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Join us as we share the pod summary from @gabrielhaines featuring Andrew Thurman. @Blockanalia worked for Chainlink before becoming a journalist at Cointelegraph and CoinDesk. Read on more as he shares what life is like as a crypto-journalist.

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia Background

🔸 Masters in Creative Nonfiction, also taught journalism
🔸 Starting investing in 2017 top
🔸 Started a business on @chainlink ecosystem, building the framework to allow node operators to work efficiently with data providers on a data call billing model

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink 🔸 Chainlink invited them to present at Web3 in Berlin in 2019
🔸 Co-founded a smart contract data marketplace which becomes the Oracle Network API3
🔸 One of his first calls was with @bobbyong from @coingecko

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko Does he have a background in Startups?

🔸 No, he does not
🔸 Did a patchwork of jobs including fast food 🍟 to stocking shelves
🔸 Worked a lot of weird jobs before coming to crypto

"I mean, if you got fast food experience, you're fit for crypto, right." - Gabriel Haines

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko Time at Chainlink

🔸 Running biz development campaign for them from 2019 through 2020
🔸 Officially was the Senior Partnership Manager
🔸 Worked with Daniel Kochis to bring projects to join the Chainlink ecosystem

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko Moving to Journalism

🔸 Contributed to the most successful BD campaign for Chainlink
🔸 Wanted to do something altruistic - starting freelancing as a writer
🔸 Wrote for @Cointelegraph and @CoinDesk
🔸 The former hired him
🔸 Personal record: published 5 articles in a day📰

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk Working at Cointelegraph

🔸 Very good experience but has a bad rep because of unknown owner
🔸 People treated him differently while he was at Chainlink vs when he was a journalist
🔸 Don't get invited to seed rounds anymore because perception is that journalists are poor

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk "For everyone listening, Andrew is not poor, okay? He's worked at a fast food place." 🍔🍔🍔

Gabriel Haines

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk Working at CoinDesk

🔸 Crypto media suffering from a decline in influence
🔸 Yet Bloomberg and CNBC are covering crypto from an uninformed place
🔸 As a crypto native, he can provide valuable context/insight
🔸 CoinDesk is one of the few places that has significant reach

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk 🔸 Hence working for CoinDesk will have an impact
🔸 Would not work for Bloomberg because based on his resume, likely they won't get back to him
🔸 Made fun of Bloomberg a lot on Twitter

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk Exciting stories covered

🔸 Takes pride in covering stories outside the box
🔸 To be able to differentiate between what is popular and what is important
🔸 Works on stories that people will not be able to find in Bloomberg

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk 🔸 Back when telephones are introduced in the US, news covered controversial aspects rather than the tech
🔸 This is what is happening in crypto news as well
🔸 Many writers just write what fits their preconceived biases or the biases of their audience

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk Crypto Excursions

🔸 Not been to many trips because of Covid - older journalists are the ones with stories to tell
🔸 Knew people online
🔸 Need to have a network of contacts that will vouch for you if you are a newcomer
🔸 Did lots of legwork to reach out to young & anon teams

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk 🔸 Bitcoin Miami was the first time he got to talk to people in person
🔸 Interviewed @SBF_FTX and @michael_saylor
🔸 @StaniKulechov cancelled his interview last min but invited him to his yacht

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk @SBF_FTX @michael_saylor @StaniKulechov State of Journalism

🔸 @lionelbarber wrote an essay called Trump & Truth
🔸 Discusses that having a certain kind of play acting of neutrality from the press very nearly led to the destruction of democracy
🔸 Reality gets warped when we portray equality when it is not

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk @SBF_FTX @michael_saylor @StaniKulechov @lionelbarber 🔸 When a project gets big enough, the founder gets PR training and the responses become less authentic
🔸 E.g. "That's a great question"

"I asked you what you're having for lunch? That's not a fabulous question. You're lying to me."

Andrew Thurman

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk @SBF_FTX @michael_saylor @StaniKulechov @lionelbarber $BTC community
🔸 Still the most important asset by market cap until DeFi TVL eclipses it
🔸 Bitcoin has the narrative of being digital gold

NFT
🔸 Did not expect NFT to be so big so early - thinks it is a bubble
🔸 Grappling with this new asset class

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk @SBF_FTX @michael_saylor @StaniKulechov @lionelbarber Embargo on information

🔸 Industry takes this seriously with lots of informal rules
🔸 Once broken, you might not get info anymore
🔸 Last fav part of his job - should not be how a good news ecosystem works
🔸 Too much power given to companies/PR agencies to frame narrative

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk @SBF_FTX @michael_saylor @StaniKulechov @lionelbarber People he enjoys talking

🔸 Anyone at @gauntletnetwork - they are the biggest brains 🧠 in the room
🔸 @kaiynne - gregarious & interesting character
🔸 @SBF_FTX - very quotable
🔸 @NateAlexNFT - best guys on NFTs
🔸 Everyone from @egirl_capital

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk @SBF_FTX @michael_saylor @StaniKulechov @lionelbarber @gauntletnetwork @kaiynne @NateAlexNFT @egirl_capital "I think it would be hard to overcome the fact that you were talking to a cat, a blueberry, a couch. Might be too difficult."

Gabriel Haines

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk @SBF_FTX @michael_saylor @StaniKulechov @lionelbarber @gauntletnetwork @kaiynne @NateAlexNFT @egirl_capital Projects he is excited about

🔸 @RarityGame - magical things happen when @AndreCronjeTech is having fun
🔸 @Barn_Bridge - launching cool new stuff
🔸 @solana - need to pay attention

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk @SBF_FTX @michael_saylor @StaniKulechov @lionelbarber @gauntletnetwork @kaiynne @NateAlexNFT @egirl_capital @RarityGame @AndreCronjeTech @Barn_Bridge @solana 🔸 @PythNetwork - interesting Oracle solution
🔸 @mangomarkets - orderbook based marketplace is interesting
🔸 @dydxprotocol with their token launch

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk @SBF_FTX @michael_saylor @StaniKulechov @lionelbarber @gauntletnetwork @kaiynne @NateAlexNFT @egirl_capital @RarityGame @AndreCronjeTech @Barn_Bridge @solana @PythNetwork @mangomarkets @dydxprotocol Links:

🔸 Substacle article: thereadingape.substack.com/p/talking-cryp…

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk @SBF_FTX @michael_saylor @StaniKulechov @lionelbarber @gauntletnetwork @kaiynne @NateAlexNFT @egirl_capital @RarityGame @AndreCronjeTech @Barn_Bridge @solana @PythNetwork @mangomarkets @dydxprotocol 🔸 Youtube video:

Thanks to @gabrielhaines for the interview.

@gabrielhaines @Blockanalia @chainlink @bobbyong @coingecko @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk @SBF_FTX @michael_saylor @StaniKulechov @lionelbarber @gauntletnetwork @kaiynne @NateAlexNFT @egirl_capital @RarityGame @AndreCronjeTech @Barn_Bridge @solana @PythNetwork @mangomarkets @dydxprotocol Like our work?

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