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Latest Episodes
Episode 19: It’s All about DEX, Baby
Meltem Demirors and Jill Carlson discuss the Buttonwood Agreement, all the way through to Flash Boys, and even Tinder, and ending at decentralized exchange, or DEX.
Episode 18: Tarred and Tethered
Meltem Demirors and Jill Carlson discuss collateralization, fractional reserve banking, and market liquidity.
Episode 17: Fact or FUD: Crypto in the Media
Meltem Demirors and Jill Carlson discuss fear, uncertainty, and doubt in crypto media.
Episode 16: Beating the Market: A Game of Geeks and Greeks
Meltem Demirors and Jill Carlson discuss the theory and practice of financial performance and measurement, the challenges in applying this theory to crypto markets, and why this matters so much to investors of all stripes.
Episode 15: Fork Yourself
Meltem Demirors and Jill Carlson discuss forks, great schisms, and evolutionary theory.
Episode 14: This is Water: A Story about Liquidity
Meltem Demirors and Jill Carlson discuss liquidity and what it actually means in markets, for companies, for individual assets, and the role of market participants and market structure in managing this flow.
Episode 5: Venezuela: Living in a Powder Keg
Meltem Demirors and Jill Carlson discuss Venezuela and what fundamental challenges the crypto community has yet to address.
Episode 4: Square Peg Round Hole
Meltem Demirors and Jill Carlson discuss crypto assets and their old school financial equivalents.
Episode 3: DeFi, Same as the OldFi
Meltem Demirors and Jill Carlson discuss the evolution of crypto and the role of regulators.
Episode 2: Welcome to Bagel World
Meltem Demirors and Jill Carlson discuss what cryptocurrencies are actually worth.