Rethinking Token Fundamentals with Felipe Montealegre

Welcome back to The Great Show! Today, Felipe Montealegre from Theia Research joins to discuss traditional private equity valuation methods and crypto investing. We explore fundamental analysis in DeFi, token valuations, shareholder rights, and the evolution of crypto markets. Felipe shares insights on identifying quality revenue streams, evaluating moats, and building sustainable value in the crypto ecosystem. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Topic: 3. PE vs Crypto Valuations 4. Finding Crypto Fundamentals 5. Investing in Token Cash Flow 6. Crypto Moats & Real Value 🐦Follow our guests on Twitter: @TheiaResearch Timestamps: 00:46 Intro 03:35 Thesis of the fund 05:57 Fundamentals & market cap 12:40 Valuation methods 17:07 Timeframes 21:57 Defendible moats 28:22 AAVE 33:49 Token holders are not shareholders 39:42 Metaplaex 43:57 Returning token holder value 👋 The Gwart Show is sponsored by Ellipsis Labs. Ellipsis Labs is building Atlas, the blockchain purpose-built for verifiable finance. You may know of Ellipsis Labs by their first product Phoenix, a fully on-chain orderbook DEX that’s done over 50 billion dollars in unincentivized volume. They are one of the strongest teams I know in crypto. If you’re interested in working for a mission-driven company, Ellipsis Labs is hiring engineers passionate about crypto and finance to work on Atlas. You can learn more and apply on Ellipsis Labs’ Twitter “at Ellipsis_Labs”. Don’t forget to check out Atlas too, @atlasxyz on Twitter. Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices