🎙 Scaling Ethereum with Offchain Lab's Founder Steven Goldfeder
Steven is one of the sharpest minds in blockchain tech: he started working on scaling solutions for blockchains before Ethereum even launched in 2015. He currently serves as the CEO of Arbitrum, which now has over $1B in TVL as a leading L2 for Ethereum. This episode is key for understanding how the future of Ethereum might look. We go deep into alt L1s, L2s, scaling solutions, the future of Arbitrum and more.
For the full audio interview, transcript, show notes and more visit: https://altassetallocation.com
Show Notes
0:00:00 Welcome and context
0:01:35 What is your background?
0:05:30 Making a guess on where the world is going?
0:07:18 Your thoughts on ETH 2.0?
0:14:11 How do you see all of the Layer 2 ETH solutions out there?
0:17:59 Your thoughts on the value locked up in L2s?
0:21:45 What aspects of ZK Rollups are most appealing to you?
0:25:41 What are your thoughts on other L1s other than ETH?
0:28:38 If you weren't running on ETH, where would you focus your work?
0:30:07 What is Arbitrum odyssey?
0:34:52 What are the different use cases of Arbitrum?
0:37:05 Would you deploy other single purpose Arbitrum chains?
0:41:00 What is on the roadmap for Arbitrum?
0:46:00 Where can people find out more about you?
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🎙 Cryptocurrency Taxes with Micah Fraim
In this episode, we talk about why crypto taxes are so difficult. We cover some of the biggest misconceptions or mistakes people make when doing their crypto taxes, how to get smarter about taxes this year and in the future (e.g. tax loss harvesting) - then really enjoyed going into more detail around some of the specifics on things like: wash sale rules, NFTs taxed as collectibles, FBAR, Airdrops, Staking Income, etc.
Show Notes
0:00:00 Welcome and context
0:03:35 What is your background?
0:05:05 How is crypto treated in tax terms?
0:10:41 What needs to change so crypto can be treated as currency in tax purposes?
0:11:31 What are the biggest misconceptions when it comes to crypto taxes?
0:14:59 How to take advantage and limit tax liability in volatile markets?
0:20:00 Using capital gains to offset crypto valuations
0:23:31 What are some of the best practices for keeping track of taxable events?
0:27:08 What can people do throughout the year to track their crypto taxes?
0:30:07 Where is the IRS right now?
0:32:52 How are NFTs taxed?
0:39:40 How to recognize NFT value loss without selling it?
0:42:15 Techniques for off-writing losses
0:47:00 Taxable gains from airdrops
0:51:01 Should you report crypto that's held in an overseas exchange?
0:52:51 Where can people find out more about you?
Gold. Thank you for sharing!