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51: Why Did Elon Buy 9.2% of Twitter? Nick Maggiulli on Building Wealth, Buying The Dip & Crypto Apr 06, 2022

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Nick Maggiulli (@dollarsanddata) joins Jack, Trung & Bilal to discuss Elon buying 9.2% of Twitter (+ joining the board) and Nick's rules for building wealth, the 2x rule, crypto, when to buy a house & investing for the long term.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Intro to Nick + Why Elon Bought 9.2% of Twitter?
0:07:09 – Twitter Edit Button. + NFTs PFPs
0:16:51 – How Jack Dorsey Feels
0:20:21 – Nick’s Book “Just Keep Buying” + Writing Background
0:29:00 – Philosophy Behind The Book + Thoughts on Bitcoin
0:37:47 – Wealth Building + Not Buying Individual Stocks
0:48:41 – When To Buy a House
0:56:22 – The 2X Rule
1:07:29 – Index Funds + Staking
1:17:25 – “Just One More Drink”

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50: The Slap, Oscar’s Downfall, $625mil DeFi Hack & Angel Investing 101 w/ Alex Cohen Mar 30, 2022

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Alex Cohen (@anothercohen) joins Trung + Bilal to discuss the Will Smith slap, Oscar's downfall, the $625 defi hack on Axie Infinity's Ronin network, angel investing 101 & some rants on twitter thinkbois & SF.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Intro
0:02:45 – The Slap, Will Smith Reaction + Oscar’s Downfall
0:16:56 – Terra Founder Do Kwon’s $3B Bitcoin Purchase
0:22:41 – Axie Infinity’s Ronin Network Hack + Angel Investing 101
0:39:33 – Angel Investing + Whole30
0:43:54 – SF vs Austin
0:50:22 – Twitter Thinkbois
1:00:16 – Linkedin Broetry, Clickbait Headlines + Carbon Health

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49: Brett Harrison, President of FTX US on working with SBF, NFTs, Memes, the Larry David ad & Solana vs ETH Mar 23, 2022

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Brett Harrison, President of FTX US, joins the NIA boys to discuss the world of crypto, NFTs, memes, working with SBF & their plans to grow FTX.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Meme of the Week - Intro To Brett + FTX
0:13:04 – Citadel + Working With SBF
0:20:09 – Solana vs ETH
0:27:43 – Distribution + Larry David Superbowl Ad
0:40:59 – Brett on Crypto, NFTs + FTX Revenue Pie
0:49:13 – Decentralized Financial System
0:55:09 – What The Boys Thought After Brett's Convo
1:01:55 – SBF Tweet + Coinbase Market Cap
1:08:10 – Chicago Mercantile Exchange

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48: Yuga (Bored Apes) Buys CryptoPunks, Roman Abromovich & Chelsea, History of Oligarchs, AMC Buys A Gold Mine Mar 16, 2022

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The NIA boys discuss Yuga Labs (Bored Ape) buying CryptoPunks, sportswashing & the troubled history of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and why AMC is buying a gold mine.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Meme of the Week + Yuga Labs (Bored Ape) Buys CryptoPunks
0:10:03 – Punks + Commercial Usage
0:25:58 – Fashion World Comparison
0:30:38 – Yuga Labs, Disney of Crypto + Token Announcement
0:41:00 – Roman Abramovich, Chelsea, Sportswashing + History of Oligarchs
0:47:38 – Golden Visa, Fall Of Soviet Union + Loans For Shares
0:58:33 – Alleged Corruption + Wider Impact On Sports
1:10:06 – Jack’s Web 3 Take
1:14:24 – AMC - Meme To Mine
1:26:05 – American Meme Company - Why AMC Is Making This Investment

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47: Crypto War Bonds, Commodity Crisis (Oil, Wheat, Gas), Nickel Short Squeeze, History of Batman Mar 09, 2022

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The NIA boys discuss the impact of rising oil, wheat & gas prices. How a Chinese billionaire lost $12bil on a nickel short squeeze. Explore the idea of crypto-native war bonds & go into the history of batman movies.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Bilal In Mexico, Street Food + Meme of the Week

0:06:48 – Commodity Crisis + Second-Order Effects

0:15:15 – Nickel Short Squeeze + Gold vs Bitcoin

0:30:27 – Oil's Impact On Everything + Are We Going Into A Recession?

0:37:17 – Crypto War Bonds, Ukraine's Crypto Donations + NFTs

0:51:07 – Incentives + Charity During Wartime

0:59:02 – Trung’s 3 Main Points, Negative Connotations of Crypto + NFTs

1:14:03 – Why Batman Became Dark

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46: Ukraine-Russia, Sanctions, Crypto/Bitcoin Effect, Big Tech Response, Information Battle Mar 02, 2022

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The NIA boys discuss:

– ukraine-russia

– sanctions

– crypto/bitcoin effect

– downstream effects of frozen assets

– big tech response

– information battle + fog of war

Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Ukraine-Russia + Richard Fontaine Thread
0:07:56 – Propaganda + Fog of War
0:16:33 – Information Battle
0:22:03 – Past Russian Invasions + Ukrainian Resistance
0:27:11 – Downstream Effects of Frozen Assets + Crypto/Bitcoin Effect
0:35:36 – Putin
0:39:12 – Big Tech Response, Sanctions + Wealth Protection
0:45:55 – Criminal Activity On Public Blockchain
0:51:09 – Putin’s Foreign Currency Ban

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45: OpenSea Hack, Trudeau Emergencies Act, Bitcoin & The Right To Transact, The Bank of Starbucks Feb 23, 2022

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Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Meme of the Week + OpenSea Hack
0:09:25 – Phishing Scam
0:21:22 – Canada Situation + Trudeau Emergencies Act
0:37:02 – Bitcoin + Right To Transact
0:44:00 – Pandemic Restrictions, WEF Vaccine Supply Graph + Canadian Banking System
0:50:47 – Nunchuk + Parallels to M-Pesa
0:59:33 – Government Response + Concept of Money
1:04:17 – Starbucks LTV + Bank of Starbucks
1:15:56 – Reddit Thread + RIP Jamal Edwards

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44: Super Bowl Crypto Ads, Genius Coinbase QR Code, Nouns DAO NFT, $24m Punk Sale, Razzlekhan Playbook Feb 16, 2022

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The NIA boys breakdown the crypto Super Bowl ads. Jack shared why he’s invested in a Nouns NFT, joined their DAO and why he’s bullish on CC0. Trung shares the Razzlekhan playbook.

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Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Halftime Show + What We’ll Cover
0:04:25 – Super Bowl Crypto Ads Breakdown + Genius Coinbase QR Code
0:15:57 – Larry David FTX Ad + 2000 Startup Ads
0:24:47 – Startup vs Crypto Ads
0:32:59 – Jack’s Ad Breakdown + 2nd Screens
0:43:16 – Super Bowl Wrap Up + Oculus
0:46:32 – CCO + Nouns NFT
1:03:26 – $24m Punk Sale + Compound Finance
1:11:30 – Razzlekhan Playbook

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43: $3.6B Bitcoin Heist, ENS Controversy, Genius of Jony Ive, Early Stripe & ETH stories (with Ric Burton) Feb 10, 2022

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Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.

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Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Meme of the Week + Ric Meeting Collison Brothers
0:09:29 – What We’ll Cover + $3.6B Bitcoin Heist
0:19:52 – Money Laundering Story & ENS Controversy
0:31:18 – Email vs Twitter + Key Man Risk
0:39:36 – Ethereum Culture + ENS Delegation
0:41:45 – Interface Between Ethereum + Current System
0:47:54 - Polygon Raises $450mil, ETH Scaling Solutions + Incentive Engineers
1:03:01 – Balance.io + Safari
1:12:24 – When Ric Met Vitalik & Gavin
1:20:55 – Business Model For Balance.io + Accredited Investor Laws
1:30:21 – Tokens vs Equity
1:32:11 – Jony Ive Genius
1:41:56 – Anonymous Algorithm People + Crypto Design Gap
1:47:55 – US vs UK

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42: Joe Rogan Spotify Controversy, ARK's $1mil Bitcoin Target, Coachella NFTs & India Making Crypto Legal Feb 02, 2022

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The NIA boys break down the Joe Rogan Spotify controversy & discuss the latest in the world of web 3, with Coachella announcing an upcoming NFT, India moving towards making crypto legal & a $1mil bitcoin price target from ARK Invest.

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Timestamps:

0:00:00 – Meme of the Week + Jack's House
0:05:01 – Joe Rogan Spotify Controversy + Spotify vs Netflix
0:20:31 – Misinformation + Misleading Headlines
0:26:31 – The Winner In All Of This
0:33:43 – Jack's Trips To Ibiza
0:42:45 – Coachella NFTs on Solana + FTX
1:00:06 – India Making Crypto Legal + Balaji's Woke vs Communist vs Decentralized Capital
1:08:36 – Arkk’s $1mil Bitcoin Price Target

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