Empire

In this podcast, Santi shares his investing mistakes in the crypto world, from early Bitcoin trades to Ethereum holdings. He discusses managing portfolios, the psychological challenges of investing, and the importance of learning from errors. The episode also touches on meme coins, missed opportunities, cross-chain transfers, and emotional awareness in the market. Listen for insights on ICO regrets, NFTs, and more!

Bitcoin early adopters, Pete Rizzo and Charlie Shrem, discuss the origins of BitInstant, the Mt. Gox hack, and the block size wars. They share insider stories from the early days of Bitcoin, highlighting cultural divides and future outlook.

Delving into bull market stages, Uniswap's fee proposal, and Blast mainnet launch. Discussing challenges of chasing narratives, market cycles, and strategic crypto investing. Examining Uniswap's upgrade impact and industry implications. Also, covering running through pain, marathon prep, and casual conversations.

In this episode, Jonah and Avi discuss Bitcoin's surge above $60,000 and the impact of ETF flows. They touch on market sentiment, asset rotation opportunities, and missed investment chances. The return of cryptocurrency as a status symbol, SEC's stance on XRP and ETH, strategic trading approaches, Ethereum's growth potential, and finding joy in simple activities are also explored.

Delve into building high-performance blockchains with Monad, focusing on EVM compatibility, parallel execution, and state database design. Learn about hardware requirements, L1 competition, and community building. Explore collaborations with Arbitrum, wallet security, and comparisons with Solana for state access. Dive into community engagement, on-chain activity evolution, and blockchain business models.

Unpacking USDe, high yield synthetic dollar in crypto. Ethena lab's token for basis trading. Gauntlet's exit from Aave and challenges of DAO governance. NFTs resurgence and app performance in bullish ecosystems.

Explore Bitcoin mining in 2024 with Marathon's CEO, discussing competition, energy costs, grid stabilization, industry consolidation, and Bitcoin's 4-year cycles. Dive into sustainability, institutional mining, and the relationship between miners and grid operators. Discover strategic decisions in mining investments, site acquisition pricing, Marathon's future as a $100 billion company, Bitcoin adoption dynamics, and the future of Bitcoin applications and automated transactions.

Rebecca Rettig and Miller Whitehouse discuss policy concerns in crypto, educating regulators on DeFi, onchain illicit activity compromise, stablecoins like USDC, SEC's proposed dealer rule impact, and Rebecca's regulation framework. They touch on navigating regulatory challenges, financial sanctions, geopolitical implications of payment networks, and innovative solutions for crypto regulation.

This podcast episode covers topics such as the recent bitcoin price surge, the importance of bitcoin ETF inflows compared to gold, the controversy around the Starkware airdrop, and the debate on whether ICOs should make a comeback. The hosts also discuss whether restaking constitutes leverage and share their thoughts on Farcaster after using it for a week.

Exploring the survival of Bitcoin, the hosts discuss their bullish thesis and the approval of the ETF. They also touch on tracking inflows and outflows of Bitcoin ETFs, their trading mindset and approach, the importance of niche expertise in trading, and their humorous conversation about casino games and conspiracy theories.