Crypto and Muay Thai Podcast with Chris Brookins

Do Kwon and I discuss how Terra Lab's stable coin ($UST) and Chai wallet are bringing billions of users to crypto, utility of $LUNA / $MIR /$ANCHOR, and much more!  

Do Kwon is the Co-founder and CEO of Terra Labs, the company behind Terra ($LUNA) stable coin, offering instant settlements, low fees and seamless cross-border exchange to millions of users and merchants.  

Terra Labs Resources: 

Website: https://terra.money/ 

CoinGecko: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/terra-luna 

CoinGecko: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/mirror-protocol  

Do Kwon's 

Social: Twitter: https://twitter.com/d0h0k1 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/do-kwon/  

Host's Social:  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoBrookins​ 

**Disclosure**   

The Crypto & Muay Thai Podcast is meant for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.

Lawrence and I discuss RAMP DeFi's unique protocol design, their liquidity solution for unlocking staked assets onto #ETH ecosystem, and much more!  

Lawrence Lim is the Project Lead of RAMP DeFi, a protocol unlocking liquid capital from staked assets.  

RAMP DeFi Resources: 

Website: https://rampdefi.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RampDefi

Discord: https://discord.gg/WY5TU7b

Telegram: https://t.me/rampdefiofficial

CoinGecko: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ramp 

Lawrence's Social: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lawrence_ramp

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrencelimhz/ 

Host's Social:  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoBrookins 

**Disclosure**   

The Crypto & Muay Thai Podcast is meant for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.

Tyler and I talk about genesis of BarnBridge idea, protocol design and tokenomics, attracting $200M in TVL in 48 hours, future of DeFi vs TradFi, and much more!  

Tyler Ward is the Co-Founder of BarnBridge, a tokenized risk protocol hedging yield sensitivity and market price.  

BarnBridge Resources: 

Website: https://barnbridge.com 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/barn_bridge 

Discord: https://discord.com/invite/FfEhsVk 

Telegram: https://t.me/barnbridge_official 

Medium: https://medium.com/barnbridge/yield-farming-bond-the-risks-involved-7cefdba01b17 

GitHub: https://github.com/BarnBridge/  

Tyler’s Social: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LordTylerWard 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-scott-ward-42638627/  

Host's Social:  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoBrookins  

Telegram: https://t.me/valiendero_signals 

Substack: weeklyjab.substack.com  

 **Disclosure**   

The Crypto & Muay Thai Podcast is meant for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.

Dan and I talk about bitcoin's killer 2020, DeFi valuations, layer 1 alternatives, and much more!  

Dan Matuszewski is a Partner at CMS Holdings, a principal investment firm focused on making investments across the cryptoasset ecosystem. 

CMS Resources: 

Website: http://cmsholdings.io/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cms-holdings-llc/ 

Host's Social:  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoBrookins  

Telegram: https://t.me/valiendero_signals

Substack: weeklyjab.substack.com   

**Disclosure**   

The Crypto & Muay Thai Podcast is meant for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.

Chad and I talk about THORChain's ($RUNE) unique technical and economic design,  cross-chain liquidity as a killer app, building a new DeFi ecosystem on $RUNE, and much more!  

Chad Barraford is the Technical Lead at THORChain, a decentralized and community-driven protocol facilitating cross-chain liquidity pools with no pegged or wrapped tokens.   

THORChain Resources: 

Website: https://thorchain.org/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thorchain_org

Discord: https://discord.gg/V6pNp8A

Telegram: https://t.me/thorchain_org 

Medium: https://medium.com/thorchain  

Chad’s Social: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBarraford

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadbarraford/ 

Host's Social:  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoBrookins  

Telegram: https://t.me/valiendero_signals

Substack: weeklyjab.substack.com   

**Disclosure**   

The Crypto & Muay Thai Podcast is meant for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.

Jay and I chat about how Avalanche ($AVAX) fits into DeFi, interoperability with Ethereum, NFTs, and much more!  

Jay Kurahashi-Sofue is the VP of Marketing at Ava Labs, the company behind Avalanche, a blockchain platform built for decentralized applications and interoperability.   

Avalanche Resources: 

Website: https://avax.network 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/avalancheavax 

Discord: https://chat.avax.network 

Telegram: https://t.me/avalancheavax  

Jay’s Social: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jayks17 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayksofue/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jayksphoto/  

Host's Social: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoBrookins 

Telegram: https://t.me/valiendero_signals

Substack: weeklyjab.substack.com 

 **Disclosure**   

The Crypto & Muay Thai Podcast is meant for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.

Jon Fitch and I chat about $BTC, retirement, common young fighter mistakes  in training and finances, and much more!  

Jon Fitch is one of the top Welterweight MMA fighters of all-time with over 40 fights; including epic battles against other legends like George St. Pierre.  

Links: 

Twitter: @jonfitchdotnet 

Instagram: @jonfitchsmash 

Website: www.jonfitch.net 

Podcast: jonfitchknowsnothing.podbean.com  

Social: 

twitter.com/CryptoBrookins 

weeklyjab.substack.com

t.me/valiendero_signals  

**Disclosure**   

The Crypto and Muay Thai Podcast is meant for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.

Anatoly Yakovenko and I chat about Proof of History, blockchain eating finance, Visa scalability + NASDAQ speed to DeFi, and much more!  

Anatoly Yakovenko is the Co-Founder of the Solana Foundation, a Layer 1 blockchain built to support thousands of transactions per second at NASDAQ speed. Previously, Anatoly was a senior engineer at Qualcomm.   

Links: 

Twitter: @aeyakovenko 

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/anatoly-yakovenko 

Website: solana.com  

Social: 

https://twitter.com/CryptoBrookins 

https://t.me/valiendero_signals  

**Disclosure**   

The Crypto and Muay Thai Podcast is meant for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.

Shiliang Tang and I chat about his fund's approach to quant and derivatives trading in bitcoin and alts, trading on DEXs, liquidity, and much more!  

Shiliang Tang is the CIO of Ledger Prime, a quantitative digital asset investment firm. Previously, Shiliang spent eight years as a derivatives trader on the proprietary trading desks of UBS and Merrill Lynch.  

Links: 

Twitter: @ShiliangTang 

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/shiliangtang 

Website: www.ledgerprime.com  

Social: 

https://twitter.com/CryptoBrookins 

https://t.me/valiendero_signals  

**Disclosure**   

The Crypto and Muay Thai Podcast is meant for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.

Coleman Maher and I chat about Origin Protocol ($OGN) current roadmap and foray into #DeFi, bull market exuberance, and training Muay Thai in Bangkok.  

Coleman Maher is the Head of Business Development at Origin Protocol, a decentralized e-commerce platform.  

Links

Twitter: @colemansmaher 

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/coleman-maher-sf/ 

Blog: medium.com/originprotocol/origin-protocol-and-defi-9e9b6ac4f4f0 

Website: www.originprotocol.com/en  

Social

https://twitter.com/CryptoBrookins 

https://t.me/valiendero_signals 

 **Disclosure**   

The Crypto and Muay Thai Podcast is meant for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.

Jesse Proudman is the CEO of Strix Leviathan, a Seattle-based asset management firm operating a crypto focused quantitative hedge fund.   

Previously, Jesse founded Blue Box Group, an agile cloud resources technology company that was acquired by IBM.  

Jesse and I discussed:  

• Technological Approach to Quant Trading in Crypto 
• Critiques of the Stock to Flow Model 
• DeFi exuberance re-igniting retailers 
• And much more!  

Twitter: @jesseproudman  

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jesseproudman  

Blog: strixleviathan.com/blog/2020/6/29/a-chameleon-model-why-bitcoins-stock-to-flow-model-is-fatally-flawed  

Website: strixleviathan.com  

**Disclosure**   

The Crypto and Muay Thai Podcast is meant for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.

Josh Oszewicz is the Head Trader at Techemy Capital and Market Analyst for Brave New Coin. He also curates his trading expertise via his Youtube channel, Carpe Noctum.  

Josh and I discussed: 

• Day trading in crypto 
• Multi-year bull market for digital assets 
• DeFi token craze 
• And much more!  

Twitter: @CarpeNoctom 

Youtube: www.youtube.com/carpenoctom 

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/olszewicz/ 

**Disclosure**   

The Crypto and Muay Thai Podcast is meant for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.

Peng Zhong is the CEO at Tendermint, the blockchain company behind the open source Cosmos Network SDK. Peng was previously the Chief Design Officer at Tendermint, and plans to increase blockchain adoption through better usability design.  

Peng and I discussed:  

• What are Cosmos & ATOM 
• Powering DeFi protocols like KAVA & BAND 
• Improving user experience 
• Chain security as a service 
• And much more!  

https://tendermint.com/ 

https://cosmos.network/  

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nylira/ 

Twitter: twitter.com/zcpeng  

**Disclosure**   

The Crypto and Muay Thai Podcast is meant for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.

Mike McGlone is the Chief Commodity Strategist at Bloomberg, a privately held financial, software, data, and media company. Mike has decades of experience in financial and commodity markets, which he leverages for his monthly Crypto Outlook newsletter.  

Mike and I discussed:  

• Bullish fundamentals for bitcoin 
• Bitcoin portfolio allocation as prudent given risk-adjusted returns 
• Long-term ramifications of current monetary policies 
• And much more!  

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mike-mcglone-a8442513/ 

Crypto Outlook: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/blog/stocks-bonds-gold-and-bitcoin-60-40-in-transition-to-58-38-4/ 

Twitter: @business  

**Disclosure**   

The Crypto and Muay Thai Podcast is meant for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.

Daniel Kim is the Head of Revenue at SFOX, a venture-backed Prime Brokerage offering simplified access and deep liquidity to digital asset investors.  

Daniel and I discussed:  

• The subtle wave of institutional adoption 
• Importance of liquidity and Prime Brokers in the future of crypto 
• Thriving during the March Flash Crash 
• And much more!  

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/danielandrewkim

Twitter: @SFox 

Website: www.sfox.com 

Blog: www.sfox.com/blog  

**Disclosure**   

The Crypto and Muay Thai Podcast is meant for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.

Paul "Reaper" Banasiak is the Founder of Striking Academy, an online and on-demand learning platform designed for striking students of all levels. 

He is a Pro Muay Thai fighter with 50+ fights in a variety of organizations, including Lion Fight and Glory Kickboxing.

Paul and I discussed:

- Giving up career stability to pursue his passion

- Immigrant work ethic driving his success 

- Adapting fight style from Amateur to Professional ranks

- Mastering all facets of Muay Thai

- And much more!

Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCibKtggsc7i3Ot1y0MzY6VQ

Instagram: @muaythaitechnician

Website: www.muaythaitechnician.com/home/

Jeff Chan is the Founder of MMAShredded, an online community designed to aid beginners and fighters alike in their martial arts journey. He is also a current ONE Championship fighter and has trained all over the world with legends of Muay Thai and MMA.  

Jeff and I discussed:  

• Fighting style evolution from Muay Thai to MMA  
• Life changing events needed to achieve ones full potential 
• Origins and future plans for MMAShredded  
• Fighting in ONE Championship  
• Favorite fighters we incorporate into our styles 
• and much more!  

Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCt1ZR07apYANZ3MmlbipIXg 

Instagram: @mmashredded 

Website: www.mmashredded.com/ 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/MMAShredded/ 

Patreon: www.patreon.com/MMAShredded 

TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@mmashredded

Florian and I chatted about proof of stake (PoS) versus proof of work (PoW), Cosmos, PoS networks as hedge to ETH 2.0 collapse, greatest risks to PoS space, and much more. 

Florian Liss is the Co-Founder of Staking Facilities, a non-custodial infrastructure company that allows PoS token holders to securely stake and earn rewards on their assets. 

Twitter: @stakingfac

Website: stakingfacilities.com

Staking Academy: staking-academy.com

Medium: medium.com/@stakingfac

**Disclosure**  The Crypto and Muay Thai Podcast is meant for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.

Richard and I discuss early days of Muay Thai in U.K., constantly learning as a coach, sharpening fighter's strengths versus weaknesses, Bad Company fighting style (or lack thereof), applications of Muay Thai to MMA, and much more. 

Richard Smith is the Founder and Head Coach of Bad Company Muay Thai Gym in Leeds, England. He has taught numerous World Champions including Liam Harrison and Andy Howson. 

Twitter: @BadCompanyGym

Instagram: @richardsmith_badcompany_gym

Website: https://www.badcompany.co.uk

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/BadcompanyGym

Marcel and I discuss quant life in crypto, stock to flow model journey, valuation frameworks to attract institutions, The Crypto RAT, and more.

Marcel Burger is the Founder of Burger Crypto.

Twitter: @BurgerCryptoAM

Website: www.burgercrypto.com

Book Website: www.bitcoinometrics.io

Crypto RAT: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/182d4fybG2wl0Zt_CUizfDIAjILHKhVdUwfRYezSbjrI/edit?usp=sharing

**Disclosure**  The Crypto and Muay Thai Podcast is meant for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.

Six Gun and I talk about being a martial artist versus a fighter, constantly evolving as a coach, Aaron Pico, film study, Jon Jones, and lifetime bonds between coach and fighter.

Brandon "Six Gun" Gibson is a world renowned Striking Coach at JacksonWink Gym in Albuquerque, New Mexico, coaching the likes of Jon Jones, Carlos Condit, and Aaron Pico to name a few. 

Twitter: @SixGunGibson

Instagram: @sixgungibson

Facebook: www.facebook.com/SixGunGibson

Tyrone Ross and I talk about working on Wall Street without the right credentials, finding mentors, why athletes win in business, using blockchain to bank the unbanked, DeFi, Dharma, and the future of finance. 

Tyrone Ross is a Financial Consultant at 401 and Director of Community at Altruist. 

Twitter: @TR401

Instagram: @tyrun401

Website: tyroneross.io

Daniel Mross is the CEO of Altangent Labs and Partner at Maximalist Capital. Daniel is a bitcoin OG, and shares some interesting stories about the past and thoughts on the future of bitcoin and digital assets.

In this episode Daniel and I talk about:

1. How he got involved in bitcoin 
2. Early experiences in 2011 from buying bitcoin "over the counter" and mining
3. What it was like creating the first bitcoin documentary 
4. Thoughts on the technical superiority of bitcoin's proof of work (PoW) code versus proof of stake (PoS)
5. Current sentiment towards long-term holding and short-term trading
6. Where he sees bitcoin in near future

Website: www.altangent.com

Website: www.blocktap.io/ 

Website: www.maximalist.capital

Website: www.cryptolist.com/  

Twitter: @altangent  

**Disclosure** The Crypto and Muay Thai Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice.