Episode 12 of Crypto Market Wizards, a new interview series focused on crypto traders in the trenches of the liquid markets. Today we have Jason Mo talking about his journey from high-stakes poker to being early to BTC and participating in the ETH ICO. He shares major lessons from his poker days and how he's able to eliminate bagholder bias by being objective and rational.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Being Early to BTC & ETH ICO
3:30 Lessons from Poker
9:51 Managing Bag Bias
17:34 Why L2's Don't Accrue Value to ETH
22:58 ETH ETF as a Catalyst
28:46 Does DeFi Comeback?
34:54 Advice to New Crypto Participants
41:56 Traits of Successful Traders and Investors
46:05 Diversification vs Concentration
51:05 Biggest Trades
53:59 Advice to Younger Self
59:37 Final Advice to the Degens

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