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Back to SearchAvichal Garg and Curtis Spencer (Electric Capital) on developer communities, raising institutional capital and more
Episode 122
Avichal Garg and Curtis Spencer, founding partners of Electric Capital, join the show. In this episode we discuss:
Their path from entrepreneurship to starting Electric Capital The experience of rai…Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Weekly News Roundup 09/04/20 (Armageddon II, Activist token investors, emergent effects of high fees)
Episode 121
Nic and Matt return with deals and news of the weak. In this episode:
Nic and Matt happen to buy the same book Nic's article on why the US should embrace stablecoins and credibly neutral crypto-fin…Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Kyle Davies (Three Arrows Capital) on finding value in DeFi
Episode 120
Kyle Davies, co-founder of Three Arrows Capital, joins the show. In this episode we discuss:
Kyle's perspectives on layer one blockchain protocols and how smart contract platforms are evolving The d…Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Aditya Palepu and Frédéric Fortier (DerivaDEX) on aspiring to a fully decentralized exchange
Episode 119
Aditya Palepu and Frédéric Fortier, the cofounders of DerivaDEX, join the show to talk about DEXes and prospects for their future development, and to introduce their own project. In this episode:
H…Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Weekly News Roundup 08/28/20 (Fidelity's Bitcoin fund, is whisky a SoV, do security tokens make sense?)
Episode 118
Nic and Matt cover news and deals of the week. In this episode:
FTX acquires Blockfolio for $150m DCG announces a $100m investment in Foundry, a mining subsidiary Fidelity files with the SEC for a …Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Zachary Kelman (Kelman Law) on the FATF, Bitcoin, and the International Order
Episode 117
Zachary Kelman, managing partner at Kelman Law PLLC, joins the show to shed light on the FATF – it's origins and its current mandate – the travel rule, and what the industry can expect from these dev…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Dick Bove (Odeon Capital) on the banking sector and the future of dollar dominance (EP.116)
Episode 116
Dick Bove, senior research analyst at Odeon Capital Group joins the show. In this episode we discuss:
Dick's 52 year career as a research analyst and his path to covering the banking sector The 2008…Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Weekly News Roundup 08/21/20 (Another Bitcoiner in the Senate, Kraken pursues the Wyoming SPDI, autoponzis)
Episode 115
Nic and Matt cover deals and the news of the week. In this episode:
Hawaii announces the Digital Currency Innovation Lab Wyoming's Senate nominee Cynthia Lummis is a Bitcoiner Why Bitcoin values ar…Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Zac Prince on growing BlockFi through a pandemic
Episode 114
Zac Prince, CEO and Founder of crypto lender BlockFi, joins the show once again to talk their recent growth and milestones. Today, BlockFi announced a $50m Series C round of financing, capitalizing o…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Kyle Powers (LibertyPay) on Bitcoin-powered remittances
Episode 113
Kyle Powers is the cofounder and CEO of LibertyPay, a Boston business that powers remittances to Brazil and Mexico – settling on Bitcoin, rather than traditional financial rails. LibertyPay has settl…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago