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Crypto Unstacked

By Leslie Lamb

Crypto Unstacked is a weekly podcast that unstacks everything from crypto finance to global macro.
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EP 18: Unstacking with Skew | More Than Just the Next Bloomberg of Crypto?

Crypto UnstackedJul 08, 2020

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EP 58: Unstacking with Charged Particles | Creating Yield-Bearing NFTs

EP 58: Unstacking with Charged Particles | Creating Yield-Bearing NFTs

This week, I chat with Ben Lakoff, Co-Founder of Charged Particles, a smart wallet that allows users to turn their favorite NFTs into yield-generating investments. 


We unstack:
- The new class of yield-bearing aka “charged” NFTs
- How charged NFTs can drive NFT financialization
- Diverse use cases for Charged Particles
- Growing a NFT DeFi project (learning from the Discord community)
+more!


LINKS
Gitcoin Kernel Program
Charged Particles Lepton
Charged Particles Use Cases


FOLLOW OUR GUEST
Ben's Twitter: @benlakoff
Ben's podcast: The Alt Asset Allocation Podcast
Charged Particle's Twitter: @DefiNft
Website: www.charged.fi


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DISCLOSURE
The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.



#AmberGroup #ChargedParticles #NFT #CryptoUnstacked

Apr 08, 202136:16
EP 57: Unstacking Archegos Capital | The Tiger Cub who saw himself as Tiger King

EP 57: Unstacking Archegos Capital | The Tiger Cub who saw himself as Tiger King

The stock market is "drunk on risk" according to Bloomberg News. With near zero interest rates and the continuation of quantitative easing measures, artificial stimulus is propping up speculative-risking taking activities such as leveraged trading.
Despite the fallout of Bill Hwang's family office Archegos Capital Management, there seems to be minimal impact on the broader equity markets, as well as the crypto markets with Bitcoin rebounding from its lows around $50k last week to $58k at the time of recording.
Tune in for high-level details about what we know so far.

LINKS:
Coindesk Market Wrap: Bitcoin, Ether Gain After Visa Deal as Stocks Struggle With Archegos Margin Call
Reuters: Archegos margin call share dump ripples across markets
The Street: Archegos Capital Fire Sale Triggers Billions in Investment Bank Losses
Forbes: The Firm Behind The $30 Billion Firesale Shaking Financial Markets Disclosed Almost Nothing
Bloomberg News: Archegos Drama Hardly Ruffles a Market That's 'Drunk on Risk'

FOLLOW AMBER GROUP:
Twitter:
twitter.com/ambergroup_io
Email: contact@ambergroup.io
Website: www.ambergroup.io/

DISCLOSURE:
The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #MacroNews #Markets #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked
Mar 30, 202108:17
EP 56: Unstacking with EulerBeats | Mathematical Art on an NFT Substrate

EP 56: Unstacking with EulerBeats | Mathematical Art on an NFT Substrate

THIS WEEK'S EPISODE:
This week, I chat with Constantin Kostenko, Senior Director for Blockchain Solution Architecture & Strategy with ConsenSys Mesh for Treum, the team behind EulerBeats. We unstack:

► The Sacramento Kings' live blockchain-powered auction platform
► The Circular Economy
► Generative audio: from Swether to EulerBeats
► EulerBeats as a game theory experiment
► ERC 1155 v. ERC 721 standards
► EulerBeats milestones and the Enigma LP auction on March 29, 2021
► How EulerBeats looks to fundamentally change the music industry wrt royalties
+ more!


LINKS:
iFirebrand Blog
Treum.io
Constantin's Twitter: @iFirebrand


FOLLOW AMBER GROUP:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ambergroup_io
Email: contact@ambergroup.io
Website: https://www.ambergroup.io/


DISCLOSURE:
The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.


#AmberGroup #EulerBeats #NFT #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked

Mar 29, 202131:27
EP 55: Unstacking with Ampleforth | The Elastic Base Money Driving the Web 3 Value Highway

EP 55: Unstacking with Ampleforth | The Elastic Base Money Driving the Web 3 Value Highway

THIS WEEK'S EPISODE:
This week, I chat with Evan Kuo, Co-Founder and CEO of Ampleforth and Manny Rincon-Cruz, Researcher at the Hoover Institute and Advisor to the Ampleforth team. 

An Adaptive Base Money

Ampleforth (AMPL) is a monetary innovation and primitive building-block for the decentralized finance ecosystem. Like Bitcoin, it is uncollateralized. Unlike Bitcoin, the Ample eschews a fixed supply schedule and instead automatically adjusts supply in response to price-exchange rate. The Ampleforth protocol receives exchange-rate information from trusted oracles, and propagates that to holders of its units (Amples) by proportionally increasing or decreasing the number of tokens each individual holds.

The unique incentives, movement pattern, and monetary qualities of AMPL, make it ideally suited to: 1) add value to baskets of digital assets, reducing aggregate volatility, 2) be useful as a building block in broader decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, much as physical commodities were building blocks in the historical financial system.

In this episode, we unstack:

Influential economic thinkers
Failed currency pegs
Monetary trilemma: adaptive supply, durable value, stable peg
The base money problem v. the fiat problem
How AMPL stacks up to Ampleforth's initial goals
Rebasing tokens v. coupon-based tokens
Comparing single token v. multi-token model
Is the goal of AMPL stability?
AMPL's stable contracts utility
Evolution of debt in the crypto market
+ more!


EPISODE LINKS:
Ampleforth: A New Synthetic Commodity
Central Banks — A Bad Influence on Decentralized Finance
Algorithmic stablecoins aren’t really stable, but can the concept redeem itself?
Synthetic Commodity Money (2013)
Risk and Return of Cryptocurrency (2018)
Stability, Elasticity, and Reflexivity: A Deep Dive into Algorithmic Stablecoins
The Letter and Spirit of Composability

FOLLOW AMBER GROUP:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ambergroup_io
Email: contact@ambergroup.io
Website: https://www.ambergroup.io/


DISCLOSURE:
The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.


#AmberGroup #Ampleforth #BaseMoney #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked

Mar 25, 202157:34
EP 54: Unstacking with Blockchain Capital | NFT and the Financialization of Internet Culture

EP 54: Unstacking with Blockchain Capital | NFT and the Financialization of Internet Culture

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬
This week, I chat with Kinjal Shah, Investor at Blockchain Capital
We unstack:

► The NFT tech stack: horizontalization + verticalization
► Appraising NFTs on platforms such as Upshot
► Monetizing niche communities
► Financialization of internet culture; everything is investable
► NFTs as schelling points
► Community as art
► NFTs as a distribution channel & new economic model for creators
+more!


▬ LINKS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
When Consumer Meets Crypto
Introduction to Upshot (NFT appraisal platform)
The Goodtime Show with Metakovan
Kinjal's Twitter: @_Kinjalbshah
Blockchain Capital's Twitter: @blockchaincap


▬ FOLLOW AMBER GROUP ▬▬
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ambergroup_io
Email: contact@ambergroup.io
Website: https://www.ambergroup.io/


▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.


#AmberGroup #BlockchainCapital #NFT #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked

Mar 24, 202142:40
EP 53: A Little NFTy Story | Part 2

EP 53: A Little NFTy Story | Part 2

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬
A Little NFTy Story is a mini-series all about... you guessed it... NFTs, also known as Non-Fungible Tokens! Over the coming weeks I'll be covering the dizzying world of NFTs and speaking with artists, collectors, investors and enthusiasts!


This episode was made with help from Kinjal Shah, Investor at Blockchain Capital and Constantin Kostenko from EulerBeats and the Treum.io team. 


Full episodes with Kinjal and Constantin dropping in the coming days!


▬ LINKS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
NFT-linked stocks:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-18/nft-frenzy-lifts-auction-sites-to-shipping-cos-getting-onboard?srnd=cryptocurrencies


Scott Belsky, The Furry Lisa: https://scottbelsky.medium.com/the-furry-lisa-cryptoart-the-new-economy-of-digital-creativity-6cb2300ea081


▬ FOLLOW AMBER GROUP ▬▬
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ambergroup_io
Email: contact@ambergroup.io
Website: https://www.ambergroup.io/


▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.


▬ MUSIC CREDITS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Operatic 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXdrz1pB35Q&list=PLwJjxqYuirCLkq42mGw4XKGQlpZSfxsYd&index=25
Floating Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHYOBwzT4u4&list=PLwJjxqYuirCLkq42mGw4XKGQlpZSfxsYd&index=25
EulerBeats Genesis LP 26 Unofficial Remix:
https://soundcloud.com/ur01/eulerbeats-genesis-lp-26-unofficial-remix


#AmberGroup #NFT #CryptoUnstacked

Mar 19, 202116:40
EP 52: A Little NFTy Story | Part 1

EP 52: A Little NFTy Story | Part 1

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬
A Little NFTy Story is a mini-series all about... you guessed it... NFTs, also known as Non-Fungible Tokens! Over the coming weeks I'll be covering the dizzying world of NFTs and speaking with artists, collectors, investors and enthusiasts!


▬ LINKS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
New York Times NFT article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/business/nft-nba-top-shot-crypto.html
Open Sea NFT guide: https://opensea.io/blog/guides/non-fungible-tokens/
A Bullish Case for NFTs: https://kpmoroney.medium.com/the-bullish-case-for-nfts-dff21f79b22c
Rare Pepe Wallet & The Birth of CryptoArt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MBEW2NxNJ4
Logan Paul on Clubhouse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE01rJyDLcI
Beeple's Christie's auction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8p1B8NHLFQ


▬ FOLLOW AMBER GROUP ▬▬
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ambergroup_io
Email: contact@ambergroup.io
Website: https://www.ambergroup.io/


▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.


▬ MUSIC CREDITS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Nyan Cat Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4
Power up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7SwiFWOQqM&list=PLwJjxqYuirCLkq42mGw4XKGQlpZSfxsYd&index=6
Pixelland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUCjaaQR6cs&list=PLwJjxqYuirCLkq42mGw4XKGQlpZSfxsYd&index=14

#AmberGroup #NFT #CryptoUnstacked

Mar 12, 202117:04
EP 51: 7 Lessons I Learned from Crypto Podcasting (and *Special Announcement*)

EP 51: 7 Lessons I Learned from Crypto Podcasting (and *Special Announcement*)

This week celebrates Crypto Unstacked's recent 50th episode milestone! This is a special mini-episode where I reflect on 7 important lessons I learned in my journey as a crypto podcaster.  

1. Hitting record is hard. Pressing publish is harder.
2. Research is a form of respect.
3. You are there for your audience.
4. Talk less, not more.
5. Study other podcasters.
6. Podcasting is a powerful brand-building tool.
7. Growth is a step function.

▬ FOLLOW AMBER GROUP ▬▬
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ambergroup_io
Email: contact@ambergroup.io
Website: https://www.ambergroup.io/

▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

Feb 27, 202111:58
EP 50: Unstacking with Multicoin Capital | China crypto: User behavior, information flow, and cultural mentality

EP 50: Unstacking with Multicoin Capital | China crypto: User behavior, information flow, and cultural mentality

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬
This week, I chat with Mable Jiang, Partner at Multicoin Capital
We unstack:

► Multicoin’s open finance thesis
► What are decentralized super networks?
► Web 2.0 apps in the West v. superapps in China
► How is WeChat used as a crypto community building tool in China?
► Structure of information flow across Western and Chinese social media platforms
► Cultural mentalities shaping crypto market structure
► What contributes to building an "unforkable moat"? Uniswap v. Sushiswap case study
► Core parts of DeFi ecosystem Mable thinks will be around/be disrupted
► Is there a strong NFT movement in China?
+ much more!

▬ LINKS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
How Cultural Differences Drive User Adoption in DeFi
Bridging Cultural Gaps in 2021: Crypto in China and the US
Exploring the Design Space of Liquidity Mining
Mable's Twitter @Mable_Jiang
Multicoin's Twitter @multicoincap

▬ FOLLOW AMBER GROUP ▬▬
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ambergroup_io
Email: contact@ambergroup.io
Website: https://www.ambergroup.io/

▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #Multicoin #OpenFinance #DeFi #China #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked

Feb 20, 202159:08
EP 49: Unstacking with Luxor Tech | When Bitcoin Mining Meets DeFi

EP 49: Unstacking with Luxor Tech | When Bitcoin Mining Meets DeFi

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬
This week, I chat with Ethan Vera, Head of Finance at Luxor Technologies
We unstack:

► What is the financialization of hashrate?
► Why have we not seen liquid hashrate markets?
► How does counterparty risk change for hashrate token holders?
► How are hashrate tokens different from cloud mining contracts?
► What are some valuation frameworks for pricing hashrate tokens?
+ much more!

▬ LINKS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Luxor Technologies
Mining & Hashrate Substack 
When Bitcoin Mining meets DeFi
The Alchemy of Hashpower

▬ FOLLOW AMBER GROUP ▬▬
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ambergroup_io
Email: contact@ambergroup.io
Website: https://www.ambergroup.io/

▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #Luxor #Binance #Poolin #Tokenized #Hashrate #Finance #DeFi #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked

Feb 12, 202148:42
EP 48: Unstacking with bloXroute | Solving the Scalability Bottleneck with Layer 0

EP 48: Unstacking with bloXroute | Solving the Scalability Bottleneck with Layer 0

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬

This week, I chat with Uri Klarman, Co-Founder of bloXroute.

We unstack:  
► Looking at blockchain scalability from the networking v. cypherpunk angle
► The Layer 0 value proposition: making the internet of blockchains faster
► DeFi tools: taking advantage of arbitrage/collateral liquidation opportunities; front-running protection
► Misconception behind gas fees and winning trading opportunities
► Project Eagle: Aligning miner incentives with the Ethereum ecosystem
+ much more!

▬ LINKS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Website:
www.bloxroute.com
Uri's Twitter: @uriklarman
bloXroute Twitter: @bloXrouteLabs

▬ FOLLOW AMBER GROUP ▬▬
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ambergroup_io
Email: contact@ambergroup.io
Website: https://www.ambergroup.io/

▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #bloXroute #Scalability #Blockchains #DeFi #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked

Feb 05, 202156:23
EP 47: *Bonus Episode* | Beyond Bitcoin and Space with Elon Musk on Clubhouse

EP 47: *Bonus Episode* | Beyond Bitcoin and Space with Elon Musk on Clubhouse

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬
In this bonus episode, I share my two satoshis on Elon's Clubhouse livestream. If you haven't had the chance to tune in, click on the full stream below for Elon's insights on Mars, aliens, memes, Bitcoin, monkey brains, and the Covid-19 vaccine. Oh, and he grills Robinhood CEO at the end. 

▬ LINKS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Elon Musk on Clubhouse (Full Stream)
Elon Musk's interview with Robinhood CEO

▬ FOLLOW AMBER GROUP ▬▬
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ambergroup_io
Email: contact@ambergroup.io
Website: https://www.ambergroup.io/

▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

Amber Group does not own any audio clips of Elon Musk. 

The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #ElonMusk #Clubhouse #Bitcoin #Space #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked

Feb 03, 202117:21
EP 46: Unstacking with Amber Group | The Retail Gilded Age: Amber Earn, Yield Boost, WallStreetBets, Robinhood

EP 46: Unstacking with Amber Group | The Retail Gilded Age: Amber Earn, Yield Boost, WallStreetBets, Robinhood

Amber Group presents #CUPofCrypto, covering everything from crypto finance to global macroeconomics.

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬

This week, I chat with Jeff Wang, Head of Americas at Amber Group. We unstack:

► Current crypto market flow and positioning
► Deep dive on Amber's yield enhancement products: Earn and Yield Boost
► Implications of the Gamestop $GME and Robinhood saga
+ much more!

▬ LINKS ▬▬
Amber Pro institutional platform
Download Amber App

▬ FOLLOW AMBER GROUP ▬▬
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ambergroup_io
Email: contact@ambergroup.io
Website: https://www.ambergroup.io/

▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #Yield #Retail #App #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked

Jan 29, 202143:36
EP 45: Free Form Friday | Buffett, Bezos, & Yearn

EP 45: Free Form Friday | Buffett, Bezos, & Yearn

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬
In this week's Free Form Friday #4 on #CUP, we explore Buffett, Bezos, & Yearn

Capital allocation is probably one of the most underrated topics that gets discussed. Yet, disciplined capital allocation is key to managing a successful company.

Questions:
►How are traditional capital allocation strategies applied to decentralized crypto networks?
►What are unique properties of decentralized crypto networks that make capital allocation decisions more challenging? 

▬ LINKS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Capital allocation: portfolio or platform?
Yearn Proposal: Rethinking capital allocation
Yearn Proposal: A cohesive strategic framework for yearn

▬ FOLLOW AMBER GROUP ▬▬
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ambergroup_io
Email: contact@ambergroup.io
Website: https://www.ambergroup.io/

▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #FreeFormFridays #Capital #Allocation #Platform #Business #Buffett #Amazon #yEarn #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked

Jan 23, 202121:58
EP 44: Unstacking with Quantstamp | The Golden Rubber Stamp Protecting Your $$

EP 44: Unstacking with Quantstamp | The Golden Rubber Stamp Protecting Your $$

Amber Group presents #CUPofCrypto, covering everything from crypto finance to global macroeconomics.

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬

This week, I chat with Richard Ma, Founder of Quantstamp, a leading auditor of blockchain security in the crypto space. We unstack:

► Early trends observed from auditing various projects from DeFi to Layer 1s and NFTs
► Richard's thoughts on the various economic attacks of smart contracts we saw in 2020
► How Quantstamp is bundling insurance into their suite of services
+ much more!

▬ FOLLOW OUR GUEST ▬▬
https://twitter.com/Quantstamp

▬ FOLLOW AMBER GROUP ▬▬
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ambergroup_io
Email: contact@ambergroup.io
Website: https://www.ambergroup.io/

▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #Quantstamp #Auditing #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked

Jan 15, 202138:49
EP 43: Unstacking with Aave | Celebrating Aaveversary and $2.7 Billion+ TVL

EP 43: Unstacking with Aave | Celebrating Aaveversary and $2.7 Billion+ TVL

Amber Group presents #CUPofCrypto, covering everything from crypto finance to global macroeconomics.

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬

Season 2 of CUP kicks off with Stani Kulechov, founder of Aave, a decentralized, non-custodial money market protocol. We unstack: 

► V2 features: stable/variable rate borrowing, enhanced flash loans, credit delegation
► Aave on other L1 and L2 chains
► Response to Fred Ehrsam's governance minimalism
► Creating new money markets & private money markets

▬ FOLLOW OUR GUEST ▬▬
https://twitter.com/StaniKulechov
https://twitter.com/AaveAave

▬ FOLLOW AMBER GROUP ▬▬
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ambergroup_io
Email: contact@ambergroup.io
Website: https://www.ambergroup.io/

▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #Aave #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked

Jan 08, 202148:26
EP 42: Unstacking with Maple Leaf Capital | Web 3, DeFi, and 2021 Predictions

EP 42: Unstacking with Maple Leaf Capital | Web 3, DeFi, and 2021 Predictions

Amber Group presents #CUPofCrypto, covering everything from crypto finance to global macroeconomics.

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬

On the last episode of Season 1, Maple Leaf Capital joins us on the show to unstack:

► Emerging permissionless and permissioned valuenets
► Tools for a multi-chain world
► Smart contract insurance models
► Category-leading coins + 2021 predictions
(and so much more!)

▬ FOLLOW OUR GUEST ▬▬
https://twitter.com/MapleLeafCap

▬ FOLLOW AMBER GROUP ▬▬
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ambergroup_io
Email: contact@ambergroup.io
Website: https://www.ambergroup.io/

▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #MapleLeafCapital #Web3 #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked

Jan 01, 202153:52
EP 41: Unstacking with Kerman Kohli & ARC | Making $$ by Unlocking Value in Illiquid Assets
Dec 18, 202045:12
EP 40: Free Form Friday | 10 Things You Need to Know About The STABLE Act

EP 40: Free Form Friday | 10 Things You Need to Know About The STABLE Act

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬
In this week's Free Form Friday #3 on #CUP, we explore the hotly debated #STABLE (Stablecoin Tethering and Bank Licensing Enforcement) Act!

10 things we discuss:

1. What is the STABLE Act?
2. What does the bill define as a stablecoin?
3. What does the current version of the bill propose?
4. What does Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire think about the proposed legislation?
5. What is the purpose of this Bill?
6. What do bill advocates have to say about tech companies assuming the role of a currency issuer?
7. Are stablecoins a tool of regulatory arbitrage and evasion?
8. Does this bill regulate decentralized networks?
9. What are the systemic risks that the bill focuses on?
10. Will the STABLE Act pass?
*Bonus* What do I think this STABLE Act is really about? 

▬ LINKS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

► https://tlaib.house.gov/sites/tlaib.house.gov/files/STABLEAct.pdf
► https://tlaib.house.gov/media/press-releases/tlaib-garcia-and-lynch-stableact
► https://www.forbes.com/sites/seansteinsmith/2020/12/09/cryptocurrency-legislation-is-on-the-rise--what-the-proposed-stable-act-could-mean-for-crypto/?sh=16d1e367633d
► https://www.coincenter.org/the-unintended-consequences-of-the-stable-act/
► https://twitter.com/jerallaire/status/1336487497505923072
► https://twitter.com/jerallaire/status/1334277525044940800
► https://twitter.com/rohangrey/status/1335280373358465026
► https://twitter.com/ronwhammond/status/1334279937767993349?s=21

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The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #FreeFormFridays #STABLEAct #stablecoins #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked

Dec 11, 202016:47
EP 39: Free Form Friday | Bitcoin Flipping the Pareto Principle of Power Distribution

EP 39: Free Form Friday | Bitcoin Flipping the Pareto Principle of Power Distribution

Amber Group presents #CUPofCrypto, covering everything from crypto finance to global macroeconomics.

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬
This is the 2nd Free Form Friday episode on #CUP, short episodes dedicated to exploring topics tangential, but relevant to crypto. 

This week's episode talks about:
- The Pareto Principle
- Jack Ma's view of the "2-8" principle and focusing on the 80%
- Wealth distribution of Bitcoin and how it can flip the top-down social power distribution

▬ LINKS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
[1] https://fs.blog/2018/09/mental-model-winner-take-all/
[2] https://hbr.org/2017/02/ai-is-going-to-change-the-8020-rule
[3] https://coinmetrics.substack.com/p/coin-metrics-state-of-the-network-2d3
[4] https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-rally-2020-vs-2017
[5] https://bytemaster.medium.com/decentralizing-in-spite-of-pareto-principle-eda86bb8228b

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The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #FreeFormFridays #Bitcoin #Pareto #Power #Wealth #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked

Nov 27, 202013:18
EP 38: Unstacking with CoinFLEX | flexUSD - The world's first interest-bearing stablecoin?

EP 38: Unstacking with CoinFLEX | flexUSD - The world's first interest-bearing stablecoin?

Amber Group presents #CUPofCrypto, covering everything from crypto finance to global macroeconomics.

THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬

Sudhu Arumugam, Chief Risk Officer at Polychain-backed CoinFLEX, joins us on the show to unstack:

► Introducing flexUSD - the world's first natively interest bearing stablecoin
► Disrupting the borrow/lend space and making it more efficient via orderbooks
► The magic of physical delivery enabling flexUSD holders to earn perp funding through CoinFLEX repo

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Sudhu’s Telegram: @Sudhu_coinflex
Sudhu’s interview with Chat with Traders:
https://chatwithtraders.com/ep-186-sudhu-arumugam/

CoinFLEX | www.coinflex.com

Telegram group: https://t.me/coinflex_EN

Learn more about flexUSD | coinflex.com/flexusd

flexUSD launch announcement: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/84637/coinflex-sponsored

CoinFLEX repo market launch announcement: https://www.digfingroup.com/coinflex-repo/

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The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #CoinFLEX #flexUSD #stablecoin #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked 

Nov 20, 202034:49
EP 37: Unstacking the BCH Fork | Checkmate - The King (ABC) is Dead

EP 37: Unstacking the BCH Fork | Checkmate - The King (ABC) is Dead

Amber Group presents #CUPofCrypto, covering everything from crypto finance to global macroeconomics.

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬
This is a special episode covering the recent November 15th BCH hardfork with insights drawn from conversations with and writings from active BCH supporters: George Donnelly, Founder of BCH-remittance platform Panmoni, and Mike Komaransky, founder of crypto trading firm Grapefruit Trading. 

Quick takeaways:
- The incumbent ABC team’s controversial funding plan proposal posed massive implications for the utility and development for BCH down the line.
- BCHN’s win over ABC preserves the decentralized nature of the BCH blockchain
- The fact that miners largely had consensus for the BCHN protocol design means that it should be a forcing function for smoother blockchain development going forward.

▬ LINKS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
https://coin.dance/
https://read.cash/@georgedonnelly/amaury-sechet-is-forking-bitcoin-abc-away-from-bitcoin-cash-8734adc1
https://news.bitcoin.com/prepping-for-an-airdrop-prominent-bch-community-members-bid-bitcoin-abc-devs-farewell/

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The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #BCH #Hardfork #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked

Nov 16, 202010:24
EP 36: Free Form Friday | Business-as-a-Game (BAAG)

EP 36: Free Form Friday | Business-as-a-Game (BAAG)

Amber Group presents #CUPofCrypto, covering everything from crypto finance to global macroeconomics.

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬
Introducing Free Form Fridays on #CUP, short episodes dedicated to exploring topics tangential, but relevant to crypto. Engage in raw conversation with @leslamb0!

▬ LINKS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
https://notboring.substack.com/p/secure-the-baag

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▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #FreeFormFridays #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked 

Nov 06, 202012:04
EP 35: Unstacking with Huobi DeFi Labs | The Price is Right! Or is It?

EP 35: Unstacking with Huobi DeFi Labs | The Price is Right! Or is It?

Amber Group presents #CUPofCrypto, covering everything from crypto finance to global macroeconomics.

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬

Sharlyn Wu, Chief Investment Officer at Huobi, joins us for EP 6 of the #Investor Insights Series to unstack:

► Emergence of information symmetric world
► First principle of financial product design
► AMM designs (Uniswap v. CoFix) + advantages of a decentralized price oracle (Nest)
► Current DeFi logic holes: pricing risk and risk management
+more!

▬ TIMESTAMP ▬▬

6:00 Credit risk and volatility risk
8:30 Information symmetric world of DeFi
12:00 Deconstructing financial structures
19:40 Fundamental problem with Uniswap
20:50 CoFix - generalized MM model
25:10 Price discovery in CeFi and DeFi
29:20 Verifying prices in Nest
36:30 Incentivising liquidity providers
38:08 Huobi DeFi Labs’ vision
43:45 Choosing not to build DeFi products in-house
46:50 Can DeFi enable financial inclusion?

▬ FOLLOW OUR GUEST ▬▬
https://medium.com/@sharlyn_wu

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▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #Huobi #HuobiGlobal #DeFi #Capital #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked #InvestorInsight #InvestorSeries

Oct 27, 202048:45
EP 34: Unstacking with Dovey Wan | China, the Superpower Winning the Global CBDC Race?

EP 34: Unstacking with Dovey Wan | China, the Superpower Winning the Global CBDC Race?

Amber Group presents #CUPofCrypto, covering everything from crypto finance to global macroeconomics.

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬

Dovey Wan (@Doveywan), Founding Partner at Primitive Ventures, joins us for EP 5 of the #Investor Insights Series to unstack:

► DeFi cults v communities
► YFI core and the Chinese YFII community
► How FUD is spread in the Chinese retail community
► How the "Withdrawal Movement" in China is like the "Enlightenment Movement"
► Digital yuan experiment in China
+more!

▬ TIMESTAMP ▬▬
4:30 Advantage of being a crossborder venture fund
16:40 From paper governance to community-driven governance
24:00 DeFi cults v communities
28:15 YFI core and Chinese YFII community
33:00 FUD in Chinese retail community
36:00 "Withdrawal Movement" in China from centralized exchanges to DeFi (and back?)
41:30 Digital yuan experiment in China

▬ FOLLOW OUR GUEST ▬▬
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▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #PrimitiveVentures #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked #InvestorInsight #InvestorSeries

Oct 16, 202050:18
EP 33: Unstacking with ParaFi Capital | How Does an Interdisciplinary Investor Think?

EP 33: Unstacking with ParaFi Capital | How Does an Interdisciplinary Investor Think?

Amber Group presents #CUPofCrypto, covering everything from crypto finance to global macroeconomics.

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬

Santiago Roel Santos @SantiagoRoel, Partner at ParaFi Capital, joins us for EP 4 of the #Investor Insights Series to unstack:

► Values over fixed objectives
► The investor’s Pokemon temptation
► Crypto as an "O-ring" industry & Silicon Valley state of mind
► Investment highlights: new credit primitive + on-chain auction market
+more!

▬ TIMESTAMP ▬▬
4:38 Values and fixed objectives
9:30 The Pokemon temptation
16:05 Being adaptable to long-term thesis
18:12 Forking: cannibalistic or synergistic?
22:00 Crypto as an "o-ring" industry
25:50 The WHY of crypto
33:45 Barnbridge
39:45 Bounce.Finance
42:05 NFT market
45:05 Something Santiago's over/underestimated in crypto

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▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #ParaFi #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked #InvestorInsight #InvestorSeries

Oct 08, 202048:44
EP 32: Unstacking with Polychain Capital | Betting Early on Crypto Capital Coordination?

EP 32: Unstacking with Polychain Capital | Betting Early on Crypto Capital Coordination?

Amber Group presents #CUPofCrypto, covering everything from crypto finance to global macroeconomics.

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬

Sherwin Dowlat @realSherwinD, Portfolio Manager at Polychain Capital, joins us for EP 3 of the #Investor Insights Series to unstack:

► Market structure impact on making short and long-term investments
► Understanding token supply structure and liquidity concentration
► Evolution of “capital coordination” in crypto
► Polychain’s most successful bets
+more!

▬ TIMESTAMP ▬▬
02:21 First sell-side research on Bitcoin
05:47 Polychain’s fund structure: Hedge fund, Venture, Labs
11:30 Understanding market structure to make better trading decisions
18:20 Alternative forms of community-driven fundraising
24:00 Metrics for market analysis
30:00 Macro trends
35:17 Polychain’s most successful bets
38:03 Takeaways and lessons for new crypto analysts

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▬ DISCLOSURE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

The Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.

#AmberGroup #Polychain #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked #InvestorInsight #InvestorSeries

Sep 29, 202041:33
EP 31: Unstacking with DeFiance Capital | Separating DeFi FUD from Fundamentals ?
Sep 25, 202056:55
EP 30: Investor Insight Series | Unstacking with Pantera Capital
Sep 18, 202054:43
EP 29: Unstacking with Camila Russo | Uncovering DeFi, the Killer Use Case of the Infinite Machine ‎️‍🌈 ?
Sep 01, 202052:33
EP 28: Unstacking with Qiao Wang | Is DeFi Really a Zero-Sum Game?
Aug 28, 202038:25
EP 27: Unstacking with Ren & KeeperDAO | Cross-chain Swaps and Liquidations - Making Money Moves 💰?
Aug 25, 202031:02
EP 26: Unstacking with Alpha5 | Building Infrastructure for Sustainable Liquidity Mining ?
Aug 23, 202057:04
EP 25: Unstacking with Lemniscap | Volatility Pools: The Anatomy of a New DeFi Primitive?
Aug 23, 202044:59
EP 24: Unstacking with Lemniscap | From Uniswap to Mooniswap - Automated Market Makers in the New Age?
Aug 21, 202001:11:35
EP 23: Unstacking with Volt Capital | Forming an Institutional Alliance in DeFi?

EP 23: Unstacking with Volt Capital | Forming an Institutional Alliance in DeFi?

Amber Group presents #CUPofCrypto, covering everything from crypto finance to global macroeconomics.

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬

Imran Khan @lmrankhan, Investor at Volt Capital, joins us for the third episode in our #DeFi Defined series to unstack:
► Volt Capital’s investment thesis as a pre-seed equity fund
► Two of their portfolio companies: Dharma & Valiu
► DeFi capital, DeFi yield aggregators, and Bitcoin in DeFi
► The founding story behind the Chicago DeFi Alliance
► The new DeFi accelerator backed by institutional trading firms such as Jump Trading, DRW and CMT Digital + more!

▬ TIMESTAMP ▬▬

2:25 Imran's early days as an entrepreneur
5:50 Being a strategic investor and active network participant
8:26 Volt's Investment Thesis
13:58 Yield farming bringing in new users to DeFi?
18:07 DeFi Yield Aggregators
24:46 Bitcoin in DeFi
32:00 Chicago DeFi Alliance
40:00 Bitcoin's future
42:12 Rapid Fire Q&A

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► Twitter: https://twitter.com/lmrankan
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/volt_cap
► Twitter: https://twitter.com/tokendaily
► Volt Capital: https://www.volt.capital/  
► Chicago DeFi Alliance: https://chicagodefi.org/

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#AmberGroup #Volt #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked #DeFiDefined #DeFi #Investing #TokenDaily #Dharma #Valiu #Bitcoin #Ethereum #Yield #Aggregator #ChicagoDeFiAlliance #Tendies

Aug 14, 202046:42
EP 22: Unstacking with Mechanism Capital | From Maker to Tendies: New Forms of Grand Economic Systems?
Aug 11, 202050:53
EP 21: Unstacking with Spartan Capital | Madness? This is DeFi!

EP 21: Unstacking with Spartan Capital | Madness? This is DeFi!

Amber Group presents #CUPofCrypto, covering everything from crypto finance to global macroeconomics.

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬

Crypto Unstacked is excited to kick off our new #DeFi Defined series with Jason Choi, Head of Research at Spartan Capital, a long/short crypto hedge fund based in Hong Kong. In this episode, we chat:

► How DeFi fits into Spartan’s investment thesis and the fund’s due diligence process for evaluating DeFi projects and tokens
► Yield farming 101, his observations on the different market participants involved, the risks, and what to look out for
► Are people in for the governance or the eye-popping yields?
► Base layers like Solana competing against Ethereum  
► Drivers of the recent ETH and BTC rally?  
► DeFi in Asia  + more!

▬ TIMESTAMP ▬▬

02:38 Introduction
07:24 What is Spartan?
12:26 DeFining #DeFi
17:18 Base layer competition v. Ethereum
19:49 ETH v ETH 2.0
22:39 Synthetix and Curve
26:04 Yield Farming 101
30:33 Governance tokens
33:06 Drivers of recent ETH and BTC rally
36:34 Pricing inefficiency of low cap & low liquidity crypto
40:35 DeFi in Asia
43:18 Jason's contrarian view
44:57 Rapid fire Q&A

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theblockcrunch
Website: https://www.spartangroup.io/

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#AmberGroup #Spartan #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked #DeFi #Baselayer #Ethereum #Solana #Serum #FTX #DEX #Bitcoin #Investing #Hedgefund #Yieldfarming #YFI

Aug 04, 202046:41
EP 20: Unstacking with Animoca | What's the Future of Blockchain Game Design?

EP 20: Unstacking with Animoca | What's the Future of Blockchain Game Design?

Amber Group presents #CUPofCrypto, covering everything from crypto finance to global macroeconomics.

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE  ▬▬

This week we unstack with James Ho, Senior Business Strategist at Animoca Brands, a leading public game publisher headquartered in Hong Kong. Animoca leverages gamification, blockchain, and AI to develop and publish a broad portfolio of gaming titles such as The Sandbox, F1 Delta Time, Garfield Games, Doremon Games etc.  In this episode, we chat: 

Animoca’s vision for the blockchain gaming ecosystem, a burgeoning subset within a $150billion gaming industry

The current centralized free-to-play gaming model, which he describes is a walled garden approach to gaming

Ways  open-sourced blockchain games will disrupt this model, such as offering user-generated NFTs and ultimately enabling true digital ownership of virtual assets

Token-based incentive mechanisms of blockchain games

Gaming in Asia + much more!

▬ TIMESTAMP ▬▬

05:55 How blockchain gaming will disrupt the current free-to-play model
08:14  The “walled-garden” state of gaming
09:55
Animoca’s gaming alliances and investments
12:09  
Gameplay with non-fungible tokens (NFT)
20:35
Monetization of blockchain gaming in a $150Bn industry
29:20
Looking into the future: financial services in gaming?
35:25
Rapid fire Q&A 

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Email: jamesh@animocabrands.com
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#AmberGroup #Animoca #CUPofCrypto #CryptoUnstacked #blockchaingames #blockchain #cryptogames #bitcoin #cryptocurrency #gamedev #gaming #crypto #gamers #cryptogame #dapps #gaminglife #dapp #pcgaming #NFT

Jul 29, 202038:08
EP 19: Unstacking with LedgerPrime | Prime Time for Crypto Derivatives?
Jul 22, 202040:44
EP 18: Unstacking with Skew | More Than Just the Next Bloomberg of Crypto?

EP 18: Unstacking with Skew | More Than Just the Next Bloomberg of Crypto?

Jul 08, 202044:31
EP 17: Unstacking with Coindesk | Why Do Publicly Listed Crypto Mining Companies Struggle?
Jul 03, 202041:21
EP 16: Unstacking with Sparkpool | The World's Largest Ethereum Mining Pool ?!
Jun 30, 202037:28
EP 15: Unstacking with Hash House | What's Inside Kirk's Enterprise?
Jun 30, 202037:06
EP 14: Unstacking with GRIID | What's Happening off the GRIID?
Jun 22, 202035:42
EP 13: Let there be Luxor⚡️
Jun 19, 202034:59
EP 12: Unstacking John McAfee (Part 2)
Jun 16, 202046:01
EP 11: Fighting Fire with Fireblocks

EP 11: Fighting Fire with Fireblocks

Crypto Unstacked Podcast covers everything from crypto finance to global macroeconomics.

In 2019, Fireblocks came out of stealth mode raising $16m from investors including Eight Roads (the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International), Swisscom Ventures, and Tenaya Capital. By January 2020, Fireblocks announced that they were securing $9bn+ in assets and that number has now surpassed $30bn as Fireblocks continues to grow its network of 50+ institutional clients including exchanges, wallets, custodians, brokerages, and OTC desks. As the first adopter of MPC technology in Asia, Amber Group is proud to be a Fireblocks partner. 

This week we chat with Amy Zhang, Vice President of Asia Sales, and Stephen Richardson, Head of Product Strategy, about how Fireblocks is changing the narrative around custody and security. Fireblocks' secure transfer environment is enabling both a smoother operational experience between crypto native market participants as well as with legacy financial institutions entering the digital asset ecosystem.


6:09 Introduction to Fireblocks - the early days addressing scalability gaps

8:39 The growing Fireblocks network

12:57 Trends in the crypto capital markets

16:10 Leveraging Fireblocks for security and operational efficiency

24:29 What is MPC and the differences between MPC and Multi-sig

38:04 Fireblocks integration with decentralized finance

39:23 Fireblock’s tokenization platform

42:45 What’s next for Fireblocks in Asia


Guest Twitter: @FireblocksHQ

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Website: www.ambergroup.io

Jun 12, 202053:05
EP 10: Unstacking John McAfee (Part 1)
Jun 11, 202028:51
EP 9: Your Layer1 "Liegl" Counsel
Jun 03, 202040:19