blockchain Capital and Manasi Vora of Skynet Labs join us to discuss their recently launched investment DAO, KomorebiCollective. We d…
4 years, 8 months ago
Weekly Roundup 06/25/21 (China's Hashrate Migration, holding BTC in your bank, Taleb's bitcoin paper)
Episode 225
Matt and Nic are back for another rocky week in the markets. In this episode:
Our thoughts on the Chinese mining situation Is Sichuan being spared …4 years, 8 months ago
Hunter Horsley (Bitwise) on the State of Crypto Asset Management
Episode 224
Hunter Horsley, the co-founder and CEO of Bitwise Asset Management joins the show. In this episode we discuss:
Bitwise's recent $70M Series B fundra…4 years, 8 months ago