Description
In this episode of UpOnly, Cobie & Ledger talk to Ari Paul, the founder of CIO of Blocktower about an array of topics, including fudding each of the top five coins by market cap.
Presented by FTX: https://uponly.tv/ftx
00:00 - Intro
04:39 - Getting into crypto
11:20 - Where does Ari spend his brainpower?
16:50 - Investing / VC / Portfolio management
25:18 - Has the original purpose of crypto been lost?
33:50 - What are ecosystems missing? / Privacy stack
42:05 - Innovation and competition / Bitcoin maximalists
53:05 - Ethereum maximalists / Developer moats / Ethereum is a risky tech startup
1:01:05 - Solana / Innovating at the communication layer
1:04:07 - Binance Coin
1:06:50 - Coinbase
1:11:00 - Metaverse talk / Expectations for the next 5-10 years
1:15:50 - Approach to trading / Directional trading / Options
1:38:45 - Rise of retail traders
1:42:45 - Important data or indicators to reference before executing trades
1:48:25 - Crypto’s outlook / Cycles / Connecting DeFi to the real world
2:05:30 - Free alpha