The Delphi Podcast

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital  is joined by Kyle Kistner, co-founder of bZx Protocol.  For the podcast, we try our best to locate early stage projects in the space. We noticed bZx's total value locked on DeFi pulse grew from $1M in September to near $3.5M in late November. While small in absolute numbers, the increase is notable, and with the launch of Fulcrum and Torque, we believed...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital  is joined by Matthew Finlayson, Head of Product and a co-founder of Invictus Capital. On this episode we discuss how Invictus Capital is democratizing access to investment opportunities through its blockchain-based asset management platform. The platform already supports 4 tokenized funds (ERC-20 tokens), with two more planned (emerging markets solar fund an...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital  is joined by Mike Alfred, the CEO and Co-Founder of Digital Assets Data. On this episode we discuss Mike's journey from a successful exit of BrightScope to founding Digital Assets Data and how he runs 100 mile marathons. We also dive into what separates Digital Assets Data from other data providers, and the answers are compelling.  Digital Assets Data i...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital  is joined by Ryan Selkis, the founder of Messari Crypto, which provides research, news, metrics and live data for crypto. This podcast was recorded one week ago, and since then Messari closed a $4M round. We dive into Ryan's past, his time in the space, the state of information and transparency in crypto, how Messari is bringing real transparency and da...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital  is joined by Ethereum's Danny Ryan, as he answers the community's most pressing questions on ETH 2.0, the technology, recent changes to the roadmap, and so much more. It was a pleasure to have Danny on for a look inside the Ethereum machine. Ethereum is at a pivotal juncture with ETH 2.0 on the horizon and new scaling technologies gaining momentum...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital  is joined by Synthetix's founder Kain Warwick, and this episode it co-hosted by Delphi's Medio Demarco. On this episode we do a deep dive into Synthetix, the protocol that providers exposure to decentralized synthetic assets and is gaining massive momentum in the DeFi space. On this episode we cover the intricate details of the protocol, the synthe...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital  is joined by Steven McKie, the GP and MD at Amentum. In this episode we go through Steven's career, why he started Amentum, his process for selecting investments, what he looks for in founders and so much more. This episode is a deep dive into the minds of one of the earliest investors in the space, and how he built his fund.  Steven McKie is a crypto v...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital  is joined by Diogo Monica to discuss Anchorage, a leading crypto custodian that is built to secure trillions in assets. Anchorage was founded on the belief that technical problems require technical solutions. To help financial institutions invest securely in digital assets, we are building the first crypto-native custodian.  To help support the show, please...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital  is joined by Luke Gromen, the Founder of the unique macroeconomic research firm Forest for the Trees (FFTT) and Kevin Kelly, a co-founder of Delphi Digital.  On this episode we have an all encompassing episode covering the current macro landscape, the global sovereign debt bubble, the state of fiscal & monetary policy and its impact on the U.S. dollar, p...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Vitalik Buterin , the co-founder of Ethereum to discuss his recent post titled: Eth2 shard chain simplification proposal. On this episode we discuss Vitalik's view on how simplified sharding, and optimistic rollups could drive 100k transactions per second in one year. We also discuss the benefits of native cross shard comm...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Jake Brukhman, the founder of Coinfund  a crypto fund launched in 2015. On this episode we discuss Jake's investing thesis, what he's most interested in now, and his entire stance on Network Lifecycle Investing. If you're looking to learn from the best, this is the episode for you.  To help support the show, plea...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Notation Capital's Katherine Wu for an awesome discussion on EOS and the Block One settlement. Katherine notated the entire massive document so we walk through what it means, the implications and so much more. This was a fun and insightful episode, one of my favorites.   To access the insights package of Delphi's lead...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Vision Hill Group's Dan Zuller for the second part of a multi-part, short and sweet educational series simplifying complex crypto topics. The first episode is focused on scaling blockchain networks on layer 1 and layer 2.  To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on yo...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Harry Sudock, a director of strategy at Griid Infrastructure (Bitcoin Mining Firm) and Nick Sandomeno who is a financial planning analyst at Astorino Financial Group.  We dive into the Bitcoin mining industry, costs, and explore the major issues around mining from sustainability to costs and what the future looks like. This was...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) Alex Lindgren, a Partner at Lindgren, Lindgren, Oehm & You LLP. On this episode we discuss the legal complexities projects and teams in the space have to navigate and the consequences.  Mr. Lindgren’s practice ranges from software-based start-ups to private investment funds focusing on cryptocurrency trading or technology acquisitions....

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Joey Krug, the co-founder of the predictions protocol Augur and the Co-CIO of Pantera, one of the space's largest group of funds.  We discuss the future of Augur ranging from capabilities, upgrades, Augur V2. We also dive into Pantera's investment thesis, which investments pass the smell test, which investments are wo...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Sunny Aggarwal, a researcher and core developer at Tendermint and Cosmos and the founder of the Byzantine Battalion.  We discuss Sunny's latest project: how the Byzantine Battalion is hacking projects for the greater good. The Battalion can hack projects to test their merits, security and so much more.    Follow Tom on Twi...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Jack O'Holleran, the co-founder and CEO of SKALE. On this episode we dive into how SKALE's elastic sidechains can enable massively scalable decentralized applications. Between sidechains and state channels, SKALE makes interesting tradeoffs to achieve the right balance of scale and decentralization. SKALE's tech...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Kyle Davies, the co-founder of Three Arrows Capital. This was an excellent discussion into Kyle's storied finance background and how he is using that to drive alpha in Crypto. Three Arrows Capital goes way beyond long and short positions so it was great to hear all of the ways the fund is driving returns across an array of...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Jeff Dorman, the co-founder and CIO of Arca. On this episode we discuss Jeff's experience at Lehman, Merril, Citadel, and now as the co-founder and CIO of Arca, a crypto focused fund. This episode cover's Jeffs immense focus on bringing his experience at prior firms to the crypto realm. To access the insights package...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Hasu and Ryan Sean Adams for a rational conversation between two bulls, Hasu on Bitcoin and Ryan Sean Adams on Ethereum. Between the echo chambers of crypto twitter and the pointless yelling matches on other mediums, this was a thoughtful and constructive conversation between two bulls on the similarities and differences on Bit...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Farbood Nivi, the CEO and co-founder of Coinmine .  On this episode we discuss what the Coinmine is, what cryptocurrencies you can mine using it, new features (Bitcoin only mode, the future ability to use the lightning network) and so much more. We dive into Farbood's history, and the insane focus on a perfect Apple style...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Web3 Foundation's Ryan Zurrer. This was an awesome episode where we discuss everything from how the Web3 foundation is ushering in the decentralized web where users control their data to Polkadot, a high profile interoperability project. I recently wrote a post on Polkadot exploring my concerns, so it was great to discuss...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Vision Hill Group's Dan Zuller for the first part of a multi-part, short and sweet educational series simplifying complex crypto topics. The first episode is focused on distributed consensus mechanisms.  To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign...

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Kadena's Founder and CEO Will Martino. kadena is described as offering the fastest, safest and most scalable hybrid blockchain technology stack for entrepreneurs.  We go through Will's history as  the Lead Engineer for Juno, JP Morgan’s blockchain prototype all the way to the promise of Kadena, its public blockchain l...