The FTX Podcast - Builders and Innovators in the Cryptocurrency Industry

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The FTX Podcast - Jeremy Allaire on Building Blocks to Change the World and the Story of USDC Oct 21, 2020

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Jeremy Allaire has been building for the future for quite some time. First by founding two internet businesses that were used as building blocks for almost the entire internet at that point in time. After taking those two companies public he decided to leave his position as CEO so that he could begin building within the cryptocurrency space.

The FTX Podcast #23 - Kevin Zhou The FTX Podcast #23 - Kevin Zhou Co-Founder and Head Trader of Galois Capital Oct 19, 2020

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Kevin has been in the space for a long time. He used to be the head of trading at Buttercoin (for those that remember it) and then moved on to become head of trading at Kraken. It was great to get trading and quantitative analysis insights from someone with such a breadth of experience.

The FTX Podcast #22 - Meltem Demirors on The Past, Present and Future of Crypto Oct 15, 2020

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Meltem shares how she got into crypto six years ago as an MIT grad and the pathway that has had her on ever since, to her present position of Chief Strategy Officer at Coinshares one of the largest companies in the space. She's witty and has great insights into this industry, I had a great time on this episode.

The FTX Podcast #21 - The Story of a Gecko's Growth Oct 13, 2020

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Bobby Ong founder of Coingecko has been at this project for much longer than I realized. His success although perhaps seen through the lens of happening overnight is a long multi-year process of hard work and correct strategic pivots.

The FTX Podcast - Roger Ver Crypto Advocate and CEO of Bitcoin.com Oct 08, 2020

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I was lucky to have Zane around who has been friends with Roger for quite a while and made for a great co-host. It allowed a great conversation around the history of cryptocurrencies, intelligence agencies, censorship, block sizes and jiujitsu.

The FTX Podcast #20 - Weeb Mcgee Post Modern Farmer Oct 05, 2020

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A fun episode recorded a month ago with Weeb creator of yieldfarming.info on DeFi, anonymous development and a breakdown of several of the larger projects. Some good insights into the Chad - Curve debacle. Regulation in DeFi and some other funny thoughts.

The FTX Podcast #19 - Paolo Ardoino CTO of Bitfinex and Tether Sep 30, 2020

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Paolo is well known as one of the technical wizards of the cryptocurrency space. It was a pleasure to hear the story of how the man became such a strong developer and acquired the knowledge to change the space to what we know now.

The FTX Podcast - Andre Cronje Ep.2 on Stablecredit, Yearn Team, Forks, AMM's & Courage in Building Sep 20, 2020

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This episode dives into crypto vs. traditional finance, safety within the ecosystem, how Andre adjusts for risk and determines if Yearn wants to integrate with a project, a shift from individual work to collaborative work by integrating his skills in prototyping with those good at taking things into final production. Product launches such as Stablecredit, Yearn Insurance, dynamic swaps, and the index rebase fund. Looking for new yield opportunities to use as downstream services and what impermanent loss is. The interesting new paradigm of bottom-up worth proven team members on Yearn. New primitives that exist and are being built in Crypto. How to consider blockchain as its own region. Forking and the dynamics behind it. Yearn insurance, NFTs, and building carefully.

The FTX Podcast - Matt Kaye on Yield Incentives, Yearn, Rebasing Projects and an Overview of DeFi Sep 18, 2020

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This episode was recorded about a month ago.

The FTX Podcast #18 - Zane Tackett Sep 15, 2020

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Zane's a legend. He took off on his own to China at 18 years of age to create a life for himself in crypto. He's been in several important cryptocurrency companies since the beginning, knows most of the big players, and was a good friend and mentoree of CZ during his time at OKcoin. I had a good time during this chat and look forward to hearing some of the stories that had to remain untold.