EP 19: Matt Levine, Meme Stocks, Crypto Crash and Terrible Attempts at Crime

The Logan Bartlett Show

Is Solid Capital Partners a New Way of Financing?

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Robert wilhelm, i got hem on their web sight, solid capital partners dot com. Is that them? Yes, seems like it. Although, i don't know, they invented a new way of financing, so maybe they are. The wirein fo thing is really interesting, cause you normally don't give the firm your wire in fo until the end,. So how did they know where to wire the money? What was the document that was fabrici would love to hear more about this. And honestly, like just some of the gross little details would be fascinating.

(00:00) Intro

(00:13) Intro Zach and Packy

(01:07) Solana

(05:14) Crypto Ecosystem

(13:00) Crypto Use Cases

(18:02) Crypto Investments

(21:45) Elon’s Ultimatum

(27:43) Billionaire Senate Run

(32:04) VC Firm’s Scam & Media War

(37:39) Sheryl Sandberg Steps Down

(48:03) Matt Levine Intro

(49:39) Leaving Goldman Sachs

(52:26) Joining Deal Breaker

(55:04) Choosing Topics

(1:01:08) Crypto as a Lab for Financial Institutions

(1:02:08) Deal Breaker to Bloomberg

(1:07:00) Finance Bro Groupies

(1:08:14) r/WallStreetBets

(1:12:31) Insider Trading

(1:15:17) Crypto

(1:22:13) Elon and Twitter

(1:25:08) Elon and the SEC

(1:29:01) Writing on Unexpected Topics

(1:31:16) Impact of Meme Stocks

(1:33:11) Future Writing

(1:34:51) Outro

Links:

VC threatened a media war against a start-up after unsolicited investment https://sifted.eu/articles/heroes-amazon-solid-capital/

Elon Musk’s Ultimatum to Tesla Execs: Return to the Office or Get Out https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-01/musk-s-tesla-ultimatum-return-to-office-or-work-somewhere-else

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1531867103854317568?s=20&t=cKRzLoqnu1HMX-LPLCbZFQ

Solana goes down for over 6 hours https://cryptopotato.com/solana-goes-down-for-over-6-hours-validators-prepare-for-restart/

Coinbase pauses new hiring and rescinds accepted offers https://blog.coinbase.com/update-on-hiring-plans-bcedfa634989

US Charges Ex-OpenSea Exec With NFT Insider Trading https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/06/01/us-charges-ex-opensea-exec-with-nft-insider-trading/

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