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NewsRamp Cryptocurrency & NFT Podcast Innovations in Crypto: Revenue Strategy, Cloud Mining, and Transaction MilestonesJared Klee, the new Head of Revenue at Bastion, is optimistic about stablecoins reshaping finance. ETHRANSACTION offers XRP holders increased returns through cloud mining. Meanwhile, Solowin Holdings celebrates $100 million in transaction volume for licensed coin services in Hong Kong, paving the way for further innovations in the crypto industry.

2025-08-1104 min

Hockey Free For All Episode 108 of the Hockey Free For All Podcast 06-09-2024Hello hockey fans, here’s Episode 108 of the hockey free for all podcast to take a listen to. Topics of discussion include- #1. The offensive powerhouse Stanley Cup final that has been wanted by many for years has arrived, as the Florida Panther face off against the Edmonton Oilers. #2. The Montreal Canadiens have signed 2022 5th round draft pick Center Jared Davidson to a new 2-year contract, as well as OHL/Swiss free agent goaltender Connor Hughes to a 1-year 2-way contract after posting exceptional numbers in both the regular and post seasons this year. #3. Th...

2024-06-1020 min

Right Click Save | پادکست فارسی راست کلیک سیو پادکست فارسی راست کلیک سیو | قسمت 24 | جنرتیو آرت چیه؟سلام! یا بهتره بگم جی ام! من برنا مهاجرم، بیشتر وقتم رو تو اینترنت می‌گذرونم، هنر دیجیتال کالکت می‌کنم و اینجا در پادکست فارسی راست کلیک سیو که هر دو هفته یک‌بار منتشر میشه، درباره فرهنگ و هنر دیجیتال و دنیای NFTها صحبت می‌کنم و با دیجیتال آرتیست‌ها و بومیان دنیای اینترنت درباره دیدگاه‌ها و تجربیاتشون گپ می‌زنم. در این قسمت بالاخره کامل و مفصل درباره جنرتیو آرت صحبت می‌کنیم و ضمن مرور تاریخچه و تحولش از دهه ۶۰ میلادی تا امروز، شباهات و تفاوت‌هاش با هنر مدرن و معاصر رو هم بررسی می‌کنیم! اصطلاحات و سایت‌هایی که در این قسمت استفاده کردم و اکانت‌هایی که درباره‌شون حرف زدم: وبسایت‌ها: Processing.org Artblocks.io Levitated.net Praystation.com مقالات: https://medium.com/processing-foundation/a-modern-prometheus-59aed94abe85 http://lillian.com/art-analysis/ افرادی که منشن شدن: Vasarely, Kandinsky, Malevich, Paul Klee, Josef Albers< > اگه چیزی جا مونده لطفا در کامنت‌ها بگین که اضافه کنم. اگر دیجیتال آرتیست و یا علاقه‌مند به فرهنگ و فضای اینترنت و NFTها هستین، من رو در توییتر به اسم برنا مهاجر و پادکست راست کلیک سیو رو در اپ پادگیر مورد علاقه‌تون فالو کنین و هر نظر، دغدغه، سوال یا صحبتی در این حوزه دارین رو در کامنت‌های اینجا یا دایرکت توییتر باهام در میون بذارین تا درباره‌شون صحبت کنیم. توییتر: https://twitter.com/0xborna اینستاگرام: https://instagram.com/bornosor بخشی از آثار هنری دیجیتالی که تا الان جمع کردم: https://deca.art/bornosor/leftclickbought راستی اگه تا اینجا رو خوندین لطفا راست کلیک سیو رو با دوستاتون شیر کنین.

2024-06-081h 06

Crypto With Accountants Using Web3 to Revolutionize Accounting ProcessesPat and Rafael dive into the world of Web3 with Jared Klee, Director of Web3 at Vouch. From on-chain verifiable credentials to tax returns, we uncover the potential impact of Web3 on accounting workflows and discuss how companies can leverage these advancements to streamline their accounting processes.Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE for listening to this episode.Checkout the Bitwave channel on Earmark to get even more CPEChapters(00:00) - CWA E6 (00:34) - Introducing our Guest Jared Klee (01:29...

2023-05-0153 min

Making Markets Jared Klee: Web3 InsuranceThis is Eric Golden and my guest today is Jared Klee. Jared is Director of Web3 at Vouch Insurance and was previously blockchain project manager at IBM. Our conversation starts with Jared's crypto experience at IBM and how they use blockchain technology to help move mangoes around the world. Yes, mangoes. We then dive into insurance, how Vouch underwrites Web3 startups, and what mistakes most founders make. Please enjoy this conversation with Jared Klee. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to the best content to learn more, check out the episode page here.

2023-01-0656 min

Funders & Founders 9. Will Ross, Federato - RiskOps for InsurersToday's guest is Will Ross, Co-Founder & CEO at Federato, an insurance technology startup. The company’s RiskOps solution for property and casualty and speciality insurers uses artificial intelligence and dynamic optimization to help insurers better utilize their existing data investments to balance risk and growth, and incorporate organizational goals at the portfolio level. We discuss how Will rapidly developed deep domain expertise, what it means to be underwriter-centric, and how Federato helps insurers optimize risk exposures at both the case and portfolio levels. Please enjoy this conversation with Will Ross. ----- Join the conversation on Tw...

2022-10-0634 min

Funders & Founders 8. Miguel Fernández, Capchase - Non-Dilutive Growth FinancingToday's guest is Miguel Fernández, Co-Founder & CEO of Capchase, non-dilutive financing to turn recurring revenue into flexible growth financing for SaaS startups. We discuss Capchase's unfair data advantage and how that underpins their underwriting success, why the company has focused exclusively on financing technology startups, and how thinking strategically about cost of capital is a secret weapon for successful startup founders. Please enjoy this conversation with Miguel Fernández. ----- Follow on Twitter with your host @KleeBeard. For more episodes of Funders & Founders, visit fintechandfinance.co.

2022-09-1545 min

Funders & Founders 7. Carmelle Cadet, EMTECH - Modern Central BankingToday's guest is Carmelle Cadet, Founder and CEO of EMTECH, an award winning central bank technology platform. EMTECH is bringing modern technology including fully digital regulatory sandboxes powered by APIs to central banks around the world. With initial clients in the Caribbean and Africa, the company's delivering on a vision that's as thoughtful about expanding financial inclusion as it is about helping central banks innovate. Please enjoy this conversation with Carmelle Cadet. ----- Join the conversation on Twitter with your host @KleeBeard. For more episodes of Funders & Founders, visit fintechandfinance.co.

2022-08-0434 min

Funders & Founders 6. Pat O'Meara, Inveniam - Operating System for DataToday's guest is Pat O'Meara, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Inveniam, a startup that provides data integrity and price discovery for infrequently traded assets. We discuss why bad data leads to mispriced assets in commercial real estate and other private markets, how the company's software is unlocking trapped capital for major firms like Cushman and Wakefield and CBRE, and how the company uses blockchain to create a verifiable audit trail for every data point. Please enjoy this conversation with Pat O'Meara. ----- Join your host on Twitter @KleeBeard. For the video, transcript, and...

2022-07-2143 min

Funders & Founders 5. Stephan Cizmar, Lorimer Ventures - EmpathyStephan Cizmar is Co-Founder and General Partner at Lorimer Ventures, a thematically focused, pre-seed through Series A venture capital firm. Lorimer has a unique operating partner first, investor second approach that relies on a deeply empathetic understanding of the founder and what it takes to build and scale great companies. We discuss what it means to dream with the entrepreneur, the role empathy plays in investing and building, and explore focus themes including Industry 4.0 and Commerce. Please enjoy this conversation with Stephan Cizmar. ----- Join the conversation on Twitter with your host @KleeBeard. ...

2022-07-0655 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #31 - Payment for Order FlowToday's discussion is on payment for order flow. Ever wonder why stock trading on Robinhood and other brokerage platforms is free? They're selling your orders to third parties like Citadel and Virtu. It's free because we're the product. The SEC is proposing new rules that would effectively end the business model as we know it, but the changes introduce their own challenges that may be even worse for investors. ----- Join the Fat Tailed Thoughts discussion on LinkedIn and the @FatTailThoughts discussion on Twitter with your co-hosts @KleeBeard and @StevenDickens3. For more episodes...

2022-06-1533 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #30 - Baby Formula ShortageThe US faces a crisis level shortage in baby formula. It's a story of good legislative intentions gone wrong. In our haste to subsidize families in need, we distorted the market and created a fragile industry. In retrospect, the only surprise is that it took this long to fail. We explore why the baby formula market is in crisis, what is being done to bring baby formula to market now, and how we might avoid such a crisis in the future. ----- Join the @FatTailThoughts discussion on Twitter with your co-hosts @KleeBeard and @StevenDickens3.

2022-06-1134 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #29 - Algorithmic Stablecoins, A Terrable IdeaTerra blew up. Runs followed on other algorithmic stablecoins and many followed suit. Little about their failure was novel. They all implemented models we've seen fail before with fiat. We explore why they failed, how this could have been avoided, and consider the path forward for regulation. ----- Check out this week's letter for the full story. Join the @FatTailThoughts discussion on Twitter with your co-hosts @KleeBeard and @StevenDickens3. For more episodes of Fat Tailed Thoughts, visit fattailedthoughts.com. Past topics include WTF is CPI, Debt Collectors Who Help Rather Than Abuse, Slow...

2022-06-0835 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #29, The After Show - Algorithmic Stablecoins, A Terrable IdeaJared rants about fraud in crypto. Steven tries to reign him in. It mostly goes off the rails. ----- Check out this week's letter for the full story. Join the Fat Tailed Thoughts discussion on LinkedIn and the @FatTailThoughts discussion on Twitter with your co-hosts @KleeBeard and @StevenDickens3. For more episodes of Fat Tailed Thoughts, visit fattailedthoughts.com. Past topics include WTF is CPI, Debt Collectors Who Help Rather Than Abuse, Slow Revolutions in Financial Services, and more. Stay up to date on all of our content by joining the Fat...

2022-06-0826 min

Funders & Founders 4. Matt Mullenax, Huron - Brand BuildingToday's guest is Matt Mullenax, Co-Founder and CEO at Huron, a direct-to-consumer men's care startup. In a category that can be unfamiliar and uncomfortable to talk about, Matt's built a remarkable brand. By marrying award-winning products with a deeply personal brand that both invites in customers as creative partners and wears some of the awkwardness for them, Matt's scaled Huron to over 5000 five-star reviews and many thousands more repeat customers. We cover a lot of ground, from doing things that don't scale like sending bagels to customers to keeping the brand fresh despite 18-month product cycles. Matt shares a...

2022-06-0732 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #28, The After Show - Buy Now, Pay LaterWelcome to the Fat Tailed Thoughts After Show! This is a more free flowing, less serious discussion of the episode. We discuss Buy Now, Pay Later... mostly. ----- Check out this week's letter for the full story. Join the Fat Tailed Thoughts discussion on LinkedIn and the @FatTailThoughts discussion on Twitter with your co-hosts @KleeBeard and @StevenDickens3. For more episodes of Fat Tailed Thoughts, visit fattailedthoughts.com. Past topics include WTF is CPI, Debt Collectors Who Help Rather Than Abuse, Slow Revolutions in Financial Services, and more. Stay up to date...

2022-05-1324 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #28 - Buy Now, Pay Later for EverythingToday's discussion is on Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL). BNPL is a novel alternative to credit card debt that's grown dramatically in recent years. We discuss how BNPL makes money, the impending regulatory crackdown, and why the enthusiastic reception by consumers and businesses alike begs a lot more attention. Please enjoy this breakdown of buy now, payer later. ----- Check out this week's letter for the full story. Join the Fat Tailed Thoughts discussion on LinkedIn and the @FatTailThoughts discussion on Twitter with your co-hosts @KleeBeard and @StevenDickens3. For more episodes of Fat...

2022-05-1332 min

Funders & Founders 3. Michael Dowling, Mode Eleven - Building BanksMy guest today is Michael Dowling, Co-Founder at Jewel, the first de novo Bermudian bank in 50 years, and CTO at Mode Eleven Bancorp here in the US. Michael has been at the forefront of designing bank technology for over a decade. He brings a unique perspective on how building a bank is different than building other types of startups, the role for banks with crypto and stablecoins, why banks and startups should partner rather than try to go it alone, and how banking can play a vital role in revitalizing local communities. Please enjoy this conversation with Michael Dowling.

2022-05-1330 min

Funders & Founders 2. Joe Hasselmann, Invicta Growth - Growth Stage B2B StartupsMy guest today is Joe Hasselmann, Founding & Managing Partner at Invicta Growth, an expansion and growth stage venture capital firm. With investments in Ocrolus, Blockdaemon, and other unicorns, Invicta Growth is a rapidly building a strong reputation as an emerging fund manager. Joe discusses his untraditional path into venture capital, the grit and the grind of building a firm from the ground up, and what sets Invicta apart for both founders and investors. Please enjoy this conversation with Joe Hasselmann. ----- Follow your host on Twitter @KleeBeard. For more episodes of Funders & Founders...

2022-05-1225 min

Funders & Founders 1. Roland Mansilla, Safely Finance - Financing for MovingMy guest today is Roland Mansilla, Co-Founder and COO of Safely Finance. Safely Finance works with renters and property managers to help finance the costs of moving and renting. We discuss how financing is a win-win for renters and property managers, why Safely Finance took the hard path of becoming a lender rather than pursuing a buy now pay later model, and what it means to be a renter-first company. Please enjoy this conversation with Roland Mansilla. ----- Follow your host on Twitter @KleeBeard. For more episodes of Funders & Founders, visit fintechandfinance.co.

2022-05-1124 min

Funders & Founders 0. Funders & Founders TrailerHello and welcome! I'm Jared Klee and this is Funders & Founders. This show is an exploration of how to identify, build, and scale promising startups from the earliest days. These conversations will help you fund and found tomorrow's leading startups. Funders and Founders is part of the Fintech & Finance family. You can access all of the past episodes, transcripts, and more at fintechandfinance.co. Find your host on Twitter @KleeBeard.

2022-05-1000 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #27 - The Future of Finance is EmbeddedToday's discussion is on embedded finance. It embeds the financial product purchasing decision right alongside consumption purchase. We discuss why an embedded and frictionless user experience is a major leap forward for finance, how banks and startups can partner to create experiences better than either one can alone, and the powerful data feedback loop from combining finance and consumption. Please enjoy this breakdown of embedded finance. ----- Check out this week's letter for the full story. Join the Fat Tailed Thoughts discussion on LinkedIn and the @FatTailThoughts discussion on Twitter with your co-hosts @KleeBeard and...

2022-05-0234 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #26 - Netflix Ads and a Tragedy of the CommonsToday's discussion is on Netflix Ads. Netflix lost subscribers for the first time in over a decade. CEO and co-founder Reed Hastings opened the door to an advertising based model alongside the company's subscriptions. It's a bad idea. We discuss why combining advertising and subscriptions creates terrible incentives for Netflix, other business models for successful entertain businesses, and the many non-advertising options for how Netflix can grow revenues and subscribers. Please enjoy this breakdown of Netflix ads. ----- Check out this week's letter for the full story. Join the Fat Tailed Thoughts discussion on LinkedIn...

2022-04-2535 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #25 - Challenger Approaching, A New Payment Network Has AppearedToday's discussion is on a revolution in payments. Visa has dominated card payments for 50 years, but cryptocurrency networks pose a real challenge. Services like Strike help businesses transact over the Bitcoin Lightning Network practically for free. We discuss why Visa has been so successful, how crypto can win the coming payments war, and what this means for processors and other payments companies. Please enjoy this breakdown of the payments revolution. Shoutout to Strike for what the payments solution they've built on the Bitcoin Lightning Networks. ----- Check out this week's letter for the...

2022-04-2037 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #24 - Bad Money Rising, The Difference Between Starbucks and a BankToday's discussion is on bad money, the difference between Starbucks and a bank. Good money is backed by government guarantee or robust regulations. Bad money, like the 100's of billions now held at money services businesses, lacks those protections. It has all the makings of a crisis. We discuss the history of privately issued good money, the rapid growth of bad money, and regulatory updates that can turn the bad money good. Please enjoy this breakdown of bad money. Special thanks to Dan Awrey for his awesome paper Bad Money. ----- Check out...

2022-04-1436 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #23 - Back to the Futures: London Metal Exchange & Futures MarketsToday's discussion is on futures and the London Metal Exchange. The nickel futures market experienced a massive short squeeze in early March, driving the price up 250% in two days. The exchange responded by reversing trades and halting trading. We discuss futures and forwards markets, why the exchange's explanation for reversing trades is mighty fishy, and what opportunities this presents to challenge a 145-year-old institution. Please enjoy this breakdown of futures and the London Metal Exchange. Shoutout to @CliffordAsness for his unfiltered coverage as these events unfolded! ----- Check out this week's letter for...

2022-04-0435 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #22 - Saving the World, One Carbon Credit at a TimeToday's discussion is on voluntary carbon credits. The market for voluntary carbon credits has been on a tear for the past year, but it hasn't always been that way. New demand to achieve net zero emissions is driving growth, but there remains a huge amount of work to do. We discuss why the market took over a decade to emerge, what still needs to be improved, and who is doing the great work of building. Please enjoy this breakdown of voluntary carbon credits. Shoutouts to Carbon Streaming, InfiniteEarth, Moss.Earth, Pachama, and Watershed and the work they're...

2022-03-3034 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #21 - Startup Equity for Employees & Founders: How to Value & StructureToday's discussion is on startup equity. We explore how founders and employees alike should value and structure equity. We discuss the many varied structures including RSAs, ISOs, NSOs, and RSUs, how taxes work, and what happens when you leave a startup. Please enjoy this breakdown of startup equity. ----- Check out the letter for the full story. Join the Fat Tailed Thoughts discussion on LinkedIn and the @FatTailThoughts discussion on Twitter with your co-hosts @KleeBeard and @StevenDickens3. For more episodes of Fat Tailed Thoughts, visit fattailedthoughts.com. Past topics include WTF is CPI...

2022-03-2438 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #20 - Watches, Supreme, & SignalingWhen price increases, demand for most goods falls. But not all. There's a class of goods where demand rises with price. These "Veblen Goods" lead to businesses unlike any other. We use Veblen Goods to signal - we're rich, we're successful, we have something you can't. Companies like Chanel, Montblanc, Rolex, Rolls-Royce, and Supreme have co-opted our need to signal to drive sales of their carefully curated brands. In this episode, we explore the world of Veblen Goods and take a deep dive into watches. Co-host Steven Dickens shares insights from his 20+ years of watch...

2022-03-1542 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #19 - SWIFT, Sanctions, and Financial WarfareUkraine is under attack. The world is responding with financial warfare. It's a new domain in multi-domain operations. Air. Land. Maritime. Space. Cyber. Finance. We explore how financial warfare happens: how SWIFT works and why Russia's been kicked off, how the US can enforce sanctions all over the globe, and what freezing Russia's central bank reserves means for Russia's economy. We conclude with a look at what each of us can do to support Ukraine. They're small acts, but they make a very real difference. Check out this week's letter for the full...

2022-03-0857 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #18 - The Future of Startup Equity MarketsThe theme of this episode is MORE. More funding, more startups, more investors, more everything. Funding for startups has grown 10x in 10 years, an astonishing 26% annual growth rate. Money is flowing in not just from venture capitals, but from new types of investors as well. It's all been helped by an accommodative regulatory environment. Those trends will continue to propel the industry forward. Expect more liquidity, more complex financial products, and more bundling of capabilities as the market grows. We analyze the three big trends - more VC money, more new types of...

2022-03-0137 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #17 - Get Cash Without Selling Startup EquitySelling your startup equity used to be the only option for startup employees to get cash prior to IPO. But as the number of unicorns has ballooned and startups stay private for longer, a new option has emerged. Startup employees can finance their options. An ecosystem of lenders stands ready to lend employees money to exercise their options, take ownership of their equity, and pay the associated taxes. No money is owed until the startup goes public or is acquired. We discuss the tax treatment of options, the tradeoffs of financing, selling, or...

2022-02-2238 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #16 - How to Sell Your Startup EquityThe average time for a startup to go public has increased from 7 to 12 years in the past two decades. More and more early employees are left equity rich and cash poor. An ecosystem has emerged to help. Four different secondary markets work with employees and the startups themselves to help employees, investors, and founders sell their startup equity for cash. It's not all smooth sailing. The challenges of an illiquid startup equity market, complex regulations, and burdensome taxes are real. How to navigate is critical for any potential seller to understand. Shoutouts to...

2022-02-1534 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #15 - 100 Years of Stock Market PerformanceThe US stock market had its worst January since The Great Financial Crisis. But investment returns don't make a lot of sense without more information around "normal" returns and the period over which performance is measured. In this episode, we look at 100 years of stock market performance - how changing the dates over which performance is measured makes huge differences in the measured outcomes, why average returns are misleading, and how poor short-term performance can create incentive misalignment between money managers and their clients. Check out this week's letter for the full story. Follow @FatTailThoughts...

2022-02-0833 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #14 - Matchmakers vs eHarmonyMarket makers and order books are core to how modern financial exchanges work. They're how we ensure there's a buyer for every seller and a seller for every buyer. It's a model that works well in big markets. Jane Street, a premier market maker, traded over $17 trillion in 2020 and generated $1.6 billion in revenue. But the model fails in small markets. Jane Street's margin was just 0.009%. It's not profitable to be a middleman when trading volumes are low. Automated Market Makers change the game. They can operate - profitably - in small markets. The model ensures...

2022-02-0137 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #13 - What If Debt Collectors Helped Rather Than Abused?Headlines run every day with advice on "How to Win at Retirement Savings" and "10 Tips to Save Money." What most people don't know is that 89 million Americans have debt in collections. Collections is industry built on abusing consumers. Over 870,000 complaints are filed every year. But it doesn't have to be that way. Startups are proving that treating people well can be good business. They're 40%+ more effective at collections that the legacy dial-for-dollars. Not only is it more revenue, it's bigger profits and happier consumers. We explore the state of consumer delinquent debt, the misaligned incentives i...

2022-01-2635 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #12 - Sex Sells But You Can't Finance ItThe adult industry is bigger than Hollywood yet it largely lacks access to basic financial services. Cutoff from banking, payments, and venture capital, it is remarkable the industry exists at all. Some sub-segments have earned their reputations as high-risk. But sexual wellness has not. It's a $10B+ industry cutoff from financial services despite being low-risk and highly profitable. It's an extraordinary failure. We explore why the adult industry hasn't had access to financial services and the barriers still left to overcome today. We find that the industry is changing - the barriers are falling. Dame...

2022-01-1838 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #11 - Slow Revolutions in Financial ServicesDecades long technology revolutions can be multibillion dollar opportunities for those paying attention. Yesterday's hype can take years to become mainstream. Even longer if you're a highly regulated financial services company. We explore why only 8% of banking tasks have been moved to the cloud and how even these first steps have unlocked slow revolutions in equity markets and money movement. New capabilities are just coming online today that have been years in the making. They're massive opportunities for those paying attention. Check out this week's letter for the full story. Follow @FatTailThoughts on...

2022-01-1136 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #10 - Top 10 2022 Predictions: metaverse, regulations, and moreHappy New Year! We're kicking off with our top 10 predictions for 2022! Our top 10: 1. metaverse, 2. inflation, 3. globalization, 4. semi conductors, 5. nuclear energy, 6. payment rails, 7. digitization of paper, 8. NFTs, 9. regulation in crypto markets, and 10. central bank digital currencies. One host bets on change - innovation accelerating across a broad range of industries. The other host bets on life moving more slowly - optimistic for the long term, but a more incremental rate of change. Follow @FatTailThoughts on Twitter and your co-hosts @KleeBeard and @StevenDickens3 for more content.

2022-01-0638 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #9 - Hyped Inflation: forecasts, expectations, and coin-flipping monkeysHyperinflation is real - prices increasing at least 40% per month. Our recent bout of inflation isn't anywhere in the ballpark. What we're dealing with isn't hyperinflation. It's hyped inflation. But inflation expectations can become self-fulfilling prophecies. We explore why a coin flipping monkey is preferable to inflation forecasters, complex adaptive systems, and how inflation expectations can become reality. Will Bitcoin ever challenge displace traditional fiat money? We debate the merits and look to history as a guide. Check out this week's letter for the full story. Follow @FatTailThoughts on Twitter and your co-hosts @KleeBeard and...

2022-01-0135 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #8 - WTF is CPI: inflation calculations & alternative measuresPrices are going up, but by how much? Is the government squashing the truth? We unpack the methodology behind the government reported Consumer Price Index (CPI) and explore sources of error including incentives for squashing the reported numbers. We explore why there are surprisingly few alternative inflation measures and analyze why some of the more popular ones have their own challenges. Check out this week's letter for the full story. Follow @FatTailThoughts on Twitter and your co-hosts @KleeBeard and @StevenDickens3 for more content.

2021-12-2136 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #7 - OCR Part 2: the multibillion dollar opportunity for startups digitizing dataThe next multibillion dollar opportunity. Digitize data trapped on paper and build a business around the data. We explore the three billion dollar opportunities for OCR startups digitizing data: sell analytics to existing customers, sell analytics to new customers, and expand into automating near-adjacent steps in the business workflows. Or build a competing startup that eliminates paper by digitizing forms and automating processes. We balance the revenue upside with the building challenges for each of these businesses before considering how the future will unfold. Check out this week's letter for the full story. Follow @FatTailThoughts...

2021-12-1435 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #6 - OCR Part 1: teaching digital machines to read paper documentsBank statements, credit card statements, and tax forms all contain valuable data, but it's trapped on paper and in PDFs. We humans recognize the ink patters them as letters, but they contain no instructions for the computer. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is how machines learn to read. We explore the mechanics of OCR - the scale of the paper problem in financial services and why paper-based data is so difficult for computers to extract. We look at how accuracy statistics for machines can be misleading and why that results in people - lots of people - staying...

2021-12-0833 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #5 - Crypto Growth Benchmarked: historical comparison against oil, gold, and stocksPundits on TV and cryptocurrency maximalists across the world regularly tout Bitcoin and crypto as "the fastest growing financial product in history." But is that actually true? We benchmark oil, gold, stocks, and crypto to GDP and look at how they changed throughout history. From the 1901 oil strike in Texas to the gold rush of 1849, we look at both the sizes relative to GDP and the year-over-year change as a percentage of GDP. Heads up - crypto's in a league of its own. Check out this week's letter for the full story. Follow...

2021-11-3037 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #4 - ETFs Part 2: The Bitcoin ETF and hidden, long-tailed risksExchange traded funds (ETFs) part two. We discuss the hidden risks of concentrated ETF holdings in Apple and Microsoft and the exclusive club of authorized participants, most of whom had to be bailed out in the Financial Crisis. We look at the exciting new bitcoin futures ETF and explore why that succeed where previous attempts had failed, how the regulators are thinking about bitcoin ETFs, and when we can expect a bitcoin spot ETP. Check out this week's letter for the full story. Follow @FatTailThoughts on Twitter and your co-hosts @KleeBeard and @StevenDickens3 for more content.

2021-11-2336 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #3 - ETFs: how innovation and an underdog success story created a $6.5 trillion industryExchange Trade Funds (ETFs). We discuss their remarkable history: from the innovations in mutual funds, through the initial flop of a launch, to their wild success as a $6.5 trillion industry. We explore how they actually work and why those innovations are key to their success. Check out this week's letter for the full story. Follow @FatTailThoughts on Twitter to be notified when the next podcast's live and your co-hosts @KleeBeard and @StevenDickens3 for more content.

2021-11-1638 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #2 - The Great Wealth Transfer: $68T on the move, the haves and have-nots, & millennial financesThe Great Wealth Transfer. We discuss the 5+ living generations, how their wildly different macro experiences have led to divergent wealth, and how the wealth-inheriting generations invest and spend differently than the older generations. But not all are set to see an inheritance. We analyze how the tax structure facilitates dynastic wealth and explore a future with significant intragenerational wealth divides. We wrap up on a high note looking at the new opportunities available who service both the haves and have-nots in the $68T wealth transfer. Check out this week's letter for the full story. Follow @FatTailThoughts on...

2021-11-0932 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts #1 - Overdraft Fees: breakdown, legislation, & free market solutionsOverdraft fees. We discuss the four different fee types, their magnitudes, and how some bad banks are almost entirely reliant on overdrafts for profitability. We turn our attention to legislative action and the appropriate role for regulators, taking into consideration recent research showing that overdraft services can increase access to banking for low-income families and the unbanked. We wrap up with a look at some of the startups and banks that are innovating in the space and what to expect next week. Check out this week's letter for the full story. Follow @FatTailThoughts on Twitter to be...

2021-11-0133 min

Fat Tailed Thoughts Fat Tailed Thoughts TrailerWelcome to the Fat Tailed Thoughts podcast! Each week, we dive into the mechanics and workings of finance, money, and cryptocurrencies with your hosts Jared Klee and Steven Dickens. Subscribe to the Fat Tailed Thoughts letter and follow us on Twitter & LinkedIn for more.

2021-10-2502 min $Let\'s Be Treasonable!$

Let's Be Treasonable!UNRAVELING THE SOCIAL FABRIC TO MAKE PROTECTIVE MASKSAs we wrap up week… what is it, week 27? I dunno… it sure feels longer than that, but as we wrap up another week of pandemic lockdown, Trump has appointed Jared Kushner to the Coronavirus Task Force, letting anyone who feared they may not be able to depend on the Federal Government to get us out of this mess know for sure that their fears didn't even scratch the surface. Fortunately Cognitive Dissidents Ed Greer, Klee Wiggins, "The Black Voice of Reason" Tymon Shipp, and Dr. David Robinson are here to get under the surface and scratch that itch with...

2020-04-051h 32

Altitude Advantage - Official Denver Broncos Podcast Horsin' Around: Texans pregame and Jared VeldheerIt was another newsworthy week in Broncos Country -- and it leads to another potential turning-point game. Andrew Mason and Ryan Edwards begin by sifting through the last few days (1:04) before moving on to the Texans, including a breakdown of QB Deshaun Watson (9:41). At 23:00, they pinpoint things the Broncos must do in order to win (besides scoring more points). At 25:46. they talk with Jared Veldheer as the nine-year veteran prepares to return from injury. Finally, Paul Klee of The Gazette in Colorado Springs drops into the Pat Bowlen Fieldhouse studio (32:16) for an expansive discussion of where the Broncos stand at...

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