Ava Labs Founder and CEO Emin Gün Sirer has been working on proof-of-work cryptocurrencies since before Bitcoin. He talked to Dan Roberts and Stacy Elliott about how Avalanche avoided the FTX crisis and how much damage SBF has done to crypto’s image with VCs, why institutions still aren’t backing away from crypto, how Avalanche will succeed in the long run, and trying to cater to both Wall Street institutions and DeFi degens.

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Hosts and guests:

Dan Roberts

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Stacy Elliott

Twitter: @stacyannj

Emin Gün Sirer

Twitter: @el33th4xor

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