
Crypto Unstacked
The go-to resource for the crypto curious. Tune in to long-form deep dives with movers and shakers or spend your short coffee breaks with our mini dives, where we unstack interesting insights and market observations.
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Latest episodes

Oct 15, 2021 • 28min
Deep Dive: Folkvang | Why is it a "Natural Fit" for Market Makers to be Venture Capitalists?
We unstack:- Origin story of Folkvang - Ways Folkvang makes money as a market maker- How Folkvang engages in the options market- How trading options is different from perpetual futures- Why is it the trend for market makers to become VCs? Follow our GuestMike van Rossum (Twitter)This episode is presented by CoinFLEX.CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and committed to providing institutional and retail investors an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto. CoinFLEX creates innovative solutions to bring investors and markets together through simple and intuitive products such as flexUSD, the world’s first interest-earning stablecoin, and AMM+, the most-capital efficient automated market maker in the world. Visit www.coinflex.com for more information. DISCLOSUREThe Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer to buy or sell any financial products. #Folkvang #CryptoUnstacked

Oct 12, 2021 • 46min
Oasis Unstacked | Dror Poleg - The TINA Economy, Risk is a Meme, and the Ponzi Career
We unstack:- The Great Rethinking- The TINA ("There is no alternative) economy- Technology creating scalable professions- Corporation of the future- Human attention: one of the most valuable 21st Century resources+ more!FOLLOW OUR GUESTSDror Poleg (Twitter | Website)FOLLOW OUR CO-HOSTSTom Yi (Twitter | Kanosei )Dave Krugman (Twitter | Allships)0xElle (Twitter) DISCLOSUREThe Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer to buy or sell any financial products.

Oct 8, 2021 • 59min
Deep Dive: Electric Capital | A Former Facebook Insider's View of How Web 3 is Changing Social Norms
We unstack:- Crypto meeting the needs of society- Tech innovation breaking social norms- Social graph of NFTs- Do NFTs like CryptoPunks have utility?- Why digital land does not make sense- An insider's view on Facebook's metaverse mission- Conviction in the Loot Project - third major NFT innovation+ much, much more!FOLLOW OUR GUESTAvichal Garg (Twitter)Electric Capital (Twitter)This episode is presented by our sponsors CoinFLEX and Amber GroupCoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and committed to providing institutional and retail investors an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto. CoinFLEX creates innovative solutions to bring investors and markets together through simple and intuitive products such as flexUSD, the world’s first interest-earning stablecoin, and AMM+, the most-capital efficient automated market maker in the world. Visit www.coinflex.com for more information. Amber Group is an integrated crypto finance platform behind Amber App, which allows you to easily earn, swap, trade, and invest in crypto. Right now, new users can earn up to 16% APR on BTC, ETH, and USD-stablecoins Fixed Earn products. Sign up at www.ambercrypto.comDISCLOSUREThe Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer to buy or sell any financial products. #ElectricCapital #CryptoUnstacked

Oct 4, 2021 • 28min
Deep Dive: QCP Capital | Options market insights from one of the oldest Asia-based crypto OTC desks
Crypto Unstacked Trader's Edition is a new segment of the podcast hosted by CoinFLEX Co-Founder Sudhu Arumugum. We unstack:► Darius' path to trading and making his first options trade at Dymon Asia► From managing BNP Paribas' Asia FX desk to crypto►How QCP was formed and what trading strategies did the desk run early on?►How to popularize options in crypto►Darius on using CoinFLEX's AMM+ product ►Crypto Stablecoin FUD + utility for cross border payments►Global macro view and how Evergrande is impacting crypto and equities►TradFi money coming into cryptoFOLLOW OUR GUESTQCP (Twitter)This episode is presented by CoinFLEX. CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and committed to providing institutional and retail investors an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto. CoinFLEX creates innovative solutions to bring investors and markets together through simple and intuitive products such as flexUSD, the world’s first interest-earning stablecoin, and AMM+, the most-capital efficient automated market maker in the world. Visit www.coinflex.com for more information. DISCLOSUREThe Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer to buy or sell any financial products. #QCP #CryptoUnstacked #TradersEdition

Sep 28, 2021 • 53min
Oasis Unstacked | Seed Club - Helping Creators Turn Social Capital into Digital Assets
Seed Club is backed by leaders in the crypto and creator economy space, Seed Club helps creators and communities launch and grow successful social tokens.We unstack:- Jess' background and founding story of Seed Club- What does web 3 mean for creators?- Web 3 as a democratized value capture system- Elements of successful communities- Different approaches to forming DAOs- How to get involved with Seed ClubFOLLOW OUR GUESTSJess Sloss @thattallguySeed Club @seedclubhqhttps://seedclub.xyz/FOLLOW OUR CO-HOSTSTom Yi (Twitter | Kanosei )Dave Krugman (Twitter | Allships)Louis Giraux (Twitter| Blog )0xElle (Twitter) DISCLOSUREThe Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer to buy or sell any financial products.

Sep 22, 2021 • 42min
Oasis Unstacked | Fingerprints DAO
Oasis Unstacked is a new segment of Crypto Unstacked covering NFTs, the metaverse, gaming & everything in between!Fingerprints DAOFingerprints DAO collaborates with creators to build experiments at the intersection of art, economics and social coordination. Fingerprints has the 3rd largest collection of Autoglyphs, the largest collection of DEAFBEEFs, one of the largest collection of Mutant Garden Seeders and other significant pieces. FOLLOW OUR GUESTSLuiz DT @dgntecDollar Monopoly @dollar_monopolyhttps://www.fingerprintsdao.xyz/FOLLOW OUR CO-HOSTSTom Yi (Twitter | Kanosei )Dave Krugman (Twitter | Allships)Louis Giraux (Twitter| Blog )0xElle (Twitter) DISCLOSUREThe Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer to buy or sell any financial products.

Sep 17, 2021 • 43min
Oasis Unstacked | What Happens When an NFT Collector, Artist, Community Builder, and Gamer Come Together?
Oasis Unstacked is a new segment of Crypto Unstacked covering NFTs, the metaverse, gaming & everything in between!Oasis Unstacked Co-HostsTom YiTom is an investor and a collector. He runs Kanosei, a Web3 venture investing in NFTs, DAOs, and DeFi opportunities. Prior to Kanosei, he worked as an investment professional for more than 6 years. As a crypto native collector, Beeple’s Infected is the first artwork he collected. Also, Tom is a member of FlamingoDAO, FingerprintsDAO, NeptuneDAO, Muse0, and more DAOsDave KrugmanDave is a photographer, cryptoartist, and the Founder of ALLSHIPS.CO, which is a creative community centered on Web3 technologies, and is based on the concept that a rising tide raises all ships. He believes that technology unlocks infinite space for creatives to thrive, and works to help artists become self sovereign. Louis GirauxLouis has been involved with DAOs and online community building for the past 3 years. More recently Louis has been growing and managing the SuperRare community and is actively contributing to DAO related projects like SeedClub and Orca Protocol. 0xElleElle got into crypto with an NFT game, and she’s treated play as investing and investing as play ever since. She’s currently working at Greenfield One analyzing NFTs and Web3 experiences. If she’s not in Discord, she’s probably relaxing with Stardew Valley or another farming game.FOLLOW OUR CO-HOSTSTom Yi (Twitter | Kanosei )Dave Krugman (Twitter | Allships)Louis Giraux (Twitter | Blog )0xElle (Twitter) DISCLOSUREThe Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer to buy or sell any financial products.

Sep 10, 2021 • 48min
Deep Dive: SuperRare | An "Instagram meets Christie's" Consumer Product Focused on Scaling Community Curation
We unstack:► John's background building consumer products► What is SuperRare's brand about?► SuperRare is where "Instagram meets Christies"► How to successfully curate at scale?► John's vision of the internet art economy ► Utility of the RARE token► Scaling SuperRare with Spaces and focusing on community curation► SuperRare DAOFOLLOW OUR GUESTSuperRare (Twitter)John Crain (Twitter)This episode is presented by our sponsors CoinFLEX and Amber GroupCoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield and committed to providing institutional and retail investors an easily accessible platform to earn and trade crypto. CoinFLEX creates innovative solutions to bring investors and markets together through simple and intuitive products such as flexUSD, the world’s first interest-earning stablecoin, and AMM+, the most-capital efficient automated market maker in the world. Visit www.coinflex.com for more information. Amber Group is an integrated crypto finance platform behind Amber App, which allows you to easily earn, swap, trade, and invest in crypto. Right now, new users can earn up to 16% APR on BTC, ETH, and USD-stablecoins Fixed Earn products. Sign up at www.ambercrypto.comDISCLOSUREThe Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer to buy or sell any financial products. #SuperRare #NFT #CryptoUnstacked

Aug 27, 2021 • 48min
Deep Dive: Viridi Funds | How to Align Purpose and Profit as a Clean Energy Crypto Mining ETF
We unstack:►Key operational insights from Wes about running Bitfarms►Challenges around bringing institutional grade mining product to market in 2018/2019►Targeted exposure v. shot-gun basket approach►What does RIGZ ETF offer retail investors?►What types of companies does RIGZ invest in?►Thoughts on hashrate exodus from China►Breaking down the mining value chain+ more!FOLLOW OUR GUESTWes Fulford (Twitter)Viridi Funds (Twitter)DISCLOSUREThe Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer to buy or sell any financial products. #Viridi #RIGZ #Mining #ETF #CryptoUnstacked

Aug 17, 2021 • 60min
Deep Dive: ConsenSys Mesh | How to Get Growth, Traction and Users and Become a Venture Backable Business?
We unstack:►Mechanics of getting growth, traction and users►The "lockbox" concept and the Holy grail of Web 3 ►Gen 2 NFT innovation►Concept of “Neo co-ops”►Intrinsic and extrinsic value in Web-native games►Crypto games and DAO governance►What is coordination and incentive design really about?+ more!FOLLOW OUR GUESTGabriel Anderson (Twitter)FOLLOW AMBER GROUPTwitter | Email | WebsiteDISCLOSUREThe Crypto Unstacked Podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial or investment advice. Nothing expressed in this podcast should be construed as a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement or offer by Amber Group to buy or sell any financial products. Information expressed by the host or guest in this podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Amber Group.#AmberGroup #Consensys #Accelerator #CryptoUnstacked