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Discussing the idea of looking for real-world assets as collateral in DeFi liquidity pools with Vertalo
Dave Hendricks, CEO of Vertalo, talked about the evolution of the company from a due diligence platform to a transfer agent cap table shareholder registry for digital assets, which they built as a result of the problems they faced issuing their own digital asset in…
Why Matthew Roszak thought bitcoin would be further along in 2020 with Bloq
Bloq co-founder Matthew Roszak first heard about bitcoin in 2010-2011 when he was chairman of a social gaming company in Singapore. As a venture capitalist, he knew that there was either something “not here” or something “really here,” based on the reaction from other venture…
Talking instant settlement for fiat and digital currencies with LAB577 and BCB Group
A recent collaboration between LAB577 and BCB Group culminated in the launch of the BLINC network, which is designed to facilitate instant settlement for fiat and digital currencies. Farzad Pezeshkpour, director LAB577, and Oliver Von Landsberg Sadie, CEO of BCB Group, joined Teana to discuss…
What’s been fueling a very large amount of BTC flowing into exchanges with Chainalysis
Philip Gradwell, chief economist at Chainalysis, provided an overview of what’s been happening on the blockchain over the past few weeks. (43:59) “Well it’s an exciting time to be in cryptocurrency. Bitcoin has now spent multiple weeks with its price above $10,000. It’s only the…
Why SkyBridge Capital has yet to buy digital assets with Anthony Scaramucci
Skybridge Capital is currently investing in gold amid an economy in which the Fed is printing money, which the firm expects will drive the price of the store-of-value asset higher. Anthony Scaramucci, founder and managing partner at SkyBridge, discussed how the firm views digital assets,…
Why institutions remain very far away from DeFi with Coinbase
Coinbase recently acquired Tagomi for its institutional trading business, where the exchange has been growing its business. Nisa spoke with Brian Foster and Ben Floyd, institutional coverage and head of OTC sales at Coinbase, respectively. Coinbase recently published an institutional review for H12020. Ben Floyd…
How bitcoin is becoming more gold-like with ByteTree
Charlie Morris, chairman of ByteTree, joined Teana Baker-Taylor for this week’s onchain reaction. They discussed bitcoin and the correlations between interest rates and bond yields. (49:50) “Basically bitcoin spent a lot of time going up and some time going down and then some time consolidating….
Why institutions remain in the homework phase for crypto with Skew
Skew, which provides data analytics and trade execution services for cryptocurrency markets, came on the scene in 2018. The London-based company is a team of 16 led by co-founder and CEO Emmanuel Goh, a former JPMorgan trader who joined Teana Baker-Taylor for a discussion about…
Why some DeFi returns are rational and others are irrational with Melonport
Mona El Isa, founder & CEO of Melonport, has been in the crypto space for five or six years after spending much of her career in traditional finance, including as a trader for Goldman Sachs. Melonport is behind a protocol for decentralized on-chain asset management…
Miner revenues are on the rise while fees remain high with ByteTree
James Bennett, CEO of ByteTree, provided the latest onchain insights and observations from the past week in the BTC markets. This week, Bennett focused on onchain data from the mining industry. (41:19) Miner revenues are above April levels, and fees remain high. (41:21) “Miners over…
Why an e-money institution license offers the best of both worlds with Ziglu
London-based Challenger-bank Ziglu recently received an electronic money (e-money) institution license from the UK’s FCA. Mark Hipperson, Ziglu founder and CEO and former Starling bank CTO, explained what it enables the company to do, saying: (13:19) “So being an e-money company means that you’re regulated…
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