In the 21st episode Aztec’s Jon Wu joins to continue the Crypto Debate with Zach Weinberg. Plus the trainwreck of Celsius, the future of the metaverse, and how crypto is described as a jetpack but is actually a bird grabbing your head with its talons and flying you around.
(00:00) Intro
(01:19) Introducing Jon Wu
(04:40) What is Ethereum?
(08:10) Present and future of crypto
(12:53) How Jon got into crypto
(17:48) The oracle problem
(19:58) Real world crypto uses
(23:07) Post speculation
(29:15) Lack of sovereign money
(35:00) What’s happening with Celsius?
(37:30) Why does DeFi work?
(42:00) Digital goods
(48:06) Celsius state of play
(55:40) Celsius’ impact on the crypto market
(59:29) Crypto regulation
(1:05:31) TAM analysis
(1:10:08) Youth in crypto
(1:12:21) VCs in crypto
(1:19:52) Why should we care about crypto?
(1:27:20) The jetpack example
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.