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Aditya Palepu and Frédéric Fortier (DerivaDEX) on aspiring to a fully decentralized exchange
52 mins; August 31, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 08/28/20 (Fidelity's Bitcoin fund, is whisky a SoV, do security tokens make sense?)
34 mins; August 28, 2020
Zachary Kelman (Kelman Law) on the FATF, Bitcoin, and the International Order
71 hours 42 mins; August 26, 2020
Dick Bove (Odeon Capital) on the banking sector and the future of dollar dominance (EP.116)
51 mins; August 24, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 08/21/20 (Another Bitcoiner in the Senate, Kraken pursues the Wyoming SPDI, autoponzis)
32 mins; August 21, 2020
Zac Prince on growing BlockFi through a pandemic
39 mins; August 20, 2020
Kyle Powers (LibertyPay) on Bitcoin-powered remittances
40 mins; August 17, 2020
Weekly News Roundup feat. Lucas Nuzzi 08/14/20 (Asteroid gold mining, Microstrategy, Ethereum's "supplygate")
57 mins; August 14, 2020
James Lovejoy on detecting and mitigating double-spends
78 hours 22 mins; August 10, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 08/07/20 (Microstrategy's Bitcoin position, Square's big Q2, ETC reorgs)
37 mins; August 07, 2020
Ray Youssef (Paxful) on building the world's largest Bitcoin p2p market
52 mins; August 05, 2020
How Canaccord Genuity is approaching the cryptoasset market
50 mins; August 03, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 07/31/20 Feat. John Collins of FS Vector (The OCC letter, Plustoken apprehended, Bitcoin's patronage system)
57 mins; July 31, 2020
Jesse Walden (Variant) on the Crypto Ownership Economy
50 mins; July 27, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 07/24/20 (the bombshell OCC letter, the custodian gold rush, Ampleforth mania)
33 mins; July 24, 2020
Sam Wyner and Sal Ternullo (KPMG) on making blockchain data intelligible for institutions
41 mins; July 22, 2020
Nate Maddrey (Coin Metrics) on the rise of stablecoins
45 mins; July 20, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 07/17/20 feat. Alex Treece (Twitter is hacked, social media property rights, fintech meets crypto)
47 mins; July 17, 2020
Caitlin Long (Avanti Financial Group) on Bitcoin banks and the Wyoming SPDI
71 hours 32 mins; July 13, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 07/10/20 (More cryptodollars, the FATF explained, Coinbase IPO rumblings)
35 mins; July 10, 2020
Tim Rice and Ben Celermajer (Coin Metrics) on a new measure of cryptoasset supply
38 mins; July 06, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 07/02/20 (Zimbabwe re-dollarization, Bitcoin's GINI coefficient, more issues with 'market cap')
40 mins; July 03, 2020
Dave Balter on Leadership, Humility and the Startup Journey
37 mins; June 30, 2020
Lyn Alden on debt, the dollar, and Bitcoin
67 hours 31 mins; June 29, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 6/26/20 (Paypal rumors, Telegram settles with the SEC, the Compound situation demystified)
41 mins; June 26, 2020
Pat Larsen on making taxes easy for cryptoassets
38 mins; June 24, 2020
Noah Buxton and Jeremy Nau (Armanino LLP) on Proof of Reserves: the view from the auditors
57 mins; June 22, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 6/18/20 (River Financial, Microsoft ION launches, a new Bitcoin ETF approach)
29 mins; June 19, 2020
David Nage (Arca) on how family offices are engaging with cryptoassets
53 mins; June 17, 2020
Ryan Rabaglia (OSL) – Cryptodollars: the view from Hong Kong
44 mins; June 15, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 6/11/20 feat. Christine Sandler (Fidelity's institutional survey, the GBTC premium trade, Coinbase at a crossroads)
53 mins; June 12, 2020
Mark Casady on Financial Advice, Fintech and Cryptoassets
48 mins; June 10, 2020
Paolo Ardoino (Bitfinex/Tether) – Managing the growth of Tether
57 mins; June 08, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 6/05/20 (Avanti Bank, Hester Peirce re-nominated, Section 230 and digital property rights)
36 mins; June 05, 2020
Apolline Blandin (Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance) – Estimating Bitcoin's energy footprint
43 mins; June 01, 2020
Weekly News Roundup feat. Matt Hougan 5/29/20 (Goldman's Bitcoin note, Coinbase acquires Tagomi, the end of the CSW saga)
49 mins; May 29, 2020
Dan Matuszewski (CMS Holdings) – What explains the growth of Tether?
43 mins; May 25, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 5/22/20 (Bitcoin Pizza Day, old coins reawaken, the Great Bitcoin Energy Debate)
40 mins; May 22, 2020
Tim Kelly (BitOoda) on Bitcoin hashrate derivatives
42 mins; May 18, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 5/15/20 (The end of the SAFT, the rebirth of seigniorage shares, halving recap)
46 mins; May 15, 2020
Matt Ahlborg (UsefulTulips.org) – Bitcoin as a Bridge Currency
54 mins; May 13, 2020
Patrick Dugan (Tradelayer) – HyperCryptoDollarization
50 mins; May 11, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 5/8/20 (Paul Tudor Jones, the stablecoin invasion, Cash App's Q1)
51 mins; May 08, 2020
Ganesh Viswanath-Natraj (Warwick) – What Keeps Stablecoins Stable?
56 mins; May 06, 2020
Marcos Veremis (Evanston Capital) on the Institutional Allocators Perspective on Cryptoassets
41 mins; May 04, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 5/1/20 (SEC vc. SAFTs, Telegram, Ebang IPO)
37 mins; May 01, 2020
Moiz Kohari (Manetu) on Building Software to Enable Data Privacy
50 mins; April 28, 2020
Peter Johnson (Jump Capital) on Fintech Investing
50 mins; April 27, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 4/24/20 (RenTech trading Bitcoin, It's Time to Build, dForce)
31 mins; April 24, 2020
Michael Sonnenshein on building a Crypto-Asset Management Franchise
40 mins; April 22, 2020
Sal Ternullo (KPMG) on Enterprise Adoption of Cryptoassets
38 mins; April 20, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 4/17/20 (Libra 2.0, MKR lawsuit, and Greyscale's big Q1)
38 mins; April 17, 2020
Bob Davis (Highland Capital Partners) on Investing in Disruptive Technologies
45 mins; April 15, 2020
Brian Klein (Baker Marquart) on High-Stakes Crypto Litigation
55 mins; April 13, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 4/10/20 (Bailouts, asteroid mining, and office plants)
40 mins; April 10, 2020
Tom Jessop (Fidelity) and Tom Chippas (ErisX) on building institutional infrastructure
51 mins; April 09, 2020
Alex Treece (Zabo) on Cryptoasset Value Accrual
74 hours 9 mins; April 06, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 4/03/20 (CoinMarketCap, Telegram, and bailouts)
36 mins; April 03, 2020
Adam Draper (Boost VC) on Investing in Sci-Fi Technologies
40 mins; April 01, 2020
Lawrence White on Free Banking in the Age of Crypto
77 hours 6 mins; March 30, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 3/27/20 (Gold market, difficulty adjustments, deals and more)
36 mins; March 27, 2020
Jurrien Timmer (Fidelity) on the global macro landscape
43 mins; March 25, 2020
David Vorick (Nebulous) – Building Decentralized Cloud Storage
70 hours 21 mins; March 25, 2020
Alejandro Machado (Open Money Initiative) – Contemporary Dollarization in Venezuela
85 hours 4 mins; March 23, 2020
Patrick South (Chamber of Digital Commerce) on Blockchain Policy
45 mins; March 21, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 3/20/20 (Market Commentary, Deals, Quarantine Tips)
46 mins; March 20, 2020
Nicos Vekiarides (Attestiv) on Commercial Uses for Blockchain Timestamping
34 mins; March 18, 2020
Douglas Jackson - Lessons from E-Gold
126 hours 56 mins; March 15, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 3/13/20 (Markets in Turmoil, Deals and more)
26 mins; March 13, 2020
Jeremy Allaire (Circle) on Dollarization through Stablecoins
63 hours 25 mins; March 10, 2020
Matthew Le Merle (Blockchain Coinvestors) on investment opportunities in the blockchain industry
55 mins; March 09, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 3/6/20 (Zabo, India and South Korea positive developments)
22 mins; March 06, 2020
Joseph Jacks (OSS Capital) on the monetization of open source
90 hours 55 mins; March 01, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 2/28/20 (Steven Seagal's Bitcoin2Gen, Ripple pays Moneygram, Deals and more)
30 mins; February 27, 2020
Sunayna Tuteja (TD Ameritrade) on crafting an institutional digital asset strategy
62 hours 25 mins; February 24, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 2/21/20 (Enigma SEC action, Fcoin, Tim Draper buy 2.5% of Aragon and more)
49 mins; February 21, 2020
Balaji Srinivasan on building digital commonwealths (EP.43)
92 hours 18 mins; February 17, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 2/14/20 (BlockFi raise, JPM spinout, Iota is the gift that keeps on giving, and more )
30 mins; February 14, 2020
Jake Chervinsky (Compound) on straddling crypto-anarchy and regulation
84 hours 3 mins; February 10, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 2/7/20 (Mastercard backs out of Libra, US Marshall Auction and more)
24 mins; February 07, 2020
Alex Leishman (River Financial) on running a Bitcoin financial institution
73 hours 35 mins; February 03, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 1/31/20 (Proof of Stake Tax Policy, Popper on Bitcoin and Nic's Presidential Endorsement)
26 mins; January 31, 2020
Mike Moro (Genesis Capital) on building cryptoasset market infrastructure for institutions
43 mins; January 27, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 1/24/20 (Ray Dalio, Bcash, DigixDAO and more)
24 mins; January 24, 2020
Hunter Merghart (Bitstamp)
46 mins; January 20, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 1/17/20 (8% of RIAs think Bitcoin is going to zero!?)
40 mins; January 17, 2020
Ryan Selkis (Messari)
52 mins; January 13, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 1/10/20 (AMA Fallout, Telegram, Deribit, SEC news and more)
32 mins; January 10, 2020
AMA Episode (thoughts on custody, proof of stake, career choices, bad football picks and more)
81 hours 49 mins; January 06, 2020
Weekly News Roundup 1/3/20 (Alternative Launch Ideas, Token-economic flops, Crypto Banks, and more)
34 mins; January 03, 2020
Dave Balter (Flipside Crypto)
48 mins; December 30, 2019
Joe Lallouz (Bison Trails)
57 mins; December 23, 2019
Weekly News Roundup 12/20 (ErisX's one trade day, PlusToken, EMH in Bitcoin, Deals and more)
29 mins; December 20, 2019
Terrence Dempsey (Head of Product at Fidelity Digital Assets)
61 hours 38 mins; December 16, 2019
Weekly News Roundup 12/13 (Pipe to Crypto, ICO Scammers, Jack Dorsey just gets it, and more)
36 mins; December 13, 2019
Alex Pack (Dragonfly Capital)
65 hours 43 mins; December 09, 2019
Weekly News Roundup 12/6 (North Korea, Crypto War Games, Huobi)
33 mins; December 06, 2019
Dan Matuszewski (CMS Holdings)
80 hours 36 mins; December 02, 2019
John Pfeffer
132 hours 6 mins; November 25, 2019
Weekly News Roundup 11/22 (Field Goals, Fidelity approval, Binance and more)
25 mins; November 22, 2019
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