Sharon Goldberg, CEO of Arwen and Boston University computer science professor, describes how the protocol enables people to trade on crypto exchanges without making their coins vulnerable to exchange hacks,[…]
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The QuadrigaCX Case: Taylor Monahan on What We Know From the Blockchain
Quote note to listeners: I’ll be doing a live podcast recording in NYC on the evening of March 20 with guest Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum. Venue TBD. There[…]

Coinbase’s Listing Process: Why It’s Adding Many More Coins and How It Decides – Ep.96
Coinbase has departed from its conservative roots and begun adding many more coins. Dan Romero, vice president of Coinbase, explains how its listing process works, how it tries to prevent[…]

Why the Tether Situation Brought Up Memories of Mt. Gox – Ep.042
Dan McArdle, cofounder of Messari and the creator of OnChainFX, discusses why tether lost its dollar peg, how the Gemini USD traded at above $1, and how this was similar[…]

How Binance Became the Most Popular Crypto Exchange in 5 Months – Ep.84
In this fast-paced and exhilarating conversation, Changpeng Zhao, aka “CZ,” tells the pivotal business decisions that led users to flock to the brand-new Binance in the summer and fall of[…]

Shapeshift’s About-Face: Why Now? – Ep.036
Katherine Wu, director of business development and community at Messari, talks about the news that everyone on crypto Twitter was discussing this week: Shapeshift’s decision to require customer accounts. The[…]

Arthur Hayes of Bitmex on Why Countries Will Turn to Digital Cash – Ep.63
Arthur Hayes, CEO of Bitmex, describes how traders on his platform can make great gains but experience limited losses, how Asia’s crypto markets differ from those in the U.S., and[…]

Jesse Powell, CEO of Kraken, on Drawing a Line With Regulators – Ep.61
Jesse Powell, CEO of crypto asset exchange Kraken, explains why he publicly rejected then-Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s request for information from crypto exchanges, why he felt it was a publicity[…]

Bobby Lee, CEO Of BTCC, On Why The Chinese Probably Aren’t Using Bitcoin To Evade Capital Controls
Bobby Lee, CEO of BTCC, one of the world’s longest-running cryptocurrency exchanges, talks about whether Chinese people are using bitcoin to evade capital controls, how bitcoin trading in China has[…]