
The Delphi Podcast
Conversations with Crypto Gigabrains. Hosted by Tommy, Co-Founder and Founding Partner at Delphi Ventures
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Mar 28, 2023 • 1h 36min
Sreeram Kannan: EigenLayer Is Expanding ETH’s Security to Bootstrap Future Use Cases
Sreeram Kannan, Founder of EigenLayer, joins this episode to talk about the innovative power that EigenLayer is bringing to Ethereum.
In this episode we discuss EigenLayer’s data availability layer for ETH L2s to roll down to, which saves costs and solves congestion issues and EigenLayer’s re-staking layer which allows ETH stakers to opt in to support new use cases, earning more yield while accepting more slashing conditions, instead of apps having to roll their own security.
Sreeram is extremely smart (his academic papers here), I learned a ton during this episode and I hope you do as well. Please share your thoughts and favorite parts of the episode with us on Twitter.
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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Ventures may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Mar 22, 2023 • 49min
Caitlin Long: The Regional Banking Crisis, Deposit Only Banks, and Hyperinflation in Germany
Caitlin Long, founder and CEO of Custodia Bank, is one of the most passionate guests we’ve ever had on the podcast.
In this episode we discuss:
The regional banking crisis
Outlook for the U.S. Dollar
The government blocking deposit only banks that don’t lend out assets
FDIC insurance only backing 1% of deposits
Hyperinflation in Weimer Germany and comparisons to the U.S. and much more.
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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Ventures may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Mar 16, 2023 • 47min
SEC Commissioner Peirce: Inside the SEC with Cryptomom
SEC Commissioner Peirce joins for a conversation centered around her views on the SEC’s approach to Crypto. The conversation covers the current regulation by enforcement strategy, other countries having a more conducive regulatory environment, Commissioner Peirce’s dissenting opinions and much more.
This episode is co-hosted by Gabriel Shapiro, GC of Delphi Labs, who offers his deep legal and regulatory knowledge in the crypto space.
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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Ventures may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Mar 13, 2023 • 1h 13min
Anatoly Yakovenko: Solana’s Endgame In the Midst of Competitive L1 and L2s
In this episode, Delphi Co-Founder and VC Tommy hosts Anatoly Yakovenko, Co-founder of Solana, for an in-depth and energetic episode centered around the core thesis for Solana in the face of other L1 and L2 ecosystems.
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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Ventures may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Feb 28, 2023 • 1h 39min
Nic Carter: Operation Choke-Point 2.0’s Mission To Cut Crypto Off From The Banking Sector Is Underway
In this episode, we're joined by Nic Carter, General Partner at Castle Island Ventures for a far reaching discussion around Nic’s thesis on Operation Choke-Point 2.0; the effort of every U.S. financial regulator to deny crypto firms access to banking services.
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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Feb 21, 2023 • 1h 50min
Miller, Marisa and Sarah: The Definitive Conversation on The Government's Regulatory Assault on Crypto
On this episode
Miller Whitenhouse-Levine the CEO of DeFi Education Fund, Marisa T Coppel Policy Counsel at Blockchain Association and Sarah Brennan GC of Delphi Ventures join host Tommy for the definitive episode on crypto regulations.
About The Guests
Miller Whitenhouse-Levine
CEO at DeFi Education Fund
The DeFi Education Fund is a nonpartisan research and advocacy group working to explain the benefits of DeFi, achieve regulatory clarity for the future of the global digital economy, and help realize the transformative potential of DeFi for everyone.
Marisa T Coppel
Policy Counsel at Blockchain Association
We are the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting a pro-innovation policy environment for the digital asset economy. We work with our members to educate policymakers about blockchain technology and its ability to pave the way for a more secure, competitive, and consumer-friendly digital marketplace.
Sarah Brennan
GC at Delphi Ventures and Research
Tommy Shaughnessy
Co-Founder of Delphi Digital and VC at Delphi Ventures
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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Ventures may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Feb 8, 2023 • 2h 9min
Can Gurel and Ceteris: The Future of The Crypto On-Chain Experience Will Dwarf The Centralized World
Host and Co-founder of Delphi Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Can Gurel and Ceteris of Delphi Digital Research's Infrastructure team to discuss their Year Ahead for Infrastructure Report.
Themes covered include
Recreating the centralized exchange experience on chain.
Modular vs monolithic
App-specific vs general purpose
Developers choosing which chains to build on and why
Developer vs consumer build mismatch
IBC and the future of bridging.
IBC to Ethereum
Chainlink as an important player in cross-chain interoperability for EVM chains
MEV considerations across Ethereum, Cosmos and other chains.
Wallet Wars; quest to become the superapp (Standard Wallets vs Smart Contracts vs MPC Wallets)
🧠 Access The Year Ahead for Infrastructure Report Here
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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Ventures may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Jan 11, 2023 • 1h 52min
DeFi in 2023: Building An On-Chain Binance, Speculation Primitives, DEX Beating CEXs, Ditching veTokens and Futuristic Ideas
The podcast features Ashwath Balakrishnan and Jordan Yeakley from Delphi Digital discussing the future of DeFi. They talk about themes for DEXs, speculation primitives, undercollateralized money markets, UX aggregators, ditching veTokens, futuristic ideas like consumer-grade DeFi experience, scaling undercollateralized lending, and true on-chain arbitrage. They also cover surprises in derivatives traction, structured products, and challenges in DeFi derivatives and lending.

Dec 29, 2022 • 1h 6min
Crypto Venture Capital Series Ep. 8: Santiago Santos & CMS Holdings
Tommy Shaughnessy continues the crypto venture capital series with Santiago Santos and CMS Holdings. We discuss the FTX fallout, the VC world post-FTX, the core tenets of crypto, and more.
This episode was originally hosted on Twitter Spaces.
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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Dec 22, 2022 • 1h 47min
Ryan Zurrer and Jake Brukhman: Expert Allocators with 21 Years Experience and Investors in Hundreds of Projects Worth Tens of Billions Discuss The State of Everything Crypto
Co-Founder of Delphi Digital Tom Shaughnessy hosts Ryan Zurrer the founder of Dialectic and Jake Brukhman the Co-Founder and CEO of Coinfund.
Ryan and Jake are experienced VCs who have been in crypto for a combined 21 years, have invested into hundreds of projects worth collectively tens of billions of dollars.
The three discuss:
AI
Global Macro
The bear Markets
Genesis and DCG solvency
Web3 UI, incentives and architecture
Issues with DAOs and the goal of investment DAOs
NFT Art and the end goal of PFPs (Movies, IP, games)
Web3's vision and Web2 incumbent moves like Twitter
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Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Ventures may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.