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Travis Kling: In the Fed Era, There’s No Such Thing as Market Fundamentals

The Ikigai Asset Management investor discusses WallStreetBets, institutional investors and recent bitcoin critiques.

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The Ikigai Asset Management investor discusses WallStreetBets, institutional investors and recent bitcoin critiques.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

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On today’s episode, NLW is joined by Travis Kling, co-founder and chief investment officer of Ikigai Asset Management. They discuss:

  • GameStop, WallStreetBets and financial populism
  • Whether regulatory hearings will actually address any issues around retail investors
  • How WallStreetBets relates to bitcoin
  • The rise of institutional investors
  • The end of career risk around bitcoin for investment professionals
  • Why recent bitcoin FUD has been disingenuous
  • How investors can price risk in bitcoin
  • Where DeFi fits for institutional investors

See also: The Top Narratives Driving Crypto Market Growth, feat. Travis Kling

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HOST

Nathaniel Whittemore

NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.

Nathaniel Whittemore
Travis Kling: In the Fed Era, There’s No Such Thing as Market Fundamentals