EP 19: Matt Levine, Meme Stocks, Crypto Crash and Terrible Attempts at Crime

(00:00) Intro 

(00:13) Intro Zach and Packy 

(01:07) Solana 

(05:14) Crypto Ecosystem 

(13:00) Crypto Use Cases 

(18:02) Crypto Investments 

(21:45) Elon’s Ultimatum 

(27:43) Billionaire Senate Run 

(32:04) VC Firm’s Scam & Media War 

(37:39) Sheryl Sandberg Steps Down 

(48:03) Matt Levine Intro 

(49:39) Leaving Goldman Sachs 

(52:26) Joining Deal Breaker 

(55:04) Choosing Topics 

(1:01:08) Crypto as a Lab for Financial Institutions 

(1:02:08) Deal Breaker to Bloomberg 

(1:07:00) Finance Bro Groupies 

(1:08:14) r/WallStreetBets 

(1:12:31) Insider Trading 

(1:15:17) Crypto 

(1:22:13) Elon and Twitter 

(1:25:08) Elon and the SEC 

(1:29:01) Writing on Unexpected Topics 

(1:31:16) Impact of Meme Stocks 

(1:33:11) Future Writing 

(1:34:51) Outro  

Links:  

VC threatened a media war against a start-up after unsolicited investment https://sifted.eu/articles/heroes-amazon-solid-capital/ 

Elon Musk’s Ultimatum to Tesla Execs: Return to the Office or Get Out https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-01/musk-s-tesla-ultimatum-return-to-office-or-work-somewhere-else 

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1531867103854317568?s=20&t=cKRzLoqnu1HMX-LPLCbZFQ 

Solana goes down for over 6 hours https://cryptopotato.com/solana-goes-down-for-over-6-hours-validators-prepare-for-restart/ 

Coinbase pauses new hiring and rescinds accepted offers https://blog.coinbase.com/update-on-hiring-plans-bcedfa634989 

US Charges Ex-OpenSea Exec With NFT Insider Trading https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/06/01/us-charges-ex-opensea-exec-with-nft-insider-trading/  

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Music: Griff Lawson  

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