100 - How to Survive in Crypto | Cobie
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4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2022
⏱️ 110 minutes
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Summary
🎉 Happy 100th Episode 🎉
Cobie, fka Crypto Cobain, is a cultural staple in the crypto space. Wearing many hats as a narrative investor, thought leader, and memelord, we dive into the brain of one of our favorite crypto characters.
Having been in crypto for nearly a decade, Cobie tells us his keys to surviving in crypto and what it takes to last long term. We also dive into how much decentralization matters, roles and responsibilities in shaping the world around us, and his outlook for 2022 and beyond.
Cobie advises a healthy dose of skepticism and curiosity, and describes himself as a reality maximalist. He’s gone on an absolute tear recently, dropping a series of excellent thought piece articles that establish mental models for understanding narratives across the ecosystem.
We also go through moral alignment charts and ask Cobie the big question… What does he think of Bankless?
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
5:30 How Cobie Survives in Crypto
13:41 Early Discoveries
21:22 Reality Maximalism
32:38 Responsibility & Roles
43:39 Tribes, Decentralization, Utility
53:10 Profit Maximalism
1:01:31 Staking & Incentives
1:10:42 Wins and Losses
1:19:20 Crypto Brain & Culture
1:28:45 Wealth & Purpose
1:36:18 Chaotic Good & UpOnly
1:39:58 Judging Others
1:54:00 Bullish or Bearish in 2022
2:00:42 Closing & Disclaimers
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Resources:
Cobie on Twitter
https://twitter.com/cobie?s=20
UpOnly
https://uponly.tv/
Cobie’s Newsletter
https://cobie.substack.com/
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Bankless, where we explore the frontier of internet money and internet finance. |
| 0:12.0 | This is how to get started, how to get better, and how to front-run the opportunity. |
| 0:15.9 | This is Ryan Sean Adams and I'm here with David Hoffman and we're here to help you become |
| 0:20.4 | more bankless. |
| 0:21.8 | Guys, fantastic episode. |
| 0:23.2 | The title is Understanding Crypto. |
| 0:25.6 | We get inside the brain of a crypto trader, one of my favorites, on crypto twitter, this |
| 0:31.0 | is Kobe coming at you. |
| 0:32.8 | We talk about a few things, watch out for them, five, what it takes to last in crypto. |
| 0:38.4 | Now for the short run, but for the long term, Kobe's been at this for 10 years, he goes |
| 0:42.2 | through that. |
| 0:43.2 | Second, does decentralization really matter? |
| 0:45.8 | We get a conversation, perhaps a bit of a debate on that topic. |
| 0:49.6 | Third, what does Kobe actually think about bankless and its thesis? |
| 0:53.4 | He puts that to the test. |
| 0:55.0 | Fourth, we do a fun exercise, like character alignment. |
| 0:57.9 | People in the crypto space, are they lawful good, are they chaotic evil, are they neutral |
| 1:01.9 | good? |
| 1:02.9 | We talk about a few folks there, and number five, we end with outlook and predictions for |
| 1:07.4 | 2022. |
| 1:08.4 | Is it going to be a bullish or bearish year? |
| 1:11.8 | Stay tuned for a fantastic episode, David. |
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