Amy and Pat discuss the US government’s continuing efforts to make America as incredibly inhospitable to cryptocurrencies as possible, but hey, it’s not like there are superpowers in economic races or anything, right? Plus, DeFi TVL hit’s a new high amid bullish sentiment from literally everyone in the world, but also Morgan Stanely’s head of […]
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Dec 14th, 2020: More Rug Pulls Than a Carpet Store
Amy and Pat kick off the week by covering 4 major hacks, and then Pat goes deep on why Pornhub moving to crypto is a huge deal. Welcome to the last few weeks of 2020, we almost can’t believe it ourselves!
Dec 11th, 2020: It’s Deep Dive Friday!
Pat and Amy cover the news, then Pat goes deep on how DeFi platforms are planning on approaching two of the biggest issues facing DeFi adoption – support for mainstays of traditional finance, under-collateralized loans and fixed rate loans. Startup Swivel raised money to build an interest rate swap market, and Pat goes deep. Happy […]
Dec 8th, 2020: Apparently Pat’s In a Bad Mood
By refusing to hit 20k, Bitcoin has put Pat in a bad mood, and he’s taking it out on the news! Amy and Pat discuss compound as one of the top-performing DeFi assets for December, Pat absolutely loses his mind talking about a DeFi working group, and then we get all technical talking about how […]
Nov 20th, 2020: So Many ETH Wallets!
ETH hits $500 and boy are there a lot of wallets out there! Plus, the amount of ETH locked in DeFi is down, interest in insured deposits is up, and Value is trying to get out of DeFi hackee jail with a press release. Happy Friday everyone!
Nov 10th, 2020: Quadringa and Tether, Back in the News!
Pat and Amy take a break from politics to talk about some recent developments around Quadringa (you remember them, right?) and Tether (ya, they’re getting sued). Plus, they chat about how Bitcoin and DeFi are correlated, and wow is Bitcoin on a roll!
Oct 27th, 2020: 2020 BTC ATH
Bitcoin hits a 2020 all-time high of 13,800, OpenZeppelin releases some really cool developer tooling, and fixed-rate DeFi borrowing is hitting the blockchains!
Oct 22nd, 2020: People Getting OKEx’d
OKEx is holding onto people’s money, and Pat and Amy are here to cover it! Plus, Bitcoin crosses $13k (before retreating a bit), Tether is somehow still the leading stable coin, and the US Currency Comptroller says DeFi is inevitable…we could have told you that!
Oct 7th, 2020: The EU Finally Gets DeFi
EU Regulatory bodies realized today that DeFi might be hard to police, and Pat and Amy are there to make fun of them. Plus, the UK isn’t letting their consumers trade crypto derivatives (so, like, DeFi), and a big Crypto VC is still betting on DeFi.
Oct 6th, 2020: DeFi’s Down, But Institutions Love Mining
Pat and Amy discuss that DeFi in general is down this month, but mutual funds are getting into crypto with some investments in crypto mining. Plus, it’s Pat’s favorite time of the month – crazy bitcoin price predictions!