The Blockcrunch Podcast

We chat with Bonnie Cheung, Venture Partner at 500 Startups, one of the most active seed investors around the world that also recently launched a Blockchain Track in their accelerator program.

We talk about

- Whether ICOs and crypto will disrupt venture capital

- How regulation will affect crypto investing 

- Whether it's too early to invest in decentralized applications

...and more.

Please rate to help us get this podcast to more people! Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi)

Not financial advice.

We chat with Jehan Chu (@collectionist), co-founder of Kenetic, a blockchain advisory, investment and development firm in Hong Kong. Jehan also helped founded the Hong Kong branches of the Ethereum and Bitcoin Associations.

We talk about:

- Why Bitcoin will hit $50,000 by end of 2018

- Why Hong Kong is emerging as a go-to market for crypto

- Investing in the long tail of crypto

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi)

Not financial advice.

We chat with Meltem Demirors (@Melt_Dem), founder of Athena Capital and former Director of Development at Digital Currency Group.

We talk about:

Why current ICOs can be bad for crypto

Why institutional investors may not be essential to growth

How crypto regulation should be shaped

...and more.

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Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi)

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We chat with Kyle Samani (@KyleSamani), co-founder at Multicoin Capital, one of the more prominent funds in crypto. We talk about:

- How to make money in crypto investing

- Framework for identifying the key winners in crypto

- Upcoming trends investors are looking at

...and more.

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Multicoin Blog: https://multicoin.capital/

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi)

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We chat with Santi Siri (@santisiri), founder at Y-Combinator backed non-profit Democracy Earth Foundation. We talk about:

- The geopolitical implications of crypto

- What is liquid democracy, and how it relates to blockchain

- How governments can be affected by crypto

...and more.

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Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi)

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We chat with Ben Siegel (@BenLLS), Impact Policy Manager at ConsenSys, the largest Ethereum development company in the world.

We talk about:

- How blockchain is used to give identity to the disenfranchised 

- The intersection between crypto and international development

- Wealth redistribution with blockchain

...and more.

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Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi)

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We chat with Chris Burniske (@cburniske), partner at Placeholder VC and co-author of the bestseller "Cryptoassets - The Innovative Investor's Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond".

We talk about:

- How to value different types of cryptoassets

- The framework to quantify investment risk

- Traditional VC vs. crypto venture capital

...and more.

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Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi)

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We chat with Will Warren (@willwarren89), co-founder of 0x Project, one of the leading decentralized exchange protocols for cryptoassets.

We talk about:

- What are decentralized exchanges and why they matter

- What the future of dex's looks like

...and more.

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Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi)

Co-Host: David Ongchoco (@DoItChoco)

Disclaimer: both hosts own small amounts of 0x. Not financial advice.

We chat with Hunter Horsley (@HHorsley), co-founder of Bitwise Asset Management, the company behind the world's first crypto index fund, the Bitwise HOLD 10.

We talk about:

- Why an index fund makes sense in crypto markets

- How crypto investors should best allocate their portfolios 

- How the Bitwise team is scaling its one of a kind business

...and more.

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Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi)

Not financial advice.

Adam Draper (@AdamDraper), founder and managing director of Boost VC, has helped invest in over 85 blockchain startups including Coinbase, Ledger, Ripio and Aragon.

In this episode, we talk about:

- Why the accelerator model makes sense in crypto

- How Adam became one of the first investors in Coinbase

- What Boost looks for in blockchain startups (and what it avoids)

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi)

Music by: Phortissimo: https://soundcloud.com/phortissimo

 

Not financial advice.