About this episode

Avi interviews Seth Ginns about Franklin Templeton's investment in crypto and the future of finance.

Recorded live at the Out East Conference, Avi sits down with Seth Ginns, CIO of Franklin Crypto and formerly of CoinFund and Jennison Associates. Seth spent eighteen years in public equities before becoming a seed investor in Coinbase in 2012 and building one of the largest liquid crypto funds in the market. We discuss how the Global Financial Crisis is what pushed him into crypto, why he waited years for institutional custody before launching a fund, why he believes 2026 is the year crypto and traditional finance finally converge, what Tesla and Amazon taught him about betting on founders instead of cash flows, why you can't bet on cash cows in the age of AI, why Franklin Templeton doubled down on crypto in a downturn, why the Clarity Act doesn't actually need to pass for the market to move, and his front-row stories from Lehman's headquarters the day it collapsed. Enjoy! -- Follow Seth: https://x.com/sethginns Follow Avi: https://x.com/AviFelman Follow Jonah: https://x.com/jvb_xyz Follow 1000x: https://x.com/1000xPod Join the 1000x Telegram: https://t.me/thousandxpod Try the 1000x Terminal: https://1000x.money -- Timestamps: (00:00) Coming Up on 1000x... (00:31) 18 Years At…

People in this episode

Host: Avi

Guest: Seth Ginns

Topics covered

• crypto investment
• institutional finance
• asset management
• financial crisis
• technology and finance
• market trends

Keywords

• Franklin Templeton
• crypto
• investment
• financial crisis
• Coinbase
• institutional custody
• 2026
• Tesla
• Amazon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Franklin Templeton, CoinFund, Jennison Associates, Tesla, Amazon

Places: Lehman

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