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gm: The Mooch Is More Bullish on Bitcoin Than Ever Apr 12, 2023

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Anthony Scaramucci of hedge fund SkyBridge Capital got burned by Sam Bankman-Fried: he co-hosted SALT conferences with FTX and sold a 30% stake in SkyBridge to FTX Ventures. And yet, "The Mooch" tells Dan Roberts and Stacy Elliott "I'm more bullish now than I have ever been" on crypto as an investment case. He discusses his frustration with SBF, how wrong he thinks politicians like Elizabeth Warren and Gary Gensler are about crypto and how to regulate it, what he sees happening next with adoption, and we even talk a little Trump.

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Hosts and guests:

Dan Roberts

Twitter: @readDanwrite

Stacy Elliott

Twitter: @stacyannj

Anthony Scaramucci

Twitter: @Scaramucci

Podcast thumbnail art by Grant Kempster

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gm AMA: Friederike Ernst Answers Your Gnosis Questions Apr 08, 2023

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In our latest gm AMA, recent guest Friederike Ernst, Co-founer and COO of Gnosis, hopped into our listener Telegram room and answered questions via voice memo. Friederike talked about the Gnosis merge with xDai, how to decentralize a DAO, whether prediction markets should be considered a public good, why Gnosis chose not to have a single figurehead, and much more. Make sure you go back and listen to her full gm episode from March 22 before enjoying this bonus AMA. And make sure you join our Telegram room, open to all listeners, at t.me/gmpodcast.

Hosts and guests:

Dan Roberts

Twitter: @readDanwrite

Friederike Ernst

Twitter: @tw_tter

Podcast thumbnail art by Grant Kempster

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gm: Canadian Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Heads West Apr 05, 2023

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Grab your picks and shovels for a Bitcoin mining deep dive. Even as Texas aims to pass a bill limiting rewards for Bitcoin miners, Toronto-based Bitcoin mining company Hut 8 is bullish on growth across the U.S. That's why Hut 8 recently announced a merger of equals with U.S. Bitcoin Corp. Hut 8 CEO Jaime Leverton joined Dan Roberts and Stacy Elliott to talk expanding into the U.S., dealing with regulatory pushback post-FTX, why Texas is such a hotspot, and where she'd like to expand globally down the road (the climates may surprise you).

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Hosts and guests:

Dan Roberts

Twitter: @readDanwrite

Stacy Elliott

Twitter: @stacyannj

Jaime Leverton

Twitter: @JaimeLeverton

Podcast thumbnail art by Grant Kempster

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gm AMA: Neal Stephenson Answers Your Metaverse Questions Apr 02, 2023

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In our first gm AMA, recent guest Neal Stephenson hopped into our listener Telegram room and candidly answered questions via voice memo. Neal is the "Snow Crash" author who coined the term "metaverse" and is now working on open metaverse blockchain Lamina1. Make sure you go back and listen to his full gm episode from March 4 before enjoying this bonus AMA. And make sure you join our Telegram room, open to all listeners, at t.me/gmpodcast.

Hosts and guests:

Dan Roberts

Twitter: @readDanwrite

Neal Stephenson

Twitter: @nealstephenson

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gm: Kevin Owocki Wants to Regenerate DeFi Mar 29, 2023

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Move over, DeFi—ReFi is coming? Gitcoin founder Kevin Owocki has stepped away from DeFi grant-giving machine Gitcoin as it fully decentralizes and is now focused on regenerative finance (huh?) and ReFi incubator Supermodular. He aims to "regenerate the regenerators." He explains it all to Dan Roberts and Liam Kelly, and also talks DAO structure, crypto factions, NFT use cases, his book "Greenpilled," and much more.

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Hosts and guests:

Dan Roberts

Twitter: @readDanwrite

Liam Kelly

Twitter: @liam_gallas

Kevin Owocki

Twitter: @owocki

Podcast thumbnail art by Grant Kempster

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gm: How Gnosis Has Endured Mar 22, 2023

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Gnosis first launched in 2015 as a decentralized prediction market built on Ethereum. Now it's a DAO, a multi-sig wallet, a staking chain, and a vibrant community with its own GNO governance token. Co-founder and COO Friederike Ernst talked to Dan Roberts and Stacy Elliott about the careful evolution of Gnosis, decentralization impostors, account abstraction, DeFi UX failures, why Ethereum is the "Manhattan of crypto," and much more.

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Hosts and guests:

Dan Roberts

Twitter: @readDanwrite

Stacy Elliott

Twitter: @stacyannj

Friederike Ernst

Twitter: @tw_tter

Podcast thumbnail art by Grant Kempster

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gm: Coinbase's Top Lawyer Gets Real Mar 15, 2023

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Paul Grewal is the Chief Legal Officer at Coinbase and a former U.S. magistrate judge in Northern California. He gave Dan Roberts and Stacy Elliott his candid takes on Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX, the SEC's crackdown on staking, the sanctioning of Tornado Cash, and more alpha on how Coinbase is approaching the current unfriendly US regulatory environment.

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Hosts and guests:

Dan Roberts

Twitter: @readDanwrite

Stacy Elliott

Twitter: @stacyannj

Paul Grewal

Twitter: @iampaulgrewal

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gm from NFT Paris: Animoca, Sandbox, Arianee, Adidas Mar 11, 2023

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Dan Roberts and Stephen Graves returned from NFT Paris feeling super bullish after seeing tons of artists, builders, and luxury brands show up—and even Brigitte Macron. They recap the conference and play four interviews conducted there with Yat Siu (Animoca Brands Chairman), Sebastien Borget (The Sandbox COO), Pierre-Nicolas Hurstel (Arianee CEO), and Erika Wykes-Sneyd (Web3 lead at Adidas).

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Hosts and guests:

Dan Roberts

Twitter: @readDanwrite

Stephen Graves

Twitter: @stephengraves

Yat Siu

Twitter: @ysiu

Sebastien Borget

Twitter: @borgetsebastien

Pierre-Nicolas Hurstel