The Wolf Of All Streets

The CME has played a pivotal role in ensuring that institutions have access to the cryptocurrency futures market. Payal Shah, the Director of Equity & Cryptocurrency Products at CME Group, came on the show to help our listeners better understand how the derivatives marketplace functions in our nascent sector. This episode covers a number of topics, including the CME’s customers, how futures contra...

Investing early in the right crypto project and being right has led to generational wealth for countless investors. The hard part is knowing which project to invest in and being able to gain access. Graham Jenkin is the CEO of CoinList, a platform that plays an important role in vetting and incubating projects to ensure fairness and success. Solana, Filecoin, Celo, and Algorand are just a few of t...

Many of the internet communities that you currently enjoy or rely upon were built by Greg Isenberg. Greg is an expert in designing, building, and perfecting many of the communities we know and love today, including Reddit, WeWork, Microsoft, Tik-Tok, FedEx, NASCAR, TechCrunch, and WordPress. Greg is now focused on building communities in Web3, a boon for all of us who are passionate about the spac...

In a hyper-connected world with a global economy, it makes increasingly less sense to restrict ourselves with artificial borders and limiting fiat currencies. The nation of Palau is redirecting the course of history as the first country to implement digital residency through blockchain. Palau’s President, Surangel Whipps Jr., came on the show to explain why the concept of digital residency enhance...

Legendary investor Kevin O’Leary loves money, in all of its forms. Once known as a vocal Bitcoin skeptic, Kevin has done a 180° and is now an outspoken crypto advocate. His journey didn't end at Bitcoin. Kevin has gone deep down the crypto rabbit hole, investing in protocols and projects across Web3. Kevin believes digital assets are the “12th sector of the S&P” and has positioned himself to be a...

Mike McGlone, Senior Commodity Strategist for Bloomberg, made his third appearance on the podcast to share with listeners his current perspective on the state of the market. Mike believes that the data is pointing to an imminent market correction that will surprise most people. His tagline “Don’t Fight The Fed” encapsulates his belief that tightening monetary policy is the largest contributor to t...

As a young entrepreneur, Justin Kan dreamed of making one million dollars off of his video streaming platform called Twitch. Never in his wildest imagination did he suspect Amazon would acquire his company for a billion dollars just 7 years after launch. Now Justin is considered one of the greatest though leaders navigating Web 3.0, the metaverse, and NFTs. This future looking episode covers a wid...

Alex Tapscott, the son of previous guest Don Tapscott, is carrying on the family’s legacy of investment success across capital markets. Alex is the author of Blockchain Revolution, a 2016 book that remains a crypto-best seller, with over 500,000 copies sold worldwide. It’s Alex’s belief that the best is yet to come for the crypto space and that massive capital formation and investment into crypto...

Michael Saylor famously sparked a bull market by buying Bitcoin and putting it on the balance sheet of MicroStrategy. That’s not the beginning of the story. Eric Weiss, a Bitcoin OG, is the legend that successfully orange-pilled his best friend Michael Saylor, convincing him to buy billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin. This episode contains the incredible true story of how one man’s advice changed...

Sam Bankman-Fried is a fan favorite and made his third appearance on the show, offering some bold predictions for 2022. In 2021, Sam tirelessly defended the cryptocurrency sector, going toe to toe with regulatory giants. FTX also led the charge towards mainstream adoption, with endorsement and sponsorship deals across the world. Now he is gearing up to do it all over again. He even revealed some o...

Market makers in crypto are wildly misunderstood, as is the manner in which huge players trade. In this episode, Max Boonen, the founder of B2C2, explained the importance of market makers, and how their services and liquidity make the market more efficient. He broke down the reality of how whales trade, their actual impact, and how they are making money. Max also shared an incredible story on how...

Matt Kalish is the co-founder and current President of DraftKings North America. He has a deep seeded passion for sports, technology, entrepreneurship, crypto, and analytics. Matt was an early NFT adopter and gifted his friends his favorite jpegs, which soon became coveted and valuable, effectively converting everyone around him into NFT bulls and collectors. Today, Matt spends his time innovating...

Matthew Hougan is an expert on ETFs. As the CIO of Bitwise Asset Management, Matthew and his team bring to the table decades of experience building and promoting new financial products. As Matthew describes in the episode, ETFs are the mother’s milk of the investment world, meaning their role and importance can’t be understated. Matthew is able to explain why ETFs are the pinnacle of gateway inves...

Willy Woo needs no introduction. In this episode, he shared his thoughts on why 2021’s price action has broken many of the popular price predictive models that have historically been accurate. It’s his belief that 2022 will be a strong year for the crypto market, backed by compelling on-chain analysis. If you are looking for an incredible summary of the past year and an honest appraisal of what is...

Regulators in the United States get a justifiably bad rap for their handling of crypto, seemingly unable to offer clarity to both companies and individuals that are innovating and investing. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce is an exception to the rule and is a fierce advocate for the crypto space that has been fighting for sensible regulation. Her mission is to protect consumers, while concurrently...

Multicoin Capital is arguably the most successful hedge fund of all time. After leading the first three investment rounds for Solana, the Multicoin Capital team was faced with the tough decision of whether to sell. The simple choice to hold was proven correct. Kyle’s thesis-driven approach makes for an episode filled with balanced and well-considered takes on the future of the crypto space - a mus...

Mayor Francis Suarez has led the charge for city and state adoption of Bitcoin and crypto. His relentless commitment to technological innovation and welcoming companies and individuals with open arms has quickly made Miami a contender for crypto capital of the world. Be careful if you listen to this episode, because there is a good chance you will feel a strong urge to pack up everything and move...

After discovering Bitcoin in 2011 and realizing its potential, my guest became the first professor to start teaching crypto as a university course in 2014 with only 33 students. Today he has hundreds of students who study Bitcoin, blockchain, DeFi and NFTs and are defining the shape of the crypto industry. Meet David L. Yermack, Professor of Finance and Business Transformation at New York Universi...

Haseeb Qureshi isn’t like most people. At just 19 years old, Haseeb established himself as one of the greatest self-taught professional poker players in the world - his future was set. Unsatisfied with his accomplishments, Haseeb reinvented himself and gave away nearly everything he won. From pursuing an earn-to-give lifestyle to finding his way into cyber security and crypto, this episode unpacks...

Dave Weisberger is a Wall Street legend turned professional crypto builder. Dave went in-depth on how algorithmic trading works in the complex crypto market. Beyond describing his unique algorithmic style, Dave took a deep dive into the macro drivers in our market, including the ETF’s underpinnings, the SEC’s desires, and the hottest trends. If you’re looking for either a macro or micro market edg...

Members of the crypto community love to talk about regulations and laws in crypto, yet very few of us are actually experts. Hailey Lennon came on the show to explain the current state of crypto regulation and dispel some popular myths. It is her belief that we need regulatory clarity to foster the historic innovation we are seeing in the crypto world. Must listen. -- Arculus: Arculus is the new cr...

No single phrase in crypto is as exciting as “institutional adoption” for eager investors anticipating the “opening of the flood gates” of big money. Aya Kantorovich is the Head of Institutional Coverage for FalconX, the perfect guest to help us unpack this complicated idea that is both misunderstood and highly anticipated. Aya believes institutions are already in crypto in a big way, but it might...

Dave Nadig is an ETF industry pioneer with over 25 years of experience in the business. He came on the show to break down the popular products we all love to talk about, yet barely understand - ETFs. This episode takes a fun twist into the metaverse, the state of future regulation, the bridging of old and new finance, and interesting ETF variants we will likely see in the future.  -- Arculus: Arcu...

Charles Cascarilla, Co-founder and CEO of Paxos Digital, was an extremely early Bitcoin advocate. While Charles knows that he wasn’t patient zero, he believes that he was one of the first 100 people to use the asset. Charles has made it his mission to build a well-regulated financial institution that enables the movement between physical and digital assets. To that end, Paxos has been the go to pl...

Professor Campbell Harvey is a world-renowned economist and professor known for being ahead of the curve in the world of finance. Learning about decentralized finance was a life-changing experience for Professor Harvey, which started him on a path of educating his students and the world on crypto. Professor Harvey has written a book titled, “DeFi and The Future Of Finance” and spends his time divi...