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Blockchain Big Brain

Blockchain Big Brain

By: Luke Clancy & Danny Koch
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Hey there! This is Danny Koch and Luke Clancy - two of Illini Blockchain's co-founders. Illini Blockchain is a group of students building the University of Illinois into a hub of blockchain innovation. We are obsessed with blockchain’s future (and current) impact on the world. And we want to uncover the stories and tactics behind the people building this future. Blockchain Big Brain is our vehicle to do that.Luke Clancy & Danny Koch Economics Leadership Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • 6: Building companies into machines that work for you w/ Rafael Cosman
    May 31 2023

    Luke (@luke_clancy1) and Danny (@danny_koch13) chat with Rafael Cosman about his entrepreneurial journey creating one of DeFi's biggest companies, his thoughts on the future of finance, & what he thinks college kids get wrong when building their careers.

    Rafael studied computer science at Stanford, worked at Google Brain doing AI research, co-founded a VC-backed blockchain company called Archblock, & is currently building an AI startup.

    Related Links

    • Rafael's Website
    • Rafael's Twitter
    • Archblock Website, TrueUSD Website, & TrueFi Website
    • Eric Jorgenson's post on leverage
    • Almanack of Naval Ravikant
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    54 mins
  • 5: Principles for crypto investing & life w/ Nick Timmons
    May 31 2023

    Danny (@danny_koch13) and Luke (@luke_clancy1) chat with Nick Timmons about his educational foundation in math/philosophy/history/technology, rules for staying safe in crypto, core principles for investing, lifelong learning, and advice for college students.

    Nick is a full-time Dad with a serious avocation for crypto; once a hobby, now his livelihood. He's a serial entrepreneur having, as he says: "successfully gone from failure to failure with grace." He came of age studying Medieval Philosophy at Oxford following an undergraduate degree stateside in Business, after which came an MS in Technology Management from UIUC.

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    49 mins
  • 4: US crypto regulation w/ lawyer Mike Frisch
    May 24 2023

    Luke (@luke_clancy1) and Danny (@danny_koch13) chat with Mike Frisch about working on the US's 1st crypto case, why he still has a lot of conviction in the space, how the government should approach crypto, why it’s a great time to be a startup founder, & advice for students.

    Mike is a lawyer helping blockchain startups navigate the ever-complicated US regulatory landscape. In addition, he worked on the CFTC's 1st crypto case v. Bitfinex & served as senior advisor to Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

    • CFTC Digital Assets Whitepaper
    • LexDAO
    • Operation Chokepoint Article

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    32 mins
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