Podcast: Why Santiago Sold 100% of His Bitcoin

Join Jason Yanowitz and Santiago Santos as they sit down to discuss the activity and buzz of crypto this week.

by Brianna Beckford /

December 10, 2021 09:16 am

On this recent episode of Empire’s new weekly round-up episode, Blockworks’ co-founder Jason Yanowitz and his co-host Santiago Roel Santos sit down to discuss this week’s biggest news in the crypto space. From DeFi to NFTs, layer-2s to ETH, they take a deep dive into it all.

They also talk about the Sequoia Capital crypto rebrand, BTC market action, how investors view bitcoin vs. ethereum, DAOs and endurance climbing.

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Plus, listen in to get their thoughts on:

SushiSwap struggles
ZK rollups
Decentralization and governance
and more!

Check out what they had to say in the video below. 👇

About the show

Empire is a twice-a-week show. On Thursdays, Jason interviews crypto industry movers and shakers to talk about their struggles, bold moves and tough decisions. Friday’s weekly round-up episodes feature co-host, Santiago Roel Santos and cover the top news from the past week.

For any NPR or Guy Raz fans out there, you can think of Empire as a How I Built This for the bitcoin and crypto industry.

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