This Week in Startups: Crypto Roundtable: Shkreli's new web3 project, ETH merge, Gensler goes after DeFi protocols | E1542

Jason Calacanis Jason Calacanis 8/23/22 - Episode Page

J+M are joined by Sunny Madra and Vinny Lingham for another crypto roundtable! They cover the following topics: Shkreli's new web3 project (1:50), distributed computing projects (16:08), ETH merge (38:00), Gensler's comments (44:57), and more!

(0:00) Molly tees up today's roundtable guests!

(1:50) Martin Shkreli's new web3 project

(14:46) Revelo - Get 20% off the first 3 months by mentioning TWIST at https://revelo.io/twist

(16:08) Breaking down other distributed computing projects: Helium, Filecoin, Hivemapper

(27:54) Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub - Apply in 5 minutes, no funding required, sign up at http://aka.ms/thisweekinstartups

(29:17) Understanding inverted incentives in crypto, market depth/liquidity theory

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(38:00) ETH merge: how risky is it, what impact will the fork have, will it lower gas fees?

(44:57) SEC Chair Gary Gensler's comment re: DeFi protocols and crypto banks

(51:58) Lightning round! Tribe DAO, BendDAO, Sudoswap and lessons learned