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futurefolioBridge hackers, money launderers, and other charmers with Stephen Sargeant (C-Web3-O @ airdropd)Axie Infinity got hacked for $600M and a Russian money laundering crypto exchange called Hydra got taken down, so it's been a mixed couple of weeks for on-chain bad guys. Stephen Sargeant, Chief Web3 Officer at airdropd, updates Kevin and Adam on the bleeding edge tech in use for a worldwide game of cops and robbers playing out across the cryptoverse. This episode best enjoyed with two forms of ID.Claim 50 FUTR on Roll – https://app.tryroll.com/claim/FUTR-cdiaNZZmJYEHJoin our Discord – https://discord.gg/NEbzX4z6Twitter – @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloomEmai...
2022-04-1444 minfuturefolioExecutive Orders and Sanctions and Coffee Cake, oh my! with Ari Redbord (Head of Legal / Govt Affairs @ TRM Labs)Kevin and Adam are privileged to be joined by Ari Redbord, Head of Legal and Government Affairs at TRM Labs, who took a break from what we suspect is his usual March routine of painting his face Duke Blue Devil blue and binge-watching the NCAA tournament to chat with us about President Biden's recent Executive Order on crypto and the role that crypto is playing (or not playing) in Russia's effort to evade international sanctions for their invasion of Ukraine. The coffee cake thing... you'll have to listen to find out.Claim 50 FUTR on Roll – https://app.tr...
2022-03-1442 minfuturefolio2022 Outlook – It's gonna be a(nother) weird yearSo we're a little late to the party here since most everyone posted their 2022 predictions in January (ya know... at the BEGINNING of the year...) but we very prudently waited to see how Q1 would unfold before giving our predictions. Pretty clever, if you ask me. Kevin and I break down our expectations for crypto, tech stocks, inflation, DeFi, NFTs, the economy, and, most importantly, our feelings. Because we are all fundamentally emotional beings and there's a lot of weird crazy stuff happening. Also, a note – we recorded this episode before Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine so we don...
2022-03-021h 19futurefolioWeb 2 vs Web 3 – Check InAh, Web 2 and Web 3 — the Ross and Rachel of the internet business. Should they be together? Or apart? Or were they just on a break?? Kevin and Adam check in on the cryotoverse’s favorite rom-sit-com to reflect on their predictions from Episode 12, and… well… it’s complicated… [Annoying TV theme song plays] Claim 50 FUTR on Roll – https://app.tryroll.com/claim/FUTR-7EteG4M5NhDxDiscord – https://discord.gg/NEbzX4z6Twitter – @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom Email: futurefoliopodcast@gmail.com DISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own until we change our minds. Not financial or legal advice. Entertainment purposes only. And possibly not even that.
2022-02-0443 minfuturefolioThe FUTR Coin – 2022 RoadmapOk, we’ve got the FUTR coin! Soooo… what are we doing with this thing? Adam and Kevin brainstorm their plans to use FUTR to grow the FutureFolio community, including a new Discord server and some new podcasts to build the FutureFolio Podcast into the FutureFolio Podcast Network. Nothing will ever be the same. Claim 50 FUTR on Roll – https://app.tryroll.com/claim/FUTR-jzYsHwTWAfMK Discord – https://discord.gg/7Cus7hDJCd Twitter – @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom Email: futurefoliopodcast@gmail.com DISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own until we change our minds. Not financial or legal advice. Entertainment purposes only. And possibly not even that.
2022-01-101h 06futurefolioIntroducing the FutureFolio Coin (FUTR)The FutureFolio coin (FUTR) is live! We said we were gonna do it and then we did it. Our Ethereum-based ERC-20 token is now available to claim on Roll, the social token service. Adam and Kevin discuss their vision for the new currency, including exclusive benefits for you, the person reading this, right now!Here’s the link to claim 100 FUTR tokens on Roll – https://app.tryroll.com/claim/FUTR-7zxyvyxzwZSsTwitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom Email: futurefoliopodcast@gmail.com DISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own until we change our minds. Not financial or legal advice. Entertainment purposes only. And possibly not even tha
2021-12-271h 00futurefolioTaxes Part 2 - Tax-Free Crypto Trading in a Roth IRAOk, so, you know how you have to keep crypto in an account, and when you sell the crypto, you have to pay taxes? So… what if there were a special account where you could keep your crypto and buy and sell it as many times as you wanted and not pay taxes until you retired? Well… guess what…Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom Email: futurefoliopodcast@gmail.com DISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own until we change our minds. Not financial or legal advice. Entertainment purposes only. And possibly not even that.
2021-12-2349 minfuturefolioSocial Tokens with Bradley Miles (CEO @ Roll)Roll co-founder Bradley Miles joins Kevin and Adam to explain why the future of money is personal. Web 2.0 gave the world an ecosystem of influencers and content makers who could attract followings… but couldn’t monetize them without endorsements, gigs, or Patreon accounts. But in Bradley’s world, when an influencer says they make their own money, it means they make their own money. Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom Email: futurefoliopodcast@gmail.com DISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own until we change our minds. Not financial or legal advice. Entertainment purposes only. And possibly not even that.
2021-11-291h 09futurefolioPolitics, Music, and Drugs. And crypto. With Ross Gerber (CEO @ Gerber Kawasaki)Ross Gerber is here! Kevin and Adam feel better already. This spirited and wide-ranging discussion covers topics including, but not limited to: crypto, DeFi, stock market outlook, China, Texas, taxes, Trump, institutional racism, the music industry, the real estate industry, the banking industry, the insurance industry, the average income in the Pacific Palisades, NFTs, Elon Musk, Ron Wyden, Bernie Sanders, Karl Marx, Xi Jinping, Cathie Wood, Ross’ Twitter following, Ron Wyden’s Twitter avatar, the horse head from The Godfather, Bitcoin futures, the Senate, the Federal Reserve, the 2008 financial crisis, Wal-Mart, Target, and, of course, Ross’ favorite thing to eat from T...
2021-11-181h 12futurefolioCrypto charityAmidst the lambos, cryptopunks, bored apes and conspicuous (occasionally very) consumption that goes on in the crypto space, you don’t often hear about how charitable crypto folks are. But they are. A lot, actually. Actually more than non-crypto investors. So there.Adam and Kevin discuss some of the charitable trends in the space and some of the tools that rich people use to maximize your charitable donations and minimize your taxes. ‘Tis the season to learn something from the 1%. Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloomEmail: futurefoliopodcast@gmail.comDISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own until we change our minds. Not financial or legal...
2021-11-1556 minfuturefolioDog Coins with Drew Pendleton (L&D @ Coinbase)DOGE. SHIB. FLOKI. Dog coins. Woof. Kevin and Adam have spent all year dogging these doggone dog coins. But there’s no dodging that it’s dog season, putting Adam and Kevin’s hot-dogging dog coin doggerel in the doghouse. Enter Drew Pendleton, Adam’s Coinbase colleague and avid dog coin doubter. Adam, Kevin and Drew talk it out – do we see dog days for dog coins ahead? Or should we consider… gulp… buying some of them? Get at us… dog.Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom Email: futurefoliopodcast@gmail.com DISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own until we change our minds. Not financial or leg...
2021-11-0657 minfuturefolioMaking NFT History by Making NFTs with Zach Burks (Founder @ Mintable)Our 20th episode extravaganza! This week, Adam chats with NFT OG Zach Burks about how to make NFT history. Zach's been in the NFT game since before CryptoPunks were a stupid thing that no one would even claim for free. He shares his unique crypto origin story and NFT roadmap, including Mintable's plan to make an NFT platform for his mom. When was the last time you built a technology platform for your mom, huh??Meanwhile... Kevin and Adam discuss Adam's theory that Snap's recent "Apple / do not track"-induced earnings apocalypse might push tech companies into...
2021-10-281h 28futurefolioTaxesThe weather is cooling, the leaves are turning, the year is winding down, and that means two things – pumpkin spice and taxes. Pumpkin spice is somehow the more annoying of the two, so Kevin and Adam discuss taxes, including some tax considerations to think about before selling your investments.Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloomEmail: futurefoliopodcast@gmail.comDISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own until we change our minds. Not financial or legal advice. Entertainment purposes only. And possibly not even that.
2021-10-0849 minfuturefolioMarginBoy, those rich folks. With their money and their no taxes. How do they do it? Illuminati? Skull and Bones? A secret Reddit subgroup? The answer is simple, actually – they use margin. It’s cheap, it’s easy, and as long as you’re careful, it’s safe. Kevin has been using margin for years and Adam is just learning, so they chat about a basic strategy to use this incredibly powerful tool to grow your wealth the way the rich do it. We’re through the looking glass here, people.Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloomEmail: futurefoliopodcast@gmail.comDISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own...
2021-10-0156 minfuturefolioLaunching an NFT Project with Jeremy Booth (Founder @ Bushidos)Bonus episode! Kevin and Adam chat with Jeremy Booth, the creator of Bushidos, the first generative NFT project that Adam has ever truly loved. Jeremy shares his journey from artist, to NFT artist, to Bushidos founder. Bushidos is doing its first NFT drop on Friday 9/25 @ 10am EST – visit bushios.io for info.Or skip it so Adam can save on gas when he mints his.Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloomEmail: futurefoliopodcast@gmail.comDISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own until we change our minds. Not financial or legal advice. Entertainment purposes only. And possibly not even that.--- This episode is sponsored by ·...
2021-09-231h 07futurefolioWeb 3.0 Roadmap with Megan Kaspar (Managing Director @ Magnetic)Unless your name is Vitalik Buterin or Satoshi Nakamoto, Megan Kaspar probably knows more about Web 3.0 than you do. That certainly goes for Adam and Kevin. On this ep, Megan shares her encyclopedic knowledge of Web 3.0 and her vision for where it’s headed next. If you miss this one, it’s your own fault.Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloomEmail: futurefoliopodcast@gmail.comDISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own until we change our minds. Not financial or legal advice. Entertainment purposes only. And possibly not even that.
2021-09-2256 minfuturefolioNFT Gaming with Roman Tirone (Head of Partnerships @ Virtually Human)Kevin and Adam are off to the races with Roman Tirone of Virtually Human, who explains how ZED.Run lets users not just buy NFTs of digital race horses, but also race them, trade them, breed them, even build stables for them. And this world of NFT horse racing has become not just a game, but a vibrant community. And that community is growing — not only online, but offline too. Place your bets. Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom Email: futurefoliopodcast@gmail.com DISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own until we change our minds. Not financial or legal advice. Entertainment purposes only. And po...
2021-09-1751 minfuturefolioDeFi Banking with Tyler Jennings (VP @ Genesis Block)True story – in the 90s, if you made a bank deposit, the bank paid you! It was called “interest,” but, like Napster, the flip phone and Gangnam Style, bank interest died out a long time ago. Or… did it?! Kevin and Adam chat with Tyler Jennings about how his bank, Genesis Block, is leveraging the DeFi marketplace to provide full-service banking with interest! Could a Gangnam Style comeback be next? Let’s hope not.Twitter: @futurefolio, @kevinlum, @kadambloom Email: futurefoliopodcast@gmail.com DISCLAIMER – Opinions are solely our own until we change our minds. Not financial or legal advice. Entertainment purposes only. And poss...
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