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Show Notes

(00:02:13) - (First question) - Why Alex started rapping on his podcast

(00:05:38) - Going from a teenage rapper to a career at Fidelity

(00:06:22) - A walkthrough of Alex's journey into cryptocurrencies

(00:10:11) - Meeting Matt Walsh and whether or not his convictions about crypto made him feel isolated

(00:11:32) - Transitioning into Galaxy and what the crypto landscape felt like at that time

(00:13:06) - Public sentiment on the mutually exclusive TradFi and DeFi ecosystems merging

(00:18:03) - How trading Bitcoin without understanding it could hurt its growth potential

(00:20:30) - How Blackrock’s ETF could positively or negatively impact crypto

(00:25:28) - The mechanics of Coinbase being a custodian of Blackrock’s ETF

(00:27:01) - SEC applications and how Blackrock managed to position themselves to get so close to an approval

(00:32:26) - The odds we actually get a Blackrock ETF

(00:37:01) - XRP’s victory over the SEC and the potential of Ripple going forward

(00:42:24) - Overview of the Coinbase lawsuit and the delisting backdoor for exchanges

(00:44:48) - Whether or not regulation will increase the risk for bad actors and scams

(00:47:37) - Growing uncertainty as the court battles wage on

(00:49:53) - The Howey test and potential of a supreme court ruling over crypto

(00:52:13) - What Alex is excited to see built in the future