E132: Wintermute CEO Solves Cryptoâs Biggest Conspiracies
When Shift Happens Podcast
The Importance of Secure Crypto Storage and Long-Term Thinking
This chapter focuses on the significance of secure storage methods for cryptocurrencies, particularly through cold storage solutions like hardware wallets. It advocates for long-term ethical strategies in the crypto space while recognizing some of the industry's challenges and unethical practices.
Evgeny Gaevoy, founder and CEO of Wintermute, dismantles crypto's biggest conspiracy theories with brutal honesty.
He explains why market manipulation claims are "flat earth theory level stupidity" and reveals how markets actually work.
From price crash accusations to wash trading conspiracies, Evgeny addresses every major theory while sharing his journey from 1990s Russia to multi-billion dollar crypto empire and his ultimate dream: colonizing Mars.
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PARTNERS
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đą Bitwise Asset Management is the crypto specialist asset manager with more than $10 billion client assets and more than 30 crypto solutions across ETFs, index funds, alpha strategies, staking, and more.
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DISCLAIMER
The info contained herein is for informational purposes only. Nothing herein shall be construed to be financial, legal, or tax advice. The content of this video is solely the opinions of the speakers who are not a licensed financial advisor or registered investment advisor. Trading cryptocurrencies poses considerable risk of loss. The speakers do not guarantee any particular outcome.
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0:00 Introduction
1:31 Please Subscribe
1:56 Partnerships
2:42 Market Making Made Simple
4:37 Who is Evgeny Gaevoy?
5:45 Business Feels Like a Game
8:34 Game Theory in Crypto
10:18 Self Custody with Trezor
11:12 Playing The Long-Term Game
12:21 From Finance To Crypto
16:19 Money Is Just A Leaderboard
17:36 The True Value Of Money
20:44 What is Market Making?
26:20 What Is Delta Neutral Trading?
29:38 Debunking Market Manipulation Myths
37:06 Inside A Token Launch
40:47 Price Discovery Is Competition
42:06 Controversies Around Token Pricing
47:22 Token Pricing Realities Explained
50:43 Spotting Fake Crypto Volume
54:33 How Market Makers Influence Prices
59:29 Market Manipulation vs Buybacks
1:04:47 Why Spoofing Goes Unpunished
1:06:32 How Market Makers Profit
1:10:27 Market Maker VC Conflicts
1:16:44 The Truth About Wash Trading
1:18:08 Handling FUD at Wintermute
1:22:03 Dreaming of Colonizing Mars
1:23:45 Concluding Remarks
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