The Blockcrunch Podcast

In this 30-minute recap for all things crypto, we talk about:

• CFTC on DeFi - are DeFi companies in trouble?
• El Salvador and Bitcoin - what happened?
• Curve v2 - is it going to eat Uniswap v3?

Hosts: Jason Choi (@mrjasonchoi), General Partner at Spartan Capital, and Saneel Sreeni (@sanlsrini), Junior Partner at Dragonfly Capital.

This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. 

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Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, and Saneel Sreeni is an investor at Dragonfly Capital. All opinions expressed by Jason and Saneel are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group, Dragonfly Capital and/or any of their subsidiaries and personnel. This podcast is for information purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.

DAOs are coming to the Metaverse.

Jenny DAO is one of the first projects to combine the concept of DAOs and NFTs by allowing community members to own fractional shares of digital collectibles they vote on. Jae Chung, early contributor to Jenny DAO (@JennyMetaverse),  joins us in discussing:

• Why community ownership for NFTs is the future
• Investing in fractionalized NFTs
• Jenny vs. other similar DAOs
• Utility of the uJenny token

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.

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PERPETUAL PROTOCOL is a fully on-chain exchange built on Ethereum and xDai that allows you to go long or short with up to 10x leverage. Also, they have just released zero-gas-deposits in addition to their near zero gas fees for trading. Visit perp.exchange/blockcrunch today to start trading.

FIGMENT: If you have crypto that you want to stake and want to manage it in one place, Figment supports 30 blockchains including Ethereum, Polkadot and Solana. Figment supports both funds and individual investors. figment.io

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Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download /

Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA 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 and personnel. This podcast is for information purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.

Crypto markets just fell off a cliff following a slew of negative headlines

Zaheer Ebtikar (@SplitCapital), a prominent full-time crypto native trader for 3 years, joins us in deciphering the recent events:

• How do professional traders interpret China regulations, Elon Musk's back-and-forth around Bitcoin?
• What separates pro traders from novices in crypto?
• How can teams, investors and traders protect against tail risks in crypto markets?

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.

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PERPETUAL PROTOCOL is a fully on-chain exchange built on Ethereum and xDai that allows you to go long or short with up to 10x leverage. Also, they have just released zero-gas-deposits in addition to their near zero gas fees for trading. Visit perp.exchange/blockcrunch today to start trading.

AAVE: Aave is a decentralised, open source, and non-custodial protocol where users can deposits and borrow digital assets, and earn interest on those assets. Head over to aave.com to experience and learn more about DeFi

FIGMENT: If you have crypto that you want to stake and want to manage it in one place, Figment supports 30 blockchains including Ethereum, Polkadot and Solana. Figment supports both funds and individual investors. figment.io

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Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download /

Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is an investor at Spartan Capital, the hedge fund arm 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 and personnel. This podcast is for information purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.

Algorithmic stablecoins like Ampleforth, Terra Luna, and Yam have had varying degrees of success - but what is the ideal model?

Sam (@SamKazemian) , founder of Frax, a partially-collateralized algo stablecoin, joins us in discussing:

• Current landscape of algo stablecoins
• Why he thinks Frax's model is superior
• Trade offs made by Frax's partial collateral model
• Use cases for algo stables beyond speculation

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.

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PERPETUAL PROTOCOL is a fully on-chain exchange built on Ethereum and xDai that allows you to go long or short with up to 10x leverage. Also, they have just released zero-gas-deposits in addition to their near zero gas fees for trading. Visit perp.exchange/blockcrunch today to start trading.

AAVE: Aave is a decentralised, open source, and non-custodial protocol where users can deposits and borrow digital assets, and earn interest on those assets. Head over to aave.com to experience and learn more about DeFi

FIGMENT: If you have crypto that you want to stake and want to manage it in one place, Figment supports 30 blockchains including Ethereum, Polkadot and Solana. Figment supports both funds and individual investors. figment.io

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Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download /

Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is an investor at Spartan Capital, the hedge fund arm 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 and personnel. This podcast is for information purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.

Privacy in DeFi (or lack thereof) is a real challenge, but Secret Network promises to solve that by brining encryption to Ethereum transactions. Tor Bair, founder of the Secret Foundation (@TorBair) joins us in discussing why privacy matters, and the tenuous balance between data protection and the risks of money laundering.

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.

------------- Sponsors -------------

PERPETUAL PROTOCOL is a fully on-chain exchange built on Ethereum and xDai that allows you to go long or short with up to 10x leverage. Also, they have just released zero-gas-deposits in addition to their near zero gas fees for trading. Visit perp.exchange/blockcrunch today to start trading.

AAVE: Aave is a decentralised, open source, and non-custodial protocol where users can deposits and borrow digital assets, and earn interest on those assets. Head over to aave.com to experience and learn more about DeFi

FIGMENT: If you have crypto that you want to stake and want to manage it in one place, Figment supports 30 blockchains including Ethereum, Polkadot and Solana. Figment supports both funds and individual investors. figment.io

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Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download /

Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is an investor at Spartan Capital, the hedge fund arm 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 and personnel. This podcast is for information purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.

One of the biggest updates to DeFi is here - the launch of Uniswap's groundbreaking v3.  But how does it work? What are its tradeoffs? How will it affect DeFi? Former quant trader, DeFi power user and developer Will Sheehan (@willburforce_)  joins us in answer any questions you have about Uniswap v3, and the wider DeFi landscape.

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.

------------- Sponsors -------------

PERPETUAL PROTOCOL is a fully on-chain exchange built on Ethereum and xDai that allows you to go long or short with up to 10x leverage. Also, they have just released zero-gas-deposits in addition to their near zero gas fees for trading. Visit perp.exchange/blockcrunch today to start trading.

AAVE: Aave is a decentralised, open source, and non-custodial protocol where users can deposits and borrow digital assets, and earn interest on those assets. Head over to aave.com to experience and learn more about DeFi

FIGMENT: If you have crypto that you want to stake and want to manage it in one place, Figment supports 30 blockchains including Ethereum, Polkadot and Solana. Figment supports both funds and individual investors. figment.io

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

Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download /

Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is an investor at Spartan Capital, the hedge fund arm 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 and personnel. This podcast is for information purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.

This week, my friend Ben Sparango (@bennybitcoins), currently growth at Solana and former investment analyst at Multicoin Capital, turns the spotlight on me.

Ben interviews me on how I got into crypto, discusses my current investment thesis around DeFi, and my journey helping scale Spartan Capital from a $9M to a $200M fund. 

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.

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PERPETUAL PROTOCOL is a fully on-chain exchange built on Ethereum and xDai that charges extremely low gas fees for trading and allows up to 10x leverage. They offer the most perpetuals of any platform in Defi, including BTC, ETH, SUSHI, AAVE, LINK, etc. Visit perp.exchange/blockcrunch to start trading.

AAVE: Aave is a decentralised, open source, and non-custodial protocol where users can deposits and borrow digital assets, and earn interest on those assets. Head over to aave.com to experience and learn more about DeFi

FIGMENT: If you have crypto that you want to stake and want to manage it in one place, Figment supports 30 blockchains including Ethereum, Polkadot and Solana. Figment supports both funds and individual investors. figment.io

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

Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download /

Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is an investor at Spartan Capital, the hedge fund arm 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 and personnel. This podcast is for information purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.

Legacy finance and DeFi are slowly converging, with massive industries beginning to explore public blockchain networks for novel use cases.

Tushar Aggarwal (@Tushar307) joins me in discussing Persistence - one of the most anticipated projects in the Cosmos ecosystem, that's tapping into the trillion-dollar trade finance market. 

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.

------------- Sponsors -------------

PERPETUAL PROTOCOL is a fully on-chain exchange built on Ethereum and xDai that charges extremely low gas fees for trading and allows up to 10x leverage. They offer the most perpetuals of any platform in Defi, including BTC, ETH, SUSHI, AAVE, LINK, etc. Visit perp.exchange/blockcrunch to start trading.

AAVE: Aave is a decentralised, open source, and non-custodial protocol where users can deposits and borrow digital assets, and earn interest on those assets. Head over to aave.com to experience and learn more about DeFi

FIGMENT: If you have crypto that you want to stake and want to manage it in one place, Figment supports 30 blockchains including Ethereum, Polkadot and Solana. Figment supports both funds and individual investors. figment.io

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

Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download /

Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is an investor at Spartan Capital, the hedge fund arm 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 and personnel. This podcast is for information purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.

The Solana ecosystem has been receiving more attention lately. We cut through the hype and talk to Raydium, one of the projects building a decentralized exchange on Solana. 

- Is Raydium just a Uniswap fork on Solana, or more? - What Raydium can do that Ethereum DeFi dapps cannot - Raydium's controversial governance proposal to Sushiswap

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.

------------- Sponsors -------------

PERPETUAL PROTOCOL is a fully on-chain exchange built on Ethereum and xDai that charges extremely low gas fees for trading and allows up to 10x leverage. They offer the most perpetuals of any platform in Defi, including BTC, ETH, SUSHI, AAVE, LINK, etc. Visit perp.exchange/blockcrunch to start trading.

AAVE: Aave is a decentralised, open source, and non-custodial protocol where users can deposits and borrow digital assets, and earn interest on those assets. Head over to aave.com to experience and learn more about DeFi

FIGMENT: If you have crypto that you want to stake and want to manage it in one place, Figment supports 30 blockchains including Ethereum, Polkadot and Solana. Figment supports both funds and individual investors. figment.io

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

Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download /

Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is an investor at Spartan Capital, the hedge fund arm 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 and personnel. This podcast is for information purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.

Risk-tranching protocols are coming to DeFi, and aiming to tap into the $100T fixed income market. Saffron Finance's developer (@psykeeper_) joins us in breaking down:

- Why tranching is the next big trend in DeFi - The risk-tranching landscape in crypto  - How the $SFI token works

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.

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AAVE: Aave is a decentralised, open source, and non-custodial protocol where users can deposits and borrow digital assets, and earn interest on those assets. Head over to aave.com to experience and learn more about DeFi

FIGMENT: If you have crypto that you want to stake and want to manage it in one place, Figment supports 30 blockchains including Ethereum, Polkadot and Solana. Figment supports both funds and individual investors. figment.io

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

Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download /

Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is an investor at Spartan Capital, the hedge fund arm 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 and personnel. This podcast is for information purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.