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Block Crunch - NFTs for Skeptics: Bubble or New Paradigm? - Nick Tomaino
February 26th, 2021 by
BTCMedia I've been a vocal skeptic of NFTs as investments in the long term. To challenge my view, veteran crypto VC and ex-Coinbase early employee, Nick Tomaino (@NTMoney), joins us to debate: 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 -
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 - How Pros Invest In NFTs - Richard Chen, Partner at 1confirmation
March 16th, 2021 by BTCMedia Are memes viable investment theses? Do NFTs rely too much on centralized marketplaces? How Richard identifies NFTs that will grow in value Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. Read More -
Block Crunch - dYdX: Winning the DeFi Exchange Wars - Antonio Juliano, Ep. 121
November 24th, 2020 by BTCMedia Why is dYdX focusing on perpetual swaps Uniswap vs. dYdX vs. Synthetix Building on Layer 2 vs. building on other chains Tactics for scaling DeFi users Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. Read More -
Block Crunch - Why Acala is Building DeFi on Polkadot - Ruitao Su, Bette Chen
March 4th, 2021 by BTCMedia Acala, the anticipated project building on Polkadot, is building a hub for DeFi. Founders Bette Chen (@bettechentt) and Ruitao Su (@ruitao_su) joins us this week in breaking down: Read More -
Block Crunch - Alpha Finance: Asia's DeFi Rocketship - Tascha Punyaneramitdee
December 1st, 2020 by BTCMedia Thailand's largest commercial bank recently dipped its toes into DeFi by investing in Alpha Finance, a Binance-backed research team building consumer DeFi products. Read More -
Block Crunch - The Future of Yield Aggregators with Rari Capital
February 13th, 2021 by BTCMedia This week, I'm joined by the two young entrepreneurs behind Rari Capital, Jai Bhavnani (@jai_bhavnani) and Jack Lipstone (@JackLipstone), to talk all things DeFi and yield. We discuss: Read More -
Block Crunch - The Amazon Moment for Crypto Exchanges - Stephen Stonberg, Bittrex Global
January 5th, 2021 by BTCMedia With Coinbase filing to go public, crypto exchanges have hit an inflection point. Amid increasing regulatory scrutiny and institutional interest, what will it take to win the exchange game? Read More -
Block Crunch - Top Crypto Fund on 2021 Outlook, DeFi and Composable Yield
January 29th, 2021 by BTCMedia When will institutions get excited about crypto beyond Bitcoin? Richard Galvin (@richwgalvin), founder of Sydney-based Digital Asset Capital Management, a top-performing fund in the past few years, join us to share his take as a former trad-fi investor turned crypto fund manager: Read More -
Block Crunch - Zero to 1inch: Behind 1inch's Meteoric Rise - Sergej Kunz & Anton Bukov
December 16th, 2020 by BTCMedia 1inch, the DeFi exchange aggregator, has facilitated almost $7B in trading volumes less than a year from inception. Founders Sergei (@deacix) and Anton (@k06a) join us to talk about one of the hottest projects in DeFi. Read More -
Block Crunch - ETH 2.0: What You Need to Know - Ryan Watkins, Wilson Withiam
December 9th, 2020 by BTCMedia Ethereum 2.0, arguably the most significant catalyst for ETH, is finally live. Analysts Wilson Withiam (@WilsonWithiam) and Ryan Watkins (@RyanWatkins_) from Messari Crypto join us in breaking down all things ETH 2.0 for the savvy investor. What are the ETH 2.0 phases? How will ETH monetary policy change? How will ETH 2.0 affect Ethereum's value? What are the key existential challenges to ETH? Does ETH's transition provide an opportunity for competitors? Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. Read More -
Block Crunch - Ponzis or Game-changer? Algorithmic Stablecoins Part I - Ben Simon, Mechanism Capital
January 13th, 2021 by BTCMedia Algorithmic stablecoins like Ampleforth, Basis Cash, Empty Set Dollar and Frax are all the rage...but do these ostensible "ponzi" games have have any lasting value? In Part 1 of our 2 part series, Mechanism Capital analyst Ben Simon(@benjaminsimon97) joins us in discussing: Read More -
Block Crunch - What's Next for 0x Protocol? - Clay Robbins, Head of Growth at 0x Labs
January 7th, 2021 by BTCMedia 0x Protocol is one of the earliest decentralized exchange protocols. With more competition, increasing regulatory scrutiny and billions more in value in DeFi, we revisit the project after 2 years with Head of Growth Clay Robbins (@crabbylions): Read More -
Block Crunch - The Graph: Behind The Most Used Crypto Project, Tegan Kline
February 8th, 2021 by BTCMedia With DeFi ballooning into a $70B phenomenon, a lot of attention has turned to The Graph, an indexing protocol supporting the most popular DeFi projects. The Graph business lead Tegan Kline (@theklineventure) joins us in discussing: Read More -
Block Crunch - Barnbridge: Bringing Risk Tranches to DeFi - Tyler Culler-Ward & Troy Murray
December 29th, 2020 by BTCMedia Why fixed income is the next big opportunity in DeFi What are risk tranches and why do they matter? How Barnbridge opens a new design space for DeFi Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. Read More -
Blockcrunch - Why the CryptoKitties Team is Building a New Blockchain - Roham Gharegozlou, Dapper Labs, Ep. 101
May 26th, 2020 by BTCMedia Story behind the most popular crypto game Why does Dapper Labs need Flow, its new blockchain? Flow vs. sharding chains vs. Ethereum Tactics for closing big partnerships Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). If you enjoyed the show, consider tipping! This show is not financial advice. Read More -
Block Crunch - Finding Alpha from Onchain Crypto Data - Santiment Team
November 12th, 2020 by BTCMedia Can investors find alpha by looking at blockchain data? Companies have been built around the idea of aggregating onchain transaction data into investable insights - do they work? Host Jason Choi speaks with Brian and Dino from crypto analytics company, Santiment (@santimentfeed). Read More -
The Blockcrunch - Defending Decred's Onchain Governance - Noah Pierau (Decred, Part 2)
March 18th, 2019 by
DSholla We continue our discussion on onchain governance by diving into the common critiques that people have for Decred. Decred's Noah Pierau and I touch on: - Enforceability of onchain votes - Stake-based vs. entity-based voting - Fairness & centralization in proof of stake systems - The threat of malicious actors Rate and subscribe! Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). **Not finance advice. Spartan Capital and/or Jason may or may not have positions in assets discussed on the show.... Read More -
Block Crunch - Can IDEX Compete with Centralized Exchanges? - Alex Wearn
November 4th, 2020 by BTCMedia IDEX is taking a unique approach to scaling decentralized exchanges by combining centralized elements with non-custodial features. Can this work? We speak with founder Alex Wearn (@AlexWearn) on: Uniswap vs. order book exchanges Why dex's need to move to layer 2 Is some centralization ok for dex's? Trust assumptions IDEX users have to make Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. Read More
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