ConsenSys’s Andrew Keys talks about the company’s recent pivot, called “ConsenSys 2.0,” toward greater efficiency, accountability and focus on revenue, why it laid off about 150 people, and what areas[…]
Tag: ethereum
How ConsenSys Got So Big But Accomplished So Little – Ep.049
Despite having Joe Lubin’s billions at its back, and despite having 1,200 employees to build apparently anything they wanted in the Ethereum ecosystem, ConsenSys has accomplished very little and has[…]
Barry Silbert on What Wall Street Says Privately About Crypto Vs. What It Says Publicly – Ep.87
Barry Silbert, founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group, which has invested in 130 crypto ventures worldwide, describes his company, its strategy for investing in the crypto space, and how[…]
Why ‘Ethereum Killers’ Will Have a Hard Time Attracting Its Developers – Ep.038
Linda Xie, cofounder at Scalar Capital, talks about what she saw at ETHBerlin, why it made her think Ethereum’s first-mover advantage may be hard for other smart contract platforms to[…]
Alex Sunnarborg of Tetras Capital on Why He’s Bearish on Ether – Ep.037
Alex Sunnarborg, founding partner of Tetras Capital, describes the three core buckets his fund is investing in, how they’re investing during this bear market, and why the firm has decided[…]
Tuur Demeester on Why He’s a Bitcoin Maximalist and Bearish on Ethereum – Ep.81
Founder and CEO of Adamant Capital Tuur Demeester explains what factors he considers when valuing crypto assets, why this has led him to become a Bitcoin maximalist, and why he[…]
Joe Lubin and Jimmy Song Work On the Terms of Their Bet on Dapps — and Trash Talk the Other’s Coin – Ep.034
Joe Lubin, cofounder of Ethereum and founder of ConsenSys, and Jimmy Song, partner at Blockchain Capital and founder of Programming Blockchain, pick up the bet they started at the Consensus[…]
What Makes a CryptoKitty Worth $140,000? – Ep.75
Roham Gharegozlou, CEO of Dapper Labs, the company behind CryptoKitties, and Benny Giang, Dapper Labs’ head of Asia, describe how employees at venture studio AxiomZen came up with the idea[…]
Live From Ethereal: Eep! How Should Ethereum Be Governed? – Ep.60
This recording of a panel I moderated at Ethereal with Ethereum researcher Vlad Zamfir and GovernX founder Nick Dodson covered the topic that it seems everyone in crypto is discussing[…]
Aya Miyaguchi, of the Ethereum Foundation, on Who Makes the Final Call
The newly appointed head of the Ethereum Foundation, Aya Miyaguchi, talks about her background as a teacher, at Kraken, helping the Mt. Gox trustee unwind that mess, and the closed[…]