The Blockcrunch Podcast

Synthetix came out of nowhere in 2019 and became one of the largest DeFi projects today. Founder Kain Warwick (@kaiynne @synthetix_io) joins us in discussing some of your burning questions:

• What triggered Synthetix's growth?
• Moat against dYdX and upcoming DeFi exchanges
• Kain's thoughts on Serum - the Solana based dex
• Thoughts on using layer 2 vs. building on another chain
• The next phase of Synthetix

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). If you enjoyed the show, consider tipping! This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.

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• Borrow and lend crypto at market-beating rates: Nexo.io
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Musical credits:

Transition track: "BHANGER" by Phortissimo. Used with permission

Outro track: "LEMMiNO - Infinity [Chill]" is released under a Creative Commons license (BY-SA) 4.0 Music provided by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/uweorwa3q34

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 the DeFi yield farming craze in full swing, Balancer Labs founder Fernando Martinelli (@fcmartinelli) joins us in discussing one of the hottest projects in the crypto space. We discuss:

• Balancer's origins
• What are "automated market makers"?
• How does Balancer differ from Uniswap?
• Will aggregators destroy value capture for decentralized exchanges?
• Do new AMMs like Thorchain & Bancor work?

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). If you enjoyed the show, consider tipping! This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.

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• ETH: 0xdec40AA30B9C562aB4b839529BfC290C1B5Da61E

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Resources:

• Borrow and lend crypto at market-beating rates: Nexo.io
• Subscribe to my essays here: jasonchoi.substack.com

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Musical credits:

Transition track: "BHANGER" by Phortissimo. Used with permission

Outro track: "LEMMiNO - Infinity [Chill]" is released under a Creative Commons license (BY-SA) 4.0 Music provided by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/uweorwa3q34

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. 

Ben Forman is the Founder and Managing Partner at DeFi focused fund ParaFi, backed by billionaire Henry Kravis among other well known investors. Ben makes his podcast debut and joins us in discussing:

• Is DeFi in a bubble? How can we tell?
• What areas of DeFi are under-invested? What's overhyped?
• Specific projects and verticals Ben is tracking
• Thoughts on yield mining
• Are institutions looking at DeFi?

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). If you enjoyed the show, consider tipping! This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.

• BTC: 3EFSLnPpme6Lo6DynN1bVV9owooueFvEmJ
• ETH: 0xdec40AA30B9C562aB4b839529BfC290C1B5Da61E

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Resources:

• Borrow and lend crypto at market-beating rates: Nexo.io
• Subscribe to my essays here: jasonchoi.substack.com

 ******

Musical credits:

Transition track: "BHANGER" by Phortissimo. Used with permission

Outro track: "LEMMiNO - Infinity [Chill]" is released under a Creative Commons license (BY-SA) 4.0 Music provided by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/uweorwa3q34

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. 

John Wu (@john1wu) spent a decade on Wall Street working at some of the top investment firms. Now he heads Ava Labs, the company overseeing the development of a new blockchain backed by the who's who of crypto VCs. With their public sale occurring now, John joins me to talk:

• How 10 years on Wall Street led John to crypto
• Why Avalanche is targeting traditional finance
• Avalanche's hybrid private + permissioned approach
• John's wish list for DeFi

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). If you enjoyed the show, consider tipping! This show is not financial advice.

• BTC: 3EFSLnPpme6Lo6DynN1bVV9owooueFvEmJ
• ETH: 0xdec40AA30B9C562aB4b839529BfC290C1B5Da61E

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Resources:

• Borrow and lend crypto at market-beating rates: Nexo.io
• Subscribe to my essays here: jasonchoi.substack.com
• John's blog: https://johnwu.finance/
• Avalanche website: https://www.avalabs.org/

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Musical credits:

Transition track: "BHANGER" by Phortissimo. Used with permission

Outro track: "LEMMiNO - Infinity [Chill]" is released under a Creative Commons license (BY-SA) 4.0 Music provided by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/uweorwa3q34

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. 

Can Layer 1s make a come back in a market obsessed with apps and DeFi? Illia Polosukhin (@ilblackdragon) and Erik Trautman (@ErikTrautman) of NEAR foundation join us this week in discussing

• Why the tipping point for new Layer 1 is now
• NEAR vs. Polkadot vs. ETH 2.0
• How to scale developer communities the right way
• How NEAR intends to scale its users

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). If you enjoyed the show, consider tipping! This show is not financial advice.

• BTC: 3EFSLnPpme6Lo6DynN1bVV9owooueFvEmJ
• ETH: 0xdec40AA30B9C562aB4b839529BfC290C1B5Da61E

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Resources:

• Borrow and lend crypto at market-beating rates: Nexo.io
• Subscribe to my essays here: jasonchoi.substack.com

 ******

Musical credits:

Transition track: "BHANGER" by Phortissimo. Used with permission

Outro track: "LEMMiNO - Infinity [Chill]" is released under a Creative Commons license (BY-SA) 4.0 Music provided by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/uweorwa3q34

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. 

Socios recently sold $1.3M worth of "fan tokens" to fans of soccer club FC Barcelona, with more on the way. Alex Dreyfus (@alex_dreyfus), founder of Socios, joins us in discussing:

• What are fan tokens, and how big is the opportunity?
• Using cryptoassets to engage consumers in B2C businesses
• What the Chilliz token is 

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). If you enjoyed the show, consider tipping! This show is not financial advice.

• BTC: 3EFSLnPpme6Lo6DynN1bVV9owooueFvEmJ
• ETH: 0xdec40AA30B9C562aB4b839529BfC290C1B5Da61E

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Resources:

• Borrow and lend crypto at market-beating rates: Nexo.io
• Subscribe to my essays here: jasonchoi.substack.com
• Socios: @socios

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Musical credits:

Transition track: "BHANGER" by Phortissimo. Used with permission

Outro track: "LEMMiNO - Infinity [Chill]" is released under a Creative Commons license (BY-SA) 4.0 Music provided by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/uweorwa3q34

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. 

Lasse Clausen (@lalleclausen), co-founder of Berlin-based token fund 1kx, joins me in discussing the latest trends in crypto.

• Is "liquidity mining" a fad?
• 3 trends investors should be tracking
• What assets are Lasse bullish on and why?
• What is 1kx's most contrarian thesis in crypto?

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). If you enjoyed the show, consider tipping! This show is not financial advice.

• BTC: 3EFSLnPpme6Lo6DynN1bVV9owooueFvEmJ
• ETH: 0xdec40AA30B9C562aB4b839529BfC290C1B5Da61E

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Resources:

• Borrow and lend crypto at market-beating rates: Nexo.io
• Subscribe to my essays here: jasonchoi.substack.com

 ******

Musical credits:

Transition track: "BHANGER" by Phortissimo. Used with permission

Outro track: "LEMMiNO - Infinity [Chill]" is released under a Creative Commons license (BY-SA) 4.0 Music provided by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/uweorwa3q34

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. 

Polkadot is live! Joe Petrowski (@joepetrowski), research analyst at Parity Technologies, joins us in discussing what this means for the ever competitive layer 1 space.

• What's actually build on Polkadot today?
• How does Polkadot plan to compete with Ethereum?
• Polkadot's go-to-developer strategy
• What is the "meme" for Polkadot?

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). If you enjoyed the show, consider tipping! This show is not financial advice.

• BTC: 3EFSLnPpme6Lo6DynN1bVV9owooueFvEmJ
• ETH: 0xdec40AA30B9C562aB4b839529BfC290C1B5Da61E

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Resources:

• Borrow and lend crypto at market-beating rates: Nexo.io
• Subscribe to my essays here: jasonchoi.substack.com

 ******

Musical credits:

Transition track: "BHANGER" by Phortissimo. Used with permission

Outro track: "LEMMiNO - Infinity [Chill]" is released under a Creative Commons license (BY-SA) 4.0 Music provided by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/uweorwa3q34

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. 

DeFi nerds, tune in! This week we discuss whether decentralized exchanges can build moats, or whether they'll be commoditized.

Deniz Omer (@DenizOmer), Head of Ecosystem at Kyber Network, joins me in discussing:

• Uniswap vs. Kyber: who's the winner?
• The threat of dex aggregators
• Kyber's upcoming Katalyst update

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). If you enjoyed the show, consider tipping! This show is not financial advice.

• BTC: 3EFSLnPpme6Lo6DynN1bVV9owooueFvEmJ
• ETH: 0xdec40AA30B9C562aB4b839529BfC290C1B5Da61E

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Resources:

• Subscribe to my essays here: jasonchoi.substack.com

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Musical credits:

Transition track: "BHANGER" by Phortissimo. Used with permission

Outro track: "LEMMiNO - Infinity [Chill]" is released under a Creative Commons license (BY-SA) 4.0 Music provided by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/uweorwa3q34

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. 

What do the NBA, UFC, Ubisoft and Warner Music have in common? They are all partners with Dapper Labs, the company behind CryptoKitties.

Roham Gharegozlou (@rohamg), CEO of Dapper Labs, joins us in discussing:

• Story behind the most popular crypto game
• Why does Dapper Labs need Flow, its new blockchain?
• Flow vs. sharding chains vs. Ethereum
• Tactics for closing big partnerships

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). If you enjoyed the show, consider tipping! This show is not financial advice.

• BTC: 3EFSLnPpme6Lo6DynN1bVV9owooueFvEmJ
• ETH: 0xdec40AA30B9C562aB4b839529BfC290C1B5Da61E

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Resources:

• Subscribe to my essays here: jasonchoi.substack.com

******

Musical credits:

Transition track: "BHANGER" by Phortissimo. Used with permission

Outro track: "LEMMiNO - Infinity [Chill]" is released under a Creative Commons license (BY-SA) 4.0 Music provided by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/uweorwa3q34

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.