The FTX Podcast - Builders and Innovators in the Cryptocurrency Industry

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The FTX Podcast #38 - Nate Parke Head of Engineering at Alameda Research Jan 25, 2021

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Nate shares his story of his passion for electrical engineering, the transition to programming a first job at a gene sequencing firm, and finally his path to becoming the Head of Engineering at Alameda Research. Nate explains things very clearly and in an encompassing manner so for anyone interested in the developmental aspect of a quantitative trading firm in crypto, this is a valuable episode.

The FTX Podcast #36 - Caroline Ellison Lead Trader at Alameda Research Jan 21, 2021

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Caroline is razor sharp and always a pleasure to speak with. She's on the less public side of Alameda, but as a former Jane Street trader and one of the first quants at AR, she carries large responsibility and is a good leader and quant.

The FTX Podcast #37 - Arthur Cheong Founder of Defiance Capital Jan 18, 2021

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Arthur is the founder of Defiance Capital. DeFiance Capital is a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) focused cryptoasset fund that combines fundamental research with an activist investment approach. Their focus on DeFi is intricately intertwined with their thesis on DeFi: "As software ate the world over the last decade, DeFi will eat traditional finance during the next decade."

The FTX Podcast # 35 - Sherwin Dolat of Polychain Capital on Investing, Value, and Growth Jan 14, 2021

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Sherwin is a portfolio manager at Polychain Capital, we touched on his job, firm, investing in the space for liquid and illiquid coins and went deep into the utility and our thesis of what crypto and blockchain may introduce to the world.

The FTX Podcast #34 - John Kelleher of DXD on Building a True Decentralized Autonomous Organization Jan 07, 2021

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John Kelleher transitioned from defense contracting to smart contract writing, to being one of the principle members of the DXDao community. His story is great and I enjoyed our debates on DAO structure and pros/cons of a decentralized organization.

The FTX Podcast #33 - Amir Taaki Early Bitcoin Developer Jan 04, 2021

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Amir Taaki is a British-Iranian anarchist revolutionary, hacktivist, and programmer who is known for his leading role in the bitcoin project, and for pioneering many open source projects. Forbes listed Taaki in their 30 Under 30 listing of 2014. That's his Wikipedia description which is pretty damn cool if you ask me.

The FTX Podcast #32 - Students Pushing Blockchain Forward Dec 30, 2020

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Ayush Aggarwal is the co-President of Blockchain at Berkeley, a student organization strongly pushing on developing blockchain technology and education. It's quite motivating to see the passion with which these guys at B@B put their time into growing our ecosystem, doing research, consulting, and even preparing and teaching courses to other students.

The FTX Podcast #31- Soban Saqib on DeFi's True Potential Dec 26, 2020

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Soby was one of the people that helped me dive deep into DeFi back in June and has some great insights on the space and where it may be going.

The FTX Podcast - Nishad Singh Head of Engineering at FTX Dec 23, 2020

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Nishad has been instrumental to the growth of FTX and is someone I greatly admire within the company. He has this special tenacity to him, that combined with his intelligence make him a contender for one of the most capable people I've met.

The FTX Podcast #30 - Head of Research at Spartan Group Dec 19, 2020

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Jason Choi is the Head of Research at Spartan Group and spends a lot of time looking at incipient projects. In this episode, he shares how he analyzes and understands them better.

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