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Blockcrunch - The Bear Case for Privacy Cryptocurrencies | Ryan Gentry, Multicoin Capital, Ep. 76
November 11th, 2019 by
BTCMedia Privacy is a fundamental right and crucial for the world of crypto - so why are some investors betting against privacy coins? Multicoin Capital's lead analyst Ryan Gentry joins me in discussing: Why privacy is a feature, not a product Bearish thesis for Monero & ZCash How Bitcoin & Ethereum can achieve privacy Lightning Network & privacy Read More -
Blockcrunch - Is There Still a Bull Case for Ethereum? | Ryan Sean Adams, Mythos Capital, Ep. 75
November 7th, 2019 by BTCMedia It's almost 2020 - Ethereum is seeing traction in DeFi, but ETH's price has tumbled from above $1,000 to under $200, and ICOs have pretty much died. Is there still a bull case for ETH? Read More -
Blockcrunch - Enjin: Does Blockchain Actually Matter for Gaming? | Asia Series, Ep. 74
November 4th, 2019 by BTCMedia Why do so many believe gaming will bring crypto mainstream? Is "blockchain in gaming" just a gimmick? For this week's Blockcrunch Asia Series, we talk to Andy Anderson, Blockchain Developer Strategist at Singapore gaming company, Enjin, about: * How blockchain benefits games * How non-crypto games achieve inteoperability * Incentives for large game cos. to adopt blockchain * How Enjin's NFTs work Read More -
Blockcrunch - Why Matic Network is Bullish on Plasma | Asia Series w/ Sandeep Nailwal, Ep. 73
October 29th, 2019 by BTCMedia For this week's Blockcrunch Asia Series, we look to India's Matic Network, a Coinbase and Binance-backed team scaling Ethereum via Plasma. COO Sandeep Nailwal joins me in discussing: * Why (still) Plasma? * The technical trade-offs of Matic * Matic vs. other layer 2 solutions * Go-to-developer strategy * Indian crypto regulation Read More -
Blockcrunch: Bitcoin Won't Become Money & Other Crypto Theses with Dragonfly Capital's Haseeb Qureshi
October 15th, 2019 by BTCMedia Will Bitcoin be more than digital gold or even money? What are Ethereum's chances of being the main blockchain platform? Is crypto gaming overhyped? China-US crypto fund Dragonfly Capital Partners' Haseeb Qureshi joins us in our Asia Series to break down some of his most provocative crypto theses. Read More -
Blockcrunch: What Do China VCs Think of DeFi? | Asia Series | Mable Jiang, Nirvana Capital
October 3rd, 2019 by BTCMedia What's going on in the China crypto scene? What do investors think about DeFi and DAOs? Are Chinese regulators banning crypto? What is the PBoC actually doing with its "cryptocurrency"? Why is there a DAO targeting China's "996" work culture? Read More -
Blockcrunch - How Terra is Scaling Crypto With E-Commerce | Asia Series w/ Don Kim
September 26th, 2019 by BTCMedia In part 2 of 2 in our Terra series, we speak with Head of Business Don Kim to dissect Terra's go-to-market strategy and unique insights in growing crypto adoption in Asia. Read More -
Blockcrunch - How Does Terra's Algorithmic Stablecoin Work? | Asia Series w/ Nicholas Platias
September 23rd, 2019 by BTCMedia Terra Luna, an ambitious stablecoin project from Korea, is targeting e-commerce as a means to get crypto in the hands of the masses. In part 1 of 2, we speak with Head of Research at Terra, Nick Platias, on: - How seigniorage works in Terra - Terra's 2-token model and unique cryptoeconomics - Terra vs. existing/ previous efforts - MakerDao, Basis Read More -
Blockcrunch - Asia Series | Band Protocol's Soravis Srinawakoon on What's Wrong with Blockchain Oracles Today
September 11th, 2019 by BTCMedia Band Protocol, backed by Sequoia Capital (India), has set out to bridge the offchain and onchain worlds with a cheap developer-friendly oracle. Read More -
Blockcrunch - How Coinflex is Fighting Manipulation in Crypto Markets | Asia Series w/ Mark Lamb
September 4th, 2019 by BTCMedia 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 Read More -
Blockcrunch - Nervos: Can Smart Contract Platforms be Stores of Value? | Asia Series | Kevin Wang
August 28th, 2019 by BTCMedia Nervos, a highly discussed project in China, takes a novel approach to building a smart contract platform that accrues value to the native asset. Kevin Wang joins me as part of the Asia series to discuss: * Why Nervos will be the only PoW smart contract platform * Why stake centralization is worse than mining centralization * How Nervos solves the state bloat problem and accrues value Read More -
The Blockcrunch - Asia Series: What Crypto Investors Miss in Asia with Alex Shin
August 21st, 2019 by
DSholla What do crypto investors in the West get wrong about the Asia crypto scene? Alex Shin, a former Partner of Korea's largest crypto fund, Hashed, joins us in discussing: US vs. Asia retail market differences, why valuations differ across continents, how Korea became a crypto hub, worporations' attitudes to crypto in Asia. Read More -
The Blockcrunch - Crunch Time: What's Happening in Asia for Crypto?
August 19th, 2019 by DSholla Crunch Time is a 20 min segment summarizing key topics and things you should know in the increasingly global world of crypto. We kick off our Asia miniseries with a snapshot of what's happening in key markets such as China, Korea and India. Featuring: * Joyce Yang, Global Coin Research * Alex Shin, Hashed * Sandeep Nailwal, Matic Read More -
The Blockcrunch - Why Privacy is a Fundamental Human Right - Riccardo Spagni (Monero)
August 6th, 2019 by DSholla Monero's lead maintainer, Ric Spagni, joins us on a provocative discussion on digital privacy, Monero, and his latest venture, Tari. We discuss: Active vs. passive surveillance, why privacy is a fundamental human right, the latest research efforts on Monero and why tokenized securities are exciting. Read More -
The Blockcrunch - Why Democracy Doesn't Work in Blockchain Governance - Arthur Breitman (Tezos)
August 1st, 2019 by DSholla Arthur Breitman of Tezos joins us in breaking down the common critiques for on-chain governance in this deeply insightful and provocative episode. Read More -
Augur: A Conversation on Crypto User Acquisition with Joey Krug
July 17th, 2019 by DSholla User acquisition is one of the least covered topics in crypto. This week, Augur creator and Pantera Capital's co-CIO Joey Krug joins us on the show to change that. Read More -
The Blockcrunch - Blocknet vs. Polkadot: How Its Cross Chain Dex Works with Arlyn Culwick
July 11th, 2019 by DSholla I speak with Blocknet's co-founder Arlyn Culwick on how their cross-chain protocol works, and why Blocknet takes a Layer 2 approach (instead of Polkadot/Cosmos' Layer 1) to interoperability. We discuss: * Arlyn's concerns with Polkadot and Cosmos * Why Blocknet focuses on L2 for inteoperability instead of L1 * How Blocknet connects Bitcoin and Ethereum Read More -
The Blockcrunch - Ren Protocol: What are Decentralized Dark Pools with Loong Wang
July 2nd, 2019 by DSholla What are "dark pools"? Listen to this deep dive into financial privacy, dark pools, and interoperability with Singapore based project, Ren Protocol. CTO Loong Wang and I touch on: - How do dark pools work - Why decentralize them? - How would regulators react to privacy enhanced DeFi? - How does interoperability work in Ren compared to Polkadot and Cosmos? Read More -
The Blockcrunch - Market Protocol (Seth Rubin); Why Do We Need Decentralized Derivatives?
June 24th, 2019 by DSholla Veteran trader Seth Rubin wants to create better, more transparent financial products. So he co-founded Market Protocol, a decentralized derivatives project on Ethereum. Read More -
The Blockcrunch - Edgeware: Polkadot's Answer to Ethereum?
June 17th, 2019 by DSholla Edgeware is Polkadot's first smart contracting parachain. Co-founder Dillon Chen and I dive deep into the project and discuss: - What is Edgeware and how is it related to Polkadot? - Why is Edgeware building on Substrate? - How does Edgeware think about governance? - Lockdrop vs. airdrop vs. merkle mine Read More
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