What if the next major onchain trading platform looks less like a crypto exchange and more like Robinhood with institutional liquidity underneath? Variational co-founder Lucas Schumann and Head of Product Justin Bram join David to unpack the broker model behind Variational, why they believe swaps can improve on perps for real-world assets, and how TradFi liq ... Show More
Oct 4
$VVV Community Call | September
Venice‘s Head of Strategy Jon, joins David for the September $VVV community call to unpack Venice reaching 250B daily tokens, the latest $VVV emissions cuts and $DIEM supply changes, accelerating burns, rising demand for private AI, Venice Minds, the upcoming data center rollout, ... Show More
1h 4m
Oct 2
ROLLUP: Uptober Green Light? | Robinhood Goes All-In | $400M Bitget Hack | Prediction Markets to SCOTUS
Bitcoin just broke its bearish market structure, but surging bond yields could still test the rally. Ryan and David unpack Uptober, Robinhood’s trading push, the Bitget hack, and prediction markets’ path to the Supreme Court. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 h ... Show More
59m 56s
Sep 2024
🚨Bitcoin EXPLOSION Ahead? Fed Rate Cuts, Trump vs Harris, Coinbase BlackRock ETF, SEC Gary Gensler!
Crypto Water Cooler Ep 016 - David from the <a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCE4o509uGtygf_gAEbVgH0A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> @TheNextBlock3 </a> joins me to discuss the lates in the crypto market: Topics:<br />- Fed Cuts Rates and When Bitcoin and ... Show More
37m 28s
Jul 2024
Crypto Water Cooler: Bitcoin Bottom In? Solana, Ethereum ETF, Trump Democrats Crypto, Stablecoin Regulations, Congress Stock Trading Ep014
Sea Will of the <a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCE4o509uGtygf_gAEbVgH0A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> @TheNextBlock3 </a> channel joins me to talk the latest in the crypto market.:<br />Topics: - Bitcoin’s correction - is the bottom near? <br />- Ethere ... Show More
42m 34s
Jan 2025
Crypto ETF Explosion! Bitcoin, XRP, Solana, Litecoin, Ethereum Staking, & Meme Coins with Nate Geraci
Nate Geraci, President of The ETF Store joined me to discuss the latest with Crypto ETFs.<br />Topics:<br />- In-kind creation and redemption for the BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) <br />- Altcoin ETF filings - XRP, Solana, Litecoin, TRUMP <br />- Staking in ETH ETFs <br ... Show More
32m 23s
Oct 2021
E50: Crypto investing deep dive, Facebook's whistleblower fallout, Chappelle's new special & more
Show Notes: 0:00 Mercury is in retrograde & impacting the besties 2:01 Sacks on Solana, sophisticated crypto strategies, crypto deep dive 26:23 Building regulatory framework for utility tokens, institutional money in crypto 40:59 Facebook whistleblower, potential ramifications & ... Show More
1h 23m
Dec 2021
Crypto Update 12/1/21 | Planet of the Ape (NFTs)
With ether testing a run towards $5K, leading the way for alternative cryptocurrencies to follow and a look at how some NFTs are serving as a gateway for crypto adoption, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.
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14m 40s
Jun 2022
E85: SBF's crypto bailout, Zendesk sells for ~$10B, buyout targets, US diplomacy, AlphaFold & more
0:00 Bestie intros 4:09 Assessing SBF bailing out major crypto players & the state of the market 18:24 Classifying crypto assets, high-yield crypto lending 34:17 Zendesk sells for $10B, accounting for stock-based comp, evergreen standard in tech 1:01:24 Buyout targets, public mar ... Show More
1h 35m
Apr 2022
Web 3 and the Rise of Small Media
On today’s show Joon Ian Wong, the Founding co-president of the Association of Cryptocurrency Journalists and Researchers, takes a look at new models for media and why tokenized solutions show promise.
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9m 23s