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A First-Principles Approach to Crypto | Lex Sokolin - Consensys, Fintech Blueprint [The Future of Investing]
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A deep dive into crypto with Lex Sokolin a fintech entrepreneur, head economist at Consensys and visual artist. He also publishes the FinTech blueprint, a newsletter and podcasts reaching over a hundred thousand people weekly. Consensys is a leading Ethereum blockchain software company, behind Metamask and other Blockchain products. Lex shares unique insights into how web3.0 could shape wealth management. He also offers a detailed analysis of crypto yields and the corresponding risks for anyone interested in DeFi.
Listen on your favourite podcast app: https://pod.link/the-fintech-files
USEFUL LINKS
https://consensys.net/resources/
https://twitter.com/LexSokolin
https://www.fintechblueprint.com/
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introducing Lex Sokolin, Consensys - Fintech Blueprint
00:30 Lex's background: Investment Banking, Entrepreneurship & Crypto debut and Consensys
03:45 Juggling with multiple projects & Building systems for yourself
07:52 Digital wealth managers as 'Spotify for CD roms'
12:40 On transformational technologies
14:35 Institutional investors and crypto
15:57 A first-principles approach to understanding crypto as an investor
22:07 Web3.0 as an emerging market
26:02 Crypto fixed income and stable coins
27:43 Overview of risks in staking and lending crypto, Defi vs Cefi
33:03 The case of Blockfi
36:08 Lex's own NFT experiment
39:04 Conclusion
WATCH CLIPS FROM THIS INTERVIEW
CONNECT
#Web3 #crypto
89 episodes
Manage episode 321727994 series 2883738
A deep dive into crypto with Lex Sokolin a fintech entrepreneur, head economist at Consensys and visual artist. He also publishes the FinTech blueprint, a newsletter and podcasts reaching over a hundred thousand people weekly. Consensys is a leading Ethereum blockchain software company, behind Metamask and other Blockchain products. Lex shares unique insights into how web3.0 could shape wealth management. He also offers a detailed analysis of crypto yields and the corresponding risks for anyone interested in DeFi.
Listen on your favourite podcast app: https://pod.link/the-fintech-files
USEFUL LINKS
https://consensys.net/resources/
https://twitter.com/LexSokolin
https://www.fintechblueprint.com/
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introducing Lex Sokolin, Consensys - Fintech Blueprint
00:30 Lex's background: Investment Banking, Entrepreneurship & Crypto debut and Consensys
03:45 Juggling with multiple projects & Building systems for yourself
07:52 Digital wealth managers as 'Spotify for CD roms'
12:40 On transformational technologies
14:35 Institutional investors and crypto
15:57 A first-principles approach to understanding crypto as an investor
22:07 Web3.0 as an emerging market
26:02 Crypto fixed income and stable coins
27:43 Overview of risks in staking and lending crypto, Defi vs Cefi
33:03 The case of Blockfi
36:08 Lex's own NFT experiment
39:04 Conclusion
WATCH CLIPS FROM THIS INTERVIEW
CONNECT
#Web3 #crypto
89 episodes
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