The Blockcrunch Podcast

Every other month a new "algorithmic currency" is created in crypto - and one of the latest, Olympus, launched to a whopping $60M market cap. By listener request, the anonymous developers behind Olympus (@OlympusDAO) joins us in breaking down:

- What sets OHM apart from other algo currencies? - How will OHM maintain stability? - Are there any use cases for OHM 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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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.

UMA is one of the most ambitious projects in DeFi.

From "KPI Options" to novel synthetic assets, UMA is keen to push the envelope on what is possible in DeFi. Former Goldman Sachs trader and UMA founder Hart Lambur (@hal2001) joins us in breaking down:

- How UMA works - What KPI options are and why they'll be core to DeFi - What developers are building with UMA today

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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CRYPTO.COM: Crypto.com serves 10M+ customers, providing them with a powerful alternative to traditional financial services through their App, Visa Card, Exchange and DeFi offerings.

On the Crypto.com Exchange, you can buy coins at up to 50% off and mine the hottest DeFi tokens in one-click. Plus, you get paid a 2% deposit bonus, and up to 10% APR of interest by staking CRO! Sign up for the Crypto.com Exchange.

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.

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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.

Last week, a group of pseudonymous developers raised $8M from leading investors in crypto to build a completely new way to borrow and lend in DeFi.

Developer Scoopy (@scupytrooples) joins us in dicussing what Alchemix is, how it adds a new design space to DeFi, and why he thinks Alchemix will become a major pillar in DeFi.

Host: @mrjasonchoi

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CRYPTO.COM: Crypto.com serves 10M+ customers, providing them with a powerful alternative to traditional financial services through their App, Visa Card, Exchange and DeFi offerings. On the Crypto.com Exchange, you can buy coins at up to 50% off and mine the hottest DeFi tokens in one-click. Plus, you get paid a 2% deposit bonus, and up to 10% APR of interest by staking CRO! Sign up for the Crypto.com Exchange.

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.

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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

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Jason Choi is an investor at Spartan Capital (HK) Limited, the investment arm of 99 Duxton Limited (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.

In the past 3 months, decentralized exchange Bancor has almost 6x its market share against market leader, Uniswap. Nate (@NateHindman) and Mark (@MBRichardson87) from the Bancor team join us this week to discuss:

• What's behind Bancor's explosive growth
• Bancor vs. Uniswap vs. Sushiswap
• How Bancor v2 solves impermanent loss
• Trade offs of the Bancor design

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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CRYPTO.COM: Crypto.com serves 10M+ customers, providing them with a powerful alternative to traditional financial services through their App, Visa Card, Exchange and DeFi offerings.  On the Crypto.com Exchange, you can buy coins at up to 50% off and mine the hottest DeFi tokens in one-click. Plus, you get paid a 2% deposit bonus, and up to 10% APR of interest by staking CRO! Sign up for the Crypto.com Exchange.

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.

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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. 

Richard Chen, (@richardchen39),  partner at one of the first crypto venture funds, 1confirmation, joins us in breaking down all things NFTs. We discuss:

• Are memes viable investment theses?
• Do NFTs rely too much on centralized marketplaces?
• How Richard identifies NFTs that will grow in value

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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CRYPTO.COM: Crypto.com serves 10M+ customers, providing them with a powerful alternative to traditional financial services through their App, Visa Card, Exchange and DeFi offerings.  On the Crypto.com Exchange, you can buy coins at up to 50% off and mine the hottest DeFi tokens in one-click. Plus, you get paid a 2% deposit bonus, and up to 10% APR of interest by staking CRO! Sign up for the Crypto.com Exchange.

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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. 

Acala, the anticipated project building on Polkadot, is building a hub for DeFi. Founders Bette Chen (@bettechentt) and Ruitao Su (@ruitao_su) joins us this week in breaking down:

• Building DeFu on Ethereum vs. Polkadot 
• Why Acala chose Polkadot over other chains
• Staking derivatives as the next big opportunity in DeFi

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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Sponsors

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CRYPTO.COM: Crypto.com serves 10M+ customers, providing them with a powerful alternative to traditional financial services through their App, Visa Card, Exchange and DeFi offerings.  On the Crypto.com Exchange, you can buy coins at up to 50% off and mine the hottest DeFi tokens in one-click. Plus, you get paid a 2% deposit bonus, and up to 10% APR of interest by staking CRO! Sign up for the Crypto.com Exchange. BITTREX GLOBAL: You can now trade tokenized stocks like Google, Netflix, Amazon and Alibaba on Bittrex Global. Users can trade 24/7 globally, even purchase fractions of a share. Sign up now: https://global.bittrex.com/discover/tokenized-stocks. 

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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. 

I've been a vocal skeptic of NFTs as investments in the long term. To challenge my view, veteran crypto VC and ex-Coinbase early employee, Nick Tomaino (@NTMoney), joins us to debate:

• How do you value digital collectibles?
• The enforceability of moats in NFTs
• Are NFTs in a bubble?
• How large is the NFT opportunity?
• NFT projects Nick is most excited about

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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Sponsors

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CRYPTO.COM: Crypto.com serves 10M+ customers, providing them with a powerful alternative to traditional financial services through their App, Visa Card, Exchange and DeFi offerings.  On the Crypto.com Exchange, you can buy coins at up to 50% off and mine the hottest DeFi tokens in one-click. Plus, you get paid a 2% deposit bonus, and up to 10% APR of interest by staking CRO! Sign up for the Crypto.com Exchange. BITTREX GLOBAL: You can now trade tokenized stocks like Google, Netflix, Amazon and Alibaba on Bittrex Global. Users can trade 24/7 globally, even purchase fractions of a share. Sign up now: https://global.bittrex.com/discover/tokenized-stocks. 

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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. 

Crypto is evolving rapidly as an asset class - analysts now have to wade through  terabytes of data to surface opportunities that may generate alpha. At the center of this is Dune Analytics, a community-driven data platform favored by crypto diehards.

Founder Frederik Haga (@hagaetc) joins us to discuss:

• How do analysts generate alpha from onchain data?
• Why data dashboards are the new financial reports
• What is community driven data?

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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Sponsors

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CRYPTO.COM: Crypto.com serves 5M+ customers, providing them with a powerful alternative to traditional financial services through their App, Visa Card, Exchange and DeFi offerings.  On the Crypto.com Exchange, you can buy coins at up to 50% off and mine the hottest DeFi tokens in one-click. Plus, you get paid a 2% deposit bonus, and up to 10% APR of interest by staking CRO! Sign up for the Crypto.com Exchange. BITTREX GLOBAL: You can now trade tokenized stocks like Google, Netflix, Amazon and Alibaba on Bittrex Global. Users can trade 24/7 globally, even purchase fractions of a share. Sign up now: https://global.bittrex.com/discover/tokenized-stocks. 

RADIX: Radix is the first layer-one protocol specifically built to serve DeFi. Decentralized finance applications are currently built on protocols that are not fit for purpose, leading to congestion, hacks and developer frustration. Radix changes this by introducing a scalable, secure-by-design, composable platform with a DeFi specific build environment to make it easy to build and launch scalable DeFi. Find out more at www.radixdlt.com

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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. 

This week, I'm joined by the two young entrepreneurs behind Rari Capital, Jai Bhavnani (@jai_bhavnani) and Jack Lipstone (@JackLipstone), to talk all things DeFi and yield. We discuss:

• What are the moats for yield aggregators?
• Rari Capital's focus on UX and security
• Strategies for retaining users in DeFi
• The sustainability of DeFi yields

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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Sponsors

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CRYPTO.COM: Crypto.com serves 5M+ customers, providing them with a powerful alternative to traditional financial services through their App, Visa Card, Exchange and DeFi offerings.  On the Crypto.com Exchange, you can buy coins at up to 50% off and mine the hottest DeFi tokens in one-click. Plus, you get paid a 2% deposit bonus, and up to 10% APR of interest by staking CRO! Sign up for the Crypto.com Exchange. BITTREX GLOBAL: You can now trade tokenized stocks like Google, Netflix, Amazon and Alibaba on Bittrex Global. Users can trade 24/7 globally, even purchase fractions of a share. Sign up now: https://global.bittrex.com/discover/tokenized-stocks. 

RADIX: Radix is the first layer-one protocol specifically built to serve DeFi. Decentralized finance applications are currently built on protocols that are not fit for purpose, leading to congestion, hacks and developer frustration. Radix changes this by introducing a scalable, secure-by-design, composable platform with a DeFi specific build environment to make it easy to build and launch scalable DeFi. Find out more at www.radixdlt.com

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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. 

With DeFi ballooning into a $70B phenomenon, a lot of attention has turned to The Graph, an indexing protocol supporting the most popular DeFi projects. The Graph business lead Tegan Kline (@theklineventure) joins us in discussing:

• What is an "indexing protocol"?
• Why is The Graph the most used project in crypto
• What are parallel services/ companies in the non-crypto world?
• How does the $GRT token work 

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

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CRYPTO.COM: Crypto.com serves 5M+ customers today, providing them with a powerful alternative to traditional financial services through their App, Visa Card, Exchange and DeFi offerings. The Crypto.com Visa Card gives you up to 8% cashback instantly, and 100% back on Spotify and Netflix. Get $25 worth of CRO when you download the Crypto.com App with code BLOCKCRUNCH and stake 5,000 CRO or more to reserve a metal card! BITTREX GLOBAL: You can now trade tokenized stocks like Google, Netflix, Amazon and Alibaba on Bittrex Global. Users can trade 24/7 globally, even purchase fractions of a share. Sign up now: https://global.bittrex.com/discover/tokenized-stocks. 

RADIX: Radix is the first layer-one protocol specifically built to serve DeFi. Decentralized finance applications are currently built on protocols that are not fit for purpose, leading to congestion, hacks and developer frustration. Radix changes this by introducing a scalable, secure-by-design, composable platform with a DeFi specific build environment to make it easy to build and launch scalable DeFi. Find out more at www.radixdlt.com

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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.