79 - The Crypto Coalition | Ryan Selkis
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🗓️ 23 August 2021
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Ryan Selkis is the Founder and CEO the crypto data analytics platform Messari. Last time Ryan was on the podcast, we debated Ether’s properties as a money and the triple point asset thesis. We revisit many of these topics and explore what has changed in the landscape over the past year.
However, we also discuss a perhaps more pressing issue: the state of regulation for the industry. Ryan is poised to take a strong leadership role in the political side of crypto, and he’s developing offensive strategies for the crypto vs. nation-state conflict. Listen in to learn why he’s now a single-issue voter.
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
4:00 Ryan Selkis of Messari
6:44 Ryan’s Broad Approach
12:41 Why Do They Hate Us?
18:13 “Protecting Us”
27:30 Single Issue Voters
35:49 It’s a Team Sport
45:00 Aligning with Regulators
54:00 Institutional Reactions
57:23 What the Markets Say
1:01:01 Ether as an Asset
1:08:40 The Flippening
1:10:44 Ethereum’s Narrative
1:13:53 Market Cap vs Money
1:17:37 Institutional Demand
1:19:55 Hot Sectors for Analysis
1:23:24 The Network State
1:26:41 Closing & Disclaimers
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Resources:
Ryan on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/twobitidiot?s=20
Ryan’s Tweet Thread:
https://twitter.com/twobitidiot/status/1426020410370449410?s=20
Mainnet Event:
https://mainnet.events/
Messari:
https://messari.io/
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Bankless, where we explore the frontier of internet money and internet finance. |
| 0:18.4 | This is how to get started, how to get better, and how to front front the opportunity. |
| 0:22.7 | This is Ryan Sean Adams. |
| 0:23.7 | I'm here with David Hoffman, and we're here to help you become more bankless. |
| 0:29.1 | David, Ryan Selkis on the podcast, we cover two things. |
| 0:32.7 | First, everything that's going on in the government, regulation, nation-safe versus crypto. |
| 0:37.6 | And second, we got to ask him once again, what is thoughts on Ether? |
| 0:42.4 | Has that changed since the last time we spoke? |
| 0:44.5 | Last time we debated it, last time we argued it. |
| 0:47.3 | Really interesting discussion here. |
| 0:48.6 | I really think Ryan could be positioned to become one of our industry's leaders. |
| 0:54.0 | He already is at Missouri, but now that this political conversation has really blossomed, |
| 0:58.8 | Ryan really seems to be positioned to take even more leadership position, |
| 1:03.6 | kind of helping the crypto industry navigate. |
| 1:07.2 | A part of the world that everyone really gets frustrated about |
| 1:11.4 | and no one really wants to have to partake in yet, you're kind of damned if you don't. |
| 1:16.1 | And Ryan seems to be having just a fireball of energy behind him with regards |
| 1:20.0 | to how to approach crypto regulation to get what we want. |
| 1:23.2 | And rather than acting defensively, |
| 1:25.7 | which is anytime some sort of bad regulation comes up, |
| 1:29.2 | crypto rises to the challenge to defend us. |
| 1:32.0 | Ryan is thinking offensively, which is, how do we attack these issues |
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