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Base Layer Episode 018 - Linda Xie (Scalar Capital) Mar 27, 2019

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Linda Xie, Co-Founder of Scalar Capital joins Base Layer. We discuss her roles in traditional finance at AIG in risk management, moving to Coinbase in the "early days" to starting Scalar Capital. Linda is one of the most sought after investors and thought providers in crypto and this is one NOT to miss. We additionally talk about her focus on privacy in crypto and her new focus on "play" after reading the book Play.

Base Layer Episode 017 - Ryan John King (Co - Founder, FOAM) Mar 25, 2019

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Ryan joins us on Base Layer to discuss his company, FOAM, a project we've been watching for some time. The team created the Proof of Location protocol which empowers a permissionless and autonomous network of radio beacons, offering secure location services independent of external centralized sources such as GPS. We discuss their roll-out, their ability to work with other protocols and much more.

Base Layer Episode 016 - Dan Held (Interchange) Mar 19, 2019

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Dan Held from Interchange joins us on Base Layer for our "Bitcoin Classic" edition. Dan has years of experience with Bitcoin and talks at length about it's history, it's evolution and it's importance. If you're trying to learn more about Bitcoin this one is a good one to listen to. We also hit on Signal to Noise, talking to Dan about the news of the day. Great conversation!

Base Layer Episode 015 - Ryan Selkis (Founder & CEO, Messari) Mar 12, 2019

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Ryan Selkis joins us on Base Layer, an investor and builder in cryptoassets for the last 5 years. Ryan founded Messari which aims to provide Institutional Investors research, transparency and tools to better understand crypto from a fundamental standpoint. This was a great chat and also introduced our Signal to Noise segment addressing the news of the week to see what's "signal" and what's "noise".

Base Layer Episode 014 - Sharon Goldberg (Co - Founder, Arwen) Mar 04, 2019

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Sharon brings over a decade of expertise in network security and cryptography. She is also an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at Boston University, where her research focuses on securing the protocols that provide many of the global internet’s core functions. In light of the Quadriga scandal this conversation is incredibly important since Arwen's technology would have potentially prevented coin loss. This is sometimes a technical conversation, especially about atomic swaps, but Sharon breaks down complex issues brilliantly.

Base Layer Episode 013 - Jake Brukhman (Founder, Coinfund) Feb 18, 2019

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Jake Brukhman, Founder at Coinfund joins us on Base Layer for our twelfth episode to discuss generalized mining, the scalability issues in blockchain, what a future Facebook on blockchain could look like and the infrastructure needed, staking as a service and much more.

Base Layer Episode 012 - Arianna Simpson (Autonomous Partners) Feb 11, 2019

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Arianna Simpson joins us on Base Layer today; formerly at Facebook and BitGo, Arianna is a powerhouse in crypto. She is incredibly sought after as someone with knowledge of networks and the technology as well as an investor who's been focusing on crypto infrastructure before it became a narrative. This episode is one not to miss.

Base Layer Episode 011 - Andy Bromberg (President, CoinList) Feb 08, 2019

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Andy Bromberg, President of CoinList, drops by Base Layer in this episode to discuss the state of token sales, governance, the evolution of private deals that look more like traditional venture but also have tokeneconomics cooked in, STO's, his matrix for Taxonomy of cryptoassets, what he's reading and why and much more.

Base Layer Episode 010 - Craig Burel (Reciprocal Ventures) Feb 05, 2019

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Craig Burel from Reciprocal Ventures joins us for a conversation around the early days of investing in crypto infrastructure (0x, Radar Relay, Augur and much more) to STO's. He also shares with our listeners his thoughts on valuation, a topic many people in the ecosystem are grappling with daily. Craig has experience from Wall Street to start up's and now crypto - a lot to learn from this one!

Base Layer Episode 009 - Marc Bhargava And Kevin Johnson (Tagomi) Jan 31, 2019

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Marc & Kevin joined us on Base Layer, the founding team over at Tagomi which is building key infrastructure for the trading of digital assets. The team is incredibly strong which backgrounds from Union Square Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Citadel, Virtu and more. We discussed why they built Tagomi, how they are helping clients "get off zero", M&A activity in the space and much more.

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