High-stakes Poker to Crypto Whale w/ Jason Mo

Episode 12 of Crypto Market Wizards, a new interview series focused on crypto traders in the trenches of the liquid markets. Today we have Jason Mo talking about his journey from high-stakes poker to being early to BTC and participating in the ETH ICO. He shares major lessons from his poker days and how he's able to eliminate bagholder bias by being objective and rational.Crypto Market Wizards is an ad-free and sponsor-free podcast.Guest's Twitter: https://twitter.com/cuntycakes123 Premium Discord: https://whop.com/humble-farmer-army Free Newsletter: https://hfaresearch.substack.com/ HFAResearch Twitter: https://twitter.com/HFAresearch Taiki's Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaikiMaeda2 Free Telegram: https://t.me/+3LgpNxIgJ4IzY2Fh PODCASTS: Crypto Market Wizards: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6bwqqJO_txgGQySGK5-HSuTPp0LjeGqA Steady Lads: https://www.youtube.com/@0xSteadyLads Taiki is the founder of HFAResearch, a DeFi-focused research company founded in 2021 with a mission to create high-quality, digestible content that helps separate signal from noise for DeFi enthusiasts. We were frustrated with the lack of authentic educational content on Crypto YouTube/Twitter and took matters into our own hands. Timestamps: 0:00 Being Early to BTC & ETH ICO 3:30 Lessons from Poker 9:51 Managing Bag Bias 17:34 Ethereum's Moat & Differentiating Value 28:46 Does DeFi Comeback? 34:54 Advice to New Crypto Participants 41:56 Traits of Successful Traders and Investors 46:05 Diversification vs Concentration 51:05 Biggest Trades 53:59 Advice to Younger Self 59:37 Final Advice to the Degens