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Avichal Garg is co-founder of Electric Capital, one of crypto's most respected early-stage funds, and an early backer of Solana, Kraken, Figma, and Bitwise.THE SHIFT NEWSLETTER

Max Resnick, Lead Economist at Anza, joins Gwart to talk about optimizing Solana for financial markets. He discusses the shift from Ethereum, the mechanics of MCP to stop censorship, and how "ACE" (Application Control Execution) empowers apps. Max discusses dominance of Prop AMMs, the controversy around block packing, and how Solana plans to compete with Hyperliquid in the perp market. Notes: - Binance retail fee is ~10 basis points- Prop AMM execution gap up to 10 bps- Humidify quotes 0.1 bps spreads Timestamps:00:00 Start00:28 Anza experience02:10 What's Max working on?05:41 New respect for development08:42 MCP > MEV12:33 Validators & toxic flow15:14 MCP status16:32 Writing code18:20 ACE21:30 Taker speed bump & Hyperliquid23:47 Oracle updates24:13 On-chain co-location26:38 Priority fee27:01 Deny list28:23 Tighter than Binance33:18 Spreads36:23 Prop AMM winners38:33 SEP & Solana40:40 MEV report44:55 User costs of MEV47:26 Block time reduction50:30 Transaction packing58:45 Prop AMMs & breaking composability1:01:23 Hyperliquid1:03:48 Solona slipping on Perps The Gwart Show is sponsored by Ellipsis Labs. Backed by Paradigm, Electric Capital and Haun Ventures. The founders, Eugene and Jerry, have experienced Citadel Jane Street in the Solana Core team since launching their order book DEX, Phoenix. They've done over $80 billion in trading volume by making onchain order books competitive with centralized exchanges. Ellipsis is hiring for New York-based engineers. Work with a small focus team who are results driven, collaborative, and use a modern stack. If you're an engineer who wants to work on infrastructure that's already proven itself in the market, go to ⁠⁠ellipsislabs.xyz⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bitcoin developer Brandon Black (ReardenCode) analyzes the reality of the quantum computing threat to Bitcoin. He explains the timeline for potential encryption breaks and why the sky isn't falling just yet. Brandon explains proposed solutions like BIP 360 and OP_CAT, and we debate whether Satoshi's stash will eventually be stolen or confiscated. Notes: * RSA keys moved from 1024 to 4096 bits * 2-3k logical qubits needed to break ECC * Logical qubits need 99.999% accuracy * Biggest quantum factored number is ~15. * BIP 360 new BC1Z address type. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:25 The Quantum discussion 02:43 Initial thoughts on Quantum 06:51 How would a Quantum computer work? 11:10 Quantum vs conventional computing 14:25 Rearden's general take on Quantum 16:29 Why so divided on issue? 20:13 Error correction 22:42 You gave it the answer already 25:36 It's not scaling! 30:06 Easily readable research? 34:24 The "hidden" quantum computer 38:08 Crab market = roll FUD dice 39:59 TradFi is jumpy 41:01 The plan 42:57 What is "bitcoin working"? 46:13 Screeching about Core Devs 48:21 Core team & gatekeeping 53:12 BIP 360 56:19 Are MY keys safe now? 1:01:20 Satoshi's coins 1:05:04 Opinions in the community 1:10:56 Bitcoin upgrades coming? The Gwart Show is sponsored by Ellipsis Labs. Backed by Paradigm, Electric Capital and Haun Ventures. The founders, Eugene and Jerry, have experienced Citadel Jane Street in the Solana Core team since launching their order book DEX, Phoenix. They've done over $80 billion in trading volume by making onchain order books competitive with centralized exchanges.  Ellipsis is hiring for New York-based engineers. Work with a small focus team who are results driven, collaborative, and use a modern stack. If you're an engineer who wants to work on infrastructure that's already proven itself in the market, go to ⁠⁠ellipsislabs.xyz⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vladimir Novakovski, CEO of Lighter, explains their pivot from AI to a high-speed DEX. He addresses the controversy behind their zero-fee model and how ZK circuits ensure verifiability. Vlad says they're surprised at the success of Forex on Lighter, future plans for options and fixed income, and addresses community questions about token value and equity rights. Notes:- Spent 18 months building tech stack- 1,000+ trading shops in contact with Lighter- Polymarket has "pretty efficient" pricing Timestamps:00:00    Start00:35    Surprises of success02:50    Winning Perp DEX Season06:30    Regulations11:49    What parts need to be on-chain?16:57    Sidecar21:35    Forex trading flows24:35    Spot markets28:03    Future of zero fees31:15    Public book & toxic flow36:44    Standardizing Perp DEXs40:16    Paths to revenue45:47    User acquisition & tokens49:28    The Hyperliquid Standard56:24    Dealing with trolls The Gwart Show is sponsored by Ellipsis Labs. Backed by Paradigm, Electric Capital and Haun Ventures. The founders, Eugene and Jerry, have experienced Citadel Jane Street in the Solana Core team since launching their order book DEX, Phoenix. They've done over $80 billion in trading volume by making onchain order books competitive with centralized exchanges.  Ellipsis is hiring for New York-based engineers. Work with a small focus team who are results driven, collaborative, and use a modern stack. If you're an engineer who wants to work on infrastructure that's already proven itself in the market, go to ⁠⁠ellipsislabs.xyz⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ruslan Fakhrutdinov from Extended Perp Exchange talks about building a unified margin across perps, vaults & yield, spot, and an integrated lending market. He explains critical components for a trustless perp DEX such as self-custody and on-chain solvency checks. Ruslan shares his experience with user acquisition programs, the total cost of execution vs. zero fees, and Extended's transparent fee model. We also discuss gauging sustainable product market fit in a post-airdrop environment and the roadmap for cross-asset collateral. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes:* Perp DEX market share grew 15-20%* Vault earns up to 1% in liquidations* Using 90% of vault shares as collateral Timestamps:00:00 Start00:03 Ruslan's background01:12 What is Extended?03:14 What must be on-chain?05:55 Perp DEX liquidity07:09 Calculating price of execution09:06 Zero fees, good or bad?13:22 Promotions vs regular users18:32 UX design21:35 Mobile trading apps23:43 Perp DEX aggregators?27:51 Vault system29:50 Estimating Vault risk34:28 End stage Vault design?38:10 Spot market plans?42:46 Validators43:34 Next 5 years46:10 RWA on DEXs47:53 Wrapping assets vs native49:06 Wrap up The Gwart Show is sponsored by Ellipsis Labs. Backed by Paradigm, Electric Capital and Haun Ventures. The founders, Eugene and Jerry, have experienced Citadel Jane Street in the Solana Core team since launching their order book DEX, Phoenix. They've done over $80 billion in trading volume by making onchain order books competitive with centralized exchanges.  Ellipsis is hiring for New York-based engineers. Work with a small focus team who are results driven, collaborative, and use a modern stack. If you're an engineer who wants to work on infrastructure that's already proven itself in the market, go to ⁠⁠ellipsislabs.xyz⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zcash cofounder Ian Miers discusses zero-knowledge proofs, why Bitcoin's public ledger creates massive privacy problems, how SNARKs enable trust without exposure, quantum computing threats to cryptocurrency, identity and reputation systems, and why a blockchain needs privacy to function as actual money. Notes:• Zcash launched as first industrial zero-knowledge proof application• Zero Coin published 2013 (before Ethereum or SNARKs existed)• Quantum computers need thousands of qubits to break RSA• Blockchain transparency makes Bitcoin "Twitter for bank accounts" Timestamps:00:00 Start00:19 What's Ian up to?01:25 Creating Zcash05:59 Why ZK tech is a big deal?08:34 Zero knowledge proofs & Bitcoin10:36 Verifiability vs privacy14:02 The 2025 Zcash resurgence17:20 Other research20:45 Stablecoins & real world assets24:15 Ellipsis Labs Ad25:02 Regulation28:57 Government privacy overreach33:11 Zcash proposals & current development35:51 Swaps39:29 Zcash as medium of exchange?41:37 The possibility of privacy on Bitcoin43:53 Other privacy tech?50:18 Monero vs Zcash53:37 Developer block rewards57:12 Developer rewards & adoption59:39 Quantum risks1:02:45 Quantum timelines The Gwart Show is sponsored by Ellipsis Labs. Backed by Paradigm, Electric Capital and Haun Ventures. The founders, Eugene and Jerry, have experienced Citadel Jane Street in the Solana Core team since launching their order book DEX, Phoenix. They've done over $80 billion in trading volume by making onchain order books competitive with centralized exchanges.  Ellipsis is hiring for New York-based engineers. Work with a small focus team who are results driven, collaborative, and use a modern stack. If you're an engineer who wants to work on infrastructure that's already proven itself in the market, go to ⁠⁠ellipsislabs.xyz⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Annanay Kapila, CEO & Founder of QFEX, joins us to talk about his journey from high-frequency trading at Flow Traders and Tower to building a revolutionary exchange platform. We discuss how crypto market structure solves traditional finance inefficiencies, his Y Combinator experience, regulatory strategy, 100X leverage mechanics, prediction markets, and why sports betting actually works. Launching December 2025. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: • Tower did half of all major exchange volume • QFEX raised funding through Y Combinator • YC takes 7% equity for $125K investment • Bitcoin trades at 100X leverage on exchanges • S&P futures limited to 10X leverage • QFEX waitlist hit 10,000 people Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:03 Annanay Kapila 02:08 Y Combinator 05:23 Market inefficiencies 09:03 Designing QFEX 12:50 Hyperliquid & Perps 18:30 Zero fees vs UX 22:36 Sharp flow & fees 27:12 Intermediating market makers 34:26 Misaligned incentives 40:53 Perps use cases 45:52 Perps vs Options 49:33 Market fragmentation 58:47 Kalshi vs Polymarket 1:06:23 KYC 1:10:37 Are prediction markets useful? 1:13:02 Wrap The Gwart Show is sponsored by Ellipsis Labs. Backed by Paradigm, Electric Capital and Haun Ventures. The founders, Eugene and Jerry, have experienced Citadel Jane Street in the Solana Core team since launching their order book DEX, Phoenix. They've done over $80 billion in trading volume by making onchain order books competitive with centralized exchanges.  Ellipsis is hiring for New York-based engineers. Work with a small focus team who are results driven, collaborative, and use a modern stack. If you're an engineer who wants to work on infrastructure that's already proven itself in the market, go to ⁠⁠ellipsislabs.xyz⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kaledora Linn, Co-Founder at Ostium, joins us to talk about revolutionizing onchain trading by bringing traditional finance assets like stocks, commodities, and FX to DeFi through perpetual contracts. We explore why perps are superior to tokenization for trading, the evolution from single-asset to cross-asset platforms, how macro news drives modern volatility, capital efficiency challenges, and why retail traders prefer perps over options. Plus institutional use cases and the future of "perpification." Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: • Ostium offers up to 200:1 leverage • Mirror had billions in open interest on stocks • Synthetix was heavily over-collateralized with SNX • Perps dominate over options in crypto markets • Post-COVID macro drives cross-asset volatility Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:17 Kaledora Linn - Co-Founder of Ostium 10:01 Ostium's synthetic model 25:08 How Ostium works 35:52 Ellipsis Labs 37:56 KYC & identifying toxic traders 43:01 Market makers 45:22 Price oracles 47:22 Funding rates 52:00 Synthetic vs. on-chain order book 55:29 Weekday markets closing 59:25 On-chain price discovery 1:01:42 24/5 markets 1:03:14 Scaling the market The Gwart Show is sponsored by Ellipsis Labs. Backed by Paradigm, Electric Capital and Haun Ventures. The founders, Eugene and Jerry, have experienced Citadel Jane Street in the Solana Core team since launching their order book DEX, Phoenix. They've done over $80 billion in trading volume by making onchain order books competitive with centralized exchanges.  Ellipsis is hiring for New York-based engineers. Work with a small focus team who are results driven, collaborative, and use a modern stack. If you're an engineer who wants to work on infrastructure that's already proven itself in the market, go to ⁠ellipsislabs.xyz⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DeFi Dave, Head of Growth at Cap Money, joins us to talk about how Cap found product-market fit for restaking. Dave breaks down Cap's three-sided marketplace connecting stablecoin users, market makers (operators), and risk takers. Operators access undercollateralized loans backed by restaked ETH/BTC, paying 8-11% to beat their strategies. If they fail, risk takers eat the loss—users stay protected. We also dive into lore building, why most restaking hype was overblown, and how Cap brings Wall Street on-chain. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: - Cap has $15-20M currently lent to operators - Operators pay 2-4% premium fees to risk takers - Total borrowing costs range from 8-11% hurdle rate - Risk takers earn 6-7% all-in real yield - Uses EigenLayer and Symbiotic for restaking layer Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:12 Who is DeFi Dave? 02:19 What is Cap? 07:31 Restaking & yield 09:22 Yield range 11:48 Institutional flows 12:50 Cap vs Wildcat 14:07 Legal recourse? 15:42 Staked CUSD vs CUSD 16:25 Current operator marketcap 17:08 Loan terms 19:42 CUSD vs Others 21:48 Ready for institutional capital? 23:59 Other staking use cases? 27:26 Stablecoin regulation 30:23 Collateralization 32:09 Lore building 35:38 The power of belief 41:29 What does Dave do all day? 43:56 Competitive advantage 47:57 What are Caps? 49:08 Gwarts opinion on Cap The Gwart Show is sponsored by Ellipsis Labs. Backed by Paradigm, Electric Capital and Haun Ventures. The founders, Eugene and Jerry, have experienced Citadel Jane Street in the Solana Core team since launching their order book DEX, Phoenix. They've done over $80 billion in trading volume by making onchain order books competitive with centralized exchanges. Ellipsis is hiring for New York-based engineers. Work with a small focus team who are results driven, collaborative, and use a modern stack. If you're an engineer who wants to work on infrastructure that's already proven itself in the market, go to ellipsislabs.xyz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gordon Liao, Head of Research at Circle, discusses the explosive growth of USDC to a $50 billion market cap. Gordon also explains how stablecoins are revolutionizing cross-border payments, the regulatory landscape shaping crypto, Circle's strategic IPO timing, and why blockchain-based payment rails will disrupt tradfi. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: • USDC reaches $50B market cap • Cross-border payments cost 6-7% traditionally • Stablecoins settle transactions in seconds • PayPal launched PYUSD competitor Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:40 Who is Gordon? 02:21 Responsibilities at Circle 05:27 What's unique about DeFi? 11:50 Why is fractional reserve bad? 12:40 Separating lending & payments 13:23 AMM functions 15:20 xy=k (inverse variation) 18:06 Circles's mission statement? 21:16 Arc: An L1 Blockchain for Stablecoin Finance 23:15 Proof of Authority 24:32 Ellipsis Labs Ad 25:19 Staking in dollars? 27:48 Courts & laws as slashing mechanism 28:55 Permissionlessness 32:06 Stablecoin competition 34:24 Smaller banks 36:34 Small bank creating stablecoins? 38:19 Will $1 equal $1? 41:29 Arc's value add 45:11 Arc timeline 45:29 Initial use cases 48:23 Liquidity fragmentation 50:35 Managing Circle's multi-chain operations 53:18 Market volatility 55:52 circuit breakers for volatility 57:42 Auto-deleveraging 58:29 Controlling a decentralized marketplace 59:46 Hedge funds & perps 1:02:29 Will TradFi even participate in these markets? 1:04:46 Degens gonna degen The Gwart Show is sponsored by Ellipsis Labs. Backed by Paradigm, Electric Capital and Haun Ventures. The founders, Eugene and Jerry, have experienced Citadel Jane Street in the Solana Core team since launching their order book DEX, Phoenix. They've done over $80 billion in trading volume by making onchain order books competitive with centralized exchanges.  Ellipsis is hiring for New York-based engineers. Work with a small focus team who are results driven, collaborative, and use a modern stack. If you're an engineer who wants to work on infrastructure that's already proven itself in the market, go to ellipsislabs.xyz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Digital asset treasury companies are sitting on tens of billions in crypto, but it's mostly idle. That's changing fast.In today's episode, were joined by Mike Silagadze, CEO of Ether.Fi & Avichal Garg, GP at Electric Capital, to discuss:- Why DATs Will Send DeFi Into a Growth Mode Frenzy - What Assets Avichal Is Positioning In- Will There Be 5,000 New Crypto Billionaires by 2035?- Mike's Digital Asset Neobank Vision - Revenue, Buybacks, and Fundamental InvestingTimestamps:00:00 Intro00:38 Avichal's Crypto Journey04:18 Current Landscape: IPOs, DATs & ETFs11:58 Starknet Ad12:28 DeFi Is Maturing17:39 Avichal's Asset Selection Framework21:53 Mike Talks About Ether.Fi's Edge 25:15 The Billion Dollar Neobank Vision---Website: https://therollup.co/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1P6ZeYd...Podcast: https://therollup.co/category/podcastFollow us on X: https://www.x.com/therollupcoFollow Rob on X: https://www.x.com/robbie_rollupFollow Andy on X: https://www.x.com/ayyyeandyJoin our TG group: https://t.me/+TsM1CRpWFgk1NGZhThe Rollup Disclosures: https://therollup.co/the-rollup-discl

In this episode, we sit down with Avichal Garg (Co-Founder of Electric Capital) to unpack why Ethereum is entering its breakout moment, how DATs are fueling this trend, and what happens when $5 trillion of stablecoin demand hits the blockchain. From Wall Street's quiet ETH allocation to the hidden yield machines being built in DeFi, this episode covers the flywheels, risks, and asymmetric opportunities that most crypto investors are sleeping on.~~~~~

John is joined by Avichal Garg, Managing Partner of Electric Capital and Chairman of the Crypto Council for Innovation, and Emily Kapur, Co-Chair of Quinn Emanuel's Blockchain & Digital Asset Litigation Practice and partner in the firm's Silicon Valley office.  They discuss the complex legal and regulatory landscape surrounding cryptocurrency, digital assets, and the intersection with emerging technologies like AI. The decentralization and autonomy of crypto systems challenges traditional legal concepts.  Crypto technology—ranging from permissionless innovation to autonomous systems—raises foundational legal questions about jurisdiction, liability, and personhood, especially when code may function as both speech and money.  While early legal battles focused on whether tokens are securities, today's disputes often focus on jurisdictional issues and cross-border liability for autonomous systems with governance distributed around the world. U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoins, while posing regulatory and competitive challenges, may also be an unparalleled tool for promoting U.S. soft power and economic influence.  They can bypass traditional banking systems and reach global users, reinforcing the dollar's dominance.  The recently enacted GENIUS Act provides a framework for regulating stablecoins in the U.S. without imposing restrictive reserve requirements, in contrast to European approaches. The rapid evolution of crypto trading venues—centralized exchanges like Coinbase, decentralized protocols like Uniswap, and traditional financial instruments such as ETFs and digital asset treasuries—highlight the legal uncertainty about which regulatory entities have jurisdiction.  The increasing use of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) poses additional challenges under theories that all participants in a DAO are potentially liable as partners in a joint venture. More legal innovation is needed, perhaps even entirely new legal entities or frameworks, to accommodate a future in which autonomous code can hold assets, transact, and potentially commit fraud.  Courts may begin to shape precedent in the absence of legislation, but a proactive regulatory approach or legal sandbox might be the key to responsibly managing these potentially disruptive forces. Ultimately, the question is whether the law will domesticate crypto or will crypto force legal innovation?Podcast Link: Law-disrupted.fmHost: John B. Quinn Producer: Alexis HydeMusic and Editing by: Alexander Rossi

Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. With special guests: Avichal Garg, Managing Partner at Electric Capital, and Tomasz K. Stańczak, Co-Executive Director at the Ethereum Foundation. This week we get into one of the most pivotal moments in Ethereum's history — from the Tornado Cash verdict and its chilling implications for developers, to Wall Street's growing embrace of ETH through the launch of ETHZilla. The crew unpacks how this trial could redefine developer liability, why Ethereum's narrative is shifting toward institutional adoption, and what the next decade could look like for the world's most versatile blockchain. Whether you're here for the legal drama, the market moves, or the inside scoop from Ethereum's top builders and investors, this episode delivers the sharp analysis, big-picture context, and unfiltered hot takes you've come to expect from The Chopping Block. Show highlights

Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. With special guests: Avichal Garg, Managing Partner at Electric Capital, and Tomasz K. Stańczak, Co-Executive Director at the Ethereum Foundation. This week we get into one of the most pivotal moments in Ethereum's history — from the Tornado Cash verdict and its chilling implications for developers, to Wall Street's growing embrace of ETH through the launch of ETHZilla. The crew unpacks how this trial could redefine developer liability, why Ethereum's narrative is shifting toward institutional adoption, and what the next decade could look like for the world's most versatile blockchain. Whether you're here for the legal drama, the market moves, or the inside scoop from Ethereum's top builders and investors, this episode delivers the sharp analysis, big-picture context, and unfiltered hot takes you've come to expect from The Chopping Block. Show highlights

Maria Shen is a General Partner and Sanjay Shah is in Research at Electric Capital.In this episode, we break down Electric Capital's latest report on how the growth of stablecoins drives demand for ETH. We unpack why Ethereum the network is best positioned to serve global demand for stablecoins, its current dominance in stablecoin liquidity, how ETH's status as a reserve asset and store of value is accelerating with demand for stablecoins, and why holding ETH may be the easiest, simplest way to get exposure to stablecoin growth over the next decade.------

The Daily Gwei Refuel gives you a recap every other week day on everything that happened in the Ethereum and crypto ecosystems - hosted by Anthony Sassano. Timestamps and links to topics discussed: https://daily-gwei-links.vercel.app/recent 00:00 Introductory song 00:10 Core dev updates https://x.com/ladislaus0x/status/1943612099600466288 05:37 Glamsterdam discussion https://x.com/nixorokish/status/1944856240276038063 https://x.com/soispoke/status/1943264716538642582 14:55 New GrowThePie dashboard https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1943434688259068268 17:41 ReyaChain based rollup announced https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1944945489864270005 20:59 Fidelity's Ethereum report https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1942755443073507719 https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1943494315256483985 24:23 Electric Capital's Ethereum report https://x.com/MariaShen/status/1942658782439395815 26:04 L2's are scaling demand for ETH https://x.com/kateli_nyc/status/1944802171746443510 28:29 The ETH ETFs are eating all the issuance https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1944937538298564985 31:04 ETH Strategy acquires 6,900 ETH https://x.com/eth_strategy/status/1943641105108508924 32:23 SharpLink Gaming buys ETH from the EF https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1943642596456235057 36:19 You are not bullish enough on ETH https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1943644139054408133 This episode is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Bsi27c12vRI Subscribe to the newsletter: https://thedailygwei.substack.com/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sassal0x Follow The Daily Gwei on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedailygwei Join the Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/4pfUJsENcg DISCLAIMER: All information presented across all of The Daily Gwei's communication channels is strictly for educational purposes and should not be taken as investment advice.

In this episode of HR Heretics, Nolan Church and Kelli Dragovich talk to Cynthia "Baz" Shrauner, former Meta HR executive and current Head of People at Electric Capital. Baz discusses her unconventional career move of voluntarily demoting herself twice to focus on work she genuinely enjoyed rather than traditional leadership roles. She candidly explores the tension between ego and fulfillment, Meta's hiring excesses during COVID and subsequent layoffs, and the complexities of DEI initiatives in corporate environments, offering rare insider perspective on Silicon Valley's operational realities.*Email us your questions or topics for Kelli & Nolan: hrheretics@turpentine.coFor coaching and advising inquire at https://kellidragovich.com/HR Heretics is a podcast from Turpentine.Support HR Heretics Sponsors:

Rob Montgomery is the CoFounder and CEO at InfiniFi Labs and Ken Deeter is General Partner at Electric Capital, who led InfiniFi's most recent round.In this episode, we explore how InfiniFi is introducing duration matching to DeFi to unlock more sustainable, higher-yield opportunities for stablecoin holders, alongside insights from Electric Capital on the future of yield innovation.------

Today, on The Milk Road Show, we are joined by Avichal, co-founder of Electric Capital. In this episode, we explore a critical question: are you over-allocated to L1s and under-allocated to the applications built on top of them? Avichal provides his insights into the current L1 landscape, discussing the potential for oversaturation and where value will accrue. ~~~~~

Steve Lee from Spiral and Ren from Electric Capital join The Gwart Show to talk Bitcoin consensus! We cover how Bitcoin changes, stakeholder weight, and the future of protocol upgrades like covenants. Follow our guest on Twitter: @moneyball @0xren_cf Read our paper: https://bitcoin-cap.github.io/bcap/ 00:00 Start 01:00 Introductions 03:01 Partnering for the paper 04:25 Motivation to write paper 08:17 Reluctance to define a BTC consensus process 12:20 Defining the stakeholders 13:48 Consensus game theory 15:51 Blocksize war 20:36 Learnings from the Blocksize War 22:33 Signaling & other activation routes 26:13 Bounty claim attack 29:44 Are miners up to speed on covenants? 31:59 measuring state of mind 34:38 Education 36:45 Self custody = power 40:59 Role of influencers 45:20 Current state of possible changes 49:39 Echo chambers vs reality 53:42 Will we get to a breaking point? 58:16 OP_CAT 1:01:44 Productive paths to change 1:04:47 What does Bitcoin NEED?

Join Matt and Nick as they discuss Bitcoin at fresh all-time highs, Electric Capital's annual developer report and AMP buying Bitcoin. They also discuss various altcoin updates from NEAR Protocol (NEAR), Avalanche (AVAX) and others.Key Takeaways Bitcoin (BTC) hit an all-time high, partially due to continued buying from MicroStrategy, which officially entered the heavily traded Nasdaq 100 index.AMP invested $27M AUD worth of BTC, making it the first major superannuation fund to buy into an asset class that has previously been shunned by big fund managers.Electric Capital's annual developer report showed strong growth in Solana's developer ecosystem, while the number of developers fell by 7% compared to a year ago.The past week featured various altcoins updates, including projects such as Ethena (ENA), Jupiter (JUP), Ethena (ENA) and Avalanche (AVAX).Timestamps:00:00 Intro & market update03:15 ETH ETFs show sign of life04:35 Bitcoin treasury votes and strategic reserves06:00 2024 Electric Capital Developer Report11:25 Should crypto be concerned over quantum computing breakthroughs16:30 MicroStrategy enters Nasdaq 10018:45 AMP becomes first Aussie super fund to invest in crypto21:20 Trump-associated World Liberty Financial buys ETH tokens24:00 Altcoin news (Pump.Fun, Near, Jupiter, Avalanche, Ethena)31:40 What to look forward to this week32:50 Over & under-appreciated

Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. This week, the crew explores the resurgence of ICOs through Echo sales, diving into MegaEth's record-breaking sale and the shifting meta of token launches. They also discuss Google's quantum computing breakthrough with the Willow chip and its potential implications for cryptographic security in crypto. Tarun doubles down on his critique of Decentralized Science (DeSci), sparking a lively debate on its viability and accountability. Finally, the team unpacks Electric Capital's developer report, highlighting Solana's dominance in India and the global trends shaping crypto development. Show highlights

Drop 1: Societe Generale successfully completed a first repo transaction on public blockchain with the Banque de France ⁠https://so.ge/RepoSGForge⁠ Drop 2: Balancer v3 ⁠https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-v3-is-live-2e5e8462aa4c⁠ Drop 3: BoE paper Privacy for the Digital Pound ⁠https://media.licdn.com/dms/document/media/v2/D4E1FAQHg3JLo_DKRQw/feedshare-document-pdf-analyzed/B4EZOvvIJ2HsAc-/0/1733820214401?e=1734566400&v=beta&t=o7enOB8VsTFD8PkPhcB0UU-qWiNbktfIp82SG8boRCA⁠ More: Opea and Growth Tech partner to launch a tokenization platform ⁠https://valor.globo.com/google/financas/criptomoedas/noticia/2024/12/09/opea-entra-em-tokenizao-de-ativos-em-parceria-com-growth-tech.ghtml⁠ Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance announces a new version of their Cambridge Digital Money Dashboard (CDMD), now powered by Chainalysis, adding geographical flows of stablecoins, and regulatory overviews for a wider set of jurisdictions. ⁠https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2024/digital-tool-sheds-light-on-stablecoin-flows-and-regulation/⁠ Bradesco plans to launch digital ID on blockchain in 2025 ⁠https://valor.globo.com/financas/criptomoedas/noticia/2024/12/10/bradesco-prev-implementar-identidade-digital-em-blockchain-em-2025.ghtml⁠ Consensys web3 Global Survey Report ⁠https://consensys.io/insight-report/web3-and-crypto-global-survey⁠ Circle and Binance partner to expand USDC adoption ⁠https://www.circle.com/pressroom/circle-and-binance-enter-into-a-strategic-partnership-that-will-accelerate-global-usdc-and-crypto-adoption⁠ 2024 Developer Report, by Electric Capital ⁠https://www.developerreport.com/developer-report?s=developer-report⁠ Transfero acquires Fuse Capital to grow on DeFi and Tokenization ⁠https://br.cointelegraph.com/news/transfero-acquires-fuse-capital-to-expand-operations-in-defi-and-tokenization-with-an-eye-on-drex⁠ . Redes sociais / comms .. ⁠Instagram.com/blockdropspodcast⁠ .. ⁠Twitter.com/blockdropspod⁠ .. Blockdrops.lens .. ⁠https://warpcast.com/mauriciomagaldi⁠ .. ⁠youtube.com/@BlockDropsPodcast⁠ .. Meu conteúdo em inglês ⁠twitter.com/0xmauricio⁠ .. Newsletter do linkedin ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7056680685142454272⁠ .. ⁠blockdropspodcast@gmail.com

The 2024 Developer Report from Electric Capital reveals many shifting dynamics. For starters, for the first time in eight years, Ethereum was not the top chain for new developers—Solana was. Meanwhile, Asia has emerged as the leading hub for crypto development, taking the top spot from North America, which dropped to third. In this episode, General Partner Maria Shen explores how Ethereum's Layer 2 solutions are bolstering its position despite fierce competition, why the Bitcoin developer ecosystem remains steadfast, and how emerging projects like EigenLayer are capturing builders' attention.  She also delves into the top crypto technologies that are fascinating devs, and how their usage and development activity differ across the globe.  Show highlights: Maria's top takeaways from the report Whether the developer migration from the U.S. will stop under a friendlier regulatory environment How Ethereum has maintained its dominance despite its high fees and the rise of Solana  What the steadiness of the Bitcoin developer ecosystem shows Which other smaller ecosystems are growing the most  How ZK contract usage has been increasing over time Why, despite what one could think, NFT minting activity is higher than ever How stablecoin usage differs from token to token and also across countries Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com Thank you to our sponsors! Polkadot Guest Maria Shen, General Partner at Electric Capital Previous appearance on Unchained: Why Crypto Developer Activity Continues to Grow Despite the Bear Market  Links Unchained: A Big 2024 Crypto Trend: Solana Attracts More New Developers Than Ethereum Timestamps:  00:00 Intro 02:02 Key findings from Electric Capital's Developer Report 08:28 Could a friendlier U.S. regulatory environment reverse the developer migration? 12:54 How Ethereum could stay dominant amid rising competition from Solana 17:48 Insights from the Bitcoin developer ecosystem 21:33 Emerging smaller ecosystems gaining traction 23:41 The steady growth in ZK contract usage 27:39 Why NFT minting activity is at an all-time high 32:31 How stablecoin usage varies across tokens, chains and countries 36:22 News Recap Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Avichal Garg is a successful venture capitalist, serial entrepreneur, and founding partner at Electric Capital, where he focuses on investing in innovative technologies in the Web3 space. In today's episode, Avichal outlines the problems with legacy Big Tech and cryptocurrency's role in the declining power of the American dollar. He also describes his optimism about the burgeoning AI revolution, and how we can best prepare for the changes it will almost certainly bring to our everyday lives. Stay tuned to hear Avichal Garg's perspective on the intersection of technology and politics, on this episode of the Sunday Special. - - -  Today's Sponsors: International Fellowship of Christians and Jews - To give to IFCJ, visit https://benforthefellowship.org/ Collars & Co - Get 20% off your first order when you use code BEN at: https://collarsandco.com

*SPONSORED CONTENT* Did you miss out on Breakpoint 2024? In partnership with Solana, Real Vision is releasing the best talks from Breakpoint 2024. Today, Avichal Garg of Electric Capital and Santiago Roel Santos of SRS Family Office join the Solana Foundation's Ben Sparango to debate which is more future-proof: Solana or Ethereum? Breakpoint is the annual gathering of the worldwide Solana community, hosted by the Solana Foundation. Breakpoint 2024 was held Sept. 20-21 in Singapore. For more information, go to https://solana.com/breakpoint. DISCLAIMER The content herein is provided for educational, informational, and entertainment purposes only, and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, options, futures, or other derivatives related to securities in any jurisdiction, nor should not be relied upon as advice to buy, sell or hold any of the foregoing. This content is intended to be general in nature and is not specific to you, the user or anyone else. You should not make any decision, financial, investment, trading or otherwise, based on any of the information presented without undertaking independent due diligence and consultation with a professional advisor. Solana Foundation Foundation and its agents, advisors, council members, officers and employees (the “Foundation Parties”) make no representation or warranties, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy of the information herein and expressly disclaims any and all liability that may be based on such information or any errors or omissions therein. The Foundation Parties shall have no liability whatsoever, under contract, tort, trust or otherwise, to any person arising from or related to the content or any use of the information contained herein by you or any of your representatives. All opinions expressed herein are the speakers' own personal opinions and do not reflect the opinions of any entities. Timestamps:

In this episode, Jason is live from Permissionless with Michael Anderson from Framework Ventures and Avichal Garg from Electric Capital. They delve into the implications of Uniswap's Unichain, exploring its potential impact on ETH, OP, and the broader DeFi ecosystem. The conversation shifts to the evolving landscape of crypto applications and infrastructure, touching on investment strategies in both public and private markets. Finally, they discuss the upcoming U.S. election's influence on crypto regulation and the surprising role of stablecoins in national security. - - Start your day with crypto news, analysis and data from Katherine Ross and David Canellis. Subscribe to the Empire newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/empire?utm_source=podcasts Follow Avichal: https://twitter.com/avichal Follow Michael: https://x.com/im_manderson Follow Jason: https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz Follow Santiago: https://twitter.com/santiagoroel Follow Empire: https://twitter.com/theempirepod Subscribe on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/4fdhhb2j Subscribe on Apple: https://tinyurl.com/mv4frfv7ww Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/wbaypprw Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ - - Anoma is the universal intent machine, introducing a new era of applications where you define the outcomes you want. Anoma's intent-centric architecture provides a universal operating system for building intent-centric apps compatible with any blockchain. Anoma vastly improves blockchain UX, enables novel applications, and promotes a more human-centric future for decentralized technology. Follow Anoma at x.com/anoma and signup for the newsletter at anoma.net - - Supra Containers are secured by Supra's L1 nodes and get access to Supra's 500k TPS throughput, sub-second consensus latency, and all their built-in services like oracle price feeds and onchain randomness without any overhead. Supra is also MultiVM compatible so you can easily deploy your EVM, Move, and SVM smart contracts here. Get all the freedom, control, and tools you need to build super dApps and bring the world onchain. To learn more, visit www.supra.com/blockworks - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on Empire is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Santiago, Jason, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

Interview with Avichal Garg, co-founder and general partner on the investment team at Electric Capital. Topics:- Raising $2 Billion to invest in Crypto- Investment strategy for tokens and companies - Pitching Crypto to institutional investors - Bitcoin ETF inflows and the upcoming Ethereum ETF - Tokenization- Having Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton as an advisor - US Crypto Regulations - Crypto's impact on politics: Fairshake raising over $150 Million - Google and Facebook moving to Web3 

Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and special guest Avichal Garg from Electric Capital dissect the latest trends in the crypto world. This episode dives deep into the buzz around EigenLayer's airdrop: What sparked the controversy and how did EigenLayer respond to community backlash? We then explore LayerZero's unique self-reporting strategy to combat Sybil farmers and analyze Friend.Tech's bold, no-VC token launch. The discussion heats up with a look at ConsenSys' proactive lawsuit against the SEC, setting the stage for a showdown over regulatory clarity. We also delve into Robinhood's decision to challenge the SEC's Wells Notice amidst soaring earnings, and tackle the ongoing debate between VC-backed tokens and memecoins: Which is captivating the market? Finally, we predict the future of SocialFi and its potential to revolutionize the crypto landscape. Join us for an insightful exploration of these pivotal topics shaping the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Show highlights

Sunil Srivatsa is the founder and CEO of Storm Labs, an open-source software development studio. They help build and maintain infrastructure for decentralized protocols like Cove. Why you should listen Storm Labs is an open-source software development studio that builds infrastructure for the next financial generation. Their mission is to build and share foundational infrastructure that enables economic empowerment for all. Storm Labs raised $3 million in pre-seed funding from leading venture capital firms and angel investors to launch their protocol Cove, the first onchain portfolio manager that addresses the challenges of Automated Market Makers (AMMs). The round was led by Electric Capital. The current scarcity of dedicated onchain management platforms forces retail crypto users to navigate DeFi's complexities and potentially lose through DIY yield-farming. According to the survey conducted by Storm Labs, 25% of investors spent 3+ hours a week manually managing their portfolios. Cove's platform empowers users to tailor their investments to their risk appetite and goals to build their optimal DeFi portfolio without any need for manual management, while addressing the limitations of traditional AMMs and eliminating Loss-Versus-Rebalancing (LVR). They achieve this through a unique execution mechanism that guarantees fair and transparent trades, minimizing issues like price impact, slippage, MEV (Maximal Extractable Value). Trades within Cove are facilitated through a proprietary matching engine, while external trades are routed through CoW Swap for added security while still eliminating MEV and capturing positive slippage. This means the platform can seamlessly match individuals holding complementary liquidity positions, facilitating efficient trades and maximizing returns. Marking Stage 1 of the product roll-out will be the launch of Cove Boosties. Boosties is the first dedicated liquid locker and staking platform specifically designed to simplify and enhance the Yearn experience. It allows users to effortlessly earn boosted APY on Yearn vaults and mint coveYFI, with flexible dYFI rewards and early access to Cove's governance token ($COVE). Boosties is built using Yearn V3 and optimized by Gauntlet and audited by Trail of Bits, Quantstamp, and yAudit. The main protocol is slated to launch during Stage 2 later this year. Supporting links Bitget Bitget VIP Link with BONUS 1000 USDT Bitget Academy Bitget Research Bitget Wallet Cove Andy on Twitter  Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.  

Adeniyi Abiodun is the Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer @ Mysten Labs (https://mystenlabs.com). Backed by a16z Crypto, Jump Capital, Binance Labs, Electric Capital, & more, Mysten Labs is all about building critical infrastructure to enable a more decentralized internet. They're perhaps best known as the creators of Sui, a decentralized, proof of stake blockchain with horizontally scalable throughput and storage. In this episode we discuss Adeniyi's crypto journey (with a focus on the jump from Meta to creating Mysten Labs), what Mysten Labs gets uniquely right as a team, early challenges (and solves) as well as exciting possibilities for the future, thoughts on the current moment in crypto (from a technology and maturation perspective), & much more.Recorded Thursday March 28, 2024.

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 with special guests Avichal Garg, Co-Founder and General Partner, and Ken Deeter, General Partner, of Electric Capital. Listen in as they discuss the different phases of crypto adoption, how they think about investing in the space and key areas they're monitoring, what the future of decentralized finance might look like, the evolution of staking and yield-bearing assets, whether applications will go cross-chain or build out their own appchains, the net result of DeFi ecosystems between different chains, and more!

Austin Green is the Co-Founder @ Llama (https://llama.xyz). Backed by Founders Fund, Electric Capital, Elad Gil, & more, Llama is a full-stack platform for on-chain access control and governance, where users can securely take action using on-chain policies and custom execution strategies. In this episode we discuss Austin's path to conviction around the problem space, his perspective on progressive decentralization (and how Llama fits into that perspective), how crypto's changed since his introduction to the space, best advice for crypto founders in 2024, & much more.Recorded Thursday February 22, 2024.

Henri Stern is the Co-Founder of Privy (https://www.privy.io/). Backed by Paradigm, Sequoia, Electric Capital, & more, Privy's created one simple library to add beautiful authentication flows and powerful embedded wallets to your app. In this episode we talk about two things they've had to get right for Privy to work (and the insights behind that thinking), how web3 has changed since his beginnings in the space, Privy's earliest challenges and opportunities, the ultimate vision of what Privy's building toward, & much more.Recorded Thursday January 11, 2024.

From Market trends to Blockchain's financial disruption, Avichal explores the 2023 tech landscape. This episode is sponsored by Cboe DigitalIn this week's installment of "Money Reimagined," Sheila Warren is joined by Avichal Garg, the Co-Founder and General Partner at Electric Capital to discuss the tech side of crypto in 2023. From crypto market trends and investor sentiment to the challenges of AI technology and its potential for abuse Avichal skillfully delves into the intricate interplay of these elements, unraveling the layers that define the complex tapestry of the crypto world.Links | About Me – Avichal Garg Electric Capital Avichal Garg, Electric Capital A Difficult Truth: The Unspoken Mismatch of Web3 and Generative AICrypto Winter Is Over -From our sponsors:Do you have a trusted partner for your crypto trading? Cboe Digital will introduce financially settled margin futures on Bitcoin and Ether on January 11th, 2024 with physically delivered contracts to follow. Listed and cleared on Cboe's U.S. regulated exchange and clearinghouse, and complemented by a liquid crypto spot market for greater ease and access. We invite you to learn more about this and all applicable risk disclosures at cboedigital.com/coindesk.-Money Reimagined has been produced and edited by senior producer Michele Musso and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “The News Tonight ” by Shimmer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

From Market trends to Blockchain's financial disruption, Avichal explores the 2023 tech landscape. This episode is sponsored by Cboe DigitalIn this week's installment of "Money Reimagined," Sheila Warren is joined by Avichal Garg, the Co-Founder and General Partner at Electric Capital to discuss the tech side of crypto in 2023. From crypto market trends and investor sentiment to the challenges of AI technology and its potential for abuse Avichal skillfully delves into the intricate interplay of these elements, unraveling the layers that define the complex tapestry of the crypto world.Links | About Me – Avichal Garg Electric Capital Avichal Garg, Electric Capital A Difficult Truth: The Unspoken Mismatch of Web3 and Generative AICrypto Winter Is Over -From our sponsors:Do you have a trusted partner for your crypto trading? Cboe Digital will introduce financially settled margin futures on Bitcoin and Ether on January 11th, 2024 with physically delivered contracts to follow. Listed and cleared on Cboe's U.S. regulated exchange and clearinghouse, and complemented by a liquid crypto spot market for greater ease and access. We invite you to learn more about this and all applicable risk disclosures at cboedigital.com/coindesk.-Money Reimagined has been produced and edited by senior producer Michele Musso and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “The News Tonight ” by Shimmer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Distressed debt has risen sharply in the past two weeks, with the outlook increasingly uncertain heading into year-end. Global Credit Strategy head Noel Hebert, BI distressed credit analyst Philip Brendel and BI bankruptcy litigation analyst Negisa Balluku discuss this and other topics in this edition of the State of Distressed Debt podcast. In other topics, Balluku interviews Electric Capital General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer Emily Meyers on the impact of bankruptcies on crypto's regulatory landscape here and abroad, the SEC's recent losing streak in court and Meyers' outlook for legislative progress (7:40). Also, Balluku, Hebert and Brendel discuss Rite Aid, Akumin, WeWork, Incora, Hertz's post-petition interest fight and Diamond Sports (50:10).

In this round-up, Imran and Qiao delve into the potential impact of real-world assets and consumer applications on the mainstream adoption of crypto.No BS crypto insight for founders. Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(01:25) Welcome to Good Game(06:48) People feeling insecure about speculation(07:50) Compressed NFTs(09:35) What compressed NFTs enabled(13:42) Music NFTs - Sound.xyz(18:11) What happened with Azuki(24:13) Where we are in the NFT space(24:32) NFTfi(28:10) Does perps make sense for NFTs(32:27) Brian Armstrong's announcement(43:20) Thoughts on real-world assets(57:48) What other existing immediate needs do people have now in terms of traditional assets?(01:00:53) Tokenized real estate(01:06:27) Electric Capital's 2023 Developer Report(01:09:56) Some founder common mistakes(01:11:26) "Don't compare yourself to your competitors"(01:12:32) Qiao: I'll tell you which crypto incumbents will be here to stay(01:13:43) Qiao: It's very likely for someone to dethrone Uniswap in 5 to 10 yearsDeveloper report - https://www.developerreport.com/blog/newsletter-20230706Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3N675w3Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3snLsxUWebsite: https://goodgamepod.xyzTwitter: https://twitter.com/goodgamepodxyzDISCLAIMER: The views expressed herein are personal to the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of any other person or entity. Discussions and answers to questions are intended as generalized, non-personalized information. Nothing herein should be construed or relied upon as investment, legal, tax, or other advice.

Nothing tests your conviction like a bear market. This is an opportunity to test what you think you know, refine your thesis, and make your bets for the next leg up. Avichal and Sanjay are long time crypto investors and at VC fund electric capital. What are they betting on during the bear market? We discuss 5 of the most pressing questions facing crypto investors during the bear market including… 1) L2 tokens - Are L2 tokens they worth something or they just worthless governance tokens? 2) AltL1s…Will the ETH killers make a comeback? 3) Multichain world - Millions of L2 chains or a few big winners? 4) Restaking - big deal or overhyped? 5) What Avichal things are this cycle's alt-coins. Episodes like this are an opportunity to sharpen your insights as a crypto investor. Don't take these ideas as gospel. Wrestle with them. Test them. Make them your own. We'll have other Bear Market Bets episodes with other perspectives, so this isn't the last. ------

Welcome to Chain Reaction. A podcast that unpacks and dives deep into the latest trends, drama and news in crypto with some of the biggest names in the industry to break things down block by block for the crypto curious. For this week's episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Maria Shen, a general partner on the investment team at Electric Capital, an early stage venture firm focused on crypto, blockchain, fintech and marketplaces. Before Electric Capital, Maria was the CTO and co-founder of a startup Bambify that helped small to medium-sized businesses create more efficient supply chains with manufacturers globally. Prior to that, she worked at Microsoft. In March 2022, the firm announced that it closed $1 billion for a pair of crypto funds – a $400 million vehicle for making equity investments in startups and a $600 million fund intended to invest directly in crypto tokens. Its website currently showcases a portfolio with about 75 investments with crypto startups like Magic Eden, ConsenSys and Bitwise, to name a few. More recently, Electric Capital put out a report that showed the number of blockchain developers in the U.S. has declined every year since 2017, dropping to 29% last year from 40% in 2017. We dove into what that report really means and how it will affect the growth of developers domestically and internationally. We discussed what crypto sectors Maria is watching for investments, why she's betting big on NFTs and the general venture capital market sentiment. We also talked about: U.S. regulatory impact on investments The bear market Trends she's following Advice for founders Chain Reaction comes out every other Thursday at 12:00 p.m. ET, so be sure to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite pod platform to keep up with the action.

Elena Nadolinski is the Founder & CEO of Iron Fish (www.ironfish.network).Backed by Sequoia, a16z, Electric Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, & more, Iron Fish encrypts every transaction, shielding your sensitive asset information from public view. With read-only view keys, you remain compliant and in control. In this episode, we discuss Elena's journey up to the creation of Iron Fish, the use cases and second-order possibilities of Iron Fish, the biggest early surprises and challenges (and how their team navigated them), advice to crypto founders about productive dialogue with regulators, and why the future is bright for crypto.Recorded Monday May 1st, 2023.

Maria Shen, partner at Electric Capital, unpacks the venture firm's latest Developer Report. Hotly anticipated among crypto observers, the annual report captures which chains developers are building on. Despite 2022's price carnage, the report finds developer interest remains strong. Ethereum is the leading chain by far but EVM-compatibility is emerging as a major force in winning developers' hearts and minds. Shen unpacks Bitcoin's stability, Terra's implosion, and many more insights from crypto's open-source code repos. Show highlights: why the report "undercounts" developers and how it defines active developers how developers represent a fundamental measure of the health of emerging technologies like crypto the meaning of developer numbers going up even when prices plummet why in recent years the speed of developer growth jumped so drastically what happened after the number of developers reached an all-time high in June 2022 the role of Terra in the decline of developer activity in 2022's second half why Ethereum dominates the ecosystem and whether it will continue to be the leader the benefits of being part of “the EVM universe” why the number of Bitcoin developers has remained flat over the last year whether looking at the number of developers in the NFT ecosystem is even relevant Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com Guest Maria Shen: Twitter Electric Capital Developer Report Full report Maria's 2022 thread 2021 report 2020 report Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The month of November has come to an end, and the year 2022 is almost through! That means it's time for another monthly update, where we'll recap the fascinating, insightful and entertaining conversations we've had on the Unstoppable Podcast in the last month. We cover:Our conversation with Bobby Ong at CoinGecko about building an independent crypto aggregator, NFT trends and the increase in tokenization.A talk with Raph Guilleminot at Electric Capital about the biggest user experience challenges in crypto, how to improve Web3 communication, the future of personal custody in Web3 and more.A discussion with Jad Esber at koodos labs about the future of identity, reputation and decentralization in Web3.A chat with Anand Venkateswaran at eDAO about buying a Beeple NFT for $69M, advice for NFT collectors, the role of NFTs in Web3 and the growth of crypto in India.You can follow Josh on Twitter, Bobby on Twitter , Raph on Twitter, Jad on Twitter, Anand on Twitter and learn more about Unstoppable Domains and our work here.Don't forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss an episode and we can keep producing awesome content for you.#crypto #blockchain #domains #web3.0 #decentralized

Fall is upon us and the chilly weather is well underway. For some pre-festive cheer, let's take a look at highlights from the Unstoppable Podcasts for the month of October, where we spoke to another round of fascinating and insightful guests. Here's what you can expect:Our chat with Adam Levy, Host of Mint Podcast, about how to grow a Web3 community with NFTs.A discussion with Elizabeth Laraki, Design Partner at Electric Capital, about user experience and design in Web3, how it differs from Web2 and where things are headed in the future.A conversation with Valet Jones and SAFA, Co-Founders of Jenkins the Valet, about building the first community-generated NFT, key lessons for Web3 community builders, and the growth of the digital profile picture movement.A talk with Dayo Adeosun, Co-Founder of Glass Protocol, about the pace of innovation in a crypto bear market, challenges facing creators, and how to bring creators and communities together. You can follow Josh on Twitter, Adam on Twitter, Elizabeth on Twitter, Valet and SAPA on Twitter, Dayo on Twitter, and learn more about Unstoppable Domains and our work here.Don't forget to rate, download, and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss an episode and we can keep producing awesome content for you. #crypto #blockchain #domains #web3.0 #decentralized

In this episode of Empire, Avichal Garg Founder of Electric Capital and Haseeb Qureshi Managing Partner at Dragonfly Capital join the show to discuss the fallout of FTX. Avichal and Haseeb discuss the structure between FTX and Alameda Research, looking behind the curtain into how intertwined the two entities were. We then go on to discuss the potential contagion between large CeFi companies in crypto who could have exposure to FTX and Alemeda. To hear all this and more, you'll have to tune in! -- Follow Avichal https://twitter.com/avichal Follow Haseeb: https://twitter.com/hosseeb Follow Jason: https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz Follow Empire: https://twitter.com/theempirepod Subscribe on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/4fdhhb2j Subscribe on Apple: https://tinyurl.com/mv4frfv7 Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/wbaypprw Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ -- Circle's USDC has quickly become one of the most trusted and widely used stablecoins because of its composability, stability and reserve transparency. As a seamless, trusted digital currency, USDC is a zero-to-one opportunity for the global financial system. Check out their Transparency Hub at http://empirepodcast.link/circle that outlines everything from links to USDC weekly reserve reports, monthly attestations, and blog posts written by their executive team highlighting how and why USDC was built the way it is. - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on Empire is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Santiago, Jason, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed. Disclaimer: Scammers are impersonating Blockworks and replying to comments on some of our videos. Please be advised that we will NEVER reply to your comment asking you to contact us on whatsapp, telegram, provide investment advice, or solicit money from you. These are scam impersonator accounts and you should not respond to them.

On today's episode, we're talking to Raph Guilleminot, Product Designer and Design Manager at Electric Capital — an early-stage venture firm investing in the next generation of iconic Web3 founders. We talk about:Raph's story and what makes him so excited to be working with Web3 today.User experience in Web3 and how it can be much more challenging than necessary.Challenges around identity in Web3, the lack of control and communication channels.Effectively communicating risk to Web3 users and how to educate them.The future of personal custody and key management in Web3 — can it survive?Composability in Web3 and the ability for NFTs and tokens to have utility across different applications.Some trends Raph sees in crypto going into 2023.You can follow Josh on Twitter, Raph on Twitter and learn more about Unstoppable Domains and our work here.Don't forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss an episode and we can keep producing awesome content for you.#crypto #blockchain #domains #web3.0 #decentralized

The most valuable crypto stories for Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022."The Hash" team talks about a defamation lawsuit filed against YouTuber "Atozy” by fellow YouTuber Ben Armstrong, whose videos are produced under the moniker "BitBoy Crypto," Plus, Bloomberg reports former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton is joining Electric Capital as an advisor.See also: YouTuber vs. YouTuber: BitBoy Crypto Sues Atozy for DefamationBitBoy Lost His Lawsuit the Instant He Filed ItEx-SEC Chair Jay Clayton Joins Crypto Investor Electric Capital as Adviser: Report_I.D.E.A.S. 2022 by CoinDesk facilitates capital flow and market growth by connecting the digital economy with traditional finance through the presenter's mainstage, capital allocation meeting rooms and sponsor expo floor. Use code HASH20 for 20% off the General Pass. Register now: coindesk.com/ideas-This episode has been edited by Michele Musso. Our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On today's Manager Meeting, Maneesh Gandhi sits down with Avichal Garg. Maneesh is a Partner at Evanston Capital, a $4.5 billion hedge fund of funds, whose CIO Adam Blitz was a past guest on Capital Allocators. Avichal is the Co-Founder of Electric Capital, an early-stage venture firm focused on cryptocurrencies, blockchain technologies, fintech, and marketplaces. He has been a successful serial entrepreneur with executive experience at Google and Facebook, which acquired his previous company in 2012. Their conversation covers Avichal's career as an operator, influence on his investment approach, conviction in crypto, and opportunities in today's markets. They cover Electric's investment strategy, differentiated team structure, investment examples, and the future of crypto. Learn More  Follow Ted on Twitter at @tseides or LinkedIn  Subscribe to the mailing list  Access Transcript with Premium Membership   

Avichal Garg worked at Google and Facebook, generating billions in revenue, before co-founding Electric Capital: an investing firm developing the foremost leaders in Web3– a term meaning the reimagining of our existing technologies. Web3 especially includes innovation surrounding crypto. In this episode, we'll dive into the cryptocurrency phenomenon and evaluate the naysayers and their critiques of this new alternative and the coming financial industry revolution. We'll also dive into our thoughts on the government's discussions to back their own crypto coin, and whether to approach crypto more as a currency or a commodity.Become a Daily Wire member to hear the bonus questions! dailywire.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices