DAOs are the next big opportunity in crypto. This week, full time DAO advisor @Cooopahtroopa joins us for a definitive crash course in DAOs. We discuss: What makes a DAO, who are the main players? 30+ tools and tactics to create your own DAO Common pitfalls facing DAOs today 11 DAOs to watch out for Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

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All You Need to Know About DAOs in 2021 - Cooper Turley, Ep. 168

Within a month, the total value deposited across Avalanche projects grew over 1000% to $9B. As an investor, this obviously caught my attention, and I'm excited to have Jay Kurahashi-Sofue (@jkays17) and Nick Mussallem (@_nMoose) from Ava Labs share their learnings on achieving rapid growth in crypto. Small UX decisions that grew value by billions How to deploy grants for lasting impact What email & Uber teach us about abstraction and incentives in Layer 1s How to cater to DeFi natives and institutions What people underestimate about Avalanche Host: @mrjasonchoi. Not financial advice.

Lessons in Rapid Growth: Scaling the Avalanche Ecosystem -Jay Kurahashi-Sofue, Nick Mussallem, Ava Labs, Ep. 167

Since its inception, Multicoin Capital has made multiple highly public and successful bets in crypto including being one of the first and largest investors in Solana. 3 years and multiple 1000x bets later, Kyle Samani (@KyleSamani), Managing Partner at Multicoin, joins me once again to discuss: Finding contrarian bets, and when to know you're wrong What went right with the Solana bet; what went wrong with the EOS bet How Kyle sizes bets and when to double down How Multicoin separates decisions and outcomes Which 1 ecosystem excites Kyle beyond Solana Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

"Things Can Compound Indefinitely": Secrets of Multicoin Capital's Success - Kyle Samani, Ep. 166

Many users come to DeFi for its high yields - but are they sustainable? In this episode, we chat with Teddy Woodward, ex-trader and founder of Notional, a fixed rate protocol offering a new class of financial products for a new class of DeFi users. We explore: How to tokenize cash flows, and why it matters The emerging fixed rate protocol space fCash: a new DeFi primitive Whether DeFi yields can sustain over the long term Host: @mrjasonchoi. No Financial Advice. Resources: https://medium.com/sensefinance/designing-yield-tokens-d20c34d96f56 https://medium.com/notional-finance/notional-v2-launch-update-b2595990428 ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it’s a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

"DeFi Will Be More Secure and Less Risky Than Traditional Finance" - Teddy Woodward, Notional Finance, Ep. 165

Many crypto industry titans - including Vitalik Buterin - believe ZK Rollups are the key to Ethereum's scalability. With DeFi exchange dYdX generating over $2 BILLION in daily volume on Starkware, a ZK Rollup solution, I'm excited to chat with Starkware founders about: Why ZK-Rollups are the future vs. other Layer 2s Starkware vs. Optimism vs. Arbitrum: who wins? Can Fast Layer 1s like Solana compete with Starkware? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it’s a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

"This is the future of Ethereum scaling" - Starkware, Uri Kolodny & Eli Ben-Sasson, Ep 164

Would you pay $30-$40,000 for a few lines of text against a black background? That's precisely what buyers of Loot - the latest NFT to capture the attention of the entire crypto space - are doing. I'm joined by early Loot adopters and crypto investors Jon Kol (@thePalenimbus) and Angie Dalton (@Daltonan). We discuss: Loot's origins and ties to MMORPG games "Meta-games": the new wave of crypto gaming? Will gaming studios contribute to open source games? What's next for Loot ------------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it’s a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------- Disclosures ------------- Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

Loot: What Is It...And Why Are VCs So Excited About This NFT? - Ep. 163

Fresh off a $120M raise, Arbitrum is the latest project to significantly scale Ethereum's capacity. How does Arbitrum work at a technical level? What is an optimistic rollup and how does it compare with ZK-rollups? What are the trade offs Arbitrum makes?  Arbitrum (@arbitrum) co-founder Steven Goldfeder (@sgoldfed) and director and AJ Warner (@ajwarner90) join us in one of our most important interviews to date. Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. ------------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it’s a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------- Disclosures ------------- Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidia

Arbitrum: How it Will Change Ethereum Forever - Steven Goldfeder, AJ Warner, Ep. 162

The Play to Earn revolution is here! Yield Guild Games is the largest gaming guild today. Valued at $8B, the DAO supports 5,000 scholars in playing emerging "play to earn" games. Founder Gabby Dizon (@GabbyDizon) shares his secrets in how YGG works, tactics in how he scaled, and what future games he's excited for besides Axie Infinity. Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. ------------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it’s a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------- Disclosures ------------- Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidia

How Yield Guild Games Scaled to $8B with "Play to Earn" Games - Gabby Dizon, Ep. 161

Fresh off a $11M raise, Qredo (@QredoNetwork) is building the first, truly decentralized custody solution for the crypto industry. CTO Brian Spector joins us in this mind-blowing conversation spanning decades in cryptography, cryptocurrencies and the current pitfalls of major custody providers today. Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. ------------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it’s a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------- Disclosures ------------- Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidia

Qredo: Demystifying the Crypto Custody Space - Brian Spector, Ep. 160

Tranchess (@tranchess) is a new structured DeFi product offering a fixed income and Bitcoin exposure to users. Within one week of its launch, Tranchess has attracted $500M of capital in the protocol. I invited Tranchess co-founder, Danny Chong, to discuss the tranche product landscape, who are the next big wave of users in DeFi, and the challenges of creating sustainable protocol incentives. Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. ------------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it’s a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------- Disclosures ------------- Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidia

Tranchess: $500M of Capital to DeFi Structured Products In One Week - Danny Chong, Tranchess, Ep. 159

I'm excited to be joined by my friend Calvin Chu (@calchulus), former core team at Binance.  At Binance, Calvin helmed initiatives such as Launchpad, and is now leveraging his experience to start IMPOSSIBLE FINANCE, a decentralized incubator for new crypto projects. We discuss what it takes to launch a successful token, regulatory compliance, and the landscape for decentralized launchpads. Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. ------------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it’s a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------- Disclosures ------------- Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidia

Ex-Binance OG Disrupting How Projects Are Launched - Calvin Chu, Impossible Finance, Ep. 158

High fees on Ethereum is a persistent problem. Founders of Ethereum Gas Limit (EGL), Eleni (@EleniThinks) and Uri (@UriKlarman), join us in discussing: How miners control Ethereum's gas limit today How it affects network fees How EGL coordinate gas limit effectively Implications with EIP 1559 Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. ------------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it’s a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------- Disclosures ------------- Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidia

EGL: A New Protocol Solving High Ethereum's Gas Issue - Eleni Steinman & Uri Klarman, Ep. 157

DeFiance Capital is one of the first hedge funds that champion "fundamentals investing" - focusing less on market structure and technical analysis, more on things such as protocol revenues and user growth when formulating their trades. Founder Arthur Cheong (Arthur0x) joins me in discussing: Finding conviction in bear markets Finding valuation frameworks that matter in crypto How Arthur identifies successful projects Why DeFi is Arthur's primary focus Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. ------------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it’s a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------- Disclosures ------------- Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidia

Finding Conviction in a Crypto Bear Market - Arthur Cheong, DeFiance Capital, Ep. 156

Perpetual Protocol, a decentralized derivatives exchange, is processing $100M in volume daily and one of the fastest growing DeFi projects. We invite their team on Blockcrunch to discuss Innovations in onchain derivatives design  Creating sustainable incentives for adoption "Curie": the newest update in Perpetual Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. ------------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch SOLANA: The Solana ecosystem is growing at a rapid pace and it’s a great place to build your project or get involved with the community. Go to solana.com/blockcrunch to learn more! ------------- Disclosures ------------- Musical credits: Underground Stars by Loxbeats https://spoti.fi/34tPBBO Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/underground-stars Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpJDMD2EzkA Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidia

Perpetual: Building the Fastest Growing DeFi Derivatives Exchange - Nicholas Tong & Yenwen Feng , Ep. 155

In our bi-weekly recap for the most important events in crypto, we talk about: Mega-deal recap: FTX, Circle, Sorare & OpenSea Community vs. Evil VCs: Sushi Strategic Raise Ethereum Time Bandit: Existential threat or overreaction? Hosts: Jason Choi (@mrjasonchoi), General Partner at Spartan Capital, and Saneel Sreeni (@sanlsrini), Junior Partner at Dragonfly Capital. This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed. Resources: Sushi strategic raise forum  MGNR thread on options pricing Saneel's post on MEV Paradigm's post on Ethereum reorgs ------------Disclosures------------ Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, and Saneel Sreeni is an investor at Dragonfly Capital. All opinions expressed by Jason and Saneel are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group, Dragonfly Capital and/or any of their subsidiaries and personnel. This podcast is for information purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. 

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