Unchained

2022 in Review + How Cobie and Chris Burniske Are Playing the New Year - Ep. 434

Dec 20, 2022

Cobie, a prominent crypto investor and host of UpOnly, teams up with Chris Burniske, a partner at Placeholder Ventures, to dissect the tumultuous year of 2022 in the crypto world. They discuss the fallout from significant collapses, including FTX, and the lessons learned. Cobie hopes for justice against SBF, while Chris reflects on his own regrets. Despite the chaos, they remain optimistic about decentralized protocols and share strategies for surviving a bear market. Tune in for their insights on the evolving landscape and opportunities ahead.

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Chris Burniske

Cobie

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Episode notes

The Effect of Bitcoin and Ethereum Price Declines on Investment Behavior

00:22

Intro

2min

Reflections on Crypto Turbulence

21min

The Downfall of a Cryptocurrency Giant: Delusion and Deceit

3min

Trust and Transformation in Crypto

10min

Sponsorship Spotlight and Crypto Innovations

7min

Future of Decentralization and Multi-Chain Dynamics

14min

Navigating the Aftermath of Cryptocurrency Collapses

2min

Navigating Trust in a Turbulent Crypto Landscape

21min

What a year. Cobie, crypto investor and host of UpOnly, and Chris Burniske, partner at Placeholder Ventures, sift through 2022’s rubble for clues as to what lies ahead in 2023. The two bright lights of Crypto Twitter weigh in on SBF’s fraud, how to succeed through the bear market, and what remains promising despite the gloom and doom.

Show highlights:

why 2022 is “the hangover of 2021”
why this year’s big meltdowns were different and dispiriting
why it was actually a year to remind us of why we’re all here
how the underlying protocols didn’t skip a beat
how to survive the bear market
what Chris feels guilty about in the wake of Alameda’s collapse
why Cobie hopes SBF spends life in jail
whether people will actually use decentralized alternatives – or if banking-like relationships will prevail
what Chris sees as the 2023 version of proof-of-stake in 2017
why Cobie thinks bitcoin is an area of opportunity over the next few years
whether the multichain thesis (“Solunavax”) will ever rise again
whether the contagion is over
if disgraced figureheads deserve a second chance
a lightning round lookback on 2022