NBA Star Tristan Thompson and Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal break down why pro athletes are moving into Bitcoin, crypto, and onchain prediction markets.

We cover stablecoin rewards after the Genius Act, Coinbase’s fight to preserve consumer yield and staking, the CFTC vs. state path for prediction markets, and Tristan’s new onchain app, basketball.fun.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:54 An Athlete & a Lawyer?

2:47 Athletes Love Crypto

8:19 Bitcoin & Trust

15:16 Stablecoin Yields

18:41 Crypto vs Banks

21:34 Tristan’s Crypto Interests

26:58 Crypto’s UX

35:48 Prediction Markets

43:58 Prediction Market Regulation

48:41 Anti-Crypto Democrats

51:00 Basketball.fun

56:00 Gary Gensler’s Deleted Texts

1:00:25 Closing & Disclaimers

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RESOURCES

Tristan Paul

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Paul Grewal

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Basketball.fun

https://www.basketball.fun/

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