Ryan Sean Adams: Mythos Capital – On Becoming Bankless (#334)

Ryan Sean Adams is the Founder of Mythos Capital, a crypto fund and staking provider for “big fish” stakeholders. He also writes the popular DeFi newsletter, Bankless. In addition to providing excellent insights about the ecosystem, Bankless takes a very practical approach to leveraging DeFi. Ryan shares strategies and encourages readers to complete action items to utilize the full potential of decentralized finance and become bankless. He also hosts a podcast by the same name with David Hoffman.

Topics discussed in this episode:
- Ryan's background as a tech entrepreneur and how he got involved in crypto
- Launching ​Mythos Capital and the thesis behind this fund
- The importance of becoming “bankless” to preserve self-sovereignty
- What good analogies we can use to describe DeFi and the use of clear terminology to describe cryptoassets
- The power and advantage concentrated in centralized exchanges
- Trustless nature of Ethereum vs. Bitcoin
- The role of nation-states in the DeFi ecosystem as it continues to grow
- The idea that “Eth is money” and Eth as a store of value asset in Ethereum
- The impact of Covid19 on the economy and crypto markets
- The future of Ethereum and Bitcoin

Links mentioned in this episode:
- Mythos Capital: https://bit.ly/2X8XRHt
- Bankless newsletter: https://bit.ly/2X3RvZT
- Bankless podcast: https://bit.ly/3bOmZHK
- Ryan Sean Adams on Medium: https://bit.ly/2RdgiXV
- Mythos Capital on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2UQNXaA
- Ryan Sean Adams on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2UB0vnM
- Reset Everything: https://bit.ly/2xyrO9c

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This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Brian Fabian Crain. Show notes and listening options: https://epicenter.tv/334