Why Pro Athletes Are Betting on Bitcoin, Crypto & Prediction Markets | Tristan Thompson & Paul Grewal

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NBA Star Tristan Thompson and Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal break down why pro athletes are moving into Bitcoin, crypto, and onchain prediction markets. We cover stablecoin rewards after the Genius Act, Coinbase’s fight to preserve consumer yield and staking, the CFTC vs. state path for prediction markets, and Tristan’s new onchain app, basketball.fun. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAXNET | MINT, REDEEM, EARN https://bankless.cc/fraxnet 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR L2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌳KGEN | REQUEST A DEMO https://bankless.cc/KGEN-podcast 💠BIT DIGITAL ($BTBT) | ETH TREASURY https://bankless.cc/bit-digital We’re being compensated by Bit Digital (NASDAQ BTBT) for this segment promoting their company and BTBT. The compensation is paid in cash as a one time payment. You can find additional information about Bit Digital and BTBT on their Investor page at https://bit-digital.com/investors ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:54 An Athlete & a Lawyer? 2:47 Athletes Love Crypto 8:19 Bitcoin & Trust 15:16 Stablecoin Yields 18:41 Crypto vs Banks 21:34 Tristan’s Crypto Interests 26:58 Crypto’s UX 35:48 Prediction Markets 43:58 Prediction Market Regulation 48:41 Anti-Crypto Democrats 51:00 Basketball.fun 56:00 Gary Gensler’s Deleted Texts 1:00:25 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Tristan Paul https://x.com/RealTristan13 Paul Grewal https://x.com/iampaulgrewal Basketball.fun https://www.basketball.fun/ ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

Guests

Tristan Thompson

NBA Player & Entrepreneur

Paul Grewal

Chief Legal Officer

Coinbase