The Blockcrunch Podcast

Last week, $60B in value was wiped from crypto in a few days.

Not many saw the collapse of Luna coming - even fewer had the guts to bet on it.

Since the start of the year, Galois Capital has been openly calling out for the impending fall of Luna and endured the barrage of hate comments until 8th May 2022 - the day that Luna started death spiraling. Kevin Zhou from Galois Capital shares with us:

• Why he was convinced LUNA would implode
• How he timed his short trade
• The 4 high conviction trades Galois has taken
• How Terra Luna can recover - and why its current plan doesn't work

Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.

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(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:02:20) – Kevin's Thoughts After Luna's Crash

(00:03:53) – Why Did Kevin Think Luna Would Collapse One Day

(00:08:23) – Feasibility of Algorithmic Stable-Coins

(00:16:44) – Shorting Luna or UST

(00:23:06) – Pulling The Trigger On The Short

(00:26:47) – Conviction On Bearish Luna Thesis and Past Plays

(00:34:10) – Black Swan Event or Long Time Coming

(00:40:47) – Thoughts on Terraform Lab's Proposals

(00:54:47) – Replacing Do Kwon To Save Luna

(00:56:31) – Projects That Could Also Death Spiral

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Guest

Galois Capital's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Galois_Capital

Blockcrunch

Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com

Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch

Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi

------------ Disclosures -------------

Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast is an educational podcast and newsletter for informational purposes only. The host invest in cryptoassets actively and may hold assets discussed in the newsletter or podcast. All content contained within this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as any form of financial advice. The Blockcrunch Podcast, its associates and affiliates are not liable for any decisions third parties choose to make.

Opensea facilitated $14 billion transactions in 2021 and is the largest NFT trading platform. However, users often face platform liveness, high fees and collection censorship issues.

What if there was a decentralized alternative that could disrupt Opensea, just like Uniswap did to centralized trading exchanges? This week, founder of Sudoswap, Owen shares with us:

• What is Sudoswap?
• How does Sudoswap's trading design compare to other NFT platforms?
• How is Sudoswap going to incentivize usage?

Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.

------------ Timestamps -------------

(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:01:07) – Owen's Background

(00:05:24) – Reason for Building NFT Trading Platform

(00:06:51) – What is SudoSwap

(00:09:44) – How does AMM Work for Trading NFTs

(00:15:43) – Sudoswap's AMM vs Other Existing NFT AMMs

(00:22:36) – Sudoswap's Benefits for Users

(00:27:23) – User Incentivization Strategy & Sustainability

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Guest

0xmons' Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xmons

Sudoswap's Twitter: https://twitter.com/sudoswap

Sudoswap's Website: https://www.sudoswap.xyz/

Blockcrunch

Blockcrunch VIP: https://www.theblockcrunch.com/vip

Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch

Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi

------------ Disclosures -------------

Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast is an educational podcast and newsletter for informational purposes only. The host invest in cryptoassets actively and may hold assets discussed in the newsletter or podcast. All content contained within this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as any form of financial advice. The Blockcrunch Podcast, its associates and affiliates are not liable for any decisions third parties choose to make.

Bridges are critical to a omni-chain future, but the recent bridge hacks totaling $1 billion lost in funds have struck fear in users and many are worried about the security of bridges.

Can Nomad's security-focused bridge be the answer? Founder Pranay shares with us:

• Is there a difference between bridges and interoperability protocols?
• What is the interoperability trilemma?
• What are the different types of bridges available
• Why is Nomad potentially the safest?

Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.

------------ Timestamps -------------

(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:01:38) – Pranay's Background

(00:03:58) – 3 Overarching Types Of Interoperability Protocols

(00:11:12) – Bridges vs Interoperability Protocols

(00:19:03) – Recent Bridge Exploits

(00:27:11) – Nomad's Optimistically Verified System

(00:30:28) – Nomad's Latency Trade-Off For Security

(00:39:29) – Current State Of Bridges And Competition

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Guest

Pranay's Twitter: https://twitter.com/pranaymohan

Nomad's Twitter:https://twitter.com/nomadxyz_

Nomad's Website:https://www.nomad.xyz/

Blockcrunch

Blockcrunch VIP: https://www.theblockcrunch.com/vip

Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch

Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi

------------ Disclosures -------------

Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast is an educational podcast and newsletter for informational purposes only. The host invest in cryptoassets actively and may hold assets discussed in the newsletter or podcast. All content contained within this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as any form of financial advice. The Blockcrunch Podcast, its associates and affiliates are not liable for any decisions third parties choose to make.

Sfermion is NFT-focused fund with managing partners that were early investors of OpenSea

Recently, they raised a $100m fund aimed at accelerating the emergence of an open, decentralized metaverse. In this episode, Founder Andrew Steinwold shares with us:

• What are the 4 NFT sub-markets and their different value-drivers
• How they analyze NFT-investments and Valuation Frameworks as a professional
• Which NFT vertical has the most potential

Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.

------------ Timestamps -------------

(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:00:22) – Sfermion NFT Fund & Founder Andrew Steinwold

(00:03:58) – Why Specifically NFTs & Why Is He Bullish on NFTs?

(00:12:56) – Investing in NFT vertical

(00:14:53) – 4 Sub-Markets of NFTs

(00:17:11) – Case Study on Somnium Space & CryptoVoxels

(00:22:35) – NFT Valuation Framework

(00:29:00) – NFT Vertical With The Most Potential

(00:36:12) – Metaverse & Competition Between Web 2 & Web 3

(00:44:44) – NFT-Collateralized Loans

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Guest

Andrew Steinwold's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewSteinwold

Sfermion's Twitter: https://twitter.com/sfermion_

Sfermion's Website: https://www.sfermion.io/

Blockcrunch

Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch

Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi

Blockcrunch VIP: https://www.theblockcrunch.com/vip

------------ Disclosures -------------

Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

The total market-cap of NFT has hit $18 billion in 2022 - but most of these value are illiquid and NFTs sit idly in wallets.

NFTFi (@NFTfi) unlocks the liquidity of these NFTs by allowing owners to take NFT-collateralized loans. Till date, they have facilitated $128 million over 7000 loans.

In this episode, NFTFi co-founder, Steven Young shares with us:

• Why is unlocking NFT liquidity necessary and how can it help floor prices?
• What are the risks involved for lenders and borrowers?
• Why is NFTFi's peer-to-peer model the most optimal for NFT-backed loans?

Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.

------------ Timestamps -------------

(00:00:00) – Introduction (00:00:27) – Background of NFTfi's Founders (00:04:17) – Beginning of NFTfi (00:06:53) – Projects eligible as collateral (00:08:15) – Different loan durations and common use-cases (00:14:30) – Liquidation on Loans (00:19:21) – NFTfi as an execution platform for Liquidity Provision DAOs (00:21:20) – Whitelisting criteria of NFT projects (00:24:50) – NFTfi's competitors and different models (00:32:14) – Types of lenders and borrowers (00:36:27) – Future of NFTfi

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----------- More Resources --------- Guest Stephen Young's Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephen_yo?lang=en NFTFi's Website: https://www.nftfi.com/ NFTFi's Discord: https://t.co/O9hrCgWiL7

BlockcrunchBlockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Substack: https://jasonchoi.substack.com/

------------ Disclosures -------------

Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

Bridges facilitate cross-chain asset communication and play an imperative role in a multi-chain future. However, the recent WormHole & Ronin Bridge hack that led to a total loss of close to $1 billion has caused fear in users and led them to wonder - is the future still multi-chain?

In this episode, Dmitriy - Research Partner at 1kx shares with us:

• What are the different kinds of bridges out there and their trade-offs?
• Why is the future is multi-chain and what are the role of bridges?
• Why is he excited about DAOs?
• Other high conviction and contrarian views he has

Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.

------------ Timestamps -------------

0:00 - Podcast Intro 0:52 - Dmitriy's Background 3:42 - High-level Overview of Bridges & Trade-Offs 9:16 - Is Multi-Chain The Future 12:55 - How to Evaluate Bridge to Use 17:44 - Safer Bridge Models and Examples 18:43 - Are Bridges "Tunnels" or Developer Platforms 24:04 - Aggregation of Bridges like with DEXes 27:55 - Bridges that Dmitriy is Bullish On 30:00 - Why Dmitriy is Bullish on DAOs 38:49 - Other High Conviction Thesis & Contrarian Views

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Guest

Dmitriy Berezon - https://twitter.com/dberenzon

1kx - https://twitter.com/1kxnetwork

Article on Bridges that Dmitriy wrote - https://twitter.com/dberenzon/status/1435636234211131393

------------ Disclosures -------------

Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

Over the years, Jason has interviewed 100+ guests on Blockcrunch. This time, he's finally on the show as the guest!

In his first ever LIVE AMA, he shared with us:

• His crypto journey
• Advice for beginners in crypto and aspiring analysts
• Investment frameworks & due diligence process
• Contrarian theses Jason has

Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.

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----------- Guests -------------

Jason Choi (Founder of BlockCrunch) https://twitter.com/MrJasonChoi

Javier Ang (Intern at BlockCrunch) https://twitter.com/JavierAng_

----------- Disclosures -------------

Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group.

All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

Back in 2018, Richard saw Opensea's potential as one of the earliest investors - despite its measly yearly volume of $475k.

In 2021, OpenSea became the largest NFT marketplace and facilitated $15 billion in volume, a 31,578x increase,

In this episode, Richard shares with us:

- Is the NFT market a bubble?

- Is it possible to value NFTs like with DeFi protocols?

- How to identify "Blue-Chip" NFTs?

Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.

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Richard Chen's Twitter - https://twitter.com/richardchen39

Chris Dixon - Strong & Weak Technologies: https://cdixon.org/2019/01/08/strong-and-weak-technologies

Richard Chen - How to get exposure to bluechip NFTs without being a whale: https://twitter.com/richardchen39/status/1492260662403284996

------------ Disclosures -------------

Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

There's a seemingly endless horde of new NFT projects - some of them rocket to the moon and some crash and burn. How should you navigate the NFT space?

In this episode, NFT OG DeezeFi shares with us:

• What are some of his biggest wins and losses?
• What are his secrets and framework for evaluating NFTs?
• What are some projects that he believes will appreciate over the next 10 years?
• Can influencers really manipulate the market?

Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.

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Deeze - https://twitter.com/DeezeFi

NFT Galleries - https://y.at/🦍🤝💪📈

Fractional - https://twitter.com/fractional_art

------------ Disclosures -------------

Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

The song "Stand By Me" has made over $60M in royalties alone.

What if you had a slice of that just by being a fan? Music NFTs may allow that. Decent (@decentxyz) is a new startup that package royalties into NFTs. This week, the Decent team joins us and talk:

• Current state of music NFTs
• How Decent lets fans invest in royalties
• Can songs outperform stocks over time?

Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.

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------------ Disclosures -------------

Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries