This is our 100th episode!

Welcome back to Talking Tokens. Today is the 100th episode of the podcast.

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For this week’s Tuesday episode, I interviewed Ben Leventhal, co-founder of Resy, Eater and Blackbird.

We discuss his decades-long career focused on the food industry, Blackbird’s recent $50M raise as well as expansion in NYC, SF, Charleston and beyond. We also dive into Ben’s perspective on how the restaurant industry wants more data on its users and the role Blackbird hopes to provide on that front. 

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Money and people moves

1. GSR Leads $100M Private Placement into Nasdaq-listed Upexi, Inc. to Back Solana-Based Treasury Strategy (Company blog)

2. Karim Helmy joins 1kx as head of trading

3. Auradine Raises $153M Series C for Bitcoin Mining, AI Data Center Networking (CoinDesk)

4. Kado Software acquired by Swapped.com (Blockworks)

Talking points for the road

Crypto-focused headlines or research that caught my eye…and should catch yours, too.

1. Bitcoin rebounds as the U.S. dollar weakens and Trump feuds with Fed Chair Jerome Powell (Fortune)

2. Charles Schwab CEO says spot crypto trading will ‘likely’ launch within 12 months (The Block)

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