Real Vision kicks off Web3 Wednesday on Twitter Spaces, with hosts Moritz Heiden (RealVisionBot) and Bijan Maleki leading weekly discussions with the RV community and Twitter at large on the Web3 revolution. We’ll have new scheduled guests every week. And we’ll also have surprise drop-ins from crypto luminaries, community members, and, of course, RV staff. 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...
Oct 05, 2022•52 min
You've seen the reports: Mainstream media have declared non-fungible tokens dead and have buried them forever. Yes, prices are way down from the peak. Yes, enthusiasm has waned. But is this the end of the story? Will NFTs fade into oblivion? Or is this just a floor from which NFTs will thrive again? Could it be about dominant players taking greater shares of the cake, i.e. the bigger projects cannibalizing the smaller? So many questions, and who better to answer them than Chris Maddern, the co-f...
Oct 05, 2022•42 min
When there’s talk of the risks stablecoins represent to the global financial system, Tether is usually the subject. And the largest stablecoin by market capitalization continues to generate questions about the reserves that support its U.S. dollar peg. However, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, even USDC, a stablecoin backed by higher-grade assets (based on self-declarations), could, too, represent a systemic risk. At the top of today’s edition of Real Vision C...
Oct 04, 2022•53 min
You provided feedback, and we listened. Starting today, Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing moves to 12:00 p.m. ET (that’s 9:00 a.m. if you're on the West Coast, 5:00 p.m. if you’re in London, and midnight for crypto owls in Hong Kong), expands to five days a week, and replaces pre-recorded clips with live interviews. We've kept the elements you like: analysis of the latest price action, summaries of top news stories, and key takeaways from our conversation. Today, Nico Brugge and Ash Bennington t...
Oct 03, 2022•53 min
Raoul Pal recently participated in a Portal Asset Management webinar to talk about the current macro environment, growing global recession fears, developments in the crypto market, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 01, 2022•1 hr 16 min
In this special episode recorded live at SALT NY, Raoul caught up with Pantera Capital CEO and co-CIO Dan Morehead to talk about what the macro environment means for digital assets, Bitcoin’s decoupling, DeFi’s upside, and the Ethereum Merge. Raoul and Dan also assess where we are in the market cycle as well as regulation and institutional adoption. Never miss an episode of Raoul Pal: Real Vision - subscribe here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Sep 30, 2022•25 min
The SWIFT consortium, which runs the global interbank messaging network, has struck a partnership with Chainlink, which provides price feeds and other data to blockchains, to develop a new cross-chain interoperability protocol. Jonathan Ehrenfeld Solé, SWIFT’s strategy director, says institutional investors have "undeniable interest" in crypto. At the top of this edition of Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Ash Bennington and Marco Olivera discuss the significance of the move. Ash and Marco als...
Sep 29, 2022•41 min
We’ve seen changings of the guard at two of the most recognizable crypto companies in the past 24 hours. Alex Mashinsky, the CEO of bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network, stepped down with immediate effect after he became, in his words, "an increasing distraction." And FTX US President Brett Harrison announced his resignation and transition to an advisory role. Santiago Velez, co-founder and R&D Division Lead at Block Digital, joins Ash Bennington for this edition of Real Vision Crypto Dail...
Sep 28, 2022•50 min
The U.S. subsidiary of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX, one of the world's biggest crypto exchanges, has come out on top in an auction of the assets of the bankrupt crypto brokerage Voyager Digital. At the top of this edition of Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Ash Bennington and Moritz Seibert talk about what FTX’s ownership could mean for Voyager users and creditors. Also, we explore why eight U.S. states sent cease-and-desist orders to crypto lender Nexo. And we have a couple of feel-good stories f...
Sep 28, 2022•56 min
Last year, global gaming revenue surpassed sales for movies and music combined. Could gaming – by far the most popular form of entertainment in the world – be the key to mass crypto adoption? Yat Siu is a co-founder and the chairman of the board of Animoca Brands, whose portfolio includes Sandbox, Decentraland, and Opensea, among other notable names. Yat joins Raoul to talk about Animoca's recent investments, the evolution of applied blockchain technology, and why he believes gamers will lead th...
Sep 23, 2022•56 min
Judge Katherine Polk Failla of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has ordered Tether to produce financial documents establishing it has one U.S. dollar of reserves for each USDT stablecoin it’s issued. The order is part of a $1.4 trillion class-action suit filed by five traders who allege Tether issued USDT as part of a plan to inflate the price of Bitcoin. Tether calls it "a routine discovery matter in a meritless case." At the top of today’s Real Vision Cryp...
Sep 22, 2022•42 min
The parent company of the world's second-largest stock exchange wants a piece of the crypto cake for its own. Nasdaq has confirmed media reports that it will launch a crypto custody service for institutional investors. At the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Paul Guerra and Ash Bennington talk about what this big brand's move means for the broader crypto market. Paul and Ash also discuss crypto market maker Wintermute’s loss of $160 million in another DeFi hack. And Coinbase is ...
Sep 21, 2022•46 min
Seeking clarity from a conflict that’s gripped the crypto space for too long, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Ripple have filed motions for summary judgment, both seeking an immediate ruling on whether Ripple violated securities laws with its XRP sales. At the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Nico Brugge and Ash Bennington talk about the case and what rulings on the various motions before the judge would mean for the industry as a whole. Nico and Ash follow up wi...
Sep 20, 2022•40 min
Anatoly Yakovenko is a co-founder and the CEO of Solana, the “fastest blockchain in the world,” and Ethereum’s top competitor. In this captivating episode, Raoul and Anatoly explore everything you want and need to know about the blockchain, including an explanation of recent network outages, an inside look at the rise of Solana-based NFTs, and a preview of its flagship Android phone. If you want to understand the future of crypto, it’s essential to understand Solana. Never miss an episode of Rao...
Sep 16, 2022•1 hr
And that’s it: Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency on the planet by market capitalization, is now running on a proof-of-stake model following an upgrade from proof-of-work. How did it go? What’s different now? And what could happen in the coming days, weeks, and months? Marco Olivera and Ash Bennington open today’s Crypto Daily Briefing with answers to those hot questions – if you want to know what the Merge means to you, tune in. Marco and Ash welcome a special panel to discuss another ...
Sep 15, 2022•41 min
Traditional finance heavyweights are joining forces to launch EDX Markets, a new cryptocurrency exchange for retail and institutional investors. Fidelity Investments, Charles Schwab, and Citadel Securities are among the backers. Santiago Velez, co-founder and division lead of R&D at Block Digital, joins Ash Bennington for today’s Crypto Daily Briefing to talk about TradFi’s endorsement of crypto, South Korea’s arrest warrant for Terra co-founder Do Kwon, and the latest from the SALT Conferen...
Sep 14, 2022•52 min
One of the world's largest brokerages might soon allow retail investors to trade Bitcoin. According to the Wall Street Journal, Fidelity Investments is considering a plan to provide its 34 million account holders greater access to crypto markets. In today’s Crypto Daily Briefing, Ash Bennington and Moritz Seibert talk about the potential for Fidelity to move people into crypto on a mass scale. And we have updates from the SALT Conference in New York City, including notes on talks by FTX CEO Sam ...
Sep 13, 2022•51 min
Kimbal Musk – a restaurateur, a chef, and an entrepreneur – has channeled his passion for food justice and gardening initiatives into Big Green, the first non-profit led philanthropic decentralized autonomous organization. Kimbal talks about the opportunity he saw early on to use Web3 for philanthropy; the ways Big Green is creating more equitable, capital-efficient, and scalable solutions to the global food crisis; and the mission of helping charities and donors tackle the huge problems they fa...
Sep 09, 2022•49 min
If ever a marriage was certain to set social media on fire, it’s this one… One of the world's largest crypto exchanges, FTX, has partnered with GameStop, the flagging video game retailer and the beating heart of last year's short-squeeze mania on Reddit's WallStreetBets subforum. Paul Guerra and Ash Bennington open today’s Crypto Daily Briefing with a discussion of what we know about the deal. Paul and Ash also talk about an auction of Voyager Digital's remaining assets and developments on the r...
Sep 08, 2022•47 min
On the surface, Binance's decision to auto-convert several rival stablecoins into its own BUSD at the end of September has generated a lot of heat. But there may be more to it than meets the eye: The CEO of Circle – the issuer of USDC – says it could be good for his stablecoin. That’s the lead story for today’s Crypto Daily Briefing, as Nico Brugge and Ash Bennington dissect what the conversion of select stablecoins on its exchange means for Binance and the broader market. Nico and Ash also talk...
Sep 07, 2022•40 min
Poolin, one of the world's largest Bitcoin mining pools, has suspended withdrawals from its wallet service, blaming a "dull crypto market." At the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Nico Brugge and Ash Bennington explain how mining pools work and what Poolin’s problems mean for the broader Bitcoin market. Also up for discussion are Binance’s bold move to auto-convert some rival stablecoins into its own BUSD later this month, a regulatory change in the UK, and the launch of FIFA’s ...
Sep 06, 2022•42 min
Raoul Pal visits Meta V Cafe for a riveting AMA. The panel discusses India’s rapid growth, innovation in Web3, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 03, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor, a tech founder, the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of “The Network State,” and the former CTO of Coinbase. He joins Raoul for an engaging, three-hour conversation about the internet, the metaverse, cryptocurrency, and the future of the nation-state. Never miss an episode of Raoul Pal: Real Vision - subscribe here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Sep 02, 2022•2 hr 38 min
Ticketmaster, one of the world's biggest ticket sales and distribution companies, has teamed up with Dapper Labs to use the Flow blockchain to mint NFT tickets for some of its events. At the top of today’s Crypto Daily Briefing, Marco Olivera and Ash Bennington talk about why this is a big deal – for Ticketmaster and Dapper, of course, but for the wider NFT community as well. Also on the agenda are a very expensive blunder by Crypto.com, tax-fraud allegations against one of Bitcoin’s best-known ...
Sep 01, 2022•48 min
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian is reportedly preparing to launch Kryptós, a crypto-centric fund, to capitalize on the current bear market. Ohanian’s venture capital firm, Seven Seven Six, is looking to raise $177.6 million. “It’s on sale. Everything is on sale,” is how founding partner Katelin Holloway explained the move to The Information. On this edition of Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Paul Guerra and Ash Bennington discuss what Ohanian’s move suggests about opportunities to pick up va...
Aug 31, 2022•52 min
Emin Gün Sirer, the founder and CEO of Ava Labs and the Avalanche blockchain, has denied allegations contained in an explosive report by CryptoLeaks that he engineered a smear campaign against rivals. At the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Nico Brugge and Ash Bennington talk about the “whistleblower” report, Gün Sirer’s response, and the controversy’s impact on Avalanche's native token, AVAX. Also on the agenda are Meta's move to let users post NFTs on Facebook and Instagram an...
Aug 30, 2022•37 min
Raoul Pal, the co-founder and CEO of Real Vision, visited The Spencer Lodge Podcast to talk about how people can make better use of their excess cash, why you need to know about the crypto market, and what he’s learned since buying his first Bitcoin, sharing his views on Ethereum, staking, and so much more along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 27, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Here's a full-length episode from Real Vision's original series, Raoul Pal: Real Vision - be sure to subscribe . Ben Mezrich is the author of more than 20 books, including two that have been adapted into movies that reached No. 1 at the box office. He’s also the founder of The Ben Mezrich NFT project. Ben returns to Real Vision to explain how he’s harnessed the power of Web3 to tell his story and how NFTs are changing books and movies forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...
Aug 26, 2022•45 min
Yesterday, the Ethereum Foundation revealed the final timeline for the transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), perhaps the most eagerly anticipated event in the brief history of cryptocurrency. As we’re just a few weeks out from a brave new world, what does PoW versus PoS mean for the average investor? And will it be smooth sailing from here to there? Marco Olivera and Ash Bennington cover all things ETH Merge before breaking down developments in the Three Arrows Capital col...
Aug 25, 2022•38 min
Celsius, the poster child for crypto winter, sued its former custodian Prime Trust and countersued its former money manager KeyFi, as it tries to claw back funds pursuant to its restructuring process. In today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Nico Brugge and Ash Bennington talk about the impact of litigation on retail investors with money locked on the Celsius platform. They also discuss a report that Samsung Securities is planning to launch a crypto exchange in South Korea. And, in today’s ...
Aug 24, 2022•47 min
