Placeholder's Joel Monegro on the Fat Protocols Thesis Today - Ep.65
Joel Monegro, partner at crypto VC firm Placeholder Ventures, describes how well his seminal blog post, "Fat Protocols," is holding up, why he and his partner Chris Burniske opted to found a crypto VC...
12 Jun 201859min
From the Oslo Freedom Forum: Blockchain vs. the Surveillance State - Ep.64
This recording is of Blockchain vs. the Surveillance State, a series of talks and a panel from the Oslo Freedom Forum put on by the Human Rights Foundation. In this session, hear presentations from Ry...
6 Jun 20181h 26min
Arthur Hayes of Bitmex on Why Countries Will Turn to Digital Cash - Ep.63
Arthur Hayes, CEO of Bitmex, describes how traders on his platform can make great gains but experience limited losses, how Asia's crypto markets differ from those in the U.S., and why he makes money w...
5 Jun 20181h
How Chainalysis Helps Solve Crimes: Jonathan Levin Tells All - Ep.62
Jonathan Levin, cofounder and chief operating officer for blockchain analytics company Chainalysis, describes how the company was born out of questions he had while a grad student, how they began mapp...
29 Mai 20181h 1min
Jesse Powell, CEO of Kraken, on Drawing a Line With Regulators - Ep.61
Jesse Powell, CEO of crypto asset exchange Kraken, explains why he publicly rejected then-Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's request for information from crypto exchanges, why he felt it was a publi...
22 Mai 201857min
Live From Ethereal: Eep! How Should Ethereum Be Governed? - Ep.60
This recording of a panel I moderated at Ethereal with Ethereum researcher Vlad Zamfir and GovernX founder Nick Dodson covered the topic that it seems everyone in crypto is discussing these days: gove...
20 Mai 20181h 2min
Aya Miyaguchi, of the Ethereum Foundation, on Who Makes the Final Call - Ep.59
The newly appointed head of the Ethereum Foundation, Aya Miyaguchi, talks about her background as a teacher, at Kraken, helping the Mt. Gox trustee unwind that mess, and the closed process by which sh...
15 Mai 201858min
Ripple's XRP: Why Its Chances of Success Are Low - Ep.58
In this show, recorded without the participation of Ripple (explanation included in the show), Ryan Selkis, CEO and founder of Messari and Matt Leising, Bloomberg reporter, discuss Ripple's XRP, the t...
8 Mai 20181h 5min
