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Raoul Pal: The Journey Man

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Nov 22, 2022 • 41min

Is Genesis the Next Domino To Fall?

Bitcoin fell to $15,600 on Monday evening as mainstream media outlets honed in on Genesis, the digital-assets brokerage arm of the Digital Currency Group conglomerate. Bloomberg is reporting that Genesis has been seeking $1 billion in emergency funding following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. Wall Street Journal sources say the brokerage approached Binance and private equity giant Apollo Global Management for the cash and was rejected by the former. Santiago Velez, co-founder and R&D Division Lead at Block Digital, joins Ash Bennington for today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing to talk about Genesis's potential bankruptcy. Later, Santiago and Ash welcome Ian Andrews, the chief marketing officer at Chainalysis, and Drew Hill, general counsel at Valkyrie Investments, for a panel discussion on Genesis and a U.S. investigation into FTX and the major hole in its finances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Nov 21, 2022 • 49min

Exploiter Moves Funds as FTX Requests Help

That $600 million or so stolen shortly after collapsed crypto exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy just over a week ago has since been converted into enough Ether to make the exploiter one of the largest holders of that coin. Now, those funds are on the move again, their conversion into other coins raising fresh questions about the perpetrator(s). We address them at the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing. Elaine Ly and Ash Bennington welcome Genevieve Roch-Decter, the CEO of Grit Capital and a Chartered Financial Analyst, and Thomas Braziel, a managing partner at distressed asset specialist 507 Capital, to discuss the whereabouts of the missing funds, FTX’s potential liabilities, other vulnerable companies, and an important new deadline for customers of bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Nov 18, 2022 • 45min

New CEO Ray: FTX Beats Enron’s Bottom

"Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy financial information as occurred here," writes John Ray, the new CEO of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, in a court filing. With 40 years of experience cleaning up bankrupt companies, including Enron, Ray knows what he’s talking about. Jeremy Varlow and Ash Bennington take up the increasingly fetid picture of Sam Bankman-Fried’s monstrosity with the CEO of crypto exchange Bitstamp, Bobby Zagotta, the CEO of crypto exchange Bitstamp, and Mathias Imbach, a co-founder and Group CEO of Swiss-based digital assets bank Sygnum. That includes a brewing jurisdictional battle between the U.S. and the Bahamas and Genesis’s desperate attempts to stay afloat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Nov 18, 2022 • 47min

Raoul Pal: Real Vision - NFTs and the Evolution of Art

Alpha Centauri Kid (ACK) is one of the most respected artists in the NFT world. In this special episode, ACK reveals to guest host Sergio Silva the muse for his upcoming show at Christie’s auction house. He also explains his move from digital to physical art for this collection, noting its parallels to Andy Warhol’s work. ACK and Sergio also explore the past and future of NFTs, identify the artists shaping the space, and share advice for those who want to make a living through self-expression.Never miss an episode of Raoul Pal: Real Vision - subscribe here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Nov 17, 2022 • 47min

Congress Would Like a Word With SBF and CZ

The Block is reporting that U.S. federal lawmakers want to question Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of FTX, about the bankrupt crypto exchange’s collapse. They’d also like to hear from Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao about his company’s role in FTX’s demise. Also, Binance is said to be preparing to acquire the assets of bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital that FTX had won at auction, and centralized exchange Gemini is experiencing elevated withdrawals. Nico Brugge and Ash Bennington welcome Leigh Drogen, a general partner and the chief investment officer at Starkiller Capital, and Miles Deutscher, a crypto analyst at Crypto Banter, to talk about the latest developments in the FTX crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Nov 16, 2022 • 2h 25min

Web3 Wednesday – RV Twitter Spaces

At the top of today’s Web3 Wednesday, we’re joined by Zeneca, the founder and CEO of Zen Academy and a seed investor in Blur Marketplace. We talk about NFT education for beginners and best practices for navigating Web3. Later, former San Antonio Spurs star Tony Parker and the Club dVIN team drop in to discuss the tokenization of wine. Follow @realvision on Twitter and come learn with us every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. ET. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Nov 16, 2022 • 43min

Is BlockFi About to BK?

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that BlockFi is preparing for a potential bankruptcy filing after the crypto lender halted withdrawals from its platform last week because of significant exposure to FTX. Jeremy Varlow and Ash Bennington welcome Laura Shin, host of the Unchained podcast, and Chris Sullivan, the CEO of Hyperion Decimus, to talk about the still-spreading contagion from the collapsed crypto exchange and another WSJ report that Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to raise fresh capital…  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Nov 16, 2022 • 1h 6min

Crypto Update: Ask Me Anything With Raoul Pal

It’s been a wild week or so for crypto and macro investors alike. The FTX fiasco has clouded the future of DeFi and NFTs, the broader economic landscape continues to shift, and the Federal Reserve’s monetary path colors everything. It’s all on the table for another Ask Me Anything session with Real Vision co-founder and CEO Raoul Pal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Nov 15, 2022 • 49min

How Far Will the FTX Contagion Spread?

CoinDesk is reporting that blockchain data show that at least some of the estimated $600 million in funds stolen during Friday’s hack of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX had been transferred to a single address earlier today. This is just one of many developments related to a collapse that continues to shake the crypto industry. Paul Guerra and Ash Bennington welcome Jeff Dorman, the chief investment officer at Arca, and Alex Kruger, the founder of Krugermacro, to today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing to talk about the extent of the damage done already and how far it’s likely to spread from here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Nov 14, 2022 • 45min

FTX Goes Bankrupt and Gets Hacked

"FTX has been hacked. FTX apps are malware. Delete them. Chat is open. Don't go on FTX site as it might download Trojans." That message from an FTX administrator was pinned on its official Telegram channel by FTX General Counsel Ryne Miller on Friday, mere hours after the crypto exchange filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. CoinDesk initially reported “mysterious outflows exceeding $600 million.” CNN says it was just $473 million, the New York Times $515 million. Early on Monday, Binance founder and CEO Chanpgeng Zhao announced his company "is forming an industry recovery fund, to help projects who are otherwise strong, but in a liquidity crisis." Paul Guerra and co-host Santiago Velez, a co-founder and the R&D division lead at Block Digital, welcome CoinFund president Christopher Perkins – who was at Lehman Brothers when it collapsed in 2008 – and StarkWare co-founder and president Eli Ben-Sasson to assess the still-accumulating fallout from the FTX debacle and to chart potential paths forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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