In its most basic terms, the digital dollar debate is about a public option versus a private option. According to Rohan Grey, assistant professor at Willamette University College of Law, there is a middle ground that happens to be the best option. Grey, who advised the authors of the bill, joins Real Vision’s Ash Bennington and Santiago Velez, co-founder and division lead of R&D at Block Digital, to talk about the ECASH Act recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The “Electronic Currency And Secure Hardware Act” would make the U.S. Treasury, rather than the Federal Reserve, the issuer of what would be “a true digital analogue to the U.S. dollar.” According to Grey, it would function similarly to physical cash in that it would be "public money with privacy characteristics" and use "no ledger at all." Grey walks Bennington and Velez through the bill’s particulars, noting its emphasis on preserving privacy. Recorded on March 29, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is the crypto bull market back on track? What should we make of the massive Ronin bridge hack? And how is Elaine’s field trip to NFT LA shaping up? The Defiant’s Camila Russo and Robin Schmidt join Real Vision’s Elaine Ly to dig into all that and more. The trio explains how Ethereum’s merge and Terra’s Do Kwon buying Bitcoin as a reserve are driving price action. That’s on top of everything Elaine’s learned from NFT LA, including Jiho’s response to the $600 million Ronin bridge hack. Recorded on March 30, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Randi Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media, is particularly interested in female-led NFT projects. But the entrepreneur knows “that won’t be enough going forward.” Her latest venture, “The Hug,” offers mentorship to up-and-coming founders from a network of industry leaders in technology and the arts. Zuckerberg’s tenure at Meta (formerly known as Facebook) provides her unique insight on America’s big tech boom. Now, she’s at the forefront of a new tech shakeup, taking what she’s learned to lift up innovators and artists using blockchain technology and principles of decentralization to defy the power of big tech. Recorded on March 21, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Greg Isenberg is co-founder and CEO of Late Checkout, a product studio and agency that designs, creates, and acquires community-first tech businesses. “Community first” means the community is the product or the community is built around the product. Isenberg advises on community design and community management as opportunities to reduce risk. He emphasizes the role tokenization plays in communities today, from NFTs to DAOs to social tokens. Isenberg joins Kevin Kelly of Delphi Digital to discuss the Web3 strategy that companies are focusing on as the importance of community becomes more significant in the retention and engagement of a brand. Recorded on March 16, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How do the world's most successful crypto hedge funds think about trading? Exponential Age Asset Management CIO Moritz Seibert is hosting a series of interviews with top asset managers about their approach. In the first episode, Edward Chin and Thejas Nalval of Parataxis Capital join Seibert to share their views on the most investable assets in the space. Their focus is on liquidity. "When I say [we focus on the] top five, it's more of a play on liquidity,” notes Nalval. “The largest market-cap names may not necessarily mean they're the most liquid." Chin explains Parataxis' method of determining the fundamental value of each digital asset and how it helps the firm stay grounded despite immense price volatility for the broader market. Recorded on March 21, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Most people agree Ethereum is too expensive. Many different tokens and companies have formed around the hype of being the next “Ethereum killer”. However, scaling solutions and the accompanied trade-offs differ from project to project. Solana utilizes the more traditional blockchain model while StarkWare exploits the process of “Zero-Knowledge Proofs” to boost efficiency. Kyle Davies, co-founder of Three Arrows Capital, and Real Vision’s Ash Bennington moderate a healthy discussion between Anatoly Yakovenko, CEO and co-founder of Solana, and his competitors, Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder and president of StarkWare, and Avihu Levy, head of product at StarkWare, to discuss varying solutions to scalability issues fundamental to DeFi. Join them for a technical discussion into the world of DeFi from some of the top experts in the space. Recorded on November 29, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Fabian Schär, Professor for Distributed Ledger Technologies and Fintech and the Managing Director of the Center for Innovative Finance at the University of Basel, is a heavyweight when it comes to the academic study of cryptocurrency. His research has been published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, among other distinguished outlets. Dr. Schär shares with Mathias Imbach, co-founder and CEO of Sygnum Bank, his deep knowledge derived from exhaustive research into blockchain technology and DeFi protocols. Dr. Schär sees a major migration of DeFi protocols to Layer 2 blockchains on the horizon as well as an expansion of the current utilization of the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) structure. Although NFTs and the metaverse are in a price bubble, Dr. Schär believes their potential is just beginning to be unlocked. A consultant for several financial regulatory bodies, Dr. Schär also offers compelling insight on potential hiccups with regard to coming legislation. Recorded on March 17, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the few women in crypto, Medha Parlikar, co-founder and CTO of CasperLabs, joins Wendy Diamond, founder and CEO of LDP Ventures and Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organization, to talk about her exciting journey in a game-changing industry. Parlikar dissects the dynamics of being among the small number of female leaders in tech and shares advice with other women hoping to follow her path. Parlikar sees big things on the horizon for CasperLabs in its mission to help scale enterprise-level private blockchains solutions. As many of its clients are realizing, there are numerous potential use cases for immutable ledgers and information within a corporate structure. CasperLabs was able to mint an NFT in space as a proof-of-concept for transmitting and verifying vital data about container ships while they’re in the middle of the ocean. Diamond and Parlikar also discuss how blockchain can help disabled persons thrive in today’s world. Tune in for a wide-ranging conversation about blockchain. Recorded on March 14, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With confirmation that Raoul Pal finally bought himself a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT, The Defiant’s Robin Schmidt sits down with Real Vision’s founder and CEO to talk about his decision. Raoul and Robin discuss both the good and the (possible) bad of Yuga Labs’ and Bored Ape Yacht Club’s expansion, the recent ApeCoin airdrop, and how NFTs (and social tokens) can democratize the space. Tune in for a fascinating debate on the future of the metaverse. Recorded on March 23, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All cryptocurrency trading and investing activity is available on a public ledger. And all that activity can be extracted and studied. This is what’s called “on-chain analysis.” Indeed, one of the remarkable things about trading and investing in crypto is the easy availability of rich data streams that allow traders and investors to see things traditional technical analysis does not make visible. Benjamin Cowen, CEO of Into The Cryptoverse, joins Real Vision's Ash Bennington to talk about new ways of understanding price action using on-chain data to analyze consumer behavior through indicators like "HODL Waves." Cowen also describes how social metrics complement on-chain data to complete the macro picture. These new methods, combined with traditional technical analysis, can help traders make sense of market cycles, prevailing risks, and future price direction. Recorded on March 18, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices