EP 29: Multicoin Capital’s Kyle Samani Joins the Crypto Debate and Chat Helium, Also Amazon-One Medical and Productivity at Big Tech

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Financial Markets

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Financial markets are, i meanliketha, the general history of the internet is, like, take things that people want to do, and they lower the friction to do them. And this is true across, like, basically every vector of the internet that is interesting. But like finance, iis certainly a big one. Am, and like the process of doing anything around money is very challenging. A money transmitter, business, light licenses and all those things, if you want to to trade equities. I think we have a range of people of sophistication that will follow that.

In the 29th episode, Multicoin Capital Co-Founder and Managing Partner Kyle Samani joins the crypto debate and discusses Solana and Helium’s wireless network. Zach breaks down One Medical and their acquisition by Amazon, plus Rashad Assir comes on to discuss going viral.

(0:00) Intro

(1:06) Welcoming Rashad

(4:34) Going viral

(5:22) Changing the work culture

(8:19) Perf cycles

(14:31) Cash cow

(19:59) Google investing in people

(23:03) One Medical

(29:50) Welcoming Kyle

(34:26) Solana

(37:54) Progression of different funds

(39:08) What got you into crypto

(42:43) Financial markets

(51:25) Gas fees

(56:24) Underlying crypto issues

(1:04:55) Helium

(1:14:52) Nova Labs

(1:23:48) Equity and capital formation

(1:26:49) Lessons about risk

(1:30:10) Critique of the US system

(1:36:06) Bitcoin is nonsense

(1:40:01) Outro

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Music: Griff Lawson

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