Sam Hallene and Aryan Sheikhalian are analysts at CMT Digital, a subsidiary of the CMT Group.

In this episode, Hallene and Sheikhalian unpack the key trends they are observing in crypto's VC market, including the intersection of blockchain and AI and its implication for improving user data ownership, verified inference, and the use of blockchain to govern non-deterministic models.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

05:31 Current VC Landscape

07:02 VC Market Decoupling

12:11 PMF in Crypto

15:58 Non-Financial Use Cases

22:00 DeFi's Future

23:17 Tokenization Trends

29:13 Crypto Venture Market Forecast

35:56 Closing Thoughts

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Sandy Peng is the co-founder of Scroll.

In this episode, Peng discusses scaling Ethereum and particularly emphasizes the importance of business insight and experience outside of crypto in driving application-level innovation.

OUTLINE

00:00 Intro

01:07 Peng's Journey to Scroll

04:27 Peng's Regulatory Background

07:52 Industry Headwinds

10:31 Ethereum Scaling Competition

15:00 Consumer Crypto Apps

16:49 Improving Crypto UX

23:06 Stepn's Success

26:11 ZK Advantages

29:45 Scroll's Roadmap

34:14 Closing Thoughts

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This episode of The Scoop features Bitget Wallet COO Alvin Kan, and two builders from the TON ecosystem — Catizen co-founder Ricky Wong and Miles, a core team member of Tomarket.

The conversation explores how Telegram's large user base is enabling rapid adoption and growth of Telegram 'Mini Apps' on top of the TON blockchain.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

01:29 TON Overview

03:06 TON's Advantages

06:21 TON's Future

08:29 Catizen's Hyper Adoption

10:30 Tomarket Overview

12:34 Ton Ecosystem Collaboration

15:54 Building on TON

17:14 TON's Consumer Focus

20:56 TON User Behavior

24:45 User Retention

27:59 TON Roadmap

31:47 Closing Thoughts

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Vishal Gupta is the co-founder and CEO of TrueX — a new stablecoin-native trading platform.

In this episode, Gupta unpacks how TrueX aims to provide a "stablecoin-native" trading experience with segregated custody, primarily targeted at institutional clients in the United States.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

04:50 TrueX Overview

11:13 Exchange Innovation

14:42 Institutional Client Trading Needs

17:52 Stablecoin Collateral

19:21 TrueX Matching Engine

23:11 Segregated Service Offerings

25:52 TrueX Funding

27:41 Broker Adoption

31:06 Crypto's Credit Market

33:51 True Markets Roadmap

35:50 Closing Thoughts

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Steve Kurz is the Global Digital Head of Asset Management at Galaxy Digital.

In this episode, Kurz and Chaparro discuss the current state and future of crypto asset management, including the challenges and opportunities in the industry.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

01:53 Refining Market Structure

03:36 Galaxy Strategy

06:31 TradFi Capital Allocators

09:17 Future Products

13:26 Galaxy PMF

15:05 Crypto Lending

17:11 Regulatory Climate

19:40 Closing Thoughts

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David Ripley is the CEO of Kraken.

In this episode, Ripley discusses Kraken's strategic expansion into institutional services, including custody and lending.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

03:57 Institutional Crypto Services

07:22 FTX Fallout

11:02 Institutional Adoption

15:25 Crypto Credit Crisis

17:10 Crypto Banking

19:14 Regulatory Environment

22:39 Closing Thoughts

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This episode of The Scoop was recorded with former chairperson of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Jay Clayton.

Chaparro and Clayton discuss how the crypto industry has evolved since Clayton's tenure as head of the SEC.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

00:54 Crypto's Evolution

03:42 Crypto Securities & Crypto Commodities

07:02 Token Fundraising

09:57 US Crypto Exchanges

11:12 2022 Crypto Credit Crisis

12:47 The Future of Finance

15:05 Short Selling

16:08 Closing Thoughts

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This episode of The Scoop was recorded with US Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and Falcon X Global's Head of Revenue and Business Austin Reid live at the SALT Conference in Jackson Hole.

Senator Scott and Reid discuss the growing political interest in crypto and digital assets in the United States, and the need for better education that clearly conveys the value proposition of this new form of technology.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

00:40 Crypto's Political

03:05 Trump's Crypto Shift

04:23 US Regulatory Landscape

08:06 Crypto's 'Branding'

16:23 Bipartisan Crypto Support

18:23 Harris' Crypto Policy

19:48 SEC Leadership Change

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Carlos Domingo is the founder and CEO at Securitize.

Earlier this year, Securitize partnered with BlackRock to launch the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL).

In this episode recorded live at last week's SALT Conference, Domingo discusses the successful launch of BUIDL and highlights the growing institutional adoption of tokenized treasuries over stablecoins.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

01:03 Blackrock & BUIDL

02:13 Strengthening Crypto Collateral

05:50 Tokenization Evolution

09:04 Crypto UX

11:16 BUIDL Target Audience

13:53 TradFi in Crypto

17:03 Tokenization Value Prop

19:05 Securitize Roadmap

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Anthony Scaramucci serves as both the founder and managing partner of Skybridge Capital, as well as the founder and chairman of SALT Conferences. 

In this episode recorded live at last week's SALT Conference in Jackson Hole, Chaparro and Scaramucci discuss the upcoming 2024 U.S. presidential election and the rising importance of the 'crypto vote.'

OUTLINE

00:00 Intro

04:16 2024 Election

14:19 Presidential Crypto Policy

15:58 Donald Trump

19:59 China Policy

25:05 Closing Thoughts

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