Raoul Pal: The Journey Man

Ethereum investor Ryan Berckmans joins Ash Bennington to talk about how decentralized public chains ignite trust within different communities. Although the market has been rough recently, Berckamams believes Ethereum’s future is bright. He explains why in another fascinating episode of Building Blocks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Adam Dell sees a disconnect between retail investors and the basic technology that’s powering Bitcoin, DeFi, and Web3. Dell, a venture capitalist and the CEO of Domain Money, has set out to build a platform for easy access to emerging technologies, including blockchain, crypto, and everything growing around it, through professionally managed portfolios. He joins Real Vision’s Ash Bennington for a probing conversation about blockchain’s maturity cycle, the rapid evolution of the blockchain developer community, and the validity of comparisons to the early internet age of the 1990s. How great is crypto’s potential to revolutionize everything? Dell also weighs in on a framework for digital asset regulation. Recorded on June 14, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The price of BTC has dropped dramatically so is mining Bitcoin still profitable? Real Vision's crypto editor Ash Bennington talks to the CEO of Miningstore, JohnPaul Baric about how the mining industry has been impacted. Miningstore is one of the longest large-scale crypto miners and they are serious builders who support the Bitcoin ecosystem by bringing mining to the masses. This is a conversation for everything you wanted to know about mining but were afraid to ask. Recorded on 14th June. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some saw signs of capitulation when Bitcoin breached $20,000 and Ethereum slipped below $1,000 last weekend. BTC and ETH have rallied above those key psychological levels, but investors are still on tenterhooks amid a major repricing. Santiago Velez, co-founder and R&D division lead at Block Digital, and Mona El Isa, founder of Enzyme and CEO and founder of Avantgarde Finance, join Leslie Lamb, CMO of CoinFLEX and host of the Crypto Unstacked podcast to talk about the current state of crypto, the market as well as the industry. Santiago, Mona, and Leslie share ideas about how DeFi can be improved, debate whether USD Coin could soon overtake Tether in market cap terms, and assess the launch of a new ETF that allows investors to short Bitcoin. Have questions for the group? Drop them right here on the Exchange: https://exchange.realvision.com/discussion/11985. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People are overlooking one of the crypto market’s clear drivers, says Real Vision Host Weston Nakamura. There’s more to bitcoin’s and ether’s fall below $20,000 and $1,000 respectively than just the downward swing in traditional assets and the liquidity trouble at companies like Celsius and Three Arrows Capital. In this flash update, Weston examines how listed derivatives and the ETF markets are affecting the world’s largest cryptocurrencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s a whole lot of innovation going on as the music industry integrates the elements of Web3 into its business model. Relationships between artists and fans are evolving. Creators are generating income in new ways and on more favorable terms than legacy models offer. So, is the stage set for Web3 to replace Web2? Cherie Hu, the founder of Water and Music, joins Jack Spallone of HiFi Labs to talk about what she sees right now at the intersection of music and Web3. Many old-school industry insiders aren’t yet keeping up with the music distributed and the artists distributing via NFTs, DAOs, and social tokens. That means cultivating a hybrid web presence is a major key for creators who want to build long-term careers. Cherie and Jack discuss that and many more emerging trends where music and tech meet. Recorded on June 9, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Perkins is now a managing partner at CoinFund, but he was once an active-duty U.S. Marine. Chris joins Ash Bennington for this week’s episode of Building Blocks to talk about how his experience in the Corps informs his investing career. He also describes the “a-ha!” moment during his early crypto research and shares his thoughts on fintech’s rapid evolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James Zhang grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and lived through two civil wars. His appreciation for cryptocurrency is based on his experience of that kind of instability. Zhang is now the co-founder and CEO of Jambo, a Congo-based start-up that recently closed a $30 million Series A funding round. And he’s deploying an app designed to help the 80% of the population on the African that’s unbanked. It’s becoming known as the “Web3 SuperApp of Africa.” Avi Zurlo, a ventures associate at Delphi Digital, which has partnered up with Jambo, talks to James about Jambo and its ambitions in Africa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bitcoin and Ethereum are teetering at levels not seen since early 2021, as several high-profile cryptocurrency companies have taken drastic measures to cut headcounts ahead of what could be a prolonged industry downturn. Moritz Seibert, co-head of digital innovation strategy at Real Vision and CIO at Exponential Age Asset Management, and Leslie Lamb, CMO at CoinFlex and the host of the the Crypto Unstacked podcast, join Real Vision Managing Editor Samuel Burke to assess the fallout from multiple platform freezes and layoffs. The panel also talks about why Ether is the center of attention right now. Send us your questions on the Exchange: https://exchange.realvision.com/discussion/11952. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How does Bitcoin provide value to investors? According to Andy Edstrom, the "clearest case is digital gold." Edstrom, CFA®, CFP®, managing director of Swan Advisor Services, and a financial advisor at Wescap Group, went down the Bitcoin rabbit hole in 2017 – when a bear market happened to be right around the corner and Bitcoin dropped from $20,000 to $3,000. Questioning his conviction, Andy put pen to paper and wrote “Why Buy Bitcoin,” the first and only book about Bitcoin published by a financial advisor. Writing the book was an exercise in testing his decision and his long-term forecast. Andy breaks down his Bitcoin thesis for Real Vision’s Ash Bennington. He also shares the 14 characteristics that define hard money, comparing Bitcoin to gold and other, similar assets. Where’s the risk for the world’s No. 1 cryptocurrency? And what kind of long-term price targets are realistic? Andy answers these questions and more. Recorded on June 7, 2022. Follow Andy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/edstromandrew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So much happens so fast in the rapidly emerging cryptocurrency market that on-the-ground observations by leading investors in the space are just about indispensable. With that said, Marissa Kim, general partner at Abra Capital Management, joins Wendy Diamond, the founder and CEO of LDP Ventures and head of the Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization, to share details of her investing philosophy and her perspective on the present and future of the space. Wendy and Marissa also talk about the Terra LUNA collapse, investing in early stage crypto projects, and how women are building and holding greater power in the industry. Recorded on June 6, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DAOs are capturing the imagination of creators and entrepreneurs the world over. Jess Sloss, instigator at Seed Club, joins Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Delphi Digital, to discuss how they guide and invest in startup communities as well as explain how social tokens can play an important role delivering value to those communities' members. In this deep dive, Sloss explains who DAOs will work for and why Seed Club is discerning who is in this journey for the long haul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anders Brownworth and his team of researchers are working on a potentially ground-breaking project, a central bank digital currency. Brownworth, the principal software architect at The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, joins Real Vision’s Ash Bennington to discuss the high-speed transaction processor he and his team are developing and the benefits of open-source software. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the Federal Reserve shrinking its balance sheet and hiking interest rates, investors in all markets – including crypto – must deal with the reality of reduced liquidity. Dean Carr, founder of C The Light Trading, sees “no reason to be long anything weak,” but he’s looking for volume to bounce back and prices to recover some ground before jumping back in. Carr joins Real Vision’s Ash Bennington to talk about key technical levels that can help us understand price action in the crypto market. When it comes to Bitcoin, for example, clearing $32,500 to the upside would be a sign of renewed momentum; downside risk is “the $20,000 to $22,000 area.” Dean walks Ash through technical profiles of Ethereum and other altcoins on his watch list, with an emphasis on relative strength, and shares his thoughts on when the recovery will begin and how high prices will go when it happens. Recorded on June 6, 2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What’s going to make crypto go mainstream? Slava Rubin is the founder of alternative investment platform Vincent. He believes alternative investment wrappers are the way to make crypto investing accessible to everyone. He joins Real Vision's Ash Bennington to talk about Vincent's new product, which exposes investors to a range of alternatives – real estate, venture capital, art, crypto, and crypto collectibles – through a single investment vehicle. Slava and Ash explore the potential risks and rewards of such a product as well as issues of compliance. Slava also shares fascinating insights based on data collected at Vincent, including how the company uses such information to make decisions. Recorded on June 2, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The U.S. Congress is getting closer to passing long-promised and highly anticipated legislation to regulate cryptocurrency, a step many industry insiders see as critical to the goal of widespread adoption. Senator Cynthia Lummis, a Republican from Wyoming, and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, have introduced a bill that would establish a regulatory framework for most digital assets, treating them as commodities within the jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Santiago Velez, co-founder and head of R&D at Block Digital, joins Real Vision’s Nico Brugge and Ash Bennington to break down the bill and its potential impact on the industry. Santiago, Nico, and Ash also talk about the fresh Binance controversy and the Bored Ape Yacht Club hack. Want to submit questions? Drop them right here on the Exchange: https://exchange.realvision.com/discussion/11935. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bitcoin-native DeFi apps are emerging with the aim to provide next-generation financial services built on the world’s best-known blockchain. Dr. Chiente Hsu, an expert in the field of quantitative investments, is using Stacks to build ALEX (that’s short for “Automated Liquidity Exchange”), the first full-service DeFi platform on Bitcoin. A one-stop shop, ALEX enables the launch of tokens, fixed-rate and fixed-term lending and borrowing, decentralized exchange operations with both automated market-maker and off chain order-book protocols, the deposit of tokens to earn interest, and yield farming. Dr. Hsu, a co-founder and the CEO of ALEX, joins Real Vision’s Ash Bennington for an in-depth discussion about a future where what today we call “DeFi” is just “finance.” Recorded on May 31, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jake Udell’s decades-long career in music, marketing, and activation is built on bringing together community and culture. Now, the founder and CEO of Metalink is building a hub for NFT communities to communicate effectively, a comprehensive space for NFT owners to connect, view their collection and get access to Alpha via a real-time transaction feed. Channels are token-gated, so proof of ownership of an NFT or a social token is required to access the content. That’s a solid step toward preventing fraud and fostering a positive space for NFT owners. Udell joins Real Vision’s Ash Bennington for a thoughtful discussion about the evolution of technology, adoption curves, and the future of the metaverse. Recorded on June 1, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bitcoin has recovered a bit, and altcoin prices have stabilized. Is the status quo sustainable, or is there more downside ahead? Option Insight's Imran Lakha joins Real Vision's Ash Bennington to discuss Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the trajectory of the cryptocurrency market. Under one scenario defined by Elliott Wave theory, Lakha has identified potential downside targets of $20,000 and $1,000 for Bitcoin and Ethereum, respectively. Imran also walks Ash through the crypto options markets, explaining the significance of realized and implied volatility, term structures, put skews, and option flows. What kinds of trades can we make using this volatility data? And how is Imran playing this downturn? He answers these questions and more in today's episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transparency. Efficiency. Innovation. These are just a few of the many reasons why Chris Sullivan believes crypto has so much promise. He joins Ash Bennington to talk about everything he’s building at Hyperion Decimus, and he also shares his thoughts on the industry’s long-term trajectory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What happened at a New York party when traditional art gallerist Adam Lindemann, the founder of Venus Over Manhattan, met Erick Calderon, the founder of Art Blocks and the creator of the Chromie Squiggles NFT collection? Adam and Erick come to it from different places, but they both recognize the potential of blockchain technology to open the world of art to “an entire new universe of collectors.” Here’s the old school and the new school coming together around a shared appreciation for the future. As Lindemann put it, “If Andy Warhol was alive today, he'd be the first one trying to make an NFT." Recorded on May 26, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Andrew Steinwold sees it, we can't expect people to change the way they transact based on arguments built around "blockchain transactions per second, staking, [and] down with the Fed." That’s not how to get them to understand and appreciate the value of crypto. On the other hand, fun things like "art, video games, and collectibles" will attract the masses and will pique their interest in this new digital world. NFTs, Steinwold explains to Sergio Silva, will be the thing that brings the people to the cryptoverse. Steinwold, managing partner at Sfermion, and Silva, an NFT collector and the sales director at Fireblocks, also talk about gamers, a slowing economy’s potential to affect Web3 investment, and the crypto industry’s future. Recorded on May 25, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It looks like Bitcoin is recovering from its recent steep sell-off, but many investors fear this could be a short-lived bounce. That reflects a broader market still assessing the damage done by the epic failure of the so-called algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD and its sister token Luna. As Terra’s founders try to revive the project, questions about lessons learned and security abound. Leslie Lamb, chief marketing officer at CoinFLEX, and Ari Redbord, head of legal and government affairs at TRM Labs, join Real Vision’s Ash Bennington and Marco Olivera to talk about lingering fallout from the Terra meltdown, Tether’s controversial modus operandi, and the latest buzz about mergers and acquisitions in the crypto space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ethereum gas fees are high. Unless costs of using the network can be controlled, the dream of an open and user-owned internet is a fantasy. Are layer 2 scaling solutions the answer? Andrew Cahill and Saurabh Deshpande of The Block join Real Vision's Ash Bennington to discuss their recent research report on what could be the key to widespread adoption. Ethereum has made major strides in the past few years, settling trillions of dollars’ worth of transactions, comparable to Visa, Mastercard, and Paypal. But the network is too expensive for the average user. The way Cahill sees it, Ethereum is still "a platform for the 'one percent.'" Cahill and Deshpande differentiate scaling solutions and also discuss the upcoming Ethereum merge. Which scaling solutions are best? Will the merge bring down costs? Cahill and Deshpande answer these questions and many more. Recorded on May 24, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two complementary industries, music and crypto, are becoming more intermingled by the day. Jack Spallone, head of crypto at HIFI Labs, joins Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Delphi Digital, to provide an insider look. Hailing from the recording industry, Spallone has thought a lot about this intersection we see today with crypto. There are countless ways in which the transition to a more decentralized internet, Web 3.0, can manifest new avenues for musical artists to curate their followings and earn revenue. Spallone and Kelly dive into these various avenues—from “Label DAOs” to social token community funds. This video is another installment of Kevin Kelly’s journey into Social Tokens, DAOs, & the Ownership Economy Revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The future of investing is decentralized, democratized, and community-driven. The co-founders of Syndicate, Ian Lee and Will Papper, sit down with Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Delphi Digital, to provide a behind-the-scenes look into the brand-new "social network of investing" they are building on Web 3.0. Lee and Papper foresee DAOs outcompeting corporations and potentially replacing governments. They also illustrate why investment DAOs at Syndicate will upend traditional investing models. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the regular Saturday hang, where Real Vision's Elaine Ly talks to the people who make the NFT world go round. Today she chats with Zoë Davis, who was once a co-worker but has become a bestie because of near-daily conversations about NFT projects. Elaine and Zoë compare notes on navigating a fast-moving market, with new projects dotting the calendar, and how to discern good projects from bad ones. It’s like you’re a fly on the wall for a personal virtual shopping spree as Zoë and Elaine gab about their adventures in the NFT marketplace. Hard to imagine how far Zoë’s come from figuring out how to buy Bitcoin to buying and selling NFTs on the daily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s "rudimentary" to have a digital wallet, according to engineer and founder of BEASY (“Blockchain Made Easy”) Bob Kramich. In conversation with COSIMO co-founder and managing partner Rob Frasca, Kramich breaks down the NFT ecosystem and describes how to build a business model and a brand within it. In five years’ time, says Kramich, “We're gonna forget what an NFT is. We're just gonna say, here's my digital asset, here's my authentification, here's my access rights. We'll move on from NFTs acting as stores of value to more utility benefits." Recorded on May 24, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Has Bitcoin bottomed? What about altcoins? If not, where lie the lows? Ben Cowen, CEO of Into The Cryptoverse, joins Real Vision's Ash Bennington to talk about the state of the crypto market. Technical indicators suggest Bitcoin is in a bear market, but it remains the most resilient cryptocurrency. As Ben sees it, “Confidence in the altcoin market has shattered." And he expects "valuations to bleed for many months to come." Ben walks Ash through recent and historical price action, on-chain data, and social metrics to establish his point of view. He also introduces a new technical indicator, "BTC Terminal Price," which helps spot major tops and bottoms. The way Ben reads it, Bitcoin could fall further from here. Recorded on May 23, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In normal times, Bitcoin's recent sideways action wouldn’t be newsworthy. But we're far from normal right now. Volatility is rampant across financial asset classes, while crypto continues to roil in the aftermath of the Terra/Luna meltdown. At the same time, the stability of the world’s No. 1 crypto bears a closer look. CoinFlex Chief Marketing Officer Leslie Lamb joins Real Vision’s Paul Guerra and Ash Bennington to talk about recent price action in the crypto market, growing anger and proliferating investigations into the people behind Terra, the state of the wider stablecoin market, and the U.S. regulatory landscape as lawmakers move closer to introducing legislation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Blockchain startups and TradFi companies face many challenges when they choose to enter the cryptoverse. To build an ecosystem capable of supporting mass adoption requires companies with the proper fintech tools and the knowledge to use them properly. One of those companies is Prime Trust, which offers an all-in-one financial infrastructure service to solve issues like custody, compliance, payment settlement, API documentation, and many more. Prime Trust CFO Rodrigo Vicuna joins Real Vision’s Ash Bennington to talk about how such functionalities are essential to scaling successful crypto companies. Vicuna also shares his thoughts on liquidity, best execution, and retail misconceptions. Recorded on May 17, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Have you ever wondered what it will take to get to a billion crypto users? That’s widespread adoption. And it’s easier said than done. As CMT Digital’s Sam Hallene sees it, blockchain gaming projects can make it happen. Of course, it will take major investment. But there are viable models. Among the fastest-growing markets in terms of blockchain adoption are Argentina, the Philippines, and Nigeria, where people earn extra income by playing games like Axie Infinity. These are young, tech-savvy populations particularly open to crypto. Sam joins Real Vision’s Ash Bennington for a deep dive into Axie Infinity and other blockchain games, focusing on what makes projects stand out. Sam also shares his thoughts on currency and political risks when it comes to investing in emerging markets. Recorded on May 5, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here's a full-length episode from Real Vision's new original series, Raoul Pal: Real Vision - be sure to subscribe. Christopher Tyrer, Head of Fidelity Digital Assets Europe, joins Raoul to break down the institutional adoption of crypto and shares how the process is similar to the growth of commodity markets back in the early 2000s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inventor and entrepreneur Alex Mashinsky joins Ash Bennington to talk about his newest venture, the Celsius Network, and how it’s disrupting the financial services industry. In a compelling conversation, Mashinsky also shares his thoughts on the future of crypto and describes his fascinating emigration from Ukraine to the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There's a narrative in the crypto space that digital assets are uncorrelated to other markets. In fact, the opposite is true. Francis Hunt returns to analyze Bitcoin's price action relative to forex markets, bonds, and U.S. equities. We could see a brief rally, but we're still in a "risk-off environment," says Hunt. "Do not become overly aggressive to the bullish side. People are going to call this bottom one cycle too soon." But it's not all doom and gloom from The Market Sniper. Hunt believes Federal Reserve policy is driving U.S. dollar strength, so he's trading the greenback. He walks Real Vision's Ash Bennington through his forex trades, noting that forex markets have been "the new crypto markets." Recorded on May 17, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s no bigger story in the cryptocurrency space right now than the meltdown of Terra’s stablecoin UST and its sister token LUNA. The challenge now is to understand what it could mean for the broader market. And that’s Topic No. 1 for the first episode of Real Vision Crypto Unwrapped, a new live show airing every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. ET. Leslie Lamb, the chief marketing officer of CoinFlex, joins Weston Nakamura and Nico Brugge of Real Vision for a deep dive into what we’ve learned since UST de-pegged from the U.S. dollar and what may unfold in coming months, including negative repercussions as well as some potentially positive developments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Where did Web2 end? Where does Web3 begin? Where’s the overlap? With things moving so fast it all seems like a blur, this conversation between Jeff Kauffman and Mathew Sweezey is an opportunity to slow things down and get to know the metaverse. Kauffman, founder of JUMP and Parachute, talks to Sweezey, co-founder of Salesforce Web3 Studio, about how the world’s biggest CRM software company is branding and marketing itself for the new paradigm. Sweezey and Kauffman talk about how companies can adapt to meta-native consumers, the monetization of social media, and the overall utility of blockchain-based solutions. Recorded on May 16, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The price of Ethereum has dropped significantly over the past 12 months. But, as longtime investor and community member Ryan Berckmans says, "Ethereum is still in its awkward teenage years and is now moving to adulthood." Berckmans joins Real Vision’s Ash Bennington to talk about how blockchain will disrupt e-commerce, the upcoming merge, and how crypto represents the rediscovery of traditional economic connections. Recorded on May 10, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Times are rough out there in the NFT market. But Meta Angels are serious builders who create unique experiences for their holders. It starts with direct dialogue with community members in the “wishing well.” It leads to launches like Angel Labs, a 10-week accelerator for experienced operators launching NFT-enabled businesses. And it includes dropping their own marketplace for their collection. This is the kind of team and the kind of Web3 ecosystem that helps us cut through the fog of this bear market to a not-so-distant future of growth and development. There’s no question the market is at a serious low. But, speaking with Real Vision's Elaine Ly, co-founder Allyson Downey and Sarana Haeta (who works under the artist name Aslan Ruby) say investing in NFTs takes a long-term view. “This is an incredibly volatile space,” notes Downey. “You can't be in it if you don't have a strong stomach." Recorded on May 9, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here's a full-length episode from Real Vision's new original series, Raoul Pal: Real Vision - be sure to subscribe. New York Times best-selling author and screenwriter, Ben Mezrich, joins Raoul Pal to discuss his new screenplay centered around the world of NFT’s and Web 3.0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DARMA Capital Co-founder and Managing Partner, Andrew Keys, talks about how creating software for the medical industry led to his early investment in Ether. Keys joins Ash Bennington to discuss how he helped build and what his vision is for the future of blockchain technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this special episode, Raoul Pal joins Ash Bennington to provide an update from Raoul on just what he thinks amid the turmoil in cryptocurrency markets. Raoul and Ash touch on everything, including recent price action, the TerraUSD de-peg, and Luna’s crash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crypto capital markets platform Maple Finance seeks to serve growing and innovative companies that are in need of capital but can’t get it from traditional lenders. It offers undercollateralized lending infrastructure for institutional lenders and corporate borrowers. Co-founder and CEO Sidney Powell joins Ben Whitby, who oversees regulatory affairs at Qredo, to explain how to use blockchain to aggregate capital and to program the distribution and use of money. It’s basically an alternative to traditional technology like the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) system. Maple’s platform is one of only a few DeFi lending protocols that conforms with required Know Your Customer/Anti-Money Laundering (KYC/AML) standards, a key feature that may attract more institutional attention. Recorded on April 20, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Where’s the support for Bitcoin, and what happens if that level fails to hold? Crypto analyst and trader Rekt Capital returns to offer his technical take on the steep retracement for the world’s No. 1 cryptocurrency. Rekt is paying attention to what he calls the “macro range low” because it's "the bulls' last stand." If it’s lost, we’ll likely see a macro distribution phase, where sellers dominate the market. This scenario suggests months of downside before a final capitulation event precedes the next accumulation phase. How low might Bitcoin go in this circumstance? And what's Rekt's strategy? He answers those questions and talks about a lot more with Real Vision’s Ash Bennington. Recorded on May 9, 2022. Follow Rekt Capital on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rektcapital. Join the Rekt Capital Newsletter: https://rektcapital.substack.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The people working in DeFi are reimagining the delivery of a key set of human services on-chain. One of them, Ryan Hanley, is Head of Product – DeFi at Elwood Technologies. Ryan joins Qredo's Ben Whitby to talk about why more institutions are allocating capital to this new way of doing business and how Elwood is designing its trading infrastructure to meet rising demand for digital assets. Ryan and Ben also discuss recent developments around custody and “know your customer” compliance, and they explore the privacy risks of storing user data. Although novel because of the newness of the technology, these are all relatively routine steps when it comes to the legal aspects of creating a new industry. Though there’s still more work to be done to make widespread institutional adoption a reality, Hanley is hopeful. As he notes, DeFi will thrive as regulation proceeds and institutions grow more comfortable with crypto’s underlying concepts. Recorded on March 29, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The gaming industry is huge. What happens when a new technology disrupts its entire architecture? Do top developers understand how to build on-chain? Are the people creating the token economy focused on user experience? San Francisco-based Framework Ventures has recently raised another $400 million to move the GameFi industry forward along new lines defined by blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs. Real Vision’s Ash Bennington catches up with co-founders Michael Anderson and Vance Spencer, who say the industry is evolving quickly. Indeed, Web3 could be “extinction-level for a lot of folks in venture today.” Recorded on May 3, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Real Vision senior editor Ash Bennington welcomes Kevin Chou, founder & CEO of Rally, and Hugh Hendry, founder of Eclectica Asset Management, to discuss how Rally is using tokenization to create an ecosystem for content creators. From live music to gaming, Rally is building a community of various content creators who are chosen and vetted by Rally token holders democratically. Chou, Hendry, and Bennington dive into the intricacies of the Rally network and how Chou's background in gaming shaped its creation. Filmed on June 22, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Financial journalist Cami Russo, breaks down what initially drew her to cover the ever-growing crypto market. Russo joins Ash to discuss how all of this led her to create The Defiant, and touches on the future of cryptocurrencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A reformed lawyer, Liquity founder Robert Lauko met Vitalik Buterin in 2015 in Switzerland. After that fateful encounter, Lauko decided to dedicate his professional time to developing crypto projects. His first venture is a decentralized borrowing protocol with DNA similar to MakerDAO’s but with the Ethereum blockchain as its base layer. Among its intriguing set of incentives, Liquity offers borrowers the opportunity to pay an up-front fee rather than an interest rate over time. Its ability to operate with lower collateralization requirements compared to other protocols is ensured by an efficient liquidation mechanism. This mechanism is based on a stability pool underpinned by its proprietary stablecoin, LUSD. Lauko breaks down LUSD’s functionality, focusing on its different incentives for borrowers and lenders, and explains why Ether backing and redeemability make it special. Recorded on April 11, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What does inflation being at a 40-year high mean for crypto? After the gas war, is Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Otherside metaverse really going to move chains? And what does Elon’s latest Twitter troll mean for the BAYC and NFTs in general? The Defiant’s Robin Schmidt joins Real Vision’s Ash Bennington to break down all that and more. Robin and Ash also touch on Solana, Bitcoin, and whether we’re in crypto’s version of the dot-com bust. Recorded on May 4, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices