SALT Talks

Daniel Silva is the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author known for his long-running thriller series starring spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon. His latest book, Portrait of an Unknown Woman, once again follows Allon as he undertakes a high-stakes search for the greatest art forger who ever lived.

In this interview, Silva discusses his latest novel, the widespread problem of art forgeries, and the role of marketing in art valuations. Then, he talks about the arc of his beloved central character Gabriel Allon, how he thinks about the state of politics and the world, and what it would take to heal the partisan divide in the United States.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC.

Adrian Aoun is the founder and CEO of Forward, an AI-based healthcare system combining world-class private doctors with new technology to enable proactive, data-driven primary care. Most recently, he was the head of Special Projects for the CEO of Google/Alphabet, where he founded one of the Alphabet companies Sidewalk Labs. Adrian arrived at Google upon the acquisition of his AI startup Wavii and spent his first year at Google helping to create and build their AI division. Additionally, Adrian is an active angel investor and advisor to a number of technology startups and funds. 

Aoun discusses the world of artificial intelligence, his time at Google and the scaling potential offered by AI technology. Then, he explains how healthcare has lagged behind other industries transformed by tech and offers his vision for the future of healthcare powered by AI. 

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC.

Luca Cosentino is the Head of Crypto at Cross River which focuses on building technology that will enable FinTech players to offer crypto-based products to their users. He joined Cross River in July 2021 to close the gap between the 2.5 billion people who have access to digital banking services and the 250 million crypto users already in the space.

Cosentino tells his journey to crypto from traditional finance, his role at Cross River and offers his views on the future of money. Then, he discusses his work building crypto infrastructure solutions, the future of crypto regulation and what’s next for the space following the recent downturn.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC.

Nelson Chu is the founder and CEO of Percent, a global leader in financial infrastructure solutions. Founded in 2018, the company leverages proprietary technologies, integrations, and data to bring first-of-its-kind transparency and efficiency to lenders and credit transactions. 

Chu discusses entrepreneurship, creating Percent to bring private credit investing to retail, and the power of data and transparency. He talks about the opportunities in corporate loans, Apple's entry into financial services, international private credit and the state of crypto. 

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC.

Mike Cahill is the Director of the Pyth Data Association, the Swiss association behind the Pyth network, a decentralized oracle solution that brings financial data across asset classes on-chain – directly from the source. Based in Porto, Mike is also the head of European business development for digital assets at Jump Crypto, a market data provider of Pyth. 

Cahill details his journey to crypto and the role the Pyth Network plays in facilitating on-chain financial data sharing. He explains the decision to pick Solana as their layer-1 blockchain, the state of participation on Pyth and what growth looks like amid the current crypto environment.

0:00 – Intro & background

5:14 – Pyth Network

12:38 – Building on Solana

18:47 – Pyth data participation

26:06 – Growing Pyth & market conditions

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC.

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Rich Caputo is the Chief Executive Partner of The Jordan Company, a New York-based private equity firm focused on investments in middle-market companies across a range of industries. Mr. Caputo serves as Chairman of the Firm's Partnership Board and Executive Committee and is a director of a number of the Firm's portfolio companies.

Rich Caputo details his background, the thirty year evolution of Private Equity, and current similarities with the 90s tech bubble. He then discusses The Jordan Company’s longstanding approach to investing, macro environment headwinds and its potential effects, and potential investment opportunities.

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0:00 – Intro & background

6:05 – Private Equity’s evolution

13:06 – Tech bubble vs. now

15:55 – TJC investment approach

24:43 – Macro environment, PE & VC

34:39 – Investment opportunities

𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞:

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC.

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Dr. P. Jillian Bethel is CEO of OKX for the Bahamas and a lifelong champion of the Bahamian crypto community. Jillian is an entrepreneur and former obstetrician-gynecologist who became interested in blockchain and distributed ledger technologies while leading international health management and medical research teams. In 2018, Jillian returned to the Bahamas to apply blockchain initiatives to grow the Bahamian economy and culture.

Jillian discusses her background, globe-trotting crypto journey, and return to a crypto-forward Bahamian regulatory environment. Then, she talks about the recent Crypto Bahamas conference (presented by FTX x SALT), and the OKX mission. Finally, she explains the importance of crypto education in driving the digital asset ecosystem forward.

Presented by FTX

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC. 

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Ben Sparango is the Head of Business Development at Solana Labs, a leading Layer-1 blockchain protocol, where he focuses on DeFi payments, gaming, NFTs and DAOs. Prior to Solana, Sparango was an investment analyst at Multicoin Capital, a multi-strategy crypto fund.

Sparango tells his journey to crypto and Solana that includes an impactful panel at our 2016 SALT event in Las Vegas. He discusses Solana’s rapid growth and the efforts involved in building such a new technology. He walks through the Solana verticals on which he’s focused: DeFi, payments, gaming, NFTs and DAOs. Finally, he offers his thoughts on the current crypto cycle, institutional participation and global crypto infrastructure.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC. 

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Staci Warden is the CEO of the Algorand Foundation, an organization dedicated to enabling an inclusive, decentralized, and borderless global economy - at scale - based on the Algorand blockchain technology, a leading layer-1 blockchain. Before, she spent a career in traditional finance (TradFI) with stops at Milken Institute, JPMorgan, Nasdaq, U.S. Treasury Department, the Center for Global Development, and the Harvard Institute for International Development.

Warden discusses her path to the Algorand Foundation, Algorand’s legendary founder Silvio Micali’s background and the blockchain protocol’s properties. Warden then talks about Algorand’s partnership with FIFA and the current bear market in crypto. Finally, she explains Algorand’s signature pure proof-of-stake and consensus mechanism, supporting Algorand developers, and the Algorand roadmap.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC. 

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Gary Mendell is the founder and CEO of Shatterproof, a national nonprofit dedicated to reversing the addiction crisis in the United States. After losing his son Brian to addiction in 2011, Gary founded Shatterproof to spare other families the tragedy his had suffered.

Mendell recounts the tragedy of his son’s passing and details the lessons learned that led to the creation of the non-profit Shatterproof. He discusses the importance of combatting the stigma faced by those suffering from addiction and cites the volume of evidence-based treatments currently available. With all these tools available and leveraged by Shatterproof, Mendell has a positive outlook on the battle to combat the addiction and mental health crisis.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC.

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