The Local WMC - Crypto News, Trading Insights & Market Commentary
A weekly crypto podcast, with strong views shared over weak beer. Hosted by two seasoned traders Tim and Marcus. Expect markets, macro, tech, degen antics, and the odd reminder that no one really knows what they’re doing.
Episodes
Circle’s IPO isn’t just another crypto company going public — it might be the clearest sign yet that stablecoins have gone fully institutional.
In this episode, we unpack what happens when a company that effectively prints dollars decides to list on Nasdaq. From the tangled incentives behind USDC, to Circle’s relationship with Coinbase, and the regulatory shift away from enforcement towar...
In Episode 4 of The LOCAL, your grandma accidentally buys Bitcoin.
Well, not directly. But with Coinbase joining the S&P 500 and BlackRock still hoovering up supply through ETFs, it’s safe to say crypto has slipped into the retirement funds of the world.
Tim and Marcus dig into the slow institutional creep, the kind that happens without the hype, memes, o...
In Episode 3 of The LOCAL, we take a break from headlines and step into the weeds, where the real complexity lives. This one’s a trader’s episode.
Tim and Marcus dive deep into one of the most deceptively simple questions in crypto:
What’s the price of Bitcoin? Spoiler: it’s not so simple.
From the latency games between Bybit and Binance to the role of AWS zones, Ethereum block builders, and why decentralised liquidity turns eve...
In Episode 2 of The LOCAL, Tim returns from Token2049 with some questions, and very few answers.Between degen rabbit suits and multi-billion-dollar acquisitions, it’s clear where the real action is (and it’s not on the conference floor). Coinbase buys Deribit. Stripe goes stablecoins. Movement Labs signed a shocker of a market-making deal, which we dig right in to.
In this first full episode of The Local, Tim and Marcus dig into what’s really happening in crypto right now — from regulatory shifts to market microstructure to the culture wars of the chain.
They cover:
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Why US regulatory clarity (or lack of it) is such a critical driver for adoption
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What makes ETFs the gateway for TradFi, and why that might not be a g...
Tim and Marcus run a trading firm. Between them they’ve traversed trading desks in tradfi, designed DeFi ecosystems and helped projects launch into some of the most volatile markets in the world. In this short intro episode, they explain why The Local exists, who they are, and what the podcast is all about.
Strong views, weak beer. Welcome to the Working Members’ Commentary.
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