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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Raoul Pal Adventures in Crypto - Is Gaming the Key to Mass Adoption?
December 27, 2022 00:22 - 53 minutesOn the first day of Real Vision Crypto Holidays, we present to you this Best-Of interview with Yat Siu. Last year, gaming revenues outpaced film and music revenues combined. Gaming has become the most popular form of entertainment in the world --- so is it the key to onboarding the next billion crypto adopters? As the co-founder and chairman of the board of Animoca Brands, a gaming developer and Web3 venture cap firm whose portfolio includes Sandbox, Decentraland, and OpenSea, and many more, ...
FTX, Alameda Execs Plead Guilty to Fraud
December 22, 2022 18:59 - 34 minutesNever a dull moment in the FTX saga. One of the exchange’s co-founders, Gary Wang, and former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison have pleaded guilty to multiple charges of fraud and are cooperating with authorities, says the U.S. Attorney General for the Southern District of New York. Separately, the SEC and CFTC have filed civil charges in which the SEC claims FTX’s native token, FTT, was sold as a security. Katie Talati, director of research at Arca, joins Marco Olivera to discuss the ne...
Sam Bankman-Fried Could be Headed to the U.S. Today
December 21, 2022 19:19 - 52 minutesMultiple media reports suggest former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has made a U-turn and signed extradition papers that could see him sent back to the United States as early as today. This comes as one of the largest publicly traded U.S. Bitcoin miners, Core Scientific, has filed for bankruptcy. Ash Bennington is joined by Decrypt Editor-in-Chief Dan Roberts to discuss those stories, the latest in the Gemini-Genesis-DCG saga, and more. We want to hear from you - send us your questions, comments,...
Visa Explores Crypto Auto-payments on Ethereum
December 20, 2022 20:03 - 42 minutesVisa has signaled its long-term bullishness on the potential of the Ethereum blockchain with a paper that explores how to make auto-payments possible for self-custody wallets with StarkNet, a Layer 2 blockchain built on top of Ethereum. Jeremy Varlow and Ash Bennington speak with StarkWare president and co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson about the solution. Plus, Jeremy and Ash discuss Binance.US buying Voyager Digital assets, Reuters looking into Binance’s finances, BlockFi hoping to resume some cust...
Is a Spot Bitcoin ETF More Improbable Than Ever Before?
December 19, 2022 19:03 - 32 minutesGrayscale Investments is considering a tender offer for 20% of shares in its GBTC fund as its quest to turn it into a Bitcoin ETF continues to hit regulatory snags. Marco Olivera is joined by the CEO of Valkyrie Investments Leah Wald to discuss the future of Bitcoin investment options. They also talk about Sam Bankman-Fried reportedly wanting to reverse his fight against an extradition to the U.S., and more tough talk on crypto regulation by U.S. Senators. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
Binance Auditor Halts All Crypto Work
December 16, 2022 19:51 - 1 hourBinance auditor Mazars has reportedly paused all crypto-related work, going as far as scraping off its recent Binance proof-of-reserves report from the website. This is adding fuel to concerns around the state of finances at Binance, but some blockchain analysts are pointing out the company is not going through what FTX did. Maple Finance CEO and co-founder Sidney Powell and COSIMO Ventures managing partner Rob Frasca join Marco Olivera and Ash Bennington to discuss all of that. Plus, we’ll c...
U.S. Lawmakers Crack Down on Crypto
December 15, 2022 18:53 - 43 minutesU.S Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) have introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at hindering criminal transactions in the cryptocurrency industry. If the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act becomes law, it will apply know-your-customer (KYC) rules to wallet providers and increase compliance with the current financial system. But what’s it mean for the average investor? Plus, Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF bought more shares of Coinbase ($COIN) as the stock dr...
SBF Appears in Court, Binance Worries Mount
December 14, 2022 19:35 - 1 hourFormer FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried appeared in court in the Bahamas for the first time where his lawyers argued for a bail. Meanwhile, his arch-enemy, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ), is trying to reassure its users that there's nothing to worry about as the exchange sees elevated levels of fund withdrawals. Dylan LeClair, a Bitcoin analyst known for his work at the Bitcoin Magazine Pro, joins Jeremy Varlow and Elaine Ly to discuss FTX, Binance, BTC and Bitcoin miners as Argo Blockchain fights ...
SBF Gets Arrested: Now What? – RV Crypto Twitter Spaces
December 14, 2022 17:39 - 56 minutesBy now you probably know that Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas. He’s been denied bail, pending extradition to the U.S., and faces up to 115 years in prison. So what's the next chapter in this story? And what does the industry outlook look like heading into 2023? Real Vision senior host Ash Bennington breaks it all down with Simon Dixon and Tommy Thornton on another jam-packed edition of RV Twitter Spaces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested, Charged in the U.S.
December 13, 2022 20:16 - 51 minutesSam Bankman-Fried (SBF), co-founder and former CEO of the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, has been arrested in the Bahamas after U.S. federal prosecutors and regulators filed criminal and civil charges respectively against him. The charges were unsealed on the same day SBF was expected to testify in Congress as hearings about FTX's collapse begin. Ram Ahluwalia, the CEO and co-founder of Lumida Wealth Management, joins Nico Brugge and Ash Bennington to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices....
Binance's "Audited Proof of Reserves" Raises Doubts
December 12, 2022 21:24 - 52 minutesA report prepared for Binance by French accounting firm Mazars was meant to reassure investors that the crypto exchange’s reserves are what it claims they are. But now it’s raising some red flags, including at the Wall Street Journal. At the top of this Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Jeremy Varlow and Ash Bennington discuss the glaring holes in the report. They also talk about the bombshell that hit crypto news outlet The Block and led to the immediate resignation of its CEO, and why Coin...
The Next Ethereum Upgrade: What & When
December 09, 2022 19:29 - 46 minutesThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is urging publicly traded companies to come clean about any sort of exposure or vulnerability they may have to the current crypto market turmoil. At the top of this Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Nico Brugge and Ash Bennington analyze the new guidelines. Later, they're joined by Ethereum investor and community member Ryan Berckmans to talk about Shanghai, Ethereum's next major upgrade which now also has a date. Plus, a new chapter in the ongoing...
Celsius Users Have Something to Cheer
December 08, 2022 21:26 - 49 minutesA U.S. bankruptcy judge has authorized the return of funds to some users of bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network - but there are big caveats. At the top of this Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Jeremy Varlow and Ash Bennington analyze who would be getting their money back and how much. They also discuss a couple of stories around the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Gary Gensler, and a New York Times report about an investigation probing allegations of a potential m...
3AC, Grayscale Face New Legal Challenges
December 07, 2022 19:10 - 47 minutesHedge fund Fir Tree Capital Management is suing Grayscale Investments, the operator of the world's largest Bitcoin fund, for "potential mismanagement and conflicts of interest," according to a complaint filed Tuesday in Delaware Chancery Court. Separately, a federal judge authorized the issuance of subpoenas to former leadership of bankrupt crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital covering any "recorded information, including books, documents, records, and papers" related to its finances and as...
Circle's SPAC Is Down the Drain
December 06, 2022 18:55 - 47 minutesUSDC issuer Circle has abandoned its plan to go public via a “special purpose acquisition company” merger with Concorde Acquisition Corp, which is led by former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond. At the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Elaine Ly and Ash Bennington talk about why Circle and Concorde are walking away from a deal that valued the stablecoin group at up to $9 billion. Later, Diogo Mónica, the co-founder and president of digital assets custodian Anchorage Digital, joins Ash...
So, How Much Are We Talking Here?
December 05, 2022 18:59 - 44 minutesProminent among the casualties of FTX’s collapse is Genesis Global Capital, a lending arm of crypto empire Digital Currency Group. And, when Genesis halted redemptions in November, one of its victims was Gemini's Earn program. Recent reports by the Financial Times and CoinDesk reveal how much money Gemini other customers are trying to recover from Genesis. At the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Nico Brugge and Ash Bennington discuss what we know about the scale of the proble...
WSJ Raises New Questions About Tether Loans
December 02, 2022 19:29 - 47 minutesTether is discovering that, once asked, questions about its financial position will persist. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the largest stablecoin by market capitalization is “lending its own coins to customers rather than selling them for hard currency upfront.” Tether denies this characterization of its lending practices. At the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Jeremy Varlow and Ash Bennington discuss the validity of the WSJ’s report. Later, Jeremy and Ash...
SBF Tries To Spin the NYT
December 01, 2022 23:20 - 45 minutesIt was a long-booked interview barely anyone believed would actually happen. But Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder and former CEO of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, did show up via remote video for The New York Times’ DealBook Summit. And he did sit for questioning by Andrew Ross Sorkin. Elaine Ly and Santiago Velez, a co-founder and the R&D Division Lead at Block Digital, talk about what did and what did not come out of the conversation at the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Bri...
This Is Why Crypto Will Live
November 30, 2022 20:50 - 50 minutesAfter an abundance of bankruptcies, multiple market crashes, proliferating scams, and a lot of plain old bad news, you’d be forgiven for feeling a little despondent about crypto right now. So we're happy to share some good stuff at the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing: Paul Guerra and Elaine Ly talk about Brazil legalizing crypto payments, Binance entering Japan, and Animoca Brands earmarking huge investment in the metaverse. Later, Ethereum Name Service co-founder and lead de...
BlockFi Wants Its Robinhood Shares From SBF
November 29, 2022 19:06 - 38 minutesJust hours after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, crypto lender BlockFi fired off another court motion, this time aimed at Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX. BlockFi alleges SBF pledged shares of trading company Robinhood as collateral on BlockFi and now wants to seize the stock. On this edition of Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Nico Brugge and Elaine Ly discuss this latest development as the tangled web of FTX links becomes a little clearer wi...
BlockFi Writes Its Own Chapter 11
November 28, 2022 19:50 - 59 minutesCrypto lender BlockFi has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S., becoming the latest company to collapse due to an FTX shockwave that shows little sign of abating. Digital financial services company BitGo has been chosen by FTX as the custodian of the bankrupt crypto exchange's remaining assets. And BitGo CEO Mike Belshe joins Jeremy Varlow and Moritz Seibert for today’s Crypto Daily Briefing to talk about his company’s role in the process of identifying, gathering, and secur...
FTX Says Much of Its Crypto Is Gone
November 23, 2022 19:56 - 1 hourRevealing that a “substantial amount” of the collapsed crypto exchange’s assets are either missing or stolen, attorney for new management James Bromley also described FTX as the “personal fiefdom” of co-founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried during the first U.S. bankruptcy court hearing on the matter on Tuesday. Marco Olivera and Ash Bennington welcome Mike Alfred, a value investor and the managing partner at Alpine Fox, and Sam Kessler, a reporter for CoinDesk, to talk about the latest de...
Is Genesis the Next Domino To Fall?
November 22, 2022 20:22 - 41 minutesBitcoin fell to $15,600 on Monday evening as mainstream media outlets honed in on Genesis, the digital-assets brokerage arm of the Digital Currency Group conglomerate. Bloomberg is reporting that Genesis has been seeking $1 billion in emergency funding following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. Wall Street Journal sources say the brokerage approached Binance and private equity giant Apollo Global Management for the cash and was rejected by the former. Santiago Velez, co-founder and R&D Di...
Exploiter Moves Funds as FTX Requests Help
November 21, 2022 19:36 - 49 minutesThat $600 million or so stolen shortly after collapsed crypto exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy just over a week ago has since been converted into enough Ether to make the exploiter one of the largest holders of that coin. Now, those funds are on the move again, their conversion into other coins raising fresh questions about the perpetrator(s). We address them at the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing. Elaine Ly and Ash Bennington welcome Genevieve Roch-Decter, the CEO of Grit C...
New CEO Ray: FTX Beats Enron’s Bottom
November 18, 2022 18:33 - 45 minutes"Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy financial information as occurred here," writes John Ray, the new CEO of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, in a court filing. With 40 years of experience cleaning up bankrupt companies, including Enron, Ray knows what he’s talking about. Jeremy Varlow and Ash Bennington take up the increasingly fetid picture of Sam Bankman-Fried’s monstrosity with the CEO of crypto exchange Bit...
Raoul Pal: Real Vision - NFTs and the Evolution of Art
November 18, 2022 09:00 - 46 minutesAlpha Centauri Kid (ACK) is one of the most respected artists in the NFT world. In this special episode, ACK reveals to guest host Sergio Silva the muse for his upcoming show at Christie’s auction house. He also explains his move from digital to physical art for this collection, noting its parallels to Andy Warhol’s work. ACK and Sergio also explore the past and future of NFTs, identify the artists shaping the space, and share advice for those who want to make a living through self-expression...
Congress Would Like a Word With SBF and CZ
November 17, 2022 18:57 - 47 minutesThe Block is reporting that U.S. federal lawmakers want to question Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of FTX, about the bankrupt crypto exchange’s collapse. They’d also like to hear from Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao about his company’s role in FTX’s demise. Also, Binance is said to be preparing to acquire the assets of bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital that FTX had won at auction, and centralized exchange Gemini is experiencing elevated withdrawals. Nico Brugge and ...
Is BlockFi About to BK?
November 16, 2022 18:45 - 42 minutesThe Wall Street Journal is reporting that BlockFi is preparing for a potential bankruptcy filing after the crypto lender halted withdrawals from its platform last week because of significant exposure to FTX. Jeremy Varlow and Ash Bennington welcome Laura Shin, host of the Unchained podcast, and Chris Sullivan, the CEO of Hyperion Decimus, to talk about the still-spreading contagion from the collapsed crypto exchange and another WSJ report that Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to raise fresh capita...
Crypto Update: Ask Me Anything With Raoul Pal
November 16, 2022 16:12 - 1 hourIt’s been a wild week or so for crypto and macro investors alike. The FTX fiasco has clouded the future of DeFi and NFTs, the broader economic landscape continues to shift, and the Federal Reserve’s monetary path colors everything. It’s all on the table for another Ask Me Anything session with Real Vision co-founder and CEO Raoul Pal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How Far Will the FTX Contagion Spread?
November 15, 2022 18:31 - 48 minutesCoinDesk is reporting that blockchain data show that at least some of the estimated $600 million in funds stolen during Friday’s hack of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX had been transferred to a single address earlier today. This is just one of many developments related to a collapse that continues to shake the crypto industry. Paul Guerra and Ash Bennington welcome Jeff Dorman, the chief investment officer at Arca, and Alex Kruger, the founder of Krugermacro, to today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily...
FTX Goes Bankrupt and Gets Hacked
November 14, 2022 19:31 - 45 minutes"FTX has been hacked. FTX apps are malware. Delete them. Chat is open. Don't go on FTX site as it might download Trojans." That message from an FTX administrator was pinned on its official Telegram channel by FTX General Counsel Ryne Miller on Friday, mere hours after the crypto exchange filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. CoinDesk initially reported “mysterious outflows exceeding $600 million.” CNN says it was just $473 million, the New York Times $515 million. Early on Monday, Binan...
Can FTX Be Fixed?
November 10, 2022 19:33 - 57 minutesTwenty-four hours is an eternity in the crypto world. Since yesterday's Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Binance announced it would not go ahead with an acquisition of its beleaguered competitor FTX. Despair kicked in, and crypto prices plummeted on the news. But it’s a new day, and TRON founder Justin Sun has risen to say he’s working on an unspecified "solution" to restore "normalcy for all FTX users." Decrypt editor-in-chief Dan Roberts and Ishan Bhaidani of the DeFi Roast newsletter joi...
Web3 Wednesday – RV Twitter Spaces
November 09, 2022 23:01 - 1 hourOn this week's episode of Web3 Wednesday, we welcome @KookCapitalLLC for a conversation about the state of the market and the longer-term implications of Binance’s fire-sale acquisition of FTX for the entire crypto ecosystem. We also assess Solana’s NFTs and Web3’s general trajectory amid a turbulent time for creators, investors, and early adopters. Follow @realvision on Twitter and come learn with us every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. ET. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...
Web3 Wednesday – RV Twitter Spaces
November 09, 2022 23:01 - 1 hourOn this week's episode of Web3 Wednesday, we welcome @KookCapitalLLC for a conversation about the state of the market and the longer-term implications of Binance’s fire-sale acquisition of FTX for the entire crypto ecosystem. We also assess Solana’s NFTs and Web3’s general trajectory amid a turbulent time for creators, investors, and early adopters. Follow @realvision on Twitter and come learn with us every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. ET. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...
What We Know About the Binance-FTX Bombshell
November 09, 2022 19:11 - 46 minutesIt's only been 24 hours since the Binance-is-buying-FTX bombshell dropped, but there’s already a lot to unpack and analyze – notably, that “is” is doing a lot of work, as CZ’s agreement to rescue SBF is, in legal terms, a “non-binding” letter of intent. Jim Bianco, the founder and president of Bianco Research, and Alex Valaitils, the founder of W3T and Web3 Pills newsletter, join Marco Olivera and Elaine Ly to talk about the ripple effects of this seismic event, including the many variables t...
Binance To Acquire FTX - RV Twitter Spaces
November 08, 2022 21:27 - 1 hourIt’s been an incredibly eventful day in the crypto market: Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, has agreed to buy its top competitor, FTX. How in the world did this happen? Ash Bennington breaks it all down with WendyO.eth and Jim Bianco on a jam-packed edition of RV Twitter Spaces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Binance Agrees to Acquire FTX
November 08, 2022 20:26 - 1 hour“We have come to an agreement on a strategic transaction with Binance for FTX.com,” tweeted FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried at 11:03 a.m. ET, thus containing what threatened to be the crypto industry’s greatest meltdown. That agreement, however, means Binance will acquire FTX and “help cover the liquidity crunch,” as CZ put it in his tweet announcing the ceasefire. As the dust settles, Ash Bennington and Marco Olivera welcome Jack Niewold, the founder of the Crypto Pragmatist newsletter, to talk ab...
Binance Squares Off With FTX
November 07, 2022 19:35 - 33 minutesWhen it comes to crypto, this battle is as heavy as it gets. Last week's CoinDesk report that questioned the financial health of Alameda Research, the trading arm of FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto empire, prompted Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao to announce the exchange will sell its entire holdings of FTX's native token, FTT. And now we’ve seen a cycle of thinly veiled, passive-aggressive tweets between SBF and CZ, as the FTX boss attempts to ease concerns about the health of his companies. A...
Raoul Pal Visits the Growth Minds Podcast
November 05, 2022 08:00 - 1 hourIn this special episode, Raoul Pal joins Sean Kim of the Growth Minds podcast to share some of the best career advice he’s ever received and to explain how to make more money by being contrarian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What Do ETH Yields Look Like Post-Merge?
November 04, 2022 20:01 - 41 minutesCoinbase's third-quarter earnings missed the mark, as crypto winter continues to take its toll. At the top of today's Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Ash Bennington and Moritz Seibert examine the numbers in the company's shareholder letter and assess management's forecast for macro and crypto headwinds into next year. Also up for discussion are Datanomy, a new digital asset classification system developed by Goldman Sachs, MSCI, and Coin Metrics, and the chaos surrounding Gala Games after ...
Raoul Pal: Real Vision - The Who, What, and Why of Building a Better Financial System
November 04, 2022 08:00 - 58 minutesBlockchain.com co-founder and CEO Peter Smith has been around the crypto space longer than just about anyone. He’s both a survivor and a true pioneer, having built a platform with tens of millions of verified wallets spread across the world. In this panoramic episode, Peter shares his broad and deep story: how he got here, why he’s so passionate about crypto, and what drives his vision of global financial inclusion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Web3 Wednesday
November 03, 2022 20:00 - 59 minutesOn this week's episode of Web3 Wednesday, we wade into the Art Gobbler craze, including the question of influencer ethics and the importance of disclosure. We also explore regulation in the crypto space, and we discuss big news about CryptoPunks and Web3's role in the upcoming FIFA World Cup. Follow @realvision on Twitter and come learn with us every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. ET. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
J.P. Morgan Makes a DeFi Move
November 03, 2022 18:35 - 42 minutesOnyx by J.P. Morgan announced it carried out its first trade on the public blockchain, a “live cross-currency transaction” executed in cooperation with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. At the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Paul Guerra and Marco Olivera assess the significance of the move – perhaps the first time a major bank has tokenized deposits on a public blockchain. Paul and Marco also discuss what impact Meta enabling U.S. users to mint and trade NFTs will have on...
Crypto Winter Forces New Layoffs
November 02, 2022 19:05 - 42 minutesMike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital, one of the key players in the crypto space, is reportedly contemplating cutting as much as 20% of its staff as crypto winter’s chill continues to bite. At the top of today's Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Marco Olivera and Moritz Seibert discuss a new wave of layoffs that includes crypto exchange BitMEX and venture capital firm Digital Currency Group. Marco and Moritz also talk about Elon Musk's plan to charge a fee for Twitter verification and another hac...
XRP Finds a New Ally in Coinbase
November 01, 2022 18:36 - 34 minutesIn a surprise move last night, Coinbase announced it would be filing an amicus brief to join Ripple Labs, the company behind XRP, in its lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. It’s a big swing from one of the world’s largest exchanges, and it could have serious ripple effects (pun intended) across the industry. Elaine Ly and Ash Bennington dig into the XRP-and-Coinbase news at the top of today’s show. Then, Elaine and Ash turn their attention to another surprising story ...
Dogecoin Surges on the Musk Effect
October 31, 2022 18:13 - 38 minutesThe price of Dogecoin doubled over the weekend, a roundabout consequence of Elon Musk finally closing a deal to buy Twitter. At the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Nico Brugge and Ash Bennington discuss the “Dogefather effect” and the future of what was once a joke cryptocurrency in the “Chief Twit” era. Also on the agenda are Apollo Global Management’s partnership with Anchorage Digital, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin's warning about institutional adoption of crypto, a...
Raoul Pal on Google Web3 Fireside Chat
October 29, 2022 08:00 - 45 minutesIn this special episode, Real Vision co-founder and CEO Raoul Pal joins Google’s Raphael Hyde for a one-hour chat about all things macro, markets, and metaverse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
"The Bird Is Freed," as Elon Musk Takes Over Twitter
October 28, 2022 17:23 - 33 minutesFinally – after months of rumor and speculation, multiple U-turns, courtroom drama, and, of course, a steady stream of s**t-tweets – Elon Musk has made good and acquired social media platform Twitter for $44 billion. And he's already made some big changes. Nico Brugge and Marco Olivera discuss Elon’s takeover of the virtual town square at the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing. Nico and Marco also talk about Google’s introduction of an Ethereum-based node engine, Fidelity's surv...
Raoul Pal: Real Vision - The Future of Entertainment Is Borderless
October 28, 2022 08:00 - 50 minutesIt hasn’t been long since Raoul and Tom Bilyeu, the co-founder and host of Impact Theory, last spoke – but they sure do have a ton of stuff to catch up on. Tom shares his “Borderless Entertainment” vision and explains how he plans to realize it through his new NFT/Web3 venture, Project Kyzen. Raoul picks apart the process of launching a project of this scale, digging into how it’s funded as well as what it means for creators and consumers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice...
Does FTX’s SBF Want a Stablecoin War?
October 27, 2022 17:48 - 37 minutesWhen FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried recently tweeted about a "Second Great Stablecoin War," few took it to mean the crypto exchange was working on its own stablecoin. But that's exactly what came out of SBF’s interview with The Big Whale this morning. Marco Olivera and Moritz Seibert assess the potential impact of FTX's move on the wider stablecoin market at the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing. Marco and Moritz also talk about major Bitcoin miner Core Scientific running out of cas...