The Dilemma of Governance Tokens
Making Markets
This is Eric Golden, and my guest today is Matt Wals...
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Jan 20 2023 59m
Chapter 1 2 mins
[First question] Being labeled as one of the first people to understand BitcoinChapter 2 1 min
How his relationship with crypto evolved from a curiosity to investing in itChapter 3 53 sec
Partnering with Nick Carter and how they came togetherChapter 4 1 min
What drove his decision to finally take the leap and become an entrepreneurChapter 5 1 min
Lessons learned from setting up and deploying his first fundChapter 6 1 min
Comparing the crypto space in 2022 to what it was in 2018Chapter 7 2 mins
His opinion on what’s happened this year writ large and what it meansChapter 8 1 min
How regulation serves customers better than a libertarian outlookChapter 9 2 mins
Thoughts on the best way forward given crypto’s regulatory shortcomingsChapter 10 33 sec
Commissioner Hester Peirce A Regulator’s View of CryptoChapter 11 2 mins
How far away we are from having an active congress involved in cryptoChapter 12 2 mins
The notion of retail and yield generating products and why that part of the industry imploded on itselfChapter 13 51 sec
Whether or not he’d invest in crypto again given its current state of affairsChapter 14 3 mins
Areas and macro trends he’s most excited about todayChapter 15 3 mins
How the concept of crypto is more enticing for brands than a public databaseChapter 16 1 min
Securities versus non securities and what brands are talking aboutChapter 17 3 mins
The difficulty of figuring out the real market value of any given projectChapter 18 2 mins
How he would approach handling privacy and KYC in DeFiChapter 19 1 min
Defining financial service infrastructure and where they invest in itChapter 20 2 mins
Some of the market structure bets they’ve made over the yearsChapter 21 1 min
How a prime broker would have helped in light of the FTX scandalChapter 22 6 mins
His view on where things stand with Genesis and FTX and how they’ll unfoldChapter 23 1 min
Monetary networks and what has his attention latelyChapter 24 1 min
Why some countries and governments will push back against stablecoinsChapter 25 56 sec
Some of the craziest ideas that have come across his deskChapter 26 1 min
Trying to get to the base of an idea when it comes to due diligenceChapter 27 1 min
What he’s most excited to build over the next six months and six yearsChapter 28 2 mins
Whether we’ll get regulation in crypto or a migration of traditional assets to crypto rails first