For this week’s Roundup, Yano and Santi dive into the Stripe acquisition of Privy, the SEC Crypto Task Force Roundtable, Bill Gurley’s comments on tokenization, the likelihood of a Solana ETF coming soon and the crack down on crypto that’s happening in Singapore!
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Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(06:11) SEC Crypto TaskForce Roundtable
(16:050 Ads (Geodnet, Bitwise)
(17:42) Bill Gurley On Tokenization
(30:380 Ads (Geodnet, Bitwise)
(32:15) Stripe Acquires Privy
(45:52) Ads (Ledger, Citrea)
(47:22) Product + Distribution
(49:44) Singapore Cracks Down On Crypto
(53:50) Solana ETFs Imminent
(54:47) Next Crypto ETFs
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This week, Jason is joined by Shiliang and Josh to discuss derivatives, perps, trade ideas, the state of the overall market and Public Crypto Vehicles’ impact on the market.
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Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(02:47) Arbelos Founding Story
(09:25) Still One Big Trade?
(12:14) Ads (Skale)
(13:07) Derivatives Market Explained
(18:26) Perps Explained
(20:53) Venture & Liquid Funds
(23:41) Inefficiencies In Crypto Market
(24:56) State Of The Market
(29:49) Impact Of Liquidity Drains
(32:54) Ads (Skale)
(33:46) Public Crypto Vehicles + Risks
(48:27) Ads (Falcon x,LEDN)
(50:15) Does The Cycle Still Exist?
(51:38) Deribit Deal
(57:38) Bitcoin ETFs
(01:03:34) Hyperliquid
(01:07:42) Trade Ideas
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