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July 14, 2021

CreatorFi Reality Check 004: Pricing Your NFT Crypto or USD?

---- 👉 Should you be pricing your NFT in crypto or USD? ---- In this episode, we talk about the advantages and disadvantages of pricing your artwork in crypto vs. USD. You'll learn about the benefits of USD/stablecoin pricing: - Reducing uncertainty due to making fewer decisions and locking in…

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July 13, 2021

CreatorFi Interview w/ Justin Blau | Power of Web 3 Creator Economics & Early Financial Planning

Justin Blau, who goes by the stage name 3lau, is a well-known American DJ and electronic music producer. As you'll learn in this episode, he is also an entrepreneur, crypto enthusiast, investor, and philanthropist . ---- 👉 We unstack: ---- ►How Justin has grown from being a musician and producer…

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July 8, 2021

CreatorFi Reality Check 003: Artists Who Sell Think About Financial Planning

---- 👉 How does financial planning lead to better audience building? ---- In this episode, we are going to talk about how planning your finances motivates you to grow your community as a creator? You learn: - 2 primary reasons why early financial planning benefits your brand equity - Creator…

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July 6, 2021

CreatorFi Interview w/ TR Lab | Christie's Not-So-Secret Weapon & Future of the $50B Art Industry

Xin-Li Cohen is Co-Founder of TR Lab as well as the Deputy Chairman of Christie's International. Mia Deng is Co-Founder of TR Lab and an investor with Dragonfly Capital Partners. ---- 👉 We unstack: ---- - NFT market cycles - What traditional art collectors think about NFTs - What is…

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June 30, 2021

CreatorFi Reality Check 002: Market Cycles

---- 👉 Why is having a pulse on crypto market rallies and dips important? ---- In this episode, we are going to talk about how understanding market cycles impacts your NFT journey decisions. You learn: - How Ethereum's price volatility and DeFi activity affects the fees you pay to operate…

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June 29, 2021

Deep Dive: Maple Finance | How Does Reputation-as-a-Service Enable True Decentralized Lending?

We unstack: ► Why now is an opportune time for decentralized unchain lending ►The origin story of Maple Finance ►Evolution of the “Crypto Bond Platform” idea into Maple's mission to “decentralize institutional borrowing” ►Importance of funding diversity in capital markets ►Why is maple finance more appealing to lenders looking for…

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June 23, 2021

Deep Dive: Arbitrum | The Layer 2 Scaling Solution for a Cheaper DeFi Experience

We unstack: ►The Arbitrum Rollup in 3 different levels of complexities ►Why scaling smart contracts is a difficult problem ►Ways Arbitrum scales Ethereum while minimizing friction ►Importance of not using game theory to achieve "correctness" ►The "assert-challenge" design pattern ►Security compromises between Arbitrum & L1 blockchains like Ethereum ►How Arbitrum…

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June 23, 2021

CreatorFi Reality Check 001: Money Management

Reality Check 001: Money Management ---- 👉 How to get smart with your cash? ---- In this episode, we are going to talk about how to GET SMARTER WITH YOUR $$$ (CASH). Is your cash sitting in your bank account earning 0.1% interest per year? If so, well, it’s time…

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June 21, 2021

CreatorFi: The NFT Creator's Journey

CreatorFi (Creator Finance) is a creative concept between Kanosei Ventures and Amber Group. The mission of CreatorFi is to empower creators to plan and thrive in their NFT journey and be successful with their finances ---- 👉 Creators, how are you PLANNING your NFT journey? ---- Maybe you are: -…

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June 18, 2021

CreatorFi: The NFT Creator's Journey (Teaser)

CreatorFi (Creator Finance) is a creative concept between Kanosei Ventures and Amber Group. The mission of CreatorFi is to empower creators to plan and thrive in their NFT journey and be successful with their finances Stay tuned for the full episode on the NFT creator's journey. Join the CreatorFi movement…

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June 12, 2021

Introducing CreatorFi: The Future of Creator Finance

CreatorFi (Creator Finance) is a creative concept between Kanosei Ventures and Amber Group. The mission of CreatorFi is to empower creators to plan and thrive in their NFT journey and be successful with their finances. Join the CreatorFi movement Kanosei Ventures | Twitter @KanoseiVentures Amber Group | Twitter @ambergroup_io

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May 31, 2021

Deep Dive: Crypto Wars | Faked Deaths, Missing Billions and Industry Disruption

We unstack: ►The complicated history of crypto scams, hacks, and pump and dump schemes. ►Power of network marketing in crypto ►OneCoin: The Missing Crypto Queen (BBC Podcast Series) ►Bitconnect: double whammy scam ►Quadriga: custody risk & money laundering ►Mt.Gox: Scam or unfortunate mismanagement? ►The advantages and disadvantages of anonymous teams…

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May 25, 2021

Deep Dive: Uniswap v3 | Can You Still Be a "Lazy Liquidity" Provider with this Novel AMM Design?

We unstack: ►Passive/ Semi-Passive/ Active capital ►New AMM design features: concentrated liquidity (capital efficiency, active liquidity, range orders, non-fungible liquidity) and flexible fee tiers ►Fungible v. Non-Fungible LP Tokens ►Liquidity distribution across assets compared to v2 for blue chip DeFi and long tail assets ►Smart vaults for tokenized LP strategies…

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May 16, 2021

Deep Dive: Aaron Wright | What are Advantages to the Collective Decision Making Power of DAOs?

We unstack: ►The hive mind approach to making decisions ►Incentivizing long-term participation in DAOs ►Challenges around running DAOs: LAO, FlamingoDAO, NeptuneDAO ►Wyoming DAO legislation ►Why the US is supportive of innovative and flexible legal structures FOLLOW OUR GUEST Aaron Wright @awrigh01 FOLLOW AMBER GROUP Twitter: https://twitter.com/ambergroup_io Email: contact@ambergroup.io Website: https://www.ambergroup.io/…

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April 27, 2021

Deep Dive: Galaxy Interactive |Why is it worth understanding the promise and peril of social tokens?

We unstack: ►Galaxy Interactive’s thesis around interactive content, social and tech ►Virtual real estate speculation ►Social tokens as an extension of status-connoting virtual goods ►The promise and peril of social tokens ►Building $RNG and a virtual Soho House ►The complex future of DAOs ►*Bonus: hiring opportunity!* FOLLOW OUR GUEST Richard's…

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April 21, 2021

Deep Dive: Arca | The New Billion Dollar Family Office Bet

David Nage is Principal and Head of Strategic Relations at Arca Funds. We unstack: ►What do most people miss about the Paul Tudor Jones letter? ►An important shock wave that recently jolted the family office world ►The “endowment model” and how it affects the way family offices invest ►How is…

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April 19, 2021

Deep Dive: Ampleforth | The Elastic Base Money Driving the Web 3 Value Highway

This week, I chat with Evan Kuo, Co-Founder and CEO of Ampleforth and Manny Rincon-Cruz, Researcher at the Hoover Institute and Advisor to the Ampleforth team. Ampleforth (AMPL) is a monetary innovation and primitive building-block for the decentralized finance ecosystem. Like Bitcoin, it is uncollateralized. Unlike Bitcoin, the Ample eschews…

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March 25, 2021

Deep Dive: Blockchain Capital | NFTs and the Financialization of Internet Culture

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE ▬▬ This week, I chat with Kinjal Shah, Investor at Blockchain Capital We unstack: ► The NFT tech stack: horizontalization + verticalization ► Appraising NFTs on platforms such as Upshot ► Monetizing niche communities ► Financialization of internet culture; everything is investable ► NFTs as schelling…

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March 16, 2021

Deep Dive: Multicoin | China crypto: User behavior, info flow, & cultural mentality

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE ▬▬ This week, I chat with Mable Jiang, Partner at Multicoin Capital We unstack: ► Multicoin’s open finance thesis ► What are decentralized super networks? ► Web 2.0 apps in the West v. superapps in China ► How is WeChat used as a crypto community building…

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Feb. 13, 2021

Deep Dive: Luxor Technologies | When Bitcoin Mining Meets DeFi

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE ▬▬ This week, I chat with Ethan Vera, Head of Finance at Luxor Technologies We unstack: ► What is the financialization of hashrate? ► Why have we not seen liquid hashrate markets? ► How does counterparty risk change for hashrate token holders? ► How are hashrate…

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Feb. 5, 2021

Deep Dive: bloXRoute | Solving the Scalability Bottleneck with Layer 0

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE ▬▬ This week, I chat with Uri Klarman, Co-Founder of bloXroute. We unstack: ► Looking at blockchain scalability from the networking v. cypherpunk angle ► The Layer 0 value proposition: making the internet of blockchains faster ► DeFi tools: taking advantage of arbitrage/collateral liquidation opportunities; front-running…

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Feb. 3, 2021

[Mini Dive] Beyond Bitcoin & Space with Elon Musk on Clubhouse

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE ▬▬ In this bonus episode, I share my two satoshis on Elon's recent Clubhouse livestream. If you haven't had the chance to tune in, click on the full stream below for Elon's insights on Mars, aliens, memes, Bitcoin, monkey brains, and the Covid-19 vaccine. Oh, and…

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Jan. 30, 2021

Deep Dive: Amber Group | Retail Gilded Age: Earn, Yield Boost, WallStreetBets, Robinhood

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE ▬▬ This week, I chat with Jeff Wang, Head of Americas at Amber Group. We unstack: ► Current crypto market flow and positioning ► Deep dive on Amber's yield enhancement products: Earn and Yield Boost ► Implications of the WallStreetBets, Gamestop $GME, and Robinhood saga +…

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Jan. 23, 2021

[Mini Dive] Capital Allocation: Buffett, Bezos, Yearn

▬ THIS WEEK'S EPISODE ▬▬ In this week's Free Form Friday #4, we explore 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. Questions: ►How are traditional capital allocation strategies applied…

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