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  • NFTs

    NFTs – people say they’re a fad, but that’s what they said about the Shake Weight! Maybe a bad example. Nevertheless, Kevin and Adam discuss this remarkably useful new technology (NFTs, not Shake Weights), including the ways it is already fulfilling the internet’s promise of allowing artists to not only quickly and easily create art and share it across the world but even – gasp! – get paid for it. 

    Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom   

    DISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own, until we change our minds. Not financial or legal advice. Entertainment purposes only. And possibly not even that.

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    1 hr 25 min
  • Stablecoins
    They have "stable" in the name so you know they're boring, right? We thought so too! Actually turns out they're the entire future of the global financial system! Yeah – we're just as surprised as you are, but it's true. So it would probably be a good idea to know something about them – up to you, I'm just saying. Kevin and Adam cover them all, from the hopefully trustworthy to the definitely sketchy.
    Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom  
    DISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own, until we change our minds. Not financial or legal advice. Entertainment purposes only. And possibly not even that.
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    1 hr 5 min
  • Summer of DeFi Part 6 – Everything we learned about DeFi this summer
    It’s a sentimental farewell to the 80’s coming of age movie that has been Adam and Kevin’s summer journey to learn about DeFi… and themselves. Don’t you… forget about me… no, no, no, no more weird 80’s references, please, thank you. Anyway… we sum up with a comprehensive review of everything we’ve learned about DeFi so far. Flavors of DeFi protocols, blue chips, promising up and comers, risks, insurance options, stablecoin basics, tools to get started and resources for further reading. Our goal was to make the best 60-minute audio guide to getting started with DeFi and, well, we did it. Ready to start exploring DeFi? Welcome to the party, pal (ok – last 80’s reference). 
    Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom  
    DISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own, until we change our minds. Not financial or legal advice. Entertainment purposes only. And possibly not even that.
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    1 hr 10 min
  • Deflation
    Behold! The power of Kevin Lum. While every other FinTech podcast is hand-wringing, beard-stroking and pearl-clutching about inflation, Kevin digs into his years of financial industry experience to offer a different perspective. This is why we call the show FutureFolio instead of PanicFolio. You're welcome.
    Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom  Email: [email protected]  
    DISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own, until we change our minds. Not financial or legal advice. Entertainment purposes only. And possibly not even that.
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    56 min
  • DAOs

    We'll skip the Buddhism puns and just get right to it: DAOs – distributed autonomous organizations. Business entities organized around a single smart contract on a blockchain. A meaningful new innovation in the history of the human business organization? Or just a more complicated way of administering the same business structures we've had for hundreds of years? Spoiler alert – the answer is... yes. Kevin and Adam discuss.  Here’s this week’s It’s The End of the World As We Know It list – Coinbase, professional microphones (yay!), legal practice (boo!), Twitter, Henry IV, podcast motorcycle gangs, Jack Dorsey, Square, Bitcoin, DeFi, Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos, Cathie Wood, Ophir Gottleib, ThorChain, Cosmos, truth and justice, Alchemix, Ethereum, Cardano, Alonzo, Alfonso Ribeiro, Elon Musk, proof of work, proof of stake, corporations, LLCs, partnerships, Delaware, shareholder derivative suits, NFTs, Curve, Maker, political science, American voter turnout, inflation, deflation, the 60s. Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom  Email: [email protected]  DISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own, until we change our minds. Not financial or legal advice. Educational purposes only. And possibly not even that.

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Summer of DeFi Part 5 – A Few of our Favorite DeFi Things
    Bad news... we ran long again (I blame Kevin). Good news – like a token farming yield on four different protocols, there's plenty of sweet, sweet DeFi action to go around, baby. This week, we continue our DeFi vision quest with a discussion of our favorite protocols and our dream million-dollar – nay, BILLION-DOLLAR DeFi ideas. You're welcome, blockchain developer community. We expect an airdrop! 
    Here's everything we discussed in CSV We Didn't Start the Fire format (this one's for you, SEO algorithms) – Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Polkadot (DOT), Pickle Finance (PICKLE), Alchemix (ALCX), Curve (CRV), Yearn (YFI), Bancor (BNT), Nexus Mutual (NXM), Polygon (MATIC), Dogecoin (DOGE), Enzyme (MLN), impermanent loss, smart contracts, NFTs, Jack Dorsey, Square, Cathy Wood, ARK, Chinese Energy Crisis, Mark Cuban, Kraken, Jesse Powell, Elon Musk, boomers, whiny Goldman Sachs traders, racist game show host as president (I think we were referring to Taft?), Willy Woo, Ryan Allis, Xi Jinping, Uniswap (UNI), Sushiswap (SUSHI), Dai, USDC, Tether (USDT), Pionex, Hummingbot, Celsius (CEL), Nexo (NEXO), BlockFi, Regulatory arbitrage, Uber, Lyft, Apple App Store, Bloomberg News, Mike Bloomberg, Forging regulatory certificates in MS Word, Ezra, Bitcoin miners eating Texas BBQ, Kazakhstan, Binance (BNB), George Carlin.
    Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom
    DISCLAIMER – Not financial or legal advice. Educational purposes only. And possibly not even that.
    1 hr 41 min
  • Summer of DeFi Part 4 – Finally! The DeFi Part!

    This week, a DeFi adventure story! Adam invests in the Pickle Finance Back Scratcher pSLP yvBOOST Pickle Farm! That is a lot of words and stuff. This one investment combines yields from Curve, Yearn, SushiSwap and Pickle – a veritable $5 foot-long of DeFi. Did it work? Does Adam know what he bought? Is there a reason why all these DeFi protocols sound like restaurants in a shopping mall food court? We report. You DeFi. 

    Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom

    DISCLAIMER – Not financial or legal advice. Educational purposes only. And possibly not even that.

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    1 hr 6 min
  • Summer of DeFi Part 3 — Summer of Ethereum
    Our Summer of DeFi series continues with a deeper discussion on Ethereum’s coming-of-age saga. Hey – we've all been there. Getting bigger. Changing. Trying to figure out the best way to scale throughout while maintaining transactional security. It's just part of growing up. Feels like there's an 80's movie reference point here... Teen Wolf? Sixteen Candles? Say Anything? Maybe Ethereum is just a blockchain... standing in front of the internet... asking it to love it. Let's dig in.
    Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom 
    DISCLAIMER – Not financial or legal advice. Educational purposes only. And possibly not even that.
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    1 hr 2 min
  • Summer of DeFi Part 2 – Ethereum is growing up... aww...

    Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom

    Does Ethereum seem... different... to you? It's bigger. It's faster. It's growing sidechains where it had no sidechains before... Yup, Ethereum is upgrading to Ethereum 2.0, the Beacon Chain, which means... blockchain puberty. Kevin and I talk through what will change, what it means for the Summer of DeFi, and why even though it seems scary, it's going to be ok. Get ready to feel happy, sad, and deeply confused, all at the same time!

    DISCLAIMER – Not financial or legal advice. Educational purposes only. And possibly not even that.

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    56 min
  • Summer of DeFi Part 1 – WTF is DeFi?

    Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom

    This week, Adam and Kevin get you ready for the Summer of DeFi, starting with: what is DeFi (decentralized finance)? How is it different from CeFi (centralized finance)? Yearning for a quick trip down the bonding curve? Then bring your laptop to the pool and fill your cooler with $ETH while we help you understand why Uniswap may be about to become your favorite unicorn.


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    1 hr 9 min

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A podcast about investing in the future, with @kevinlum and @kadambloom. What's the deal with crypto? What's happening with tech stocks? What's the best thing at Trader Joe's? We cover it all. This... is your futurefolio.