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Show Notes

[00:02:09] - [First question] - His early days of first entering the crypto space

[00:05:18] - Going to battle with the Bitcoin Foundation and being fearless in his reporting

[00:06:19] - Whether he’s always been willing to attack the biggest players in crypto

[00:08:42] - When he moved over to DCG and what it was like in the early days

[00:11:11] - The ICO boom and how the founding vision of Messari has changed over time

[00:12:59] - What it means to build the operating system for Web3

[00:15:02] - The transition phase from the old world into one lead by DAOs

[00:16:19] - Defining companies as a marketplace

[00:17:32] - Where he’s seeing opportunity and how companies evolve into DAOs

[00:18:19] - His top 3 areas for 2022 and going from an NFT bear into an advocate

[00:20:15] - Proof-of-knowledge, opt-in cookies, and growing NFT infrastructure

[00:22:08] - The Web3 ecosystem and how regulation impacts the different parts of it

[00:24:27] - How the definition of securities are changing and how the crypto industry can shape the future of regulation

[00:25:46] - The SEC’s role in regulation and wanting dramatic change in that system

[00:29:39] - Stablecoins, algorithmic stablecoins, and why they’re so important

[00:31:11] - Thoughts on LUNA using BTC as their reserve currency

[00:31:57] - How narratives shape markets and the impacts of media on crypto

[00:33:31] - Publicly sharing their portfolio positions as analysts and why

[00:34:38] - What he’s most excited to see built over the next six months and six years