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1000x is a show about the new age of finance, hosted by Avi Felman and Jonah Van Bourg two former hedge fund investors. We go everywhere the money is moving: crypto, macro, equities, AI, and the alternative assets most people only hear about after the trade is gone. The difference is that we've actually sat on trading desks and run real risk, so this isn't theory or hype. It's two people with genu... more

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Avi is back from two weeks on the road — Singapore, Istanbul, and Iraq — and Jonah has spent that time doing actual work on the credit problem nobody wants to look at.

They open on risk: the donut chain in Iraq pulling ten million a year because nob... more

Avi sits down with Arthur Hayes at Token2049 in Singapore — the co-founder of BitMEX, the man who invented the perpetual swap, and now the founder of FLOP Network.

Arthur traces the whole arc: growing up in Buffalo with parents who worked for Genera... more

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Avi opens with the story of the last week — the RuneScape Gold allegations, what actually happened onchain, and a promise to the people who scammed his audience. Then he and Jonah get into why memecoin culture is a tax on your attention, and what sep... more

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Avi Felman sits down with Bryan Pellegrino, co-founder and CEO of LayerZero Labs, to talk about what happens when the largest institutions in finance start building on crypto rails.

Bryan traces LayerZero's path from an MEV shop and a shockingly bad... more

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Recent Guests

Arthur Hayes
Co-founder of BitMEX, inventor of the perpetual swap, and founder of FLOP Network
FLOP Network
Episode: Arthur Hayes On The Early Days Of BitMEX, Where Bitcoin Is Going, And Why We Are Over-Indexing On AI
Scott Shay
Founder of N3XT, a new age bank
N3XT
Episode: Inside The Government Seizure Of Signature Bank
Seth Ginns
TradFi legend with a long investing career; led Jennison Public Equity and later overseen crypto under Franklin Templeton following an acquisition
Franklin Templeton (via acquisition); formerly Jennison Public Equity, Credit Suisse
Episode: Why The $30B Asset Manager Franklin Templeton Is Betting Big On Crypto
Andrew Chanin
Founder/CEO involved in launching multiple thematic ETFs and the UFO Space ETF; discussed launch of HAC cybersecurity ETF and other early-stage ideas
ProcureAM / prior venture funds
Episode: The ETF Pioneer Who Calls Narratives Before Wall Street
Santiago Santos
Crypto investor and founder with Inversion, former partner at Parify
Inversion / Parify
Episode: Psychology, Value, and Data: How Santiago Santos Navigates The Markets
Alex Good
Ex-Palantir Analyst and entrepreneur
Palantir, Perpetua, Post Fiat
Episode: Ex-Palantir Analyst On The Inner Workings Of Intelligence & Markets In A World Of Socialism
Ari Paul
Founder of BlockTower Capital, crypto hedge fund manager
BlockTower Capital
Episode: Are The AI Labs Getting Nationalized?
Andrew Kang
Founder of RoboStrategy
RoboStrategy
Episode: Is Robotics The Next Megabubble?
Kaledora Kiernan-Linn
Founder of Ostium, an exchange-like broker layer for global liquidity
Ostium
Episode: Why Perps Are Taking Over | Kaledora Kiernan-Linn

Hosts

Avi Felman
Co-host of the show; crypto markets trader with hedge fund background
Jonah Van Bourg
Co-host; former hedge fund investor and crypto markets trader

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 101 ratings
  • Unsolicited Advice

    Avi you need to watch Seinfeld. It will make you a better person.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    surv12533
    United States2 months ago
  • Epic content

    Practical, real time analysis for traders. Highly recommend.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Christopher Keshian
    United States3 months ago
  • Too Political

    Would be a 1000x better if they left the Trump glazing out of it

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    Fvjfscbrhrdbh
    United States7 months ago
  • Great crypto centric pod which also covers macro and mainstream markets

    Podcast Addict
    5
    ATangy
    8 months ago
  • It used to be good

    The show used to be good when they just talked about trades, but when markets get boring they talk about ‘how terrible Florida is’ and attempt to flex about tax loss harvesting. Went from S tier to C

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    Rick11111
    Canada10 months ago

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Listeners appreciate practical, real-time market insights and candid trading takes.

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Arthur Hayes On The Early Days Of BitMEX, Where Bitcoin Is Going, And Why We Are Over-Indexing On AI
Q: You bullish on AI stocks?
Hayes is bearish on AI company economics, arguing that customers do not pay enough to cover costs and that data-center construction is becoming more expensive even as compute gets cheaper. He nevertheless expects the buildout to continue and sees a government bailout as likely.
Arthur Hayes On The Early Days Of BitMEX, Where Bitcoin Is Going, And Why We Are Over-Indexing On AI
Q: How did you end up founding the largest crypto perps exchange in the world?
Hayes says he studied Chinese, moved to Hong Kong, worked in sales and trading, and discovered Bitcoin after being fired from Citibank. Trading Bitcoin and considering how to build a derivatives platform led him to create BitMEX.
Crypto Is Rebuilding The Financial System — And Opportunities Abound
Q: Why build Atlas and the ZERO token alongside LayerZero's messaging protocol?
Atlas provides an institutional-grade trading, settlement, and clearing layer, while ZERO acts as the native gas token that fuels and sustains the ecosystem; together they aim to reduce costs, enable large-scale cross-chain swaps, and fund token burning to support long-term value.
Crypto Is Rebuilding The Financial System — And Opportunities Abound
Q: What does LayerZero actually do in practice for developers and users?
LayerZero serves as the messaging backbone that allows different blockchains to communicate, enabling cross-chain transfers and interactions with pricing and finality considerations; it's focused on reliability, speed, and interoperability across a growing ecosystem of chains and assets.
MARKET UPDATE: Live With GMoney, Inflation Is In, Is This The Crypto Top?
Q: What are your most controversial ideas?
The guests suggest a mix of ideas around tokenized assets, the potential of AI capex narratives, and selective investments in tokenized equities like Quotrons, with emphasis on risk management and skepticism toward hype cycles; they also push for balanced exposure across tradfi, crypto, and on-chain innovations as a way to hedge uncertainty.

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This show blends trader intuition with real-world market experience, covering crypto, macro, equities, AI, and alternative assets with a practical, risk-aware lens. Episodes frequently center on how technology and policy shape price discovery, regulatory dynamics, and new financial infrastructures, from on-chain ecosystems to tokenized securities. Notable threads include meme-driven markets, social trading dynamics, liquidity provision, and institutional adoption of crypto and AI-enabled strategies, all analyzed through personal trading stories and actionable takeaways. A unique strength is the duo's willingness to voice contrarian theses and test ideas in real time, offering listeners a grounded perspective on where money is moving and how... more

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