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

The Logan Bartlett Show

Cryptocurrency Is Like a Lab for Financial Intuitions

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I struggle at times with a the altitude at which to talk about things, right? So i'll spend time talking about different venture things, and people tell me, oh, you're why explain that? Everyone knows that. Well, no, a lot of people don't actually know that. And so it kind of depends on who the audience is. But i do love crypto because it's like it's this like lab for like, financial intuitions. It's interesting ticks for explaining concepts. A lot of cripto, like, i'm not that interested an, like, who's getting rich on it, but like, as a way toik, understand the sort of deeper

(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/

Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky

Produced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad Assir

Executive Producer: Josh Machiz

Music: Griff Lawson

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