Crypto Roundtable: Shkreli's new web3 project, ETH merge, Gensler goes after DeFi protocols | E1542
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
J+M are joined by Sunny Madra and Vinny Lingham for another crypto roundtable! They cover the following topics: Shkreli's new web3 project (1:50), distributed computing projects (16:08), ETH merge (38:00), Gensler's comments (44:57), and more!
(0:00) Molly tees up today's roundtable guests!
(1:50) Martin Shkreli's new web3 project
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(16:08) Breaking down other distributed computing projects: Helium, Filecoin, Hivemapper
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(29:17) Understanding inverted incentives in crypto, market depth/liquidity theory
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(38:00) ETH merge: how risky is it, what impact will the fork have, will it lower gas fees?
(44:57) SEC Chair Gary Gensler's comment re: DeFi protocols and crypto banks
(51:58) Lightning round! Tribe DAO, BendDAO, Sudoswap and lessons learned
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, everybody, big show today. |
| 0:01.4 | We spent all yesterday talking about crypto. |
| 0:03.3 | We're not done. |
| 0:04.2 | We got our two favorite crypto fellas back |
| 0:06.6 | for a crypto round table, Vinny Lingham and Sunny Madra, |
| 0:09.7 | joined to talk about the ETH Merge, Martin Screly's |
| 0:13.2 | new crypto project, how anybody can be rehabilitated |
| 0:16.4 | as long as you don't have to trust them. |
| 0:18.2 | In the crypto universe, Gary Jensler's comments |
| 0:21.1 | about compliance and regulation on exchanges |
| 0:24.3 | and more, it's a great show. |
| 0:25.5 | Tons of lessons and super interesting information |
| 0:28.7 | and even some projects out there with some actual value. |
| 0:32.6 | That's a thing we keep asking for. |
| 0:34.3 | It's going to be a great show to stick with us. |
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