Episode #7 – The Ethereum Merge and Macroeconomic Risks

The long-awaited Ethereum Merge is finally upon us and will happen on September 15th or 16th. The Ethereum protocol is moving to Proof of Stake and moving away from Proof of Work. In this episode, We about go over additional details about the Proof of Stake consensus protocol and our strategies for trading around The Merge. We also go into details about inflation in our current macroeconomic environment and what the Federal Reserve has decided to do in order to reduce inflation to the target of 2% at all costs.

Full show notes:

(03:50) The Merge timeline, broken down

(04:49) Scalability and moving to Proof of Stake

(08:11) What it means to Miners when Ethereum moves to POS

(11:35) Ethereum will go through trials to remain stable

(12:32) How much money we have in Ethereum

(14:32) Paris upgrade before the Merge to POS September 15-16

(16:17) Trading the Ethereum merge

(21:05) Risks to Staking Ethereum

(24:18) Macroeconomic impacts to crypto market

(29:55) Impacts of increasing rates from the Federal Reserve

(34:00) General macro picture and how interest rates are likely to affect crypto markets

(34:45) Inflation impacts and outlook

(35:17) Our outlook on crypto technology

(40:07) Bamboo Story Toilet Paper Product on Amazon

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Disclaimer:

Do your own due diligence and research. Tony Chang and Galin Ma are NOT financial advisors. We aim to be transparent in our views and avoid any hype and ”pump and dump” schemes. Any discussion we do have are exploratory and are meant to be learning only.

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Diane Jandard

Design Manager, Writer, and Speaker

About

Diane holds a Master’s in Design from Columbia University and is passionate about building effective teams, and leveraging design to create high growth products.

She currently manages designers at Dot. She has previously managed design teams at Arrow, cofounded a company that was acquired by Parenthesis, and spent a few years as a freelance designer.

Originally from Canada, she studied in Paris and London, worked in Singapore, and is now based in San Francisco. She loves books, yoga, and wine.

Speaking

Design Conference, 2019
Designing Teams
San Jose, CA

Design x Mental Health, 2019
Speaking Out
San Francisco, CA

Impact for Growth, 2018
Building Compatible Teams
San Francisco, CA

Get in touch

Diane is always available for side collaborations and talks worldwide. If you want to chat about design, books, wine, or anything else, don’t hesitate in reaching out.

Writing

Lessons from remote interviewing
April 2020

What design mentees need
December 2019

How to foster collaboration
November 2019