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In this episode with Brian Estes, we discuss: The BitBonds White Paper Could U.S. pay off its debt with Bitcoin? Price models show Bitcoin is undervalued What did Brian spend 50 bitcoin on?? ---- Guest Bio: Brian Estes is the CIO of Off the Chain Capital, a General Partner investor of Polychain, and executive producer of the movie, "God Bless Bitcoin." Follow Brian on X and read his two-page white paper on US Treasury BitBonds at https://x.com/brianestes32  ---- Coin Stories is powered by Genius Group (NYSE American $GNS). Genius is a Bitcoin-first business delivering AI-powered education and acceleration solutions for the future of work. Learn more and enter for a chance to win a whale pass to Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas: https://www.geniusgroup.ai/coinstories ---- Natalie's Partner Links:  Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR) is a publicly-traded leader in Bitcoin mining and high-performance computing. Learn more at www.bitdeer.com  Secure your Bitcoin with collaborative custody and set up your inheritance plan with Casa: https://www.casa.io/natalie  For easy, low-cost, instant Bitcoin payments, I use Speed Lightning Wallet. Get 5000 sats when you download using this link and promo code COINSTORIES10: https://www.speed.app/sweepstakes-promocode/ River is where I DCA weekly and buy Bitcoin with the lowest fees in the industry: https://partner.river.com/natalie  Safely self-custody your Bitcoin with Coinkite and the ColdCard Wallet. Get 5% off: https://store.coinkite.com/promo/COINSTORIES Master your Bitcoin self-custody with 1-on-1 help and gain peace of mind with the help of The Bitcoin Way: https://www.thebitcoinway.com/natalie Bitcoin 2025 is heading to Las Vegas May 27-29th! Join me for my 4th Annual Women of Bitcoin Brunch! Get 10% off Early Bird passes using the code HODL: https://tickets.b.tc/affiliate/hodl/event/bitcoin-2025   Protect yourself from SIM Swaps that can hack your accounts and steal your Bitcoin. Join America's most secure mobile service, trusted by CEOs, VIPs and top corporations: https://www.efani.com/natalie  Connect with Bitcoiners and Bitcoin merchants wherever you live and travel on the Orange Pill App: https://signup.theorangepillapp.com/opa/natbrunell Save thousands on health insurance like I did by joining CrowdHealth: www.joincrowdhealth.com/natalie  ---- This podcast is for educational purposes and should not be construed as official investment advice. ---- VALUE FOR VALUE — SUPPORT NATALIE'S SHOWS Strike ID https://strike.me/coinstoriesnat/ Cash App $CoinStories   #money #Bitcoin #investing

Rushi Manche is Co-Founder of Movement Labs (https://www.movementlabs.xyz), developer of the Movement Network, an ecosystem of modular Move language based blockchains, creating the Move Virtual Machine Layer 2 for Ethereum, that enables developers to launch high-performance Move-VM rollups easily, bridging Move and EVM ecosystems. Backed by Polychain, Hack VC, Placeholder, Archetype,  Aptos Labs, among others, Rushi discusses the limitations of monolithic blockchains, and how Move-VM, through parallelization of execution threads addresses Ethereum's shortcomings.

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. In this episode, the crew dives into Ethereum's homestaking crisis and its growing competition from high-throughput chains like Solana. They tackle the explosive drama between EigenLayer and Celestia, including the controversial $82 million token sale by VCs. The discussion also covers Ethereum's future, staking rewards, and how restaking could boost its long-term value. Tune in for a deep dive into the challenges and ethical debates shaping the blockchain space right now! 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. In this episode, the crew dives into Ethereum's homestaking crisis and its growing competition from high-throughput chains like Solana. They tackle the explosive drama between EigenLayer and Celestia, including the controversial $82 million token sale by VCs. The discussion also covers Ethereum's future, staking rewards, and how restaking could boost its long-term value. Tune in for a deep dive into the challenges and ethical debates shaping the blockchain space right now! Show highlights

Alex Cort is the Co-Founder @ Superform (https://www.superform.xyz). Backed by Polychain, Maven 11 Capital, CMT Digital, & more, Superform is a universal yield marketplace—enabling users to access any vault, on any chain, using any token, as well as distribute your vaults instantly across chains. In this episode we chat through exciting trajectories for what they're building (and expected second-order effects), common failure modes for building in crypto, how crypto's changed since Alex's beginnings in the space, & much more.Recorded Thursday April 11, 2024.

Niraj Pant is Co-Founder of Ritual, the decentralized execution layer for AI. Prior to founding Ritual, Niraj spent six years as a General Partner at Polychain, leading investment rounds in startups like Offchain Labs, EigenLayer, and Compound. He began his career as a cryptography researcher in the Decentralized Systems Lab at UIUC.In this conversation, we discuss:- The relationship between crypto and AI- The future of AI and crypto- Building autonomous worlds and games- Applying ML to DeFi- Smart Agents- Building decentralized AI infrastructure- Story Protocol- Exciting developers- AI-based DApps- GPU as a serviceRitualWebsite: ritual.netX: @ritualnetDiscord: discord.ritual.netNiraj PantX: @nirajLinkedIn: Niraj Pant  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.   PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Mike Hanono is the Founder & CEO @ Talus (https://twitter.com/TalusNetwork). Backed by WAGMI Ventures, Polychain, dao5, & more, Talus is building at the intersection of crypto & AI. In this episode we discuss the current state of AI and blockchain technology, smart agents (and the corresponding usefulness of blockchains), Mike's perspective on what wastes time during the early stages of a startup, what future possible trajectories could look like, & much more.Recorded Thursday March 7, 2024.

As the crypto bull market gets started, Alex Pack of Hack VC dives into why he thinks crypto is still so early and how his firm believes crypto and AI will intersect. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Fountain, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Pandora, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.In this episode of Unchained, Alex Pack, managing partner at Hack VC. Pack discusses the firm's recent $150 million fundraise, the challenges of raising capital in a bear market, and the firm's focus on early-stage Web3 infrastructure. He also shares his thoughts on the intersection of crypto and AI, the future of DeFi, and the importance of security in the crypto space. Pack believes that the current infrastructure of crypto is still in its early stages and needs significant improvement before it can reach mainstream adoption. He also sees potential in the development of more secure smart contracts and the integration of AI into decentralized applications.Show highlights:How Hack VC was able to raise $150 million in a bear market, especially after the blowups of FTX, 3AC, and TerraAlex's interaction with SBF, whom he calls a "sociopath," and why he didn't invest in FTXHack VC's philosophy to "back hackers" in cryptoThe goals behind Zuzalu, the new community that resembles Balaji Srinivasan's idea of a network stateWhat the main focus of Hack VC's investments are, including scalability, AI, and DeFiWhy Alex believes that "we are still so early"How Alex believes crypto and artificial intelligence will intersect The role of AI agents and how to use them in decentralized applicationsWhy he thinks that EigenLayer is a great solution for middleware applicationsAlex's opinion on the modular vs. monolithic approach for scaling blockchainsHow DeFi survived the last bear market, contrasted with the collapses of CeFi companies like Celsius, BlockFi and FTXWhether algorithmic stablecoins can ever work and what Alex thinks of Ethena's USDeHow to improve security in crypto, according to AlexWhy the outcome of the Bitcoin ETFs exceeded Alex's expectationsWhat he believes the catalysts are for the next bull marketThank you to our sponsors! PolkadotGuest | Alex Pack, Managing partner at Hack VCPrevious appearances on Unchained:Dragonfly Capital on Why Ethereum Is So Far in the Lead‘The Last Big Whale': Why the Crypto Contagion of 2022 Eventually Hit GenesisLinks | New fundBloomberg: Hack VC Raises $150 Million for Bets on Battered Crypto Industry Hack VC Closes $150M Venture Fund I, Bringing AUM to $425MStablecoins:Unchained:What Is Ethena's USDe Synethic Dollar? A Beginner's GuideWhat Is Terra and Why Did It Fail?Why It's so Hard to Keep Stablecoins Stable What Is Depegging in Crypto and Why Does It Occur?What Is Real-World Asset (RWA) Tokenization? A Beginner's GuideEigenLayer ecosystemUnchained: What Is EigenLayer? A Guide to the Decentralized ETH Restaking ProtocolThe Block: AltLayer closes $14.4 million strategic round co-led by Polychain and Hack VCModular vs. monolithic approachUnchained: What Are Modular Blockchains? A Beginner's GuideThree Crypto Pioneers on Crypto's Monolithic vs. Modular DebateCrypto x AI crossoverio.net and Ritual Collaborate to Boost Global AI Compute Landscape Ritual x EigenLayer: Restaking for AIUnchained: 5 Use Cases of AI in BlockchainZuzaluDecrypt: I Spent a Month Inside Vitalik Buterin's Social Experiment—Here's What It Was Really Like-Unchained Podcast is Produced by Laura Shin Media, LLC. Distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Michele Musso and Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Fountain, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Pandora, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. In this episode of Unchained, Alex Pack, managing partner at Hack VC discusses the firm's recent $150 million fundraise, the challenges of raising capital in a bear market, and the firm's focus on early-stage Web3 infrastructure. He also shares his thoughts on the intersection of crypto and AI, the future of DeFi, and the importance of security in the crypto space. Pack believes that the current infrastructure of crypto is still in its early stages and needs significant improvement before it can reach mainstream adoption. He also sees potential in the development of more secure smart contracts and the integration of AI into decentralized applications. Show highlights: How Hack VC was able to raise $150 million in a bear market, especially after the blowups of FTX, 3AC, and Terra Alex's interaction with SBF, whom he calls a "sociopath," and why he didn't invest in FTX Hack VC's philosophy to "back hackers" in crypto The goals behind Zuzalu, the new community that resembles Balaji Srinivasan's idea of a network state What the main focus of Hack VC's investments are, including scalability, AI, and DeFi Why Alex believes that "we are still so early" How Alex believes crypto and artificial intelligence will intersect  The role of AI agents and how to use them in decentralized applications Why he thinks that EigenLayer is a great solution for middleware applications Alex's opinion on the modular vs. monolithic approach for scaling blockchains How DeFi survived the last bear market, contrasted with the collapses of CeFi companies like Celsius, BlockFi and FTX Whether algorithmic stablecoins can ever work and what Alex thinks of Ethena's USDe How to improve security in crypto, according to Alex Why the outcome of the Bitcoin ETFs exceeded Alex's expectations What he believes the catalysts are for the next bull market Thank you to our sponsors! Polkadot Guest: Alex Pack, Managing partner at Hack VC Previous appearances on Unchained: Dragonfly Capital on Why Ethereum Is So Far in the Lead ‘The Last Big Whale': Why the Crypto Contagion of 2022 Eventually Hit Genesis Links New fund Bloomberg: Hack VC Raises $150 Million for Bets on Battered Crypto Industry  Hack VC Closes $150M Venture Fund I, Bringing AUM to $425M Stablecoins: Unchained: What Is Ethena's USDe Synethic Dollar? A Beginner's Guide What Is Terra and Why Did It Fail? Why It's so Hard to Keep Stablecoins Stable  What Is Depegging in Crypto and Why Does It Occur? What Is Real-World Asset (RWA) Tokenization? A Beginner's Guide EigenLayer ecosystem Unchained: What Is EigenLayer? A Guide to the Decentralized ETH Restaking Protocol The Block: AltLayer closes $14.4 million strategic round co-led by Polychain and Hack VC Modular vs. monolithic approach Unchained:  What Are Modular Blockchains? A Beginner's Guide Three Crypto Pioneers on Crypto's Monolithic vs. Modular Debate Crypto x AI crossover io.net and Ritual Collaborate to Boost Global AI Compute Landscape  Ritual x EigenLayer: Restaking for AI Unchained: 5 Use Cases of AI in Blockchain Zuzalu Decrypt: I Spent a Month Inside Vitalik Buterin's Social Experiment—Here's What It Was Really Like Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Fountain, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Pandora, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. In this episode of Unchained, Alex Pack, managing partner at Hack VC discusses the firm's recent $150 million fundraise, the challenges of raising capital in a bear market, and the firm's focus on early-stage Web3 infrastructure. He also shares his thoughts on the intersection of crypto and AI, the future of DeFi, and the importance of security in the crypto space. Pack believes that the current infrastructure of crypto is still in its early stages and needs significant improvement before it can reach mainstream adoption. He also sees potential in the development of more secure smart contracts and the integration of AI into decentralized applications. Show highlights: How Hack VC was able to raise $150 million in a bear market, especially after the blowups of FTX, 3AC, and Terra Alex's interaction with SBF, whom he calls a "sociopath," and why he didn't invest in FTX Hack VC's philosophy to "back hackers" in crypto The goals behind Zuzalu, the new community that resembles Balaji Srinivasan's idea of a network state What the main focus of Hack VC's investments are, including scalability, AI, and DeFi Why Alex believes that "we are still so early" How Alex believes crypto and artificial intelligence will intersect  The role of AI agents and how to use them in decentralized applications Why he thinks that EigenLayer is a great solution for middleware applications Alex's opinion on the modular vs. monolithic approach for scaling blockchains How DeFi survived the last bear market, contrasted with the collapses of CeFi companies like Celsius, BlockFi and FTX Whether algorithmic stablecoins can ever work and what Alex thinks of Ethena's USDe How to improve security in crypto, according to Alex Why the outcome of the Bitcoin ETFs exceeded Alex's expectations What he believes the catalysts are for the next bull market Thank you to our sponsors! Polkadot Guest: Alex Pack, Managing partner at Hack VC Previous appearances on Unchained: Dragonfly Capital on Why Ethereum Is So Far in the Lead ‘The Last Big Whale': Why the Crypto Contagion of 2022 Eventually Hit Genesis Links New fund Bloomberg: Hack VC Raises $150 Million for Bets on Battered Crypto Industry  Hack VC Closes $150M Venture Fund I, Bringing AUM to $425M Stablecoins: Unchained: What Is Ethena's USDe Synethic Dollar? A Beginner's Guide What Is Terra and Why Did It Fail? Why It's so Hard to Keep Stablecoins Stable  What Is Depegging in Crypto and Why Does It Occur? What Is Real-World Asset (RWA) Tokenization? A Beginner's Guide EigenLayer ecosystem Unchained: What Is EigenLayer? A Guide to the Decentralized ETH Restaking Protocol The Block: AltLayer closes $14.4 million strategic round co-led by Polychain and Hack VC Modular vs. monolithic approach Unchained:  What Are Modular Blockchains? A Beginner's Guide Three Crypto Pioneers on Crypto's Monolithic vs. Modular Debate Crypto x AI crossover io.net and Ritual Collaborate to Boost Global AI Compute Landscape  Ritual x EigenLayer: Restaking for AI Unchained: 5 Use Cases of AI in Blockchain Zuzalu Decrypt: I Spent a Month Inside Vitalik Buterin's Social Experiment—Here's What It Was Really Like Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Orchid Labs is a decentralized marketplace and virtual private network (VPN) provider. Steven, who goes by Seven, holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and worked previously at Sun Microsystems. Today, he's an active web3 investor and served as a partner at Pantera Capital, where he focused on blockchain investments. Additionally, he led the Digital Currency Fund at Fortress Investment Group and currently holds the position of CTO and venture partner at Fabric Ventures.Backed by Polychain, a16z and Sequoia Capital, Orchid initially started as an open-source, decentralized marketplace for bandwidth in 2017, with a strong emphasis on privacy. Under Steven's leadership, the team has since identified new areas for expansion. This month, they are announcing a DePIN initiative.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tekin Salimi is the founder of dao5, a $125 million experimental cryptocurrency venture fund that will convert into a decentralized autonomous organization. Tekin Salimi- Founder of dao5 Tekin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tekinsalimi dao5's Twitter: https://twitter.com/daofive dao5's Website: https://dao5.com/ Logan Jastremski - Co-Founder at Frictionless Capital: - Logan's Twitter: @LoganJastremski - Frictionless Capital: https://www.frictionless.fund/

In today's episode of Empire, Olaf Carlson, the founder of Polychain and first Coinbase employee, shares why he believes crypto is going to be the greatest wealth redistribution of the modern era. The conversation covers the impact of the leverage cycle, the viability of restaking, and the importance of privacy. They also touch on the L2 and Appchain thesis, embedding financial markets into social platforms, and the potential of wearables. Olaf breaks down why crypto is a one-way street and why it will outlive fiat currency. We hope you enjoy!  - - Follow Olaf: https://twitter.com/zxocw 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/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/  - - Planning to grant token awards for your team? Toku makes implementing global token compensation and incentive awards simple. With Toku, you get unmatched legal and tax support to grant and administer your global team's tokens. Toku navigates it across the lifecycle — from easy to use token grant award templates through tracking vesting to managing tax withholdings. Make it simple today, at https://www.toku.com/empire - - Join us at DAS (Digital Asset Summit) in London this March! DAS is the #1 institutional conference in crypto, hosted by Blockworks.  Use the link below to learn more, and use EMPIRE20 to get 20% off your ticket! Sign up now because the price goes up every month. See you there!  Learn more + get your ticket here: https://blockworks.co/event/digital-asset-summit-2024-london/home - - Timestamps: (00:00) Crypto Sentiment Check (06:38) The L2 Wave (14:52) App-chain Thesis (24:20) Impact of the Leverage Driven Cycle (33:35) DAS 2023 (34:51) Toku Ad (36:03) Crypto in 10 years (43:44) Privacy Solutions, Shared Security, and Wearables  (53:24) Why Olaf Doesn't Sell - - 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.

Amrit Kumar is the COO at AltLayer (https://www.altlayer.io).Backed by Polychain, Binance Labs, Balaji Srinivasan, & more, AltLayer offers Rollups-as-a-Service products that accelerate web3 projects. In this episode we discuss the original insights that led to the creation of AltLayer, the remarkable traction of their testnet, Amrit's advice for building and scaling teams, his outlook on the crypto space writ large, & much more.Recorded Wednesday August 30, 2023.

In dieser Folge geht es weiter mit einer neuen Ausgabe der Rubrik “To Infinity and Beyond”. Romina Bungert und Daniel Höpfner sprechen heute über die Neuigkeiten der letzten Woche in der Blockchain, Web 3.0, Krypto und NFT-Welt. Heute geht es um:Blockchains: Aave DAO hat ihren über-kollateralisierten Stablecoin GHO nun auf Ethereum-Mainnet lanciertGnosis präsentiert mit „Gnosis Pay“ eine self-custodial Kreditkarte, die bis zur IBAN integriert ist.In der Celo DAO wurden Pläne für eine L2 basierend auf Opitimism's OP Stack und Eigenlayer vorgestelltAuf Polygon startet das erste Projekt für eine dezentralisierte Sequenzer LösungUniswapX soll verbesserte Handelsausführung bieten, die auf einem Dutch Auction Ansatz Trades off-chainChainlink führt ein chain-übergreifendes Protokoll ein, um Blockchain und traditionelle Finanzmärkte zu verbinden.Regulatorik / Staaten: Societe Generale Forge, die #Krypto-Abteilung der Bank, erhält als erste die vollständige DASP Lizenz in Frankreich

Nick Emmons is the Co-Founder & CEO @ Upshot (https://upshot.xyz).Backed by Polychain and Blockchain Capital, Upshot is building financial infrastructure for NFTs, including industry-leading NFT appraisals and other financial tools that provide deep insight into NFT markets and unlock a wave of new DeFi possibilities. Upshot is currently providing accurate, real-time appraisals for 104M+ NFTs from over 87k collections. In this episode we discuss Nick's narration of the NFT space's history and future trajectories, the intersection of NFTs and DeFi, the frontier space of NFTs, his take on the outlook for crypto in the medium-term, & much more.Recorded Tuesday June 13th, 2023.

This week on The Defiant Podcast, we speak with Tekin Salimi, the founder of dao5, a Web 3 investment fund founded last year. Tekin was previously at Polychain Capital. Dao5 is an experimental cryptocurrency investment fund with plans to convert into a decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO. We dive into the biggest DAO drama from the last year, why Tekin is so bullish and excited about DAOs. We also discuss Tekin's investment thesis while he was at Polychain, his switch to focus mostly on the Ethereum ecosystem at dao5, Web 3 infrastructure, NFTs, regulations, his thoughts on FTX, and so much more. Thanking our podcast sponsors: This episode is brought to you by the Glo dollar, a new stablecoin that reduces extreme poverty as its market cap goes up. With Glo, you can lift people out of poverty just by holding a stablecoin. To join the waitlist, visit https://www.glodollar.org/defiant Store your tokens safely. Go self-custodial with 1inch Wallet.

Chris Maurice has built a disruptive fintech serving the people of Africa. A startup that has already raised close to $60M as it strives to make peer-to-peer payments even more affordable for everyone. The venture, Yellow Card attracted funding from top-tier investors like Polychain, Valar Ventures, Pat Duffy, and Third Prime.

Peter Kris je CEO Mangata Finance. Epizóda je v anglickom jazyku a preto aj ďaľší opis bude v ENG: Peter Kris, the founder and CEO of Mangata Finance, has a decade of experience in crypto industry. In this interview, he shares the story of how they created a highly innovative DEX on Polkadot, backed by top tier VCs from US such as Polychain, Altonomy, TRGC and others. Peter's journey began while he was studying at university and trading commodities, and eventually led to the creation of a Web3 devhouse and an unbelievable story of invitation into the Polychain incubator. He discusses motivations behind the creation of Mangata Finance, his overall view on crypto industry and its future, as well as his favorite crypto people, chains and experiences. Peter also shares his thoughts on the current and future narratives in the industry, sources of informations and missing pieces, as well as some of the most bizarre situations he has encountered. PETER KRIS https://twitter.com/uPeterKris https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-kris-a7274054/ MANGATA FINANCE https://www.mangata.finance/ https://twitter.com/MangataFinance https://discord.com/invite/X4VTaejebf https://www.youtube.com/c/MangataFinance https://www.linkedin.com/company/mangata-finance/ RENE https://twitter.com/ReneDarm https://linktr.ee/ReneOnChain

Teymour Farman-Farmaian is the founder of Slide, a Web3 UX startup that provides dApps with the infrastructure for easy onboarding by any user. Why you should listen Slide aims to make web3 effortless for dApps and everyday users. Users of Slide-enabled dApps can purchase NFTs with card, custody and manage assets without installing wallets, seamlessly transact with any asset across any blockchain (with no blockchain-specific gas fees), and enjoy a web3 experience as simple as web2. Olaf Carlson-Wee (1st Coinbase employee, Polychain founder, and one of Slide's lead investors) has called Slide a “browser-level moment” for web3. Supporting links Masterworks Slide 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.

Justin Gregorius is the Co-Founder & CEO of Pine Street Labs (www.pinestreetlabs.com). Backed by Polychain, Coinbase Ventures, Figment, and others, Pine Street Labs is an enterprise software company that services crypto companies, building products to help businesses use blockchains – starting with their flagship product called walletOS. In this episode we discuss their experience fundraising in the current market environment, what the future of enterprises in web3 may look like, and how they're thinking about go-to-market for their flagship product (hint: focus on crypto-native businesses first). Recorded on Friday, October 14th, 2022.

Atlanta's at it again--changing the world. Valor investor William Leonard catches up with Atlanta CEO and co-founder of Yellow Card Chris Maurice in this exciting ep. Yellow Card started by creating a better micro-payments infrastructure in Nigeria, a country that is on pace to be larger than the US by 2050. When they met Valor in 2020, we loved it--and so did Andreessen Horowitz, who led their seed round. Learn about the latest $40M Series B led by Polychain and how this exciting startup has grown into a pan-African exchange that's underwriting a bright future.

Sign up for my Daily Fintech or Daily Digital Banking Newsletters here. Check out my latest podcast episode below: Welcome to your daily FinTech news! In case you missed it, please see below today's most relevant news, or tune in to our Daily Fintech Podcast here. NEWS HIGHLIGHT Curve is to launch a crypto rewards program that offers users access to "double dip" cashback in various cryptocurrencies. In the US, every purchase will be eligible for the perk. Customers can keep track of their tokens and their value in the Curve app. Link here FINTECH NEWS #Crypto Robinhood crypto wallet goes live on Polygon. It gives customers total control of their crypto, allowing them to trade and swap crypto with no network fees, as well as access the decentralised web. Link here #DoneDeal Uniswap to raise $100 million in a new round. Uniswap will see fundings from several entities including a Singaporean social wealth fund and California-based investment giant Polychain. Link here

Mo Koyfman is the Founder and General Partner @ Shine Capital, who announced earlier this year Shine II, a $200M early-stage fund, and Shine Opportunities I, a $100M vehicle. Prior to founding Shine, Mo was the Managing Member @ Moko Brands where he made angel investments in Coinbase, Polychain, Harry's to name a few. Before Moko, Mo spent over 7 years as a General Partner @ Spark Capital where he made investments in Plaid, Warby Parker, Skillshare and Hivemapper, to name a few. Finally prior to Spark, Mo spent over 5 years at IAC where he oversaw group of companies that included Connected Ventures, parent of Vimeo, CollegeHumor & BustedTees. In Today's Episode with Mo Koyfman: 1.) From Entrepreneurial Parents to IAC, Spark Capital and Founding Shine: How did Mo make his way into the world of venture having worked with Dara Khros, Barry Diller and Jeremy Liew? What were some of the biggest takeaways from his time with Barry Diller and IAC? How did Mo's time at Spark impact his investing mindset? What did he learn that he took with him to founding Shine? 2.) Investment Firm vs Investment Partnership: What are the biggest differences between investment firms and investment partnerships? What are the biggest risks founders are taking when they take money from investment firms? Mo has very strong beliefs, how does he manage and inspire debates within his firm without shutting down or intimidating younger, less experienced team members? What does Mo mean when he says, "firms are great but partners matter". 3.) How To Win in Venture: Why does Mo always believe that small funds outperform large funds? What have been some of Mo's biggest lessons from Fred Wilson on fund strategy and sizing? How much of an emphasis does Mo place on the importance of ownership? Why does Mo believe the way to win in venture is to be collaborative? Why does Mo believe in the macro conditions we are entering, the landscape is about to become a lot more collaborative? Why does Mo believe any firm that says they will always do their pro rata is lying? 4.) The Lessons: Success and Failure: What are some of Mo's biggest lessons from his biggest wins, like Plaid at seed? That said, why does Mo believe it is so dangerous to try and learn lessons from the wins? What failures have been most impactful to Mo? What did he take away from them? Why does Mo believe that making great burgers is like building great companies? Items Mentioned in Today's Episode: Mo's Favourite Book: Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth

Olaf Carlson-Wee is the Founder and CEO of Polychain Capital, a $5 billion investment firm that was one of the first institutional crypto funds upon its launch in 2016. Olaf is among the crypto OGs, he was the first hire at Coinbase and led risk management before founding Polychain with initial investments from Sequoia, a16z, Union Square Ventures, and Founders Fund. He was named to both the Forbes 30 Under 30 and Fortune 40 Under 40. Our conversation explores Olaf's vision for what is to come in the crypto ecosystem.  We cover his early discovery of cryptocurrency, his experience at Coinbase, and his founding and strategy at Polychain. We then turn to Olaf's perspective on the present and future of incentive systems, social media, bear markets, layer 1 protocols, bridges across protocols, NFTs, DeFi, DAOs, and stablecoins.   Learn More  Follow Ted on Twitter at @tseides or LinkedIn  Subscribe to the mailing list  Access Transcript with Premium Membership 

Brent Xu is the Founder and CEO of Umee, a Cross Chain DeFi hub designed to operate seamlessly across protocols. Brent has extensive experience in blockchain and venture investments and previously held business strategy roles at ConsenSys and Tendermint and Cosmos. Why you should listen After cutting his teeth working with Tendermint to build Gravity Dex and the Gravity Bridge on the Cosmos network, Brent Xu founded Umee in April 2021 to bring cross-chain DeFi use cases to the Cosmos and Ethereum ecosystems. Umee aspires to create a DeFi experience across blockchain networks and resolve three major issues universal to all DeFi projects: detached yields, concentrated systemic risks, and isolated capital. Umee was designed to use the IBC protocol, an “internet of blockchains,” created from the Cosmos ecosystem. Initially implementing a cross-chain borrowing and lending framework, Umee's vision evolved to include DeFi and open finance more broadly. To accomplish this, Umee would need to break the existing silos between blockchains with novel bridging solutions — a difficult and critical obstacle to the broad adoption of DeFi. The native UMEE token is a Proof of=Stake asset that can exist as a Cosmos SDK token and as an ERC20 token on Ethereum. Ab initio, Umee would be built to be interoperable with blockchains such as Terra, Crypto.com, Binance Chain, Osmosis, Secret Network, and many, MANY others. In plain language, users could lend, borrow, stake, delegate, and more, across dozens of chains. Umee secured its seed round funding led by Polychain, with investors including Coinbase Ventures, Alameda, Ideo CoLab, ConsenSys Ethereal, and others. Links Umee 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.

On today's episode of Empire, Olaf Carlson-Wee, Coinbase's first employee & founder of Polychain, joins Jason and Santiago to discuss his views on the state of crypto. Olaf reflects on crypto's cycles, the reoccurring themes and how this relates to the UST meltdown and today's bear market. We then dive into Olaf's investment philosophy, exploring his thoughts on what assets will accrue value, the multichain future and the most exciting opportunities. You'll also hear Olaf's unique take on the "one reason" DAOs should exist. Don't miss this fantastic episode with one of the most interesting/successful OGs in crypto. - - Follow Jason: https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/MikeIppolito_ Follow Olaf: https://twitter.com/zxocw Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel: https://tinyurl.com/4fdhhb2j Subscribe To Our Podcast: apple.co/3srZf7M or sptfy.com/8bQc -- BitMEX is back and better than ever. Sign up for BitmEX's new Spot Exchange for a chance to win a piece of $500,000 in BTC (new users). Learn more about them at https://www.bitmex.com/ -- (00:00) Introduction (01:02) Market Chaos (05:37) Crypto's Cycles (17:33) Stablecoins and UST's Meltdown (24:33) The End of Algo Stables (30:06) Where's The Market Headed? (38:14) Bitmex AD (39:31) The Biggest Entrepreneurial Laboratory in History (43:23) It's Time for Buying Not Selling (44:34) Layer One Wars (48:38) The L2 Ecosystem (53:58) Where Will Value Accrue? (58:13) What's Overlooked In Crypto? (1:03:22) The One Thing DAO's Should Do (1:06:18) DeFi vs CeFi (1:07:39) Struggles of an Entrepreneur (1:11:33) The Industry Has to Prove Itself -- 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.

Guests Gaz Williams - Producer, bassplayer, music technologist Dominic Hawken-producer, keyboard player, songwriter,developer Video version on Youtube: https://youtu.be/3Ius4cuGzUs For preshow and Ad Free - check our Patreon.com/sonicstate Sign up for iZotope's Music Production Suite Pro for 24.99 a month, or Producers Club for $19.99 a month, and you get access to the most up-to-date versions of our plug-ins as well as the latest features and updates as they are released. No upgrade fees. And, you can tap into iZotope's expert knowledge with exclusive product tutorials and videos on mixing, mastering, and more. Head over to iZotope.com now to get a 7-day free trial.   Babyaudio.com - save 15% on any purchases of their range of creative effect plugins, designed to add color and depth to your mixes. When checking out, use the code ST15  00:08:22 GS Music e7 00:15:21 AD: Baby Audio - Save 15% With ST15 Code 00:16:25 MIDI Innovation Awards 00:29:20 PaulStretch is Back 00:38:11 AD: iZotope Music Producers Club 00:40:16 PolyChain DIY 00:49:24 Polyend Play 00:58:24 Nick Top Tip: Røde Wireless GO II Where to Watch/Listen - We now stream the live show to Youtube Live, Facebook Live as well as at Sonicstate.com/live every Weds at 4pm UK time- please do join in. Preshow available on Twitch. You can also download the audio version from RSS FEED 

The first employee at Coinbase, Olaf Carlson-Wee, founder and CIO of Polychain Capital, went on to create one of the first crypto investment funds in 2016. While it may be a new buzzword to many, Carlson-Wee has been talking about Web 3.0 since early 2017. He describes the tensions that exist between content creators and social media platforms rooted in the Web 2.0 business model, which is largely driven by ad revenue. This arrangement is not always ideal for content creators, depriving many of brand ownership. Polychain, an investment fund that has been at the forefront of many trends, is betting on a revolution in the content creation and online community space. Tune in for Carlson-Wee's perspectives on where crypto and Web 3.0 are headed in 2022. Interviewed by Ash Bennington on December 6, 2021.

In this episode, we talk to Jelena Djuric, Product Marketing Manager at Informal Systems, core developer of Cosmos. The mission of Informal Systems is a vision is an open-source ecosystem of cooperatively owned and governed distributed organizations running on reliable distributed systems to bring verifiability to distributed systems and organizations. Jelena's Twitter (https://twitter.com/jelenaaa____) We spoke to Jelena about Informal Systems, and: Interchain security Cosmos hub in a few years The value of ATOM The free market Community management Validators Blitz scaling Governance Censorship ICF & reporting IBC DAO Revolutions & psychology Local money Space & hope Motivation Dreams Memes & narratives The projects and people that have been mentioned in this episode: | Tendermint (https://tendermint.com/) | Cosmos (https://cosmos.network/) | IBC (https://ibcprotocol.org/) | Ethereum (https://ethereum.org) | Informal Systems (https://informal.systems) | Polychain (https://polychaincapitalsllc.com/) | Dfinity (https://dfinity.org/) | Bitcoin (https://bitcoin.org/en/) | Jae Kwon (https://twitter.com/jaekwon) | ICF (https://interchain.io/) | Notional (https://github.com/notional-labs) | Ethan Buchman (https://www.citizencosmos.space/ethan-buchman-cosmos) | Cephelapod (https://cephalopod.equipment/) | Apalache (https://apalache.informal.systems/) | Agoric (https://agoric.com/) | Injective protocol (https://injectiveprotocol.com/) | Carl Jung (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung) | Sigmund Freud (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud) | Maidsafe (https://maidsafe.net/) | Careers at Informal Systems (https://informal.systems/careers) | If you like what we do at Citizen Cosmos: Stake with Citizen Cosmos validator (https://www.citizencosmos.space/staking) Help support the project via Gitcoin Grants (https://gitcoin.co/grants/1113/citizen-cosmos-podcast) Listen to the YouTube version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfG5Lue8phc) Read our blog (https://citizen-cosmos.github.io/blog/) Check out our GitHub (https://github.com/citizen-cosmos/Citizen-Cosmos) Join our Telegram (https://t.me/citizen_cosmos) Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/cosmos_voice) Sign up to the RSS feed (https://www.citizencosmos.space/rss) Special Guest: Jelena Djuric .

Today's guest on Fortune Teller is Robert Materazzi, CEO of Lukka. Lukka provides data and software solutions to handle crypto assets on infrastructure built for the future of commerce. Firms like State Street, Polychain, and eToro are among the customers that leverage Lukka's Enterprise Software and Data to streamline crypto asset data, support NAV reporting monthly for over 50 crypto hedge funds across the globe. Lukka is the leading crypto asset and crypto asset data management firm to simplify middle and back-office operations. Lukka's infrastructure is AICPA SOC 1 Type II and SOC 2 Type II compliant, providing customers with a comprehensive, secure, and scalable framework. Lukka provides institutional-quality crypto asset data with comprehensive coverage, accuracy, and completeness. Lukka provides organizations with Lukka Pricing and Reference Data, Market Data Feeds, Asset Classification, or Custom Solutions. For tax and business reporting, Lukka offers tailored business data reporting powered by Lukka's robust processing and reporting engine. Lukka can also create custom solutions, with leading crypto data experts to help provide a custom-tailored solution for your business needs. The Problem When Trident Trust, a global leader in the fund administration space, first entered crypto in 2017, they had to acquire clients' crypto transactional data via methods that were cumbersome and unsustainable (i.e., manual input, files, screenshots, etc.). Trident used spreadsheets to apply price and derive the trading activity value. Trident to manually transform the data into a format that was easy to understand by traditional fund accounting systems. The Solution In 2018 Trident became Lukka's first fund administration customer. Lukka provided Trident with support for fund data collection, account balance calculations, and valuation for crypto-fiat spot trades. The Lukka Enterprise Software assisted Trident with data transformation and delivered standardized reports in a format that is directly loaded into Trident's accounting system. Lukka now helps Trident support crypto spot transactions, derivative transactions such as options/futures/swaps, lending, and staking activity, as well as transactions occurring on many Ethereum-based DeFi protocols. The Results Automated transaction data input and account balance reconciliation for over 50 crypto hedge funds. The delivery of pricing and valuation data for more than 700 crypto assets used to support monthly NAV calculations. Automated reporting processes for each fund client that is formatted for direct upload into Trident's primary accounting system without any manual intervention or data. Lukka also offers LukkaTax for Professionals for your practice's needs. Our cloud software supports single-practitioner firms, up to firms with hundreds of individual CPAs and tax practitioners. Company Website:https://lukka.tech Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukka_inc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lukka YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWCGDbplXyKZh3IoA6B1xVw LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lukka-inc -- The Fortune Teller podcast is a discussion between industry leaders in blockchain and financial technologies. The podcast focuses on the development of blockchain-based financial services and outlines the current state of the industry and future predictions for the adoption of decentralized finance. Go to www.teller.finance/

In this episode of Empire Jason & Santiago are joined by Antonio Juliano. Antonio is the founder of dYdX one of the largest decentralized exchanges in the world. After leaving Coinbase to start dYdX in 2017, dYdX now settles over $2 Billion of trade volume per day and is backed by some of the largest funds in the crypto industry such as a16z, Polychain & Bain Capital. We invited Antonio on Empire to discuss how dYdX plans to become the largest crypto exchange in the world, futures trading products, order books vs AMMs, the layer-1 wars, Antonio's outlook for DeFi growth and much more. -- Avalanche: Thank you to Avalanche for sponsoring Empire. Avalanche is one of the best and fastest growing smart-contract platforms in the industry. Learn more about them at https://www.avax.network/ -- ParaSwap: If you want to make a swap at the best price across the DeFi market, check out paraswap.io. ParaSwap's state-of-the-art algorithm beats the market price across all major DEXs and brings you the most optimized swaps with the best prices, and lowest slippage. Find out more about them at https://www.paraswap.io/ -- Empire is brought to you by Blockworks, a financial media brand delivering breaking news and premium insights about digital assets to millions of investors. For more content like this, subscribe to Blockworks' free daily newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ Follow me and Santiago on Twitter, @JasonYanowitz and @santiagoroel; let us know what you thought of the show! Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4UTePv1CR3APdKOiosR3Iq?si=41bc452345b649f9 Subscribe to the podcast on Apple: https://apple.co/3srZf7M 

Jeff Young spoke with Joseph Eagan, founder of Acme Crypto Holdings, and until recently, president of Polychain Capital. Polychain was the first $1 billion crypto fund, and Joseph recently founded Acme. He spoke about his journey into crypto, his belief that blockchain is a "programmable technology" with massive disruption potential, more than "digital gold" or other money-like instruments, and his views on the likely evolution of the sector.

Today we are re-sharing our Hash Power documentary. This series was originally released in September 2017 when 1 Bitcoin hovered around $4000 US Dollars. While so much has changed in the years since - these episodes are a great introduction to the technology, the power of decentralization, Bitcoin, Ethereum, ICO's, cryptography, and hashing. You will hear from a variety of industry experts throughout these episodes - please enjoy.   For the full show notes, transcript, and links to the best content to learn more, check out the episode page here.    ----   Original Intro (10.03.17)   In episode 1 of Hash Power, we explored blockchains as a technology—how they work, why tokens (also known as cryptocurrencies) are an integral part of any blockchain, and how these new networks might change the world. In episode two, we spend time with the leading investors in the field. Like any frenzied asset class, there are countless cryptocurrency hedge funds popping up everywhere. But founders from three of the original firms—Polychain, Metastable, and Blocktower Capital—are our primary guides this week.   As I speak, the total market cap of all cryptocurrencies is $136B. There are hundreds of tokens currently available, but bitcoin and Ethereum represent 75% of the total market cap. $136B sounds like a big number, but its tiny relative to any other asset class—and I use that term with hesitation. To put it in perspective, that's exactly the same size as the market cap of IBM. But IBM had more than $10B of earnings in 2016. Tokens have none. As you will hear, valuing tokens is a very hard exercise.   In such a nascent world, we are seeing investing strategies take hold. Olaf Carlson-Wee, Josh Seims, and Ari Paul walk us through different takes on cryptocurrency investing, be it early stage, long term buy and hold, or more hedge fund style strategies.   -----   Web3 Breakdowns is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Web3 Breakdowns, visit joincolossus.com/episodes.   Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here.   Follow us on Twitter: @Web3Breakdowns | @patrick_oshag | @JoinColossus   Show Notes: [00:00:05] – Recap of part 1 and introduction to part 2 of Hash Power [00:02:58] – Ari Paul, CIO of Blocktower explains how he got involved in cryptocurrencies [00:05:23] – Why do we need bitcoin [00:07:23] – Polychain Capital founder Olaf Carlson-Wee on why the value of tokens accrue [00:09:23] – How mainstream money is getting into this space [00:12:26] – Useful comparisons when talking about ICOs when compared to IPOs [00:15:01] – Naval Ravikant, CEO of Angellist, is asked to explain the protocols of cryptocurrencies to platform businesses like Uber or Airbnb [00:17:43] – Naval's interest in investing in cryptocurrencies [00:18:42] – Why average folks should avoid it before they dive thoroughly into the topic [00:20:25] – What are the most compelling counter-arguments to using cryptocurrencies [00:23:07] – Olaf Carlson Wee on the lifecycle of a token [00:25:31] – What is the earliest stage that edge is most present for investors in cryptocurrency protocols [00:28:12] – How do you mitigate the volatility that is present in blockchain [00:31:18] – Jeremiah Lowin, a risk and statistics expert, who runs risk management for a large private family office, talks about why he no longer owns cryptocurrencies [00:34:19] – Jordan Cooper, a venture capital investor, is optimistic about blockchains in general, but thinks there may be some overvaluations in current currencies [00:37:02] – How Jordan would value a single cryptocurrency [00:43:52] – Josh Seims, of Metastable, the value investor in blockchain? [00:51:15] – Ari Paul on the equivalent of listed stocks in the cryptocurrency world [00:52:33] – Understanding the concept of a coin in blockchain and how people are getting access to them [00:55:07] – The fairground analogy to understand cryptocurrencies [00:57:57] – What lessons from traditional markets can you apply to investing in cryptocurrencies [01:02:48] – Where do family offices stand when it comes to jumping into this space [01:06:51] – Ari is asked to discuss some of the alternative cryptocurrencies

Today we are re-sharing our Hash Power documentary. This series was originally released in September 2017 when 1 Bitcoin hovered around $4000 US Dollars. While so much has changed in the years since - these episodes are a great introduction into the technology, the power of decentralization, Bitcoin, Ethereum, ICO's, cryptography, and hashing. You will hear from a variety of industry experts throughout these episodes - please enjoy.   For the full show notes, transcript, and links to the best content to learn more, check out the episode page here.    ----   Original Intro (10.10.17)   In episodes one and two of Hash Power, we explored blockchain technology and cryptocurrency investing. In this episode, we discuss the current and potential future states of the crypto world. We cover new forms of cooperation, regulation, security and storage, and why blockchains allow systems to evolve at such a rapid pace.    Be sure to listen until the end, where we close with some advice about conducting ourselves in a new world where creativity reigns and repetitive jobs disappear—a trend that may only accelerate thanks to blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.   -----   Web3 Breakdowns is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Web3 Breakdowns, visit joincolossus.com/episodes.   Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here.   Follow us on Twitter: @Web3Breakdowns | @patrick_oshag | @JoinColossus   Show Notes: [00:00:05] – Intro to episode 3 and what to expect [00:04:00] – Olaf Carlson-Wee, founder of Polychain, on how the funding and investing in cryptocurrencies could easily get out of hand [00:05:00] – How people are creating holding companies to fund cryptocurrencies protocols [00:06:45] – Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) and how they will replace the aforementioned holding companies [00:08:32] – Could fully decentralized organizations replace other more traditional organizational structures, even outside of cryptocurrency [00:09:59] – How can DAO's impact everyday lives [00:12:39] – Why your skills and accomplishments will become more important than who you are or where you are from [00:16:09] – Naval Ravikant, CEO of Angellist, on the way humans cooperate and build new entities [00:17:51] – When people will demand oversight and regulation over cryptocurrency [00:20:42] – Peter Van Valkenburg, Director of Research at Coincenter on the current state of regulation [00:26:06] – Jameson Lopp on security needed to protect your cryptocurrency [00:27:51] – Ari Paul, co-founder of Blocktower, on how nail polish is used to protect their crypto wallet [00:30:03] – Juan Benet explains the Filecoin Protocol [00:35:52] – Muneeb Ali, co-founder of Blockstack, on how his team is planning to provide basic tools that will allow the broader developer community to build apps that the cryptocurrency population will use [00:38:01] – Comparing blockstack to the analogy of creating a city [00:40:17] – How the blockstack token fits into everything [00:43:15] – Fred Ehrsam, co-founder of Coinbase, on forking in blockchains [00:47:52] – Naval Ravikant on how the idea of work will change in the future, and how that change helped to produce the idea of a blockchain in the first place [00:49:31] – Why curiosity should govern what you do in life [00:53:22] – Naval's framework for making money

Today we are re-sharing our Hash Power documentary. This series was originally released in September 2017 when 1 Bitcoin hovered around $4000 US Dollars. While so much has changed in the years since - these episodes are a great introduction into the technology, the power of decentralization, Bitcoin, Ethereum, ICO's, cryptography, and hashing. You will hear from a variety of industry experts throughout these episodes - please enjoy.   For the full show notes, transcript, and links to the best content to learn more, check out the episode page here.   ----   Original Intro (09.26.17)   Welcome to the first episode of Hash Power, an audio documentary that explores the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies with leaders in the field like Naval Ravikant, Olaf Carlson-Wee, Fred Ehrsam, & Ari Paul. Hash Power is meant to be an introduction, but really, it is an invitation to explore this emerging world on your own.    We will cover the technology, the power of decentralization, bitcoin, Ethereum, ICOs, cryptography and hashing. We will spend time with the leading active hedge fund managers in the field, and with outside investors who are both optimistic and skeptical. Episode one covers the big picture, and answers the question: what is blockchain and why might it significantly affect our world?   -----   Web3 Breakdowns is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Web3 Breakdowns, visit joincolossus.com/episodes.   Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here.   Follow us on Twitter: @Web3Breakdowns | @patrick_oshag | @JoinColossus   Show Notes: [00:03:25] – CHAPTER 1 – Understanding the Concept of Blockchain [00:04:30] – Jeremiah Lowin explains how blockchain is like a database [00:05:46] – Owning a digital asset [00:07:14] – Naval Ravikant, CEO of Angelist on how blockchains can help to create personal networks and organize humans [00:11:01] – How blockchains represent a way to coordinate global activity through tokens [00:13:33] – New coins popping up around data storage and utility needs like solar panels [00:14:57] – Permission vs permissionless networks [00:16:37] – Protocols and the introduction of scarcity [00:18:13] – Keeping track of scarcity and the introduction of tokens [00:18:49] – Societal structures and how blockchains will change them again [00:21:55] – The role of blockchains in the informational age and the rise of more individual sovereignty [00:23:29] – Fred Ehrsam, co-founder of Coinbase, on the increasing shift to digital worlds led by incentive structures [00:27:48] – CHAPTER 2 – Blockchain Technology [00:31:53] – Charlie Noyes, Pantera Capital, explains how SHA-256 was developed and what makes it so special [00:35:48] – How miners create new blocks and the incentives to do so [00:40:22] – The nonce field [00:43:48] – The incentives that exist for miners and the arms race to build more powerful systems to mine [00:45:20] – The development of mining pools [00:46:54] – Ethereum, the “spiritual successor” to bitcoin [00:48:36] – How the Ether network is an ecosystem in which other tokens can sit [00:50:51] – Naval Ravikant on alternative coins or tokens [00:51:37] – How the protocol creators are the ones getting wealthy [00:52:43] – Blockchain as an experiment in distributed government [00:54:10] – How cryptocurrency is more than just technology, it's a movement [01:00:07] – Peter Jubber, of Fidelity, on how huge institutions, like theirs, are getting into the cryptocurrency game [01:03:34] – The notion of cooperation in an open-source project or protocol [01:04:39] – Olaf Carlson-Wee, the first employee at Coinbase and the founder of Polychain, on the early excitement for cryptocurrency

Quick Take NFT aggregator Genie.xyz is now live for all users. Saddle Finance reveals the launch of its $SDL governance token and airdrop. OKEx, Houbi Global, and Blockchain.com will add support for direct fiat off and onramps to zkSync. Polygon reveals plans for Polygon Miden, a STARK-based EVM-compatible Rollup.   Read more: https://ether.fm/077

Quick Take NFT aggregator Genie.xyz is now live for all users. Saddle Finance reveals the launch of its $SDL governance token and airdrop. OKEx, Houbi Global, and Blockchain.com will add support for direct fiat off and onramps to zkSync. Polygon reveals plans for Polygon Miden, a STARK-based EVM-compatible Rollup.   Read more: https://ether.fm/077

En este episodio analizamos Avalanche (AVAX), una cadena relativamente nueva centrada en bajo coste y alta velocidad, que pretende, nada mas y nada menos, que convertirse en el internet de los activos. Para qué veas si tiene piernas el asunto, la Avalanche Foundation ha completado recientemente la venta privada de $230 million de tokens de AVAX a fondos bien conocidos en el mundo cripto. Polychain y Three Arrows Capital se han metido en el ajo. Merece la pena? Te lo contamos! Dudas? Preguntas? Comentarios? Nos hemos equivocado en algo? Somos todo oídos: preguntas@criptoque.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/criptoque/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/criptoque/support

Anatoly Yakovenko , CEO of Solana Labs  talks about  scaling blockchain applications to millions & how Solana differs from Ethereum 1.0 , 2.0  &  beyond. Solana recently raised  $314M in Token Sale led by A16z, Polychain & others. Visit https://solana.com/ to learn more.Join discussions with Solana community.https://solana.com/communityApply to Solana Developer Grantshttps://solana.com/developersLearn more about Solana Ecosystem  https://solana.com/ecosystemFor  understanding concepts  relating to Solana also  checkout :https://solana.com/news/proof-of-history---a-clock-for-blockchainSpecial shoutout to : Trezor hardware wallet  Protect & store all your cryptocurrencies  offline.Zebedee  Win Bitcoin rewards for playing your favorite games.Freehold community is built around contributors who hodl cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), Stacks (STX),  & others. Join the movement @ https://www.joinfreehold.com/Sirius Labs  is conducting Chia hackathon ( $500k prize pool ). Go Buidl. Listen to Rob Braxman the real Internet Privacy Guy, on how to protect your privacy online . Visit his YouTube channel at Rob Braxman Tech. 

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暗号資産（仮想通貨）・ブロックチェーンに特化した幻冬舎のメディア「あたらしい経済 https://www.neweconomy.jp/ 」がおくる、ラジオ番組です。毎日最新ニュース解説とコラムをお届けします。 ・ソラナ、a16zやPolychainらから約343億円調達 ・ユニセフ、ブロックチェーンスタートアップ3社へ30万ドル投資 ・ウィンクルボス兄弟のジェミナイ、暗号資産カストディShard X買収 ・米国銀行協会、CBDCに疑問を呈する証言書提出 ・コンコーディウム、メインネットと「GTU」のローンチを発表 ・人気ロックバンド「UVERworld」ボーカルTAKUYA∞がNFTフォトアート ・パリス・ヒルトン、投資家およびアドバイザーとしてオリジンに参加 ・IBMとスペイン海産大手、海産物のトレーサビリティを保証 ・コインチェックNFT、SKE48のデジタルトレカ取扱いへ ・日本人初のNHLフォワード選手を目指す三浦優希選手、FiNANCiEでトークン発行 ニュースの詳細や、アーカイブやその他の記事はこちらから https://www.neweconomy.jp/

Sumit Gupta, co-founder of CoinDCX, an Indian crypto exchange and among the top 30 exchanges in the world, joins the show to discuss how CoinDCX has some of the top investors on their cap table like Bain Capital, Coinbase, Polychain and Tamasek, how CoinDCX provides the widest range of crypto offerings that any exchange provides for the Indian market, products like CoinDCX Go app through which users can buy crypto within a few minutes of downloading the app, their interest earning products on their crypto deposits and more. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 02:27 What's your background and how did you start CoinDCX 08:47 Who is the other co-founder 10:50 How does CoinDCX rank as the top exchange in India on Coinmarketcap 13:36 How did you raise funds from some of the top investors 21:44 What are your plans for CoinDCX token 28:03 What are the products that CoinDCX offers 33:37 How can a user buy their crypto in minutes using CoinDCX Go app 34:33 How can one earn interest on crypto deposits 35:59 Do you offer loans against crypto deposits 36:32 Are Indian institutions buying bitcoin 39:13 What do you feel about international competition 42:47 What is CoinDCX doing in terms of regulation 47:12 What do you think of the current bitcoin price and cycle 52:53 What do you feel about NFTs 56:37 How can people find CoinDCX Links from this show: https://coindcx.com If you want to learn about bitcoin or ask me Qs, sign up for free at https://www.sunnybitcoin.com. Telegram: https://t.me/sunnybitcoin Sunny Bitcoin Podcast: - https://www.sunnybitcoin.com/c/podcast - YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBnIgIKJjojCojJveevdjMWTRfkvsJ94t - Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/sunny-bitcoin/id1560959546 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6X2WkOg74tVQLo0C182aNv Social Media: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/sunny_bitcoin - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sunnybitcoin - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sunnybitcoin - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/goenkas/detail/recent-activity/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/btclighthouse/message

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by OliveAI.com/careers Bitcoin is down slightly at $59,445 Ethereum is up slightly at $2004 and Binance Coin is down 1% at 343.64 Helium up 23% Siacoin up 16% EOS up 15% Coinbase confirms their hotly anticipated IPO for April 14th. Morgan Stanley files for exposure to bitcoin. The weeknd is set to drop an NFT collection. Polychain is leading Greenwood’s $2M seed round. Bitcoin’s mining difficulty hits record high.

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Polychain Capital Invests $8.2 Million Into Ethereum Token Yearn.finance YFI. This project wants to recreate Ethereum on Polkadot. Ethereum suffers unannounced hard fork following Infura bug. Akoin rolls out to Kenyan tech city in first step toward Akon City. U.S. law firm says IRS is coming after Coinbase users who evade taxes. Hacked Exchange KuCoin Recovers $236 Million of Stolen Funds. World's 2nd largest bank will issue $3 billion in bonds that can be bought with Bitcoin. Reminder, all opinions expressed are just that, opinions. I am in no way offering financial advice nor advising you to do anything. This is for informational and entertainment purposes only. ✅Donate Here to support the channel! ✅ BTC Address: bc1qf43hcj6q50tauakey33p796rwxvlrcsgyhp7ue ✅ LTC Address: LMQKwrNzSBS9xfp8gSwAu1yBnWkjvJYZ1q ✅ Business inquiries email: cryptotop10jb@gmail.com ✅ Link to articles discussed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X30ge-IKOio --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cryptotop10/support

Join in as the LADZ discuss the latest from around the cryptocurrency industry, including OKEx halting withdrawals after arrest, $FIL's long awaited launch, Circles UBI App drawing buzz, ETH 2.0 Pool announcements, and the latest on HUGE NFT sales happening on MakersPlace and Sandbox.

We unstack:► Market structure impact on making short and long-term investments► Understanding token supply structure and liquidity concentration► Evolution of “capital coordination” in crypto► Polychain's most successful bets+more!TIMESTAMP 02:21 First sell-side research on Bitcoin05:47 Polychain's fund structure: Hedge fund, Venture, Labs11:30 Understanding market structure to make better trading decisions18:20 Alternative forms of community-driven fundraising24:00 Metrics for market analysis30:00 Macro trends35:17 Polychain's most successful bets38:03 Takeaways and lessons for new crypto analystsFOLLOW OUR GUEST@realsherwindFOLLOW AMBER GROUP Twitter: https://twitter.com/ambergroup_ioEmail: contact@ambergroup.ioWebsite: https://www.ambergroup.io/DISCLOSUREThe Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.#AmberGroup #Polychain #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked #InvestorInsight #InvestorSeries

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is down 1% at $10,681 Ethereum is down 1.5% at $347 and XRP is down 2% at 24 cents Top gainers in the last 24 hours: IDEX up 14% Russia’s ministry of finance is calling for higher reporting standards in the crypto space. Roskomnadzor blacklists Binance’s website. Chinese state-owned media make coordinated report that crypto is the year’s top performing investment. Liquity raises $2.4 million in seed funding in a round led by Polychain capital. Knesset members in Israel are looking to relax the tax burden on cryptocurrencies. Today's episode was brought to you by ungrocery.com

Olaf Carlson-Wee, the founder and CEO of Polychain Capital, goes deep into yield farming, fair launches and how decentralization will upend the traditional notion of the corporation. In this episode, he talks about: when it makes sense for a team to introduce a liquidity mining scheme, and when it doesn't the difference between yield farming and ICOs when it comes to investing his thoughts on YFI, as well as YAM, and the pace at which unaudited DeFi projects are moving forward the three advantages he sees in automated market makers as opposed to centralizedexchanges his thoughts on Uniswap and SushiSwap and why he's not sure Uniswap will make a token his thoughts on fair launches and whether he thinks they will threaten traditional crypto VCs whether the CRV token launch really was instigated by someone unrelated to the team his thoughts on the yEarn yETH vault and what it says about where the DeFi space is going what he sees as the pros and cons of rebasing why he sees projects like YFI as a new kind of corporation whether he thinks Ethereum will scale fast enough to meet the demand already being put on it why he thinks systems like Polkadot are going to expand what is possible in the same way that Ethereum expanded beyond what was possible with Bitcoin whether he thinks the yields from yield farming will pull investors away from staking on Ethereum 2.0 what he thinks DeFi teams should do to improve security Bitcoin on Ethereum and what he believes it could mean for DeFi in the future the chatter around a potential public offering from Coinbase, and what's in store for Polychain in the future   Thank you to our sponsor!  Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/   Episode links:  Olaf Carlson-Wee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olafcw/ Polychain Capital: https://polychain.capital   Previous interviews with Olaf on Unchained and Unconfirmed: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-first-employee-of-coinbase-launched-a-hedge-fund/   https://unchainedpodcast.com/to-the-moon-and-back-with-polychains-olaf-carlson-wee/   https://unchainedpodcast.com/special-episode-with-cnbcs-crypto-trader-olaf-carlson-wee-on-why-this-crypto-winter-is-different-from-previous-ones-ep-028/   https://unchainedpodcast.com/all-things-cryptoeconomics-pt-1-with-olaf-carlson-wee-and-ryan-zurrer-of-polychain-capital/   Why trading on automated market makers has risen so quickly: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-decentralized-trading-has-10xed-in-a-few-months/    Launch of yEarn/YFI: https://medium.com/iearn/yfi-df84573db81   Dex volume over time: https://defiprime.com/dex-volume   YAM recap: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/74810/yam-token-market-cap-collapses-by-more-than-90-flaw   YAM team’s plans going forward: YAM Post-Rescue Attempt Update. At approximately 6PM UTC, on Wed August… | by Yam Finance | Aug, 2020 | Medium   SushiSwap vs. Uniswap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/sushiswap-takes-on-uniswap-which-should-win-and-why/   Ian Lee of IDEO CoLab Ventures on fair launches vs. VC coins: https://synthesis.substack.com/p/fair-launches-will-disrupt-crypto   And on fast-follower forks: https://synthesis.substack.com/p/fast-follower-forks-in-defi   CRV token launch: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/genesis/74921/the-story-of-the-botched-crv-launch   yEarn's yETH vault: https://www.coindesk.com/yearn-finance-yeth-vault-defi-triforce   Ethereum's transition to 2.0: https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-on-ethereums-five-year-anniversary/   Security in DeFi: https://unchainedpodcast.com/defi-security-with-so-many-hacks-will-it-ever-be-safe/ Whether Coinbase will do a token offering when it goes public: https://unchainedpodcast.com/will-coinbase-do-a-token-offering-when-it-goes-public/

Olaf Carlson-Wee, the founder and CEO of Polychain Capital, goes deep into yield farming, fair launches and how decentralization will upend the traditional notion of the corporation. In this episode, he talks about: when it makes sense for a team to introduce a liquidity mining scheme, and when it doesn't the difference between yield farming and ICOs when it comes to investing his thoughts on YFI, as well as YAM, and the pace at which unaudited DeFi projects are moving forward the three advantages he sees in automated market makers as opposed to centralizedexchanges his thoughts on Uniswap and SushiSwap and why he's not sure Uniswap will make a token his thoughts on fair launches and whether he thinks they will threaten traditional crypto VCs whether the CRV token launch really was instigated by someone unrelated to the team his thoughts on the yEarn yETH vault and what it says about where the DeFi space is going what he sees as the pros and cons of rebasing why he sees projects like YFI as a new kind of corporation whether he thinks Ethereum will scale fast enough to meet the demand already being put on it why he thinks systems like Polkadot are going to expand what is possible in the same way that Ethereum expanded beyond what was possible with Bitcoin whether he thinks the yields from yield farming will pull investors away from staking on Ethereum 2.0 what he thinks DeFi teams should do to improve security Bitcoin on Ethereum and what he believes it could mean for DeFi in the future the chatter around a potential public offering from Coinbase, and what's in store for Polychain in the future   Thank you to our sponsor!  Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/   Episode links:  Olaf Carlson-Wee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olafcw/ Polychain Capital: https://polychain.capital   Previous interviews with Olaf on Unchained and Unconfirmed: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-first-employee-of-coinbase-launched-a-hedge-fund/   https://unchainedpodcast.com/to-the-moon-and-back-with-polychains-olaf-carlson-wee/   https://unchainedpodcast.com/special-episode-with-cnbcs-crypto-trader-olaf-carlson-wee-on-why-this-crypto-winter-is-different-from-previous-ones-ep-028/   https://unchainedpodcast.com/all-things-cryptoeconomics-pt-1-with-olaf-carlson-wee-and-ryan-zurrer-of-polychain-capital/   Why trading on automated market makers has risen so quickly: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-decentralized-trading-has-10xed-in-a-few-months/    Launch of yEarn/YFI: https://medium.com/iearn/yfi-df84573db81   Dex volume over time: https://defiprime.com/dex-volume   YAM recap: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/74810/yam-token-market-cap-collapses-by-more-than-90-flaw   YAM team's plans going forward: YAM Post-Rescue Attempt Update. At approximately 6PM UTC, on Wed August… | by Yam Finance | Aug, 2020 | Medium   SushiSwap vs. Uniswap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/sushiswap-takes-on-uniswap-which-should-win-and-why/   Ian Lee of IDEO CoLab Ventures on fair launches vs. VC coins: https://synthesis.substack.com/p/fair-launches-will-disrupt-crypto   And on fast-follower forks: https://synthesis.substack.com/p/fast-follower-forks-in-defi   CRV token launch: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/genesis/74921/the-story-of-the-botched-crv-launch   yEarn's yETH vault: https://www.coindesk.com/yearn-finance-yeth-vault-defi-triforce   Ethereum's transition to 2.0: https://unchainedpodcast.com/vitalik-buterin-on-ethereums-five-year-anniversary/   Security in DeFi: https://unchainedpodcast.com/defi-security-with-so-many-hacks-will-it-ever-be-safe/ Whether Coinbase will do a token offering when it goes public: https://unchainedpodcast.com/will-coinbase-do-a-token-offering-when-it-goes-public/

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is down 1.5% at $11,580 Ethereum is down 4% at $390 and XRP is down 2.5% at 28 cents Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Augur up 39% and Decentraland up 26% Former UBER CSO faces felony charges for a 2016 attempt to quash security breach with six-figure Bitcoin hush money. A new bitcoin mining facility with 50-thousand rigs is readying for a september debut. Polychain capital’s cryptocurrency hedge fund has added 19.5 million in investments A Tokyo court has granted a protective order that will aid in the recovery of funds lost in a 2018 Coincheck hack

In the sixth episode of TezTalks Radio, hosts Brian Li and William McKenzie sit down with Rob Witoff of Polychain Labs and discuss broken incentives within open source, what the Tezos Foundation technical advisory council has been up to, and more.TezTalks Radio is a podcast series focused on diving deeper into the stories and motivations of the builders and members of the Tezos ecosystem. Created and funded by Tezos Commons, TezTalks Radio seeks to deliver news and updates across the Tezos Ecosystem and humanize the people behind the Tezos EcosystemConnect with Tezos Commons and stay updated on all things Tezos on social mediaTwitter:https://twitter.com/TezosCommonsInstagram:https://instagram.com/commonstezos?ig...Tezos Announcements:https://twitter.com/tezosbulletinTelegram:https://t.me/TezosAnnouncementshttps://t.me/tezosplatformReddit:https://www.reddit.com/r/tezos/

Before Tarun Chitra built out his company, he spent years doing quantitative research and development for places like D.E. Shaw Research and Vatic Labs. Chitra took his experience in machine learning to create and head a simulation platform for crypto networks — Gauntlet — which garnered backing from companies like Coinbase, Distributed Global and Polychain, among others. Gauntlet provides tools for crypto developers to forecast security risks, possible governance snags and consensus mechanism issues. By forecasting such problems and showing how they could affect assets or network activity, developers can make more informed decisions about security and governance structures. In this week's episode of The Scoop, Chitra spoke from his experience in the high-frequency trading (HFT) world. Chitra's appearance coincided with growing concerns surrounding the market activity driven by Robinhood traders, as users of the app continue to buy up stocks that other investors have dumped. Much of the conversation also coincides with the conversation surrounding brokerage and payment for order flow (PFOF), as some critics object to selling order flow to market makers, claiming it creates a conflict of interest. The Block recently uncovered how Robinhood received more than $90 million in PFOF payments during Q1. Chitra discussed the HFT world's view on PFOF and broke down some of the nuance in the transactions on this week's episode. Chitra also touched on: Why private exchange trade funds aren't that private Whether open finance has structural advantages in comparison to legacy market structure  If those possible advantages are enough to drive volumes in the same league as traditional markets The role of transparency in both the Open Finance and traditional finance ecosystems. This episode of The Scoop is brought to you by Bitstamp, the original global cryptocurrency exchange. Since 2011, Bitstamp has been a cornerstone of the industry, earning the trust of over four million individuals and top financial institutions looking for a reliable trading venue. Whether you’re trading on our web platform, mobile app or industry-leading APIs, Bitstamp gives you the professional-grade tools you need to execute your strategy. Download the Bitstamp app or visit Bitstamp.net/Pro to learn more and start trading today!

As long as there have been blockchains there has been talk of “banking the unbanked”. Backed by a16z and Polychain, Celo aims to deliver financial inclusion through a mix of on-chain collateralized stablecoins and easy to use mobile applications built with the unbanked in mind. In this conversation, Celo founder Rene Reinsberg describes how Celo’s solutions differ from Libra, where he sees Celo’s open and permissionless approach taking root, and why stablecoins are on the verge of exploding in popularity and usage. --- Special thanks to our sponsors: Lukka - Crypto taxes made simple. Use the code messaritax and get $5 off the normal price of $19.95  Crypto.com - The best place to Buy, Earn, Pay with Crypto. If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

Chase Lochmiller is the cofounder and CEO of Crusoe Energy Systems which is on a mission to help the oil industry reduce routine flaring of natural gas. The company has raised so far $75 million from investors like Founders Fund, Bain Capital, Winklevoss Capital, Pathfinder, Polychain, Wicklow Capital, KCK, and Upper90 to name a few. 

Chase Lochmiller is the cofounder and CEO of Crusoe Energy Systems which is on a mission to help the oil industry reduce routine flaring of natural gas. The company has raised so far $75 million from investors like Founders Fund, Bain Capital, Winklevoss Capital, Pathfinder, Polychain, Wicklow Capital, KCK, and Upper90 to name a few. 

This week the Layer1 crew discusses the latest on Bitcoin, Arthur Hayes, Reddit unveiling a potential "Community" token, HTC Monero Mining, and exchanges releasing voter rewards for EOS! Telegram - t.me/SutlerVentures Twitter - https://twitter.com/layer1pod https://twitter.com/SutlerVentures Sutler Ventures - https://sutlerventures.com/ ----------------- 00:05 Team Updates 3:45 Quick News BTC Hashrate jumps back up by 33% in 2 days https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-hashrate-increases-in-2-days-will-btc-price-follow BTC Trading Volume on crytpo exchanges collectively grew 61% in Q1 this year https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/60937/bitcoin-trading-volume-on-exchanges-grew-61-percent-in-q1-compared-to-previous-quarter Bitfinex to offer 10% staking rewards on EOS, V.Systems and Cosmos, with Tezos starting in May https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/61094/bitfinex-ventures-into-staking-space-offering-10-annual-return-on-three-tokens-at-launch Canaan Bitcoin Miner reports net loss of almost $150m for 2019 https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-miner-maker-canaan-lost-148-million-in-2019 Tether Legal Update: Tether saying they will file a motion to dismiss the NY AG's claims https://sunriseread.com/tether-to-file-motion-to-dismiss-class-action-lawsuit-based-on-nyag-claims/84114/ Binance Legal Update: This could hover over Binance for 3-4 years; other issues like claims Binance specifically looked for pre-minted projects vs. mined projects for $$ https://cointelegraph.com/news/recent-class-action-lawsuit-could-cost-binance-billions-of-dollars Telegram Legal Update: Telegram is backed by "Blockchain Association" as war around securities laws continues (Coinbase, Polychain, Grayscale and more a part of BA) https://messari.io/article/blockchain-association-backs-telegram-again-in-case-against-sec Discussion 16:00 Arthur Hayes thinks Bitcoin could retest $3k - what do each of us think the rest of 2020 holds for Bitcoin? https://cointelegraph.com/news/hayes-scary-warning-bitcoin-price-could-absolutely-retest-3k https://blog.bitmex.com/choose-your-fiction/ 39:37 New botnet called DDG is seemingly "impossible to stop" https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2020/04/10/a-sinister-new-botnet-could-prove-nearly-impossible-to-stop/#756b923a7c5c 45:30 The FED announced another 2.3 Trillion in funding for PPP (payrolls), small business and more -- how far does this go and what impact does it have on crypto? https://messari.io/article/federal-reserve-announces-2-3-trillion-in-additional-funding-to-support-the-economy 56:40 BitMex Users Have Been Withdrawing Bitcoins Since Black Thursday https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitmex-has-been-bleeding-bitcoins-since-black-thursday 1:16:18 Ethereum Reddit is supposedly working on "Community Points" for its platform; a social point that will be ERC20 based https://www.coindesk.com/reddit-may-use-ethereum-for-a-new-token-based-points-system New "DeFi Alliance" is launched with major Chicago Trading Firms https://messari.io/article/chicago-s-trading-firms-look-to-defi-with-new-alliance 1:33:58 EOS Block.One to vote on the EOS blockchain governance starting in May https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/61542/block-one-reveals-plan-to-begin-voting-on-the-eos-blockchain-in-may http://eosacknowledgments.io/ Earn 8% APR on Binance with EOS. Bitfinex to come... https://www.eosgo.io/news/binance-staking-eos-8-apr https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/61094/bitfinex-ventures-into-staking-space-offering-10-annual-return-on-three-tokens-at-launch 1:59:30 Monero Monero can now be mined using the HTC Exodus blockchain-focused phone https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/61529/htc-to-allow-mining-monero-directly-via-its-exodus-blockchain-phone

仮想通貨・ブロックチェーンに特化した幻冬舎のメディア「あたらしい経済 https://www.neweconomy.jp/ 」がおくる、ラジオ番組です。毎日最新ニュース解説とコラムをお届けします。 ・ScalarがJパワー、TISなどからプレシリーズAラウンドで資金調達を実施 ・ブロックチェーン領域特化のPolychainが2号ファンドで2億ドル調達 ・メタップスが韓国の仮想通貨交換所事業を撤退へ ニュースの詳細や、アーカイブやその他の記事はこちらから https://www.neweconomy.jp/

Nathan McCauley is the co-founder and CEO of Anchorage which is a crypto-native digital asset custodian that uses modern security engineering to help institutions safeguard their investments. The company has raised over $50 million from investors such as Blockchain Capital, Khosla Ventures, SV Angel, Andreessen Horowitz, and Polychain to name a few. Prior to this Nathan McCauley was an early employee at Square.

Nathan McCauley is the co-founder and CEO of Anchorage which is a crypto-native digital asset custodian that uses modern security engineering to help institutions safeguard their investments. The company has raised over $50 million from investors such as Blockchain Capital, Khosla Ventures, SV Angel, Andreessen Horowitz, and Polychain to name a few. Prior to this Nathan McCauley was an early employee at Square.

仮想通貨・ブロックチェーンに特化した幻冬舎のメディア「あたらしい経済 https://www.neweconomy.jp/ 」がおくる、ラジオ番組です。毎日最新ニュース解説とコラムをお届けします。 ・Devcon5大阪が本日開幕 ・アブダビでブロックチェーンを活用した土地登記へ ・NuCypherがPolychain、Y Combinator、Bitmainなどから1,067万ドルの資金調達 ・ニューヨーク州金融規制当局が仮想通貨、ブロックチェーンの専門家を募集 ニュースの詳細や、アーカイブやその他の記事はこちらから https://www.neweconomy.jp/

Hello everyone and welcome to This Week in Crypto. This is your daily roundup for Tuesday, October 1, 2019. A vulnerability has been found in the ENS short-name auction, Binance and Polychain invest In Founders Bank, and Nebulous reaches a $225K SEC settlement. ☕Buy me a coffee: https://glow.fm/mota ENS Short-Name Auction Vulnerability A vulnerability in the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) short-domain auction has allowed a hacker to obtain 16 notable domain names including apple.eth, defi.eth, wallet.eth, and pay.eth. Auction operator OpenSea has taken full responsibility for the bug. According to the disclosure, the bug distributed ENS domains to participants who did not hold the highest bid. OpenSea stated “One user discovered an input validation vulnerability that allowed them to place bids on a name that actually issued a different name.” Given that the domains are distributed on the Ethereum blockchain, it is impossible for ENS to revoke the names. OpenSea has asked for the domain names to be returned for re-auction and said it will reward 25 percent of the final auction price plus the original bid the hacker. OpenSea also paused ENS auctions and disabled bidding until they feel confident that the bugs are fully resolved. OpenSea has since announced that the stolen ENS names were all returned successfully and bidding will be extended.  SKALE Network Raises $17m Ethereum scaling platform SKALE Network has raised $17.1 million to launch on mainnet. The funding will be used to seed and stabilize SKALE’s proof-of-stake network and increase its security. SKALE claims it will enable dapps to conduct millions of transactions per second at a fraction of the cost of what’s possible today, via their layer-2 scaling solution. Nebulous Reaches $225K SEC Settlement Nebulous, the company behind the Sia network, has reached a $225K settlement with the SEC) over an unregistered securities offering and conversion. Nebulous only raised approximately $120,000 during its 2014 token sale. As part of the Nebulous settlement, the company will not be required to register the Siacoin utility token as a security. Siacoins are used in the Sia ecosystem to buy and sell cloud storage space and pay revenues to Siafund investors. Nebulous COO Zach Herbert stated “Though the penalty for our unregistered 2014 Siafunds offering is steep, we are excited that the SEC chose to take no action against Siacoins, and we believe this settlement validates our two-token model.” The Sia settlement comes just a day after the announcement of Block.One’s $24 million settlement with the SEC for the $4.1 billion EOS securities sale. Binance & Polychain Invest In Founders Bank Malta-based Founders Bank has raised $10 million to launch crypto-friendly financial services. Among the investors are Binance and Polychain. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said that Binance will be one of the Founders Bank’s first clients. Polychain president Joe Eagan said the investment was inspired by personal experience since his fund struggled to find banking partners in 2016. He stated “Many of our portfolio projects, we’ve seen, still have difficulty accessing banking partners.” Currently, Silvergate Bank in California, Metropolitan Bank in New York, and WEG Bank in Germany offer services for crypto startups. Founders Bank is scheduled to open next in 2020. FINMA “Open Minded” About Libra According to Reuters, Mark Branson, CEO of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), showed openness towards the libra project stating “We are not here to make such projects impossible. We will respond to them with an open mind, with an attitude that same risks require same rules” This comes contrary to concerns from EU finance leaders including Bruno Le Maire’s concern over the potential threat that Libra poses towards national currencies. 

Kevin Wang is a co-founder of Nervos, a public blockchain designed by a former Ethereum core developer and backed by Sequoia, Polychain, and others. As one of China's top projects, Nervos recently partnered with crypto exchange Huobi to build a new public chain for banks and financial institutions. Kevin was responsible for Nervos' unique token economics design where users will eventually pay "rent" to store assets and smart contracts on the network. He believes this type of model is critical if blockchains are to scale. Same goes for the layered design, which splits the public consensus layer from the transactional layer to increase a blockchain's performance while balancing security and trust. This episode is brought to you by AXEL.Network connect with them on Discord, Twitter and Medium

Coinflex, a Polychain-backed, Hong Kong based exchange, is first in the world to launch "physically-settled futures" for crypto. Founder Mark Lamb joins me to discuss: What are physically vs. cash settled futures  Manipulation in futures markets  "Initial Futures Offerings" and what they mean for the space Regulation in the crypto derivatives space Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). If you enjoyed the show, consider tipping! This show is not financial advice. BTC: 3EFSLnPpme6Lo6DynN1bVV9owooueFvEmJ ETH: 0xdec40AA30B9C562aB4b839529BfC290C1B5Da61E  ****** Resources: Relay node newsletter (Asia crypto events) Libsyn link Apple Podcast Stitcher Spotify ****** Disclaimer: Jason Choi is an investor at Spartan Capital, the hedge fund arm of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries and personnel. This podcast is for information purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. The Spartan Group and its clients may hold positions in assets described in the episode. Detailed disclaimers available at jasonchoi.me and spartangroup.io/disclaimer Copyright free music credit: Track Name: "Better Days" Music By: LAKEY INSPIRED @ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired Original upload HERE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXLzv... Official "LAKEY INSPIRED" YouTube Channel HERE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmy... License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported "Share Alike" (CC BY-SA 3.0) License.Full License HERE - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ  --

In this epic podcast, Jonas interviews Rob Witoff, Chief Baker for Polychain Labs, operator of the largest Tezos bakery in the world. They discuss the first full year of baking - the good, the bad, and the ugly. A companion extended edition video of this podcast will be released soon. Thanks to Tezonomics sponsors Tezos Commons, TQ, and Tezos.Capital. Please leave a comment about our podcast so others can find out about the world of Tezos.

Katherine Wu joins us as a guest to discuss her full annotation of the 117 page clap back from KIK against the SEC. What's bluster? What's business as usual for lawsuits like this? What are the actual implications for the rest of the industry? We also discuss the Binance KYC hack - what's real, what's FUD, and what we still don't know. Finally, we look at Ryan Zurrer (ex-Polychain, Web3) and his new DAO. Combined with Moloch, Metacartel and Aragon, is 2019 the year of the DAO?  Watch: https://www.youtube.com/nathanielwhittemorecrypto

Tarun Chitra, cofounder and CEO of Gauntlet, describes how his company enables crypto teams to run through simulations to see how their design choices will affect the project once it is trading. Using the cofounders' background in quantitative finance and high-frequency trading, Gauntlet uses tools from behavioral economics as well as game theory, plus real-world information such as exchange data to model outcomes after 100,000 blocks. We discuss how it makes its assumptions, how proof of stake differs from proof of work, and how the initial token distribution can affect the eventual concentration of tokens. He also reveals what design choice tends to have the greatest impact, as well as what main factor crypto teams aren't  thinking about that they should be. Plus, he talks about his involvement in the launch of Facebook's Libra project, and gives us his thoughts on the design choices Facebook made regarding the consensus algorithm, programming language and the structure of the coin. See the full show notes on Forbes! http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2019/06/18/how-to-make-cryptoeconomics-work-in-live-trading/ Take the Unchained Podcast survey! Help make Unchained better! Take our survey and enter the giveaway for a free Bitcoin lightning node and a yearlong Casa Gold membership, — including a multisig security app for iPhone and Android, a Trezor hardware wallet, a Casa faraday bag, and 24/7 support! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019 Thank you to our sponsors! Kraken: https://www.kraken.com CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained Episode Links: Gauntlet: https://gauntlet.network Tarun Chitra: https://twitter.com/tarunchitra?lang=en Gauntlet blog posts: https://medium.com/gauntlet-networks?source=logo-23cfbaf25c9a Unchained episode with Olaf Carlson-Wee of Polychain from Consensus 2019: https://unchainedpodcast.com/to-the-moon-and-back-with-polychains-olaf-carlson-wee/ Zero Knowledge podcast episode with Tarun Chitra: https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/61

Tarun Chitra, cofounder and CEO of Gauntlet, describes how his company enables crypto teams to run through simulations to see how their design choices will affect the project once it is trading. Using the cofounders' background in quantitative finance and high-frequency trading, Gauntlet uses tools from behavioral economics as well as game theory, plus real-world information such as exchange data to model outcomes after 100,000 blocks. We discuss how it makes its assumptions, how proof of stake differs from proof of work, and how the initial token distribution can affect the eventual concentration of tokens. He also reveals what design choice tends to have the greatest impact, as well as what main factor crypto teams aren't  thinking about that they should be. Plus, he talks about his involvement in the launch of Facebook's Libra project, and gives us his thoughts on the design choices Facebook made regarding the consensus algorithm, programming language and the structure of the coin. See the full show notes on Forbes! http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2019/06/18/how-to-make-cryptoeconomics-work-in-live-trading/ Take the Unchained Podcast survey! Help make Unchained better! Take our survey and enter the giveaway for a free Bitcoin lightning node and a yearlong Casa Gold membership, — including a multisig security app for iPhone and Android, a Trezor hardware wallet, a Casa faraday bag, and 24/7 support! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchainedsurvey2019 Thank you to our sponsors! Kraken: https://www.kraken.com CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained Episode Links: Gauntlet: https://gauntlet.network Tarun Chitra: https://twitter.com/tarunchitra?lang=en Gauntlet blog posts: https://medium.com/gauntlet-networks?source=logo-23cfbaf25c9a Unchained episode with Olaf Carlson-Wee of Polychain from Consensus 2019: https://unchainedpodcast.com/to-the-moon-and-back-with-polychains-olaf-carlson-wee/ Zero Knowledge podcast episode with Tarun Chitra: https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/61

How Polychain is faring during the crypto winter, where we are in the tech cycle, whether he thinks Ethereum 2.0 will deliver and how he views the competition in the smart contract space. We discuss the upcoming Facebook coin, what that might look like, and how his portfolio projects could compete against a token issued by a large company. We cover how regulatory uncertainty is affecting the development of crypto projects, what he thinks of the fact that some trends in the DeFi movement seem to mimic the risks leading up to the financial contract, why he's so excited about MakerDAO, what he makes of its difficulties keeping its USD peg, and why Tether hasn't lost its dollar peg despite being only 74% backed. Plus, we talked about how decentralized autonomous corporations could someday come into being, and what he thinks of on-chain governance systems today. Join us at the Oslo Freedom Forum! On May 27th I will be hosting a conversation about the future of finance and human rights at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Norway. As the world continues to move toward a cashless society, paper currency is disappearing. Companies like Facebook, Apple, and TenCent are becoming increasingly influential in the digital payment space. We'll discuss how individuals and companies can preserve and protect financial freedoms in the digital age. I'll be joined by Bitcoin author and educator Jimmy Song; Casa chief technology officer Alena Vranova; and CoinCenter founder Jerry Brito. To register to attend, you can visit oslofreedomforum.com today -- use a discount code “unconfirmed25” to get 25% off your ticket price! Join us at Omega Institute in New York in September! Sign up for our crypto weekend retreat today! https://www.eomega.org/workshops/virtues-of-the-crypto-revolution Thank you to our sponsor! CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode links: Watch the full video on CoinDesk ("To the Moon and Back" under Main Stage): https://www.coindesk.com/events/consensus-2019/videos Polychain: https://polychain.capital WSJ article on Olaf: https://www.wsj.com/articles/olaf-carlson-wee-rode-the-bitcoin-boom-to-silicon-valley-riches-can-he-survive-the-crash-1536681364 WSJ on Polychain's assets dropping: https://www.wsj.com/articles/crypto-fund-polychains-assets-drop-40-from-1-billion-mark-11554843471?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=3 Facebook coin: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/technology/cryptocurrency-facebook-telegram.html?searchResultPosition=9 Tether only 74% backed: https://www.coindesk.com/tether-lawyer-confirms-stablecoin-74-percent-backed-by-cash-and-equivalents MakerDAO stability fee at 20%: https://www.coindesk.com/dai-stablecoins-stability-fee-nears-20-after-latest-makerdao-vote Aragon vote being swung at the last moment: https://www.evanvanness.com/post/184616403861/aragon-vote-shows-the-perils-of-onchain-governance

Polychain Capital turned $4 Million into $1 Billion and became the world's largest crypto hedge fund. Partner and research lead Niraj Pant joins Blockcrunch on this episode to discuss: Polychain's investment funnel Value accrual in tokens Tokens vs. equity Fat Protocols, dapps and interoperability Structuring a hedge/ venture fund Rate and subscribe! Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). Not finance advice. Spartan Capital and/or Jason may or may not have positions in assets discussed on the show.  ****** Resources. Relay node newsletter (Asia crypto events) Libsyn link Apple Podcast Stitcher Spotify ****** Intro music by Phortissimo. Disclaimer: Jason Choi is an investor at Spartan Capital, the hedge fund arm of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries and personnel. This podcast is for information purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. The Spartan Group and its clients may hold positions in assets described in the episode. Detailed disclaimers available at jasonchoi.me and spartangroup.io/disclaimer

On this episode, we do a recap of our podcast episodes of 2018. We look at how the crypto market has changed since we launched our first episode (things other than just prices being lower) and also all the things that haven’t changed. This was a fun review of half a year of recording with a few glimpses of times ahead. Topics: Reflecting on our podcast this past year Episode 1 - The QuantLayer Genesis Story, Crypto and Stock Market Comparisons, and Why Crypto Needs Reg FD https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1-quantlayer-genesis-story-crypto-stock-market-comparisons/id1402142700?i=1000414325483&mt=2 Episode 2 - What’s a Crypto Investment Bank? A Conversation About Crypto Due Diligence With Crypto Launchpad CEO Adiraj Gupta https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/2-whats-crypto-investment-bank-conversation-about-crypto/id1402142700?i=1000414325484&mt=2 Episode 3 Crypto’s ICO Legal Landscape, the Attack on Verge, M&A in Crypto, and Better Treasury Management for Crypto Teams https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/3-cryptos-ico-legal-landscape-attack-on-verge-m-in/id1402142700?i=1000414357284&mt=2 Episode 4 A Discussion with Software Consultant Ben DiFrancesco on Building Great Blockchain Software https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/4-discussion-software-consultant-ben-difrancesco-on/id1402142700?i=1000415065447&mt=2 Episode 5 Crypto Teams Need to Communicate Better, and a New Segment: Big Drama in Smallcap Land (Zoin and Sumokoin) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/5-crypto-teams-need-to-communicate-better-new-segment/id1402142700?i=1000415464516&mt=2 Episode 6 Digital Ocean Versus Google Cloud, Polychain’s $1Bn Fund, a16z’s $300mm Fund, How to be a Shady Hedge Fund Manager, and 2nd Layer Solutions for Ethereum and Bitcoin https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/6-digital-ocean-versus-google-cloud-polychains-%241bn/id1402142700?i=1000415910825&mt=2 Episode 7 Bitcoin ETF & Alternative Energy ETFs, ZCash Incentive Structure, and How To Spot Bad Code in Your Crypto Investments https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/7-bitcoin-etf-alternative-energy-etfs-zcash-incentive/id1402142700?i=1000416414528&mt=2 Episode 8 Short Selling Explained, Tesla and How Controversial Shorts Work, and Nvidia and Bitmain https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/8-short-selling-explained-tesla-how-controversial-shorts/id1402142700?i=1000416862421&mt=2 Episode 9 Custody Solutions and Infrastructure, Family Offices, and How Funds Should Educate Their Analysts on Crypto https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/9-custody-solutions-infrastructure-family-offices-how/id1402142700?i=1000417280581&mt=2 Episode 10 More About Tesla (This Time About Going Private), Software Developer Personalities and Getting Tangled in IOTA https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/10-more-about-tesla-this-time-about-going-private-software/id1402142700?i=1000417715415&mt=2 Episode 11 Boston’s Growing Fintech & Crypto Scene, Telegram as a Crypto Platform and P2P Lending https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/11-bostons-growing-crypto-scene-mailbag-1-how-to-say/id1402142700?i=1000418146792&mt=2 Episode 12 Tesla Staying Public, How Amazon and AWS Made Angry Shorts Give Up and Why Rejection of the Bitcoin ETF is a Good Thing https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/12-tesla-staying-public-how-amazon-aws-made-angry-shorts/id1402142700?i=1000418644761&mt=2 Episode 13 An Alert Blitzkrieg: Cheap ETH Mining, MANA Land Estate Bug, EOS RAM Vulnerability, Stratis Node Vulnerability, Etherscan Vulnerability, Bitcoin Cash Vulnerability, and How Wall Streeters and Technologists Can Be More Lay-language Friendly https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/13-alert-blitzkrieg-cheap-eth-mining-mana-land-estate/id1402142700?i=1000419016588&mt=2 Episode 14 Turning A Bug Into A Feature: Bugsnag, Why You Shouldn’t Violate Open Source Copyrights (Hint: Your Coin Will Be Down 90% If You Do), The Bitcoin-Dev Mailing List, And Why Crypto UX Is So Bad https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/quantlayer-crypto-podcast/id1402142700?ls=1 Episode 15 Open Source as Revenue Driver: How Elasticsearch Uses Open Source for Revenue Growth, Tech Investing and Crypto, a Cautionary Tale of Bad Crypto Trading Psychology and Flash Crashes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/15-open-source-as-revenue-driver-how-elasticsearch/id1402142700?i=1000419883506&mt=2 Episode 16 Zaif Exchange Hack and How We Called It Two Months Ago and the Interplanetary File System (IPFS) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/16-zaif-exchange-hack-how-we-called-it-two-months-ago/id1402142700?i=1000420329661&mt=2 Episode 17 Crypto Legal Landscape with Kurt Watkins of MG Miller Intellectual Property Law: Securitized Real Assets and Intellectual Goods, Crypto Patents, Hard Forks and “Derivative Works,” Decentralized Exchanges and Alternative Trading Systems https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/17-crypto-legal-landscape-kurt-watkins-mg-miller-intellectual/id1402142700?i=1000420807788&mt=2 Episode 18 Crypto SaaS Spotlight: John Young With Ledj.io and Building Professional Crypto Research Tools https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/18-crypto-saas-spotlight-john-young-ledj-io-building/id1402142700?i=1000421326288&mt=2 Episode 19 Crypto SaaS Spotlight: Amy Wan, Founder and CEO of Sagewise and Building Crypto LegalTech Solutions https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/19-crypto-saas-spotlight-amy-wan-founder-ceo-sagewise/id1402142700?i=1000421924166&mt=2 Episode 20 ZRX & ESTC: A Tale of Exchange Listing Pops, the State of Crypto Reporting (It Sucks) and How You Can Make Money Being Contrarian, and How Monero (XMR) Sliced Up Transaction Fees With Bulletproofs https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/20-zrx-estc-tale-exchange-listing-pops-state-crypto/id1402142700?i=1000422824609&mt=2 QuantLayer - Episode 21 A look at Stablecoins, Tether and PwC https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/21-a-look-at-stablecoins-tether-and-pwc/id1402142700?i=1000423666435&mt=2 QuantLayer - Episode 22 Everything is Ded (Bitcoin, “Blockchain,” ICOs, Volatility) and Amazon Takes Over New York City https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/22-everything-is-ded-bitcoin-blockchain-icos-volatility/id1402142700?i=1000424132491&mt=2 Episode 23 Crypto Hangover and Market Downturn?: A Look At Semiconductor Market Cycles, NVIDIA Throwing Crypto Under The Bus, And What Nathaniel Popper Got Wrong In His Recent New York Times Article https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/23-crypto-hangover-market-downturn-look-at-semiconductor/id1402142700?i=1000424844720&mt=2 Episode 24 The Attack of the Attack Vectors: a 51% Attack on Vertcoin & the Demise of ASIC Resistance + a Social Engineering Attack on ETCDEV and npm Libraries. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/24-attack-attack-vectors-51-attack-on-vertcoin-demise/id1402142700?i=1000425249491&mt=2 Other links: Substratum to trade ICO funds in order to maintain capital as ETH price drops - https://www.chepicap.com/en/news/6005/substratum-to-trade-ico-funds-in-order-to-maintain-funds-as-eth-price-drops.html Newsletter — Build Blockchain Tech - https://www.buildblockchain.tech/newsletter/ Samson Mow on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Excellion/status/1077717355159900160

In this episode of our DeFi series, we chat with Polychain-backed Bloqboard's founder, Vitaly Bahachuk about some hard questions around crypto loans and decentralized finance: Is value captured at the protocol (Dharma) level, or at the platform (Bloqboard) Level? Is DeFi making finance more inclusive, or just building tools for Wall Street traders? What is the point of crypto-loans? Who uses them? Please rate and subscribe to help us get this podcast to more people! Not finance advice. Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi) ****** Show links: Libsyn link Apple Podcast Stitcher Spotify ****** Intro music by Phortissimo: https://soundcloud.com/phortissimo Outro music by Garreth Chan: https://www.garrethchan.com/ Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch podcast series is intended for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Conduct your own research and invest at your own risk.

We review the latest proclamations of Bitcoin’s apparent demise: (1) Axios’s report that Corporate blockchain and bitcoin interest is waning; (2) Galaxy Digital dumping their ICO advisory business; and (3) volatility drying up forcing traders to look for alpha elsewhere. We also look at Amazon’s expansion into New York City, right into our backyard. Topics: Bitcoin is ded note - Blockchain is ded - ICO Advisory is ded - Volatility is ded What Axios is Galaxy digital Who Galaxy is and what happened What a high watermark is How a reverse merger works Types of shells that exist What a Friday night news dump is Amazon takes over New York City Links: Bitcoin Obituaries - https://99bitcoins.com/obituary-stats/ Bitcoin Obituary Generator - https://99bitcoins.com/bitcoin-obituary-generator/ Corporate America's blockchain and bitcoin fever is over - https://www.axios.com/corporate-america-blockchain-bitcoin-fervor-over-fb13bc5c-81fd-4c12-8a7b-07ad107817ca.html Galaxy Digital Announces Strategic Operational and Organizational Changes - https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/galaxy-digital-announces-strategic-operational-and-organizational-changes-700167182.html Novogratz says BTC going to $20k again next year - https://app-alpha.quantlayer.com/dashboard/alert/44d49f15-5617-4a1b-82d9-2f279e2051d4?search=novogratz&searchType=default Digital Ocean Versus Google Cloud, Polychain’s $1Bn Fund, a16z’s $300mm Fund, How to be a Shady Hedge Fund Manager, and 2nd Layer Solutions for Ethereum and Bitcoin - https://medium.com/@QuantLayer/digital-ocean-versus-google-cloud-polychains-1bn-fund-a16z-s-300mm-fund-how-to-be-a-shady-326bab0d29fd Pitfalls of Reverse Mergers Into Public Shell Companies - https://www.clm.com/publication.cfm?ID=24 Galaxy Digital LP Management's Discussion and Analysis - https://assets.ctfassets.net/rbgwch8v5pod/1Zvd5REU0sq8KQwM6i2I6a/09b2b567a7224e9d5f5b2eba2aa322f8/Second_Quarter_2018_Management_s_Discussion___Analysis__Galaxy_Digital_LP_.pdf Streisand effect - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect Bitcoin’s volatility is hitting its lowest level in two years, and it is forcing traders to shakeup their strategy - https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2018/11/13/bitcoins-volatility-is-hitting-its-lowest-level-in-two-years-and-it-is-forcing-traders-to-shakeup-their-strategy/ QuantLayer Crypto Podcast Episode 20 - http://quantlayer.libsyn.com/20-zrx-estc-a-tale-of-exchange-listing-pops-the-state-of-crypto-reporting-it-sucks-and-how-you-can-make-money-being-contrarian-and-how-monero-xmr-sliced-up-transaction-fees-with-bulletproofs Amazon takes over NYC - https://d39w7f4ix9f5s9.cloudfront.net/4d/db/a54a9d6c4312bb171598d0b2134c/new-york-agreement.pdf Bezos’ helipad comic - https://i.redd.it/7734crgsk6y11.jpg

Do you know how a former lumberjack becomes the founder of and leader of the largest crypto hedge fund? Listen to this episode of The Boost VC podcast where Adam Draper talks to Olaf Carlson-Wee the founder of Polychain and one of Boost VC's portfolio companies, about starting the first ever crypto hedge fund, and how he now manages more than $250m in assets.

We are joined by Ryan Zurrer, Principal and Venture partner, at Polychain capital. Polychain capital is a breakout crypto hedge fund with over $100 million in assets under management, and large investments in major crypto projects such as Dfinity, Polkadot, Filecoin and Vest. Ryan was the first person to join Olaf Carlson Wee in managing this fund. He built multiple companies in the wind energy industry prior to making a switch to the cryptocurrencies. In this episode, we go behind the scenes of the Polychain success story. We get details on what crypto hedge funds are, how Polychain got started, reasons for its breakout success, its approach to blockchain investments and the current challenges of running a crypto hedge fund. Ryan also walks us through Polychain’s interest areas – Layer 1 blockchain protocols such as Filecoin, Dfinity and Polkadot; and financial derivative protocols. If you want to understand how some of the leading minds allocate capital at a large scale in the cryptocurrency industry, check out the episode. Topics covered in this episode: What is a crypto hedge fund? Differences between a crypto hedge fund and a venture capital firm The Polychain success story and how it played out Polychain’s approach to cryptocurrency investments and entrepreneurs Polychain’s major flagship investments – Filecoin, Dfinity and Polkadot Polychain’s perspective in the “frozen Parity ether” debate Episode links: Polychain capital website Fortune article on Polychain Previous Epicenter episode on Polychain with Olaf Carlson Wee Polychain's perspective on the “Parity frozen ether” controversy This episode is hosted by Meher Roy and Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/249

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It’s been an action packed week of investor heavy news. Vikram and Faizaan discuss Polychain Capital’s one billion dollar SEC filing, and how you need one million dollars to invest in them. They also look at Andreessen Horowitz’s 300 million dollar fund launch and how they are thinking about good crypto projects. They go over the shady techniques that hedge funds engage in in order to juice their returns and what a high watermark is. They also cover some alerts that QuantLayer’s platform picked up, and get into a really interesting discussion around 2nd layer solutions for Bitcoin and Ethereum. Topics: Google Cloud migration to Digital Ocean Their bad experience with Google Cloud The reason they decided to move to Digital Ocean Investor market news in crypto Polychain Capital's one billion dollar SEC filing Andreessen Horowitz launched their $300MM investment fund An open letter from Chris Dixon Spencer Bogart talking about bitcoin/crypto prices being depressed due to forced selling by hedge funds What a high watermark is Some alerts that QuanLayer's platform picked up -Crypto banned in India -Increase in exchanged hacks (over $700 million) -Bitcoin removes alert key -Catching telegram announcements for VeChain token swap support -The ‘official serious discussion’ that VeChain has How ETH network has been taken up by 3 contracts First layer scaling solutions: Sharding Second layer scaling solutions: State Channel, Plasma, and Truebit What Lightning Network is Lightning network application Links: Form ADV Fortune article where they interviewed Olaf Carlson-Wee, founder of Polychain NY Times article on the firm Kathryn Haun Kathryn Haun's bio Chris Dixon Chris Dixon's open letter  Spencer Bogart Plasma Sharding Truebit Making Sense of Ethereum's Layer 2 Scaling Solutions Lightning Network Satoshi’s Place

Only a handful of investment firms were brave enough to enter the crypto space back in the early 2010's. Those pioneers have witnessed quite an evolution in the blockchain space, and they have gone from being the black sheep of venture capital to enjoying a red-carpet experience with every hedge fund manager on Wall Street. Paul Veradittakit is a Partner with Pantera Capital, a leading investment firm focused exclusively on projects related to blockchain technology, digital currency and crypto assets. Paul helped launch the firm's second venture fund, and he sits on the boards of OpenToken and BitOasis. Prior to joining Pantera in 2014, Paul worked at Strive Capital, where he focused on investments in the mobile space. Today, Paul sits down with us to share his Bitcoin origin story and discuss the evolution of the market since 2014. He offers his take on how the crypto market is changing, explaining why the best talent is coming into the space right now. Listen in as Paul speaks to the tokens that get him up in the morning and addresses the lack of standardization around how entrepreneurs utilize capital. Topics Covered How Paul got into the Bitcoin space Worked for startup in daily deal space Joined VC in late 2010 (focus on mobile) Considered working for Coinbase Ran across Pantera Capital Paul's take on the evolution of crypto 20 companies in 2014 (easy to pick winners) Polychain opened eyes to new sector in 2017 Worldwide adoption of tokens for fundraising Paul's insight on the future of the blockchain Same number of deals, higher quality Shift in focus to building product Best talent coming into space The tokens that get Paul up in the morning Infrastructure, ways to scale blockchain Use cases where decentralization enables new markets Marketplaces where intermediaries take large fees What surprises Paul about the current market Companies able to raise capital ‘without legs' Need for transparency, education (best practices) Paul's definition of success Make world better Social impact Connect with Paul Pantera Capital https://www.panteracapital.com/ Pantera on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/panteracapital/ Pantera on Twitter https://twitter.com/PanteraCapital?lang=en Paul on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/veradittakit/ Paul on Twitter https://twitter.com/veradittakit?lang=en Resources App Annie https://www.appannie.com/en/ Adam's Quora List https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-hottest-Bitcoin-startups-e-g-crypto-currency-startups-such-as-Ripple-also-count Polychain Capital http://polychain.capital/ Augur https://www.augur.net/ Beam Capital Management https://www.beamcap.com/ Connect with Boost VC Boost VC Website https://www.boost.vc/ Boost VC on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/boostvc/ Boost VC on Twitter https://twitter.com/BoostVC

Note: This Episode of Flippening is Made Possible by Nomics' free Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin API.The Nomics API offers squeaky clean and normalized primary source cryptocurrency trade data offered through fast and modern endpoints. Instead of having to integrate with a bunch of exchange APIs of varying quality, you can get everything through one screaming fast firehose. If you’ve found that you or your developer has to spend too much time cleaning up and maintaining cryptoasset datasets, instead of identifying investing/trading opportunities . . . or if you’re tired of interpolated data and want raw primary source trades delivered simply and consistently, with top-notch support and SLAs, then check us out at Nomics.com.My guest today is Ari Nazir and this is one of our top 3 episodes to date.Ari is a founder and managing partner at Neural Capital. I met Ari in part because I’m a limited partner in Protocol Ventures, which we covered in a previous episode. Protocol Ventures is a Fund of Funds with a portfolio that includes prominent crypto asset hedge funds like BlockTower Capital, Metastable, PolyChain, and Ari’s Neural Capital. As an LP of protocol ventures, I get to see how these funds are performing; these reports made it clear to me that I needed to have Ari on the show. Ari is without a doubt one of the top minds in crypto investing, and I think you’ll find this episode to be as funny as it is informative.

The Syndicate hosted The Future of Cryptocurrencies/Blockchain Live Streamed Round Table on 11/28/17 Our expert panelists include: Gil Penchina, Andy Bromberg, Lou Kerner and Joey Krug Gil Penchina’s one of the top super angels of all time, with investments in Ripple, Brave, Polychain, Paypal, Filecoin, Civic, Linkedin, Cruise Automation, Dollar Shave Club, Wealthfront, Discord, Fastly and a name as good as gold. Prior to that he worked at Ebay through the IPO process and now he runs 20+ syndicates on Angellist with millions in backing. And today he’s venturing to the other side of the table with Pryze, a decentralized sweepstakes system working on an ICO pre-sale. For more on Gil, check out his interview on The Syndicate podcast where we discuss How Gil Tried to Lose Money and Hit 5 Unicorns and the Future of Cryptocurrencies Joey Krug got involved in Bitcoin mining in 2011 before building Bitcoin point of sale system in 2013. In 2014, he dropped out of Pomona College to cofound one of the first projects on ethereum called Augur, and in 2015 they did the first crowdsale on Ethereum. Then this year he joined Pantera Capitalas Co-Chief Investment Officer managing their digital asset funds… oh, and he also run one of the top 10 (by backing) AngelList syndicates. To learn more about Joey, listen to our interview (the 1st of the podcast), on Cryptocurrencies, ICOs and the Future of Public Markets. Andy Bromberg is the CEO of CoinList, an innovative ICO launch platform and compliance company responsible for the Filecoin’s $205M ICO success. Spun out of Angellist, Coinlist is already a leader in the token space and has built the trust and success to fuel legitimate, world changing ICOs. Prior to Coinlist, Andy co-founded Sidewire, a startup which raised ~ $5M to connect experts for thought provoking conversations on politics on more. Lou Kerner is the founder and managing partner of Flight.vc’s Israeli Founder fund and the Social Internet fund. Before that, Lou pioneered social media with Bolt, the largest social media company of its time before being conquered by Myspace. Since then Lou has invested in the likes of Palantir, Facebook, Meetup, Klout, Plated and more. And if you missed Lou’s conversation on the podcast, it is a must. Offered 1/4 of Facebook for $5M – Plus Israel, Social Media, Cryptocurrencies and Future of Monopolies We will cover a wide range of topics from ICOs, the future of cryptocurrencies, the implications and disruptions of blockchain and much much more. Plus there will be a live Q&A session at the end with all our esteemed guests. Want more great round tables and investor interviews. Subscribe today to never miss a thing! The post The Future of Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Roundtable ALL-192 appeared first on FBA Allstars.

Olaf Carlson-Wee is the Founder & CEO @ Polychain Capital, one of the world's premier funds actively managing a portfolio of blockchain assets. Having founded the firm less than 2 years ago with their initial $4m fund, Polychain now has over $200m AUM with backing from the likes of Sequoia, Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz and USV just to name a few. Prior to founding Polychain, Olaf was the first employee at Coinbase serving as their Head of Risk and as product manager. In addition, Olaf has also been an active angel with a portfolio including the likes of Robinhood, Ethereum and Numerai. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Olaf made his way into the world of crypto from academic studies to Coinbase to today with Polychain? 2.) What really is Polychain Capital and what is the primary mandate with the $250m AUM? With the firm's investments being always liquid, how does one look to stay aligned to founders with an exit possible at any time? How does Olaf think about LP fund withdrawal, would that symbolize a snowball effect in the crypto space? 3.) How does sourcing crypto opportunities differ from sourcing venture opportunities? How does the subsequent DD process change when evaluating crypto opportunities? What does Olaf want to see in whitepapers and what are the big red flags when analysing crypto investments? 4.) How does Olaf think about the exit environment for crypto assets? How does Olaf believe traditional corporate acquirers will respond to crypto assets and those that have raised through ICO? What does Olaf mean when he says, "we will see token network acquisitions in the future"? 5.) Have tokens created a paradigm shift in the method through which companies are funded? Charlie Lee @ Litecoin stated on the show, "ICO's were his biggest concern for crypto". Does Olaf share this concern and where does he see the nuances? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Olaf’s Fave Book: Infinite Jest Olaf’s Most Recent Investment: 0x Project As always you can follow Harry and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Namely is the all-in-one HR, payroll, and benefits platform your employees will love to use. It’s as intuitive as social media, but powerful enough to support the complexity of today’s workforce. Namely’s mission is to help mid-sized companies build a better workplace. See how Namely can transform your workplace at www.Namely.com. Eero is the world’s best-reviewed wifi. A system of eero and eero Beacons wirelessly connects to blanket your home in fast, reliable WiFi, so despite the increased number of devices with Christmas coming, you’ll still be able to get powerful mesh WiFi in every nook and cranny of your home, backyard included. No more dead spots, slow spots, drop-offs, or buffering — right out of the box. Eero is only available in the US and Canada and you can check it out here!

The Syndicate hosted The Future of Cryptocurrencies/Blockchain Live Streamed Round Table on 11/28/17   Our expert panelists include: Gil Penchina, Andy Bromberg, Lou Kerner and Joey Krug Gil Penchina's one of the top super angels of all time, with investments in Ripple, Brave, Polychain, Paypal, Filecoin, Civic, Linkedin, Cruise Automation, Dollar Shave Club, Wealthfront, Discord, Fastly and a name as good as... The post The Future of Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Roundtable appeared first on The Syndicate.

Gil Penchina's one of the top super angels of all time, with investments in Ripple, Brave, Polychain, Paypal, Filecoin, Civic, Linkedin, Cruise, Dollar Shave Club Wealthfront, Discord, Fastly and a name as good as gold. Prior to that he worked at Ebay through the IPO process and now he runs 20+ syndicates on Angellist with millions... The post How Gil Penchina Tried to Lose Money and Hit 5 Unicorns and the Future of Cryptocurrencies appeared first on The Syndicate.

In episodes one and two of Hash Power, we explored blockchain technology and cryptocurrency investing. In this episode, we discuss the current and potential future states of the crypto world. We cover new forms of cooperation, regulation, security and storage, and why blockchains allow systems to evolve at such a rapid pace.  Be sure to listen until the end, where we close with some advice about conducting ourselves in a new world where creativity reigns and repetitive jobs disappear—a trend that may only accelerate thanks to blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. Hash Power is presented by Fidelity Investments   For comprehensive show notes on this episode go to http://investorfieldguide.com/hashpower For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast. To get involved with Project Frontier, head to InvestorFieldGuide.com/frontier. Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub. Follow Patrick on Twitter at @patrick_oshag    Show Notes 0:05 – Intro to episode 3 and what to expect  4:00 - Olaf Carlson-Wee, founder of Polychain, on how the funding and investing in cryptocurrencies could easily get out of hand  5:00 – How people are creating holding companies to fund cryptocurrencies protocols  6:45 – Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) and how they will replace the aforementioned holding companies  8:32 – Could fully decentralized organizations replace other more traditional organizational structures, even outside of crypto currency  9:59 – How can DAO’s impact everyday lives  12:39 – Why your skills and accomplishments will become more important than who you are or where you are from             15:38 – Ready Player One: A Novel  16:09 - Naval Ravikant, CEO of Angellist, on the way humans cooperate and build new entities  17:51 – When people will demand oversight and regulation over crypto currency  20:42 - Peter Van Valkenburg, Director of Research at Coincenter on the current state of regulation  26:06 - Jameson Lopp on security needed to protect your cryptocurrency             26:22 - Glacierprotocol.org  27:51 - Ari Paul, co-founder of Blocktower, on how nail polish is used to protect their crypto wallet  30:03 – Juan Benet explains the Filecoin Protocol  35:52 - Muneeb Ali, co-founder of Blockstack, on how his team is plans to provide basic tools that will allow the broader developer community to build apps that the cryptocurrency population will use.  38:01 - Comparing blockstack to the analogy of creating a city  40:17 – How the blockstack token fits into everything  43:15 – Fred Ehrsam, co-founder of Coinbase, on forking in blockchains  47:52 – Naval Ravikant on how the idea of work will change in the future, and how that change helped to produce the idea of a blockchain in the first place.  49:31 – Why curiosity should govern what you do in life 53:22 - Naval’s framework for making money   Learn More For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast.  Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub Follow Patrick on twitter at @patrick_oshag

In episode 1 of Hash Power, we explored blockchains as a technology—how they work, why tokens (also known as cryptocurrencies) are an integral part of any blockchain, and how these new networks might change the world. In episode two, we spend time with the leading investors in the field. Like any frenzied asset class, there are countless cryptocurrency hedge funds popping up everywhere. But founders from three of the original firms—Polychain, Metastable, and Blocktower Capital—are our primary guides this week. As I speak, the total market cap of cryptocurrencies is $136B. There are hundreds of tokens currently available, but bitcoin and Ethereum represent 75% of the total market cap. $136B sounds like a big number, but its tiny relative to any other asset class—and I use that term with hesitation. To put it in perspective, that’s exactly the same size as the market cap of IBM. But IBM had more than $10B of earnings in 2016. Tokens have none. As you will hear, valuing tokens is a very hard exercise. In such a nascent world, we are seeing investing strategies take hold. Olaf Carlson-Wee, Josh Seims, and Ari Paul walk us through different takes on cryptocurrency investing, be it early stage, long term buy and hold, or more hedge fund style strategies. Hash Power is presented by Fidelity Investments For comprehensive show notes on this episode go to http://investorfieldguide.com/hashpower For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast. To get involved with Project Frontier, head to InvestorFieldGuide.com/frontier. Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub. Follow Patrick on Twitter at @patrick_oshag   Links Referenced Fat Protocols (Joel Monegro)   Show Notes 0:05 – Recap of part 1 and introduction to part 2 of Hash Power 2:58 – Ari Paul, CIO of Blocktower explains how he got involved in cryptocurrencies 5:23 – Why do we need bitcoin 7:23 – Polychain Capital founder Olaf Carlson-Wee on why the value of tokens accrue 9:23 – How main stream money is getting into this space 12:26- Useful comparisons when talking about ICOs when compared to IPOs 15:01 - Naval Ravikant, CEO of Angellist, is asked to explain the protocols of cryptocurrencies to platform businesses like Uber or Airbnb 17:43 – Naval’s interest in investing in cryptocurrencies 18:42 – Why average folks should avoid it before they dive thoroughly into the topic 20:25 – what are the most compelling counter arguments to using cryptocurrencies 23:07 - Olaf Carlson Wee on the lifecycle of a token 24:02 – SAFT note, Simple Agreement for Future Tokens 25:31 – What is the earliest stage that edge is most present for investors in cryptocurrency protocols 28:12 – How do you mitigate the volatility that is present in blockchain 31:18 - Jeremiah Lowin, a risk and statistics expert, who runs risk management for a large private family office, talks about why he no longer owns cryptocurrencies  34:19 - Jordan Cooper, a venture capital investor, is optimistic about blockchains in general, but thinks there may be some overvaluations in current currencies 37:02 – How Jordan would value a single cryptocurrency 42:10 – Fat Protocols (Joel Monegro) 43:52 - Josh Seims, of Metastable, the value investor in blockchain? 51:15 - Ari Paul on the equivalent of listed stocks in the crypto currency world 52:33 – Understanding the concept of a coin in blockchain and how people are getting access to them 55:07 – The fairground analogy to understand cryptocurrencies 57:57 – What lessons from traditional markets can you apply to investing in cryptocurrencies 1:02:48 – Where do family offices stand when it comes to jumping into this space 1:06:51 – Ari is asked to discuss some of the alternative cryptocurrencies outside of Bitcoin and Ethereum. He starts with Ripple 1:10:27 – What would help firms or traders create edge in investing in cryptocurrencies   Learn More For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast.  Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub Follow Patrick on twitter at @patrick_oshag

Welcome to the first episode of Hash Power, an audio documentary that explores the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies with leaders in the field like Naval Ravikant, Olaf Carlson-Wee, Fred Ehrsam, & Ari Paul. Hash Power is meant to be an introduction, but really, it is an invitation to explore this emerging world on your own.  In the coming weeks, we will cover the technology, the power of decentralization, bitcoin, Ethereum, ICOs, cryptography and hashing. We will spend time with the leading active hedge fund managers in the field, and with outside investors who are both optimistic and skeptical. Episode one covers the big picture, and answers the question: what is blockchain and why might it significantly affect our world? If you enjoy what follows, you’ll still be very early in understanding this field. Most don’t. So help me spread it like wildfire, because the more people that understand blockchain, the better its impact might become. Please enjoy episode one, and stay tuned next week for episode 2, which explores investing in cryptocurrencies. Hash Power is presented by Fidelity Investments   For comprehensive show notes on this episode go to http://investorfieldguide.com/hashpower For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast. To get involved with Project Frontier, head to InvestorFieldGuide.com/frontier. Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub. Follow Patrick on Twitter at @patrick_oshag   Books Referenced The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age Nostalgia for the Absolute   Links Referenced Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System Reddit User jav_rddt SHA-256 Calculator The BitCoin Model for Crowdfunding Fat Protocols #cryptotwitter   Show Notes 0:05 – Introduction    CHAPTER 1 – Understanding the Concept of Blockchain (3:25) 4:30 – Jeremiah Lowin explains how blockchain is like a database             5:14 – Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System 5:46 – Owning a digital asset 7:14 – Naval Ravikant, CEO of Angelist on how blockchains can help to create personal networks and organize humans 11:01 – How blockchains represent a way to coordinate global activity through tokens 13:33 – New coins popping up around data storage and utility needs like solar panels 14:57 – Permission vs permissionless networks 16:37 – Protocols and the introduction of scarcity 18:13 – Keeping track of scarcity and the introduction of tokens 18:49 – Societal structures and how blockchains will change them again             18:51 – The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age 21:55 – The role of blockchains in the informational age and the rise of more individual sovereignty 23:29 - Fred Ehrsam, co-founder of Coinbase, on the increasing shift to digital worlds led by incentive structures   CHAPTER 2 – Blockchain Technology (27:48)             29:09 - Reddit User jav_rddt             30:43 - SHA-256 Calculator 31:53 - Charlie Noyes, Pantera Capital, explains how SHA-256 was developed and what make its so special 35:48 – How miners create new blocks and the incentives to do so 40:22 – The nonce field 43:48 – The incentives that exist for miners and the arms race to build more powerful systems to mine 45:20 – The development of mining pools 46:54 – Ethereum, the “spiritual successor” to bitcoin 48:36 – How the Ether network is an ecosystem in which other tokens can sit 50:51 - Naval Ravikant on alternative coins or tokens             50:50 - The BitCoin Model for Crowdfunding 51:37 – How the protocol creators are the ones getting wealthy             52:35 – Fat Protocols 53:22 – Blockchain as an experiment in distributed government 54:47 – How cryptocurrency is more than just technology, it’s a movement             54:50 – Nostalgia for the Absolute             57:27 - #cryptotwitter 1:00:58 - Peter Jubber, of Fidelity, on how huge institutions, like theirs, are getting into the cryptocurrency game 1:4:01 –The notion of cooperation in an open source project or protocol 1:05:21- Olaf Carlson-Wee, first employee at Coinbase and the founder of Polychain, on the early excitement for cryptocurrency 1:06:56– Closing thoughts from Patrick             Looking to work in this space - hashpowerdeveloper@gmail.com   Learn More For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast.  Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub Follow Patrick on twitter at @patrick_oshag

Do you know how a former lumberjack becomes the founder of and leader of the largest crypto hedge fund? Listen to this episode of The Boost VC podcast where Adam Draper talks to Olaf Carlson-Wee the founder of Polychain and one of Boost VC's portfolio companies, about starting the first ever crypto hedge fund, and how he now manages more than $250m in assets. https://angel.co/polychain-capital http://polychain.capital/

Tom Kineshanko. He’s been investing in cryptocurrencies, also called digital assets or tokens, since 2013. He founded and exited the first bitcoin and ethereum fund in Canada, invested in the ethereum cloud sale and has made 10x the returns in bitcoin after ethereum classic, golem and several other tokens. He’s also the founder and general partner at First Block Capital, a digital asset fund manager where Tom leads investments in new token issuance. He’s also the founder and CEO of Walter.ai—a company that is building a distributed Bloomberg terminal—which intends to make the best supplier of market data to the cryptocurrencies market. Famous Five: Favorite crypto-related book? – Introducing Ethereum and Solidity What CEO do you follow? – Brian Armstrong and Olaf Carlson Favorite online tool? — Cryptocurrencies exchanges How many hours of sleep do you get? — 8 plus If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “I wish I understood which industries were sort of young-man game versus old-man game” Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:05 – Nathan introduces Tom to the show 02:31 – There’s a market of new old coin tokens and there’s little information about it 03:12 – “This is liquid venture capital” 03:15 – The tokens represent an exposure to startup projects 03:25 – As people know, investing in startups is about qualitative information rather than quantitative 03:45 – Tom decided to apply the distributing models in building companies 04:50 – Tom shares the common way to build companies 05:10 – Blockchain ecosystem has a technology that is a combination of 4 different technologies 05:15 – The technology allows secure transfer of value on the internet even without a third-party approval 05:28 – Blockchain is a secure transfer layer that overlays on your internet 06:06 – You can track the activity on the blockchain because it’s an open source 06:16 – The tricky part is to identify who’s doing what 06:46 – Every time there’s a transaction on bitcoin blockchain, you’re leaving clues to who you are and what you’re up to 07:43 – The best use case of bitcoin blockchain is a stored value 08:22 – The issue with bitcoin blockchain is that it’s not yet as trusted as gold 08:27 – Tom believes though that bitcoin blockchain will be as trustworthy as gold 08:38 – As an investor, you want to be diversified across multiple blockchains 08:56 – Every one of these tokens is the unit of currency within a blockchain 09:32 – Bitcoin is a unit in a chain with 21M units 09:38 – Tom uses the analogy of a train with several carts to explain bitcoin and blockchain 10:08 – Ethereum is a place you can go to build blockchains and host them 10:45 – If bitcoin becomes as trusted as gold, it can be worth billions of dollar 10:55 – “You can never prove that any blockchain is secure because there’s always a bug they might find in the future” 11:03 – The longer you wait to find the bug, the more trusted it becomes 12:07 – Tom believes that the way blockchain is built is the way companies will be built in the future 12:15 – For investors interested in technology, go to Coinbase.com which is a mutual friend of Tom’s 13:01 – Coinbase has different types of cryptocurrencies or tokens 13:05 – Tom recommends buying bitcoins on Coinbase 13:09 – Then open up a Poloniex.com account where you can buy whatever you want using bitcoins 13:54 – The people who took advantage of the gold rush didn’t look for gold, but created something that can be of use for gold 14:50 – In the crypto world, you can design a microeconomy with incentives 14:55 – The people will join your microeconomy and work for you to get the incentives 15:08 – The incentives are the bitcoins 15:51 – Walter is creating an army of people who contribute data in exchange for a reward 15:55 – The people are getting paid with tokens 16:29 – Crypto businesses are difficult 16:52 – The easiest way to get good returns in the space is to buy tokens which are units of currency in micro-economies 17:14 – Tom uses the analogy of buying Facebook IPO 19:20 – There are games where you can earn cryptocurrencies and online casinos for cryptocurrencies 19:53 – When you buy cryptocurrencies, you are already in a crypto economy where you need to do your due diligence 20:33 – Ethereum is one of the currencies that you need to run apps 21:21 – A token is like a packet (in relation to IP protocols) 21:54 – Blockchain is the protocol layer upon which tokens are transferred around 23:33 – Tokens are also called cryptocurrencies 23:15 – A miner is someone who runs an algorithm on his own piece of hardware that checks for activity within a blockchain 24:48 – The ways that you can contribute data varies 25:51 – It’s the first time in history that you can have liquid venture capital in the industry 25:58 – There’s an extreme demand, but with a limited supply 26:44 – Tom believes that now is a good time to participate in cryptocurrencies 27:31 – Tom shares to Nathan the questions that Nathan can ask a guest who is into investing in cryptocurrencies: 27:40 – What are tokens? How do you make a venture capital investment? 28:06 – Do you have a personal relationship with MetaStable and Polychain? 29:35 – What is the history of cryptocurrencies? 30:12 – Another question can be their strategy of trading 31:00 – Why people should use Walter: 31:05 – All of us in the space need to support a good project and invest in the right projects so we can all have a good return 31:21 – Walter is building a global community of contributors who are researching the space and gathering information in exchange for incentives 31:42 – “Get involved and join the conversation” 33:18 – The Famous Five 3 Key Points: Bitcoin may not be as trusted as gold, but it will be in the future. Building a crypto business isn’t easy, but the demand is here. Study and research an industry before jumping in, and know the RIGHT questions to ask. Resources Mentioned: The Top Inbox – The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences GetLatka - Database of all B2B SaaS companies who have been on my show including their revenue, CAC, churn, ARPU and more Klipfolio – Track your business performance across all departments for FREE Hotjar – Nathan uses Hotjar to track what you’re doing on this site. He gets a video of each user visit like where they clicked and scrolled to make the site a better experience Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Most of us have probably heard of bitcoin and ethereum -- but did you know there were 15 new cryptocurrencies launched this past month alone? How then do we know which protocols to invest in -- not just as a developer or user, but as an investor? Because, let's face it, open source software and services need resources not just to survive but thrive. General partner Chris Dixon talks about this dynamic between open vs closed in this episode of the a16z Podcast in conversation with Sonal Chokshi and with Olaf Carlson-Wee, founder of (a16z investment) Polychain, a new kind of hedge fund that invests directly in cryptocurrencies at the protocol layer. But what does that actually mean? Instead of investing in the companies that are building on top of these protocols, Polychain invests in the protocols themselves -- in much the same way that you could have invested in domain names instead of early internet companies like Amazon in the early days (which most people actually didn't have access to do). Imagine if you could have bought equity in Linux! As people create application-specific tokens for these protocols (also known as “app coins”) to crowdfund and share equity in these networks, it's actually "bringing capitalism into open source" -- and could even one day lead to less centralized platforms and a web owned by users. It's also creating a whole new asset class... but whatever you do, do NOT try this at home! The views expressed here are those of the individual AH Capital Management, L.L.C. (“a16z”) personnel quoted and are not the views of a16z or its affiliates. Certain information contained in here has been obtained from third-party sources, including from portfolio companies of funds managed by a16z. While taken from sources believed to be reliable, a16z has not independently verified such information and makes no representations about the enduring accuracy of the information or its appropriateness for a given situation. This content is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. You should consult your own advisers as to those matters. References to any securities or digital assets are for illustrative purposes only, and do not constitute an investment recommendation or offer to provide investment advisory services. Furthermore, this content is not directed at nor intended for use by any investors or prospective investors, and may not under any circumstances be relied upon when making a decision to invest in any fund managed by a16z. (An offering to invest in an a16z fund will be made only by the private placement memorandum, subscription agreement, and other relevant documentation of any such fund and should be read in their entirety.) Any investments or portfolio companies mentioned, referred to, or described are not representative of all investments in vehicles managed by a16z, and there can be no assurance that the investments will be profitable or that other investments made in the future will have similar characteristics or results. A list of investments made by funds managed by Andreessen Horowitz (excluding investments and certain publicly traded cryptocurrencies/ digital assets for which the issuer has not provided permission for a16z to disclose publicly) is available at https://a16z.com/investments/. Charts and graphs provided within are for informational purposes solely and should not be relied upon when making any investment decision. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The content speaks only as of the date indicated. Any projections, estimates, forecasts, targets, prospects, and/or opinions expressed in these materials are subject to change without notice and may differ or be contrary to opinions expressed by others. Please see https://a16z.com/disclosures for additional important information.

Writing his college thesis on Bitcoin in 2012 and becoming Coinbase’s first employee in 2013, Olaf Carlson-Wee has been at the forefront of cryptocurrency for many years. Recently, he left Coinbase to start Polychain Capital, a hedge fund focused solely on investing in cryptocurrencies and protocol tokens. Olaf joined us to discuss his journey in the industry and the investment thesis behing Polychain. Topics covered in this episode: How Olaf Carlson-Wee became Coinbase’s first employee The investment thesis behind Polychain Capital Why protocol tokens represent a huge investment opportunity The current state of tokensales Why the blockchain crowdfunding campaigns will start resembling VC deal structure His view on the state of the Bitcoin network and community Episode links: Polychain Capital Beyond Bitcoin: The future of cryptocurrencies - The Signal Bitcoin Will Never Be a Currency—It's Something Way Weirder | WIRED The Golden Age Of Open Protocols – AVC Blockchain Tokens and the dawn of the Decentralized Business Model Fat Protocols | Union Square Ventures a16z and USV invest $10m in new digital asset hedge fund The future is a decentralized internet | TechCrunch This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/173