Galaxy Brains

Welcome to Episode 21 of Galaxy Brains! This week, Alex and Christine are joined by Alex Gladstein, the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation. He talks to the GDR team about his work, HRF, and his thoughts regarding cryptocurrency adoption around the world, particularly in emerging economies under authoritarian regimes. Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Welcome to episode 20 of Galaxy Brains! This week Alex is joined by VP of Principal Trading, Beimnet Abebe, to talk about the Fed’s recent rate hike, Central African Republic’s first digital coin, and AntPool’s $10M investment into the Ethereum Classic Ecosystem. Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Welcome to episode 19 of Galaxy Brains! This week Alex is joined by Nic Carter from Castle Island Ventures, and Galaxy Research Associate, Christine Kim, and VP of Principal Trading, Beimnet Abebe. Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Welcome to episode 18 of Galaxy Brains! This week Alex is joined by Research Associate, Christine Kim, VP of Principal Trading, Beimnet Abebe, and Rachel Rybarczyk from Galaxy’s Bitcoin Mining team. Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Welcome to episode 17 of Galaxy Brains! This week Alex is joined by Christine Kim, Sal Qadir, Beimnet Abebe, and former Galaxy Researcher Karim Helmy. This week the team has a round table discussion on the Merge activation on Sepolia testnet, MakerDAO’s community vote on a $100M DAI vault, one of the biggest known crypto hacks to date ($540M) and more. Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Welcome to episode 16 of Galaxy Brains! This week Alex is joined by Christine Kim, Beimnet Abebe, and Summer Research Intern Lucas Tcheyan. The team discusses MakerDAO, BofA's Report on digital asset and blockchain Interest, and the Gray Glacier Difficulty Bomb Delay on Ethereum. Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Welcome to episode 15 of Galaxy Brains! This week Alex is joined by Christine Kim, Sal Qadir, Beimnet Abebe, and special guest, Tim Grant, Galaxy’s Head of Europe. Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Welcome to episode 14 of Galaxy Brains! This week Alex is joined by Christine Kim, Beimnet Abebe, and special guest, Rob Bogucki, Co-Head of Galaxy Digital Trading. Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Thursday, June 16, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Welcome to episode 13 of Galaxy Brains! This week, Alex is joined by Christine Kim, Charles Yu, Sal Qadir, Beimnet Abebe, and special guest from Galaxy Digital Legal, Tyler Williams. Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, June 7, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Welcome to episode 12 of Galaxy Brains! This week, Alex is joined by Christine Kim, Charles Yu, Sal Qadir, Beimnet Abebe, and special guest from Galaxy Digital Legal, Tyler Williams. Tune in for Beimnet’s market commentary, then listen as Tyler Williams makes his debut on the pod to deep dive into the developments happening in Washington regarding policy for the Bitcoin and digital assets space. The team wraps the episode by discussing Optimism’s airdrop and Sal’s Solana report. Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Welcome to episode 11 of Galaxy Brains, a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This week, Alex is joined by Christine Kim, Charles Yu, Sal Qadir, Beimnet Abebe, and special guest from Galaxy Digital Legal, Michael Marcantonio. As always, Beimnet Abebe kicks the episode off with some market commentary, then the team talks about Ethereum’s Beacon Chain seven-block reorganization, and how Optimism cracked down on airdrop farmers, removing 17,000 addresses. Lastly, Michael Marcantonio is on to discuss Seth Green's stolen Board Ape and the commercial use rights and intellectual property in the NFT space. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Welcome to episode 10 of Galaxy Brains, a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This week, Alex is joined by Christine Kim, Charles Yu, Beimnet Abebe, and special guest from the Galaxy Digital Mining team, Brandon Bailey. In this episode of Galaxy Brains, Beimnet provides a market update, then the team talks about the Bitcoin mining landscape, Coinbase and Figment supporting institutional liquid staking protocol Alluvial, and the Polygon Nightfall Mainnet launch and EY integration. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Welcome to episode 9 of Galaxy Brains, a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This week, Alex is joined by Christine Kim, Sal Qadir, Charles Yu, and Beimnet Abebe. In this episode of Galaxy Brains the team talks about the UST Incident, Instagram’s NFT Debut, and Lido, the ETH liquid staking solution. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Welcome to episode 8 of Galaxy Brains, a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This week, Alex is joined by Christine Kim, Sal Qadir, and special guest, Beimnet Abebe. In this episode of Galaxy Brains the team talks about the Board Ape Yacht Club’s recent metaverse land sale, the outage on The Solana Network, and Galaxy’s latest Research! This episode was recorded on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Welcome to episode 7 of Galaxy Brains, a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This week, Alex is joined by Christine Kim, Charles Yu, and special Galaxy guests, Amanda Fabiano and Beimnet Abebe. In this episode of Galaxy Brains, the team talks Mining, Fidelity’s new 401K Bitcoin Exposure Offering, Optimism token, and more! This episode was recorded on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Welcome to episode 6 of Galaxy Brains, a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This week, Alex is joined by Sal Qadir, Leulaye Maskal, and special guest, Beimnet Abebe to provide a Market Overview, and discuss Coinbase’s new NFT Platform, DYDX upgrades for decentralization, and the U.S. Conference of Mayors that took place in Miami, FL this week. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Welcome to episode 5 of Galaxy Brains, a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This week, Alex is joined by Christine Kim and Leulaye Maskal to discuss the Market Volatility, Bitcoin Transaction Fees, and Ethereum's forthcoming merge upgrade. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Welcome to episode 4 of Galaxy Brains, a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This week, Galaxy Research Associate Christine Kim stands in for Alex while he attends the Bitcoin Conference in Miami. Christine is joined by Sal Qadir, and Chuck Yu to discuss the Stablecoin Neutrino Dollar (USDN), the Binance U.S. $200MM Fund Raise, and the new Ethereum token standard, ERC4626. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

EP 2: Terra Adds BTC Collateral, Liquid Staking on Ethereum Grows, Avalanche Unveils New Wallet was recorded on Wednesday, March 16th, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

EP 3: Opensea Supports Solana, Larson's $500MM POS campaign, and Vitalik & Pete Rizzo's thought pieces, was recorded on Wednesday, March 30th, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

EP 1: Russian Sanctions, European Regulation, And Cryptopunks IP Acquisition was recorded on Wednesday, March 16th, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/