Raoul Pal: The Journey Man

On this week’s episode of Web3 Wednesdays, we discuss updates on the Real Vision Pro Crypto NFT, wallet security, and common scams. We also share a brief history lesson on the origin of self-custody. As more new investors enter the space, it’s vital that the importance of self-custody and general wallet safety are well understood. 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

Google has announced it will start accepting payments in cryptocurrency from some Web3 clients for its cloud services. Such payments will be facilitated by Coinbase through its Coinbase Commerce service, which supports 10 tokens, among them Bitcoin, Ether, Dogecoin, and ApeCoin. In turn, Coinbase will get a cut from each transaction, and the company will move some of its apps from Amazon Web Services to Google Cloud. At the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Ash Bennington welcomes guest host and blockchain analyst Sara Cline to discuss Google's announcement and its significance for the broader crypto industry. Also on the agenda: BNY Mellon, the oldest bank in the U.S., is launching crypto custody services, and another massive DeFi hack has seen $100 million worth of tokens drained from Solana-based platform Mango. Mona El Isa, the founder of Enzyme and the founder and CEO of Avantgarde Finance, joins Sara and Ash to talk about this hack and the broader issue of security in the DeFi space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The European Parliament has approved preliminary versions of the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA) and the Transfer of Funds Regulation, measures that will increase certainty for digital asset companies, investors, and users. Final passage is a virtual certainty. At the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Elaine Ly and Ash Bennington discuss what the bills mean for the industry and when they will become law in Europe. Elaine and Ash also talk about Coinbase getting the required In-Principle Approval for a license to run regulated crypto services in Singapore and an awkward situation for OKX – the Seychelles-based crypto exchange decided to continue to operate in Russia, but it might not be wanted there. Samuel Burke is at the World Blockchain Summit in Dubai, where he asked OKX Global Chief Marketing Officer Haider Rafique about the situation. Plus, Andrew Cahill, research director at The Block, joins Elaine and Ash to explore cross-chain networks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FTX, one of the world's largest crypto exchanges, is expanding its partnership with Visa, one of the world’s biggest financial services companies, to 40 more countries in addition to the U.S. FTX will offer customers a Visa debit card that will enable them to pay with cryptocurrency at Visa's 80 million affiliated merchants. The head of Visa's crypto division has called it "a big deal for the crypto industry." At the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Marco Olivera and Moritz Seibert talk about what expansion of the FTX-Visa tie-up means for mainstream crypto adoption. Also up for discussion: a big leak of Celsius Network data included in a court filing in the bankruptcy process, with hundreds of thousands of users affected; and the Reserve Bank of India’s launch of an e-rupee. And David Siemer, the co-founder and CEO of digital asset manager Wave Financial, joins Marco and Moritz for a survey of the crypto VC landscape. Plus, we share a video dispatch from Real Vision Managing Editor Samuel Burke on the major themes and topics of discussion at the World Blockchain Summit in Dubai. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Binance, the largest crypto exchange in the world by trading volume, says it suffered a sizeable hack to its BNB Chain network. Two million BNB tokens were withdrawn (worth approximately $560 million), although Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, better known as CZ, says his team was able to take control of a majority of the funds, holding losses under $100 million. The hacker apparently targeted a vulnerability in a cross-chain bridge. The news came on the same day as new US labor data showed the jobs market remained resilient, sending crypto prices sharply lower. Nico Brugge and Ash Bennington welcome Real Vision co-founder and CEO Raoul Pal for a special edition of the Crypto Daily Briefing: an AMA session on a day of major market news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the last year, Avalanche has established itself as the “Ethereum killer” after rapidly scaling its dApps and subnets, despite the broader market downturn. John Wu, the president of Ava Labs, joins Raoul to talk about the big picture, how to separate the signal from the noise, and Avalanche’s plan to on-board the next billion crypto adopters. Never miss an episode of Raoul Pal: Real Vision - subscribe here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Celsius Network, Terraform Labs, and Three Arrows Capital shook the crypto industry to its core earlier this year with their respective failures, and we’ve learned a lot more about all three this week as their respective litigation proceeds. On today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Ash Bennington and Marco Olivera discuss reports of more top executives at Celsius cashing out ahead of the company’s bankruptcy filing; the first arrest in the Terra investigation and the hunt for Do Kwon; and 3AC's expensive NFT collection going on sale. And Imran Lakha joins Ash and Marco LIVE to talk about recent price action and identify key technical indicators for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the broader crypto market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Real Vision kicks off Web3 Wednesday on Twitter Spaces, with hosts Moritz Heiden (RealVisionBot) and Bijan Maleki leading weekly discussions with the RV community and Twitter at large on the Web3 revolution. We’ll have new scheduled guests every week. And we’ll also have surprise drop-ins from crypto luminaries, community members, and, of course, RV staff. 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

You've seen the reports: Mainstream media have declared non-fungible tokens dead and have buried them forever. Yes, prices are way down from the peak. Yes, enthusiasm has waned. But is this the end of the story? Will NFTs fade into oblivion? Or is this just a floor from which NFTs will thrive again? Could it be about dominant players taking greater shares of the cake, i.e. the bigger projects cannibalizing the smaller? So many questions, and who better to answer them than Chris Maddern, the co-founder and CEO of Floor, an app that tracks NFTs. Chris joins Real Vision's Paul Guerra and Elaine Ly LIVE today for a Crypto Daily Briefing NFT bonanza. Chris, Paul, and Elaine talk about the top stories in the NFT space – Japan’s ambitious investment plans, Veefriends’ expansion into physical toys, and Improbable's $100 million funding round – and then take a step back to assess the big picture. We also have an update on TradFi giant Fidelity and its plans for an Ethereum index fund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When there’s talk of the risks stablecoins represent to the global financial system, Tether is usually the subject. And the largest stablecoin by market capitalization continues to generate questions about the reserves that support its U.S. dollar peg. However, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, even USDC, a stablecoin backed by higher-grade assets (based on self-declarations), could, too, represent a systemic risk. At the top of today’s edition of Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Marco Olivera and Ash Bennington talk about why the New York Fed honed in on USDC. Ash and Marco also discuss a new report from the interagency Financial Stability Oversight Council that includes recommendations to the U.S. Congress on crypto regulation. And Morgan Creek Digital Managing Partner Mark Yusko joins our hosts for a broad and deep survey of the relationship between macro and crypto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices