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The Crypto Tape

The Crypto Tape
Tokenization
Stablecoins
Bitcoin
Solana
Ethereum
Double Zero
Crypto Markets
Defi
Monad
Venture Capital
Stable Coins
Artificial Intelligence
Bron
Multiparty Computation
Crypto
Tokenized Securities
Institutions/wall Street
Talos
Crypto Market
Regulation (UK FCA)

The Crypto Tape from GSR brings you inside crypto’s capital markets, where topics like credit and liquidity converge with actually interesting stories and perspectives. As one of the world’s leading crypto investment firms, GSR has traded trillions in digital assets. Now, we’re opening the door to the people shaping this market. Hosted by Frank Chaparro, The Crypto Tape features candid conversatio... more

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Mike Cagney is the Chairman of Figure, a company that has originated more than $25 billion of assets on-chain and built what may be the only liquid non-agency credit market in existence outside of Fannie and Freddie. Before Figure, he co-founded SoFi... more

Jamyn Edis has spent over 15 years teaching at NYU's Stern School of Business, led data science and AI practices at companies like Take-Two Interactive and Pearson, and is now finishing a book called The Fifth Horseman: AI and Humanity's Day of Judgm... more

Kaledora Fontana Kiernan-Linn co-founded Ostium in 2022 with a thesis that crypto-native traders would eventually want to trade traditional assets, on-chain, from their existing wallets. Three years later, the numbers are speaking for themselves. Ost... more

Alvin Hsia, co-founder and CEO of Ventuals, joins Frank Chaparro for a conversation about building perpetual markets for real-world assets and bringing on-chain leverage to a non-crypto audience.

Alvin spent six years at Airbnb before going through ... more

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Recent Guests

Jamyn Edis
Professor at NYU Stern School of Business and author
New York University Stern School of Business
Episode: The Crypto Tape – AI and Humanity's Day of Judgment with Jamyn Edis
Alvin Hsia
Co-founder and CEO of Ventuals
Ventuals
Episode: The Crypto Tape – RWA Perps with Alvin Hsia of Ventuals
Nick van Eck
CEO of Agora
Agora
Episode: The Crypto Tape – Stablecoin Outlook with Nick van Eck
Mike Dudas
Founder/Investing professional discussed as guest on the episode
Six Man Ventures
Episode: The Crypto Tape – Crypto Venture Outlook with Mike Dudas
Michael Blaugrund
VP of Strategic Initiatives at ICE
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE)
Episode: The Crypto Tape – 24/7 Equity Markets with Michael Blaugrund
Rob Hadick
Ventures professional at Dragonfly, focused on crypto ventures and market structure
Dragonfly
Episode: The Crypto Tape – The State of Crypto Venture with Rob Hadick
Sal Gilbertie
Teucrium executive, ETF specialist
Teucrium
Episode: The Crypto Tape – Leveraged ETFs and the TradFi Blockchain Buildout with Sal Gilbertie
Lord James Wharton
UK politician with experience in government and regulatory realms
Member of the House of Lords (Conservative)
Episode: The Crypto Tape – Why the UK Might Find the Middle Ground on Crypto with Lord James Wharton
Matt Sigel
Investment professional at VanEck; proponent of diversified crypto exposure with emphasis on Bitcoin and AI-linked assets
VanEck
Episode: The Crypto Tape – Bitcoin's Leverage Reset and the Equity Rotation with Matt Sigel

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Frank Chaparro
Host of The Crypto Tape (GSR); sometimes listed as host or contributor with content focus on crypto capital markets and infrastructure.

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How the Institutional Playbook for Crypto Is Being Rewritten by DATs and RWAs
Q: What are the three core components that determine whether a DAT will have staying power in the market?
Leadership and community ethics drive the cultural foundation, an economic engine ensures sustainable profits and alignment with investors, and a long-term mission that aligns with the network's survival and utility of the underlying asset.
How the Institutional Playbook for Crypto Is Being Rewritten by DATs and RWAs
Q: Walk us through the playbook for DATs and ETFs and what separates the two in terms of investor appeal.
DATs offer more layers of value through yield, governance, and exposure to productive uses of the asset beyond simple price appreciation, whereas ETFs provide straightforward price exposure with liquidity and regulatory clarity. The combination of store of value, culture, and optionality makes DATs attractive to investors seeking broader ways to win than just the asset price.
The Crypto Tape – Inside the Go-To-Market Strategy of Monad
Q: How does Monad plan to approach exchanges and market makers in the early stages of launch?
The strategy emphasizes building trust with first movers and innovators, proving your tech and business use cases with real-world deployments, and then leveraging those successes to attract broader participation from exchanges and institutions. Coordination, transparency, and a clear value proposition are key to overcoming the initial frictions with onboarding traditional players.
The Crypto Tape – Inside the Go-To-Market Strategy of Monad
Q: What use case is Monad primed for, and how do you see payments and stablecoins fitting into that vision?
Payments on crypto rails are a core use case, with fast, cheap, and secure on-chain transfers enabling real-world applications. Stablecoins play a pivotal role as the currency layer for on-chain payments, while Monad's infrastructure aims to provide the speed and security needed for large-scale adoption across remittances, fintech integrations, and corporate use cases.
The Crypto Tape — Dmitry Tokarev on Bron & the Future of Crypto Security
Q: What are the biggest risks you're watching for in Bron's six-month roadmap?
The discussion centers on ensuring that increased UX does not compromise security, expanding biometric and device-level protections, and continuing to prove through bug bounties and audits that even the most basic interfaces cannot be easily exploited.

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This show delivers candid conversations with investors, founders, and infrastructure leaders who shape crypto capital markets. Episodes consistently explore how traditional finance, on-chain infrastructure, and innovative trading mechanisms intersect, covering topics like tokenized assets, stablecoins, cross-asset trading, and the evolving regulatory landscape. Listeners are likely to encounter informed debates about liquidity, market structure, risk management, and the practical implications of bringing crypto concepts into real-world finance, with frequent references to institutions, custody, and enterprise-grade solutions. A notable throughline is how traditional market dynamics migrate onto blockchain rails, and how this convergence cou... more

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