#72 - JOEY KRUG

Joey is Co-Chief Investment Officer at Pantera Capital. Prior to Pantera, he co-founded Augur, a decentralized prediction market platform and solution to the oracle problem. Joey also co-founded Eco, an app which offers a simple balance to let users spend, send, save and make money at the same time. He co-founded a crypto-focused AngelList syndicate which became one of the top fifteen by backing and was an early investor in projects like 0x and Numerai. In 2013, Joey built a point of sale system enabling Bitcoin payments with sound and Bluetooth. He is both a Thiel Fellow and an Edmund Hillary Fellow. Follow Joey on Twitter @joeykrug. [0:59] - How Joey's interest in computers led him to crypto and venture capital [7:25] - The best decisions Joey has made in his early career [12:42] - Joey’s first experiences as an investor and entrepreneur [16:47] - How Joey’s days of betting on horses made him a better investor [21:20] - Joey's experience with the Thiel Fellowship [26:55] - The origin story behind Augur [30:06] - An overview of prediction markets [35:39] - Joey's perspective on Bitcoin maximalism as an early crypto adopter [39:41] - Predicting the dominant blockchain protocol in a multi-chain future [46:13] - Eco's attempt to rethink modern banking and credit card companies [49:15] - Joey's experience working with Dan Morehead at Pantera Capital --- homeofjake.com