Gm! Ben Forman and Josh Solesbury from ParaFi Capital join Yano for this episode to dive into all the details, developments, the good and the bad and the future for publicly traded crypto vehicles!

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Katana is a DeFi-first chain built for deep liquidity and high yield. No empty emissions, just real yield and sequencer fees routed back to DeFi users. 

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Citrea is the first zero-knowledge rollup to enhance the capabilities of Bitcoin blockspace and enable Bitcoin applications (₿apps). Citrea is optimistically verified by Bitcoin, offering the most Bitcoin-secured and native way to extend BTC’s utility to DeFi. 

Learn more about Citrea: https://citrea.xyz/?utm_source=bellcurve&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=website_promo 

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(1:53) Parafi Investor Letter

(2:41) Digital Asset Treasuries Overview Today

(10:03) Katana Ad

(10:24) Why Q2 + Q3 For Public Crypto

(15:36) Largest Convertible Issuer

(22:18) Scale of Public Crypto Treasury Vehicles

(23:49) Katana Ad

(24:22) Green Flags To Launch A Treasury Company

(37:10) Reputational Risks

(40:38) Why don't Treasury vehicles Impact native token price action

(48:35) Citrea Ad

(49:11) Crypto Treasury Vehicles For Top 50

(56:13) Low Capital Market Crypto Liquidity

(58:33) Top Signals

(1:05:20) The End Game

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