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Unconfirmed: ConstitutionDAO Did Not Win the Auction. But It Demonstrated the Power of DAOs
Episode 291
Will Papper, SyndicateDAO co-founder and ConstitutionDAO contributor, tells the story of how a group of internet friends came together as a DAO to crowdfund a $41 million bid at a Sotheby’s auction f…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
PayPal Would Need These Two Things In Order to Issue a Stablecoin
Episode 290
Jose Fernandez da Ponte, PayPal’s senior vice president and general manager of blockchain, crypto, and digital currencies, discusses PayPal’s crypto game plan, how CBDCs might be implemented, crypto …
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Unconfirmed: Alameda Research's Sam Trabucco: What Solana Does Better Than Ethereum
Episode 289
Sam Trabucco, co-CEO of Alameda Research, discusses the different price drivers that led to BTC, ETH, SOL, and LUNA reaching new all-time highs in the past week. Show highlights:
why Sam believes no…Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
NFCastle 2021: Art Controversy – NFTS: Nothing F**king There?
Episode 288
At Non-Fungible Castle 2021, an NFT exhibition in Prague, four NFT experts debate some of the hottest topics in the metaverse, like how to value NFTs, whether insider trading exists, what makes Ether…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Unconfirmed: Legal Issues With NFTs: Would a Fractionalized Mona Lisa Be a Security?
Episode 287
At Non-Fungible Castle 2021, an NFT exhibition in Prague, four NFT experts discuss the legal implications of NFTs. Guests include Jonathan Victor, product/business development at Protocol Labs; Louis…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Tor Bair of Secret on Why Private Smart Contracts Are Important
Episode 286
Secret Network is a privacy-first, permissionless layer 1 blockchain built for computational privacy. Tor Bair, founder of Secret Foundation, a developer of Secret Network, discusses what makes Secre…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Unconfirmed: Why Terraform Labs Cofounder Do Kwon Is Unfazed by US Regulators
Episode 285
Do Kwon, cofounder of Terraform Labs, was recently served subpoenas by the US Securities and Exchange Commission during Messari’s mainnet event, leading Kwon and Terraform to preemptively sue the SEC…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Not Reporting Info on Some Transaction Partners Could Soon Be a Felony
Episode 284
Remember the $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which caused considerable backlash from the crypto community due to the language regarding “brokers?” Abe Sutherland, an adjunct professor at University …
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Unconfirmed: Bitcoin Projected to Reach $135,000 in December, According to PlanB
Episode 283
PlanB, a former institutional investor with 25 years of experience in financial markets turned anon Bitcoin analyst, discusses Bitcoin’s price action, from the macroeconomic drivers to what his model…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Is the Metaverse Already Here? Two Experts Disagree
Episode 282
Andrew Steinwold, managing partner at Sfermion, and John Egan, CEO at L'Atelier BNP Paribas, discuss NFTs and debate the characteristics of the metaverse. Show highlights:
their backgrounds and how…Published on 4 years, 2 months ago