Transcript Ep. 312: SyndicateDAO Is Launching Web3 Investment Clubs. Could They Disrupt VCs?

Laura Shin:

Hi, all. I just wanted to share with you a blurb that Willy Woo, on-chain Bitcoin analyst and author of The Bitcoin Forecast newsletter, wrote about my book. Willy said, “Deeply researched, this book is an important body of work and must-read for the inside story of Ethereum, complete with all of its grit and drama.” If you have not yet pre-ordered your copy of the The Cryptopians, then head to bit.ly/cryptopians, that’s bit.ly/cryptopians, to pre-order your copy today. Again, the link to pre-order is bit.ly/cryptopians.

Additionally, I’ll be doing a Facebook Live/AMA tomorrow, Wednesday, January 26, the eighth anniversary of Vitalik Buterin presenting Ethereum for the first time at the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami. The AMA will be about my book, which is about Ethereum and the 2017 ICO craze, but you can also ask questions about recent crypto news. Head to Facebook.com/UnchainedWithLauraShin to RSVP and ask questions. Again, the link for the AMA is the pinned post at Facebook.com/UnchainedWithLauraShin.

Finally, I wanted to mention that in this episode, Ian and Will mentioned an interesting fact about their new product, which was that 50 percent of the groups they’re launching with are female-led. I decided to write up an article featuring some of these groups, so please check it out on my Bulletin newsletter, which you can access at LauraShin.bulletin.com if you’re not already subscribed. Again, the link is LauraShin.bulletin.com. Now, on to the show.

Hi, everyone. Welcome to Unchained, your no-hype resource for all things crypto. I’m your host, Laura Shin, a journalist with over two decades of experience. I started covering crypto six years ago, and as a senior editor at Forbes, was the first mainstream media reporter to cover cryptocurrency full-time. This is the January 25, 2022 episode of Unchained.

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Today’s guests are Ian Lee and Will Papper, co-founders of Syndicate DAO. Welcome, Ian and Will.

Ian Lee:

Good to be here.

Will Papper:

Yeah, great to be here, Laura.