Crypto
4 min readDec 4, 2018
- Venture Stories: Live Episode: The Present and Future of Crypto with Naval Ravikant and Balaji Srinivasan. This episode features both Naval Ravikant, who is the founder of Angel List, and Balaji Srinivasan, who is the CTO of Coinbase. They have a wide-ranging conversation that covers the basics of crypto and blockchain, comparing bitcoin and blockchain, the history of money, comparing bitcoin to gold, and wrap with different applications for crypto. [November 16, 2018–1 hour, 4 minutes] iTunes Podcast| Spotify | Overcast | Stitcher | Website Link
- Invest Like The Best: Saifedean Ammous — The Bitcoin Standard. Ammous is the author of The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking. This was a great conversation about crypto — and they didn’t discuss bitcoin or crypto specifically for the first 20 minutes. The conversation revolved around the concept of money, the idea of your current self vs. your future self, the gold standard, and some of the major positives of bitcoin (finite amount and difficult to change) .[October 8, 2018–1 hour, 9 minutes] iTunes Podcast| Spotify | Overcast | Stitcher | Website Link
- Off The Chain with Anthony Pompliano: Downtown Josh Brown: Where Does Crypto Fit in Your Portfolio. Brown is the CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management and has a large following on Twitter (Downtown Josh Brown) his blog, The Reformed Broker. Brown and Pompliano discuss Brown’s unique background, what he speaks about at conferences in regard to crypto, and how advisors should approach conversations with their clients when asked about crypto. They wrap the conversation with Josh talking about growing his Twitter following and his experience blogging. [October 10, 2018–1 hour, 8 minutes] iTunes Podcast| Overcast | Website Link
- Invest Like The Best: Ryan Selkis (@twobitidiot) — The Crypto Barbell and Token Curated Securities. Ryan gives a very realistic perspective on crypto the entire episode. The conversation goes through a basic overview of crypto and his barbell to categorize crypto assets, the need for more transparency in the crypto ecosystem, views on ICO’s and his new venture Messari. [August 7, 2018–56 minutes] iTunes Podcast | Spotify| Overcast | Stitcher | Website Link
- Capital Allocators: Stephen McKeon — Professor of Crypto Security Tokens. McKeon is a professor at the University of Oregon with a focus on finance, M&A, security issuance, and the topic of the majority of this episode, cryptoassets. McKeon starts with his background and how his time spent working at a drone company while regulations were created has helped him see how regulations may roll out regarding cryptoassets. McKeon provides great insight into what the future of traditional asset tokenization could look like and how they could provide a lot of value going forward. [September 17, 2018–1 hour, 9 minutes] iTunes Podcast| Spotify | Overcast | Stitcher | Website Link
- Off the Chain: Travis Kling: The Secrets of a Crypto Trader. Guest Travis Kling is the founder and CIO at Ikigai Asset Management, an investment firm focused on crypto assets. He previously was a portfolio manager at Point72 where he traded Long/Short Energy Equities. He provides a great perspective on crypto and explains why he left Point72 to focus his attention to crypto. He also gives us his thoughts on why he thinks crypto hasn’t bottomed out yet, and why it may be a good thing if that happens. [September 19, 2018–1 hour, 39 minutes] iTunes Podcast| Overcast | Website Link
- Off The Chain: Gabor Burbacs: What’s the Latest with the Bitcoin ETF? Everyone has been waiting for a Bitcoin/Crypto ETF to hit the market, but it hasn’t happened yet. Burbacs is the Director of Digital Asset Strategy at VanEck where he focuses on the Bitcoin ETF, and he is as good as anyone to talk about the topic. Their conversation covers why they are frustrated with the accreditation laws, how he sees the Bitcoin ETF coming to life, possibly using futures, and thoughts on the growth of retail crypto projects. [September 17, 2018–57 minutes] iTunes Podcast| Spotify | Overcast | Website Link
- Conversations with Tyler: 45 — Vitalik Buterin on Cryptoeconomics and Markets in Everything. This episode with the founder of Etherium is great and covers a lot of crypto topics. If listening to this 24 year old guest doesn’t humble you, I don’t what could. [July 18, 2018–53 minutes] iTunes Podcast | Overcast | SoundCloud | Stitcher | Website Link
- a16z Podcast: Cryptonetworks and Cities — Analogies. This episode explains the analogy that crypto networks are like cities [not individuals or firms], the idea of “shared myths” which is discussed in Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, the importance of trust within networks, and crypto’s incentive structure that allows for early adopters to benefit from the network’s future success. [July 31, 2018–38 minutes] iTunes Podcast | Overcast | SoundCloud | Stitcher | Website Link
- a16z Podcast: Cryptonetworks and Decentralization — Building Blocks. They mention Chris Dixon’s paper “Why Centralization Matters” and how freedom of ideas and capitalism drive advances in crypto and tech, how the acceptance timeline of the internet relates to crypto, & the value of a Stablecoin (coin that is pegged to the dollar or another currency). [July 31, 2018–46 minutes] iTunes Podcast | Overcast | SoundCloud | Stitcher | Website Link
- a16z Podcast: Decentralization and Crypto, the Big Picture. Topics discussed include the lightning network, why crypto provides proper incentives, hiring talent, raising money through ICO’s and IPO’s, and trying to control the narrative around crypto from just volatile price changes to the benefits of the underlying technology. [July 16, 2018–41 minutes] iTunes Podcast | Overcast | SoundCloud | Stitcher | Website Link
