Syncracy Capital co-founder Ryan Watkins sheds light on Ethereum, Solana and finding the next "generational winners" in the crypto market.

OUTLINE

00:00 Intro

01:47 Watkins' Crypto Journey

05:22 Syncracy's Liquid Strategy

06:51 Crypto Market Analysis

08:52 Ethereum's Underperformance

13:14 Long-Only

15:34 Picking Winners

20:38 SOL Trade

28:27 Bitcoin vs. Crypto

34:16 Market Cycle Analysis

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Ripple Head of Product Jasmine Cooper and Axelar Co-Founder Sergey Gorbunov discuss advancements in Real World Assets (RWAs), tokenization, and interoperability.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

01:12 Interoperable RWAs

04:18 Regulatory Clarity

08:09 RWA Tech Stack

11:37 White Labeling RWAs

13:05 Choosing a Chain

14:43 XRP Ledger RWA Experience

20:35 Asset Issuance 101

22:49 Global Accessibility of RWAs

26:05 Corporate Admin Crypto Adoption

27:26 Advancements in Interoperability

30:26 Axelar's Development Roadmaps

31:39 Institutional RWA FAQs

34:25 Closing Thoughts

35:55 Axelar Wrap-Up

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Justin Slaughter is the vice president of regulatory affairs at Paradigm.

In this episode, Slaughter and Chaparro discuss the Democratic Party's performance leading up to and during the recent election, particularly in relation to the crypto industry.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

03:19 2024 Election Recap

04:47 Harris Campaign

07:50 Single-Issue Crypto Voters

11:13 Democratic Party Policy

22:48 Policy Flip-Flopping

26:49 Split Ticket Voters

36:37 New SEC Regime

43:01 Pro-Crypto Democrats

45:06 Predictions & Closing Thoughts

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Alex Gluchowski is the Co-Founder CEO of Matter Labs, a company focused on scaling Ethereum using zero-knowledge proofs, and Matthias Broner is their Head of Growth for Latin America.

In this episode, Gluchowski and Broner discuss the QuarkID project in Buenos Aires, which uses zero-knowledge proofs to give citizens control over their digital identity and serve as a model for decentralized digital identity systems.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

04:25 Blockchain Scaling

07:19 Buenos Ares ZK-Powered

12:01 Government Innovation

16:40 DID Tech Stack

18:25 ZK 101

19:57 Impact on Argentinian

21:39 DID Expansion

25:59 Crypto's Utility

31:33 Development Roadmap

32:42 Public Services Onchain

34:50 DID Security

36:24 ZKsync Roadmap

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Robert Leshner is the CEO of Superstate, an asset management firm that tokenizes traditional financial assets like U.S. Treasuries and brings them onchain.

In this episode, Leshner explains the advantages of tokenized assets, such as the ability to operate 24/7 and the increased composability with DeFi protocols. He also discusses the regulatory and macroeconomic tailwinds that have made this an opportune time to launch tokenized products.

OUTLINE

00:00 Health & Routines

07:03 Superstate Overview

12:26 Growing DeFi with RWAs

15:22 RWA Revolution

24:24 Benefits of Tokenization

27:18 Onchain vs. Offchain Crypto Exposure

29:18 Real-time NAV Updates

38:16 Real-Time Settlement

41:01 Crypto's Role in TradFi

46:13 The Future of Finance

49:07 Crypto's Regulatory Climate

53:58 Superstate's Asset Roadmap

58:47 Personal Prioritization

62:27 Closing Thoughts

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Erik Voorhees and Teana Baker-Taylor are co-founders of Venice, an open-source and uncensored AI chatbot and content generation platform.

In this episode, the Venice co-founders discuss the vision and approach of their product in contrast to more restrictive and centralized AI models like ChatGPT.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

00:43 Origin of Venice AI

02:37 'AI is like Bitcoin but scarier'

07:29 Proprietary AI Models

09:12 Regulatory Inefficiencies

11:16 Global AI Regulatory Regimes

16:46 AI Censorship

20:11 Moderation on Venice

25:01 Freedom vs Privacy

34:11 Venice Pricing Model

36:35 AI Agents

39:44 AI 'Rights'

50:37 Venice Roadmap

54:10 Closing Thoughts

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Michael Shaulov is the Co-Founder & CEO of Fireblocks.

In this episode, Shaulov discusses how Fireblocks' core business has evolved over the past few years, particularly in the area of stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

00:56 Business at Fireblocks

06:15 Fireblocks & Stablecoins

09:59 RWA TVL Growth

15:36 Institutional Stablecoin Adoption

25:22 TradFi's Adoption of Crypto Infrastructure

29:27 Onchain Identity Systems

38:10 Closing Thoughts

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Sam Hallene and Aryan Sheikhalian are analysts at CMT Digital, a subsidiary of the CMT Group.

In this episode, Hallene and Sheikhalian unpack the key trends they are observing in crypto's VC market, including the intersection of blockchain and AI and its implication for improving user data ownership, verified inference, and the use of blockchain to govern non-deterministic models.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

05:31 Current VC Landscape

07:02 VC Market Decoupling

12:11 PMF in Crypto

15:58 Non-Financial Use Cases

22:00 DeFi's Future

23:17 Tokenization Trends

29:13 Crypto Venture Market Forecast

35:56 Closing Thoughts

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Sandy Peng is the co-founder of Scroll.

In this episode, Peng discusses scaling Ethereum and particularly emphasizes the importance of business insight and experience outside of crypto in driving application-level innovation.

OUTLINE

00:00 Intro

01:07 Peng's Journey to Scroll

04:27 Peng's Regulatory Background

07:52 Industry Headwinds

10:31 Ethereum Scaling Competition

15:00 Consumer Crypto Apps

16:49 Improving Crypto UX

23:06 Stepn's Success

26:11 ZK Advantages

29:45 Scroll's Roadmap

34:14 Closing Thoughts

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This episode of The Scoop features Bitget Wallet COO Alvin Kan, and two builders from the TON ecosystem — Catizen co-founder Ricky Wong and Miles, a core team member of Tomarket.

The conversation explores how Telegram's large user base is enabling rapid adoption and growth of Telegram 'Mini Apps' on top of the TON blockchain.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

01:29 TON Overview

03:06 TON's Advantages

06:21 TON's Future

08:29 Catizen's Hyper Adoption

10:30 Tomarket Overview

12:34 Ton Ecosystem Collaboration

15:54 Building on TON

17:14 TON's Consumer Focus

20:56 TON User Behavior

24:45 User Retention

27:59 TON Roadmap

31:47 Closing Thoughts

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Vishal Gupta is the co-founder and CEO of TrueX — a new stablecoin-native trading platform.

In this episode, Gupta unpacks how TrueX aims to provide a "stablecoin-native" trading experience with segregated custody, primarily targeted at institutional clients in the United States.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

04:50 TrueX Overview

11:13 Exchange Innovation

14:42 Institutional Client Trading Needs

17:52 Stablecoin Collateral

19:21 TrueX Matching Engine

23:11 Segregated Service Offerings

25:52 TrueX Funding

27:41 Broker Adoption

31:06 Crypto's Credit Market

33:51 True Markets Roadmap

35:50 Closing Thoughts

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