The Blockcrunch Podcast

We continue our dive into blockchain interoperability!

I speak with Blocknet's co-founder Arlyn Culwick on how their cross-chain protocol works, and why Blocknet takes a Layer 2 approach (instead of Polkadot/Cosmos' Layer 1) to interoperability. We discuss:

• Arlyn's concerns with Polkadot and Cosmos
• Why Blocknet focuses on L2 for inteoperability instead of L1
• How Blocknet connects Bitcoin and Ethereum

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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 Spartan Group and its clients may hold positions in assets described in the episode. Detailed disclaimers available at jasonchoi.me and spartangroup.io/disclaimer

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What are "dark pools"? Listen to this deep dive into financial privacy, dark pools, and interoperability with Singapore based project, Ren Protocol. CTO Loong Wang and I touch on:

• How do dark pools work - and why decentralize them?
• How would regulators react to privacy enhanced DeFi?
• How does interoperability work in Ren - compared to Polkadot and Cosmos?

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Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi).

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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 Spartan Group and its clients may hold positions in assets described in the episode. Detailed disclaimers available at jasonchoi.me and spartangroup.io/disclaimer

Copyright free music credit:
Track Name: "Better Days"
Music By: LAKEY INSPIRED @ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired
Original upload HERE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXLzv...
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Veteran trader Seth Rubin wants to create better, more transparent financial products. So he co-founded Market Protocol, a decentralized derivatives project on Ethereum. This week, Seth joins me in discussing

• Why do we need decentralized financial derivatives?
• How does Market differ from other projects - like dYdX or UMA?
• What will DeFi derivatives look like in 5-10 years?
• How will they compete with centralized players like Bitmex?

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Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi).

Disclaimer: Market Protocol is an advisory client of the Spartan Group.

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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 Spartan Group and its clients may hold positions in assets described in the episode. Detailed disclaimers available at jasonchoi.me and spartangroup.io/disclaimer

Edgeware is Polkadot's first smart contracting parachain. Co-founder Dillon Chen and I dive deep into the project and discuss:

• What is Edgeware and how is it related to Polkadot?
• Why is Edgeware building on Substrate?
• How does Edgeware think about governance?
• Lockdrop vs. airdrop vs. merkle mine

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Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi).

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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 Spartan Group and its clients may hold positions in assets described in the episode. Detailed disclaimers available at jasonchoi.me and spartangroup.io/disclaimer

Ampleforth is one of the most unique projects I've seen - supposedly price stable, but not quite a stablecoin either. Ahead of their Bitfinex IEO, co-founder Brendon Iles joins me in discussing: 

• What is Ampleforth and "smart commodity money"?
• The unique cryptoeconomics behind AMPL
• Why do an IEO on Bitfinex?

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Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi).
Note: Spartan is an investor in Ampleforth.

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Intro music by Phortissimo.

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 Spartan Group and its clients may hold positions in assets described in the episode. Detailed disclaimers available at jasonchoi.me and spartangroup.io/disclaimer

Tezos just passed their first ever onchain governance protocol upgraded. In part 1 of our 2-part Tezos series, I touched base with Tezos' Tocqueville Group's Jacob Arluck to discuss:

• Do all blockchains need governance?
• Why does a Tezos vote take so long?
• Can good governance attract developer mindshare?

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Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). 

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Intro music by Phortissimo.

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 Spartan Group and its clients may hold positions in assets described in the episode. Detailed disclaimers available at jasonchoi.me and spartangroup.io/disclaimer

With the rise of decentralized companies and organizations, the need for tools to manage people around the world also emerges.  Aragon co-founder Luis Cuende and I continue our exploration of crypto governance this week. We discuss:

• Why do we need decentralized tools for management?
• Who is Aragon targeting?
• Why Aragon is interested in Polkadot

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Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). 

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Intro music by Phortissimo.

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 Spartan Group and its clients may hold positions in assets described in the episode. Detailed disclaimers available at jasonchoi.me and spartangroup.io/disclaimer

Blockstack set out to decentralize the internet in 2013, and now the Harvard Endowment-backed startup is expecting to issue the first SEC-registered token offering. Co-founder Muneeb Ali and I touch on:

• How much decentralization is enough?
• Balancing UI/UX and decentralization
• Is Ethereum's "wold computer" vision possible?
• Do dapps have to be smart contracts?
• Blockstack's recent SEC filing

Disclaimer: Spartan Group is an advisor to Blockstack

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Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). 

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Intro music by Phortissimo.

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 Spartan Group and its clients may hold positions in assets described in the episode. Detailed disclaimers available at jasonchoi.me and spartangroup.io/disclaimer

Can crypto be valued? How have institutional investors valued cryptoassets? Vision Hill Advisor's Dan Zuller joins me in this deep dive into all things crypto valuation:

• Does "MV = PQ" make sense for utility tokens?
• What good is Metcalfe's Law?
• Do token burns accrue value?
• Case study on Maker valuation

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Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). 

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• Dan's Twitter thread on value vs. price

• Vision Hill Maker model

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Intro music by Phortissimo.

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 Spartan Group and its clients may hold positions in assets described in the episode. Detailed disclaimers available at jasonchoi.me and spartangroup.io/disclaimer

In this highly requested episode, I speak with Polkadot's cofounder to tackle some much-debated topics, including:

• Does Polkadot compete with Ethereum?
• How do Cosmos & Polkadot differ?
• How should developers choose between Polkadot and other platforms?
• How does the DOT token accrue value?

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Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi).

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Resources:

• Demystifying Cosmos Medium post
• Relay node newsletter (Asia crypto events)
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Intro music by Phortissimo.

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 Spartan Group and its clients may hold positions in assets described in the episode. Detailed disclaimers available at jasonchoi.me and spartangroup.io/disclaimer