Messari Podcast
19 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsWe are building an open data library and curation tools for the crypto asset class. Promoting transparency and smarter decision-making.
We are here weekly to deliver you short and sweet discussions of what we’re thinking about in the crypto space.
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Episodes
Messari Podcast #19: Examining Hong Kong's Crypto Ecosystem w/ Leo Weese (Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong)
January 03, 2019 15:53 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBIn 2019's first episode, we take a really interesting dive into Hong Kong's crypto ecosystem with Leo Weese, President of the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong. We talk about how the Hong Kong crypto ecosystem has changed since 2012, what some of the common misconceptions are about crypto in Hong Kong, and what makes this city so unique and well suited for crypto development.
Messari Podcast #18: Tian Li (Co-founder, DDEX) on the decision to fork 0X & move to Hydro
December 21, 2018 02:17 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBIn this week's episode, Tian Li (co-founder, DDEX) talks about the decision by the DDEX team to fork away the 0x protocol and carry on with their own implementation of the protocol, named Hydro. Tian also addressed the decision to remove to 0x token, and what the short term future looks like for DDEX.
Messari Podcast #17: Circle Research's Ria Bhutoria on the crypto research process, with a primer on prediction markets
December 13, 2018 22:27 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBIn this episode, Circle's Ria Bhutoria talks about her research process (how long it takes, and what the most frustrating parts of the process are), and also goes into her latest report on prediction markets. We talk about what prediction markets are, how they work, the advantages and challenges of a decentralized prediction market, and what usage is like on current platforms.
Messari Podcast #16: Josh Cincinnati on the Zcash Foundation and the nuances of decentralization
December 07, 2018 07:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBDecentralization isn't an easy concept to define or understand, so Zcash Foundation Executive Director Josh Cincinnati shares his thoughts on what it means to be decentralized. He also emphasizes the utility of non-profit foundations in the cryptocurrency space, which he thinks can affect a lot of good.
Messari Podcast #15: Dan McArdle on how to survive the "crypto winter", and lessons from past crypto recessions
November 30, 2018 05:55 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBGiven the crypto market downturn this quarter, Dan McArdle shares his thoughts on what is now the fourth "crypto recession" for him, and where he thinks things might head in the short to medium term.
Messari Podcast #14: The unintended consequences of product design with Taylor Monahan
November 16, 2018 04:21 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBProduct design is hard. For this week's episode, Taylor’s highlights the sometimes vast difference between intentions and outcome in product design v. user experience. For example, the intention of making the user onboarding process easier can become so streamlined that it ceases to require users to save their private keys. Another example Taylor gives is the practice of saving private keys, or other secret information, to local storage in exchange for intended causes like ease to access, fas...
Messari Podcast #13: SEC's Etherdelta action + Conversation with Simon Taylor about Global Digital Finance
November 09, 2018 05:44 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBIn this podcast episode, Katherine explains the implications of the latest SEC order against Etherdelta's founder and its three important takeaways. Then, Simon Taylor, founder of Globa Digital Finance, comes on and talks about setting global standards and a code of conduct for the various actors in the crypto ecosystem.
Messari Podcast #12: Conversation with Erik Voorhees & Ari Paul at DevCon4
November 01, 2018 21:55 - 7 minutes - 7.27 MBThis week, Katherine is on the grounds at DevCon in Prague and chats with Erik Vorhees (Founder + CEO, Shapeshift) about the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Bitcoin whitepaper. Later, Ari Paul (CIO, Blocktower Capital) shares what he is excited about and what he wants to learn more about in the crypto space.
Messari Podcast #11: China's latest arbitration case involving bitcoin + Interview with Samson Mow about sidechains and the liquid network
October 26, 2018 05:01 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBIn this week's podcast, Katherine breaks down the latest arbitration case to come out of China's Shenzhen International Court of Arbitration, which determined that bitcoin is protected under China’s current property laws. Additionally, Zack interviews Samson Mow of Blocksteam about sidechains: what they are, what type of sidechain Liquid is, and how Liquid can affect the average crypto investor.
Messari Podcast #10: Spencer Bogart on tokenized funds, benchmarks for crypto fund performance, and his transition from equity research to crypto venture investing
October 19, 2018 04:51 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBIn this week's podcast, Katherine interviews Spencer Bogart (Partner, Blockchain Capital) while in San Francisco and they chat about fund tokenization, benchmarks for crypto fund performance, and Spencer's transition from equity research to crypto venture investing.
Messari Podcast #9: Tony Sheng on his writing process, how to get over writer's block, and the blog membership model
October 12, 2018 08:18 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBEvery week, Tony Sheng writes high-quality pieces on the most relevant and fascinating topics in crypto. In this week's podcast, Tony discusses his writing process, how he gets over writer's block, how he decides on a topic, and why he recently decided to switch to a membership model for his blog.
Messari Podcast #8: Conversations on the ground at Cryptosprings ☀️🌴
October 05, 2018 07:58 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBThis week's podcast was recorded in Palm Springs, California for Crypto Springs, a ~250 attendee crypto conference. Messari's Katherine Wu was on the ground and interviewed some of the speakers and attendees (listed below) about their quick impressions of the conference and the discussions that they found interesting.
Messari Podcast #7: Bitmain's IPO Application Proof + Bitcoin bug w/ Eric Meltzer
September 27, 2018 05:18 - 17 minutes - 16 MBNever a dull moment in crypto. In this week's Messari podcast, we delve into two topics: 1) a look at the disclosure documents that Bitmain filed in an IPO application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and 2) a conversation with Eric Meltzer on the latest bitcoin bug, what it means, and its implications.
Messari Podcast #6: Primer on Federal & State Regulators for Crypto w/ Jake Chervinsky
September 20, 2018 05:08 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBIn this week’s podcast, we have with us Jake Chervinsky to give us a better & easier primer to understand some of the regulators in the crypto space. We cover 7 federal agencies and 2 state agencies: what the acronym stands for, what the agency does/have jurisdiction over, and how that relates to crypto.
Messari Podcast #5: Thoughts and Takeaways from EthBerlin with Ryan Selkis and Qiao Wang
September 14, 2018 03:58 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBIn this week's episode, Ryan Seklis (CEO of Messari) and Qiao Wang (Head of Product, Messari) share their experiences from the previous week at EthBerlin. We talk about what the week consisted of, what they found interesting, what they found surprising, and what advice they have for the future attendees of EthGlobal events.
Messari Podcast #4: Conversation with Nic Carter on crypto data quality and integrity
September 06, 2018 02:07 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBIn this episode, Nic Carter speaks to the negligence of the coin rankings sites and why the data quality on a lot of these ranking sites cannot be trusted. Also: how the industry can do better on the data front, what metrics we should be considering, the lessons we can extrapolate to most crypto data sites, and the importance of definition standards.
Messari Podcast #3: Understanding token supply, market cap, and why transparency in supply schedule is important
August 30, 2018 05:46 - 5 minutes - 5.43 MBThis week, we go over a high-level overview of token supply—breaking it down to circulating and maximum supply-- and why it should be an important consideration when valuing token projects. We also cover market cap, and why transparency in a token’s supply schedule is important.
Messari Podcast #2: Explainer on Token Curated Registries (for Beginners!) + Crypto news for 8/24/2018
August 23, 2018 04:59 - 5 minutes - 4.66 MBIn this episode, Katherine explains what a Token Curated Registry is at a very high level-- what it is and how it works. Plus some news for this week: FOMO3D, China's Crypto Wechat ban, and the U.S. SEC's rejection of bitcoin ETFs.
Messari Podcast #1: The Ripple lawsuit; the SEC order on Tomahawkcoins and what it means for token projects; and the latest news round up for 08/16/2018.
August 16, 2018 06:29 - 4 minutes - 4.18 MBIn our first longer form audio segment, Messari's Katherine Wu delves into two topics: 1. The ongoing Ripple lawsuit and 2. The SEC Order re: Tomahawk Coin and what that means for bounty programs & airdrops.