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Macro Matters host Kevin Kelly sits down with Sunayna Tuteja, Head of Digital Assets & DLT at TD Ameritrade. In this conversation, Sunayna and Kevin discuss: Consensus among traditional investors and sentiment towards Bitcoin and digital assets. The growing demand among RIAs to understand Bitcoin and its potential role in a multi-asset portfolio context. The rise of DeFi and digital assets as a kind of “Mayday” event. The importance of explaining the “how to” when it comes to education as crypto starts to seep into mainstream conversation. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first. - Show Notes (2:21)    –  TDA’s stance on Digital Assets (7:29)    –  The rise of Digital Assets and DeFi leading to the next Mayday event (13:23)    –  DeFi as a multidisciplinary ecosystem (15:20)    –  TD’s core client & the demographic of TD’s target audience (22:40)    –  TD’s Clients, struggles with Digital Assets Space concepts (27:47)    –  The growth in Bitcoin and digital asset interest among traditional investors (33:12)    –  The mainstream movement (39:09)    –  The biggest deterrents still holding investors back & the necessary tools still needed to accelerate widespread adoption (44:29)    –  Importance of education & what we in the crypto community can do to better inform traditional investors and RIAs of the opportunities and risks in this space (49:18)   –   Closing thoughts Resources: Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Sunayna?s=20 Guest’s Website: https://twitter.com/TDAmeritrade?s=20 Kevin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevin_kelly_II Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://youtu.be/fubeSokngY8 Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product or service. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

30 Nov 202050min

Chain Reaction Host Tom Shaughnessy hosts Colin Evran (Ecosystem Lead at Protocol Labs) and ZX (Cryptoeconomics Lead At Protocol Labs) for a technical deep dive into the cryptoeconomics of Filecoin’s native token (FIL).  The trio discusses the use cases for Filecoin, the minting mechanism (simple and baseline minting), storage pledges (initial pledge and consensus pledges), issuance, reward locks, token distribution, FIP changes, and more.  View Full Transcript here: https://www.delphidigital.io/podcasts/colin-and-zx-a-technical-dive-into-filecoins-tokeneconomics-video-and-transcript/   We previously had Colin on to discuss Filecoin overall: https://www.delphidigital.io/podcasts/colin-evran-filecoin-ushers-in-a-new-generation-of-cloud-storage/ Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first. - Resources: Colin’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/colinevran Zx’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/zixuanzh Guest’s Website: https://filecoin.io/ Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://youtu.be/fubeSokngY8 Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product or service. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

27 Nov 202042min

Chain Reaction Host Tom Shaughnessy hosts Alex Miles and Zac McClure, the co-founders of TokenTax. The team answers our most nuanced crypto tax questions and get into detail on how the founders are scaling their tax software. This was a must-listen episode for anyone filling their crypto taxes. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first. - Show Notes (1:35)    –  (First Question)  Token Tax Background (3:39)    –  How hard it was to do Crypto Taxes in past years (6:28)    –  Main reasons people come to Token Tax (7:56)    –  Token Tax, does it reduce Audits (12:27)    –  Minimization, a new option to calculate tax burden (18:12)    –  Is a complex Tax Code good for business (24:10)    –  Insights about Tax Loss Harvesting going into New Year (28:52)    –  What’s behind integrating New DeFi Platforms (30:30)    –  Tax implications of staking ETH 2.0 (*) (33:27)    –  Inside Token Tax and Active Aggregators (36:00)    –  Rebasing coins (*) (37:57)    –  How are rug pulls accounted for (*) (39:58)    –  Implications on moving from BTC to WBTC (*) (41:09)    –  Biggest Mistakes that the average Crypto Investor makes with their Taxes (*)   (*) questions posed by our Delphi Twitter members Resources: Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/TokenTax Guest’s Website: https://tokentax.co/ Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://youtu.be/fubeSokngY8 Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product or service. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

24 Nov 202045min

Chain Reaction Host Tom Shaughnessy hosts Frank Mong, the COO of Helium. The two discuss Helium’s plans to grow nodes from ~12K much higher and globally, HIP20 which will hard cap supply while allowing the network to run and future plans of WiFi and 5G. We previously covered Helium in a post in December 2019. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first. Thank you to our sponsor Delta Exchange! Delta Exchange is one of the leading crypto derivatives exchange; offering Futures, Perps, Interest Rate Swaps, Calendar Spreads and Options on Bitcoin and over 40 Altcoins. Start trading within 30 seconds: www.delta.exchange - Show Notes (1:38)   –  (First Question)  What is Helium Network (2:50)    –  Helium’s Incentive Structure (6:40)    –  Insights about Helium’s community (13:39)    –   HNT and crypto (21:10)    –   How do you think people will interact with Helium (24:28)    –   Helium now has 12000 nodes (28:20)    –   If you want to drive demand you need to have the network available (29:40)    –   Global wireless networks (30:52)    –   Status of HIP 20 (35:35)    –   Insights about Helium’s Usage (39:25)    –   Incentivizing the community (42:17)    –   Helium biggest Risks (46:42)    –   Helium, a network that could provide 5G network coverage around the world Resources: Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/fmong Guest’s Website: https://twitter.com/Helium Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://youtu.be/fubeSokngY8 Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product or service. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

20 Nov 202049min

Tom Shaughnessy hosts 3LAU and Cooper Turley who came on the pod to discuss Audius 🎶 We discussed how Audius is completely reinventing music streaming - granting content creators and the majority of revenue and control over the platform and distribution. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Join today to get our interviews, first! Thank you to our sponsor Delta Exchange! Delta Exchange is one of the leading crypto derivatives exchange; offering Futures, Perps, Interest Rate Swaps, Calendar Spreads and Options on Bitcoin and over 40 Altcoins. Start trading within 30 seconds: www.delta.exchange - Show Notes (1:47)    –  Audius, a music streaming protocol built on Ethereum (5:30)    –  Key differences between Audius and the traditional Music industry (7:51)    –  Largest issues in Traditional Music (12:30)    –  How decentralized is Audius / Governance module (15:45)    –  Insights about artists opting out of Spotify and Youtube (17:53)    –  Audius now has A million users (19:28)    –  Audius process for artists and users (23:10)    –  Insights about how Spotify will compete in streaming market (25:48)    –  Audius NFTs (29:35)    –  What Audius do differently for fans (31:12)    –  What does Audius need to attract Spotify’s users (31:50)    –  New ways to access the audience (34:18)    –  What’s the plan for distributing the large percent of tokens held by the insiders (*) (35:38)    –  How do you stop people from sharing music that doesn’t belong to them (*)   (*) questions posed by our Delphi Institutional Chat members Resources: 3LAU’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/3LAU Cooper’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa Audius Website: https://audius.co/ Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://youtu.be/fubeSokngY8 Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product or service. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

18 Nov 202037min

Chain Reaction Host Tom Shaughnessy hosts Red, a community manager at Harvest Finance. Harvest automatically farms the highest yields in DeFi. We chatted reaching $1B in TVL at its height, scaling a community over time, competition between aggregators, the recent hack and more! 🧑‍🌾 Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Join today to get our interviews, first! - Show Notes (1:31)    – (First Question)  Red or Redemption (2:05)    – Harvest Finance, an automated Yield Farming platform (5:00)    – Harvest’s Backend Walkthrough (6:22)    – A road from 0 to 500 million in deposits (12:21)    – What makes Harvest so appealing / Harvest’s Target (16:01)    – Insights about technical debt with crypto projects (20:18)    – Incentivize people to create vs automatic Yield Farming passive investors (36:30)    – What projects would Red like to have in Harvest (26:00)    – What Farmholders are receiving / Farm Token (31:35)    – What is Grain Token / What the model is for (*) (36:30)    – Insights about Hacking risks (40:50)    – Does Red know who the Hacker is (*)   (*) questions posed by our Delphi Institutional Chat members Resources: Guests Twitter:  https://twitter.com/smokatokey Harvest’s Website: https://twitter.com/harvest_finance Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://youtu.be/fubeSokngY8 Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product or service. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

17 Nov 202043min

Chain Reaction Host Tom Shaughnessy hosts Andrew Keys and James Slazas, the founders of DARMA Capital and LiquidStake for a timely 15-minute interview on LiquidStake's release which helps bootstrap ETH 2.0 staking by removing a key staking hurdle - allowing users to receive a loan against the ETH they lockup in the staking contract.  Check out LiquidStake: https://liquidstake.com/ Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Join today to get our interviews, first! - Resources: LiquidStake's Website: https://liquidstake.com/ Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://youtu.be/fubeSokngY8 Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product or service. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

16 Nov 202015min

Host Piers Kicks sits down for Episode 10 of Metaverse Musings with Ryan Gill & Toby Tremayne, the Co-Founders of Crucible. Both Ryan and Toby are two of the highest conviction operators working towards the Metaverse. Their strong sense of purpose and appreciation for the philosophical aspects of the world of tomorrow inform their unique mindset and approach. The business focuses on building infrastructure across the “in between” spaces for Web 3.0 technology, as well as tailoring the existing stack to gaming and virtual worlds. Keep an eye on their upcoming event with VentureBeat and Facebook on January 27th 2021.    -   Resources: Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/RyanCrucible  Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/magicindustries  Guest’s Website: http://crucible.network/   Piers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/pierskicks  Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://tinyurl.com/ycvsp75h  Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for The Delphi Podcast. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

13 Nov 20201h 29min