We’re covering changes in crypto markets, Coral’s investment categories, hot takes on current crypto events, and more on today’s episode with Tom McLaughlin. Tom McLaughlin is the chief investment officer at Coral, a Web 3 fund focused on DeFi investing. Learn more about Coral DeFi on twitter at @coraldefi or on their website at coralcapitol.io.

Coral has a compelling track record as a leading DeFi fund, and this episode is a must listen for anyone serious about quality yield investing.

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[00:00] Episode teaser
[00:29] Show intro 
[00:43] Introduction to Tom McLaughin
[01:30] Tom’s journey into crypto 
[07:16] Major investment categories for Coral 
[08:52] Will institutional money outflow from DeFi?
[11:49] The different ways to make healthy yield in DeFi + risks
[14:08] Identifying healthy yield categories
[15:48] Big red flag for yields
[19:36] How the 2022 shaped Tom’s views
[22:59] Managing liquidity restraints
[24:09] Holes in DeFi’s dam
[25:27] Approach to the merge 
[27:54] Leveraging crypto and how Tom thinks it’ll evolve
[33:22] What Tom is seeing on the venture horizon
[44:10] Maximizing profits, copy cats, and new products
[48:09] Abracadabra, Terra, and Mirror 
[51:22] Puerto Rico and the crypto community 
[53:30] Advice for people to curate their crypto portfolio 
[54:56] Wrap up and socials 

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