Eric Weiss Blockchain Investment Group

Hello Listeners, Today is a very special episode. I have Eric Weiss the founder and chief investment officer of Blockchain Investment Group. This episode is packed with great nuggets. One takeaway I loved is “It is a lot easier to write a logical, thoughtful, intelligent white paper than it is to execute and build what it is you have just articulated even if you raised the capital”. 1:27 – How did you get started in finance and investments? 2:08 – What were your previous positions? 3:19 – What led you to blockchain and bitcoin? 4:23 – What is your investment philosophy and investment strategy that you follow? 11:59 –How do you go about selecting the managers and how do you know which strategies will perform the best? 15:13 – What are your thoughts and views on cryptocurrencies? 17:21 – What are your views on diversification and portfolio concentration? 24:52 – What excites you about this space? 27:18 – How do you manage the amount of new information in this space and how do you vet your informational sources? 34:42 – How would you define risk and is it defined differently in the crypto space? 42:53 – Can you briefly talk about that issue of scalability? 43:45 – What trends do you see in crytpocurrencies and what do you expect from this space? 49:36 – What are the most interesting ideas that you have found in this space? 52:27 – What are your favorite books? 54:18 – Where can people find more information on you and your work? Enjoy and thanks for the listen!