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- #135: FTX 2 Years On with Antonio Neto (Part 2)
Antonio Neto is the founder of Vega Crypto and the CEO of Ethereum Brasil. Previously, he was the Head of Brazil and Latin America at cryptocurrency exchange FTX. In Part Two of this two part conversation, he sits down with host Aaron Stanley to share for the first time his front-row seat view of the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX
0:46 - Personal impact of FTX collapse
3:07 - Handling NFTs and remaining assets4:08 - Taking time off to process5:15 - Impact on sweat equity and relationships7:34 - Brazilian clients affected10:05 - Discussion of SBF trial and key players14:00 - FTX office culture and environment17:31 - The Bahamas compound layout20:42 - Work culture and expectations25:45 - SBF's sentence discussion28:07 - Regulatory implications32:38 - Near-miss with SEC special treatment34:08 - Analysis of crypto industry impact35:47 - Current projects and future plans41:35 - Ethereum Brazil 2024 events43:55 - Vision for Brazil's crypto future45:35 - Closing thoughts-------------------------------------------------------------------
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47 min - #134: FTX 2 Years On with Antonio Neto (Part 1)
Antonio Neto is the founder of Vega Crypto and the CEO of Ethereum Brasil. Previously, he was the Head of Brazil and Latin America at cryptocurrency exchange FTX. In part one of this two part conversation, he sits down with host Aaron Stanley to share for the first time his front-row seat view of the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX
02:38 - Antonio's Role at FTX08:13 - FTX's Meteoric Rise and Market Context21:31 - The Beginning of the Collapse27:26 - The Critical Days of the Crisis34:02 - Bankruptcy Claims and Employee Impact38:18 - Analysis of Industry Practices and FTX's Downfall-------------------------------------------------------------------
Powered by hydroelectric energy from the ITAIPU Dam, Morphware provides high-performance compute to run, train, and build your AI apps and agents.
One of the greatest expenses when it comes to building AI applications is the compute. Morphware provides a gateway to accessible compute for AI development.
Using abundant clean energy from Paraguay, NVIDIA’s highest performing GPU servers and bitcoin mining infrastructure, Morphware offers some of the most competitive prices for compute in the industry.
Follow on X @Morphwareai and join the Telegram to be a part of the community
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🚀 Sign up for the 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report newsletter for analysis, interviews and market intelligence
48 min - #133: Why 2025 Could be Hathor's Breakout Year with Marcelo Brogliato and Yan Martins
Marcelo Brogliato and Yan Martins are co-founders of Hathor, a network that deploys a unique hybrid DAG-blockchain framework. They join host Aaron Stanley to discuss exciting new features and community initiatives for 2025 as the project celebrates its fifth anniversary. These include "nanocontracts" written in Python, anti-MEV mechanisms and new developments on the real-world asset tokenization front
00:00 - Introduction and Hathor overview
02:01 - Origin story and 5-year anniversary04:31 - Technical deep-dive: Hybrid DAG-blockchain architecture13:37 - RWA tokenization successes and challenges22:18 - Introducing nanocontracts and blueprints32:43 - 2025 roadmap and upcoming features37:07 - Community growth and developer incentives45:26 - Future outlook for RWA and closing thoughts-------------------------------------------------------------------
Powered by hydroelectric energy from the ITAIPU Dam, Morphware provides high-performance compute to run, train, and build your AI apps and agents.
One of the greatest expenses when it comes to building AI applications is the compute. Morphware provides a gateway to accessible compute for AI development.
Using abundant clean energy from Paraguay, NVIDIA’s highest performing GPU servers and bitcoin mining infrastructure, Morphware offers some of the most competitive prices for compute in the industry.
Follow on X @Morphwareai and join the Telegram to be a part of the community
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🚀 Sign up for the 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report newsletter for analysis, interviews and market intelligence
https://newsletter.brazilcrypto.io/
Connect with Brazil Crypto Report across the web: Twitter | Linkedin | YouTube | Instagram | Spotify | Apple Podcasts
52 min - #132: Crypto's Liquidity Surge with David Lawant of FalconX
David Lawant is Head of Research at FalconX, a leading institutional crypto prime brokerage in the US. He joins host Aaron Stanley to talk about crypto market structure heading into 2025, notably the incredible liquidity surge seen after the US elections in November.
Lawant argues that these liquidity trends, combined with an improving regulatory environment and clearer investment thesis, could make this bull cycle different from previous ones.
We also discuss his previous experience in crypto and equity research roles at Bitwise, Hashdex and Itau
You can connect with David on Linkedin
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LIT Collective is the ultimate creative and design studio for Web3 companies.
Based in Brazil and serving the globe, they’ve helped more than 100 brands with user-centric branding, UX/UI design, motion, Webflow development and other creative needs.
Check out their website, follow them on X/Twitter and Instagram, and book a free consultation to learn about how LIT Collective can help you with your creative needs.
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Powered by hydroelectric energy from the ITAIPU Dam, Morphware provides high-performance compute to run, train, and build your AI apps and agents.
One of the greatest expenses when it comes to building AI applications is the compute. Morphware provides a gateway to accessible compute for AI development.
Using abundant clean energy from Paraguay, NVIDIA’s highest performing GPU servers and bitcoin mining infrastructure, Morphware offers some of the most competitive prices for compute in the industry.
Follow on X @Morphwareai and join the Telegram to be a part of the community
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🚀 Sign up for the 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report newsletter for analysis, interviews and market intelligence
https://newsletter.brazilcrypto.io/
Connect with Brazil Crypto Report across the web: Twitter | Linkedin | YouTube | Instagram | Spotify | Apple Podcasts
50 min - #131: Guilherme Nazar on Binance's Latam Roadmap
Guilherme Nazar is Regional VP for Latam at Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. He joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss his previous experience building out Uber's operations in Brazil, Binance's growth in Brazil and the Latam region, the company's regulatory positioning under new CEO Richard Teng and the exchange's roadmap for Latam in 2025
00:30 Introduction
01:46 Guilherme's background and journey to Binance09:05 Current state of Brazil's crypto market15:57 Institutional adoption in Brazil19:49 Regulatory landscape and Binance's approach28:40 Binance's leadership transition and growth37:34 LATAM regional strategy and market differences42:14 Binance's market position and competitive advantage47:15 Closing thoughts and 2025 outlookYou can connect with Guilherme on Linkedin
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LIT Collective is the ultimate creative and design studio for Web3 companies.
Based in Brazil and serving the globe, they’ve helped more than 100 brands with user-centric branding, UX/UI design, motion, Webflow development and other creative needs.
Check out their website, follow them on X/Twitter and Instagram, and book a free consultation to learn about how LIT Collective can help you with your creative needs.
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Powered by hydroelectric energy from the ITAIPU Dam, Morphware provides high-performance compute to run, train, and build your AI apps and agents.
One of the greatest expenses when it comes to building AI applications is the compute. Morphware provides a gateway to accessible compute for AI development.
Using abundant clean energy from Paraguay, NVIDIA’s highest performing GPU servers and bitcoin mining infrastructure, Morphware offers some of the most competitive prices for compute in the industry.
Follow on X @Morphwareai and join the Telegram to be a part of the community
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🚀 Sign up for the 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report newsletter for analysis, interviews and market intelligence
https://newsletter.brazilcrypto.io/
Connect with Brazil Crypto Report across the web: Twitter | Linkedin | YouTube | Instagram | Spotify | Apple Podcasts
50 min - #130: Crypto and Financial Empowerment with Wei Zhou
Wei Zhou is the CEO of Coins and the former CFO of Binance. He joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss his recent acquisition of Coins.ph - the Philippines' oldest and most successful crypto exchange and how he is expanding its operations to the rest of the developing world
You can connect with Wei on X/Twitter and Linkedin
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LIT Collective is the ultimate creative and design studio for Web3 companies.
Based in Brazil and serving the globe, they’ve helped more than 100 brands with user-centric branding, UX/UI design, motion, Webflow development and other creative needs.
Check out their website, follow them on X/Twitter and Instagram, and book a free consultation to learn about how LIT Collective can help you with your creative needs.
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Powered by hydroelectric energy from the ITAIPU Dam, Morphware provides high-performance compute to run, train, and build your AI apps and agents.
One of the greatest expenses when it comes to building AI applications is the compute. Morphware provides a gateway to accessible compute for AI development.
Using abundant clean energy from Paraguay, NVIDIA’s highest performing GPU servers and bitcoin mining infrastructure, Morphware offers some of the most competitive prices for compute in the industry.
Follow on X @Morphwareai and join the Telegram to be a part of the community
----------------------------------------------------------------
🚀 Sign up for the 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report newsletter for analysis, interviews and market intelligence
https://newsletter.brazilcrypto.io/
Connect with Brazil Crypto Report across the web: Twitter | Linkedin | YouTube | Instagram | Spotify | Apple Podcasts
58 min - #129: Is Brazil Slamming the Door on Stablecoins? with Rodrigo Borges
Rodrigo Borges is a partner at Carvalho Borges Araujo Advogados in Sao Paulo. He joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss a newly proposed rule by the Brazilian Central Bank to prohibit crypto exchanges from transferring stablecoins to self-custodied wallets
This is an extremely important development with lots of implications for crypto markets, operators and users in the Brazil market. The comment period on the proposed rule is open until February 28
You can connect with Rodrigo on Linkedin
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LIT Collective is the ultimate creative and design studio for Web3 companies.
Based in Brazil and serving the globe, they’ve helped more than 100 brands with user-centric branding, UX/UI design, motion, Webflow development and other creative needs.
Their experienced team will walk you through the complexities and nuances of Web3-native design and branding — helping you to grow faster, gain credibility and build brand awareness.
Check out their website, follow them on X/Twitter and Instagram, and book a free consultation to learn about how LIT Collective can help you with your creative needs.
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🚀 Sign up for the 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report newsletter for analysis, interviews and market intelligence
https://newsletter.brazilcrypto.io/
Connect with Brazil Crypto Report across the web: Twitter | Linkedin | YouTube | Instagram | Spotify | Apple Podcasts
36 min - #128: Bitcoin is Macro Now with Noelle Acheson
Noelle Acheson is an expert analyst focusing on the intersection of crypto and macroeconomy. She was previously head of research at CoinDesk and led institutional research efforts at Genesis Trading, and now she's the author of the Crypto is Macro Now newsletter
She joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss recent developments in the crypto markets, including the US presidential election, a potential strategic bitcoin reserve in the US, MicroStrategy's continued bitcoin accumulation and global monetary expansion
You can connect with Noelle on Linkedin
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LIT Collective is the ultimate creative and design studio for Web3 companies.
Based in Brazil and serving the globe, they’ve helped more than 100 brands with user-centric branding, UX/UI design, motion, Webflow development and other creative needs.
Their experienced team will walk you through the complexities and nuances of Web3-native design and branding — helping you to grow faster, gain credibility and build brand awareness.
Check out their website, follow them on X/Twitter and Instagram, and book a free consultation to learn about how LIT Collective can help you with your creative needs.
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🚀 Sign up for the 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report newsletter for analysis, interviews and market intelligence
https://newsletter.brazilcrypto.io/
Connect with Brazil Crypto Report across the web: Twitter | Linkedin | YouTube | Instagram | Spotify | Apple Podcasts
43 min - #127: Avalanche's Third Way with Emin Gün Sirer
Today Aaron talks to Emin Gün Sirer — CEO of Ava Labs, a former computer science professor at Cornell University and the mastermind behind the Avalanche blockchain.
We discuss how Avalanche's deployment of subnets offers an alternative to the ongoing modular versus monolithic debate, recent successes on the gaming and tokenization fronts, and the Avalanche community’s strategic focus on emerging markets — evidenced by its recent summit in Buenos Aires.
We also talk about Gün’s front-row seat involvement in crypto dating back to the early days of bitcoin, the 2016 DAO hack and now deploying his own alternative Layer 1 chain.
You can follow Gün on X/Twitter and Linkedin
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LIT Collective is the ultimate creative and design studio for Web3 companies.
Based in Brazil and serving the globe, they’ve helped more than 100 brands with user-centric branding, UX/UI design, motion, Webflow development and other creative needs.
Their experienced team will walk you through the complexities and nuances of Web3-native design and branding — helping you to grow faster, gain credibility and build brand awareness.
Check out their website, follow them on X/Twitter and Instagram, and book a free consultation to learn about how LIT Collective can help you with your creative needs.
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🚀 Sign up for the 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report newsletter for analysis, interviews and market intelligence
https://newsletter.brazilcrypto.io/
Connect with Brazil Crypto Report across the web: Twitter | Linkedin | YouTube | Instagram | Spotify | Apple Podcasts
57 min - #126: Brazil's Licensing Regime Takes Shape with Tatiana Guazzelli
Tatiana Guazzelli is a partner at Pinheiro Neto Advogados, which is one of Brazil’s largest and most prominent law firms and represents some of the top crypto companies operating in the country.
Tatiana provides important perspective on the many simultaneous movements happening with regard to crypto regulation in Brazil
These developments include:
The Central Bank's proposed licensing structure, which includes a three-tiered licensing system for crypto service providers: intermediaries, custodians, and brokers
Asset segregation legislation advancing through Congress that would enable the Central Bank to require exchanges to separate customer assets as part of its licensing regime.
The Receita Federal is overhauling its tax reporting requirements for crypto assets
The CVM is expected to issue a public consultation regarding rules for tokenized securities offerings
The Central Bank will a separate public consultation in 2025 focused on stablecoin regulation
You can connect with Tatiana on Linkedin
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LIT Collective is the ultimate creative and design studio for Web3 companies.
Based in Brazil and serving the globe, they’ve helped more than 100 brands with user-centric branding, UX/UI design, motion, Webflow development and other creative needs.
Their experienced team will walk you through the complexities and nuances of Web3-native design and branding — helping you to grow faster, gain credibility and build brand awareness.
Check out their website, follow them on X/Twitter and Instagram, and book a free consultation to learn about how LIT Collective can help you with your creative needs.
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🚀 Sign up for the 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report newsletter for analysis, interviews and market intelligence
https://newsletter.brazilcrypto.io/
Connect with Brazil Crypto Report across the web: Twitter | Linkedin | YouTube | Instagram | Spotify | Apple Podcasts
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About Bits and Borders
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From digital assets to tokenization to artificial intelligence, Bits and Borders explores the growth of frontier technology in frontier markets