NBA Star Tristan Thompson and Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal break down why pro athletes are moving into Bitcoin, crypto, and onchain prediction markets.
We cover stablecoin rewards after the Genius Act, Coinbase’s fight to preserve consumer yield and staking, the CFTC vs. state path for prediction markets, and Tristan’s new onchain app, basketball.fun.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:54 An Athlete & a Lawyer?
2:47 Athletes Love Crypto
8:19 Bitcoin & Trust
15:16 Stablecoin Yields
18:41 Crypto vs Banks
21:34 Tristan’s Crypto Interests
26:58 Crypto’s UX
35:48 Prediction Markets
43:58 Prediction Market Regulation
48:41 Anti-Crypto Democrats
51:00 Basketball.fun
56:00 Gary Gensler’s Deleted Texts
1:00:25 Closing & Disclaimers
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RESOURCES
Tristan Paul
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Paul Grewal
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Basketball.fun
https://www.basketball.fun/
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