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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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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.

    Bitcoin's rally caused VCs to 'aggressively' return to crypto

    Bitcoin's rally caused VCs to 'aggressively' return to crypto

    Craig Burel is a partner at Reciprocal Ventures.
    In this episode of The Scoop, Burel explains how the recent market rally caused sidelined venture capitalists to return to the crypto industry in earnest.
    OUTLINE
    00:00 Introduction
    07:38 Nuances of Crypto VC
    10:05 Crypto Venture Maturation
    13:12 Valuations in the Bull
    19:15 Solana Conviction
    23:15 Navigating Market Cycles
    28:17 Consumer Crypto Apps
    32:22 Improving Tokenomics
    38:00 Closing Thoughts

    • 40 min
    Crypto’s market structure is still too fragile

    Crypto’s market structure is still too fragile

    Mike Belshe is the co-founder and CEO of BitGo.
    In this episode of The Scoop, Belshe discusses the growth and challenges of the custody market in the crypto industry, and explains what it will take to make crypto's market structure more robust.
    OUTLINE
    00:00 BitGo Background
    05:15 Institutional Crypto Custodians
    10:41 New Market Participants
    14:36 Market Structure
    24:09 Bullish Catalysts
    32:08 Crypto Robustness
    41:58 Closing Thoughts

    • 45 min
    Layer-2s are trying to transform Bitcoin's culture

    Layer-2s are trying to transform Bitcoin's culture

    Muneeb Ali is the CEO of Trust Machines and the co-creators of Stacks — a layer-2 that enables smart contracts and decentralized applications to utilize bitcoin for base-layer security.
    In this episode of The Scoop, Ali discusses the growth and importance of Bitcoin Layer 2 solutions. He emphasizes the need for BTC capital to be deployed in L2s and the potential for Bitcoin L2s to become a significant category in the crypto industry.
    According to Ali, creating more on-chain uses for bitcoin will ultimately make the asset more valuable:
    “Bitcoin rails can be upgraded through layer-2s... There can be all sorts of use cases that that are deployed there and BTC the capital can be more productive — it will make bitcoin more valuable.”

    • 39 min
    How crypto firms like Coinbase are fending off drainer hacker groups

    How crypto firms like Coinbase are fending off drainer hacker groups

    This episode of The Scoop explores the technical headwinds and security challenges faced by the crypto industry.

    Blockaid co-founder Raz Niv discusses common scams and phishing attacks in the crypto space, and emphasizes the importance of good on-chain hygiene and best practices for engaging with different protocols.

    Just last month, Metamask integrated Blockaid-powered security alerts by default across multiple chains.

    • 29 min
    How Bonk contributed to the Solana phone's sellout success

    How Bonk contributed to the Solana phone's sellout success

    In this episode of The Scoop, Anatoly Yakovenko, the co-founder of Solana, explains how a Bonk airdrop caused the Solana Saga mobile phone to sell out and discusses the importance of community and meme culture for bootstrapping crypto networks.

    OUTLINE
    00:00 Disrupting App Store Duopoly
    06:10 Bonk Saga Airdrop
    09:19 Memes & Community
    14:51 Solana Saga
    22:29 Saga Developer Experience
    24:19 Solana Ecosystem Entrepreneurs
    28:48 Solana's Roadmap
    34:31 Real Wold Adoption

    • 42 min
    Why memetics and flows matter more in crypto

    Why memetics and flows matter more in crypto

    Brian Rudick is a senior strategist at GSR.
    In this episode of The Scoop, GSR senior strategist Brian Rudick examines the differences between the forces driving the crypto markets and those affecting stocks. He also offers insights into the market dynamics supporting the current rally in the crypto market.

    OUTLINE
    00:00 Introduction
    04:47 Crypto vs. Equities
    06:56 Memetics in Crypto
    11:26 Macro Factors
    14:11 Retail Participation
    17:02 Crypto Tailwinds
    22:03 Bitcoin Halving
    26:03 Closing Thoughts

    • 32 min

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