Raoul Pal: The Journey Man
638 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★ - 19 ratingsThe world is changing faster than ever before. This comes with life-changing opportunities but also unprecedented challenges. In The Journeyman, I talk to the greatest minds at the nexus of macro, crypto, and technology to figure out exactly what the Exponential Age means for us all. I uncover the big trends, potential investment opportunities, and economic risks and rewards, and ask the big questions on how this impacts us, our businesses, and our societies. Brought to you by Real Vision.
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This Is How Crypto Will Go Mainstream
January 25, 2022 13:00 - 41 minutesThe key to crypto’s integration into mainstream use is reducing “friction.” Whether it’s downloading MetaMask, operating a crypto wallet, navigating peer-to-peer transactions, or even simply opening accounts with Binance, Coinbase, or Kraken, there’s a lot of ground for the average person to navigate right now. Ed Woodford is on a mission to speed crypto adoption by the public. And he just raised $105 million to fund that mission. He is working with some of the largest institutions in the wor...
Walmart Moves Into the Metaverse
January 24, 2022 17:13 - 37 minutesThree recent filings with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office indicate Walmart is getting deeper into the metaverse. It plans to create its own cryptocurrency and to offer digital versions of its products via NFTs. Does this signal broader consumer adoption of digital assets and virtual experiences? Meanwhile, new partnerships and fresh acquisitions suggest that old-school and new-school companies are getting ready to service more consumers. Cami Russo and Robin Schmidt of The Defiant join R...
An Artist's Wonderland? Creating Collections in the NFT World
January 23, 2022 13:00 - 30 minutesAs the art world is fast transitioning into the blockchain, artists wish to seize an opportunity to meet the demands of the parabolic growth of NFTs. From working with big power fashion brands like Prada and Chanel, Blair Breitenstein’s work has also graced the pages of Vogue and Tatler. When asked about why the pivot to NFTs, Breitenstein said, “I had to. Instagram was favoring video. I was way too dependent on them.” But as art meets tech and culture, how does an artist launch a full collec...
Breedlove vs. Green: Hard Money, Bitcoin, and Political Failings
January 22, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutesThis is your chance to benefit from an exchange of ideas between two brilliant modern thinkers. Mike Green, chief strategist and portfolio manager at Simplify Asset Management, is a well-known Bitcoin bear. On the other hand, Robert Breedlove, founder of the “What Is Money?” podcast, is one of its most vehement proponents. Their disagreements originate from deeper convictions surrounding the proper methods of organizing society and the economy: Laissez-Faire versus centrally planned. Real Vis...
Providing Universal Privacy: What is the HOPR Protocol?
January 21, 2022 13:00 - 48 minutesPrivacy is a topic that can be somewhat confusing within crypto. While Bitcoin can be transacted anonymously, its ledger is public, and privacy is not guaranteed. This system has its benefits, but it’s not the best for storing or transporting sensitive information at the individual or corporate level. Sebastian Bürgel, founder of HOPR, is bolstering one of the core founding pillars of crypto, using blockchain to preserve anonymity. He and his team at HOPR are aiming to implement a blockchain ...
From Web 2.0 to Web 3.0: A Journey Through the Wild World of Crypto
January 20, 2022 13:00 - 53 minutesIn this treat of an interview, Mike Dudas, partner at 6th Man Ventures and co-founder of LinksDAO, sits down with Raoul Pal, CEO and co-founder of Real Vision, for a wide-ranging discussion on the past and future of crypto. Mike has a particularly interesting background, having previously worked at Google, Disney, and Venmo before he founded the crypto research platform, The Block. Since then, Mike has been a pioneer in the space as he shares all his thoughts with us on everything from stable...
The Man with the Billion Dollar Ether Staking Bet
January 19, 2022 13:00 - 55 minutesAndrew Keys, co-founder and managing partner at DARMA Capital, is as bullish as they come on Ethereum. He believes Ethereum will soon become the basis for the global economy, and he wants to be responsible for helping to facilitate this. “I want to be part of the solution,” Keys says when asked why he doesn’t park his capital with a more traditional interest bearing vehicle. Tired of a system by which the masses must rely on a few global conglomerates as the brokers of trust, Keys and his tea...
Raoul Pal's 2022 Crypto Forecast
January 18, 2022 15:36 - 41 minutesRaoul Pal joins Jessica Walker of @CoinMarketCap to discuss what might be in store for Crypto in 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
BTC in Danger? Solving Bitcoin's Carbon Footprint Problem
January 17, 2022 13:00 - 47 minutesBitcoin’s carbon footprint is a hot topic and one of the few issues that Elon Musk and Elizabeth Warren can agree on, largely because it is a valid environmental concern. Cully Cavness, president and co-founder of Crusoe Energy, and crypto hedge fund guru Chase Lochmiller, CEO and co-founder of Crusoe Energy, have put their minds together to solve Bitcoin’s Achilles’ heel. Their solution: power Bitcoin mining rigs using excess natural gas. The logistics are tricky, but these two are uniquely ...
Inside MetaMask: The Innovations Paving the Way for Web 3.0
January 16, 2022 13:00 - 40 minutesMetaMask has become one of the most ubiquitous applications in the DeFi world. Jacobc.ETH, lead of operations at MetaMask within ConsenSys, sees wallets and user interfaces as vital pipelines for adoption. Despite its success, it can be difficult to navigate for users who are not programming savvy. Jacobc.ETH recognizes this barrier to entry and is currently working on innovations to help solve this issue. The exponential growth of crypto can only continue if new users come aboard. Jacobc.ETH...
The First Glimpse Inside the Metaverse--Live with Unreal Engine
January 15, 2022 13:10 - 40 minutesIn a first for this series, Robin Schmidt of The Defiant gives us a sneak peak into the possibilities of the metaverse using the Unreal Engine. Joining him for this walk-through is Elaine Ly of Real Vision and Camila Russo of The Defiant. After a brief tour of the metaverse, Robin, Camila and Elaine cover the ever-changing NFT market and the challengers coming for OpenSea's NFT market dominance. They also dig deep into FTX and Binance announcing their virtual metaverse offices and why they ch...
The World Famous DJ Disrupting the Music Industry
January 14, 2022 10:18 - 49 minutesRaoul has talked a lot about how the music industry is about to be changed forever. In this treat of an interview, Raoul sits down with world-renowned DJ Justin Blau, aka 3LAU, to get the insider's scoop on how this is happening, just how big it is going to be, and Justin’s journey from headlining festivals to tokenization pioneer all while disrupting the music industry as an industry insider. The future is a joint venture between artists and their fans and a giant step towards Universal Basi...
Into the Metaverse: Leaving No Girl Behind
January 13, 2022 12:40 - 42 minutesLeave no girl behind is Maliha Abidi's mandatory mission. She is the author of 'Rise.' As an artist, the transition to launch her NFT collection, @WomenriseNFT, was a natural move. The profits earned from her collection will go to the Malala Fund and organizations advocating for girls' education. She has caught the attention of Gary Vaynerchuk, Randi Zuckerberg, and Reese Witherspoon, and there is no stopping this 26-year-old who champions the rise of women in the world of blockchain technolo...
Why Anthony Scaramucci Is Embracing Revolutionary Technology
January 01, 2022 05:00 - 1 hourThe key to investing in this age, according to Anthony Scaramucci, is to remain adaptive in a rapidly changing landscape. Scaramucci, founder and managing partner of Skybridge Capital, recounts listening to Jeff Bezos speak about the Amazon business model in 1999. While he was intrigued, he refrained from investing as seasoned investors like Warren Buffett dismissed the company. Applying this experience to Bitcoin, Scaramucci says, “I’m not going to miss this.” He presents his changing worldv...
Bitcoin Hits an Air Pocket--Here's Why There's Turbulence
December 31, 2021 07:31 - 25 minutesDecember has been a brutal month for Bitcoin — with prices plunging around 30% from their all-time high in November. In this special edition of Crypto Unwrapped, Jim Bianco of Bianco Research and Real Vision’s own Weston Nakamura join Ash Bennington to discuss what’s driving price action in these highly volatile markets. The group breaks down key concepts, including year-end options expiry, implied volatility put-to-call ratios, max pain point, and the role of ETF and emerging market FX. Lear...
How a Former MLB Player Hit a Grand Slam with His NFT Artwork
December 24, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutesMicah Johnson, artist and creator of Aku Inc, joins Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Delphi Digital, on Kelly's series on community tokens to discuss his journey into the NFT space and his popular character Aku. From a young age, Johnson’s sole ambition in life was to play in Major League Baseball. Once he achieved this goal, he discovered a passion for painting and art. Upon retirement, he discovered the chaotic yet nascent world of NFTs and became immersed. Johnson has since pioneered the hugely ...
Bitcoin is the Key to Financial Freedom
December 17, 2021 05:00 - 40 minutesNationally syndicated iHeartRadio host and founder of Market Disruptors, Mark Moss, joins Real Vision to discuss the convergence of cultural, technological, and financial cycles and what it all means for the future of crypto. Moss takes us through a bit of history to demonstrate the persistence of cyclicality throughout notable benchmarks in human ingenuity. He sees a lack of sound money as the source of all the world's problems—censorship, mutable law, and abuse of power from centralized org...
The Layperson's Guide to NFTs and Ethereum
December 10, 2021 05:00 - 49 minutesHow much do you really know about NFTs? The current perception is that they are just a tradable version of art, but Ryan Berckmans, an Ethereum community member and investor, outlines its intricacies and nuances in this analogy-filled interview. Berckmans seamlessly explains the working relationship between NFTs, a platform like OpenSea, ERC-721 tokens, and a metamask wallet with real world objects like scarfs, soda cans and shipping containers. Following these explanations, he explores why w...
Mike Novogratz - The Perfect Macro Story
December 03, 2021 05:00 - 54 minutesMike Novogratz, CEO of Galaxy Digital Holdings, joins Real Vision ceo Raoul Pal to discuss investing in the crypto space, the risk curve, and accelerating crypto adoption. Novogratz breaks down how he allocates his own crypto portfolio and touches on some of the lessons he learned in the 2017 crypto bubble. He explains the impact that COVID-19 had on crypto and the digitization of everything. Novogratz describes the different products and funds available through Galaxy Digital Holdings. Filme...
Charles Hoskinson: Unlocking the Power of Smart Contracts
November 26, 2021 05:00 - 51 minutesThe addition of smart contracts to the Cardano network has many in crypto buzzing. Angie Lau, editor in chief at Forkast News, hosts Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano and co-founder of Ethereum, to discuss the details around the Alonzo hard fork and the importance of smart contracts. Additionally, Hoskinson dives into the hurdles DeFi has to overcome both from a structural and a regulatory framework. Until accessibility and price volatility concerns are addressed, he feels it will be stuc...
How Software Developers Hold the Keys to Society
November 19, 2021 05:00 - 48 minutesGarry Tan, co-founder of Initialized Capital and one of the earliest investors in Coinbase, shares his outlook on crypto products, his concerns with crypto regulation, and how it will challenge America's democracy. Deeply rooted within the world's tech hub, Tan expresses that Silicon Valley will continue to be home to the internet. Tan explains what he learned in Y Combinator, his peers who have gone on to develop multi-billion dollar companies, and what it means to invest in early stage star...
How Smart Contracts Work: A Visual Walkthrough
November 12, 2021 05:00 - 1 hourLearn about smart contracts inside and out. David Salem, contributor at Epsilon Theory, is joined by Anders Brownworth to discuss from technical and philosophical perspectives. Beginning by coding his own smart contract, Brownworth gives viewers a visual breakdown of the inner workings of currencies like Ethereum. Salem and Brownworth then pivot to conceptualize how smart contracts might work in the real world. How do you enforce contracts that reach beyond the digital realm? They discuss "th...
Willy Woo: Bitcoin Price and On-Chain Analytics
November 05, 2021 17:00 - 59 minutesChart guru Willy Woo, founder of The Bitcoin Forecast, has been a pioneer in harnessing on-chain metrics for trading analysis, an area that is seeing rapid institutional adoption. A true expert in the space, Woo describes his experience locating and refining what he now identifies as the most important metrics to watch. He walks viewers through his charts on topics such as identifying Bitcoin supply shocks, monitoring Bitcoin whale activity, and recognizing patterns in the "Hodlers". Intervie...
The Play-To-Earn Revolution in Gaming
October 29, 2021 17:00 - 1 hourWith Axie Infinity paving the way, Anil Lulla, COO at Delphi Digital; Yan Liberman, managing partner at Delphi Digital; Jeffrey Zirlin, co-founder of Axie Infinity; and Gabby Dizon, CEO and co-founder of Yield Guild Games, join to discuss the new trend taking over the metaverse, which is expanding at a rapid pace. One of the latest developments is the play-to-earn gaming model, in which players can enjoy a video game while earning actual income. In the case of the Philippines, some players ea...
Robert Breedlove: Bitcoin, The Best Iteration of Money Thus Far
October 22, 2021 17:00 - 1 hourRobert Breedlove, founder of the "What is Money?" podcast, sits down with Brad Mills, host of the Magic Internet Money podcast, to thoroughly breakdown the Bitcoin fundamentals from both a philosophical and a technical standpoint. Starting off with the evolution of money, Breedlove and Mills discuss the desirable properties of money from first principles, followed by a brief history of historical phases of money throughout human history. Breedlove makes the case for Bitcoin as the best form o...
Mapping the Future of DeFi
October 15, 2021 17:00 - 1 hourA contrarian thinker in the DeFi space, Sean Lippel, partner and head of digital assets at FinTech Collective, joins Jim Bianco, president of Bianco Research LLC, to bring us through the many facets of DeFi with a new perspective. Lippel, a true expert in the field, makes a case for a possible solution to crypto's propensity to volatility, one of the primary criticisms to its feasibility as a standalone currency. Lippel suggests that continued integration of DeFi with real world assets—whethe...
The Essential 101 Guide to Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
October 08, 2021 17:00 - 1 hourStrap in for the deepest of deep dives into all things DeFi. Blake Richardson, investor at BlockTower Capital, enlightens viewers with his expert perspective as an investor in the space. Decentralized finance is a relatively new industry, but the number of subtopics continues to grow. A helpful discussion for beginners and experts, Richardson educates viewers on a wide range of material including synthetics, stablecoins, DeFi in the insurance industry, smart contracts, bonding curves, and mor...
Chainlink 2.0: Expanding the Meta-Layer
October 01, 2021 17:00 - 1 hourAs much a philosopher as he is a technologist, Sergey Nazarov, co-founder of Chainlink, joins Real Vision to discuss some of the core theses of DeFi and the meta-layer’s role in smart contracts. Smart contracts will likely play a large role in the future of finance, but they have a long way to go. Companies like Chainlink and their partners are working to expand what they call “the meta-layer,” the framework connecting blockchain ecosystems to off-chain datasets in order to build out more com...
Chiliz & Socios.com: Tokenizing Sports Franchise Communities
September 24, 2021 17:00 - 55 minutesOn day five of After the Hype: Reality Sets in for NFTs, Alexandre Dreyfus, CEO & founder of Chiliz & Socios.com, and Raoul Pal, CEO & co-founder of Real Vision, discuss tokenization of world-class sport franchise communities. Giving fans the power to participate in a franchise’s decision-making process is a valuable proposition. The Chiliz & Socios.com network is expanding quickly with over 40 sporting franchises on the platform and over 800,000 active users. Dreyfus walks viewers through hi...
Tendermint: Building the Infrastructure for a Multi-Chain Future
September 17, 2021 17:00 - 45 minutesPeng Zhong, CEO of Tendermint, joins Ash Bennington, Real Vision senior editor, for a deep dive into the various projects emerging from Tendermint and how they mesh with the existing DeFi industry. As the Ethereum chain becomes crowded, rising gas fees are forcing developers to look for alternatives. From Cosmos, "The Internet of Blockchains", to Gravity DEX, a liquidity pool and order book protocol, Tendermint is constructing a number of different projects aimed at solving scalability issues...
Ampleforth: Ideal Reserve Currency
September 10, 2021 17:00 - 35 minutesReal Vision senior editor Ash Bennington is joined by Evan Kuo, founder of Ampleforth, to discuss how Ampleforth was engineered specifically to satisfy characteristics of the ideal reserve currency. By working with Stanford's Hoover Institute for several years, Kuo and his team have been refining what it means to be a "good" reserve currency. A key innovation lies in their maneuver to substitute price volatility with supply volatility. Kuo's goal is to create the ultimate unit of account, res...
Tokenizing the World with BitPanda
September 03, 2021 17:00 - 45 minutesReal Vision senior editor Ash Bennington welcomes Eric Demuth, CEO of BitPanda to discuss the creation of BitPanda and the BEST token, Bitcoin's role as a digital asset, and interoperability within blockchain ecosystems. Since there is an absence of a stock investing culture in Europe, Demuth explains the need for an educational component of BitPanda that will help it become the investment platform for investors looking to participate in the market. He dives into the creation of the BEST toke...
Hedera Hashgraph: Solving for Performance & Security at Scale
August 27, 2021 17:00 - 54 minutesAsh Bennington, senior crypto editor for Real Vision, welcomes Mance Harmon, CEO of Hedera Hashgraph, to discuss consensus algorithms and the creation of Hedera Hashgraph. Starting in 2012, Harmon and his team were working to solve a distributed consensus math problem, specifically how to create a consensus algorithm that maximized both performance and security simultaneously. He states that this has been a decades old problem, and while it is clear already how to have the best security via a...
Cosmos: Creating the Toolkit for Interoperable Networks
August 21, 2021 05:00 - 56 minutesEric Kryski, CEO and co-founder of Bidali, sits down with Ethan Buchman, CEO of Informal Systems and co-founder of Cosmos, to discuss the Cosmos network and interoperable blockchains as well as a vision for localized economies and municipal sovereignty. Kryski and Buchman explore the challenges of building blockchain application layers on Bitcoin's and Ethereum's networks as well as achieving interoperability between protocols—even within the same network. Buchman shares how Cosmos' ecosystem...
BadgerDAO: Bridging Bitcoin to Native Yield Strategies
August 14, 2021 05:00 - 1 hourSantiago Velez, entrepreneur and digital assets investor for Block Digital Corporation & AD, Inc., sits down with Chris Spadafora, founder of BadgerDAO, to discuss his background, the journey to found BadgerDAO, wrapped digital assets, risk, governance, and his thoughts on the crypto ecosystem. Following several years of investing in the space, Spadafora came to the conclusion that there was a lack of Bitcoin that can be wrapped or ported off of the bitcoin network and used as a utility on ot...
Crypto: Gary Vaynerchuk and Raoul Pal
August 12, 2021 16:00 - 51 minutesGary Vaynerchuk, chairman of VaynerX and CEO of VaynerMedia, sits down with Raoul Pal, co-founder and CEO of Real Vision, for a wide-ranging discussion on Vaynerchuck’s journey into crypto and the founding of VaynerX and VaynerMedia as well as Vaynerchuck’s thoughts on the current and future state of the blockchain ecosystem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tezos: Self-Amendable Ledgers and On-Chain Governance
August 09, 2021 21:45 - 52 minutesThomas Walton-Pocock, co-founder and former CEO of Aztez, sits down with Arthur Breitman, co-founder of Tezos, to discuss Tezos’ on-chain governance approach, smart contract platform, and scalability potential as well as his thoughts on the direction of decentralized finance (DeFi). Breitman breaks down the weaknesses of the forking model as a form of governance and argues that on-chain governance is the way to achieve innovation on protocols without centralization. Tezos implements this thro...
Elrond: Building a Transparent Financial System for the Global Economy
August 09, 2021 21:42 - 52 minutesBeniamin Mincu, founder and CEO of Elrond, joins Santiago Velez, co-founder and R&D division lead for Block Digital, to discuss the Elrond Network and how it’s built as well as scalability, interoperability, and future applications. When he founded Elrond, Mincu’s goals were to move away from what he calls the “dial up” version of the blockchain space and simplify the UX in order to lower the barrier to entry. To that end, Elrond aimed to build a system that could bring a 1000x improvement in...