Episode 50 of Season 6 of The Scoop was recorded as follows: Block’s Frank Chaparro & Diogo Monica, General Partner at Hawn Ventures and Chairman of Anchorage Digital.
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Diogo Monica is the Founder and Chairman of Anchorage Digital and General Partner of Hound Ventures.
In this episode, Chaparro and Diogo discuss how culture and intensity are important in building successful teams and companies in the cryptocurrency industry.
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00:00 Introduction
03:44 Macro and Geopolitical Risks
04:39 Deep Buy
06:20 VC Guilty Verdict
09:20 Monica’s Background
18:19 Startup Culture
23:58 Building a Crypto Company
26:13 Advice for Entrepreneurs
33:44 2024 VC Landscape
38:19 Consumer Encryption Apps
41:31 Crypto x AI
47:11 Prediction
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About the Author
Davis Quinton is the podcast director at The Block and runs the flagship podcast The Scoop, hosted by Frank Chaparro. Since joining The Block as an “intern” in early 2022, he has worked closely with cross-functional leaders to transform The Block’s written content into engaging multimedia formats. He holds a degree in social studies and public policy from New York University in Abu Dhabi and lives in Sydney, Australia.