Jalak Jobanputra, founder and managing partner of Future Perfect Ventures, talks about how, in 2014, her experience as an investment bank and VC, her global background, and her observation that new[…]
Tag: ICO
Mike Novogratz on Why Bitcoin, “a Big FU to the System,” Needs Institutions – Ep.98
Mike Novogratz, founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital Holdings, describes the company’s services and products, why it’s launching a credit offering, and why he pivoted from his original intention to[…]
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[…]
Down 94% Since Winter, What Has Happened to ICOs? – Ep.91
After the ICO craze of 2017, such offerings have raised extremely little so far this fall, with total sales in October down 94% since February, according to Token Data. Why?[…]
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[…]
Kathleen Breitman and Ryan Jesperson of Tezos on Why They Wouldn’t Do Its Token Sale Differently – Ep.73
Kathleen Breitman, CEO of Dynamic Ledger Solutions, the company behind the Tezos protocol, and Ryan Jesperson, president of the foundation, discuss the Tezos initial coin offering, which was the largest[…]
Behind the Tezos Scandal: Conflicts of Interest, Self-Dealing and Bullying – Ep.024
Gideon Lewis-Kraus, a contributing writer at Wired, came out with a cover story in the magazine earlier this week that investigated the actions of both sides in the Tezos boardroom[…]
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[…]
Trends in Crypto: Marco Santori, Michael Sonnenshein and Barbara Minuzzi on 2017 and What’s Next
In this live recording of a panel discussion at the CoinAlts Fund Symposium, Marco Santori, president and chief legal officer of Blockchain, managing director at Grayscale Investments, and Barbara Minuzzi,[…]
How Meltem Demirors Uncovers True Value in Crypto Investments
Meltem Demirors of Athena Capital and recently of Digital Currency Group explains how the crypto world is creating artificial scarcity and how investors can uncover the true scarcity (or lack[…]