Raoul Pal: The Journey Man

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

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

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

"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

Twenty-four hours is an eternity in the crypto world. Since yesterday's Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Binance announced it would not go ahead with an acquisition of its beleaguered competitor FTX. Despair kicked in, and crypto prices plummeted on the news. But it’s a new day, and TRON founder Justin Sun has risen to say he’s working on an unspecified "solution" to restore "normalcy for all FTX users." Decrypt editor-in-chief Dan Roberts and Ishan Bhaidani of the DeFi Roast newsletter join Jeremy Varlow and Marco Olivera to talk about the FTX situation at the top of today’s Crypto Daily Briefing. Later, Jeremy and Marco welcome C The Light for an update on recent price action from a technical perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's episode of Web3 Wednesday, we welcome @KookCapitalLLC for a conversation about the state of the market and the longer-term implications of Binance’s fire-sale acquisition of FTX for the entire crypto ecosystem. We also assess Solana’s NFTs and Web3’s general trajectory amid a turbulent time for creators, investors, and early adopters. 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

It's only been 24 hours since the Binance-is-buying-FTX bombshell dropped, but there’s already a lot to unpack and analyze – notably, that “is” is doing a lot of work, as CZ’s agreement to rescue SBF is, in legal terms, a “non-binding” letter of intent. Jim Bianco, the founder and president of Bianco Research, and Alex Valaitils, the founder of W3T and Web3 Pills newsletter, join Marco Olivera and Elaine Ly to talk about the ripple effects of this seismic event, including the many variables that remain unsettled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s been an incredibly eventful day in the crypto market: Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, has agreed to buy its top competitor, FTX. How in the world did this happen? Ash Bennington breaks it all down with WendyO.eth and Jim Bianco on a jam-packed edition of RV Twitter Spaces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“We have come to an agreement on a strategic transaction with Binance for FTX.com,” tweeted FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried at 11:03 a.m. ET, thus containing what threatened to be the crypto industry’s greatest meltdown. That agreement, however, means Binance will acquire FTX and “help cover the liquidity crunch,” as CZ put it in his tweet announcing the ceasefire. As the dust settles, Ash Bennington and Marco Olivera welcome Jack Niewold, the founder of the Crypto Pragmatist newsletter, to talk about where FTX, Binance, and the industry go from here. Later, Jason Schwartz, a tax partner and the co-head of digital assets at law firm Fried Frank, joins Ash and Marco to discuss the broader implications of LBRY’s landmark case against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When it comes to crypto, this battle is as heavy as it gets. Last week's CoinDesk report that questioned the financial health of Alameda Research, the trading arm of FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto empire, prompted Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao to announce the exchange will sell its entire holdings of FTX's native token, FTT. And now we’ve seen a cycle of thinly veiled, passive-aggressive tweets between SBF and CZ, as the FTX boss attempts to ease concerns about the health of his companies. At the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Nico Brugge and Ash Bennington provide additional color for this gripping, market-moving story. Nico and Ash also talk about a report that Binance helped Iranian firms trade crypto despite U.S. sanctions and OpenSea's take on NFT creator royalties. Later, political strategist Bobby Kaple joins the conversation to talk about crypto’s impact on Tuesday’s midterm elections in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices