Sep 23, 2022
Nic and Matt sit down for a special live recording of OTB in front of an audience at the Boston Blockchain Week. In this episode:
- Ian Balina is dinged by the SEC for Sparkster
- The SEC’s weird argument for standing over all of Ethereum
- Is XRP a prediction market on Ripple’s case against the SEC
- Wintermute is hacked...
Sep 19, 2022
Steven Goldfeder
is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Offchain Labs, the team building
Arbitrum. In this episode we discuss:
- Steven's academic background, and his work at Princeton University.
- BlockSci, an early blockchain forensics/search product that Steven co-founded.
- The evolution of MPC custody and the...
Sep 16, 2022
Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- The Merge takes place without incident
- Will the Merge silence Ethereum critics on the left?
- Will the ESG narrative around crypto get louder?
- FTX takes a stake in Skybridge
- Castle Island is not an island
- If you make an NFT of a diamond and destroy...
Sep 14, 2022
Dan Mottice, CEO and Co-Founder of Ansible Labs, joins the show to talk about a new payment gateway for web3.
- Dan’s personal background and how he ended up in financial services
- The Visa Network, Visa Direct Payouts and Visa Crypto
- Ansible Labs’ raise and what’s ahead
- Off-ramps and why they matter
- North stars in...
Sep 14, 2022
Bankless' David Hoffman joins Matt and Nic for a special episode to cover Ethereum's highly-anticipated Merge. In this episode:
- How David came to Ethereum and the Bankless origin story
- The story behind the Bankless DAO
- Whether David would ever consider focusing on other blockchains
- What could cause David to abandon...