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digital securities / STOdigital transformationenterprise blockchainexchanges / cap mkts
·May. 28, 2021

The software stack powering Capital Markets and its coming transformation, with Horacio Barakat of Broadridge

In this conversation, we geek out with Horacio Barakat, who serves as the Head of Digital Innovation for Capital Markets and the Head of DLT for the Repo Platform of Broadridge, about digital transformation, capital markets, and the role of blockchain in the institutional part of the financial industry.

Additionally, we explore the embedded complexities of capital markets and how fundamental they are to the smooth functioning of our economy, determining the growth of companies, and funding expansion. Touching on everything from the engine that powers capital markets, how that engine has evolved to becoming computational, and lastly how companies like Broadridge are leading the deep work going on in making that engine better.

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Cryptoexchanges / cap mktsmacroeconomicsphilosophyventure capital
·May. 24, 2021

Bitcoin price falling doesn’t mean what Paul Krugman claims

This week, we cover these ideas:

  • That absurd Paul Krugman article about Bitcoin. Also Jim Cramer has things to say about financial regulation.

  • If all the prices are down, which they are, does that mean that everything is bad and wrong?

  • How timing is a personal financial planning problem, not a market value problem

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DAOsdecentralized financefixed incomemicroeconomics
·May. 21, 2021

Rob Leshner of Compound on creating a multi-billion DeFi lending protocol, and innovation under constraint

In this conversation, we talk with Robert Leshner of The Compound Protocol about the early days of crypto and how a fascination with Ethereum smart contracts drove him to build one of the largest DeFi projects to date.

Additionally, we explore the nuances of lending and interest rates, consumer privacy software and data monetization, floating interest rate pools of capital across different token pairs, DAO evolution and its influence on mechanism design, the role Compound plays in chain interoperability, and the discovery of yield farming as a means for user incentivisation.

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decentralized financeentrepreneurshipexchanges / cap mktsIPO / SPACmonetization / commercialpaytech
·May. 17, 2021

Marqeta’s $300MM of revenue & Ethereum’s $20B in ann. transaction fees highlight opportunity and industry structure

This week, we cover these ideas:

  • How market structure determines the types of companies and projects that succeed

  • A walk through Marqeta’s economics and business model, and how Square’s Cash App and DoorDash were needed for success

  • The emerging $10B transaction revenue pool on Ethereum, MEV, and the changes to mining and gas

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DAOsentrepreneurshipmonetization / commercialphilosophyventure capital
·May. 10, 2021

Lessons from Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, Galaxy Digital, and the emerging DAOs for building a Fintech empire

This week, we cover these ideas:

  • The difference between building a Fintech company, and building an empire to transform the world

  • How Warren Buffett is the best in the world at getting leverage through third party capital to grow

  • How Elon Musk is the best in the world at re-investing capital into his own judgment and view of the future

  • The $1.2B BitGo acquisition by Galaxy Digital, and the growing footprint of Alameda Research

  • DAOs as a way for all of us to participate

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Cryptoidentity and privacyMetaverse / xRNFTs and digital objects
·May. 7, 2021

Decentralized Identity and the Metaverse, with Michael Sena of The Ceramic Network

In this conversation, we talk with Michael Sena of uPort, 3Box Labs, and The Ceramic Network about web3.0, decentralized identity, and the various standards that he has been implicit in creating. Additionally, we explore the nuances around data ownership and identity, the journey from founding uPort to now 3Box and the Ceramic network and how the practical implementation of these ideas has changed as the decentralized web has changed from Web2.0 to Web3.0, and conclude on how the metaverse will be composed of decentralized identity and the protocols on which it travels.

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DAOsMetaverse / xRNFTs and digital objectsvisual art
·May. 3, 2021

The top 5 NFT trends for 2021, and current state of the NFT market

This week, we discuss the current state of the NFT markets, and our top 5 trends for NFTs beyond the initial hype:

  • Incumbent media NFTs and enterprise IP networks

  • Programmatic and generative art, and the blockchain medium

  • Digital Museums, DAOs, and the growth of the Metaverse

  • What it means to own the NFT: IPFS and multi chain support

  • Integration into DeFi and traditional portfolio management

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eCommercepaytechsmall business
·Apr. 30, 2021

Scaling B2B cross-border payments and the competition between global payment rails, with Marwan Forzley of Veem

In this conversation, we talk with Marwan Forzley of Veem about how the rampant evolution of the mobile phone spurred his fascination to turn the phone into a business-to-business (B2B) payments network. Additionally, we explore how generations of companies have tried to use correspondent banking to solve for B2B cross border and failed, the intricacies of payment rails and the infrastructure to support them, the impact of COVID on global e-commerce, how the future will blend the distinctions between digital wallets, banking services, and crypto wallets.

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financial advisorsgenerational changeInvestingroboadvisorSocial / Community
·Apr. 26, 2021

What TikTok’s GenZ financial influencers mean for RIAs, wealthtech, and financial advice

This week, we look at:

  • TikTok has become a platform with billions of views for investing and stock recommendations to teens. This emotional and persuasive labor can be traced from Jim Cramer to Roaring Kitty.

  • 78% of Millennials (vs. 31% of Boomers) plan to use more digital tools in wealth management and 81% of them think that technology has made investing more efficient (vs. 61% Boomers)

  • This generational change has implications for investing technology, digital wallets, and the role of people in the financial advice process

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DAOsdecentralized financemacroeconomicsstablecoins
·Apr. 23, 2021

Building the foundational money DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) in DeFi, with Rune Christensen of Maker Foundation

In this conversation, we talk with Rune Christensen of Maker Foundation about how he became one of the most influential builders in the DeFi ecosystem. Additionally, we explore the creation, experiences, and evolution of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), the nuances of stablecoins, the interaction between Maker and DeFi with traditional finance and traditional economies, and Maker’s approach to leveraging layer 2 solutions to aiding scalability and transaction throughput.

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