Anthony Scaramucci sat down with Mrinal Manohar, co-founder and CEO of the layer-1 blockchain infrastructure company Casper Labs, to discuss how blockchain tech and artificial intelligence can work together, Casper Labs' blockchain enterprise solutions and the company's exciting next steps that include a groundbreaking partnership with IBM's A.I. program Watson. They talk about the benefits of open source technology, the importance of blockchain-enabled transparency and Casper Labs' ability...

Steve Kurz is the Global Head of Asset Management at Galaxy and a member of Galaxy’s founding team. Galaxy is a digital asset and blockchain leader providing access to the growing digital economy, spanning three complementary operating businesses: Global Markets, Asset Management, and Digital Infrastructure Solutions. Kurz discusses his background and journey to crypto, helping start Galaxy and the next chapter for crypto.

Lorien Gabel is founder and CEO of Figment, a crypto infrastructure company that provides comprehensive staking solutions for 250+ institutional clients. Gabel joined Anthony Scaramucci and John Darsie to discuss his eclectic childhood, his path to serial entrepreneurship and his journey to crypto. He explains how irresponsible monetary policy and runaway national debt brought about crypto's inevitable creation, how Figment services the layer-1 ecosystem and Wyoming's role as a home for...

iCapital Co-Founder Dan Vene discusses the evolution of alternative investing and iCapital’s role connecting financial advisors and asset managers. Dan then explains iCapital’s latest product rollouts, Marketplace and Architect. Finally, he offers his thoughts on the current investing environment and regulatory insights within the alts space. Dan Vene is Co-Founder and one of the Managing Partners of iCapital, where he leads the iCapital Marketplace, the largest global platform that...

Prime Meridian Capital executive team members Don Davis (CEO) and Sean Bill (CIO) discuss the success of the firm's multiple credits funds amid difficult market conditions. They explain their firm's approach to risk management, share their view of the The Fed and interest rates, and offer potential market movements they're prepared for. Prime Meridian Capital Management is a San Francisco Bay Area private credit fund manager. The firm’s Income Fund won the HedgeWeek US Award for Best Credit...

Richard Rosenthal and Roy Ben-Hur are key figures within Deloitte Advisory, both working within the fast-growing world of blockchain and digital assets. Richard is a principal in Deloitte's Advisory practice. He leads complex & transformative projects, supporting banking, crypto-native and fintech clients in setting up new entities, enabling M&A activity, launching digital asset products and addressing a broad range of regulatory and risk areas to within the US banking system....

Miles S Nadal is an international entrepreneur, industrialist and philanthropist. He is the founder and Executive Chairman of Peerage Capital, a leading North American business services and private investment firm focused on real estate services, real estate investment, self storage, wealth advisory, and asset management. Miles walks through his humble beginnings before setting out on a life of entrepreneurship and business. He recounts starting Peerage Capital, lessons from a long career...

Dave Ripley is the incoming Chief Executive Officer at Kraken, a global digital asset exchange. Before becoming Kraken’s CEO, Dave served as Chief Operating Officer at Kraken for over six years, playing an instrumental role in growing the company to be one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world. Dave discusses his journey into the digital asset space, the evolution of Kraken, market cycles, use cases and broader crypto adoption. Then, he dives into regulation, NFTs, the status of a...

Alan S. Knitowski is President, CEO and Co-Founder of Phunware. He is a successful serial entrepreneur with multiple exits over a 15 year period to companies including Cisco Systems. He is a 2014 Finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award for Central Texas and has been a Founder, Executive, Angel Investor and Fund Manager throughout his career in the private sector after serving in the United States Army as an Airborne, Air Assault and Ranger qualified Captain in the...

Tushar Jain is the co-founder and Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital, which is one of the largest and most established crypto-focused investment firms in the world. The firm manages billions in assets across liquid and illiquid strategies in the crypto markets, and is known for its high-conviction, thesis-driven investing. Tushar discusses his background and journey into the blockchain space, the state of crypto and the recent downturns. Then, he dives into Multicoin’s early investment in...

John D’Agostino is a Senior Advisor at Coinbase, overseeing strategic partnerships for the business. John brings deep experience with sophisticated private investment vehicles characterized by complex strategies and asset classes, notably derivatives, structured credit, direct lending, high frequency/quant trading and similar strategies. John discusses his background and journey into the digital asset space, the crypto market outlook and Coinbase’s recent partnerships with BlackRock and...

Lily Liu is the President of the Solana Foundation. She is an entrepreneur and investor focused on the cryptocurrency industry. She has a background as a CFO and operating executive in the US, China, and throughout emerging markets. Lily is the Co Founder of Anagram, and part of the founding team of Osmosis, and an advisor to Brave. Previously, Lily co-founded Earn.com which was acquired by Coinbase in 2018. She was also the CFO of the Chinaco Healthcare Corporation, where she built a 500-bed...

Bill Barhydt is the founder and CEO of Abra, a leading digital asset wealth management platform. Prior to Abra, Bill was CEO of Boom Financial and WebSentric. He was also VP at Goldman Sachs and served as a research engineer at NASA and the CIA. As one of the early team members of Netscape, Bill was involved in building some of the core infrastructure that helped grow the consumer Internet we all use today. Bill is globally recognized as a technology pioneer and as an avid investor in...

Jamie Thomson is the CEO of Vulcan Forged, a premium blockchain game studio, dApp incubator and cross-chain NFT marketplace. Vulcan Forged is the creator of popular web3 gaming titles such as VulcanVerse, Forge Arena, Berserk and over 15 other games and dApps with over 200,000 users in the community. In 2021, Vulcan Forged created Elysium, its own proprietary proof-of-stake blockchain that was purpose-built for gaming, dApps and other metaverse activity. Building on the success of their hit...

Lynn Baranski, Managing Director, is the Global Head of Investments for BlackRock Private Equity Partners (PEP) within BlackRock Alternative Investors (BAI). She is a member of the BAI Exco and PEP's Management Committee, Investment Committee, and Valuation Committee. Baranski discusses the macro environment in the first three quarters of 2022, the state of private equity deal flow and and shifting strategies in response. She then shares her thoughts behind the long-term growth of private...

Dan Morehead is the founder and CEO of Pantera Capital. Dan founded Pantera Capital in 2003 – managing a billion dollars in hedge fund strategies. He previously served as Head of Macro Trading and CFO at Tiger Management with Julian Robertson. Dan began his career as a Collateralized Mortgage Obligation trader at Goldman Sachs. Dan graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University with a B.S. in Structural Engineering and received the Carmichael Prize for his thesis. Dan considers the...

Akbar Thobhani is the co-founder and CEO of sFOX, a full-service crypto prime broker bringing together liquidity, best price execution, dark pool access, treasury management, custody and settlement services all together in one trading platform and API. Prior to co-founding sFOX, Thobhani served as Head of Growth & Business Development at Airbnb, where he managed payments for over 190 countries. Thobhani explains his journey into the digital asset space, sFox, the state of crypto and the...

David Mercer is the Chief Executive Officer of LMAX Group, a global financial technology company headquartered in the UK, and the leading independent operator of institutional execution venues for FX and crypto currency trading. Following a successful management buyout in 2013, David has built LMAX Group into a key player in both the traditional capital markets and the crypto trading industry. LMAX Group operates 6 exchanges globally and has offices in 9 countries. In 2021 LMAX Group sold a...

Hendrik Hofstadt currently serves as a Director of the Wormhole Foundation. The Foundation has a mission of fostering development of the Wormhole protocol, a communication bridge between different public blockchains. Hendrik is also the chairman of the supervisory board at Neodyme AG. Prior to Wormhole, Hendrik co-founded and served as CEO for Certus One, a blockchain infrastructure company, which was acquired by Jump Crypto in 2021. Hendrik walks through his crypto journey, cyber-security...

Kerry Healey is President of the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream. Her career spans higher education, elected office, and foreign and domestic policy. Previously, Healey served as Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor where, among her many achievements, was integral in crafting the state’s pioneering health care reform legislation. Healey has been a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Institute of Politics and Center for Public Leadership, and is a member of the...

Daniel Silva is the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author known for his long-running thriller series starring spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon. His latest book, Portrait of an Unknown Woman, once again follows Allon as he undertakes a high-stakes search for the greatest art forger who ever lived. In this interview, Silva discusses his latest novel, the widespread problem of art forgeries, and the role of marketing in art valuations. Then, he talks about the arc of his...

Adrian Aoun is the founder and CEO of Forward, an AI-based healthcare system combining world-class private doctors with new technology to enable proactive, data-driven primary care. Most recently, he was the head of Special Projects for the CEO of Google/Alphabet, where he founded one of the Alphabet companies Sidewalk Labs. Adrian arrived at Google upon the acquisition of his AI startup Wavii and spent his first year at Google helping to create and build their AI division. Additionally,...

Luca Cosentino is the Head of Crypto at Cross River which focuses on building technology that will enable FinTech players to offer crypto-based products to their users. He joined Cross River in July 2021 to close the gap between the 2.5 billion people who have access to digital banking services and the 250 million crypto users already in the space. Cosentino tells his journey to crypto from traditional finance, his role at Cross River and offers his views on the future of money. Then, he...

Nelson Chu is the founder and CEO of Percent, a global leader in financial infrastructure solutions. Founded in 2018, the company leverages proprietary technologies, integrations, and data to bring first-of-its-kind transparency and efficiency to lenders and credit transactions. Chu discusses entrepreneurship, creating Percent to bring private credit investing to retail, and the power of data and transparency. He talks about the opportunities in corporate loans, Apple's entry into financial...