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The 1st Crypto "Fund of Funds" w/ Rick Marini of Protocol Ventures (Ep. 0007) Jan 16, 2018

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My guest today is Rick Marini

Rick is the founder and managing partner of Protocol Ventures, a San Francisco based fund-of-funds that focuses on hedge funds investing exclusively in crypto assets.

Rick currently has $10 million under management and is raising a $100M fund.

Today’s conversation is a deep dive into Protocol Ventures and an exploration of the fund of funds model, as well as how Rick has applied that model to crypto asset investing.

This discussion is important because it is the very first published interview with a founder of a crypto asset fund of funds.

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Consensus: Invest's Top Soundbites & Highlights (Episode 0006) Jan 09, 2018

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This week's episode is a compilation of the best audio clip highlights, talks, and discussions from Consensus: Invest.

If you didn't attend Consensus: Invest, or you haven't heard of it, it was the very first conference for institutional investors focused on cryptoassets, and it happened at the end of 2017 in New York City.

For today's roundtable discussion, we are joined by Taylor Pearson and Dhruv Bansal from Unchanied Capital. You might remember Taylor from a previous episode. He's a popular essayist and the author of The End of Jobs. Dhruv is the co-founder of Unchained Capital. Unchained Capital is a service that lets you take out a cash loan on your crypto assets so you can benefit from your Bitcoin wealth without having to sell your favorite investment.

In this episode, we've recapped Consensus Invest and compiled our favorite audio clips and discussions from the event. This episode is the next best thing to attending in person.

Topics include:

Thoughts on a talk about cryptocurrency as a new asset class.
The evolution of Bitcoin and how it has been used since its inception.
Our take on a fascinating panel about cryptocurrency taxation.
Some compelling existential bear cases for the cryptocurrency space.
How institutions can gain exposure to the cryptocurrency asset class.
What the general vibe was in the hallway of this event.
How much the event has changed in the last year and a half.

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World's 1st Interview W/ A Crypto Liquidity Provider (Ep. 0005) Dec 23, 2017

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Chances are good that you've never met a professional crypto liquidity provider. And before meeting today's guest in Zug, Switzerland, I'd never met one either.

Today's guest is Benjamin Roberts, the co-founder of Citizen Hex, which is (you guessed it) an Ethereum and ERC-20 token liquidity provider.

Citizen Hex works to increase the likelihood that, when traders place buy and sell orders for ERC-20 tokens on various crypto-exchanges, that those orders go through.

This conversation is a deep dive on what it means to be a market maker and liquidity provider in crypto markets.

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Crypto News Roundup for December 2017 (Ep. 0004) Dec 11, 2017

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This week’s show is our very first Crypto News Roundup for December of 2017.
These episodes provide long-form commentary and context around the most important news and events for cryptocurrency investors.
Joining us for this episode is Taylor Pearson, the author of The End of Jobs.
Taylor recently spoke at length on social media about the lack of understanding that many people have for blockchain technology.
This conversation includes some great insight into crypto hedge funds, cybersecurity, and institutional cryptoeconomics.

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Crypto Hedge Funds & Multicoin Capital w/ Kyle Samani (Ep. 0002) Dec 11, 2017

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A deep dive into the topic of crypto hedge funds generally, and Multicoin Capital, specifically.
On today’s show, we are joined by Kyle Samani.
Kyle is the co-founder of Multicoin Capital, an Austin, Texas-based crypto hedge fund with $10 million under management and currently raising a $100 million fund.
This is a very timely discussion, given that there are now over 124 registered crypto hedge funds, most of which were created this year.

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Bitcoin Derivatives with Aaron Brown (Ep. 0003) Dec 11, 2017

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Our guest today is crypto-derivatives expert and Bloomberg contributor Aaron Brown.
Aaron is the former Managing Director and Head Of Research at AQR Capital Management (the world’s second-largest hedge fund with over 63 billion under management).
Today’s conversation is a deep dive into the topic of crypto and bitcoin derivatives. This is a timely discussion, as CME Group, Cboe, LedgerX, and Nasdaq have all launched -- or announced plans to launch -- Bitcoin derivatives markets.
Many believe that these announcements have fueled the huge gains we have seen in the price of Bitcoin in October, November, and December of 2017.

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Introducing Flippening: For Crypto Investors (Ep. 0001) Dec 08, 2017

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Welcome to the very first episode of Flippening.
This podcast is for a new class of investors who were not part of the financial services world before bitcoin, but came into the finance space because of their passion for crypto assets and distributed ledger technology. As part of the movement to recreate the world’s financial system from the ground up, these folks are starting hedge funds, creating financial products, addressing the custodianship problem, starting liquidity businesses, starting decentralized crypto exchanges, etc.
Each week we discuss the cryptocurrency economy, new investment strategies for maximizing returns, and stories from the front lines of financial disruption. In the upcoming episodes of Flippening, we’ll be having conversations with the creators of the new financial reality. The ensuing episodes will feature conversations with financial revolutionaries, economic heretics, crypto anarchists, and people who just think a few things could be done a bit better.
This podcast is for investors by investors and nothing else exists like this today.

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