On today's episode of The Blockchain.com Podcast, our Head of Research, Garrick Hileman welcomes Mike Dudas, former CEO and founder of The Block and current Head of Stablecoin Business Development at Paxos. The Paxos US dollar backed stablecoin was the first stablecoin made available on the Blockchain.com Wallet and Exchange. During their conversation, they dig into the PAX stablecoin and discuss: What motivated Mike to leave The Block and join a B2B enterprise company in the crypto space? Stabl...
Jul 19, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 32
This month's Market Outlook event, we hosted a UK Founders Panel and were joined by Tom Robinson , Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of Elliptic, and Itamar Lesuisse , Co-Founder and CEO of Argent. Our VP of Finance, Jason Karsh and Co-Founder, Nicolas Cary discussed with them about the market, their companies and the path to growth. Enjoy!
Jul 14, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 31
On today's episode of The Blockchain.com Podcast, we're joined by Charlie McGarraugh, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Markets here at Blockchain.com. While crypto prices plummeted in May, gold had its best month since July of last year, up 8% for the month. Garrick Hileman - Blockchain.com's Head of Research - and Charlie discussed what's happening with gold, crypto prices, and tokenized gold like Blockchain.com's own DGLD token. In this episode, we discuss: Charlie’s background as a gold tra...
Jun 24, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 30
On today's episode of The Blockchain.com Podcast our CEO, Peter Smith, and Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, host Niall Ferguson. Niall is currently a Senior Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution and the author of 16 books, including a new book titled Doom . During their conversation, the three discussed a range of topics including, What historical period may be most relevant to understanding if the current inflationary price pressures are transitory or something more troubling What impact in...
Jun 15, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 29
This month's Market Outlook event, we were joined by Muneeb Ali , Stacks Founder and CEO of Hiro. Our Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, and Co-founder, Nicolas Cary, discussed with Muneeb Stacks' work to build DeFi on Bitcoin - how that's possible and the advantages of building on Bitcoin as opposed to Ethereum and other blockchains - how you can earn 10% yield by using Stacks, and Muneeb's outlook on how smart contracts and other blockchain powered applications will eventually collapse back to...
Jun 08, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 28
On today's episode of The Blockchain.com Podcast, Garrick Hileman - visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and Head of Research at Blockchain.com - sits down with Charlie McGarraugh - Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Markets - to discuss the current state of the crypto markets. In this episode, we get Charlie's take on: Whether the crypto bull run market is still intact Is bitcoin's status as the reserve asset intact in light of growing environmental concerns Why measures like bitco...
May 28, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Crypto taxes are gaining attention, and not just because assets like bitcoin and ethereum continue to make new all-time highs. Policymakers around the world have been debating the issue of crypto taxes and with relatively new types of crypto activity it can all be a bit confusing. Today's episode of The Blockchain.com Podcast covers part 3 of our Navigating Crypto Taxes series. Blockchain.com's Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, is joined by Austin Woodward, Co-Founder and CEO of TaxBit to discu...
May 17, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Crypto taxes are gaining attention, and not just because assets like bitcoin and ethereum continue to make new all-time highs. Policymakers around the world have been debating the issue of crypto taxes and with relatively new types of crypto activity it can all be a bit confusing. Today's episode of The Blockchain.com Podcast covers part 2 of our Navigating Crypto Taxes series. Blockchain.com's Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, is joined by Shehan Chandrasekera, Head of Tax Strategy about CoinT...
May 10, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 25
During this month's Market Outlook, we were joined by Aaron Wright, Clinical Professor of Law at Cardozo Law School and co-founder of OpenLaw. Our Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, and Co-founder, Nicolas Cary, discussed with Aaron all things DAOs or decentralized autonomous organizations. In this episode they break down DAOs, diving into questions such as what are DAOs, when did they first start gaining traction, what is the significance of the Wyoming DAO legislation and what is the long-term...
May 05, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 24
On today's episode, our Head of Research Garrick Hileman sits down with Sergii Gerasymovych to discuss bitcoin's energy consumption. One of the most common topics of scrutiny surrounding bitcoin and crypto assets is their energy consumption. But as we learn today bitcoin mining is actually helping the environment. Sergii is the founder and CEO of EZ Blockchain, one of the leading bitcoin mining companies focused on flared gas and stranded natural gas. During the episode, they address a range of ...
Apr 27, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 23
For today's episode, Blockchain.com's Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, reads his article titled "Crypto-Wall Street Convergence". It was first published in July of last year and makes the case that the long heralded arrival to crypto of traditional financial institutions (like banks) was underway. Read the article here: https://medium.com/blockchain/crypto-wall-street-convergence-881a6c3d2dee
Apr 21, 2021•10 min
On today's episode of The Blockchain.com Podcast, our Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, is joined by Yuriy Anosov . Yuriy is the Head of Trading at Anchorage, one of the leading crypto custodial firms focused on institutions. They discuss a range of topics, including the current state of crypto market infrastructure what barriers to further institutional adoption of crypto still exist today and why Yuriy is happy to see a decline in bitcoin's dominance, which is a term that refers to bitcoin's ...
Apr 20, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Crypto taxes are gaining attention, and not just because assets like bitcoin and ethereum continue to make new all-time highs. Policymakers around the world have been debating the issue of crypto taxes and with relatively new types of crypto activity it can all be a bit confusing. Today's episode, Garrick Hileman - Blockchain.com Head of Research and visiting fellow at the London School of Economics - sits down with Robert W. Wood - a tax attorney based in SF - to discuss a range of crypto tax t...
Apr 15, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 20
On today's episode, Garrick Hileman - Head of Research at Blockchain.com and a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics - discusses Peter Thiel's recent comment "I do wonder whether bitcoin should be thought of as a Chinese financial weapon against the U.S." Coindesk's 'Crypto Long & Short: Peter Thiel Defines Bitcoin's Accidental Role in Global Politics' Coindesk's 'Is Bitcoin a Chinese Financial Weapon? Peter Thiel Ignites a Geopolitical Debate' Garrick Hileman's 'Why the People's...
Apr 14, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In today's April Market Outlook, we were joined by Enjin's Chief Technology Officer, Witek Radomski , and Chief Operating Officer, Caleb Applegate. Our Head of Research, Dr. Garrick Hileman and Co-Founder, Nicolas Cary sat down with them to discuss NFTs: what are NFTs, what new functionality do they offer and why have they attracted so much interest? They also dive into the background of the Enjin team and platform, how Witek and Caleb first got involved in NFTs and what new products they're wor...
Apr 06, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 18
On today's episode, Garrick Hileman, Head of Research at Blockchain.com, reads his article 'The future doesn't look like Robinhood'. The article covers why disgust over GameStop’s trading shut down will accelerate DeFi adoption and how you can gain DeFi investment exposure. Read the article here: https://medium.com/blockchain/the-future-doesnt-look-like-robinhood-793e70b1dcd2
Mar 18, 2021•5 min•Season 1Ep. 17
On this episode of the Blockchain.com Podcast, our Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, reads the opening to our March Market Outlook report titled, Trust | Want | Need. This report discusses the three important elements of crypto adoption and how the space has grown - or still needs to grown - in each particular dimension. Read the article here: https://medium.com/blockchain/trust-want-need-e2fcec8653f6
Mar 16, 2021•5 min•Season 1Ep. 16
During today's March Market Outlook, we were joined by Ambre Soubiran, CEO of crypto market data provider, Kaiko . Our Head of Research, Garrick Hileman and VP of Marketing, Jason Karsh, discuss with her what the institutionalization of crypto adoption could mean for the duration and depth of future crypto winters, the current state of crypto data and the one data point that is particularly difficult to obtain, and much more. Enjoy!
Mar 04, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 15
This month’s Market Outlook live event, we’re joined by Lewis Tuff, Blockchain.com’s VP of Engineering, to dig into why some exchanges go down during times of volatility and how the ecosystem could mature.
Feb 04, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Today Blockchain.com Co-Founder Nicolas Cary and Head of Research Garrick Hileman are joined by Anthony Scaramucci - American financier and founder of Skybridge bitcoin fund. The three discuss Anthony’s odyssey into bitcoin, why he believes it to be a new store of value and why other institutional investors are adding bitcoin to their balance sheet. Enjoy!
Feb 03, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 13
On this episode of The Blockchain.com Podcast, Blockchain.com's Head of Research, Garrick HIleman, reads his article titled, The Great Mother of All Financial Crises. This article outlines why we're moving closer to a US dollar crises that would threaten the dollar's dominant reserve currency status. Read the article here: https://medium.com/blockchain/the-great-mother-of-all-financial-crises-83c8f73328f2
Jan 22, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, recently wrote an oped article for CoinDesk entitled: Governments Will Start to Hodl Bitcoin in 2021. In today's episode, Garrick reads this timely piece diving into outsized government spending and money printing, the U.S-China economic and geopolitical tension, and post-pandemic acceleration. Read the article here: https://www.coindesk.com/government-hodl-bitcoin-2021
Jan 15, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Blockchain.com's Co-Founder, Nicolas Cary and Head of Research, Garrick Hileman ring in the new year with a discussion on the crypto markets, featuring our Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Markets, Charlie McGarraugh. It's no secret the markets have been on the run these past few weeks, but what does that mean looking ahead and is that sustainable? Are there signs of overheating and an upcoming correction? Listen as they discuss this and much more including Wall Street's adoption of crypto and...
Jan 12, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Blockchain.com's Co-Founder, Nic Cary and Head of Research, Garrick Hileman sat down with Peter Van Valkenburgh, Director of Research at Coin Center, to discuss the crypto regulatory space, including recently proposed STABLE act, hosted vs unhosted wallets and the likelihood of bitcoin getting banned.
Dec 07, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 9
On this episode of The Blockchain.com Podcast, Garrick Hileman, our Head of Research and Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, reads one of his blog posts, The Coming US Digital Dollar - What it is and why it matters. This will dive into exactly what a digital dollar is and how it differs from the dollars we use in our every day life, where money comes from in the first place, winners and losers of a potential digital dollar, and much more. Read the blog here: https://medium.com/blo...
Nov 25, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, sat down with Reid Simon, Blockchain.com's Head of Lending, in our latest episode. They discussed different topics surrounding crypto lending such as high interest rates and how crypto companies are able to offer those, the risks and issues crypto lending participants should consider, how the crypto lending market may evolve and many others.
Nov 24, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Blockchain.com's Co-Founder, Nicolas Cary and Head of Research, Garrick Hileman sit down with Blockchain.com Venture's Managing Partner Sam Harrison to discuss investing in early-stage crypto projects.
Nov 06, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Garrick Hileman -- Head of Research at Blockchain.com and visiting fellow at the London School of Economics -- dives into DeFi and the crypto lending market in our latest podcast. Listen as he reads his article: How Big is DeFi? A look at the Crypto Lending Market. Read the blog here: https://medium.com/blockchain/how-big-is-defi-a-look-at-the-crypto-lending-market-fe2271d477b7
Oct 29, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Garrick Hileman -- Head of Research at Blockchain.com and visiting fellow at the London School of Economics -- is back with another blog reading recounting his article: The World's 'Hardest' Asset is Ironically Virtual. Read the blog here: https://medium.com/blockchain/the-worlds-hardest-asset-is-ironically-virtual-91187667e10e
Oct 21, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Blockchain.com's Co-Founder, Nicolas Cary and Head of Research, Garrick Hileman sit down with Algorand's CEO, Steve Kokinos to discuss their ongoing innovation within the blockchain space.
Oct 16, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 3
