Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTrent and Brock Elmore on Building Yam Finance
Trent and Brock Elmore, two of the five creators of Yam Finance, a decentralized finance protocol, join the show. In this episode we discuss:
The inspiration for starting Yam Finance The story behin…Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Chase Lochmiller (Crusoe Energy Systems) on turning stranded energy into Bitcoin
Episode 131
Chase Lochmiller, cofounder and CEO of Crusoe Energy Systems joins the show. In this episode we discuss:
Crusoe's approach to addressing the issue of natural gas flaring by monetizing stranded energ…Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Weekly News Roundup 09/25/20 (Bank custody for stablecoins, two new congressional bills, "stablecoin" vs "cryptodollar")
Episode 130
Matt and Nic return for deals and the news of the week. In this episode:
The OCC clarifies that banks can custody dollars for stablecoin issuers Maker's flippening in collateral types, and what tha…Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Jeff Dorman (Arca) on asserting tokenholder rights
Episode 129
Jeff Dorman is the CIO at Arca, which is currently engaged in a fascinating standoff with Gnosis, a token project in which they have a position. Arca is asserting that Gnosis has delivered little va…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Tom Lombardi (3iQ) on the Crypto-Asset-Management Opportunity
Episode 128
Tom Lombardi, Managing Director at 3iQ Corp, joins the show. In this episode we discuss:
Tom's path from traditional finance to the cryptoasset industry The enterprise blockchain era: lessons learne…Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Weekly News Roundup 09/18/20 (Why Wyoming's SPDI is so exciting, a shift in tone from the SEC, Microstrategy keeps stacking)
Episode 127
Matt and Nic return to cover news of the week. In this episode:
Our review of NFL week 1 Whether or not securities law topics come up at parties Why we're so excited about Kraken getting the Wyomin…Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
David Kinitsky and Marco Santori (Kraken) on obtaining the first Wyoming SPDI
Episode 126
Today, Kraken Financial, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kraken, became the first financial institution to receive the Special Purpose Depository Institution (SPDI) charter from the State of Wyoming. To…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Gabriel Shapiro (BSV Law) on compatibility between blockchains and the law
Episode 125
Gabriel Shapiro, partner at BSV Law (no relationship to the coin), joins the show to chat securities law, tokenized securities, and the nature of industry regulation. In this episode:
Gabriel's int…Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Weekly News Roundup 09/11/20 (Crypto penetration by country, DeFi moats and valuations, how DeFi reminds us of PoW launches)
Episode 124
Matt and Nic return for deals and news of the week. In this episode:
the NFL is BACK Matt's predictions for the Patriots season New data on countries where crypto penetration is highest Mastercard …Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Ruben Galindo (Airtm) on distributing USD to Venezuelan healthcare workers
Episode 123
Ruben Galindo, cofounder and CEO of Airtm, joins the show. Recently, Airtm has been in the news as it was reported that Juan Guaidó, Venezuela's would-be President, was using the app to coordinate t…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago