The Scoop

Welcome to The Scoop, The Block's flagship podcast covering finance and technology industries through unmatched interviews with top thought leaders, cultural icons and industry veterans. The Block’s Frank Chaparro hosts new guests every week, diving into breaking news and topics ranging from NFTs, to the impact of DeFi on Wall Street, to Bitcoin's role in the economy and beyond.

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A Conversation with Joe McCann, Founder, Chairm...
Joe McCann discusses the disjunction between open source and the banking world
62 min
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A Conversation with Kristin Smith from the Bloc...
Frank and Ryan speak to Kristin Smith and discuss Kik, the Token Taxonomy Act, and what it's like to represent leading crypto companies on the hill.
57 min
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PREVIEW: Kik implications with Kristin Smith fr...
Listen preview of next week's The Scoop episode where Frank and Ryan discuss the Kik situation with Kristin Smith, Director of External Affairs at the Blockchain Association.
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A Conversation with Carlos Domingo, Founder and...
Carlos touches on what securities have to gain from being tokenized, the future of the tokenized security platform landscape and the advantage of taking tokenized security route vs. traditional finance.
58 min
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A Conversation with Emilie Choi, VP Business an...
Frank and Teo cover a variety of topics with Emilie, including her rise at Coinbase and why crypto exchanges shouldn't be compared to their traditional counterparts.
45 min
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A Conversation with Stephen Palley, Partner at ...
Stephen discusses the most current lawsuits including recent developments at Bitfinex and Tether.
52 min
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What the heck is happening at Bitfinex?
Larry Cermak joins Frank to chat with Journalist Robert-Jan den Haan about the situation with Bitfinex and Tether.
44 min
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A Conversation with Michael Moro, CEO of Genesi...
Frank, Ryan, and Michael discuss legacy OTC firms adoption of crypto, the challenges of handling big alt-coin transactions, and how crypto lending markets are heating up.
49 min
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A Conversation with Mark Yusko, CEO and CIO of ...
Mark discusses his investing philosophy, bullishness on Bitcoin and blockchain, which economic theories best describe reality and much more.
63 min
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A Conversation with Mike Bodson, CEO of DTCC
Mike Bodson discusses Wall Street’s adoption of distributed ledger technology, cryptocurrency valuations, and how Superstorm Sandy almost wiped out 35 trillion dollars.
48 min
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Introducing The Scoop with Frank Chaparro
A sneak peek of what's to come from The Block's new podcast, The Scoop, featuring our first guest, Mike Bodson of DTCC.
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