Feb 28, 2022
Meow CEO Brandon Arvanaghi and CTO Bryce Crawford join the show to cover crypto yields and how they make them accessible to corporate treasuries. In this episode:
- The origins of the name
- Bryce and Brandon’s backgrounds
- The purpose of getting access to crypto yields while staying in dollars
- How Meow manages risks in...
Feb 25, 2022
Matt and Nic return for another insane week of news and deals.
- Russia invades Ukraine
- Will Russia get kicked off SWIFT?
- Are there alternatives to SWIFT?
- Laura Shin identifies the alleged DAO hacker
- Is Bitcoin’s privacy fundamentally broken?
- Chainalysis demixes Wasabi transactions
- Was the DAO hacker even guilty of a...
Feb 23, 2022
Leo Lucisano of Decentral Park Capital joins the show. In this episode we discuss:
- Leo’s regulatory predictions for 2022 and the beliefs that informed his blog post.
- Views on how DeFi would evolve in the face of a harsher treatment from the SEC.
- The emerging crypto lobby and how this will shape future elections and...
Feb 21, 2022
Co-chairman of Stronghold Digital Mining Bill Spence and CEO Gregory Beard join the show. Stronghold is a vertically integrated Bitcoin miner that uses waste coal to power their operations – while also remediating this environmentally damaging product. We dive into this fascinating, and counter-intuitive story. In...
Feb 18, 2022
Matt and Nic return for a huge week of news and a big CIV announcement. In this episode:
- Matt scans the Coinbase QR code ad
- The post-Superbowl backlash against crypto ads
- Is there any hope for music NFTs
- Castle Island announces a third fund
- Binance buys a stake in Forbes
- Is Circle a bet on interest rates?
- Our thoughts...