CRYPTO 101

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Joshua Frank, the CEO of TheTie and Sacha Ghebali, a market analyst for Kaiko. Josh and Sacha worked hard on a quarterly report for eToro and we discussed their findings in both market and sentiment data. The link to their full report can be found here: https://www.etoro.com/en-us/crypto/quarterly-report/ Sponsored link: http...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Ami Ben David, the CEO of Ownera.io which is creating institutional-grade tokenization solutions. We discuss the entire tech stack that undergirds security tokens. He shared with us the differences between cryptocurrency and digital securities, as well as the advantages of tokenizing stock and fractionalizing ownership of rea...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Will Martino the founder of Kadena, about his experience working at JP Morgan and the SEC, as well as what problems he is trying to solve at Kadena. In production since 2016, Kadena is finally ready to hit the spotlight, and Will tells us about Web 3.0, interoperability, and their proprietary smart contract language Pact. Spo...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Harry Halpin from Nym Technologies. Harry is one of the original “cypherpunks” who interacted with Satoshi Nakamoto in the early days. Harry shares some personal stories about his philosophy behind why he is involved in privacy preserving technologies, and cryptocurrencies. We also unpack the anti-encryption bill trying to be...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we meet with Muneeb Ali, founder and CEO of Blockstack-- a user-owned internet leveraging Bitcoin’s security! Blockstack is a decentralized computing platform that app developers can use in lieu of AWS, Ethereum, or EOS. We discuss the future of decentralized networks, privacy, and interoperability. Sponsored link: https://crypto101podcast.co...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Alex Grodnik of Wall Street Oasis’ “Moving Up” Podcast. Alex shares with us a very candid look inside the life and mind of an investment banker. He shares how he found more joy eventually through building his own businesses, and living a life built on the premise of Rejection Therapy-- not taking “no” for an answer. Sponsored...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Sergey Nazarov, founder of Chainlink. Chainlink has had a very impressive and successful past couple years inking a very cool partnership with Google Cloud, amongst several others. We break down what a future running on irreversible, autonomous, machine-to machine value transfers really looks like. We dive into how that new r...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Pankaj Balani, CEO and founder of Delta Exchange. We speak at length about the profound effects of COVID-19 on the economy, how we should expect to see crypto evolve during a recession, general trading ideas, volatility, derivatives, the future of crypto in India, and so much more. Sponsored link: https://etoro.com/crypto101...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Emre Tekisalp of Coda, the world’s smallest blockchain. This was one of our more technical conversations, where we learned a lot about Zero Knowledge Proofs and the Ouroboros consensus mechanism that several blockchains use to secure their transactions. Sponsored link: https://etoro.com/crypto101 https://cog.network Guest Lin...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sat down with Tal Kol, co-founder of Orbs. We talk about the decentralized Web 3.0 stack and what the internet of the future really looks like. We also take a good look at the necessary improvements needed to the user experience in order to bring mass adoption to crypto. Sponsored link: https://etoro.com/crypto101 Guest Links: https://orbs...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we talk with Jon Rice, the new managing editor of CoinTelegraph, about blockchain and media, and what kind of stories to expect in CoinTelegraph Magazine. We look at the ethics of journalism in crypto, how stories get so skewed sometimes, and the most exciting story Jon has ever reported on. Sponsored link: http://etoro.com/crypto101 Guest Li...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we speak with Jesus Rodriguez, CEO and founder of Into the Block (ITB). We discuss how his team is giving the average investor hedge fund level tools to make big profits. ITB is applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyze the blockchain and make buy and sell signals. Their platform is only a few bucks a month, and gives y...

What’s burning, CryptNation? In The Weekly Fire, Bryce and PizzaMind recap the most important events of the week, and give you a piece of their mind. As always, we cover this week’s hottest topics, crypto’s most burning questions, and get into some heated debates. Recurring Show Segments: “Hot or Not”, “Smoke and Mirrors”, “Fire Tweets”, and “Scorched Earth”. “Hot or Not” is a quick look at the bi...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we speak with Alex Wang of Ember Fund, which is revolutionizing investing for the everyday consumer. With a deep background in artificial intelligence, mathematics, and computer science, Alex shares secrets about how he outperforms the market. He also discusses how you can reap those benefits by becoming a part of Ember Fund, a decentralized...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we talked with Kristy-Leigh Minehan (otherwise known as OhGodAGirl on Twitter). She enlightened us about the earliest days of Bitcoin mining and gave us the inside track on how crypto mining operates today. We talk about some of the largest enterprise mining operations from former Paypal executives, Bitcoin’s former halvings, and expectations...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we talked with Lisa Butters of Honeywell, a Fortune 100 company. The 77th largest company in America by market cap, we discuss Honeywell’s blockchain strategy and the impact it will have on supply chain. We take a look at how Honeywell is revolutionizing a business-to-business industry with their online crypto marketplace. We talk about how t...

What’s burning, CryptNation? In The Weekly Fire, Bryce and PizzaMind recap the most important events of the week, and give you a piece of their mind. As always, we cover this week’s hottest topics, crypto’s most burning questions, and get into some heated debates. Recurring Show Segments: “Hot or Not”, “Smoke and Mirrors”, “Fire Tweets”, and “Scorched Earth”. “Hot or Not” is a quick look at the bi...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sit down with Dr. Steven “7” Waterhouse who is CEO and co-founder of Orchid, as well as former partner and CTO of Pantera Capital-- one of cryptos leading investment funds. In this episode, we learn that the most cited researcher in the legendary Bitcoin Whitepaper now works with Orchid. We focus our conversation specifically around curren...

What’s burning, CryptNation? In The Weekly Fire, Bryce and PizzaMind recap the most important events of the week, and give you a piece of their mind. As always, we cover this week’s hottest topics, crypto’s most burning questions, and get into some heated debates. Recurring Show Segments: “Hot or Not”, “Smoke and Mirrors”, “Fire Tweets”, and “Scorched Earth”. “Hot or Not” is a quick look at the bi...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sit down with Simon Yu, CEO and Founder of StormX, enabling users to earn crypto anywhere, anytime, from any device! Built on the back of blockchain technology, Storm’s gamified microtask platform creates opportunities for people around the world to earn cryptocurrency rewards. Sponsored link: http://etoro.com/crypto101 Guest Links: https:...

What’s burning, CryptNation? In The Weekly Fire, Bryce and PizzaMind recap the most important events of the week, and give you a piece of their mind. As always, we cover this week’s hottest topics, crypto’s most burning questions, and get into some heated debates. Recurring Show Segments: “Hot or Not”, “Smoke and Mirrors”, “Fire Tweets”, and “Scorched Earth”. “Hot or Not” is a quick look at the bi...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sit down with Andrew Keys, CEO and Founder of DARMA Capital. We speak at length about the strategies his hedge fund employs to outperform the market. We ask him how he generates buy/sell signals, his framework for making trades, larger global events coming to bear on crypto, his favorite coins of 2020, the lending markets, and so much more...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sit down with Edward Woodford of SeedCX to talk about the landscape for financial institutions, and where they are at in terms of adoption of investing in crypto assets. We talk about how crypto is a retail driven phenomena, macroeconomic factors coming to bear on crypto, and big time trends that are unfolding throughout 2020. Sponsored li...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sit down with Evan Feng of Tapestry Capital to do a deep dive into trading crypto! Sponsored link: http://etoro.com/crypto101 Guest Links: https://twitter.com/EvanTheFeng Show Links: https://CRYPTO101podcast.com https://www.cryptorevolution.com/free Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Social: https://twitter.com/Crypto101Pod https://tw...

In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by eToro, we sit down with Guy Hirsch, Managing Director of eToro U.S. This episode is all about capital markets, the global flow of money, different sorts of crypto trading instruments (futures, options, swaps, etc.) and their impact on prices, and institutional trends that are just starting to unfold in the blockchain space. We also talk a lot about...