The FTX Podcast #65 – Joe McCann Technologist, Investor and Trader

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The FTX Podcast #65 - Joe McCann Technologist, Investor and Trader

Joe has had a phenomenal career in technology as evidenced by founding the Node Source amongst other businesses and having the foresight to identify trends early. This combined with his skills as a developer has made him a successful founder, trader, investor, and mentor.

0:00- 3:04: Introduction of Joe and his background as a Technologist & Trader.

3:05 – 8:20: Topics that interest Joe. Talking scale at Microsoft and working in the Cloud Computing & Artificial Intelligence sector; transition to Web 3 & assisting open source projects.

8:20 – 11:35 : Joe’s pattern recognition markers of success for startup teams that are looking for venture capital/angel investors/resources to bolster success in Silicon Valley.

11:35 – 13:59: “Talent is Global”; crypto’s open source landscape , it’s competitive & innovate nature and bootstrapping startups.

13:59 – 18:56 : Joe’s crypto origin story; when it clicked.

18:56 – 23:35: Joe’s life path influences & risk management vs upside potential.

23:35 – 26:32: The business shift of companies to technology & being multi-faceted.

26:32 – 28:55: Anti-entrepreneurship; modern university education insight.

28:55 – 37:17: “Risk of Ruin” and this last week’s crypto blowout. New hedging instruments, pattern recognition markers to read trading landscapes, new traders getting accounts blown out.

37:11 – 37:59: Respecting the pump, leveraging stable coin lending, taking profits, liquidation cascades, sell offs, dry powder & storing USDC.

37:59 – 44:25: China having main exchanges limiting leverage trading, insurgence of dex trading, regulatory rollout implications & the Solana ecosystem.

44:46 – 49:10 China’s blanket statement to disarm tensions of regulatory rollout vs USA approach and the race to build out decentralized infrastructure; Napster and the music industry analogy for contrast.

49:10 – 53:01: Joe’s tips on living a better life; never stop learning – connecting cultural dots.

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