Some saw signs of capitulation when Bitcoin breached $20,000 and Ethereum slipped below $1,000 last weekend. BTC and ETH have rallied above those key psychological levels, but investors are still on tenterhooks amid a major repricing. Santiago Velez, co-founder and R&D division lead at Block Digital, and Mona El Isa, founder of Enzyme and CEO and founder of Avantgarde Finance, join Leslie Lamb, CMO of CoinFLEX and host of the Crypto Unstacked podcast to talk about the current state of crypto, the market as well as the industry. Santiago, Mona, and Leslie share ideas about how DeFi can be improved, debate whether USD Coin could soon overtake Tether in market cap terms, and assess the launch of a new ETF that allows investors to short Bitcoin. Have questions for the group? Drop them right here on the Exchange: https://exchange.realvision.com/discussion/11985. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People are overlooking one of the crypto market’s clear drivers, says Real Vision Host Weston Nakamura. There’s more to bitcoin’s and ether’s fall below $20,000 and $1,000 respectively than just the downward swing in traditional assets and the liquidity trouble at companies like Celsius and Three Arrows Capital. In this flash update, Weston examines how listed derivatives and the ETF markets are affecting the world’s largest cryptocurrencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s a whole lot of innovation going on as the music industry integrates the elements of Web3 into its business model. Relationships between artists and fans are evolving. Creators are generating income in new ways and on more favorable terms than legacy models offer. So, is the stage set for Web3 to replace Web2? Cherie Hu, the founder of Water and Music, joins Jack Spallone of HiFi Labs to talk about what she sees right now at the intersection of music and Web3. Many old-school industry insiders aren’t yet keeping up with the music distributed and the artists distributing via NFTs, DAOs, and social tokens. That means cultivating a hybrid web presence is a major key for creators who want to build long-term careers. Cherie and Jack discuss that and many more emerging trends where music and tech meet. Recorded on June 9, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Perkins is now a managing partner at CoinFund, but he was once an active-duty U.S. Marine. Chris joins Ash Bennington for this week’s episode of Building Blocks to talk about how his experience in the Corps informs his investing career. He also describes the “a-ha!” moment during his early crypto research and shares his thoughts on fintech’s rapid evolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James Zhang grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and lived through two civil wars. His appreciation for cryptocurrency is based on his experience of that kind of instability. Zhang is now the co-founder and CEO of Jambo, a Congo-based start-up that recently closed a $30 million Series A funding round. And he’s deploying an app designed to help the 80% of the population on the African that’s unbanked. It’s becoming known as the “Web3 SuperApp of Africa.” Avi Zurlo, a ventures associate at Delphi Digital, which has partnered up with Jambo, talks to James about Jambo and its ambitions in Africa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bitcoin and Ethereum are teetering at levels not seen since early 2021, as several high-profile cryptocurrency companies have taken drastic measures to cut headcounts ahead of what could be a prolonged industry downturn. Moritz Seibert, co-head of digital innovation strategy at Real Vision and CIO at Exponential Age Asset Management, and Leslie Lamb, CMO at CoinFlex and the host of the the Crypto Unstacked podcast, join Real Vision Managing Editor Samuel Burke to assess the fallout from multiple platform freezes and layoffs. The panel also talks about why Ether is the center of attention right now. Send us your questions on the Exchange: https://exchange.realvision.com/discussion/11952. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How does Bitcoin provide value to investors? According to Andy Edstrom, the "clearest case is digital gold." Edstrom, CFA®, CFP®, managing director of Swan Advisor Services, and a financial advisor at Wescap Group, went down the Bitcoin rabbit hole in 2017 – when a bear market happened to be right around the corner and Bitcoin dropped from $20,000 to $3,000. Questioning his conviction, Andy put pen to paper and wrote “Why Buy Bitcoin,” the first and only book about Bitcoin published by a financial advisor. Writing the book was an exercise in testing his decision and his long-term forecast. Andy breaks down his Bitcoin thesis for Real Vision’s Ash Bennington. He also shares the 14 characteristics that define hard money, comparing Bitcoin to gold and other, similar assets. Where’s the risk for the world’s No. 1 cryptocurrency? And what kind of long-term price targets are realistic? Andy answers these questions and more. Recorded on June 7, 2022. Follow Andy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/edstromandrew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So much happens so fast in the rapidly emerging cryptocurrency market that on-the-ground observations by leading investors in the space are just about indispensable. With that said, Marissa Kim, general partner at Abra Capital Management, joins Wendy Diamond, the founder and CEO of LDP Ventures and head of the Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization, to share details of her investing philosophy and her perspective on the present and future of the space. Wendy and Marissa also talk about the Terra LUNA collapse, investing in early stage crypto projects, and how women are building and holding greater power in the industry. Recorded on June 6, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 DAOs are capturing the imagination of creators and entrepreneurs the world over. Jess Sloss, instigator at Seed Club, joins Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Delphi Digital, to discuss how they guide and invest in startup communities as well as explain how social tokens can play an important role delivering value to those communities' members. In this deep dive, Sloss explains who DAOs will work for and why Seed Club is discerning who is in this journey for the long haul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anders Brownworth and his team of researchers are working on a potentially ground-breaking project, a central bank digital currency. Brownworth, the principal software architect at The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, joins Real Vision’s Ash Bennington to discuss the high-speed transaction processor he and his team are developing and the benefits of open-source software. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices