#365: Luxor Mining and Bitcoin Hashrate Derivatives with Matt Williams
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
Marty Bent
4.8 • 804 Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2022
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Join Marty as he sits down with Matt Williams to discuss Forward Contracts. They dive into the details of hedging strategy, the software of forwards contracts, and the connection between mining companies and the energy industry.
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| 0:00.0 | It's up for your boy Marty here to introduce this rip of TFTC. |
| 0:08.8 | I sat down with Matt Williams, the head of derivatives at Luxor mining to discuss |
| 0:14.9 | their new non-deliverable forwards contract. |
| 0:19.4 | Ashtray derivatives, more coming to market. |
| 0:21.9 | Very fascinating space. |
| 0:23.1 | Something I've been really tuned into on the mining side of things. |
| 0:29.3 | Hash rate derivatives are something I think are inevitable, I think are extremely important. |
| 0:33.2 | And Matt and I dove into the particular product that Luxor has launched and how miners can leverage it, |
| 0:42.4 | what it will do for the distribution of hash rate, ownership, and a number of other things. |
| 0:47.8 | There's also on the team that launched the CME's cash settle futures. |
| 0:52.6 | So if you want to blame somebody for |
| 0:54.5 | Bitcoin price suppression, |
| 0:56.8 | go find him and yelled at him. |
| 0:58.5 | Just kidding. |
| 0:59.3 | We'd talk about that as well. |
| 1:00.7 | This is brought to you by our good friends |
| 1:01.9 | at Unchained Capital. |
| 1:04.3 | Right down the hall. |
| 1:06.0 | Pointing to their offices. |
| 1:07.7 | I have a nice hole in my shirt. |
| 1:10.4 | Unchained. |
| 1:12.1 | Just launched a trading desk. This is the best way to buy offices. I have a nice hole in my shirt. Unchained. Just launched a trading desk. |
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