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Welcome to The Scoop, The Block's flagship podcast covering finance and technology industries through unmatched interviews with top thought leaders, cultural icons and industry veterans. The Block’s Frank Chaparro hosts new guests every week, diving into breaking news and topics ranging from NFTs, to the impact of DeFi on Wall Street, to Bitcoin's role in the economy and beyond.
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Crypto's crowded venture market could lead to a resurgence in liquid investing
Zaheer Ebtikar is the founder and CIO of Split Capital.
In this episode, Ebtikar discusses the opportunity of liquid crypto investment strategies and the challenges faced by crypto venture firms, including crowded markets and longer lock-up periods.
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
05:14 Evolution of Crypto Venture
08:12 Nuances of Liquid Crypto Funds
10:58 Liquid Fund Capital Allocators
13:59 Crypto Market Inefficiencies
17:38 Shifting Fundamentals
20:38 Impact of ETFs
22:49 Market Opportunities
37:02 Closing Thoughts -
Debt markets are being overhauled by blockchain
Max Boonen is the founder of PV01 — a platform that allows issuers to access capital and for investors to purchase debt using blockchain.
In this episode, Boonen discusses the challenges of accessing debt capital markets and the potential of tokenization in the crypto space, including the paradigm shift from provider-based markets to token-based markets in DeFi.
PV01 uses a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to buy one bond and issue a token that represents the bond. This token is both a representation of a bond and a bond itself. -
Bringing every market onchain
Mike Cagney is the co-founder and CEO of Figure Markets.
In this episode, Cagney discusses the need for a 'marketplace of everything,' the potential for equity trading on the blockchain, and more.
OUTLINE
00:00 Intro
07:21 The 'Everything' Platform
12:16 Onchain Equities Trading
17:50 Institutionalization of Crypto
27:12 DeFi Lending
29:59 Rebuilding Crypto's Credit Markets
33:51 Wall Street Appetite for ATS
36:28 Regulatory Considerations
38:09 Closing Thoughts -
‘Don’t forget about’ last cycle's hot investment categories
Soona Amhaz is the managing parter at Volt Capital.
In this episode, Amhaz delves into the evolving crypto venture landscape including: challenges for capital allocators, the rise of meme coins, and controversies in token distributions.
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
03:40 New Venture Verticals
10:30 Last Cycle's Winners
14:29 Mainstream Crypto Adoption
21:26 Macro Impact on Crypto VC
25:44 The 'Memecoin Meta'
30:21 Points vs. Tokens
38:09 Tokenomics Best Practices
42:19 Closing Thoughts -
Euler co-founder reflects on $195m hack and how DeFi protocols are becoming more robust
Michael Bentley is the co-founder and CEO of Euler Labs.
In this episode, Bentley reflects on last year's $200 million Euler hack and the recovery process and walks through the steps taken to enhance security in Euler V2.
Euler V2 is a modular and composable lending platform that allows users to create flexible and secure lending pools. -
The evolution of the crypto market
Roshun Patel is a partner at the Web3 venture capital firm HackVC.
In this episode, Chaparro and Patel discuss the recent crypto market volatility and the trends shaping crypto's venture capital landscape.
OUTLINE
00:00 Intro
08:11 Market Volatility
25:57 Caution in the Funding Market
32:18 The Intersection of AI and Crypto
43:05 The Future of Tokenomics
Customer Reviews
Great start
Three episodes in and The Block’s credentials come through on this podcast. Quality guests, no rambling, well prepared.
Overly hyped
Overly hyped up and closed minded.
Each episode they claim the guest is special and at the end say that this was one of the most energised, etc. show they’ve done while the actual content is about average. There are podcasts that offer a wider perspective with more quality content on the same topics