Raoul Pal: The Journey Man

Times are rough out there in the NFT market. But Meta Angels are serious builders who create unique experiences for their holders. It starts with direct dialogue with community members in the “wishing well.” It leads to launches like Angel Labs, a 10-week accelerator for experienced operators launching NFT-enabled businesses. And it includes dropping their own marketplace for their collection. This is the kind of team and the kind of Web3 ecosystem that helps us cut through the fog of this bear market to a not-so-distant future of growth and development. There’s no question the market is at a serious low. But, speaking with Real Vision's Elaine Ly, co-founder Allyson Downey and Sarana Haeta (who works under the artist name Aslan Ruby) say investing in NFTs takes a long-term view. “This is an incredibly volatile space,” notes Downey. “You can't be in it if you don't have a strong stomach." Recorded on May 9, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here's a full-length episode from Real Vision's new original series, Raoul Pal: Real Vision - be sure to subscribe. New York Times best-selling author and screenwriter, Ben Mezrich, joins Raoul Pal to discuss his new screenplay centered around the world of NFT’s and Web 3.0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DARMA Capital Co-founder and Managing Partner, Andrew Keys, talks about how creating software for the medical industry led to his early investment in Ether. Keys joins Ash Bennington to discuss how he helped build and what his vision is for the future of blockchain technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this special episode, Raoul Pal joins Ash Bennington to provide an update from Raoul on just what he thinks amid the turmoil in cryptocurrency markets. Raoul and Ash touch on everything, including recent price action, the TerraUSD de-peg, and Luna’s crash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crypto capital markets platform Maple Finance seeks to serve growing and innovative companies that are in need of capital but can’t get it from traditional lenders. It offers undercollateralized lending infrastructure for institutional lenders and corporate borrowers. Co-founder and CEO Sidney Powell joins Ben Whitby, who oversees regulatory affairs at Qredo, to explain how to use blockchain to aggregate capital and to program the distribution and use of money. It’s basically an alternative to traditional technology like the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) system. Maple’s platform is one of only a few DeFi lending protocols that conforms with required Know Your Customer/Anti-Money Laundering (KYC/AML) standards, a key feature that may attract more institutional attention. Recorded on April 20, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Where’s the support for Bitcoin, and what happens if that level fails to hold? Crypto analyst and trader Rekt Capital returns to offer his technical take on the steep retracement for the world’s No. 1 cryptocurrency. Rekt is paying attention to what he calls the “macro range low” because it's "the bulls' last stand." If it’s lost, we’ll likely see a macro distribution phase, where sellers dominate the market. This scenario suggests months of downside before a final capitulation event precedes the next accumulation phase. How low might Bitcoin go in this circumstance? And what's Rekt's strategy? He answers those questions and talks about a lot more with Real Vision’s Ash Bennington. Recorded on May 9, 2022. Follow Rekt Capital on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rektcapital. Join the Rekt Capital Newsletter: https://rektcapital.substack.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The people working in DeFi are reimagining the delivery of a key set of human services on-chain. One of them, Ryan Hanley, is Head of Product – DeFi at Elwood Technologies. Ryan joins Qredo's Ben Whitby to talk about why more institutions are allocating capital to this new way of doing business and how Elwood is designing its trading infrastructure to meet rising demand for digital assets. Ryan and Ben also discuss recent developments around custody and “know your customer” compliance, and they explore the privacy risks of storing user data. Although novel because of the newness of the technology, these are all relatively routine steps when it comes to the legal aspects of creating a new industry. Though there’s still more work to be done to make widespread institutional adoption a reality, Hanley is hopeful. As he notes, DeFi will thrive as regulation proceeds and institutions grow more comfortable with crypto’s underlying concepts. Recorded on March 29, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The gaming industry is huge. What happens when a new technology disrupts its entire architecture? Do top developers understand how to build on-chain? Are the people creating the token economy focused on user experience? San Francisco-based Framework Ventures has recently raised another $400 million to move the GameFi industry forward along new lines defined by blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs. Real Vision’s Ash Bennington catches up with co-founders Michael Anderson and Vance Spencer, who say the industry is evolving quickly. Indeed, Web3 could be “extinction-level for a lot of folks in venture today.” Recorded on May 3, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Real Vision senior editor Ash Bennington welcomes Kevin Chou, founder & CEO of Rally, and Hugh Hendry, founder of Eclectica Asset Management, to discuss how Rally is using tokenization to create an ecosystem for content creators. From live music to gaming, Rally is building a community of various content creators who are chosen and vetted by Rally token holders democratically. Chou, Hendry, and Bennington dive into the intricacies of the Rally network and how Chou's background in gaming shaped its creation. Filmed on June 22, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Financial journalist Cami Russo, breaks down what initially drew her to cover the ever-growing crypto market. Russo joins Ash to discuss how all of this led her to create The Defiant, and touches on the future of cryptocurrencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices