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Block Crunch - "This is the future of Ethereum scaling" - Starkware, Uri Kolodny & Eli Ben-Sasson, Ep 164
September 27th, 2021 by
BTCMedia 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. ------------ ... Read More -
Block Crunch - Loot: What Is It...And Why Are VCs So Excited About This NFT? - Ep. 163
September 22nd, 2021 by BTCMedia 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 --... Read More -
Block Crunch - Tranchess: $500M of Capital to DeFi Structured Products In One Week - Danny Chong, Tranchess, Ep. 159
August 20th, 2021 by BTCMedia 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... Read More -
Block Crunch - Ex-Binance OG Disrupting How Projects Are Launched - Calvin Chu, Impossible Finance, Ep. 158
August 17th, 2021 by BTCMedia 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 ho... Read More -
Block Crunch - EGL: A New Protocol Solving High Ethereum's Gas Issue - Eleni Steinman & Uri Klarman, Ep. 157
August 5th, 2021 by BTCMedia High fees on Ethereum is a persistent problem. Founders of Ethereum Gas Limit (EGL), Eleni (@EleniThinks) and Uri (@UriKlarman), join us in discussing: 1. How miners control Ethereum's gas limit today 2. How it affects network fees 3. How EGL coordinate gas limit effectively 4. 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... Read More -
Block Crunch - Finding Conviction in a Crypto Bear Market - Arthur Cheong, DeFiance Capital, Ep. 156
August 3rd, 2021 by BTCMedia 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 (@MrJ... Read More -
Block Crunch - Perpetual: Building the Fastest Growing DeFi Derivatives Exchange - Nicholas Tong & Yenwen Feng, Ep. 155
July 26th, 2021 by BTCMedia 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 discuss Innovations in onchain derivatives design Creating sustainable incentives for adoption "Curie": the newest update in Perpetual Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. ------------- Sponsors ------------... Read More -
Block Crunch - Goldfinch: the Endgame in DeFi? - Mike Sall, Ep. 154
July 20th, 2021 by BTCMedia Mike Sall (@sall) is the co-founder of Goldfinch, a decentralized credit protocol lending to emerging markets and one of my favorite projects in the space. Mike and I discuss: Finding conviction as a founder How Goldfinch tackles distribution uniquely where others have failed Challenges of scaling a decentralized credit fund How Goldfinch got to its current traction Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the... Read More -
Block Crunch - Alpha Leak: Hashflow: Building the Ultimate DeFi Exchange - Varun Kumar, Haseeb Qureshi, Ep. 153
July 9th, 2021 by BTCMedia Uniswap is now a 10 BILLION dollar behemoth. Hashflow has launched to challenge for the mantle of the leading DeFi exchange. Will it succeed? Founder Varun Kumar(@GandalfTheBr0wn) and Haseeb Qureshi of Dragonfly Capital (@hosseeb), an investor in Hashflow, joins us in discussing: How Hashflow beats Uniswap in pricing Hashflow vs. 0x RFQ Trade offs of the Hashflow design Why there may be more than one winner in dex's Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not fin... Read More -
Block Crunch - Will Regulations Kill DeFi? What You Need to Know - Jake Chervinksy, Compound Labs, Ep. 152
June 29th, 2021 by BTCMedia Regulations are coming for DeFi. With the recent comments from the SEC, CFTC, FATF and the rest of the regulator alphabet soup - where is DeFi headed? DeFi's star lawyer and Compound Labs General Counsel, Jake Chervinsky (@jchervinsky) joins us in discussing: Why SEC is open-minded about DeFi CFTC's hostile stance towards DeFi exchanges How FATF's "travel rule" affects everyone Will regulations end DeFi as we know it? Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not fina... Read More -
Block Crunch - Pendle: Fixed Income is the Next Big Thing in DeFi - TN Lee, Ep. 151
June 24th, 2021 by BTCMedia Fixed income is a hundred trillion dollar industry that's crucial to our existing financial world. Why hasn't fixed income taken off in DeFi yet? Is it the next big opportunity in crypto? TN (@TN_Pendle), founder of Pendle Finance, joins us in discussing: Current landscape of fixed income in DeFi How Pendle tokenizes DeFi yield The interest rate market opportunity in DeFi Product market fit for yield protocols Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial ... Read More -
Block Crunch - Alpha Finance: Building the Y-Combinator of DeFi - Tascha Punyaneramitdee, Ep. 150
June 17th, 2021 by BTCMedia Alpha Finance is building an incubator for new DeFi projects. Founder Tascha (@Tascha_panpan) joins us in discussing: Why Alpha is the Y-Combinator of DeFi The compounding token value for $ALPHA Projects Alpha are incubating Post-mortem of protocol event with Cream Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. ------------- Sponsors ------------- PERPETUAL PROTOCOL is a fully on-c... Read More -
Block Crunch - Biweekly Recap: DeFi in Trouble, Bitcoin in El Salvador, Curve v2 (June 2011)
June 11th, 2021 by BTCMedia In this 30-minute recap for all things crypto, we talk about: CFTC on DeFi - are DeFi companies in trouble? El Salvador and Bitcoin - what happened? Curve v2 - is it going to eat Uniswap v3? Hosts: Jason Choi (@mrjasonchoi), General Partner at Spartan Capital, and Saneel Sreeni (@sanlsrini), Junior Partner at Dragonfly Capital. This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. Disclosures ------------------------ Jason Choi is a Ge... Read More -
Block Crunch - Tail Risks, Biases and Edge: Secrets of Pro Crypto Traders - Zaheer Ebtikar, Ep. 148
June 11th, 2021 by BTCMedia Crypto markets just fell off a cliff following a slew of negative headlines Zaheer Ebtikar (@SplitCapital), a prominent full-time crypto native trader for 3 years, joins us in deciphering the recent events: How do professional traders interpret China regulations, Elon Musk's back-and-forth around Bitcoin? What separates pro traders from novices in crypto? How can teams, investors and traders protect against tail risks in crypto markets? Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show i... Read More -
Block Crunch - Alpha Leak: The Algo Coin to End All Algo Coins - Sam Kazemian, Frax
May 27th, 2021 by BTCMedia Algorithmic stablecoins like Ampleforth, Terra Luna, and Yam have had varying degrees of success - but what is the ideal model? Read More -
Block Crunch - Alpha Leak: Does DeFi Need Privacy? - Tor Bair, Secret Network
May 27th, 2021 by BTCMedia Privacy in DeFi (or lack thereof) is a real challenge, but Secret Network promises to solve that by brining encryption to Ethereum transactions. Read More -
Block Crunch - A Pro Trader's Take on Uniswap V3 (And Other Things!) - Will Sheehan
May 14th, 2021 by BTCMedia But how does it work? What are its tradeoffs? How will it affect DeFi? Former quant trader, DeFi power user and developer Will Sheehan (@willburforce_) joins us in answer any questions you have about Uniswap v3, and the wider DeFi landscape. Read More -
Block Crunch - Alpha Leak: Saffron Wants to Bring Trillions to DeFi
April 14th, 2021 by BTCMedia Risk-tranching protocols are coming to DeFi, and aiming to tap into the $100T fixed income market. Saffron Finance's developer (@psykeeper_) joins us in breaking down: Read More -
Block Crunch - Olympus Wants to be the Ultimate Algorithmic Currency - Alpha Leak
April 9th, 2021 by BTCMedia Every other month a new "algorithmic currency" is created in crypto - and one of the latest, Olympus, launched to a whopping $60M market cap. By listener request, the anonymous developers behind Olympus (@OlympusDAO) joins us in breaking down Read More -
Block Crunch - Alpha Leak: Alchemix is Creating a New DeFi Primitive
March 23rd, 2021 by BTCMedia Last week, a group of pseudonymous developers raised $8M from leading investors in crypto to build a completely new way to borrow and lend in DeFi. Developer Scoopy (@scupytrooples) joins us in dicussing what Alchemix is, how it adds a new design space to DeFi, and why he thinks Alchemix will become a major pillar in DeFi. Host: @mrjasonchoi Read More
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