The Crux of Crypto Podcast

The Crux of Crypto

The Crux of Crypto
A Venture Perspective on Bitcoin, Blockchain, and the World of Crypto-Assets
E07: The State of Decentralized Exchanges with Will Warren and Amir Bandeali of 0x
Will Warren (Co-Founder and CEO at 0x) and Amir Bandeali (Co-Founder and CTO) share insights from building the exchange infrastructure for a tokenized world where value can flow safely and freely on the internet. We discuss the challenges of exchanging assets safely peer-to-peer, how 0x is evolving to meet consumer demands, and dive into the...
Nov 18, 2019
1 hr 24 min
E06: The Path to Open, Global Prediction Markets with Joey Krug of Augur
Joey Krug (Co-Founder and Core Developer at Augur) shares insights and learnings from building the world’s first decentralized prediction market platform. We discuss global access to financial markets and the long-term vision for Augur, the differences between building smart contracts and traditional web apps, approaches to decentralization, user behavior and growth metrics, the recent Veil...
Jun 24, 2019
1 hr 9 min
E05: Creating Synthetic Derivatives on the Blockchain with Hart Lambur of UMA
Hart Lambur (CEO of UMA Protocol) discusses the potential and challenges of enabling seamless, trust-minimized risk transfer on public blockchain infrastructure.
Apr 13, 2019
46 min
E04: The Biggest Issues in Crypto with Brandon Curtis of Radar and James Prestwich of Summa
Brandon Curtis (Director of Research at Radar) and James Prestwich (CEO and Founder at Summa) share insights on a wide range of topics, including opportunities in Open Finance, proof-of-work vs. proof-of-stake, interoperability, oracles, ASIC resistance, lending, stablecoins, layer 2 scaling, and more.
Feb 20, 2019
1 hr 23 min
E03: Creating Your Own Role in Crypto with Steve Lee of Bitcoin Optech
Steve Lee (Product Manager at Optech) chats about how he leveraged his skill-set and strengths to create his own (non-technical) role in the crypto ecosystem.
Oct 11, 2018
46 min
E02: Data as an Asset Class with Roger Chen of Computable Labs
Roger Chen (CEO and Co-Founder of Computable Labs) chats about data as an emerging asset class and the opportunities for data marketplaces.
Sep 28, 2018
32 min
E01: DEXs & Crypto Infrastructure with Alan Curtis of Radar
Alan Curtis (CEO and Co-Founder of Radar) chats about the opportunity (and challenges) of building crypto infrastructure and defining new market categories.
May 23, 2018
36 min