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Recorded live at the Out East Conference, Avi sits down with Seth Ginns, CIO of Franklin Crypto and formerly of CoinFund and Jennison Associates. Seth spent eighteen years in public equities before becoming a seed investor in Coinbase in 2012 and building one of the largest liquid crypto funds in the market. We discuss how the Global Financial Crisis is what pushed him into crypto, why he waited years for institutional custody before launching a fund, why he believes 2026 is the year crypto and traditional finance finally converge, what Tesla and Amazon taught him about betting on founders instead of cash flows, why you can't bet on cash cows in the age of AI, why Franklin Templeton doubled down on crypto in a downturn, why the Clarity Act doesn't actually need to pass for the market to move, and his front-row stories from Lehman's headquarters the day it collapsed. Enjoy!--Follow Seth: https://x.com/sethginnsFollow Avi: https://x.com/AviFelmanFollow Jonah: https://x.com/jvb_xyzFollow 1000x: https://x.com/1000xPodJoin the 1000x Telegram: https://t.me/thousandxpodTry the 1000x Terminal: https://1000x.money--Timestamps:(00:00) Coming Up on 1000x...(00:31) 18 Years At Jennison, Then Crypto(01:59) Seed Investing In Coinbase In 2012(05:30) 2026: The Year Crypto And TradFi Converge(08:31) Tesla, Amazon & Why Value Capture Is A Myth(11:12) You Can't Bet On Cash Cows Anymore(13:45) Why Franklin Templeton Bought A Crypto Fund(16:53) The Clarity Act Doesn't Need To Pass(20:13) Lehman, COVID & The Craziest Days In Markets--Disclaimer: Nothing said on 1000x is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Avi, Jonah and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

This week, with Bitcoin ripping 25% off the lows and NVIDIA earnings on deck, we break down why the market has flipped from fundamentals back to macro. We discuss the lockout rally and the two conditions that turned Avi bullish on Bitcoin and gold, why all roads lead to debasement, whether the Druckenmiller op-ed against Scott Bessent was actually an op, the history of the Bank of England trade and why intervention almost never works, the Zcash ETF launch and why the chart is setting up, why you should never take advice from someone who's never traded, how to pick a megatrend and ride it without getting shaken out, the Costanza rule for taking the other side of panic, the best list of trading rules Jonah has ever received, and why NVIDIA might finally rip on earnings this time. Enjoy!--Follow Avi: https://x.com/AviFelmanFollow Jonah: https://x.com/jvb_xyzFollow 1000x: https://x.com/1000xPodJoin the 1000x Telegram: https://t.me/thousandxpodTry the 1000x Terminal: https://1000x.money--Timestamps:(00:00) Coming Up on 1000x...(00:59) Bitcoin's Lockout Rally & The Return Of Debasement(11:03) Was The Druckenmiller Op-Ed An Op?(14:59) Why Bessent's Intervention Might Actually Work(25:58) Zcash's ETF & Why The Chart Looks Strong(31:27) Pick Your Megatrend And Ride It(37:02) Take The Other Side Of Panic(45:24) Mind Like Water: The Best Trading Rules Ever Written--Disclaimer: Nothing said on 1000x is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Avi, Jonah and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

This week, Avi sits down with Andrew Chanin, CEO of ProcureAM and founder of PureFunds, one of the best in the business at spotting narratives before the market catches on. We discuss how he launched HACK, the first cybersecurity ETF, just two weeks before the Sony breach, what it was really like market-making ETFs on the floor of the American Stock Exchange during the 2008 crisis, why the real edge is reading the documents nobody wants to read, the story behind the UFO space ETF, whether SpaceX is the only game in town after its IPO, the militarization of space and the new space race, and why companies staying private for so long is quietly reshaping the ETF model. Enjoy!--Follow Andrew: https://x.com/ETFwunderkindFollow Avi: https://x.com/AviFelmanFollow Jonah: https://x.com/jvb_xyzFollow 1000x: https://x.com/1000xPodJoin the 1000x Telegram: https://t.me/thousandxpodTry the 1000x Terminal: https://1000x.money--Timestamps:(00:00) Coming Up on 1000x...(00:32) The First Cyber ETF — Two Weeks Before The Sony Hack(03:01) Confessions Of An ETF Market Maker(08:59) Stop Picking Up Pennies: Read What Nobody Reads(15:36) The NASDAQ Lawsuit That Cost Him A $10B Business(20:17) What Is The UFO ETF?(27:22) Is SpaceX The Only Game In Town Now?(31:30) The Militarization Of Space & The New Space Race(38:01) Why Private Markets Are Breaking The ETF Model--Disclaimer: Nothing said on 1000x is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Avi, Jonah and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

This week, we break down why the Fed and Treasury just moved to backstop the yen and what it signals about an increasingly state-controlled market. We discuss why you should only hold what the administration has "anointed," the quiet power grab away from the Fed and the end of forward guidance, why gold, silver, copper and palladium are ripping, why Druckenmiller says the single best trade is copper, whether crypto is finally worth buying again and why Robinhood is the best way to express it, why private wealth management is a scam, why the stock market now trades exactly like crypto did in 2021, and the rising socialist wave that could take your portfolio to the woodshed by 2028. Enjoy!--Follow Avi: https://x.com/AviFelmanFollow Jonah: https://x.com/jvb_xyzFollow 1000x: https://x.com/1000xPodJoin the 1000x Telegram: https://t.me/thousandxpodTry the 1000x Terminal: https://1000x.money--Timestamps:(00:00) Coming Up on 1000x...(00:32) Why The Fed Just Backstopped The Yen(05:54) The State-Controlled Market: Only Buy What Trump Anoints(13:07) Gold, Copper & Why It's All Just Flows Now(19:03) Druckenmiller Says Buy Copper(22:08) Is Crypto Finally Worth Buying Again?(27:57) Private Wealth Management Is A Scam(37:14) The Stock Market Is Crypto Now(40:38) The Socialist Wave Coming For Your Portfolio--Disclaimer: Nothing said on 1000x is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Avi, Jonah and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

Recorded live at the Selini Summit, Avi sits down with Santiago Santos, founder of Inversion and one of the best-performing managers in crypto, who famously sold the top in 2021. We discuss how growing up in Mexico and consciously erasing his accent shaped his high-agency approach, why crypto matters far more outside the first world than inside it, why being "marginally delusional" is how outsiders win, the investor letter he just sent shutting down his own crypto thesis, why he pivoted to buying boring cash-flow businesses and treating technology as orthogonal, why he may be the only fund manager who refused to deploy capital he'd raised, the difference between wanting to make money and wanting to be right, and what he'd tell a 22-year-old to go deep on in the age of AI. Enjoy!--Follow Santiago: https://x.com/santiagoroelFollow Avi: https://x.com/AviFelmanFollow Jonah: https://x.com/jvb_xyzFollow 1000x: https://x.com/1000xPodJoin the 1000x Telegram: https://t.me/thousandxpodTry the 1000x Terminal: https://1000x.money--Timestamps:(00:00) Coming Up on 1000x...(00:36) The Kid From Mexico Who Erased His Own Accent(04:25) Why Crypto Actually Matters Outside America(12:08) Marginally Delusional: How Outsiders Win(19:34) "We Haven't Found A Sector": Killing His Own Thesis(24:03) Buy Boring: Why Technology Is Orthogonal(28:13) The Only Fund Manager Who Wouldn't Deploy(36:56) Make Money Or Be Right?(41:59) What A 22-Year-Old Should Go Deep On In The AI Era--Disclaimer: Nothing said on 1000x is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Avi, Jonah and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

This week, we break down the biggest story in markets: the blowup of Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness fund. We discuss whether Ken Griffin killed him or just showed up with the best bid, how an eleven-figure liquidation actually works behind the scenes, why going to the street to meet a margin call is like walking into a lion's den (and the Terra Luna call that proved it), whether the rate-hike comments were an orchestrated hit, why Avi is stepping into the memory dip now with Micron, Intel and SanDisk, the Korean "Squid Game" liquidation that wiped out millions of accounts, the real lesson of being dead right and broke, and the great Mag 7 split — why Apple, Google, and Meta are all underperforming for completely different reasons while Amazon keeps printing. Enjoy!--Follow Avi: https://x.com/AviFelmanFollow Jonah: https://x.com/jvb_xyzFollow 1000x: https://x.com/1000xPodJoin the 1000x Telegram: https://t.me/thousandxpodTry the 1000x Terminal: https://1000x.money--Timestamps:(00:00) Coming Up on 1000x...(00:32) Did Ken Griffin Kill Leopold Aschenbrenner?(03:30) How An 11-Figure Liquidation Actually Works(9:32) Amateur Hour: Why He Broke The Cardinal Rules(18:39) Walking Into The Lion's Den (And The Luna Parallel)(25:48) Was It An Orchestrated Hit?(30:42) Why Avi Is Buying The Memory Dip Now(36:17) The Real Lesson: Being Dead Right And Broke(42:56) Atoms Over Bits: The Mag 7 Split & What's Next--Disclaimer: Nothing said on 1000x is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Avi, Jonah and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

This week, Avi sits down with Alexander Good, founder of Post Fiat, former Palantir and essayist, for one of the most wide-ranging conversations we've had. We discuss how he built a trading edge by reading stocks through advertising data, the EA vs Booking pair trade, the "goldfish theory" of why attention is more predictable than the future, where the model breaks (and why it's happening to Michael Saylor right now), why he's bearish on Palantir as ontologies become less necessary, why AI won't make people useless but will take their jobs, his call that unemployment starts kicking in within three months, the Nintendo trade and the coming AI-and-IP goldmine, and his big thesis: that AI gets regulated and sequestered like nuclear tech in 1945, ending in a sovereign margin call rather than a productivity utopia. Enjoy!--Follow Alex: https://x.com/goodalexanderFollow Avi: https://x.com/AviFelmanFollow Jonah: https://x.com/jvb_xyzFollow 1000x: https://x.com/1000xPodJoin the 1000x Telegram: https://t.me/thousandxpodTry the 1000x Terminal: https://1000x.money--Timestamps:(00:00) Coming Up on 1000x...(00:52) Who The F*** Is Alex Good?(03:59) The Advertising Edge: How He Read Stocks Through Ad Data(10:05) The Goldfish Theory & Where The Model Breaks(16:15) Why He's Bearish On Palantir(24:23) AI Won't Make You Useless — But It Will Take Your Job(28:27) Unemployment In Three Months(32:30) The Nintendo Trade & The Coming IP Goldmine(37:20) The Sovereign Margin Call: Why AI Gets Regulated Like Nukes--Disclaimer: Nothing said on 1000x is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Avi, Jonah and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

This week, Avi sits down with Vlad Novakovski, founder and CEO of Lighter, the on-chain exchange partnered with Robinhood. Vlad went to high school with Robinhood's Vlad Tenev, competed in the Physics and Informatics Olympiads alongside future Anthropic co-founders and Facebook's first CTO, finished Harvard at 19, and was recruited to Citadel by Ken Griffin himself. We discuss the Olympiad pipeline that produced half of Silicon Valley, what Ken Griffin told him about Bernie Madoff in 2004, why Madoff couldn't have happened on-chain, why he left Wall Street for Silicon Valley and then came back, how he pivoted his company and kept 80% of his engineering team, the custom ZK circuits that let Lighter run finance at 1% of the compute cost, why he thinks Lighter beats Hyperliquid on every axis, the Robinhood partnership and onchain options coming in Q3, and why every dollar of value at Lighter accrues to the token instead of the equity. Enjoy!--Follow Vlad: https://x.com/vnovakovskiFollow Avi: https://x.com/AviFelmanFollow Jonah: https://x.com/jvb_xyzFollow 1000x: https://x.com/1000xPodJoin the 1000x Telegram: https://t.me/thousandxpodTry the 1000x Terminal: https://1000x.money--Timestamps:(00:00) Coming Up on 1000x...(00:49) Harvard At 16 & The Olympiad Network Behind Anthropic(10:10) Ken Griffin Closed Me At 18(12:12) "That's A Ponzi": Ken Called Madoff In 2004(16:08) Why He Left Wall Street For Silicon Valley(19:46) How To Pivot And Keep 80% Of Your Engineers(24:29) Running 40% Of The Economy At 1% Of The Cost(27:46) Robinhood, Ethereum & Options Onchain(30:48) All Value Accrues To The Token--Disclaimer: Nothing said on 1000x is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Avi, Jonah and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

Recorded live at the Selini Summit in Cannes, Avi sits down with Jordi Alexander — founder and CIO of Selini Capital, former professional poker player, and one of the sharpest minds in trading. We discuss why crypto's "great filter" washout is actually healthy, why retail has disappeared from crypto, how Selini is now trading SpaceX and equity IPOs using the exact same playbook they learned in crypto, why passive flows always end up holding the bag, the leverage lessons from the October 10th liquidation cascade, where a crypto market maker still has edge over the Jane Streets of the world, the first principle of all trading (you're always exchanging risk for expected value), and the casino economy of variance, dopamine, and why you should never trade from your phone. Enjoy!--Follow Jordi: https://x.com/gametheorizingFollow Avi: https://x.com/AviFelmanFollow Jonah: https://x.com/jvb_xyzFollow 1000x: https://x.com/1000xPodJoin the 1000x Telegram: https://t.me/thousandxpodTry the 1000x Terminal: https://1000x.money--Timestamps:(00:00) Coming Up on 1000x...(01:22) The Great Filter: Crypto's Washout Is Healthy(04:44) Retail Is Gone(06:02) Selini Is Trading SpaceX: Same Playbook As Crypto(10:29) Passive Flows Always Hold The Bag(12:54) Surviving October 10th & The Leverage Lesson(17:44) "They're In Our Land": Where Selini Still Has Edge(22:02) The Casino Economy: Variance, Dopamine & Getting Fleeced--Disclaimer: Nothing said on 1000x is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Avi, Jonah and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

Avi sits down with Ari Paul. His former boss, founder of BlockTower Capital, and one of the sharpest minds in crypto, for a wide-ranging conversation on what's next. We discuss why crypto was the easiest table in finance and why that edge is gone, why the best people left crypto for AI, why Ari believes "Mythos is a military project" and the labs are heading for a Los Alamos-style lockdown, why the AI data center boom rhymes with the 1990s fiber bubble, where AI value actually accrues (why you might short Accenture but not Visa), why one person with an LLM can now do the work of a whole team, how Ari is using LLMs and neuromodulation to hack his own health, and why we may be at peak chaos in the Fourth Turning. Enjoy!--Follow Avi: https://x.com/AviFelmanFollow Jonah: https://x.com/jvb_xyzFollow 1000x: https://x.com/1000xPodJoin the 1000x Telegram: https://t.me/thousandxpodTry the 1000x Terminal: https://1000x.money--Timestamps:(00:00) Coming Up on 1000x...(01:13) From BlockTower To Burnout: Ari Paul's Crypto Story(09:01) Why Crypto Was The Easiest Table In Finance(16:17) Crypto Is Over: The Best People Left For AI(24:03) Mythos Is A Military Project(30:04) The AI Bubble Is The Fiber Boom All Over Again(39:38) Where AI Value Actually Accrues(44:59) I Can Beat Most Doctors With An LLM(58:19) Peak Chaos: The Fourth Turning & The Coming Reset--Disclaimer: Nothing said on 1000x is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Avi, Jonah and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

This week, with portfolios sitting at all-time highs after the best NASDAQ quarter since 2020, we ask who's coming for the market in Q3? We deep dive into why that gut feeling means it's time to rotate not sell, the fundamentals vs flows debate and why sell-side analysts are structurally guaranteed to keep underpricing AI demand, why Micron at 7.5x forward earnings still isn't a bubble, why a strengthening dollar is the real threat to your assets, why Bitcoin has been co-opted by Wall Street and how to walk out of the crypto cage, the HOOD trade and taking profits like a CTA, the megatrends hiding beyond AI in real estate and collectibles, and the best career advice for the AI era: find your niche. Enjoy!--Follow Avi: https://x.com/AviFelmanFollow Jonah: https://x.com/jvb_xyzFollow 1000x: https://x.com/1000xPodJoin the 1000x Telegram: https://t.me/thousandxpodTry the 1000x Terminal: https://1000x.money--Timestamps:(00:00) Coming Up on 1000x...(01:03) Portfolio At All-Time Highs: Time To Rotate?(11:48) Fundamentals vs Flows: Why Analysts Keep Missing(17:48) Micron At 7.5x: This Isn't A Bubble Yet(20:40) Who's Coming For The Market In Q3? (It's The Dollar)(24:15) Bitcoin's Been Co-opted: The Walk-Out-Of-The-Cage Trade(32:38) The HOOD Trade & Taking Profits Like A CTA(40:09) Beyond AI: Israel, Real Estate & Hidden Megatrends(45:17) Find Your Niche: The Best Career Advice For The AI Era--Disclaimer: Nothing said on 1000x is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Avi, Jonah and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

In a short solo Juneteenth stream, Avi breaks down what's next now that the SpaceX IPO and the Fed meeting are behind us. We discuss why the market shrugged off a hawkish Warsh presser, why Mag 7 is lagging the semis it's funding, why layoffs are actually bullish, why inflation is showing up everywhere from a $14 smoothie to the struggling bottom half, why Michael Saylor using ChatGPT to structure STRC is a problem, why the Iran deal was a win for Iran, and the two megatrends to spend your weekend researching: AI-powered biotech and the coming nuclear revolution. Enjoy!--Follow Avi: https://x.com/AviFelmanFollow Jonah: https://x.com/jvb_xyzFollow 1000x: https://x.com/1000xPodJoin the 1000x Telegram: https://t.me/thousandxpodTry the 1000x Terminal: https://1000x.money--Timestamps:(00:00) Coming Up on 1000x...(01:18) The Market Doesn't Care About Warsh(02:55) Why Mag 7 Is Lagging The Semis(05:49) Layoffs Are Bullish, Not Bearish(08:12) The $14 Smoothie: Inflation Is Real(10:40) Saylor Used ChatGPT To Build STRC(16:01) The Iran Deal Was A Win For Iran(18:46) The Next Megatrend: AI Biotech(25:11) Nuclear & The Rotation To Physical AI--Disclaimer: Nothing said on 1000x is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Avi, Jonah and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

This week, recorded live in the 30 minutes before the Fed decision, we discuss whether rate cuts are dead and what to watch from Kevin Warsh. We deep dive into why a full-blown war with Iran barely dented the market and what could actually tank it, Jonah's journey from Berkeley communist to Republican, why you should collect the gold coins before the level ends, the idea journal and how billionaires actually trade, why SpaceX is a low-float meme coin and you have to play the game of flows over fundamentals, why an ocean of oil is bearish for inflation, why Bitcoin has lost its way and what disdain Avi needs to buy it, and why the Iran deal is just a pause before the next flare-up. Enjoy!--Follow Avi: https://x.com/AviFelmanFollow Jonah: https://x.com/jvb_xyzFollow 1000x: https://x.com/1000xPodJoin the 1000x Telegram: https://t.me/thousandxpodTry the 1000x Terminal: https://1000x.money--Timestamps:(00:00) Coming Up on 1000x...(01:30) What Could Possibly Tank This Market?(05:33) From Communist to Republican(10:45) Collect The Gold Coins Before The Level Ends(26:26) SpaceX Is A Meme Coin: Play The Game Of Flows(30:25) Fed Preview: What To Watch From Warsh(35:05) An Ocean Of Oil & Why Bitcoin Lost Its Way(39:52) The Iran Deal Is Just A Pause--Disclaimer: Nothing said on 1000x is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Avi, Jonah and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

This week, we discuss whether inflation is officially back and what it means for the AI megatrend. We deep dive into Micron crossing $900B, the memory supercycle, the Fed regime change under Kevin Warsh, the Trump-Xi summit and chip export deal probability, the Clarity Act markup, and why the soft landing might officially be dead. Enjoy!--Follow Avi: https://x.com/AviFelmanFollow Jonah: https://x.com/jvb_xyzFollow 1000x: https://x.com/1000xPodJoin the 1000x Telegram: https://t.me/+fz-2f0cwC6o0MWNh--Timestamps:(00:00) Coming Up On 1000x...(01:00) Paris Wifi & Gemstones(12:57) Fed Regime Change(14:08) Is Inflation Back?(20:21) Soft Landing Officially Dead?(28:36) Memory Supercycle(34:50) Micron @ $900B(40:05) Trump-Xi Summit Kicks Off(50:57) Clarity Act Markup--Disclaimer: Nothing said on 1000x is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Avi, Jonah and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.