The Wolf Of All Streets

What does institutional crypto adoption really mean? When will institutional money finally come to the crypto space? What are the obstacles (regulation!) and what are the drivers of this adoption? Join my discussion with some of the most brilliant minds in the space: Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise, Oliver Linch, CEO of Bittrex, and Bill Barhydt, Founder and CEO of Abra. ►► JOIN T...

More and more banks and other financial institutions enter the crypto space. Matt Trudeau, COO at ErisX, a company that provides crypto derivatives to institutional investors, talks about the institutional demand for cryptocurrencies, and potential drivers of crypto adoption, and takes a look at the crypto market from the regulatory perspective. Matt Trudeau: https://twitter.com/mtrudeau ErisX: ht...

Interest rate swaps are a quadrillion-dollar market, making it the biggest market in the world. Thanks to Voltz, this market now exists in DeFi. I sat down with Simon Jones, the founder and CEO of Voltz, at the House of Muse in New York, and discussed why Simon decided to build Voltz, how he discovered Bitcoin and crypto, and how he sees the future of decentralized finance.  Voltz: https://www.vol...

Jeremy Kauffman is an American entrepreneur and political activist known for founding LBRY, a blockchain-based file-sharing and payment network that powers decentralized platforms. We met during Mainnet to discuss the future of decentralized social media platforms and the role of the SEC in the adoption of crypto. Jeremy Kauffman https://twitter.com/jeremykauffman LBRY https://lbry.com/ ►► JOIN TH...

S&P Global is the backbone of the financial system - its famous rating system provides markets with insights into the financial position of many public companies and helps investors and financial institutions make investment decisions.  Now, S&P Global wants to build a similar system for crypto to help institutional investors navigate the new world and eventually drive adoption. I sat down with th...

Kevin Owocki describes himself as an internet citizen, DAO cartographer, EVM whisperer & chaos magician. But what is truly behind these identities? We met at Mainnet in New York and talked about the future of AI, security issues of proof of stake, Kevin’s background, why and how he built Gitcoin, and why he decided to turn the project into a DAO. https://twitter.com/owocki https://gitcoin.co/ Gitc...

Thursday's live panel is back! Special guests: 1. Jeff Booth, author, entrepreneur, and technology leader: https://twitter.com/JeffBooth 2. Tom Dunleavy, senior research analyst at Messari: https://mobile.twitter.com/dunleavy89 3. Steven McClurg, CIO and co-founder at Valkyrie: https://twitter.com/stevenmcclurg ►► Get 20% off on your ticket to W3BX. Use my code: WOLF20. Register here: http://web3e...

Piers Ridyard is a CEO at RDX Works, a core developer of the DeFi protocol, Radix. We met with Piers at Mainnet by Messari to talk about why Radix is building the decentralized finance-focused blockchain and how he sees the future of DeFi. Piers Ridyard https://twitter.com/PiersRidyard Radix: https://www.radixdlt.com/ ►► Get 20% off on your ticket to W3BX. Use my code: WOLF20. Register here: http:...

I sat down with Eowyn Chen, the CEO of Trust Wallet, at Mainnet in New York to discuss the challenges of storing crypto, security, and the evolution of crypto wallets. Eowyn Chen: https://twitter.com/EowynChen Trust Wallet: https://trustwallet.com/ ►► Get 20% off on your ticket to W3BX. Use my code: WOLF20. Register here: http://web3expo.live/  ►► JOIN THE FREE WOLF DEN NEWSLETTER https://www.getr...

Dean Tribble is an OG cypherpunk and former Principal Architect at Microsoft. A 34-year industry veteran, he co-designed the first smart contract system, AMiX, architected the brokerage information system for Charles Schwab, built a start-up that was later acquired by Microsoft.  We talked about smart contracts, original cypherpunk ideas, and Agoric, the platform for smart contract developers that...

I sat down with Evan Shapiro, the founder of Mina protocol and the current CEO of Mina Foundation, to cover everything from Zero Knowledge SNARKS, privacy, and scaling, to what true decentralization means and how to achieve it. Mina was created by Evan Shapiro and Izaak Meckler in 2017. It is one of the lightest blockchains, just 22 kB. To achieve this result, Mina implemented zk-SNARKS, a cryptog...

Jim O'Shaughnessy is one of my favorite recurring guests. He is a renowned investor, the founder and chief investment officer of O'Shaughnessy Asset Management and the host of the Infinite Loop podcast. Jim shares his wisdom about financial markets, the key to which is human behavior. Listen to learn about how markets work, how to study them, and what to study to better understand the psychology b...

I’ve been using Unstoppable Domains for years, so having Matthew Gould, its CEO and founder, on my podcast was especially interesting. Listen to this episode if you want to know the difference between web2 and web3 domains, how Unstoppable Domains will survive the crypto winter, and how they will spend their recent round, which valued the company at $1 billion and made it a unicorn. Matthew Gould:...

Anthony Di Iorio is one of the co-founders of Ethereum, along with Vitalik Buterin, Charles Hoskinson, Joseph Lubin, and Gavin Wood. Are they still friends? Why is Anthony still in crypto and what problems is he trying to solve now? Why is decentralization still one of the biggest issues in our industry? We covered this, the switch to proof of stake and much more in this incredible conversation wi...

Ethereum has successfully merged, but crypto is down following the traditional markets. Why is this happening and when will we see the bull market? Also, important updates from Voyager, and more! Special guest: Dave Weisberger, CEO and co-founder of CoinRoutes. Dave Weisberger https://twitter.com/daveweisberger1 ►► Get 20% off on your ticket to W3BX. Use my code: WOLF20. Register here: http://web3...

Ethereum merge has happened and ETH switched to proof-of-stake. What does it mean and what are the implications of this? I discuss it with my guests: Anthony Di Iorio, co-founder of Ethereum, Nimrod Lehavi, co-founder of Simplex, Peter Saddington, VC investor, Pierce Crosby, general manager at TradingView, Jason Lau, COO at OKCoin, Gabor Gurbacs, Strategy Advisor at VanEck, and Matthew Sigel, head...

I finally had the opportunity to sit down with Anatoly Yakovenko, founder of Solana. We talked about everything: the centralization of Solana, how Solana competes with other layer 1 blockchains, and why it is crucial to cut operational costs to boost adoption. We talked about security issues and how the upcoming release of the first Solana phone, Saga, solves them. We further discussed how Anatoly...

Do teenagers actually hang out these days? What do they think about crypto, inflation, and money printing? How do we improve financial literacy? I have the best person to discuss it all: Randi aka MissTeenCrypto, the voice of gen z and as she calls herself - a blockchain maximalist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This interview with Dan Held is the last episode recorded at Consensus 2022 in Austin, Texas. We talked about everything: Dan’s shoes, Kraken’s path to a banking license, Bitcoin’s role in Ukraine, competition in crypto, and how long Bitcoin will be correlated to traditional assets.  Important notice: Dan was still at Kraken when we recorded this interview in June 2022 during Consensus. As of Sept...

Is the Ethereum merge positive news? How will ETH behave 6 months after the merge? Why is Jeff Dorman, crypto fund Arca's CIO, so bullish on Ethereum? Why is Joshua Frank, the co-founder and CEO of the Tie, the crypto data provider, not happy about the narratives around crypto and feeling skeptical about the adoption while being fully invested in crypto? Listen to this strong debate between two cr...

Dave Weisberger, co-founder & CEO of Coinroutes is back! We discuss many issues including politics, why Bitcoin energy consumption is just FUD and propaganda, Binance’s decision to stop support to USDC, and why Binance is making a big mistake. And of course, the biggest question of the day: will Bitcoin crash after Ethereum’s merge? The episode was recorded on Tuesday, September 6, 2022. ►► Sponso...

Mance Harmon claims Hedera’s core technology, Hashgraph, has solved the tradeoff between scalability and security. It’s an impressive claim. Hedera’s website boasts 10,000+ transactions per second versus ETH’s 12+ and BTC’s 3+, at a fraction of the transaction cost, and low latency while being carbon neutral or even negative. The result is an enterprise-level layer 1 solution that has completed 2...

Does crypto everything? What is the future of DeFi and metaverses? What would be the currency on Mars? Why should we get rid of the term 'NFT'? Bitcoin OG and visionary Jeff Garzik, who started working on Bitcoin as a core developer with Satoshi Nakamoto back in 2010, and is now building infrastructure tools and applications at his company Bloq, came to my show to discuss all of this and more. JOI...

David Chaum, the legendary founder of DigiCash and eCash, a cryptocurrency that predates Bitcoin, stops by to talk about his concerns about Big Tech, privacy, and the future of democracy. David, widely known as the “Godfather of Cryptocurrency and Online Privacy”, talks about his fully-encrypted messenger application, the xx messenger, the xx network, and unveils the vision for his privacy-first e...

What is it going to take to get American politicians on board with crypto? That’s what Dennis Porter, Founder of Satoshi Action Fund, is trying to find out. Satoshi Action Fund is a Non-Profit 501(c)(4) dedicated to raising awareness about Bitcoin Mining, education, investment, and innovation in the United States.  Dennis stops by to weigh in on the hottest political and regulatory questions of th...