September 17 2021
Modern Portfolio Construction (Crypto+Stocks) with Chris Hutchins
About the episode
Wealthfront Head of New Product Strategy and All the Hacks podcast host Chris Hutchins rejoins Kevin to discuss portfolio construction in the current world of crypto and NFTs, Bitcoin-backed credit cards, and a hack to hold crypto in tax-efficient retirement accounts.
About our guest
Chris Hutchins
Chris Hutchins (@hutchins) is the Head of New Product Strategy at Wealthfront and host of the All the Hacks podcast. Previously he was co-founder and CEO of Grove (acquired by Wealthfront), co-founder of Milk (acquired by Google), and a Partner at GV, where he focused on seed and early-stage investments.
Topics covered
Links from the episode
Show notes
Chris’ NFT FOMO and lost CryptoPunk blues.[02:10]
Why Kevin doesn’t ever want to get “laser-eyed” on any one coin. [24:12]
Missing in a measured way.[26:08]
How Kevin invests in high-risk coins by small chunks.[28:15]
Some of the ways to invest in crypto that go beyond just buying tokens.[31:06]
Love crypto? Hate taxes? IRAs are cool.[32:09]
Why trusts are now trading at a discount.[33:41]
What are the benefits of a backdoor Roth IRA?[42:33]
Thoughts on the current state of crypto-backed credit cards.[44:28]
Crypto credit card features Chris and Kevin would love to see in the future.[49:41]
What crypto products would Kevin love to see Wealthfront build? [53:52]
Now 20-something episodes deep, what does Chris’ All the Hacks podcast cover?[01:01:21]
The one free travel hack everyone should know (and why it works).[01:02:34]
