Crypto’s Banking Woes and the Macro Environment
Andrew Keys of Darma Capital unravels the state of crypto in 2023.
ABOUT
On “Carpe Consensus,” hosts Ben Schiller, Danny Nelson and Cam Thompson chat about the state of crypto with guest Andrew Keys, co-founder and president of Darma Capital.
- [1:36] Inside the Desk: Citing an ongoing regulatory crackdown, crypto companies are considering shifting to more favorable jurisdictions.
- [10:50] Andrew Keys: Predictions for crypto regulation, innovation and more.
- [28:44] Cam’s Corner: What’s up with metaverse fashion? Plus: An update on a certain “Rick Sanchez,” otherwise known as Do Kwon.
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“Carpe Consensus” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl.
HOSTS
Dan Ilett writes on tech, money and energy. He advises business on digital strategy and technology messaging for large deals. He is founder of Erbut - an advisory company - and Greenbang - a smart technology research company.

Cam Thompson was a Web3 reporter at CoinDesk. She is a recent graduate of Tufts University, where she majored in Economics and Science & Technology Studies. As a student, she was marketing director of the Tufts Blockchain Club. She currently holds positions in BTC and ETH.

Danny is CoinDesk's managing editor for Data & Tokens. He formerly ran investigations for the Tufts Daily. At CoinDesk, his beats include (but are not limited to): federal policy, regulation, securities law, exchanges, the Solana ecosystem, smart money doing dumb things, dumb money doing smart things and tungsten cubes. He owns BTC, ETH and SOL tokens, as well as the LinksDAO NFT.

Benjamin Schiller is CoinDesk's managing editor for features and opinion. Previously, he was editor-in-chief at BREAKER Magazine and a staff writer at Fast Company. He holds some ETH, BTC and LINK.

Danny Bradbury has been a professional writer since 1989, and has worked freelance since 1994. He covers technology for publications such as the Guardian.

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