Welcome to the 121st episode of the FTX Podcast with special guest Sam Trabucco and your host Tristan Yver!This is a great episode for aspiring traders to get an inside look at Trabucco’s personal approach to the markets & finding work-life balance. He recently stepped down from his position of co-CEO at Alameda after a very intense & rewarding amount of time. In this episode he shares great insight on arbitrage opportunities, market events over the last several years & the inner-workings of Alameda.Thanks for coming on the show Trabucco! Your time, energy & insight is appreciated!
Welcome to the 120th episode of the FTX Podcast with special guest Nathaniel Whittemore and your host Tristan Yver!Early in his career he was the Founder of the Center of Global Engagement at Northwestern, which guides undergraduate students who want to make an impact on international issues. He was working at Blockfolio when it was acquired by FTX - he is now our Head of Marketing. He leads the charge on brand narrative, storytelling and the advertising side of things. He is the host of The Breakdown; the world's largest daily crypto podcast with analysis of macroeconomics, bitcoin, geopolitics and big picture power shifts. You can find him on all social networks: @NLW. Thanks for coming on the show Nathaniel! Your time, energy & insight is appreciated!
Welcome to the 119th episode of the FTX Podcast with special guest Sina Nader and your host Tristan Yver!We dive in behind-the-scenes with Sina, the Head of Partnerships at FTX, to learn how he has helped cultivate relationships with world-renown ambassadors to bring validation and expansion to the company. Sina shares how it’s been partnering with stars like Tom Brady, Stephen Curry & Larry David. Prior to FTX Sina co-founded one of the first fund-to-funds in the crypto space, worked on Wall St at Morgan Stanley, and was the first Head of Crypto at Robinhood. With his experience and positive vision, Sina is helping create change with and through FTX.Thanks for coming on the show Sina! Your time, energy & insight is appreciated!
Welcome to the 118th episode of the FTX Podcast with special guest Joe Bankman and your host Tristan Yver!What an opportunity it is to have a conversation with Sam’s father! After graduating Yale Law School in 1980 and then working at a Law Firm for four years, Joe became a professor at USC. Joe’s career has given him a unique inside look at the mechanics of social change in the USA and positioned him to be at the heart of business transactions - with his specialty in the field of tax. Joe’s accumulation of knowledge, networking, and expertise has great utility for FTX’s charitable initiatives and navigating regulatory relations for the crypto industry.Thank you so much Joe! Your time, energy, and insight are appreciated!
Welcome to episode 117 of the FTX Podcast with special guest Austin Federa and your host Tristan Yver!Austin is Head of Communications at Solana Foundation and a central figure to the Solana ecosystem in its entirety.Thank you for your time, energy & insight Austin!
Welcome to episode 116 of the FTX Podcast featuring special guests Kaveh Aasaraai & Rahul Maganti with your host Tristan Yver!In this episode we dive back in with Jump to explore ZKs and hardware optimization! As some of you are familiar with by now: Jump Crypto is the crypto arm of Jump Trading Group that is home to builders, partners and traders working towards the next frontier in crypto infrastructure.Kaveh works at the Research Department for Jump with a Ph.D. in computer engineering from the University of Toronto. Kaveh’s research interests include computer architecture, soft processors, low-power designs and now the utility of hardware for crypto. Rahul is Vice President at Jump Crypto Venture and a leader on the applied ZK team.Kaveh & Rahul have found a synergistic link in working together through combining their respective strengths. An off-chance meet up at a crypto conference has set them on a path to utilize Kaveh’s breadth of hardware knowledge with Rahul’s groundbreaking work on ZKs. Tune in to learn how these two fields complement each other and the potential for future utility. The team over at Jump Crypto is on a mission to bring the ecosystem together through cross-chain interoperability and streamlining transactional verification proofs across blockchains. Kaveh has an extensive history working with hardware components - this is proving to be a key part to Rahul’s ZK mission; as custom optimized hardware provides computational power needed to generate realtime proofs on the blockchain.
Welcome to episode 115 of the FTX Podcast with special guests Hendrik Hofstadt & Kanav Kariya with your host Tristan Yver!Kanav is President of Jump Crypto, the crypto arm of Jump Trading Group; home to builders, partners and traders working towards the next frontier in crypto infrastructure.Hendrik co-founded and served as CEO for Certus One, a blockchain infrastructure company, which was acquired by Jump Crypto in 2021. Certus One is the premier validator for distributed ledger technology (DLT). Hendrik currently serves as a Director of the Wormhole Foundation; with a mission to bridge communication between different public blockchains utilizing the Wormhole protocol. Thank you Hendrick & Kanav for your time, energy and insight!
Welcome to episode 114 of the FTX Podcast with special guest Shaquille O’Neal and your host Tristan Yver!Shaquille is a family man, basketball superstar, businessman, TV personality, music artist, crypto project entrepreneur, role model & humanitarian. Join us for this episode to get a real, genuine heartfelt feel expressed by Shaq throughout the conversation & insight to how/why he approaches life & business the way he does. Shaq also shares about his crypto project ‘Astrals’ he has with his son & their partnership with Solana!Thank you Shaq for your time, energy and insight!
Welcome to episode 113 of the FTX Podcast with special guest Valdez K. Russell and your host Tristan Yver!Valdez is VP of FTX Digital Markets. He was raised on Grand Bahama, the northernmost island of the Bahamas archipelago. Valdez has grown to be a fantastic ambassador promoting Bahamian excellence. Valdez’s warm hearted passion for humanity, his action oriented modus operandi and creative approach to networking are key components to building strong communities. Valdez has done fantastic work fostering beneficial relationships in the Bahamas that are facilitating the growth of both FTX and the Bahamian people. Thank you Valdez, for your time, energy and insight!
Welcome to episode 112 of the FTX Podcast with special guest Hester M. Pierce and your host Tristan Yver!Hester M. Peirce is an American lawyer who serves as a Commissioner on the Securities and Exchange Commission. She previously served as the director of the Financial Markets Working Group at George Mason University's Mercatus Center.Thank you Hester for your time, energy and insight!
Welcome to episode 111 of the FTX Podcast: Bahamas Edition with special returning guest Evgeny Gaevoy and your host Tristan Yver!Evgeny is based in London Area, United Kingdom and is CEO & Cofounder of Wintermute; a top 3 proprietary trading crypto market maker that provides liquidity solutions across digital asset eco-systems. Evgeny was previously a guest on episode 68 of the FTX podcast.Thank you for your time, energy and insight Evgeny!
Welcome to episode 110 of the FTX Podcast: Bahamas edition with special guest Kanav Kariya and your host Tristan Yver! Jump Crypto is the crypto arm of the Jump Trading Group. They are builders, partners and traders working towards the next frontier in crypto infrastructure to help shape the future of the industry. Thank you for your time, energy & insight Kanav!
Welcome to episode 109 of the FTX Podcast: Bahamas edition with special returning guest Jeremy Allaire and your host Tristan Yver!Jeremy Allaire is Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Circle, a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of stable coins and public blockchains for payments and commerce. Founded in 2013, Circle is the pioneer of USD Coin (USDC), the fastest growing, fully-reserved, and regulated dollar digital currency.
Welcome to episode 108 of the FTX Podcast: Bahamas edition with special guest Kevin O’Leary and your host Tristan Yver!Kevin is a world renown entrepreneur, author, politician and TV presence that has been making headway in the crypto/blockchain space.Thank you for your time, energy and insight Kevin!
Su Zhu’s mic died at the beginning of the show - luckily we fixed it at the 8:11 mark. Welcome to episode 107 of the FTX Podcast: Bahamas edition with special returning guest Su Zhu and your host Tristan Yver!Three Arrows Capital Ltd. is a hedge fund established in 2012 and focused on providing superior risk-adjusted returns, founded by Su Zhu and Kyle Davies. Landing page: www.threearrowscap.com/Thanks for joining us again Su! Your time, energy and insight is appreciated!
Welcome to episode 106 of the FTX Podcast with special guest Thomas Uhm and your host Tristan Yver.Thomas works for Jane Street doing Crypto Institutional Sales & Trading. Jane Street Capital, typically referred to as Jane Street, is a global proprietary trading firm with over 1,700 employees. The company is one of the world’s largest market-makers, trading more than $17 trillion worth of securities in 2020.Thanks for your time, energy & insight Thomas!
Welcome to ep 105 of the FTX Podcast with special guest Tushar Jain and your host Tristan Yver.Tushar cofounded Multicoin Capital with Kyle Samani, a previous podcast guest (ep 25 & 78). Multicoin is a thesis-driven investment firm that invests in cryptocurrencies, tokens, and blockchain companies reshaping trillion-dollar markets. Website: https://multicoin.capital/Thank you for your time, energy & insight Tushar!
Welcome to Ep 104 of the FTX Podcast with the Co-Founders of Magic Eden and your host Tristan Yver!Jack, Sidney and Zhuoxun are 3 of the 4 co-founders representing Magic Eden; a leading NFT Marketplace on Solana. Join us for this podcast episode to see the interconnectedness of these individuals manifested into a home for next generation digital creators! Thanks for the great conversation and good energy gentlemen!
Welcome to Ep 103 of the FTX Podcast with special guest Tristan Frizza and your host Tristan Yver.Tristan Frizza is the Co-Founder & CEO of Zeta Markets. Zeta is an options trading platform built on Solana & powered by Serum; enabling users to effectively hedge risk against crypto market movement and events.
Welcome to episode 102 of the FTX Podcast with special guests: Matt Nass, Matt Place & Luis of Storybook Brawl and your host Tristan Yver!Developed by a team of veteran designers from Magic: The Gathering, Hearthstone and Elder Scrolls Legends: Storybook Brawl is a lighthearted card-based autobattler game featuring characters from beloved fairy tales and myths. While the game is easy to jump into and simple to play, its wide variety of cards offers opportunities for deep strategy and accommodates different play styles.