Events in crypto take place at warp speed. This weekly crypto podcast reveals how the marquee names in crypto are reacting to the week’s top headlines. With host Laura Shin, the guests also discuss what they’re thinking about these days and reveal what they believe is on the horizon in crypto. Disclosure: I'm a nocoiner.
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Girl Gone Crypto: How These Wildly Entertaining Crypto Videos Get Made - Ep.165
Episode 165
Friday, February 19, 2021 • Duration 41:49
Lea Thompson, aka Girl Gone Crypto, talks about what goes into producing her popular “The Crypto Minute” vlog, what initially got her into crypto, and her recent decision to quit her day job and go full time crypto. In this episode we discuss:
what “The Crypto Minute” is all about, and all the crypto video content she produces (2:37)
how Lea comes up with creative content such as wearing a whale costume to portray Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor (5:04)
how long it actually takes to create “The Crypto Minute” (6:36)
what goes into producing “The Crypto Minute” and which family member is behind the camera (7:05)
the biggest challenges Lea faces when creating her videos and how she decides which stories make the final cut (8:56)
Lea’s favorite bloopers including, but not limited to, rug pulls, sushi, an Amazon money printer, and a few fake $100 bills (10:28)
how Girl Gone Crypto fell down the crypto rabbit hole and why her ukulele skills were instrumental to her crypto journey (12:54)
the time when JK Rowling tweeted about Bitcoin, resulting in Lea’s viral “A Muggle’s Guide to Bitcoin” video (17:31)
what type of crypto content works best on different social media platforms such as Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok (20:00)
when Girl Gone Crypto stopped being a hobby and how it is going now that Lea is full-time crypto (21:46)
how Lea is trying to educate people about crypto in a simple and approachable way… one ninja suit at time (22:34)
Crypto News Recap (26:12)
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Episode links:
Lea Thompson: https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto
Her YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GirlGoneCrypto
Her TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@girlgone_crypto?source=h5_m
Lea's personal website: https://www.lealovescrypto.com/
Video Examples
2020 Year in Review… News Vlog Style: https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto/status/1344384717466914817?s=20
A Muggle’s Guide to Bitcoin: https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto/status/1261445010832015361?s=20
Hardware Wallets Explained: https://twitter.com/girlgone_crypto/status/1329580439820849153?s=20
Miscellaneous Information
Fair Use: https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/more-info.html
Money Printer: https://www.amazon.com/Printing-Machine-Magician-Close-Up-Accessories/dp/B07XRBDCL8
Link to the Crypto News Recap:
https://unchainedpodcast.com/a-300k-btc-by-eoy/
Beeple on How and Why He Raked In $3.5 Million - Ep.156
Episode 156
Friday, December 18, 2020 • Duration 35:20
Mike Winkelmann, the digital artist also known as Beeple who has made an artwork every day for over 13 years, talks about the NFT auctions he held last weekend, after learning about crypto two months ago. In the show, he discusses:
how he got into crypto two months ago, and made $3.5 million in NFT auctions last weekend
how the objects on sale were more than just jpegs and what physical objects came with the NFTs
what types of auctions he had, and why some pieces were available for $1 apiece
how he previously made money as a digital artist
how he believes digital artists will be able to make money in the future
why people would pay to own an NFT if they can just get a digital file of the art
why he incorporated physical objects into his sale
whether or not this model would work for artists with smaller followings than he has, with his 1.7 million Instagram followers
what his relationship was with the collector who paid $777,777 for the final piece sold in the auction
why he chose Nifty Gateway among all the NFT sites
how NFTs could also change business models for other types of creators besides visual artists
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Crypto.com: http://crypto.com
Episode links:
Mike Winkelmann: https://twitter.com/beeple
Video for auction: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIlNe6MAwVX/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
Instagram video showing the digital art displays: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CIrMctwgfJ1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Coverage of auctions:
https://www.delphidigital.io/reports/beeple-shatters-crypto-art-records-across-the-board/
https://cryptobriefing.com/digital-art-auction-raises-record-million/
https://decrypt.co/51270/beeple-nft-sale
https://twitter.com/niftygateway/status/1338268375156482050?s=20
Rapper Lil Yachty's NFT sale: https://www.coindesk.com/lil-yachty-collectible-fetches-16k-in-latest-string-of-high-profile-nft-auctions
Link to the Crypto News Recap:
https://unchainedpodcast.com/3-btc-price-targets/
Why Has MakerDAO's Dai Struggled to Keep Its Dollar Peg? - Ep.066
Episode 66
Friday, March 29, 2019 • Duration 23:12
Ryan Todd and Matteo Leibowitz, research analysts at The Block, discuss why Dai has fallen below $1 in price, how the community has attempted to keep it pegged to $1 and how well that's been working. They also describe what the governance system looks like, how high participation is, and whether or not that's decentralized. And since 2% of al, ETH is locked up in Maker CDPs and Dai is the fuel behind the DeFi movement, we look at what type of role and risk it plays in Ethereum and the overall DeFi system.
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Episode links:
Matteo Leibowitz: https://twitter.com/teo_leibowitz
Ryan Todd: https://twitter.com/_RJTodd
The Block: https://twitter.com/theblock__
March 15 governance call report: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/03/15/makerdao-governance-risk-call-march-14-stability-fee-hike-post-mortem/
March 21 governance call report: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/03/22/makerdao-governance-call-march-14-despite-0-75-supply-decrease-dai-continues-to-trade-down/
Unchained interview with Rune Christensen of MakerDAO, part 1: https://unchainedpodcast.com/rune-christensen-of-makerdao-part-1-how-to-keep-a-crypto-collateralized-stablecoin-afloat/
Unchained interview with Rune Christensen of MakerDAO, part 2: https://unchainedpodcast.com/rune-christensen-of-makerdao-part-2-how-dai-stayed-at-1-while-eth-crashed-from-1400-to-85/
Unconfirmed podcast with Rune Christensen of MakerDAO on its investment of $15 million from a16z: https://unchainedpodcast.com/rune-christensen-of-makerdao-on-its-15-million-from-andreessen-horowitz-ep-039/
Unchained podcast on why it's so hard to keep stablecoins stable: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-its-so-hard-to-keep-stablecoins-stable/
Unconfirmed interview with Uniswap, another DeFi project the utilizes Dai: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-uniswap-quickly-became-one-of-the-most-popular-dexes/
Unconfirmed interview on earning money on collateral in DeFi: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-to-earn-money-on-collateral-in-defi-and-why-thats-risky/
Why Ethereum 2.0 Could Fail and How It Could Be Fixed - Ep.065
Episode 65
Friday, March 22, 2019 • Duration 28:52
Delphi Digital recently released a report on Ethereum's short- and long-term prospects. It showed why there's been such high selling pressure on Ethereum, plus dived deeply into the economics of Ethereum 2.0, concluding that the current proposal leaves Ethereum with a shaky future. Medio Demarco and Yan Liberman, cofounders of Delphi, discuss how they think Ethereum could change its issuance in order to ensure the security of the network from the start and why the current plan will make validating transactions appealing only to the altruistically minded and malicious actors. Plus, we discuss the problem of velocity and utility vs. token price.
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Episode links:
Delphi Digital: https://www.delphidigital.io
Medio Demarco: https://twitter.com/mediodelphi
Yan Liberman: https://twitter.com/YanLiberman
Delphi Digital's Ethereum report: https://www.delphidigital.io/ethereum
The Unchained interview with Vitalik will be released in full next week on Unchainedpodcast.com!
How Uniswap Quickly Became One of the Most Popular Dexes - Ep.064
Episode 64
Friday, March 15, 2019 • Duration 28:54
Hayden Adams, founder of the new decentralized exchange Uniswap, discusses how Uniswap differs from a traditional exchange based on order books, how market the contract determines the price of the tokens, and how market making on Uniswap is similar, in terms of payment, to participating in a mining pool. He covers under which conditions it is that a market maker will earn profit, what fees go toward in Uniswap, and how the contract functions as the dollar values of each token in a liquidity pair fluctuate. He describes how Uniswap quickly became one of the biggest decentralized exchanges on Ethereum since its launch in November, why gas fees are lower on Uniswap than other dexes, and how new tokens get listed on Uniswap. Plus, he talks about what regulatory risk he faces, how he plans to make money off the dex, and what he thinks of the idea that Dan Elitzer described in last week's Unconfirmed — people using the Uniswap liquidity pair tokens as collateral for loans.
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CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed
Episode links:
Uniswap: https://uniswap.io
Uniswap on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UniswapExchange
Hayden: https://twitter.com/haydenzadams
Explanations of Uniswap:
High level overview by Cyrus Younessi of Scalar Capital: https://medium.com/scalar-capital/uniswap-a-unique-exchange-f4ef44f807bf
Another by Ross Bulat: https://medium.com/@rossbulat/uniswap-understanding-the-decentralised-ethereum-exchange-5ee5d7878996
Analysis of Uniswap on Token Daily: https://www.tokendaily.co/blog/pnl-analysis-of-uniswap-market-making
The posts by Vitalik Buterin that Hayden used to create Uniswap:
On Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/55m04x/lets_run_onchain_decentralized_exchanges_the_way/
The comment by Vitalik near the top of this blog post about Bancor: http://hackingdistributed.com/2017/06/19/bancor-is-flawed/
Blog post by Vitalik: https://vitalik.ca/general/2017/06/22/marketmakers.html
Unconfirmed episode with Dan Elitzer on superfluid collateral and Uniswap liquidity pair tokens being used as collateral: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-to-earn-money-on-collateral-in-defi-and-why-thats-risky/
Venue Announcement for Unchained Live
Sunday, March 10, 2019 • Duration 02:38
Get your tickets now for Unchained Live with Vitalik Buterin! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unchained-live-with-vitalik-buterin-tickets-56189456176
It will take place March 20th at 6pm at Columbia Journalism School in the Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall. Hope to see you there!
How to Earn Money on Collateral in DeFi — and Why That's Risky - Ep.063
Episode 63
Friday, March 8, 2019 • Duration 26:41
Dan Elitzer, investor at IDEO CoLab Ventures, describes a concept he describes as superfluid collateral made possible in the decentralized finance space. We talk about which DeFi projects make this possible, how one can make collateral liquid so that interest can be earned from it, and what kinds of tokens could both serve as debt and earn interest. (Surprisingly, even trading pairs, particularly on the Uniswap decentralized exchange, which exist as tokens, can do so!) Based on the growth of Uniswap and DeFi, there's more than $300 million in collateral on Ethereum, causing Dan to make a prediction that Uniswap pool shares could serve as collateral for millions of dollars in loans within months. However, he admits that such a system could be risky, and discusses how he thinks such risks should be managed.
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Episode links:
Dan Elitzer: https://twitter.com/delitzer
IDEO CoLab Ventures: https://www.ideocolab.com/ventures/
Dan's Medium post, Superfluid Collateral in Open Finance: https://tokeneconomy.co/superfluid-collateral-in-open-finance-8c3db15efac
MakerDAO interview Part 1: https://unchainedpodcast.com/rune-christensen-of-makerdao-part-1-how-to-keep-a-crypto-collateralized-stablecoin-afloat/
MakerDAO interview Part 2: https://unchainedpodcast.com/rune-christensen-of-makerdao-part-2-how-dai-stayed-at-1-while-eth-crashed-from-1400-to-85/
Unchained interview about Compound: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-youll-earn-interest-on-your-crypto-with-compound-ep-82/
Unchained interview about Dharma protocol: https://unchainedpodcast.com/nadav-hollander-on-how-dharma-could-create-new-forms-of-debt-ep-80/
Unchained interview about 0x: https://unchainedpodcast.com/will-warren-of-0x-on-why-decentralized-exchanges-are-the-future/
Uniswap: https://uniswap.io
After Massive Layoffs and Losses, What Are Bitmain's Future Prospects? - Ep.062
Episode 62
Friday, March 1, 2019 • Duration 23:45
Blockstream chief strategy officer Samson Mow, who used to work at a competitor to Bitmain, discusses the recent news that the crypto mining manufacturer suffered a $500 million loss in the third quarter of 2018. He talks about possible reasons, including difficulties in selling its most recent miner and its stockpile of Bitcoin Cash, which has dropped more precipitously than Bitcoin during the last year. We also cover the extensive layoffs that the company has undergone in recent months, the shakeup in company leadership and what the prospects are for its IPO filing.
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Episode links:
Samson Mow: https://twitter.com/Excellion
Bitmain: https://bitmain.com
CoinDesk article on Bitmain's Q3 loss: https://www.coindesk.com/mining-giant-bitmain-posts-500-million-loss-in-ipo-financial-filing
CoinDesk on Bitmain's original IPO plans: https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-unicorn-bitmain-weighs-18-billion-ipo-one-of-worlds-largest
CoinDesk on Bitmain layoffs: https://www.coindesk.com/layoffs-underway-amid-business-adjustments-bitcoin-miner-bitmain-confirms
Dovey Wan on the layoffs: https://twitter.com/DoveyWan/status/1076717693087080448
Dovey on Jihan launching a spinoff: https://twitter.com/DoveyWan/status/1100002158261428225
Unchained episode on Asia with Dovey Wan and Eric Meltzer of Primitive Ventures: https://unchainedpodcast.com/asia-edition-mining-a-crypto-yuan-and-the-two-main-reasons-the-chinese-are-interested-in-crypto-ep-102/
How AirTM Hopes to Get Venezuelans to Use Cryptocurrency - Ep.061
Episode 61
Friday, February 22, 2019 • Duration 31:30
Ruben Galindo Steckel, cofounder and CEO of AirTM, describes how his companies enables everyday Venezuelans the ability to escape the hyperinflation in their currency, the bolivar, to save in U.S. dollar accounts. He also describes how the company creates its own exchange rate, and why that got them in trouble with the Venezuelan government. He also describes a campaign the company is waging, AirdropVenezuela, an attempt to raise $1 million in cryptocurrency to give to everyday Venezuelans for educational purposes and to use. He explains how Venezuelans can use crypto today and why they are raising money even in obscure coins.
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CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed
Episode Links:
AirTM: https://www.airtm.com/#/
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/AirtmInc
Airdrop Venezuela: https://airdropvenezuela.org
Planet Money episode on AirTM: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/08/03/635521893/episode-858-venezuelas-fugitive-money-traders
AirTM's blog post about AirdropVenezuela: https://blog.airtm.io/en/uniting-the-crypto-community-for-venezuela/
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