Josh Riezman, GSR’s U.S. Chief Strategy Officer, joined me to discuss how the firm is helping institutions access the crypto asset class.
Get to know Josh:
- Metaverse – New York forever
- Favorite food – Keens Steakhouse
- Favorite musician/artist – Sublime
- Favorite movie – A Few Good Men
- Favorite book – From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman
- Hobby – Traveling and hanging out in NYC
Topics:
- Crypto market making for institutions
- TradFi adoption of Crypto
- Advisement of MEI Pharma in its $100M Litecoin treasury strategy
- Anchoring of $100M private investment into Upexi to establish its Solana treasury strategy
- Digital Asset Treasury trend – benefits, risks, etc
- DATs vs ETFs
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Timestamps
02:55 Josh’s background
05:04 TradFi adoption of crypto
8:38 GSR overview
09:56 Institutional market making
16:06 Stablecoin market
19:39 Custody and trading
20:47 Crypto ETFs
21:38 Litecoin and Solana Treasury Company
26:04 Acquisition of FINRA-registered broker-dealer
27:24 Tokenization
33:20 Reward tokens
36:17 DATs vs ETFs
38:40 Future of DATs
40:50 CLARITY Act
45:51 Wrap up questions
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