All Episodes
Feb. 5, 2021
Deep Dive: bloXroute | Solving the Scalability Bottleneck with Layer 0
Blockchain scalability. Gas Fees. Mining incentives.
Feb. 3, 2021
[Mini Dive] Beyond Bitcoin and Space with Elon Musk on Clubhouse
Mars. Bitcoin. Monkey brains.
Jan. 29, 2021
Deep Dive: Amber Group | The Retail Gilded Age: Amber Earn, Yield Boost, WallStreetBets, Robinhood
Crypto market flow. Yield-enhancement products. $GME.
Jan. 23, 2021
[Mini Dive] Capital Allocation: Buffett, Bezos, & Yearn
Capital allocation is probably one of the most underrated topics that gets discussed. Yet, disciplined capital allocation is key to managing a successful company.
Jan. 8, 2021
Deep Dive: Aave | Celebrating Aaveversary and $2.7 Billion+ TVL
Aave V2 features. Governance minimalism. New money markets.
Jan. 1, 2021
Deep Dive: Maple Leaf Capital | Web 3, DeFi, and 2021 Predictions
Permissionless and permissioned "valuenets". Smart contract insurance. 2021 predictions.
Dec. 18, 2020
Deep Dive: Kerman Kohli & ARC | Making $$ by Unlocking Value in Illiquid Assets
Unlocking liquidity of long-tail assets. Yield-bearing stablecoins. Gamifying network participation.
Dec. 11, 2020
[Mini Dive] 10 Things You Need to Know About The STABLE Act
We explore the hotly debated #STABLE (Stablecoin Tethering and Bank Licensing Enforcement) Act.
Nov. 27, 2020
[Mini Dive] Bitcoin Flipping the Pareto Principle of Power Distribution
We explore the age-old Pareto Principle, Jack Ma, and the Bitcoin wealth distribution.
Nov. 20, 2020
Deep Dive: CoinFLEX | flexUSD - The world's first interest-bearing stablecoin?
First interest-bearing stablecoin. Borrow/lending. Crypto repo market.
Nov. 16, 2020
[Mini Dive] BCH Fork | Checkmate - The King (ABC) is Dead
This is a special episode covering the recent November 15th BCH hardfork with insights drawn from conversations with and writings from active BCH supporters: George Donnelly, Founder of BCH-remittance platform Panmoni, and M…
Nov. 6, 2020
[Mini Dive] Business-as-a-Game (BAAG)
Introducing "Mini Dives" / Free Form Fridays on #CUP, short episodes dedicated to exploring topics tangential, but relevant to crypto.
Oct. 27, 2020
Deep Dive: Huobi DeFi Labs | The Price is Right! Or is It?
Information symmetry. AMM designs. DeFi logic holes.
Oct. 16, 2020
Deep Dive: Dovey Wan | China, the Superpower Winning the Global CBDC Race?
DeFi cults v communities. Chinese retail community FUD. China DCEP.
Oct. 8, 2020
Deep Dive: ParaFi Capital | How Does an Interdisciplinary Investor Think?
Crypto as an "O-ring" industry. New credit primitive. On-chain auction market,