The DeFi Decoded Podcast

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3. Listen in as they discuss Cointelegraph's false U.S. Bitcoin ETF approval report, Grayscale Investments' cryptoasset trusts' narrowing spreads, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink's interview on the genuine demand for Bitcoin, Marc Andreessen's recent "The Techno-Optimist," and more!

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3. Listen in as they discuss an update on the FTX trial after week one in court, the influx of VC funding toward AI-based businesses, a macroeconomic crypto market analysis and potential upcoming catalysts, current enterprise interest and sentiment surrounding public blockchains, which chains these businesses are opting to build upon and why, impressive best seller accolades for Alex's new Web3 book, a news headline roundup, and more!

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3. Listen in as they discuss Michael Lewis' new book on FTX's collapse, his controversial comments regarding Sam Bankman-Fried, Grayscale's official application to convert its Ethereum Trust (ETHE) into an ETF, Ethereum's post-Merge performance, outcomes of Bitcoin ETF approvals in the U.S., the hidden significance of Ether futures on its classification, Microsoft's potential roadmap to include crypto wallet in its next-gen Xbox, and more!

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi on center stage at the Canada Fintech Forum 2023 in Montréal. Listen in as they discuss Andrew's journey into Web3, Uniswap's revolution, DAO's incentivization model, use cases for decentralization, SX Network's role within the ecosystem, importance of smart contracts, balancing technological innovation with inherent risks, Andrew's optimism for future of crypto, tokenization of U.S. dollar in stablecoins, and more!

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest Dean Skurka, President and CEO of WonderFi. Listen in as they discuss Dean's crypto journey, WonderFi's institutional and retail customer breakdown, its regulatory moat, ease of gaining approval on futures versus perps, CeFi exchanges integrating DeFi components, the role of centralized exchanges (CEXs) with evolving decentralized exchanges (DEXs), Canada's crypto regulatory approach, balancing staking support for various chains with risk mitigation, potential for a CAD-denominated stablecoin, and more!

Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of DeFi with special guest Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Ledn. Listen in as they discuss Mauricio's incredible background and journey into crypto, moving to Canada and Ledn's development, its core business offerings, its supported cryptoassets for lending, role within the ecosystem, its Bitcoin price exposure risk, competitive environment of yield-paying products, customer base regional breakdown, CeFi vs DeFi future, expanding loan structures to incorporate reputation, and more!

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Grayscale Investments' victory in its Bitcoin ETF conversion case, first-mover advantage versus reputation among ETF filers, their underlying subscription and redemption processes, crypto market arbitrage trading strategies, friend.tech's design and early growth, Digital Currency Group's deal with Genesis creditors, and more!

Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of DeFi with special guest Mark Greenberg, Managing Director of Canada at Kraken. Listen in as they discuss Mark's incredible journey, experience at Scotiabank, biggest surprises upon starting work at Kraken, balancing business growth pace with regulations, the pre-registration undertaking process within Canada, pre-registered limitations, restricted versus broker-dealer comparisons, Kraken's business size metrics, its strategy to address intensified market competition, WonderFi's full broker-dealer license, countries' crypto regulatory approaches, and more!

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Coinbase receiving approval to list crypto futures in the United States, their official launch in the Canadian market, the current cryptoexchange ecosystem within Canada, BitGo's $100M raise, Zynga's first-ever Web3 game, and more!

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Andrew's recent trip to Paris and his on-the-ground key takeaways from EthCC, Tether's Q2 2023 attestation report, Curve Finance's exploit and its potentially seismic implications for the DeFi ecosystem and more!