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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 -
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 -
The Blockcrunch -What is Ampleforth? Dissecting Bitfinex's New IEO
June 10th, 2019 by DSholla Ampleforth is one of the most unique projects I've seen - supposedly price stable, but not quite a stablecoin either. Ahead of their Bitfinex IEO, co-founder Brendon Iles joins me in discussing: - What is Ampleforth and "smart commodity money"? - The unique cryptoeconomics behind AMPL - Why do an IEO on Bitfinex? Support the show: * Pay with Dai here * BTC: 3EFSLnPpme6Lo6DynN1bVV9owooueFvEmJ * ETH: 0xdec40AA30B9C562aB4b839529BfC290C1B5Da61E **Host:** Jason Choi (@MrJason... 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 -
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 - 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 -
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 -
The Blockcrunch - How the World's Top Crypto Hedge Fund Invests - Niraj Pant (Partner, Polychain Capital)
March 4th, 2019 by DSholla Polychain Capital turned $4 Million into $1 Billion and became the world's largest crypto hedge fund. Partner and research lead Niraj Pant joins Blockcrunch on this episode to discuss: - Polychain's investment funnel - Value accrual in tokens - Tokens vs. equity - Fat Protocols, dapps and interoperability - Structuring a hedge/ venture fund Rate and subscribe! Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). Intro music by [Phortissimo](https://soundcloud.com/phortissimo) **Not finance... 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 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 - 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 -
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 - $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 - 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 -
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 -
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 - 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
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