Scenius Studio (Episode #38)
James Parillo -- Figment Capital
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Welcome to the Scenius Studio
As a crypto-dedicated Fund-of-Funds Manager at Scenius Capital, host, Ben Jacobs has the unique opportunity to speak daily with the brightest investors in the blockchain space. In Scenius Studio, Ben chats with crypto Hedge Fund Managers and Venture Capitalists in wide-ranging, evergreen, and alpha-focused conversations.
In each episode of Scenius Studio, Ben dives deep with these talented professionals to understand what drove them to crypto, and how they approach the complex craft of investing in the wild west of digital assets and blockchain technology. We are excited to share these discussions publicly through this podcast.
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In this episode, Ben sits down with James Parillo, Managing Partner of Figment Capital.
Following a career in taxation and accounting, Jim developed an expertise in digital assets, which opened up the door to the world of venture investing. Now, as part of a collaboration with Figment, the industry's leading institutional staking provider, Jim and his team invest into critical infrastructure and middleware supporting the growth of the blockchain industry.
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In this episode we discuss:
Helping out early-stage blockchain businesses think about their operations
Why EigenLayer’s version of shared security is poised for success vs. other previous attempts at the concept
Liquid Restaking Tokens (LRTs) and the dynamics of delegating ETH to provide security to AVSs (Actively Validated Services)
Interoperability via IBC and account abstraction that will unleash the power of app-chains built on Cosmos
The benefits of the Move programming language and the implications for apps built on a Move L1 like Sui
What are '“Intents” and the utility of this primitive beyond more efficient transaction routing
Jim’s spiciest takes 🌶
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