Digital Currents

General Partner of Morgan Creek Digital, Xavier Segura, and CEO of Horizon Blockchain Games (“Horizon”), Peter Kieltyka, discuss Horizon’s position as a video game studio and blockchain infrastructure provider that is creating new gaming and economic infrastructure that belongs to players and developers. Xavier and Peter engaged in spirited discussions about the emergence and demise of play-to-earn inflationary blockchain games, the challenges and opportunities of Web 3.0 adoption, and the impact of Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Merge on EVM-compatible chains.

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In this episode Morgan Creek General Partners Xavier Segura and Mark Yusko recap the latest news on crypto exchange FTX, which as of Wednesday November 9th, appears to be on the brink of financial collapse according to reports from numerous news media outlets. They explain how one of the largest crypto exchanges finds itself negotiating a rescue package with crypto exchange leader Binance—a one-time friend turned rival. Join us in this quick conversation where Xavier and Mark discuss lessons learned for companies in the sector, the broader crypto markets, and what it may signal for the regulatory environment. 

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In this episode listen to Morgan Creek Digital’s Xavier Segura and Mark Yusko recount the summer of 2022’s biggest crypto news and what it means for the industry going forward. They also discuss potential pressing macro headwinds and tailwinds faced by blockchain startups with everything from the rising investor fear index, institutional adoption to gaming and the metaverse.

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In this episode, we talk with Kieren James-Lubin, the CEO of BlockApps, an enterprise blockchain platform whose aim is to bring people, businesses, and sectors together through global cooperation and trust. Before founding BlockApps, Kieren was a key contributor to the development of Ethereum prior to its launch, and applied this knowledge to the development of BlockApps’ first product, STRATO. Leveraging his extensive background in technology, Kieren is now responsible for maintaining and growing BlockApps’ business, which most recently raised USD 41 million in new capital. Listen to Kieren discuss the early history of BlockApps and how blockchains may be used to solve real-world business problems, as opposed to the misconception that blockchains are solutions looking for problems. 

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In this episode, we are joined by BlockFi founder and CEO Zac Price. BlockFi is a crypto platform that provides customers a variety of products from trading and lending to credit cards and is a Morgan Creek Digital portfolio company. Join us for this engaging conversation where we learn about how BlockFi got its start and how it continues to build its lead in the crypto industry today.  

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In this episode we speak with Yonathan Lapchik, CEO of Infinite World, a metaverse builder for enterprise companies and portfolio company. We explore how Yonathan got his start in the industry beginning as an engineer in Uruguay. Along the way he went on to lead product efforts at Deloitte’s blockchain lab and eventually transitioned to running his own companies in crypto. Importantly, we hear him define what the metaverse is and why it’s important beyond crypto. We also hear Jonathan shed light on exciting industry news, Infinite World announcing its plans for a SPAC merger.  Learn how he did it and more in this informative episode of how to build like an entrepreneur.

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In this episode we speak with Pascal Gauthier, CEO of Ledger. In addition to being a portfolio company, Ledger is the leading cold storage wallet company for cryptocurrencies which also features Ledger Live, an ecosystem for connected apps. Listen as Pascal shares his insights into what makes for meaningful work, how apprenticeship can produce better employees and his unique path towards becoming the CEO of one of the most important infrastructure companies in crypto. Above all, his life lessons are ones you will not want to miss.

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Mike Cagney, the founder and CEO of Figure, discusses how his company enjoys major cost and efficiency gains by using their public blockchain, called Provenance, and putting the “tech” back into “fintech” to build the future of financial infrastructure.

In this episode, we talk with Mike Cagney, the founder and CEO of Figure. Figure offers mortgages, home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), personal loans, and other financial services to both individuals and businesses. What make’s Figure unique is that all of these products are originated, securitized, and serviced on Figure’s public Provenance blockchain, saving them time and money. Figure’s creation of these traditional financial products on-chain led them to create the USDF Consortium, whose member banks can mint deposit-backed, FDIC-insured stablecoins on Provenance to enable 24/7/365 dollar transfers between banks.

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In this episode we are joined by CIO’s Andrew Spellar and Katherine Molnar of the Fairfax County Retirement System. Andrew Speller is the CIO of the $5.5 billion County Employee Pension Fund and Katherine Molnar is the CIO of the $2.0 billion Police Fund.  

Fairfax is an anchor investor in Morgan Creek Digital Fund III. Join us for a unique inside view from one of the top performing US public pension funds as we learn how they got off zero and took the steps to invest in crypto and blockchain at the institutional level. Listen as they share their advice on how to talk to a Board of Directors about crypto.  

In this inaugural episode GP's Mark Yusko, Xavier Segura and Sachin Jaitly welcome listeners to an entertaining and informative podcast where they discuss their backgrounds prior to launching their latest Venture Capital Fund, the story of how Morgan Creek first met Xavier and Sachin, Xavier/Sachin's thoughts on Blockchain technology and Mark shares what's to come on the podcast from CEO interviews and thought leadership to News & Opinions.