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What You're About with Chad AboudWe don’t need to build our Career alone: how collaboration beats competition (w/ Brandon Louis & Jeremiah Iroff)It can feel nice to have complete control over our environment.
To stop anyone from changing our vision.
But doing everything on our own has downsides too.
There are parts of our business where we aren’t strong. We miss feeling connected to others with a shared vision. We begin to see everyone as competition because we aren’t working with anyone.
But when we find trusted partners we gain inspiration, capacity and skills.
That’s exactly what Brandon Louis and Jeremiah Iroff realized as they were sharing an office...2024-02-191h 04
The Anglo-Italian PodWorld Cup 2022 - Ep. 06 - The last 16[This episode was recorded live on our YouTube and Twitch streams on 05/12/22]
It's Tuesday morning and that means it's time to catch up on your favourite football podcast! Ruairi, Adam and Andy all sit down to talk about another hectic weekend in the World Cup!
Fresh from the final whistle at the Ras Abu Aboud Stadium we perform a live autopsy on South Korea as they are torn to pieces by Brazil, are the Selecao clicking into gear? Who is this Richarlison and why are we being forced to like him?
Then we...2022-12-061h 23
Bitcoin & Crypto Trading: Ledger CastDecentralized Finance, with Louis Aboud of WyreWelcome to Ledger Cast, hosted by me, Brian Krogsgard (@ledgerstatus on twitter). Ledger Cast is a cryptocurrency trading and blockchain ecosystem podcast.
You can subscribe to new episodes of Ledger Cast on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, YouTube and via RSS.
The information in this podcast should not be construed as investment advice, it is purely educational material and you should always do your own research before buying.
In this episode of Ledger Cast, I talk to Louis Aboud of Wyre Capital and Wyre. Wyre is an, API for applications to offer a fia...2019-06-131h 03
Wyre TalksEp 33, Q1 Wrap-Up: Facecoin/ZuckBucks, Bitwise Report & DeFi —with Michael Dunworth, Louis Aboud-Hogben & Thomas ScariaToday, we’re looking back on Q1 to explore the most important headlines in crypto. We start with a discussion of Facebook’s motivation to enter the space and how the introduction of ZuckBucks might impact the ecosystem as a whole. Michael shares his take on the Bitwise report, explaining why it doesn’t answer the right question and describing the SEC’s need to build surveillance infrastructure on the so-called Big 10 exchanges that matter.
Louis covers the dominance of Binance, sharing their big wins early on and what they are doing to maintain market share. Finally, we talk...2019-04-3000 minWyre TalksEp 19, MakerDAO, Novel Paradigms for Risk Management with Steven Becker, President and COOIn this Wyre Talks, we are excited to host Steven Becker COO and President of MakerDAO. Having spent his career at various trading desks on Wall Street banks and high stakes hedge funds, Steven is no stranger to managing risk. However, a new challenge arose as he was tapped to run the decentralized risk functions at MakerDAO. Steven grasped the problem and led the decentralized organization scale and survive the downturn, all while preparing for the launch of MultiCollateral Dai -- the most intricate risk management problem.
MakerDAO is many things, but it can be thought of...2019-01-2200 minWyre TalksEp 17, Lessons learned from 2018 and predictions for 2019What an eventful year at Wyre and in the crypto ecosystem. Outsiders will look at the price/headlines and think the whole industry is in crisis. We don’t think that’s the case at all. Infact, we welcome the negative press since it chruns the non-believers out of the space so that the true visionaries can focus on building great product. In this special 90 minute episode with Mike, Louis and Thomas, we cover what we’ve witnessed in 2018 and how we think the industry will evolve in 2019. See below for a watered down summary but we recommend listeners tune i...2018-12-2000 minWyre TalksEp 15, CarpeNoctom, Inside the mind of a full-time Bitcoin trader with Josh OlszewiczOverview:
Josh’s trading style as it pertains to risk management, sizing,
instruments, The mindset and habits of a winning trader.
A profile of the early Bitcoin trading community.
The impact on the derivative markets in crypto on underlying spot
markets.
The relationship between information asymmetry and technical
analysis, the closest thing a trader has to a roadmap.
How fundamental indicators can help with predicting BTC price as well
as completely mislead traders.
Thoughts around current market volatility and this bear cycle.
Key takeaways for Consensus Invest and how it differed from last
ye...2018-12-0400 minWyre TalksEp 13, Dan Held — Bitcoin: Where we started and where we are now.You can follow the hosts on Twitter!
Thomas Scaria (host): @tomscaria
Louis Aboud (co-host): @louAboudHogben2018-11-2000 minWyre TalksEp 12, dYdX - Decentralized margin trading for the average user, with Antonio Juliano and Zhuoxun Yin.You can follow the hosts on Twitter!
Thomas Scaria (host): @tomscaria
Louis Aboud (co-host): @louAboudHogben2018-11-0900 min
Unbounded ConversationsWyre & SaaS with Louis AboudLouis Aboud joins us to discuss Wyre and how blockchain could disrupt the SaaS and social media industries.Wyre - The API for compliance and paymentsWhy crypto networks will eat the SaaS industry - Louis’s newest piece on MediumThe materials provided are for information only and do not constitute as an offer. For investment advice, please consult professional advisors. Neither Zach or Jack are financial advisors.The information contained in this podcast episode has been compiled with considerable care to ensure its accuracy at the date of publication. Ho...2018-11-0831 minWyre TalksEp 11, Paradigm Market - Aggregated Liquidity: The Bumpy Road to Trading Nirvana with Liam Kovatch and Henry HarderYou can follow the hosts on Twitter!
Thomas Scaria (host): @tomscaria
Louis Aboud (co-host): @louAboudHogben2018-11-0200 minWyre TalksEp 10, Trade any asset in the world using Ethereum: Seth Rubin, founder and CEO of Market ProtocolYou can follow the hosts on Twitter!
Thomas Scaria (host): @tomscaria
Louis Aboud (co-host): @louAboudHogben2018-10-2400 minWyre TalksEp. 7, Fixing the Lehman Problem with Crypto: John Piotrowski, Founder and CEO of The OceanIn this Wyre Talks, our guest is John Piotrowski, founder and CEO of The Ocean.
John has a past life in political campaigning and traditional finance, but made the pivot to cryptocurrency and founded the Ocean in 2017. The Ocean provides wallet-to-wallet trading on a high performance, institution-grade, decentralized platform that provides more liquidity with less risk. They also strive to create an intuitive trading experience, while maintaining a safe exchange with KYC/AML performed on their users.
In this episode, we also discuss:
How is the New York financial scene different from the SF...2018-10-0300 minWyre TalksEp. 3, Getting 100M Users (including Grandma) Trading on a DEXIn this episode of Wyre Talks, we host Michael Dunworth, CEO of Wyre, and Louis Aboud, Head of Research at Wyre Capital; we took this opportunity to dissect a topic we're not only very interested in, but feel is an important next step for crypto: the DEX.
Through the episode, we discuss topics including:
What is a DEX (decentralized exchange)?
How having unregulated exchanges attracts bad actors
How to get the first 100 million users for DEXs
Challenges in improving user experience
Regulation and compliance for exchanges
Scaling issues with DEXs
How will this ecosystem play out?
2018-09-0500 minWyre TalksEp. 2, Bitcoin ETF's and why crypto is a bigger threat to Silicon Valley than Wall Street feat. Louis AboudAs traditional investors enter the crypto world, they not only bring their legitimacy and access to funds with them, they also bring old habits with them. This week's episode is about institutional players entering the crypto market and why bitcoin ETF's are so important to the market. We also cover topics like:
Are ETF's good for bitcoin?
Why the bitcoin ETF was rejected by the SEC
Financial institutions making crypto mainstream
Why Sillicon Valley is more threatened by crypto than Wall Street
You can follow the host on Twitter!
Thomas Scaria: @tomscaria2018-08-2900 min