Episode 46 - Back at it again with another monthly update over at Tantra Labs. Tune in to hear Russell and Kagen go over:

• October's Bull Market
• China's Involvement with Crypto
• Tantra Labs Interest changes from 12% to 6% and why
• NFT's

Episode 45 - Tune in to this months update for September as Russell, and Kagen talk about:

• What Tantra Labs has been up to
• Where we came from
• NFT's
• Quantitative Algorithmic Trading
• Predictions for the crypto market

Episode 44 - Join Russell and Kagen in this months episode of Tantra Talks as they talk about things like:

• Redeposits and withdrawals and redemptions
• The current market
• What's happening in the United States and the infrastructure bill 
• Future of Crypto

Episode 43 - Hello listeners! Sorry we have been MIA! A lot of things happening over at Tantra Labs, but we wanted to give you some updates on everything we have been working on. 

What you'll hear about in this episode:

• Web App updates and new onboarding process
• Bitcoins Price
• Inflation
• Alt coins in relation to BItcoin

Episode 42 - Thank you for joining us on this Tantra Labs Monthly update! In this episode, Russell touches base on things like:

• Current Market Conditions
• One of the largest bull market pullback in BTC history
• Tantra Labs expanding team
• Raising a Delta neutral USD fund

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Join Russell in this Tantra Talks Monthly Update! These kind of episodes will drop monthly and coincide with our monthly newsletter.

In this episode:

• Options market making
• Swap products
• Risk
• USD Fund
• Real time performance
• Future of Tantra Labs

Episode 40— Join Russell LaCour (CTO) and Kagen Atkinson (COO) as they welcome back our beloved co-host Brekkie Von Bitcoin who returns to speak on Bitcoin Maximalism, his thoughts on NFT's, what's new with Swan, and price predictions!

In this episode:

• Bitcoin Bull Market
• Thoughts on NFT's
• What is sound money?
• Thoughts on Ethereum
• Swan Updates, and Clubhouse Meetings
• Brekkie's Twitter
• Swan's Twitter
• Swan's Website
• Swan Force Referral Program
  

Episode 39 - We are so excited (and lucky) to be joined by expert bond trader, Adjunct Professor of Finance, and author of his new book "Layered Money", Nik Bhatia for the 4th time on Tantra Talks! Join Russell and Nik as they discuss current market conditions and dive into what inspired this new book.

• Recorded on Feb 4th, 2021.
  
• You can buy Nik's book here: https://t.co/asPGih9OzD?amp=1
  
• You can listen to our other episodes with Nik here: 

1: https://anchor.fm/tantra-talks/episodes/Nik-Bhatia---Tantra-Talks-ea1s3k

2: https://anchor.fm/tantra-talks/episodes/Market-Watch-with-Nik-Bhatia---Tantra-Talks-ebdt02

3: https://anchor.fm/tantra-talks/episodes/Market-Watch-with-Nik-Bhatia---Round-2---Tantra-Talks-ed1t57

• To subscribe and listen to more episodes of Tantra Talks, click HERE.
  
• Sign up for our beta waitlist HERE
  

Episode 38 - Join Russell and Joe McCann, market mercenary, technologist and trader, for a discussion on market conditions and some insight on his knowledge of the crypto market today!

Main Topics:

• Joe's current take on the price of Bitcoin
• Price predictions for 2021
• Joe shares his thoughts on recent market conditions including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tesla, and the reaction to 2020's pump.
• How the recent world events call for neutral networks.
• What Joe says to those who have been recently asking if they should buy Bitcoin.
• Follow Joe on Twitter, and if you’d like to follow his trades, check out his incredible Telegram channel.
• To subscribe and listen to more episodes of Tantra Talks, click HERE.
• To sign up for beta waitlist visit TantraLabs.io to earn 12% on your BTC!
  

Episode 37 — Join Russell and Kagen as they go through more of our most frequently asked questions from our lenders.

For our small team, it is essential to personally speak with our lenders and help educate them on our business model and how everything works over at Tantra Labs. After months of communicating privately with them, we have decided to take all of our FAQ's and address them in our podcast! This is part 2. Make sure to check out Part 1 if you haven't already!

What we address:

• How we vet our counter-parties
• How do we protect from counter-party risk, hacks, and Black Swan events?
• How do you earn yield on Bitcoin?
• What does the future of lending markets look like when bitcoin is at 500k? 

Episode 36 — Join Russell LaCour (CTO) and Josh Horosny (Quantitative Analyst, Algorithmic Strategy Developer) as they share some insight on what their day to day looks like when developing our algorithms, and how they have been performing in the recent market.

What you'll learn:

• How our algos have been performing in the recent market
  
• Our new system vs. our old system
  
• How our backtests work
  
• Why we are deploying trend-following strategies

Episode 35 — Join Russell and Kagen as they go through our most frequently asked questions from our lenders.

For our small team, it is essential to personally speak with our lenders and help educate them on our business model and how everything works over at Tantra Labs. After months of communicating privately with them, we have decided to take all of our FAQ's and address them in our podcast! This is part 1. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please send them to us via twitter for part 2! @Tantra_Labs

What we address:

• How our notes are structured
• Why 12%
• Why 12 months, and what happens at the end of someone's term.
• Risk
  

Episode 34 — Join Russell and Kagen (our CFO/COO and cofounder) as they dive deep into Kagen's history and how his past led him to Tantra Labs.

Kagen Atkinson is our Cheif Financial Officer, and Cheif Operating Officer technically, although he pretty much has his hands in everything we do here at Tantra! If it weren't for Kagen I think we would all be losing our minds a bit.

• We talk about Kagen's roles at Tantra Labs, and how he came to be such a crucial player in making Tantra successful.
  
• Follow @Tantra_Labs on Twitter to stay up to date on everything we are working on!
  
• Interested in earning 12% on your bitcoin or Ethereum?  Sign up for our waitlist at TantraLabs.io
  

• What’s the latest with Tantra Labs? 
• An update on the progress we've made on our internal portfolio
• How we operate
• What are we investing in?
• Why do we invest in them?
• To subscribe and listen to more episodes of Tantra Talks, click HERE.
• To sign up for early access for our new app that will allow you to earn 12% interest on your BTC, visit TantraLabs.io
  

• What’s the latest with Tantra Labs? We announce that we officially offer Ethereum in our retail app!
• Why we decided to onboard Ethereum
• Why we think it's a valuable asset
• Why we believe that Bitcoin and Ethereum can co-exist
• To subscribe and listen to more episodes of Tantra Talks, click HERE.
• To sign up for early access for our new app that will allow you to earn 12% interest on your BTC, visit TantraLabs.io

Episode 31 — Join Brekkie & Russel for a discussion on Tantra’s upcoming retail app, currently in closed beta:

• Why is Tantra Labs taking steps to offer a retail product?
• What are the risks involved?
• How is Tantra Labs different from a BlockFi or Celsius?
• Tantra Labs has a lot of trust to build and we are committed to being as open and transparent about risk as possible. We want to redefine what it means to practice responsible risk disclosure, something that is notoriously lacking in the Bitcoin and Crypto space.
• To subscribe and listen to more episodes of Tantra Talks, click HERE.
• To sign up for early access for our new app that will allow you to earn 12% interest on your BTC, visit TantraLabs.io

Episode 30 - Join Brekkie & Russel for a discussion on market conditions with technologist and trader, Joe McCann:

• Recorded on July 10th, 2020
• On this special episode with Joe McCann, we start with a dive into the technical side of algorithmic trading and strategy development as well as why Joe became an advisor to Tantra Labs.
• Joe shares his thoughts on recent market conditions, including the recent Dogecoin pump brought on by a viral TikTok challenge. Joe was actually short Doge while we recorded this episode. He talks about why he decided to trade Doge as well as the various conditions he set up for himself both for getting out of the trade and taking profit.
• We also explore the greater macro trends in the world, and why, despite the hardships we are all facing, Joe is still very bullish on our collective future and the innovation that will come out the Corona Virus Pandemic.
• Follow Joe on Twitter, and if you’d like to follow his trades, check out his incredible Telegram channel.
• For updates on Corona Virus, check out Joe’s Corona Bot on Telegram
• To subscribe and listen to more episodes of Tantra Talks, click HERE.
• To sign up for early access for new app that will allow you to earn 12% on your BTC, visit TantraLabs.io

Episode 29 — Join Brekkie for a wide ranging discussion with Tantra Labs Chief Innovation Officer, Brett Morrison:

• Brett Morrison is our Chief Innovation Officer, because he completely embodies the concept of innovation! We go through his unique background, from building one of the first photo sharing sites, to co-authoring a search patent, building a 200+ employee e-commerce company, as well as his time working as a Director at SpaceX.
• We talk about Brett’s role at Tantra Labs, and we also dive into Brett’s passion for activism and making the world a better place.
• For more from Brett you can follow him on Twitter and LinkedIn, as well as check out his writings and photography at BrettMorrison.com.
• Interested in earning 12% on your bitcoin?  Sign up for early access at TantraLabs.io

Episode 28 — Join Russell and Brekkie for a wide ranging discussion with Tantra Labs Quantitative Analyst, Michael Feldman:

• We start off with Michael’s background and ongoing research for NASA / JPL in the field of gravity science (rocket science!) as well as in the financial industry. Check out some of Michael’s research here.
• Fat tails vs Black Shoals and the problems with financial modeling
• Academia and the research oligopoly that is killing science as well as the possibility of research becoming more open source
• Bitcoin in outer space, whether we will even use currency on Mars, the effects of gravity on a hardware wallet launched into outer space, as well as Michael’s thoughts on the future of the space industry in the context of SpaceX and other efforts in the commercial sector.
• For more from Michael you can follow him on Twitter and LinkedIn.
• To subscribe and listen to more episodes of Tantra Talks, click HERE.
• To learn more about our offerings, click HERE.

Episode 27 - In the wake of the protests following the murder of George Floyd (and of course many others), we felt as a company, that we could not remain silent.

Inspired by our CTO’s recent Medium article, this episode of Tantra Talks is a wide ranging conversation between our CTO, Russell LaCour, Creative Director, Brekkie von Bitcoin, and our Podcast Editor, Savannah Van.

The episode needs no real introduction and speaks for itself. Please listen with an open mind and an open heart, and if you are on the fence about speaking out and acknowledging the changes occurring in the world today, we hope this episode will help you on your journey. Please see below for some of the important links mentioned during the show.

• “No Man is and Island”
• The History of Policing in the United States
• Tweet from Isaiah Jackson, author of Bitcoin and Black America
• Why Black Lives Matter to the Jewish Community
• “First they came…”
• Twitter Thread by Kenny Deforest about Dave Chapelle