Galaxy Brains

Christine Kim (Galaxy Research) on ETHDenver & Upcoming Ethereum Upgrades

Alex talks with Christine Kim (Galaxy Research) about her experience at ETHDenver, the major Ethereum conference that occurred last week, as well as the forthcoming Shanghai upgrade and dynamics around staking. Alex also talks with Beimnet Abebe (Galaxy Trading) about Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s appearances before Congress this week. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Rob Hamilton (AnchorWatch) on Inscriptions & Bitcoin Miniscript

Alex talks with Rob Hamilton (AnchorWatch), a pioneer in the usage of miniscript, a new Bitcoin programming language, and inscriptions, the new NFT phenomenon emerging on Bitcoin. Alex also talks with Beimnet Abebe (Galaxy Trading) about markets. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Alex Svanevik (Nansen) on Proof of Reserves

Alex speaks with Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik about on-chain data and how to interpret it. Alex also checks in with Beimnet Abebe (Galaxy Trading) about markets. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Austin Campbell (ex-Paxos) on Stablecoins & Regulation

Alex talks with Austin Campbell, current adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and former head of portfolio management at Paxos about stablecoins and regulation. Alex also checks in with Beimnet Abebe (Galaxy Trading) about markets. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Tim Grant on Crypto in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East

Alex talks with Tim Grant, Galaxy’s head of EMEA, about crypto adoption and regulatory developments in UK, Europe, and the Middle East. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Casey Rodarmor on Ordinals & Inscriptions (Bitcoin NFTs)

Alex talks with Casey Rodarmor, bitcoin dev, host of SF BitDevs, and creator of Ordinals, a new way to create NFTs on Bitcoin. Alex also talks with Beimnet Abebe (Galaxy Trading) about markets in the wake of the Federal Reserves rate decision. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Ethereum Upgrade, North Korea, and Jamie Dimon

Alex sits down with Christine Kim (Galaxy Research) to discuss the latest in Ethereum’s development roadmap, MEV landscape, North Korean Hackers, and Jamie Dimon’s comments about crypto. Alex chats markets and macro with Beimnet Abebe (Galaxy Trading). This episode was recorded on Wednesday, January 24, 2023. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Optimistic Rollups, Solana, and Markets

Alex talks with Beimbet Abebe (Galaxy Trading) about markets, Charles Yu (Galaxy Research) about optimistic rollup on Ethereum, and Sal Qadir (Galaxy Research) about Solana. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Jason Urban from the Option Pits to Galaxy

Alex talks with Jason Urban (Head of Trading, Galaxy) about his career in markets from the options pits in Chicago to learning about crypto and leading Galaxy Trading. Alex also checks in with Beimnet Abebe (Galaxy Trading) about current macro and crypto market conditions. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, January 11, 2023. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Crypto VC, Markets, and Macro

Alex talks with Beimnet Abebe and Trey Aslanian (Galaxy Trading) about markets and crypto's outlook in 2023. Alex also shares data on crypto VC in 2022 from his new report. Check out the Galaxy Crypto VC report here. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

2022 Year in Review

Alex talks with six return guests about Bitcoin, Ethereum, alt L1s, layer 2s, zero-knowledge, NFTs, stablecoins, policy, and more. We take stock of the past year in markets and technology and look ahead to 2023. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Erik Voorhees on Crypto & Freedom

Alex talks with Erik Voorhees, founder of Shapeshift and longtime bitcoiner, about decentralization, political philosophy, bitcoin development and culture, Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX, and much more. Sal Qadir (Galaxy Research) and Beimnet Abebe (Galaxy Trading) also join the show. Links referenced in the show: SBF's regulatory proposals: https://www.ftxpolicy.com/posts/possible-digital-asset-industry-standards Erik's response to SBF's regulatory proposals: https://www.moneyandstate.com/blog/response-to-sbf Galaxy Research's response to SBF's regulatory proposals: https://research.galaxy.com/webmail/994012/29795279/2deb1f4e38f0e6ba217c688e58ec25045b1312e1843c63c050c941ea0709f409 This episode was recorded on Wednesday, December 15, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Caitlin Long (Custodia) on Bitcoin and the Future of Banking

On this week’s episode, Alex talks with Caitlin Long about bitcoin, banking, property, credit contagion, and more. Beimnet Abebe (Galaxy Trading) joins to discuss markets, and Alex and Christine Kim (Galaxy Research) discuss data on Ethereum’s transition to PoS, another attempt by a DAO to purchase a rare copy of the US constitution, and a new lawsuit filed against asset manager Grayscale. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, December 7, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Dan Matuszewski (CMS) on FTX, Tether, and Crypto History

On this week’s episode, we talk with Dan Matuszewski of CMS Holdings (@cmsholdings) about FTX, Tether, crypto market history, and the future of the industry. Beimnet Abebe (Galaxy Trading) joins to offer market insights, and Alex and Christine Kim (Galaxy Research) discuss Fidelity Crypto, BlockFi, and other news from this week. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, November 30, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Lucas Nuzzi on Tracking FTX & Alameda On-Chain

This week Alex and Christine Kim (Galaxy Research) are joined by Lucas Nuzzi (CoinMetrics) to discuss his work identifying and tracking misappropriation of client funds from FTX to Alameda Research. Beimnet Abebe (Galaxy Digital Trading) joins to discuss markets, and Alex and Christine discuss this week’s FTX bankruptcy hearing and ongoing fallout at Genesis and Digital Currency Group. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, November 23, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Nic Carter on Proof of Reserves

This week, Alex sits down with Castle Island Ventures co-founder Nic Carter to discuss proof of reserves and how it could improve safety in the cryptocurrency industry in the wake of FTX’s blowup. Christine Kim joins to discuss developments in the Ethereum ecosystem, and Beimnet Abebe from Galaxy Digital Trading gives a market update. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

FTX, CPI, and Washington DC

On this week’s episode of Galaxy Brains, Alex talks markets with Beimnet Abebe, details the blow-up of FTX, and talks Washington politics and crypto policy with Galaxy’s head of public policy Tyler Williams. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, November 10, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Zero-Knowledge and the Future of Blockchain Scaling

This week, Alex and Christine dive deep on the state of zero-knowledge rollups, and specifically the "zkEVM," which many believe will be the "holy grail" of Ethereum scaling (and Bitcoin?). We also talk markets with Beimnet, Elon's takeover of Twitter, and Ethereum's forthcoming Shanghai upgrade. During the conversation on ZKRs, we reference this paper by John Light: www.bitcoinrollups.org  This episode was recorded on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

NFT Royalties and MEV-Boost Adoption

In this episode, we talk markets with Beimnet Abebe (Galaxy Trading) and discuss several NFT-related topics with Sal Qadir (Galaxy Research) including the surge in popularity for Reddit NFTs and the ongoing controversy around NFT royalties. Also, we discuss the MEV landscape on Ethereum post-Merge with Christine Kim (Galaxy Research) and the impact of increase censorship through the Flashbots relay on network block production. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, October 16, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Aptos and the Future of Blockspace

In this episode, we talk markets with Beimnet Abebe (Galaxy Digital Trading) and discuss several topics with Trey Aslanian and Walt Smith (Galaxy Digital Trading) in a roundtable. Specifically, we cover the troubling launch of Aptos, a new blockchain spun out of Facebook’s Libra project, whether we expect blockspace to be abundant or scarce in the future, and an embarrassing security situation for BSV, a fork of a fork of Bitcoin. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Tyler Williams on Crypto Reg and the Fed

In this episode, we are joined by Galaxy's Head of Public Policy Tyler Williams to discuss crypto regulation and the federal reserve. Christine reports on DevCon from Bogota, Colombia, and we talk with Beimnet Abebe from Galaxy Digital Trading about markets. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, and read our research at www.galaxydigital.io/research/to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer here:https://adobe.ly/3yX2Pdn

Tim Grant and Crypto Around the World

In this episode, we talk markets with Beimnet Abebe from Galaxy Digital Trading and are joined by Tim Grant, Head of EMEA, to talk about crypto around the world. Alex and Christine also discuss new developments in Elon Musk's ongoing saga to purchase Twitter. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, October 5th, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Market Update, Bitcoin Payments, Blockchain Gaming

Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, September 28th, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Ben Edgington on Ethereum & Proof of Stake

Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, September 21st, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter (@glxyresearch), and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer here: https://www.galaxy.com/podcast-disclaimer/

Michael Ashe on M&A in Crypto in a Bear Market

Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, September 14th, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Bitcoin Mining Outlook for the Second Half of 2022

Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, September 7th, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Jackson Hole, Arbitrum Nitro, Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Increase

Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, August 31, 2022.  ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Stephane Gosselin on Flashbots and MEV

Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, August 24, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

NFTs: Licenses, Ownerships, Copyrights, & More

On this week’s episode of Galaxy Brains, the Galaxy Research team is joined by Research Analyst Gabe Parker and Legal & Compliance Director Michael Marcantonio to discuss NFTs and highly restrictive license agreements. Read our recent article NFT Licenses: Facts and Fictions here. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, August 17, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

Tornado Cash, Stablecoins, & the Crypto Market

Welcome to Episode 22 of Galaxy Brains! This week, Alex and Christine are joined by Beimnet Abebe and Trey Aslanian from the Galaxy Digital Trading team. Galaxy Brains is a weekly podcast providing insights and analysis on trends and events taking place across the cryptocurrency ecosystem, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital.  This episode was recorded on Thursday, August 11, 2022. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/