Immutable Belfer Center

In our final episode, Peter Rex shares how he’s using blockchain technology to disrupt real estate and other sectors – all part of a broader aim to expand access to capital. We discuss the rewards and risks of tokenizing real estate, the importance of smart contracts and street smarts, and how to level the playing field for earning wealth.

Michael Green and I discuss Bitcoin’s defects, the future of the U.S. dollar, and potential problems with programmable money.

Edge and Node Co-founder Tegan Kline and I discuss Web3, DAOs, dApps, and the importance of questioning official narratives.

We dive into the world of NFTs and the metaverse, covering everything from Bahaman virtual embassies to Bitchcoin, Sotheby’s to Snoop Dogg.

In this episode, we unpack some basic definitions for digital assets and explore why NFTs are flipping the art world – and the broader creator economy – on its head. If you’ve ever wondered what a token is but were too afraid to ask, this is the episode for you.

Chris Giancarlo is the former Chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the author of an important new book called Crypto Dad: The Fight for the Future of Money. As Washington’s chief regulator who oversaw the emergence of cryptocurrencies, Chris has seen up close how important it is to encode democratic values and economic privacy into digital money. Chris and I discuss the history of money, the Internet of Value, the risks of crypto censorship and suppression, and whether free enterprise can be cool again.