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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 speaks with crypto Hedge Fund Managers and Venture Capitalists in wide-ranging, punchy, and illuminating 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 our seventh episode, Ben sits down with Richard Galvin, Co-Founder and CEO of Digital Asset Capital Management (DACM) based out of Sydney, Australia. DACM is an award-winning long-only crypto hedge fund with a phenomenal track record and an institutional approach to digital assets.
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In this episode we discuss:
The crypto landscape in Australia
Richard’s banking experience during the internet boom and parallels to crypto
Adapting a traditional finance investment framework to digital assets
DACM’s experience running nodes and how the firm’s on-chain participation drives its investment process
Strategies to mitigate risk and volatility
The future of risk-assets given the rise of interest rates
The current risk-return profile of investing in protocols vs. applications
Investing in protocols with different attributes and different use-cases
The status of the Solana and Cosmos ecosystems
Richard’s spiciest takes 🌶
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