Boys Club

Natasha and Deana deliver 14ish minutes of notable moments from week 4 of the SBF trial, the first day that SBF himself took the stand.  Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone. 

Deana and Natasha sit down with Kashmir Hill, author of Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It. They cover the story of Clearview AI, the risks and potential benefits of AI facial recognition technology and the state of regulation surrounding this tech. They talk about how privacy is an important but overlooked conversation in many circles, and how the real impact and potential harm of AI facial recognition technology brings the need for privacy advocacy to life. Natasha and Deana end the episode with draft tweets.  Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone. 

In the Feelings Check-In, Deana and Natasha unpack a news story from this past week, and then they share personal feelings about their lives and careers. Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone.     This week, they recapped week 3 of the SBF trial, including the Adderall sideshow, testimony from an expert witness on the flow of funds, and testimony from former FTX General Counsel. Then they talked about personal feelings around money, early stage founder income and the tradeoffs and sacrifices made in building a business. They ended the episode with a bonus draft tweets. 

On this episode, Deana and Natasha bring on one of their most online friends, Trevor McFedries, founder of FWB & Brud, to tell us two internet stories. We go from male body dysmorphia to a Pokemon scams. Links in order of appearance:  Stories:  Sam Sulek Instagram //  Sam Sulek Tiktok AI Baby Yassified Harry Potter // Natasha's fav remix Blakes Break Send in your own internet story findings. Email hi@boysclub.vip or DM Deana here and Natasha here.  Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone.

Natasha and Deana deliver 10ish minutes of notable moments from the testimony of former FTX executive Nishad Singh in the SBF trial on October 16.  Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone. 

Natasha is back in the courtroom, and delivering 10ish minutes of notable moments from the testimony and cross examination of Zac Prince in the SBF trial on October 13.  Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone. 

Natasha is back in the courtroom, and delivering 10 minutes of notable moments from the defense's cross-examination of Caroline Ellison in the SBF trial on October 12.  Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone. 

Natasha went down to the courtroom, and is delivering 10 minutes of notable moments from the SBF trial on October 11. Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone.  

Natasha and Deana sit down with Centrifuge co-founder Cassidy Daly to get a briefing on real world assets (RWAs) and how they are poised to change the financial industry for the better.  They end the episode with draft tweets covering Boba Tea and being embarrassing online.  Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone.     Topics covered:  Real World Assets (RWAs): Cassidy gives a primer on RWAs, emphasizing that they are tangible assets brought onto the blockchain, modernizing the financial system. Examples: Invoices, mortgages, car loans, inventory. Centrifuge's Role: Platform connecting RWAs to liquidity in decentralized finance (DeFi). Emerged from a project named Taulia, which focused on supply chain financing for small and medium-sized businesses. Tokenization: Tokenizing can provide authenticity and a track record of ownership. Not all physical objects need to be tokenized; the importance lies in the potential use cases. Benefits of Tokenizing RWAs: Disintermediation, transparency, speed, efficiency, and cost reduction. Removal of unnecessary intermediaries. Regulatory Challenges: Crypto industry dealing with existential regulatory challenges. Importance of working with regulators to ensure the existence of permissionless platforms.

In the Feelings Check-In, Deana and Natasha bring on AI expert Sam Stevens to unpack an AI trend that emerged this week, and then they share personal feelings about their lives and careers. Subscribe to the Boys Club newsletter here!  Boys Club is proudly supported by Kraken. Kraken is a crypto exchange for everyone.   Are AI startups soft launching a police state or just rolling out hardware MVPs? First up, Sam gives us the lay of the AI wearable land, from Humane to Meta's Ray Bans, and a battle royale for AI necklaces. She covers the 101 and why the wearables seemed to have exploded this week. We close out this part of the episode with some of Sam's raw feelings on these trends as a founder in this space In personal feelings, they discuss the cringe of building a personal brand, being perceived, and the creative block that's felt when it's tied up in your livelihood. Notes: Follow Sam on Twitter