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Ryan Zurrer and Jake Brukhman: Expert Allocators with 21 Years Experience and Investors in Hundreds of Projects Worth Tens of Billions Discuss The State of Everything Crypto

The Delphi Podcast

Co-Founder of Delphi Digital Tom Shaughnessy hosts Ryan Zurrer the founder of Dialectic and Jake Brukhman the Co-Founder and CEO of Coinfund. Ryan and Jake are experienced VCs who have been in crypto for a combined 21 years, have invested into hundreds of projects worth collectively tens of billions of dollars.  The three discuss: AI Global Macro  The bear Markets Genesis and DCG solvency Web3 UI, incentives and architecture Issues with DAOs and the goal of investment DAOs NFT Art and the end goal of PFPs (Movies, IP, games) Web3's vision and Web2 incumbent moves like Twitter Social Links Ryan Zurrer Jake Brukhman Tommy Shaughnessy Follow Delphi Digital Website: https://members.delphidigital.io/home Twitter: https://twitter.com/Delphi_Digital Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Delphi_Digital Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Ventures may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

1hr 46mins

22 Dec 2022

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More Money More Problems with Ryan Zurrer

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Today on the show, I (@defiremoney) am going to visit a venture capitalist with a pleasing baritone voice. Ryan Zurrer (@kukulabanze) is the founder of Dialectic (@Dialectic_CH). Ryan somehow managed to reliably be early to almost everything. From crypto, renewables, NFTs and now even psychedelics.In this conversation, we talk about his journey from trading dot-com stocks as a teenager to how he became CEO of a big energy company in Brazil when he was only 25 years old.Ryan also shares the stories of the early days of Polychain Capital (@polychaincap) and how two guys with a laptop started one of the most successful VC funds out of an apartment in San Francisco.But that's not all; we also talk about NFTs and Art.Ryan recently gained notoriety in the art world when he bought Human One, a digital artwork slash sculpture by the artist Beeple (@Beeple) for 29 million dollars. Ryan relives the moment of the auction, explains his strategy and tells us what makes this sculpture of an astronaut strolling through a dystopian landscape so unique.Sponsor: CryptoValley.jobsCryptoValley.jobs is a job board where Engineers, Designers, Analysts, Traders, and Community Builders can find excellent crypto jobs. I run this job board as a side project of this podcast.If you are looking for a job or you want to advertise an open position, please go and visit CryptoValley.jobs and while you're there, make sure to sign up on the email list so you're always informed when new jobs are posted on the platform. 👉https://cryptovalley.jobs/About defiredefire is a podcast making crypto more fun, engaging and accessible for everyone. Jonas (@defiremoney) is interviewing the most exciting minds in the crypto-sphere and brings their stories to life.Subscribe And Get Exclusive Content That I Only Share With Email Subscribers

57mins

26 May 2022

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Crypto Venture Capital Series Ep. 6: Ryan Zurrer of Dialectic AG | BONUS Episode

The Delphi Podcast

This is a bonus episode of our crypto venture capital series. Tommy Shaughnessy hosts Ryan Zurrer, Founder and Managing Director of Dialectic AG. We discuss being early to narratives, filtering potential investments, thoughts on the bear market, and much more. Dialectic AG is a capital enterprise focused on delivering outlier returns via synergistic deployment of human and financial capital into alternative assets and compelling, globally diversified opportunities. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:02:36) – How to be early / staying open minded. (00:10:35) – Exciting new communities. (00:19:52) – Thoughts on investment DAOs. (00:30:32) – Sizing, portfolio construction, and filtering. (00:45:21) – Giving valuable advice to teams. (00:55:15) – Skepticism, first-mover advantage, and communities. (01:08:06) – Thoughts on founders. (01:16:52) – Twitter and crypto social. (01:29:32) – Thoughts on NFTs. (01:43:33) – Cycles and bear Market. (01:55:25) – Closing. Social links: Ryan’s Twitter Dialectic Twitter Resources: Dialectic Website Our Crypto Venture Capital Series More 📺 Watch Video Interviews 💬 Follow Delphi Podcast on Twitter ✅ Follow Delphi Digital on Twitter 🧠 Access Delphi's Research Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Digital may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

1hr 54mins

21 May 2022

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From Crypto to Gondolo -- John Reardon interviews Ryan Zurrer

Collectability Podcast

In our most diverse interview yet, Collectability's John Reardon and venture investor Ryan Zurrer explore the intersection of art, NFTs, watch collecting and saving the world. Last year, Ryan Zurrer garnered international media attention when he paid $29 million for Beeple's kinetic video sculpture, Human One. Here he explains why and the future importance of NFTs in every aspect of our lives, as well as the art and watch industries. Ryan Zurrer's captivating career has spanned future technologies from renewable energy to crypto, yet he is also a distinguished collector of vintage Patek Philippe watches, particularly Gondolo pocket watches and early wristwatches. Zurrer explains why he collects from both the past and the future, and his assertion that Patek Philippe vintage watches are a good store of value. He also explains why he believes that mental health is the biggest problem on the planet and why he has invested in psychedelic therapy in a mission to provide a tool that can help many people. #patekphilippe #vintagepatek #chronometrogondolo #NFT #Technologist #cryptocurrency #ryanzurrer #beeple #humanone #digitalart #psychodelics

1hr 16mins

30 Jan 2022

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Ryan Zurrer - Investing in Our Psychedelic Future

The Psychedelic Podcast

After a successful career in entrepreneurship and cryptocurrency, Ryan Zurrer turned his attention to the burgeoning psychedelic space. As he continued to learn more via research, attending conferences, and speaking with others, he became concerned about what he considers the “dystopian future” of psychedelic therapies - sterile doctors’ offices, $8000 treatments, synthetic drugs, no community or connection. Determined to help others harness the powerful benefits of plant medicines in traditional settings, he started Vine Ventures, a VC fund focusing on a future in which everyone who wants to access a psychedelic experience can do so safely, legally, and affordably. In this episode, Ryan and Paul discuss the importance of accessibility, Ryan’s criteria for investment, and the differences between a centralized and decentralized approach to therapy and legalization.

57mins

2 May 2021

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How to invest in psychedelic companies: Vine Ventures' Founder Ryan Zurrer

Business Trip

Today's episode features Ryan Zurrer, founder of Vine Ventures, one of the first venture capital funds investing in psychedelic medicine. Ryan has deep roots in psychedelics culture and understands the many cultures within the psychedelic space. His fund is aligned with those values.If you’re a founder, investor, or early hire at a psychedelic company, this episode is a must-listen!In this episode, we discuss:Which psychedelic business models are a good fit for venture capital?Why did Ryan start Vine Ventures?What traits of entrepreneurs does Ryan invest in?Which form of psychedelic medicine is better: natural or synthetic compounds? Links to topics discussed in this episode:PharmauascaOregon Initiative Measure 109ENTHEONPsyGenCalifornia SoberAtaiCompassGet in touch with Ryan Zurrer - TW: @rzurrer LI: Ryan ZurrerRead the transcript here.Watch episode 3 on YouTube.Created by Greg Kubin and Matias SerebrinskyHost: Greg KubinProduced by Jonathan DavisFind us at businesstrip.fmFollow us on Instagram and Twitter!Theme music by Dorian LoveAdditional music by Blue Dot Sessions and Chad Crouch

57mins

17 Sep 2020

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Why Ryan Zurrer Would Like to See a New DAO - Ep.88

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Ryan Zurrer, formerly chief commercial officer and director at the Web 3 foundation and former principal and partner at Polychain Capital, discusses his recent proposal for a new DAO, reviving one of the most notorious experiments in crypto history. Zurrer explains the way it works, some of the new technologies, such as SourceCred, that he thinks could make a new DAO better than the original, what problem he wants to solve with the DAO, and how it would work. He also talks about why he believes that if the DAO had survived, that the due diligence in the space would be far higher than it was during the ICO craze, and why he thinks that the architecture of the DAO he's proposed will not violate U.S. securities law.  Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/ CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unconfirmed Episode links: The DAO white paper: https://github.com/the-dao/whitepaper Ryan Zurrer: https://twitter.com/rzurrer SourceCred: https://sourcecred.io/ CoinDesk article on the recently proposed DAO: https://www.coindesk.com/former-polychain-partner-ryan-zurrer-is-leaving-web3-to-start-his-own-dao The SEC's report on the 2016 DAO: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/investreport/34-81207.pdf Comprehensive Bloomberg feature on the 2016 DAO: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2017-the-ether-thief/

31mins

30 Aug 2019

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Ryan Zurrer: Response To Tom’s Polkadot Report, Web3 and Lessons Learned In China

The Delphi Podcast

Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Web3 Foundation's Ryan Zurrer. This was an awesome episode where we discuss everything from how the Web3 foundation is ushering in the decentralized web where users control their data to Polkadot, a high profile interoperability project. I recently wrote a post on Polkadot exploring my concerns, so it was great to discuss them with Ryan. The post is linked in the show notes below. To access the insights package of Delphi's leading crypto research, visit DelphiDigital.io on your device and sign up using coupon code CHAINREACTION Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Ryan on Twitter @rzurrer  Resources: Polkadot: Promise and Problems Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Tom owns tokens in ETH, BTC, XTZ, LEO, DCR, VRA and STX.   - Advertisers: To advertise on this podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io Potential Guests: If you're interested in appearing on the podcast, email Tom@DelphiDigital.io  -

1hr 6mins

5 Aug 2019

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Ryan Zurrer, Director of the Web 3.0 Foundation

Messari's Unqualified Opinions

Ryan Selkis interviews Ryan Zurrer, the director of the Web 3.0 Foundation.-----If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

41mins

30 Jul 2019

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#40 How Should We Govern Blockchains? - Ryan Zurrer (Web3 Foundation)

The Blockcrunch Podcast

Ryan Zurrer, Director of the Web3 Foundation and former Principal at Polychain Capital, joins us in discussing one of the most important questions in crypto: how should we govern? We touch on: How should blockchains be governed?  What are the different models of governance? How do we prevent plutocracies? How does Polkadot further the governance debate? Not finance advice. Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi) ** Resources: Relay node newsletter (Asia crypto events) Libsyn link Apple Podcast Stitcher Spotify **** Intro music by Phortissimo. Outro music by Garreth Chan. Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch podcast series is intended for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Conduct your own research and invest at your own risk.

1hr 1min

28 Jan 2019

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