From the Front Page - Chain Reaction
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Chain Reaction - Dan Hannum: Slow, Steady, and Silent. A Crypto OG That Stays Under the Radar
June 10th, 2020 by
BTCMedia Hosts Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Dan Hannum, the COO of ZenLedger and Founder and CIO at Hannum Capital Management. On this episode we discuss Dan's past on Wall Street to Blockchain Capital to eventually starting his own $25M fund over 4 years ago. We discuss life lessons, what Dan looks for in an investment and so much more! Read More -
Chain Reaction - Avoiding Pitfalls & Crisis Investing
June 3rd, 2020 by BTCMedia Kevin Kelly welcomes Cullen Roche, Founder & CIO of Orcam Financial Group, for a lively discussion on crisis investing, elevated risks in fixed income & Treasuries, the growing disconnect between stocks and economic readings, and much more! Read More -
Chain Reaction - Andreas Antonopoulos: A Pragmatist’s View on The World & Its Future
June 1st, 2020 by BTCMedia Hosts Tom Shaughnessy and Medio Demarco sit down with Andreas Antonopoulos, the best-selling author, speaker, educator, and highly sought after expert in Bitcoin and open blockchain technologies. The group discuss the intersection of Bitcoin and geo-politics, social contracts, developer communities, the lightning network, what a dystopian future could look like and so much more. Read More -
Chain Reaction - Ian Cassel: A Legendary Investor’s Search For A 100-Bagger
May 25th, 2020 by BTCMedia On this episode, Tom Shaughnessy interviews a long time friend Ian Cassel. We discuss Ian's journey as a legendary startup/microcap investor, the creation of MicroCapClub which is the most prestigious microcap investing community, what Ian looks for in an investment and management team and so much more. Read More -
Chain Reaction - Multicoin’s Ben and Tony: The Trust Spectrum
May 21st, 2020 by BTCMedia In this episode, Tom Shaughnessy talks with Ben Sparango and Tony Sheng of Multicoin capital to discuss their latest report on The Trust Spectrum. We will keep this short, as the episode covers everything - enjoy and share! Read More -
Chain Reaction - Market Dispersion & Post-Crisis Consequences w/ Mark Yusko
May 18th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this episode, Kevin Kelly sits down with Mark Yusko, the CEO & CIO of Morgan Creek Capital Management and Managing Partner of Morgan Creek Digital Assets, to discuss the current state of markets, implications of extreme policy decisions in the wake of COVID-19, and the potential role Bitcoin and crypto will play in its aftermath. Mark shares invaluable insights from his +25yrs in investment management, drawing parallels to prior downturns and tech cycles while sharing his views on where we're headed in the New Normal. Read More -
Chain Reaction - The Tie’s Joshua Frank: The State of Digital Assets
May 13th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this episode,Kevin Kelly talks with Joshua Frank, CEO of The Tie about their mega 60 page State Of Digital Assets Report. The Tie filters 850M+ tweets per day, tracks unique sentiment, conducted in-depth interviews and analyzed the wisdom of the crowd for this mega report. Read More -
Chain Reaction - Haseeb Qureshi and Kevin Wang: Nervos’ Strategy in China
May 6th, 2020 by BTCMedia Host Tom Shaughnessy talks to Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly Capital ($100M fund) and and Kevin Wang, co-founder of Nervos. On this episode the three discuss the benefits of a localization strategy in China, competition between layer-1 blockchains, what makes Nervos different (specifically token economics and sustainability are covered) and much more. If you enjoy this episode, please share it! Read More -
Chain Reaction - Tavi Costa and Kevin Kelly: Deficits, Debasements & Disconnects
May 4th, 2020 by BTCMedia In this episode,Kevin Kelly brings back Tavi Costa, of Crescat Capital to discuss his latest market outlook, the drastic disconnect between markets and the underlying economy, the growing risk of fiat currency debasement, consequences of historic monetary & fiscal responses, and why the current backdrop is bullish for scarce assets like gold, precious metals, and bitcoin in the coming years. Read More -
Chain Reaction - Brian Klein: Crypto’s Most Esteemed, High Stakes Lawyer
April 30th, 2020 by BTCMedia Host Tom Shaughnessy talks to Brian Klein, partner at Baker Marquart, LLP. Brian is one of the most well known lawyers in the space with clients including Erik Voorhees, Block.One, Tezos' Kathleen and Arthur Brietman and others. On this episode we discuss representing major clients in the space, Brian's thoughts on the Telegram case, regulations (SEC) and more. Read More -
Chain Reaction - Arthur Breitman: A Deep Dive With One Of The Industry’s Great Minds
April 27th, 2020 by BTCMedia Host Tom Shaughnessy talks to Arthur Breitman, Co-Founder of Tezos. In an all encompassing conversation, they discuss the pros and cons of proof of stake and proof of work networks; innovation vs competition; supply dynamics, thought experiments and more. Then, they have some fun discussing their shared interest in sci-fi through the lens of COVID-19, including whether Arthur believes we will colonize space or Antarctica first. Read More -
Chain Reaction - Jason Williams: Selling FastMed For $500M to Deploying $130M in Crypto
April 22nd, 2020 by BTCMedia Host Tom Shaughnessy talks to Jason Williams, co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital - a fund in the crypto space. Jason previously grew and sold FastMed, an urgent care provider for $500M and started Full Tilt Capital, a Venture Fund that deployed $18M into 63 deals. Read More -
Chain Reaction - Sia’s David Vorick: Outcompeting Amazon Web Services, a $35B Revenue Giant
April 20th, 2020 by BTCMedia Host Tom Shaughnessy talks to David Vorick, CEO, Co-Founder, and Lead Developer of Sia and Skynet. They discuss the benefits of a decentralized, free Internet, competing with Amazon Web Services, cloud storage pricing, security, privacy, and more. Read More -
Chain Reaction - Framework Ventures’ Vance and Michael: Redefining Active Management
April 13th, 2020 by BTCMedia Host Tom Shaughnessy talks to Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson, the GP's of Framework Ventures. On this episode we discuss * Why the fund doesn't invest in Ethereum killers. * Their investments in Synthetix, Chainlink, Edgeware and Futureswap. * Paths to decentralization with founders and leading teams. * Taking involvement as a fund to the next level with investments. Not just offering advice and connections and capital, but resources (developer resources and financial such as liquidity into protocol investments). Read More -
Chain Reaction - Casperlabs CEO Mrinal Manohar: How Wall Street Wealth Matures To Blockchain
April 8th, 2020 by BTCMedia Host Tom Shaughnessy talks to Mrinal Manohar, the CEO of Casper Labs. I really enjoyed speaking with Mrinal since he brings an extensive amount of professional experience at major firms such as Bain Capital and Sagard Holdings to now leading Casper Labs. Mrinal has a real understanding of how the world works, how major firms with tens of billions make their investment decisions and where blockchain fits into the world. Mrinal covers everything about Casper Labs, the blockchain's roadmap, its relationship with Ethereum's community, how they are attracting developers and so much more. Read More -
Chain Reaction - Dan Held and Paul Sztorc: Debating Bitcoin’s Security
April 6th, 2020 by BTCMedia Host Tom Shaughnessy talks to Dan Held, Director of Business Development for Kraken Digital, and Paul Sztorc, an independent Bitcoiner. They debate the Bitcoin security model, with Paul feeling skeptical that fee rates will climb and Dan believing that fees are already growing and could subsidize Bitcoin security solutions. Read More -
Chain Reaction - Kathleen Breitman: From Founding Tezos to Building One of the Most Highly Anticipated Blockchain Games
April 1st, 2020 by BTCMedia Host Tom Shaughnessy talks to Kathleen Breitman, the co-founder of Tezos and Coase, whose first game is Emergents, a highly anticipated blockchain base game. Read More -
Chain Reaction - ZenLedger’s Pat Larsen: Navy Pilot To Crypto Startup CEO
March 30th, 2020 by BTCMedia Host Tom Shaughnessy talks to Pat Larsen, CEO, and co-founder of ZenLedger. They discuss the issues with filing taxes when you have cryptocurrencies, what gaps ZenLedger fills, possible future use cases, and more. Read More -
Chain Reaction - Delta Exchange’s Pankaj Balani: Building a Crypto Derivatives Exchange for Global Scale.
March 25th, 2020 by BTCMedia Host Tom Shaughnessy talks to Pankaj Balani, CEO and co-founder of Delta Exchange. They discuss the differences between derivatives exchanges vs traditional exchanges, market stability, current engineering challenges, and more. Read More -
Chain Reaction - Catherine Coley: From Morgan Stanley to Relentlessly Running Binance U.S.
March 21st, 2020 by BTCMedia Host Tom Shaughnessy talks to Catherine Coley, CEO of Binance.US. They discuss Binance.US’s origin story, how Catherine made the switch from traditional finance to digital assets, how she sees them differing, and more. Read More
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