From the Front Page - The Blockcrunch
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The Blockcrunch - How to Think about Liquidity in Crypto Markets - Michael Feng (Hummingbot)
February 26th, 2019 by
DSholla Do you really understand crypto if you don't understand liquidity? For investors, liquidity in crypto can be a huge risk - but also a big opportunity. I chat with Michael Feng from CoinAlpha/Hummingbot on: - What market makers do - The problem with tokenizing illiquid assets Market asymmetries in crypto - How traders arbitrage across centralized and decentralized exchanges Rate and subscribe! Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). Intro music by [Phortissimo](https://soundclo... Read More -
The Blockcrunch - How Should We Build a Democracy on the Blockchain? — Chris McCoy (Storecoin)
February 18th, 2019 by DSholla What would the three branches of the government look like...on the blockchain? This week, we continue our discussion on crypto governance with Storecoin, backed by Blocktower and Arrington XRP Capital, to find out. Founder Chris McCoy and I touch on: Why 1-coin-1-vote doesn't work How to creates a p2p democracy and its tradeoffs Whether a system of checks and balances makes sense Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi) Not finance advice. Spartan Capital and/or Jason may or may not have... Read More -
The Blockcrunch - How Maker Became Ethereum's Biggest Project - Rune Christensen (Founder, MakerDao)
February 11th, 2019 by DSholla More than $240M worth of ETH are locked up in MakerDao's smart contracts, making it the largest project on Ethereum in terms of value locked up (beyond direct speculation). Founder Rune Christensen joins us on this special episode. We touch on: - The origins of Dai and its adoption so far - How will Maker scale? - Maker's stabilization mechanism and governance - How would Maker bootstrap a new synthesized asset? Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi) Rate and subscribe! **Not... Read More -
The Blockcrunch - Crypto Governance: Where Are We Now? - Gregory Rocco (ConsenSys)
February 4th, 2019 by DSholla Losing track of the million things happening in crypto governance? This is the episode you don't want to miss. Gregory Rocco (@Obstropolos) from ConsenSys gives us a quick recap and his take on the different experiments out there today. We touch on: - Do governance tokens work? - Should we have subjectivity in governance? - The major types of governance models today - On-chain vs. off-chain - pros and cons Not finance advice. Rate and subscribe! Host: Jason Choi (@MrJas... Read More -
The Blockcrunch - How Should We Govern Blockchains? - Ryan Zurrer (Web3 Foundation)
January 29th, 2019 by DSholla Ryan Zurrer, Director of the Web3 Foundation and former Principal at Polychain Capital, joins us in discussing one of the most important questions in crypto: how should we govern blockchains? We touch on: How should blockchains be governed? What are the different models of governance? How do we prevent plutocracies? How does Polkadot further the governance debate? ****** Show links: - [Libsyn](http://www.blockcrunch.libsyn.com/) - [Apple Podcast](https://itunes.a... Read More -
The Blockcrunch - $52M Later, Where is Kyber Network Today?
January 22nd, 2019 by DSholla Decentralized exchanges have a problem with liquidity. Kyber Network, a Singaporean based on-chain liquidity project, raised ~$50M in their ICO to tackle this with a unique model. Where are they today? Are people using them? I caught up with Anton Buenavista, senior developer at Kyber, to find out: Kyber's unique approach to managing liquidity How Kyber compares to 0x and other dex projects Where value accrues at the dex layer What is on Kyber's roadmap Not finance advi... Read More -
The Blockcrunch - Tokenizing the World with Blockchain featuring Anthony
January 16th, 2019 by DSholla We chat with Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano, Founder & Partner at Morgan Creek Digital Assets, a blockchain-centric subsidiary of investment firm Morgan Creek Capital. Follow host Jason Choi on Twitter *@MrJasonChoi* ****** Show links: [Libsyn](bit.ly/blockcrunch_libsyn) [Apple Podcast](bit.ly/blockcrunch_apple) [Stitcher](bit.ly/blockcrunch_stitcher) [Spotify](bit.ly/blockcrunch_spotify) ****** Intro music by Phortissimo: https://soundcloud.com/phortissimo Sound eng... Read More
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