UpOnly: Chats with Crypto Experts

Cobie & Ledger are joined by Rebecca (Chief Legal and Policy at Aave) and Peter (Director of Research at Coin Center) discuss the regulatory landscape in the wake of the FTX failure.

In this episode of UpOnly, Cobie & Ledger talk to Mark Karpelès, the former CEO of Mt. Gox, at the time the world's largest crypto exchange that failed and went through Bankruptcy. He talks about that process, and his thoughts on today's iteration of a similar situation with FTX.

Cobie & Ledger talked to Zane Tackett, who directed institutional sales at FTX until just a couple days ago, and was working to help find solutions for the gap directly with top team members. And while we're getting the story of what's happened the last week, wallets start getting drained. We streamed for three hours and didn't always say a lot, but here's the whole thing.

Cobie and Ledger join Ryan and David of Bankless to cope together and try and put some of the pieces back in order.

In this episode of UpOnly, Cobie & Ledger talk the rapid downfall of FTX and acquisition announcement by Binance. We're joined by the CEO of Wintermute, Jim Talbot, Gainzy, Do Kwon, and Martin Shkreli.

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Crypto traders debate whether Bitcoin and Ethereum can reclaim record highs, how the Merge might shift their rivalry, and what recession fears and a surging dollar mean for markets. They also wander through NFT liquidity, blockchain deeds and biometrics, trading discipline, pickleball, and the awkward ethics of crypto sponsorships.

Cobie and Ledger roam from crypto’s wild price swings and token-funded growth to Helium’s real-world usage, hedge-fund risks, and whether long investor lockups help anyone but founders. They also untangle trading and tax headaches, debate recession fears and crypto’s shaky market mood, and imagine a play-to-earn game for kids.

Presented by FTX: https://uponly.tv/ftx

As crypto lenders scramble through a liquidity crunch, the conversation turns to reckless lending, token economics, and whether Ethereum is really a scam. The pair also take aim at Coinbase, NFTs, Solana, and eyeball-scanning crypto schemes, then look back at missed trades, costly mistakes, and the strange optimism that survives a market wipeout.