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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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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 -
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 -
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.” -
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. -
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 -
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
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