Podcasts about spartan capital

Jason is a full-time crypto native angel investor and the Co-Founder of Tangent, an evergreen prop investment firm that supports founders in both early-stage and liquid crypto markets. He is also the Host at the  @theblockcrunchpodcast  and was previously a General Partner at Spartan Capital, one of Asia's first institutional crypto funds. He co-led investments in over 80 companies and helped scale the Spartan fund from $9M in to $500M in Assets under management. In this conversation, we dive into: - Discovering Crypto - Biggest Loss Ever - How to get Rich in Crypto without Luck: key principles - Dunning-Kruger Effect in Crypto - Unpopular Crypto Beliefs And much more! __________________________________ PARTNERS

In this exciting episode you'll get to listen about Kelvin Koh Co Founder & Partner at Spartan Capital, his journey and how he established one of the biggest web3 VC Fund. Founded in 2017, Spartan Group is a leading player in the M&A and fundraising space. They leverage their track record of closing multi-billion dollar deals with world-class teams, deep expertise of the crypto industry, and unparalleled network to create collective value with exceptional founders. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/risingcap/message

Three senior hires at top crypto funds Spartan Capital, Multicoin Capital and DeFiance Capital recently stepped down and started Tangent - an angel fund by founders, for founders.    Together, Tangent's mentors have built billion-dollar protocols, managed hundreds of millions in capital and have deep expertise across every major Web 3 vertical.    Today, we have the co-founders Jason Choi, Darryl Wang and mentor, Mable Jiang on the show to share with us:   Crypto verticals they're excited about Dangers of crypto VCs today  What makes Tangent unique Navigating the crypto markets for the next 12 - 24 months   Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.   ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:40) – Introduction to Tangent team (00:03:39) – Rationale for leaving their jobs at top crypto funds (00:10:22) – Crypto verticals they are excited about (00:21:26) – Composability vs building your own products (00:28:08) – Smart contract wallets to boost crypto adoption (00:31:40) – View on NFT finance vertical  (00:33:19) – Reason for Tangent and why it's different from crypto funds (00:46:58) – Things to look out for when investing (00:54:36) – Thoughts on navigating the bear market (01:02:40) – Predictions for the next market   ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange   ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Mable's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mable_Jiang Mable's Podcast - HODLong: https://apple.co/3dHfQPJ Wangarian's Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xWangarian Tangent's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tangent_xyz   Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi   ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

Sfermion is NFT-focused fund with managing partners that were early investors of OpenSea Recently, they raised a $100m fund aimed at accelerating the emergence of an open, decentralized metaverse. In this episode, Founder Andrew Steinwold shares with us: What are the 4 NFT sub-markets and their different value-drivers How they analyze NFT-investments and Valuation Frameworks as a professional Which NFT vertical has the most potential Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:00:22) – Sfermion NFT Fund & Founder Andrew Steinwold (00:03:58) – Why Specifically NFTs & Why Is He Bullish on NFTs? (00:12:56) – Investing in NFT vertical (00:14:53) – 4 Sub-Markets of NFTs (00:17:11) – Case Study on Somnium Space & CryptoVoxels (00:22:35) – NFT Valuation Framework (00:29:00) – NFT Vertical With The Most Potential (00:36:12) – Metaverse & Competition Between Web 2 & Web 3 (00:44:44) – NFT-Collateralized Loans   ----------- Sponsors -------------   CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm   ----------- More Resources ---------   Guest Andrew Steinwold's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewSteinwold   Sfermion's Twitter: https://twitter.com/sfermion_   Sfermion's Website: https://www.sfermion.io/   Blockcrunch Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Blockcrunch VIP: https://www.theblockcrunch.com/vip   ------------ Disclosures -------------   Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

The total market-cap of NFT has hit $18 billion in 2022 - but most of these value are illiquid and NFTs sit idly in wallets. NFTFi (@NFTfi) unlocks the liquidity of these NFTs by allowing owners to take NFT-collateralized loans. Till date, they have facilitated $128 million over 7000 loans. In this episode, NFTFi co-founder, Steven Young shares with us: Why is unlocking NFT liquidity necessary and how can it help floor prices? What are the risks involved for lenders and borrowers? Why is NFTFi's peer-to-peer model the most optimal for NFT-backed loans? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:00:27) – Background of NFTfi's Founders (00:04:17) – Beginning of NFTfi (00:06:53) – Projects eligible as collateral (00:08:15) – Different loan durations and common use-cases (00:14:30) – Liquidation on Loans (00:19:21) – NFTfi as an execution platform for Liquidity Provision DAOs (00:21:20) – Whitelisting criteria of NFT projects (00:24:50) – NFTfi's competitors and different models (00:32:14) – Types of lenders and borrowers (00:36:27) – Future of NFTfi ----------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on https://paraswap.io/blockcrunch CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm ----------- More Resources -----------— Steven Young's Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephen_yo?lang=en NFTFi's Website: https://www.nftfi.com/ NFTFi's Discord: https://t.co/O9hrCgWiL7 ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Bridges facilitate cross-chain asset communication and play an imperative role in a multi-chain future. However, the recent WormHole & Ronin Bridge hack that led to a total loss of close to $1 billion has caused fear in users and led them to wonder - is the future still multi-chain? In this episode, Dmitriy - Research Partner at 1kx shares with us: What are the different kinds of bridges out there and their trade-offs? Why is the future is multi-chain and what are the role of bridges? Why is he excited about DAOs? Other high conviction and contrarian views he has Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- 0:00 - Podcast Intro 0:52 - Dmitriy's Background 3:42 - High-level Overview of Bridges & Trade-Offs 9:16 - Is Multi-Chain The Future 12:55 - How to Evaluate Bridge to Use 17:44 - Safer Bridge Models and Examples 18:43 - Are Bridges "Tunnels" or Developer Platforms 24:04 - Aggregation of Bridges like with DEXes 27:55 - Bridges that Dmitriy is Bullish On 30:00 - Why Dmitriy is Bullish on DAOs 38:49 - Other High Conviction Thesis & Contrarian Views ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on https://paraswap.io/blockcrunch CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm ----------- More Resources -----------— Guest Dmitriy Berezon - https://twitter.com/dberenzon 1kx - https://twitter.com/1kxnetwork Article on Bridges that Dmitriy wrote - https://twitter.com/dberenzon/status/1435636234211131393 ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Over the years, Jason has interviewed 100+ guests on Blockcrunch. This time, he's finally on the show as the guest! In his first ever LIVE AMA, he shared with us: His crypto journey Advice for beginners in crypto and aspiring analysts Investment frameworks & due diligence process Contrarian theses Jason has Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ----------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm ----------- Guests ------------- Jason Choi (Founder of BlockCrunch) https://twitter.com/MrJasonChoi Javier Ang (Intern at BlockCrunch) https://twitter.com/JavierAng_ ----------- Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Back in 2018, Richard saw Opensea's potential as one of the earliest investors - despite its measly yearly volume of $475k. In 2021, OpenSea became the largest NFT marketplace and facilitated $15 billion in volume, a 31,578x increase, In this episode, Richard shares with us:      - Is the NFT market a bubble?      - Is it possible to value NFTs like with DeFi protocols?      - How to identify “Blue-Chip” NFTs? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm ------------ More Resources ------------- Richard Chen's Twitter - https://twitter.com/richardchen39 Chris Dixon - Strong & Weak Technologies: https://cdixon.org/2019/01/08/strong-and-weak-technologies Richard Chen - How to get exposure to bluechip NFTs without being a whale: https://twitter.com/richardchen39/status/1492260662403284996 ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

There's a seemingly endless horde of new NFT projects - some of them rocket to the moon and some crash and burn. How should you navigate the NFT space? In this episode, NFT OG DeezeFi shares with us: What are some of his biggest wins and losses? What are his secrets and framework for evaluating NFTs? What are some projects that he believes will appreciate over the next 10 years? Can influencers really manipulate the market? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm ------------ Guest ------------- Deeze - https://twitter.com/DeezeFi NFT Galleries - https://y.at/

The song "Stand By Me" has made over $60M in royalties alone. What if you had a slice of that just by being a fan? Music NFTs may allow that. Decent (@decentxyz) is a new startup that package royalties into NFTs. This week, the Decent team joins us and talk: Current state of music NFTs How Decent lets fans invest in royalties  Can songs outperform stocks over time? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Produced by Foundersuite (www.foundersuite.com), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with "Burnt Banksy" a pseudonym for an anonymous founders behind Burnt Finance (www.burnt.com) a marketplace for trading non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Burnt originally garnered fame for burning an original Banksy artwork and then selling higher as an NFT In this episode, he talks about how he used profits from his Gamestop winnings to purchase the Banksy artwork, how he found and pitched crypto investors on Telegram, why he used a SAFT, why he's remaining an anonymous founder, and much more. The Company recently raised $8 million in a Series A round led by Animoca Brands. Other participants in the capital raise include Alameda Research, DeFiance, Figment, Multicoin Capital, Play Ventures, Spartan Capital, Terra, and others. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $3 Billion since 2016. Create a free account at www.foundersuite.com/

On-Chain Detective ZachXBT built a large following exposing over 40 cases of alleged fraud and questionable ethics in crypto...and he's done it again! His latest bust of Wonderland is one of the most controversial and has even made Bloomberg headlines. This week, he shares with us: His most memorable exposés How investors can detect and expose fraud Dealing with death threats Zach's future targets Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Staking is an important aspect of Proof-Of-Stake blockchains as it ensures security of the network. Despite its importance, the percentage of staked assets continues to fall as asset owners are able to get a higher yields via other DeFi use-cases even without locking their assets. Claystack makes staking assets more attractive and profitable by providing liquidity and composability of the staked assets across multiple chains. In this episode, Claystack founder Mohak shares with us: How is Claystack better than current staking platforms? How much more yield can you get with liquid staking derivatives and how? What are the different strategies / use-cases possible with ClayStack? What are the risks of liquid staking? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ----------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm ----------- Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Syndicate provides the tools for anyone with a crypto wallet to create an Investment Club in Will and Ian, the founders of Syndicate, comes on the show to share: How the future of VC investing is radically different Why Syndicate investment clubs is the future of investing Pitfalls and best practices when setting up DAOs? CityDAO: the world's first DAO-governed city Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

After Layer 1s and 2s, a new primitive is capturing the attention of the crypto community: the modular blockchain. Celestia, the first-mover in this arena, is determined to solve the infamous blockchain trilemma with their unique infrastructure. Nick White, COO of Celestia, shares with us: What exactly is Celestia? What is the data availability problem? Will Celestia eliminate monolithic chains like Solana? Host: @mrjasonchoi, may hold assets discussed. Not financial advice ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch COINFLEX is a crypto exchange where anyone can be a market maker via its simple AMM+ product. Explore yields up to 800% on Coinflex's easy-to-use platform: https://coinflex.com/amm ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Jason Kam (@MapleLeafCap) left a lucrative career at a hedge fund to pursue crypto full time. With backing from ParaFi and Dragonfly Capital Partners, Jason launched Folius Ventures to bet big in crypto in 2022 - with a strong focus in China. We discuss: Is crypto in China over? The 4 trends Folius is betting on 3 things projects can do to build a moat 5 names Jason is bullish on Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch COINFLEX is a crypto exchange where anyone can be a market maker via its simple AMM+ product. Explore yields up to 800% on Coinflex's easy-to-use platform: https://coinflex.com/amm ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Bribe Protocol is one of the most controversial investments we've made. It allows users to auction their assets out to whoever wants to borrow them to vote on governance proposals - in other words, it enables bribery! We speak with Bribe's founder, Condorcet, about: How is Bribe different from lending protocols? What is “voter extractable value”? Does Bribe protocol break governance in Web 3? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch NOTIONAL: Borrow & lend at fixed rates for up to 1 year, or contribute liquidity to earn interest, fees, & NOTE token incentives with notional.finance HBAR FOUNDATION: Fund your project quickly and easily with the HBAR Foundation. Apply for a grant and be put on the fast track to success at https://www.hbarfoundation.org/apply ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

With uncertain macro headwinds ahead and liquidity expected to tighten - can crypto still thrive as an asset class? To prepare investors and founders alike for what might be choppy times ahead, I'm excited to chat with Jordi Alexander, CIO at Selini Capital and veteran trader to discuss: Stages of a crypto market cycle Why 2022 is unlikely to be bear market, but... Opportunities Jordi is paying attention to Positioning into 2022 Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch NOTIONAL: Borrow & lend at fixed rates for up to 1 year, or contribute liquidity to earn interest, fees, & NOTE token incentives with notional.finance HBAR FOUNDATION: Fund your project quickly and easily with the HBAR Foundation. Apply for a grant and be put on the fast track to success at https://www.hbarfoundation.org/apply ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

A must-listen for those interested in or working in DAOs! Many are skeptical about whether groups of people without traditional org structures can truly collaborate. To discuss how to scale DAOs to the next level, I'm joined by Jacob Phillips, researcher at Polychain Capital to discuss: How much should DAOs spend on hiring? What is governance mining and how can DAOs do it? What are some DAOs that scaled well, some that didn't? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch NOTIONAL: Borrow & lend at fixed rates for up to 1 year, or contribute liquidity to earn interest, fees, & NOTE token incentives with notional.finance HBAR FOUNDATION: Fund your project quickly and easily with the HBAR Foundation. Apply for a grant and be put on the fast track to success at https://www.hbarfoundation.org/apply ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Crypto guilds - entities that sponsor play-to-earn gamers in return for game earnings, have exploded in size. With multiple guilds trading north of $1B in valuation and a long tail of 4,000+ guilds servicing millions of daily active users, Peter Ing, founder of BlockchainSpace, is seeking to build a hub to manage all of them. We discuss: Difference between "Micro guilds" vs. "macro guilds" Painpoints facing P2E guilds today Are guilds in crypto overly reliant on Axie Infinity? Roadmap to 20,000 guilds Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch NOTIONAL: Borrow & lend at fixed rates for up to 1 year, or contribute liquidity to earn interest, fees, & NOTE token incentives with notional.finance HBAR FOUNDATION: Fund your project quickly and easily with the HBAR Foundation. Apply for a grant and be put on the fast track to success at https://www.hbarfoundation.org/apply ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Avenged Sevenfold has sold 8M records globally, wrote theme songs for popular video games, and was even nominated for a Grammy. But issuing their own NFT? That's probably the last thing their fans expected! Today, I'm joined by celebrated guitarist Synyster Gates to discuss Avenged's “Deathbat” NFT. We chat about: How to use NFTs to engage fans How Web 3 can disrupt royalties and streaming Embracing innovation as a metal band Syn's personal journey in crypto Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch NOTIONAL: Borrow & lend at fixed rates for up to 1 year, or contribute liquidity to earn interest, fees, & NOTE token incentives with notional.finance HEDERA HASHGRAPH: Fund your project quickly and easily with the HBAR Foundation. Apply for a grant and be put on the fast track to success at https://www.hbarfoundation.org/apply ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

DAOs have grown 660% in the past 2 years, with ~1M DAO members globally controlling over $17B in treasury assets. Surprisingly, there isn't a a platform to manage DAOs financially...until now. Utopia Labs, fresh off a raise from Coinbase, is building the OS for DAOs. We discuss: Employees vs. contractors: what type of labor do DAOs need? Major players in the DAO infra space Why Web 2 incumbents (Gusto, Stripe) can't compete in Web 3 Secrets of onboarding DAOs Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch NOTIONAL: Borrow & lend at fixed rates for up to 1 year, or contribute liquidity to earn interest, fees, & NOTE token incentives with notional.finance HEDERA HASHGRAPH: Fund your project quickly and easily with the HBAR Foundation. Apply for a grant and be put on the fast track to success at https://www.hbarfoundation.org/apply ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Enso, a DeFi project allowing users to create their own index funds, is launching a vampire attack against 6 projects. By providing incentives for users of other products to port over, Enso is planning to "steal" over $400M in deposits from rival protocols. Will this work? Co-founder Connor Howe joins me in discussing: How to pull off a vampire attack The future of social and gamefied investing What vampire attacks mean for open source innovation Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch NOTIONAL: Borrow & lend at fixed rates for up to 1 year, or contribute liquidity to earn interest, fees, & NOTE token incentives with notional.finance HBAR FOUNDATION: Fund your project quickly and easily with the HBAR Foundation. Apply for a grant and be put on the fast track to success at https://www.hbarfoundation.org/apply ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Did you know there are more than 50 bridging projects in crypto today? With DeFi, NFTs growing on blockchains outside of Ethereum, it makes sense for cross-chain bridges to receive the attention of investors and users alike. I'm excited to have Philipp Zentner, founder of bridge aggregator Li-Finance, explain: The different types of crypto bridges Why aggregation is needed in crypto bridges Being a B2B bridge vs. a B2C bridge Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch NOTIONAL: Borrow & lend at fixed rates for up to 1 year, or contribute liquidity to earn interest, fees, & NOTE token incentives with notional.finance HBAR FOUNDATION: Fund your project quickly and easily with the HBAR Foundation. Apply for a grant and be put on the fast track to success at https://www.hbarfoundation.org/apply ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

This week, we discuss the most controversial and exciting DeFi proposal to date...a plan to merge two protocols worth $1 BILLION combined: Fei and Rari. In this cross-production with the I Pledge Allegiance podcast, joined by Derek Hsue (Reverie), Joey Santoro (Fei Protocol) and Jai Bhavani (Rari Protocol) break down: Why is Fei merging with Rari? How to combine two mature DeFi communities How do you merge two tokens? Will $RGT lose its value? Pushbacks and comments from community Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch NOTIONAL: Borrow & lend at fixed rates for up to 1 year, or contribute liquidity to earn interest, fees, & NOTE token incentives with notional.finance HBAR FOUNDATION: Fund your project quickly and easily with the HBAR Foundation. Apply for a grant and be put on the fast track to success at https://www.hbarfoundation.org/apply ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Multi chain is now a reality. Cross-chain infrastructure - which allows developers to build applications across blockchains like Ethereum and Solana - is receiving millions in venture funding. To understand how this unfolds, I spoke with Bryan Pellegrino, co-founder of LayerZero Labs on: How tomorrow's dapps will be completely different Why bridges today are insufficient Why future dapps will use multiple chains Trade offs between IBC, custodial bridges, light clients Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch NOTIONAL: Borrow & lend at fixed rates for up to 1 year, or contribute liquidity to earn interest, fees, & NOTE token incentives with notional.finance HBAR FOUNDATION: Fund your project quickly and easily with the HBAR Foundation. Apply for a grant and be put on the fast track to success at https://www.hbarfoundation.org/apply ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

At the core of DeFi 2.0 - the term that's coined by many in crypto to describe a new wave of DeFi protocols - is a project called Fei. Sitting on a treasury of $1B+, Fei has championed many new concepts in DeFi, including novel ways to achieve capital efficiency. Founder Joey Santoro (@joey__santoro) joins me in sharing: The largest public raise in DeFi...and how it all went wrong How Fei will be the stablecoin for all DAOs "Protocol controlled liquidity" and DeFi 2.0 What Fei plans to do with its $1B treasury Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch NOTIONAL: Borrow & lend at fixed rates for up to 1 year, or contribute liquidity to earn interest, fees, & NOTE token incentives with notional.finance HBAR FOUNDATION: Fund your project quickly and easily with the HBAR Foundation. Apply for a grant and be put on the fast track to success at https://www.hbarfoundation.org/apply ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Are social tokens the next big thing in crypto? Facebook stepping into the Metaverse is just the beginning; we are about to see creators and consumers alike step into Web 3 in a scale never seen before. To explore what social tokens are, we invite Bradley Miles, founder of Roll, to discuss: The creator economy: what is it? What is the emerging social token stack How creators are using social tokens today Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch NOTIONAL: Borrow & lend at fixed rates for up to 1 year, or contribute liquidity to earn interest, fees, & NOTE token incentives with notional.finance HBAR FOUNDATION: Fund your project quickly and easily with the HBAR Foundation. Apply for a grant and be put on the fast track to success at https://www.hbarfoundation.org/apply ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Beta Finance is building a permissionless protocol for people to easily short overheated tokens. Incubated by Alpha and Binance Launchpad, Beta recently garnered a lot of attention by allowing users to short NFD, a fractionalized NFT of a doge painting. I'm joined by founder Allen (@handle) to talk about The importance of shorting in DeFi How Beta works vs. Rari Fuse, Sushi's Kashi and other protocols Miner-extractable value in shorting onchain Host: mrjasonchoi. Not financial advice. Disclaimer: Spartan Capital is an investor in Beta Finance and holds Beta tokens.   ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch NOTIONAL: Borrow & lend at fixed rates for up to 1 year, or contribute liquidity to earn interest, fees, & NOTE token incentives with notional.finance HEDERA HASHGRAPH: Fund your project quickly and easily with the HBAR Foundation. Apply for a grant and be put on the fast track to success at https://www.hbarfoundation.org/apply ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

What is the cost of decentralization? Are VCs bad for crypto? Sushiswap's legendary CTO @JosephDelong joins us for an in-depth discussion on the controversial proposed fundraise for Sushi, known as "Phantom Troupe", as well as the latest developments in Sushi. We discuss: How do decentralized projects decide what to build? How does Sushi balance community governance and efficiency? Why does DeFi seem to hate VCs? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ----------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch ----------- Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

DAOs are the next big opportunity in crypto. This week, full time DAO advisor @Cooopahtroopa joins us for a definitive crash course in DAOs. We discuss: What makes a DAO, who are the main players? 30+ tools and tactics to create your own DAO Common pitfalls facing DAOs today 11 DAOs to watch out for Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Since its inception, Multicoin Capital has made multiple highly public and successful bets in crypto including being one of the first and largest investors in Solana. 3 years and multiple 1000x bets later, Kyle Samani (@KyleSamani), Managing Partner at Multicoin, joins me once again to discuss: Finding contrarian bets, and when to know you're wrong What went right with the Solana bet; what went wrong with the EOS bet How Kyle sizes bets and when to double down How Multicoin separates decisions and outcomes Which 1 ecosystem excites Kyle beyond Solana Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Many users come to DeFi for its high yields - but are they sustainable? In this episode, we chat with Teddy Woodward, ex-trader and founder of Notional, a fixed rate protocol offering a new class of financial products for a new class of DeFi users. We explore: How to tokenize cash flows, and why it matters The emerging fixed rate protocol space fCash: a new DeFi primitive Whether DeFi yields can sustain over the long term Host: @mrjasonchoi. No Financial Advice. Resources: https://medium.com/sensefinance/designing-yield-tokens-d20c34d96f56 https://medium.com/notional-finance/notional-v2-launch-update-b2595990428 ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it's a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Many crypto industry titans - including Vitalik Buterin - believe ZK Rollups are the key to Ethereum's scalability. With DeFi exchange dYdX generating over $2 BILLION in daily volume on Starkware, a ZK Rollup solution, I'm excited to chat with Starkware founders about:Why ZK-Rollups are the future vs. other Layer 2sStarkware vs. Optimism vs. Arbitrum: who wins?Can Fast Layer 1s like Solana compete with Starkware?Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.------------ Sponsors -------------PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunchSOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it's a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more!------------ Disclosures -------------Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Many crypto industry titans - including Vitalik Buterin - believe ZK Rollups are the key to Ethereum's scalability. With DeFi exchange dYdX generating over $2 BILLION in daily volume on Starkware, a ZK Rollup solution, I'm excited to chat with Starkware founders about: Why ZK-Rollups are the future vs. other Layer 2s Starkware vs. Optimism vs. Arbitrum: who wins? Can Fast Layer 1s like Solana compete with Starkware? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it's a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Would you pay $30-$40,000 for a few lines of text against a black background?That's precisely what buyers of Loot - the latest NFT to capture the attention of the entire crypto space - are doing.I'm joined by early Loot adopters and crypto investors Jon Kol (@thePalenimbus) and Angie Dalton (@Daltonan).We discuss:Loot's origins and ties to MMORPG games"Meta-games": the new wave of crypto gaming?Will gaming studios contribute to open source games?What's next for Loot------------- Sponsors -------------PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunchSOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it's a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more!------------- Disclosures -------------Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons '" Attribution 3.0 Unported '" CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Would you pay $30-$40,000 for a few lines of text against a black background? That's precisely what buyers of Loot - the latest NFT to capture the attention of the entire crypto space - are doing. I'm joined by early Loot adopters and crypto investors Jon Kol (@thePalenimbus) and Angie Dalton (@Daltonan). We discuss: Loot's origins and ties to MMORPG games "Meta-games": the new wave of crypto gaming? Will gaming studios contribute to open source games? What's next for Loot ------------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it's a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------- Disclosures ------------- Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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

Fresh off a $120M raise, Arbitrum is the latest project to significantly scale Ethereum's capacity. How does Arbitrum work at a technical level? What is an optimistic rollup and how does it compare with ZK-rollups? What are the trade offs Arbitrum makes?  Arbitrum (@arbitrum) co-founder Steven Goldfeder (@sgoldfed) and director and AJ Warner (@ajwarner90) join us in one of our most important interviews to date. Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. ------------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it's a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------- Disclosures ------------- Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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 subsidia

Fresh off a $11M raise, Qredo (@QredoNetwork) is building the first, truly decentralized custody solution for the crypto industry. CTO Brian Spector joins us in this mind-blowing conversation spanning decades in cryptography, cryptocurrencies and the current pitfalls of major custody providers today. Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. ------------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it's a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------- Disclosures ------------- Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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 subsidia

The Play to Earn revolution is here! Yield Guild Games is the largest gaming guild today. Valued at $8B, the DAO supports 5,000 scholars in playing emerging "play to earn" games. Founder Gabby Dizon (@GabbyDizon) shares his secrets in how YGG works, tactics in how he scaled, and what future games he's excited for besides Axie Infinity. Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. ------------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it's a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------- Disclosures ------------- Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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 subsidia

Tranchess (@tranchess) is a new structured DeFi product offering a fixed income and Bitcoin exposure to users. Within one week of its launch, Tranchess has attracted $500M of capital in the protocol. I invited Tranchess co-founder, Danny Chong, to discuss the tranche product landscape, who are the next big wave of users in DeFi, and the challenges of creating sustainable protocol incentives. Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. ------------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it's a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------- Disclosures ------------- Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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 subsidia

Tranchess (@tranchess) is a new structured DeFi product offering a fixed income and Bitcoin exposure to users.Within one week of its launch, Tranchess has attracted $500M of capital in the protocol. I invited Tranchess co-founder, Danny Chong, to discuss the tranche product landscape, who are the next big wave of users in DeFi, and the challenges of creating sustainable protocol incentives.Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.------------- Sponsors -------------PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunchSOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it's a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more!------------- Disclosures -------------Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons '" Attribution 3.0 Unported '" CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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 subsidia

I'm excited to be joined by my friend Calvin Chu (@calchulus), former core team at Binance. At Binance, Calvin helmed initiatives such as Launchpad, and is now leveraging his experience to start IMPOSSIBLE FINANCE, a decentralized incubator for new crypto projects.We discuss what it takes to launch a successful token, regulatory compliance, and the landscape for decentralized launchpads.Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.------------- Sponsors -------------PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunchSOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it's a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more!------------- Disclosures -------------Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons '" Attribution 3.0 Unported '" CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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 subsidia

I'm excited to be joined by my friend Calvin Chu (@calchulus), former core team at Binance.  At Binance, Calvin helmed initiatives such as Launchpad, and is now leveraging his experience to start IMPOSSIBLE FINANCE, a decentralized incubator for new crypto projects. We discuss what it takes to launch a successful token, regulatory compliance, and the landscape for decentralized launchpads. Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. ------------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it's a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------- Disclosures ------------- Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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 subsidia

High fees on Ethereum is a persistent problem.Founders of Ethereum Gas Limit (EGL), Eleni (@EleniThinks) and Uri (@UriKlarman), join us in discussing:How miners control Ethereum's gas limit todayHow it affects network feesHow EGL coordinate gas limit effectivelyImplications with EIP 1559Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.------------- Sponsors -------------PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunchSOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it's a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more!------------- Disclosures -------------Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons '" Attribution 3.0 Unported '" CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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 subsidia

High fees on Ethereum is a persistent problem. Founders of Ethereum Gas Limit (EGL), Eleni (@EleniThinks) and Uri (@UriKlarman), join us in discussing: How miners control Ethereum's gas limit today How it affects network fees How EGL coordinate gas limit effectively Implications with EIP 1559 Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. ------------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it's a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------- Disclosures ------------- Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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 subsidia

DeFiance Capital is one of the first hedge funds that champion "fundamentals investing" - focusing less on market structure and technical analysis, more on things such as protocol revenues and user growth when formulating their trades.Founder Arthur Cheong (Arthur0x) joins me in discussing:Finding conviction in bear marketsFinding valuation frameworks that matter in cryptoHow Arthur identifies successful projectsWhy DeFi is Arthur's primary focusHost: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.------------- Sponsors -------------PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunchSOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it's a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more!------------- Disclosures -------------Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons '" Attribution 3.0 Unported '" CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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 subsidia

DeFiance Capital is one of the first hedge funds that champion "fundamentals investing" - focusing less on market structure and technical analysis, more on things such as protocol revenues and user growth when formulating their trades. Founder Arthur Cheong (Arthur0x) joins me in discussing: Finding conviction in bear markets Finding valuation frameworks that matter in crypto How Arthur identifies successful projects Why DeFi is Arthur's primary focus Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. ------------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it's a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------- Disclosures ------------- Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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 subsidia

Perpetual Protocol, a decentralized derivatives exchange, is processing $100M in volume daily and one of the fastest growing DeFi projects. We invite their team on Blockcrunch to discussInnovations in onchain derivatives design Creating sustainable incentives for adoption"Curie": the newest update in PerpetualHost: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.------------- Sponsors -------------PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunchSOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it's a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more!------------- Disclosures -------------Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons '" Attribution 3.0 Unported '" CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary 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 subsidia

Today (Nov 24, 2020) is the day that the Yearn Community Proposal for moving the treasury KP3R-ETH to Alpha Homora went effective. It is a good day to have this conversation with Tascha at Alpha.In this episode, we talked about Alpha Finance Lab's vision and why the team started the project. We discussed quite extensively on Alpha Homora, the first product within the product suite of Alpha, especially on how they plan to grow from where they are now. We also covered their latest Trading Volume Liquidity Mining, on why they designed the program this way. The conversation also included the cross-community engagement effort that Alpha made, Alpha's involvement with Binance Smart Chain, and the plan for the next perpetual swap product. Hopefully our audience can benefit from the fruitful discussion (with the alpha leaked!). At the end, Tascha also welcomed our Chinese community members to join the Official WeChat community group by adding the group manager (WeChat ID: CryptoFrog_Tom) with a note "remark ALPHA". About Alpha Finance Lab: Alpha Finance Lab is an ecosystem of cross-chain DeFi products that will interoperate to bring optimal alpha returns to users. Alpha products focus on capturing unaddressed demand in DeFi in an innovative and user friendly way. It is backed by global investors including Spartan Capital, DeFiance Capital, and Multicoin Capital. For more information about Multicoin Capital, please visit https://multicoin.capital/. Important Disclaimers: All opinions expressed by Mable Jiang, or other podcast guests, are solely their opinion and do not represent the opinions of Multicoin Capital in any way. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as investment advice. Multicoin Capital may hold positions in some of the tokens and/or companies discussed on this show. 今天（2020年11月24日）正值Yearn社区提案有关将KP3R-ETH的金库管理移至Alpha Homora的生效，因此今天也是个与Alpha的Tascha进行对话的好日子。在本集中，我们讨论了Alpha Finance Lab的愿景以及团队为何启动该项目。我们对Alpha产品组件中的第一个产品Alpha Homora上进行了细致对讨论，特别是关于Alpha Homora未来的发展计划。谈话中我们还讨论了他们最新的流动性挖矿计划，介绍了他们为什么以此方式设计该计划。本集对话还包括Alpha进行的跨社区运营工作，Alpha与Binance Smart Chain的合作以及Alpha下一个产品——永续合约产品的计划。希望我们的听众可以从这期的讨论中受益（“alpha泄漏！”）。最后，Tascha还欢迎我们的华人社区成员加入官方微信社区小组，只需添加社区经理（微信ID：CryptoFrog_Tom）并加上“remark ALPHA”字样。 关于Alpha Finance Lab：Alpha Finance Lab 是一个专注于构建跨链DeFi 生态系统产品的项目，它将以创新和对用户友好的方式捕捉DeFi 中未被解决的需求。Spartan Group、DeFiance Capital 和 Multicoin Capital 为其战略投资者。更多信息，请移步官网https://multicoin.capital/zh重要声明：Mable Jiang或嘉宾在播客中的观点仅代表他们的个人看法，并不代表Multicoin Capital官方的观点。此播客仅用于提供信息，不作为投资参考。Multicoin Capital有时可能会在此节目中讨论的某些代币或公司中持有头寸。