Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital is joined by Ryan Selkis, the founder of Messari Crypto, which provides research, news, metrics and live data for crypto. This podcast was recorded one week ago, and since then Messari closed a $4M round. We dive into Ryan's past, his time in the space, the state of information and transparency in crypto, how Messari is bringing real transparency and data tools to users and so much more. Prior to founding Messari, Ryan was an entrepreneur-in-residence at Co...
Nov 14, 2019•45 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital is joined by Ethereum's Danny Ryan, as he answers the community's most pressing questions on ETH 2.0, the technology, recent changes to the roadmap, and so much more. It was a pleasure to have Danny on for a look inside the Ethereum machine. Ethereum is at a pivotal juncture with ETH 2.0 on the horizon and new scaling technologies gaining momentum (optimistic rollups) et al. To help support the show, please hit the subscribe button on iTunes so we can keep ...
Nov 11, 2019•45 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital is joined by Synthetix's founder Kain Warwick, and this episode it co-hosted by Delphi's Medio Demarco. On this episode we do a deep dive into Synthetix, the protocol that providers exposure to decentralized synthetic assets and is gaining massive momentum in the DeFi space. On this episode we cover the intricate details of the protocol, the synthetx.exchange, Mintr, their dashboard, and what's planned for the future. Before launching Synthetix, Kain built ...
Nov 06, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital is joined by Steven McKie, the GP and MD at Amentum. In this episode we go through Steven's career, why he started Amentum, his process for selecting investments, what he looks for in founders and so much more. This episode is a deep dive into the minds of one of the earliest investors in the space, and how he built his fund. Steven McKie is a crypto veteran of 7 years. Previously Head of Growth and Product Content at Purse, he expanded Purse’s operations w...
Nov 04, 2019•53 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital is joined by Diogo Monica to discuss Anchorage, a leading crypto custodian that is built to secure trillions in assets. Anchorage was founded on the belief that technical problems require technical solutions. To help financial institutions invest securely in digital assets, we are building the first crypto-native custodian. To help support the show, please hit the subscribe button on iTunes so we can keep bringing you episodes like these! Follow Tom on Twit...
Oct 30, 2019•38 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital is joined by Luke Gromen, the Founder of the unique macroeconomic research firm Forest for the Trees (FFTT) and Kevin Kelly, a co-founder of Delphi Digital. On this episode we have an all encompassing episode covering the current macro landscape, the global sovereign debt bubble, the state of fiscal & monetary policy and its impact on the U.S. dollar, plus what this all means for Bitcoin. To help support the show, please hit the subscribe button on iTun...
Oct 28, 2019•1 hr 19 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Vitalik Buterin , the co-founder of Ethereum to discuss his recent post titled: Eth2 shard chain simplification proposal. On this episode we discuss Vitalik's view on how simplified sharding, and optimistic rollups could drive 100k transactions per second in one year. We also discuss the benefits of native cross shard communication that is enabled by this new scheme. This was a very informative episode, and I think Vitalik fo...
Oct 24, 2019•39 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Jake Brukhman, the founder of Coinfund a crypto fund launched in 2015. On this episode we discuss Jake's investing thesis, what he's most interested in now, and his entire stance on Network Lifecycle Investing. If you're looking to learn from the best, this is the episode for you. To help support the show, please hit the subscribe button on iTunes so we can keep bringing you episodes like these! To access the insights package...
Oct 22, 2019•42 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Notation Capital's Katherine Wu for an awesome discussion on EOS and the Block One settlement. Katherine notated the entire massive document so we walk through what it means, the implications and so much more. This was a fun and insightful episode, one of my favorites. To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION Follow To...
Oct 11, 2019•38 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Vision Hill Group's Dan Zuller for the second part of a multi-part, short and sweet educational series simplifying complex crypto topics. The first episode is focused on scaling blockchain networks on layer 1 and layer 2. To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Dan on Twitt...
Oct 07, 2019•24 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Harry Sudock, a director of strategy at Griid Infrastructure (Bitcoin Mining Firm) and Nick Sandomeno who is a financial planning analyst at Astorino Financial Group. We dive into the Bitcoin mining industry, costs, and explore the major issues around mining from sustainability to costs and what the future looks like. This was a very exciting discussion, and sheds light on the mining industry which underpins Bitcoin's securit...
Oct 04, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) Alex Lindgren, a Partner at Lindgren, Lindgren, Oehm & You LLP. On this episode we discuss the legal complexities projects and teams in the space have to navigate and the consequences. Mr. Lindgren’s practice ranges from software-based start-ups to private investment funds focusing on cryptocurrency trading or technology acquisitions. Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Alex on Twitter @Alex_LLOYLaw Links Alex's Website Discl...
Sep 30, 2019•44 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Joey Krug, the co-founder of the predictions protocol Augur and the Co-CIO of Pantera, one of the space's largest group of funds. We discuss the future of Augur ranging from capabilities, upgrades, Augur V2. We also dive into Pantera's investment thesis, which investments pass the smell test, which investments are worth passing on and so much more. Joey shares the inside scoop on Pantera's investment process and thesis. Follo...
Sep 24, 2019•52 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Sunny Aggarwal, a researcher and core developer at Tendermint and Cosmos and the founder of the Byzantine Battalion. We discuss Sunny's latest project: how the Byzantine Battalion is hacking projects for the greater good. The Battalion can hack projects to test their merits, security and so much more. Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Sunny on Twitter @sunnya97 Links The Byzantine Battalion Telegram Group Disclosur...
Sep 09, 2019•34 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Jack O'Holleran, the co-founder and CEO of SKALE. On this episode we dive into how SKALE's elastic sidechains can enable massively scalable decentralized applications. Between sidechains and state channels, SKALE makes interesting tradeoffs to achieve the right balance of scale and decentralization. SKALE's tech can be deployed with only a few lines of code, elastic sidechains are highly configurable and the system eliminates...
Sep 03, 2019•46 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Kyle Davies, the co-founder of Three Arrows Capital. This was an excellent discussion into Kyle's storied finance background and how he is using that to drive alpha in Crypto. Three Arrows Capital goes way beyond long and short positions so it was great to hear all of the ways the fund is driving returns across an array of methods. We also get into the case for LEO, Bitfinex's native token. To access the insights package of D...
Aug 20, 2019•47 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Jeff Dorman, the co-founder and CIO of Arca. On this episode we discuss Jeff's experience at Lehman, Merril, Citadel, and now as the co-founder and CIO of Arca, a crypto focused fund. This episode cover's Jeffs immense focus on bringing his experience at prior firms to the crypto realm. To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAIN...
Aug 15, 2019•45 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Hasu and Ryan Sean Adams for a rational conversation between two bulls, Hasu on Bitcoin and Ryan Sean Adams on Ethereum. Between the echo chambers of crypto twitter and the pointless yelling matches on other mediums, this was a thoughtful and constructive conversation between two bulls on the similarities and differences on Bitcoin and Ethereum. Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Hasu on on Twitter: @hasufl Follow R...
Aug 12, 2019•1 hr 21 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Farbood Nivi, the CEO and co-founder of Coinmine . On this episode we discuss what the Coinmine is, what cryptocurrencies you can mine using it, new features (Bitcoin only mode, the future ability to use the lightning network) and so much more. We dive into Farbood's history, and the insane focus on a perfect Apple style product. The Coinmine is the first user friendly and viral crypto mining hardware device. To access the in...
Aug 08, 2019•37 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Web3 Foundation's Ryan Zurrer. This was an awesome episode where we discuss everything from how the Web3 foundation is ushering in the decentralized web where users control their data to Polkadot, a high profile interoperability project. I recently wrote a post on Polkadot exploring my concerns, so it was great to discuss them with Ryan. The post is linked in the show notes below. To access the insights package of Delphi's le...
Aug 05, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Vision Hill Group's Dan Zuller for the first part of a multi-part, short and sweet educational series simplifying complex crypto topics. The first episode is focused on distributed consensus mechanisms. To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Dan on Twitter @danzuller Resou...
Jul 30, 2019•23 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Kadena's Founder and CEO Will Martino. kadena is described as offering the fastest, safest and most scalable hybrid blockchain technology stack for entrepreneurs. We go through Will's history as the Lead Engineer for Juno, JP Morgan’s blockchain prototype all the way to the promise of Kadena, its public blockchain launch by year end, and its focus on having a hybrid blockchain architecture for real business use cases. This ep...
Jul 29, 2019•46 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Kurt Watkins, a partner at MG Miller Law to discuss everything crypto from a straightforward legal perspective. We discuss Kurt's work in the crypto legal field, run through some examples, and discuss so much more. To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Kurt on Twitter @mg...
Jul 25, 2019•48 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Gregory Rocco from ConsenSys Alpine Group and Jacob Arluck from TQ Group, a group with the goal of advancing the Tezos Ecosystem, on for an episode to discuss Rocco’s recent post on Tezos’ social contract and for recent updates on Tezos. We go into the origins of Tezos’ social contract, what it all means, and how these merits are baked into everything within the Tezos ecosystem. For those familiar with Hasus’s post on Bitcoin...
Jul 22, 2019•59 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by my partner and and a co-founder of Delphi Digital itself, Kevin Kelly . Given Kevin cut his teeth as an equity strategist with Bloomberg, he offers unique and differentiated insights on the institutional and macro argument for Crypto and Bitcoin. Kevin offers his take on the global backdrop, everything from underfunded pensions to global monetary policy and even the eventual potential dethroning of king dollar. We go on to wh...
Jul 16, 2019•1 hr 3 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Nick White , the co-founder of Harmony Protocol Harmony is described as a fast and secure blockchain and it leverages a lot of newer tech such as Proof of Stake, Sharding and cross shard communications, granted not all of this tech is fully launched yet. We discuss Harmony’s ultimate goal to create an open infrastructure for the world's data, a global scale marketplace platform, competition, Harmony’s IEO on binance and so mu...
Jul 09, 2019•51 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Nelson Chu , The Founder and CEO of Cadence. For those new to cadence, the company is a Technology-driven securitization platform connecting retail and institutional investors with short term structured private credit investment opportunities. Cadence is using Blockchain Technology to open up this market to smaller investors, using technology to automate share fractionalization and distribution and simplify To access the insi...
Jul 01, 2019•36 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Alex Wearn, the Co-Founder & CEO of IDEX . This is a very interesting episode as we discuss how IDEX, a sleeping giant, grew to become the largest decentralized exchange and smart contract on Ethereum. We discuss competition with other DEXs, centralized exchanges like Binance and Coinbase and hybrid competition. We also dive into IDEX’s future, discussing its two tokens; one membership token and one staking token, the fut...
Jun 27, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Dillon Chen of Commonwealth Labs to discuss Edgeware. As a reminder Polkadot is an interoperability platform which is set to launch in a few months, and Edgeware’s goal to bring smart contracts to Polkadot itself. This would bring smart contract functionality to polkadot, and allow it to compete with Ethereum, Tezos, EOS and other smart contract platforms. Edgeware is currently running an innovative alternative to a raise, kn...
Jun 25, 2019•41 min
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Andrew Keys and James Slazas of DARMA Capital to discuss DARMA's $100M Ether Fund. This episode was recorded on the day of Andrew’s announcement that he was was joining DARMA, after an impactful career at ConsenSys. DARMA's flagship fund is a $100M Ether optimized long strategy with $100M under management, which is sizeable for the space. On this episode we go into the strategy, both James and Andrew’s careers, their results,...
Jun 19, 2019•42 min
