In the 19th episode, Matt Levine joins to talk about his path to becoming a Bloomberg writer and covering unexpected topics like Gamestop and meme stocks. Packy and Zach both join to discuss crypto and the Solana crash, plus of course the latest Elon updates, and the dumbest attempt at a VC con we’ve ever seen.
(00:00) Intro
(00:13) Intro Zach and Packy
(01:07) Solana
(05:14) Crypto Ecosystem
(13:00) Crypto Use Cases
(18:02) Crypto Investments
(21:45) Elon’s Ultimatum
(27:43) Billionaire Senate Run
(32:04) VC Firm’s Scam & Media War
(37:39) Sheryl Sandberg Steps Down
(48:03) Matt Levine Intro
(49:39) Leaving Goldman Sachs
(52:26) Joining Deal Breaker
(55:04) Choosing Topics
(1:01:08) Crypto as a Lab for Financial Institutions
(1:02:08) Deal Breaker to Bloomberg
(1:07:00) Finance Bro Groupies
(1:08:14) r/WallStreetBets
(1:12:31) Insider Trading
(1:15:17) Crypto
(1:22:13) Elon and Twitter
(1:25:08) Elon and the SEC
(1:29:01) Writing on Unexpected Topics
(1:31:16) Impact of Meme Stocks
(1:33:11) Future Writing
(1:34:51) Outro
Links:
VC threatened a media war against a start-up after unsolicited investment https://sifted.eu/articles/heroes-amazon-solid-capital/
Elon Musk’s Ultimatum to Tesla Execs: Return to the Office or Get Out https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-01/musk-s-tesla-ultimatum-return-to-office-or-work-somewhere-else
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1531867103854317568?s=20&t=cKRzLoqnu1HMX-LPLCbZFQ
Solana goes down for over 6 hours https://cryptopotato.com/solana-goes-down-for-over-6-hours-validators-prepare-for-restart/
Coinbase pauses new hiring and rescinds accepted offers https://blog.coinbase.com/update-on-hiring-plans-bcedfa634989
US Charges Ex-OpenSea Exec With NFT Insider Trading https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/06/01/us-charges-ex-opensea-exec-with-nft-insider-trading/
Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky
Produced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad Assir
Executive Producer: Josh Machiz
Music: Griff Lawson
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A Saturday morning podcast hosted by Logan Bartlett (Partner and Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures) covering the tech news with his friends and other people with industry expertise.