

Stacks
Luke Martin
Stacks, hosted by Luke Martin, explores the most exciting opportunities & key trends in crypto. From hedge funds to venture firms, traders to longterm investors, you will learn how the smartest players are making money. Episodes cover Bitcoin, altcoins, NFTs, and more.
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Sep 16, 2019 • 48min
Bitcoin: Demand, Depletion, and The Dollar w/ Russell Newton
Russell Newton is a Director at CoinShares, which is the largest digital asset manager in Europe. CoinShares provides access to the digital asset class via a range of traditional financial vehicles and services. In this episode we discuss his experience investing in commodities for 25 years, what caused the massive growth for Gold/Oil, what could happen to Bitcoin based on that, commodity cycles compared to crypto, and the 3 D's framework.

Sep 5, 2019 • 42min
Bitcoin Privacy & Stacking Sats w/ Matt Odell
Matt Odell is a Bitcoiner, cohost of the Tales from the Crypt Podcast, co-founder of Final Message, and advocate for methods to increase your Bitcoin privacy. In this episode we discuss how investors can do just that, what this means for exchange hacks, what happens to your Bitcoin when you die, and more...

Aug 27, 2019 • 1h 1min
The Future of Bitcoin Trading w/ Mark Lamb
Mark Lamb is the CEO of CoinFLEX, which offers the first physically delivered Bitcoin futures. In this episode we discuss the difference between their offering beating Bakkt to market, what implications this has for the Bitcoin ecosystem, initial futures offerings, and more.

Aug 21, 2019 • 1h 1min
Analyzing Altcoin Cycles w/ Yan Liberman
Yan Liberman is the Co-Founder of Delphi Digital, an independent research boutique providing institutional-grade analysis on the digital asset market. In this episode we discuss altcoin cycles, what market dynamics are required for an altseason, diversification benefits, and what the future of many alts could look like.

Jul 30, 2019 • 1h 21min
Investing in the Cryptoasset Universe with Chris Burniske
Chris Burniske is a partner at Placeholder VC, a crypto venture capital partnership based in New York City with over $150 million in committed capital under management. He is also the Co-Author of "Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor's Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond."

Jul 25, 2019 • 27min
Social Trading Giant Expanding Crypto Offering w/ Yoni Assia
Yoni Assia is the Founder & CEO of eToro. eToro is the world's leading social trading platform that offers crypto trading, copy trading, and other assets with millions of traders all around the world. Yoni and eToro have been investing in Bitcoin since 2011/12 making them one of the first financial institutions that offered Bitcoin trading, and investing.

Jul 16, 2019 • 1h 51min
Crypto Quant Trading Firm Trading Billions w/ Alameda Research
In this episode I talk to Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of Alameda Research, a quant trading firm that trades a billion dollars daily across the crypto market. We look at their trading strategy, recent trade on Binance, their spot on the Bitmex leader board, and also the new exchange they are launching.

Jul 12, 2019 • 1h 3min
The Bitcoin Poker Takeover with Doug Polk
In this episode I talk with Doug Polk, professional poker player and crypto investor. Doug has 3 WSOP bracelets, was one of the best Heads Up NL players in the world, and has been involved with Bitcoin since 2014. We talk about why there is such a big community of poker players in crypto, how he got to be the house with Bitcoin, and similarities between trading & poker.

Jul 4, 2019 • 1h 2min
Bitcoin 10,000 Year View with Willy Woo
In this episode I talk to Willy Woo, Partner at Adaptive Fund, about on-chain analytics for Bitcoin, how he created the NVT ratio, and his 10k year view of Bitcoin.

Jun 27, 2019 • 59min
Insights into Crypto in Asia w/ Eric Meltzer & Dovey Wan
In this episode I talk Eric Meltzer and Dovey Wan, both partners at Primitive Ventures, about the crypto scene in Asia. We also discuss regulatory trends, trading perspectives, VC in crypto and Satoshi's Treasure.