SALT Talks SALT

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 to become the AWS and Linux of blockchain infrastructure.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
1:58 - What is artificial intelligence?
8:20 - A.I. guardrails with blockchain
11:00 - Casper Labs & enterprise blockchain solutions
16:43 - Proving blockchain's worth
22:03 - Casper Labs model
24:45 - The dangers of A.I.
29:50 - IBM partnership & business model
34:23 - Open sourcing

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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 crypto's future.

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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 connects wealth managers with the world’s leading alternative asset managers. Dan is also a member of the company’s Managing Committee, Operating Committee and Investment Committee.

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 Hedge Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund in 2022.

Don Davis is the CEO and Portfolio Manager of Prime Meridian Capital Management where he oversees day-to-day management of the firm. Davis has been a top ranked portfolio manager multiple times throughout his career. In addition to his firm’s recent HedgWeek award, he previously served as President and Portfolio Manager of Novus Investments when Novus was ranked #1 in the US for total performance over both a 5 and a 7 year period from 2007-2013.

Sean Bill is the Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of Prime Meridian Capital Management where he manages the firm’s global portfolio and oversees the investment process. Prior to joining, Sean served as the Treasurer & Chief Investment Officer at the VTA where he was responsible for the management and oversight of a multi-billion-dollar multi-asset class portfolio. Sean was named to Chief Investment Officer Magazine’s Power 100 list of the most influential institutional investors globally for
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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC.

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. Richard leads Deloitte's Business & Entity Transformation integrated services and also leads Deloitte's Digital Assets Banking Regulatory practice.

Roy is the Digital Assets Financial Services leader for Deloitte Advisory. He has been a consultant in the financial services industry for over 23 years and brings deep industry experience and a background leading large scale integration programs supporting business, compliance, risk, regulatory and technology transformation initiatives. Roy’s engagements in the digital assets space include supporting clients establish buy-hold/custody-sell and lend business models, leading digital assets regulatory applications and assisting clients enhance their risk & control frameworks to manage digital asset risks.

They each discuss their journey into the digital access space, the state of the industry and what they envision for the industry going forward. They then discuss the regulation of digital assets and blockchain in the US and globally and how Deloitte is helping customers navigate.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC.