In this week’s episode, I interview Jaime Rogozinski, founder of Wall Street Bets, the famous Reddit trading group which earlier this year organized to push up the price of heavily shorted stocks like Gamestop and AMC to create a short squeeze, which had the double benefit of amplifying the group’s gains and screwing over big hedge funds. Jaime goes over what led him to create the subreddit back in 2012 and how it grew into several thousands and then millions of members. He started Wall Street Bets to make money, but also because he believed the financial system was broken and so-called retail traders should have a chance against the big guys. A lot of those sentiments mirror ideals that fuel the cryptocurrency community and so it’s only natural that after his exit from Wallet Street Bets, he has found his way into crypto. Thanking our sponsors: Balancer, one of the leading DeFi automated market makers (AMM) for multiple tokens. Dive into their pools here! Enzyme provides an easy way to build, scale and monetize DeFi investment strategies Kraken, consistently rated the best and most secure cryptocurrency exchange, which can get you from fiat to DeFi Aave, an open source and non-custodial liquidity protocol where users can earn interest on deposits and borrow assets The DeFi Pulse Index, by Index Coop - DPI is the easiest way to capture the upside of DeFi with the benefit of diversification. Buy DPI today on your favorite DEX. Follow The Defiant https://newsletter.thedefiant.io/ https://twitter.com/defiantnews https://thedefiant.io/ https://t.me/DefiantNews https://t.me/DefiantChat #TheDefiant​ #DeFi​ #Decentralized​ #Finance​ #Blockchain ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk-Z8WcGgJc

Today we’re blitzing through the Bitzlato story. A Moscow headquartered, Hong Kong registered crypto exchange which nobody seemed to know about until yesterday, when the founder was arrested by US authorities in Miami for allegedly laundering $700m worth of crypto. Much of this story was a complete mystery until recently, so let's dive in and figure out which agencies were involved in the arrest and how significant this really is. ✨ Check out our new website ✨ https://thedefiant.io/ ? Sign up to our newsletter ? https://newsletter.thedefiant.io/ ? Find DeFi investment opportunities & educational primers here https://newsletter.thedefiant.io/s/defi-alpha ✊ Follow The Defiant Twitter https://twitter.com/defiantnews Discord https://discord.gg/thedefiant Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thedefiant.io/ Telegram News https://t.me/DefiantNews ? Contact our Newsroom editorial@thedefiant.io ? Sponsorships & Partnerships sponsors@thedefiant.io ? Follow The Defiant team on Twitter Camila Russo: https://twitter.com/CamiRusso Alp Gasimov: https://twitter.com/alpgasimov Edward Robinson: https://twitter.com/EddieRob235 yyctrader: https://twitter.com/yyctrader1 Isaac Ibiapina: https://twitter.com/_isaacibiapina Owen Fernau: https://twitter.com/ofernau Devin Sawyer: https://twitter.com/devinsawyer Samuel Haig: https://twitter.com/samuel_haig Aleks Gilbert: https://twitter.com/aleks_gilbert Diego Cabral: https://twitter.com/DiegoCabral__ Nick Duddy: https://twitter.com/nickduddy #TheDefiant​ #DeFi​ #Decentralized​ #Finance​ #Blockchain ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc_Blfra1CQ