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In this podcast, hosts Vikram Ramakrishnan and Faizaan Shamsi, partners at the software consultancy QuantLayer, talk to investors and builders of the cryptocurrency arena. We discuss how industry participants think about crypto assets, how they uncover fraud in the market, and which technologies will turn the budding, nascent crypto space into the revolutionary powerhouse early market participants had hoped for.

Dec 31, 2018

On this episode, we do a recap of our podcast episodes of 2018. We look at how the crypto market has changed since we launched our first episode (things other than just prices being lower) and also all the things that haven’t changed. This was a fun review of half a year of recording with a few glimpses of times ahead.

Topics:

Reflecting on our podcast this past year
Episode 1
- The QuantLayer Genesis Story, Crypto and Stock Market Comparisons, and Why Crypto Needs Reg FD
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1-quantlayer-genesis-story-crypto-stock-market-comparisons/id1402142700?i=1000414325483&mt=2
Episode 2
- What’s a Crypto Investment Bank? A Conversation About Crypto Due Diligence With Crypto Launchpad CEO Adiraj Gupta
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/2-whats-crypto-investment-bank-conversation-about-crypto/id1402142700?i=1000414325484&mt=2
Episode 3
Crypto’s ICO Legal Landscape, the Attack on Verge, M&A in Crypto, and Better Treasury Management for Crypto Teams
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/3-cryptos-ico-legal-landscape-attack-on-verge-m-in/id1402142700?i=1000414357284&mt=2
Episode 4
A Discussion with Software Consultant Ben DiFrancesco on Building Great Blockchain Software
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/4-discussion-software-consultant-ben-difrancesco-on/id1402142700?i=1000415065447&mt=2
Episode 5
Crypto Teams Need to Communicate Better, and a New Segment: Big Drama in Smallcap Land (Zoin and Sumokoin)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/5-crypto-teams-need-to-communicate-better-new-segment/id1402142700?i=1000415464516&mt=2
Episode 6
Digital Ocean Versus Google Cloud, Polychain’s $1Bn Fund, a16z’s $300mm Fund, How to be a Shady Hedge Fund Manager, and 2nd Layer Solutions for Ethereum and Bitcoin
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/6-digital-ocean-versus-google-cloud-polychains-%241bn/id1402142700?i=1000415910825&mt=2
Episode 7
Bitcoin ETF & Alternative Energy ETFs, ZCash Incentive Structure, and How To Spot Bad Code in Your Crypto Investments
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/7-bitcoin-etf-alternative-energy-etfs-zcash-incentive/id1402142700?i=1000416414528&mt=2
Episode 8
Short Selling Explained, Tesla and How Controversial Shorts Work, and Nvidia and Bitmain
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/8-short-selling-explained-tesla-how-controversial-shorts/id1402142700?i=1000416862421&mt=2
Episode 9
Custody Solutions and Infrastructure, Family Offices, and How Funds Should Educate Their Analysts on Crypto
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/9-custody-solutions-infrastructure-family-offices-how/id1402142700?i=1000417280581&mt=2
Episode 10
More About Tesla (This Time About Going Private), Software Developer Personalities and Getting Tangled in IOTA
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/10-more-about-tesla-this-time-about-going-private-software/id1402142700?i=1000417715415&mt=2
Episode 11
Boston’s Growing Fintech & Crypto Scene, Telegram as a Crypto Platform and P2P Lending
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/11-bostons-growing-crypto-scene-mailbag-1-how-to-say/id1402142700?i=1000418146792&mt=2
Episode 12
Tesla Staying Public, How Amazon and AWS Made Angry Shorts Give Up and Why Rejection of the Bitcoin ETF is a Good Thing
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/12-tesla-staying-public-how-amazon-aws-made-angry-shorts/id1402142700?i=1000418644761&mt=2
Episode 13
An Alert Blitzkrieg: Cheap ETH Mining, MANA Land Estate Bug, EOS RAM Vulnerability, Stratis Node Vulnerability, Etherscan Vulnerability, Bitcoin Cash Vulnerability, and How Wall Streeters and Technologists Can Be More Lay-language Friendly
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/13-alert-blitzkrieg-cheap-eth-mining-mana-land-estate/id1402142700?i=1000419016588&mt=2
Episode 14
Turning A Bug Into A Feature: Bugsnag, Why You Shouldn’t Violate Open Source Copyrights (Hint: Your Coin Will Be Down 90% If You Do), The Bitcoin-Dev Mailing List, And Why Crypto UX Is So Bad
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/quantlayer-crypto-podcast/id1402142700?ls=1
Episode 15
Open Source as Revenue Driver: How Elasticsearch Uses Open Source for Revenue Growth, Tech Investing and Crypto, a Cautionary Tale of Bad Crypto Trading Psychology and Flash Crashes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/15-open-source-as-revenue-driver-how-elasticsearch/id1402142700?i=1000419883506&mt=2
Episode 16
Zaif Exchange Hack and How We Called It Two Months Ago and the Interplanetary File System (IPFS)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/16-zaif-exchange-hack-how-we-called-it-two-months-ago/id1402142700?i=1000420329661&mt=2
Episode 17
Crypto Legal Landscape with Kurt Watkins of MG Miller Intellectual Property Law: Securitized Real Assets and Intellectual Goods, Crypto Patents, Hard Forks and “Derivative Works,” Decentralized Exchanges and Alternative Trading Systems
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/17-crypto-legal-landscape-kurt-watkins-mg-miller-intellectual/id1402142700?i=1000420807788&mt=2
Episode 18
Crypto SaaS Spotlight: John Young With Ledj.io and Building Professional Crypto Research Tools
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/18-crypto-saas-spotlight-john-young-ledj-io-building/id1402142700?i=1000421326288&mt=2
Episode 19
Crypto SaaS Spotlight: Amy Wan, Founder and CEO of Sagewise and Building Crypto LegalTech Solutions
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/19-crypto-saas-spotlight-amy-wan-founder-ceo-sagewise/id1402142700?i=1000421924166&mt=2
Episode 20
ZRX & ESTC: A Tale of Exchange Listing Pops, the State of Crypto Reporting (It Sucks) and How You Can Make Money Being Contrarian, and How Monero (XMR) Sliced Up Transaction Fees With Bulletproofs
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/20-zrx-estc-tale-exchange-listing-pops-state-crypto/id1402142700?i=1000422824609&mt=2
QuantLayer - Episode 21
A look at Stablecoins, Tether and PwC
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/21-a-look-at-stablecoins-tether-and-pwc/id1402142700?i=1000423666435&mt=2
QuantLayer - Episode 22
Everything is Ded (Bitcoin, “Blockchain,” ICOs, Volatility) and Amazon Takes Over New York City
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/22-everything-is-ded-bitcoin-blockchain-icos-volatility/id1402142700?i=1000424132491&mt=2
Episode 23
Crypto Hangover and Market Downturn?: A Look At Semiconductor Market Cycles, NVIDIA Throwing Crypto Under The Bus, And What Nathaniel Popper Got Wrong In His Recent New York Times Article
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/23-crypto-hangover-market-downturn-look-at-semiconductor/id1402142700?i=1000424844720&mt=2
Episode 24
The Attack of the Attack Vectors: a 51% Attack on Vertcoin & the Demise of ASIC Resistance + a Social Engineering Attack on ETCDEV and npm Libraries.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/24-attack-attack-vectors-51-attack-on-vertcoin-demise/id1402142700?i=1000425249491&mt=2

Other links:

Substratum to trade ICO funds in order to maintain capital as ETH price drops - https://www.chepicap.com/en/news/6005/substratum-to-trade-ico-funds-in-order-to-maintain-funds-as-eth-price-drops.html
Newsletter — Build Blockchain Tech - https://www.buildblockchain.tech/newsletter/
Samson Mow on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Excellion/status/1077717355159900160