For episode 478, Head of Public Policy Brian Morgenstern joins Brandon Zemp to discuss Riot Platforms and the probability of the U.S. Treasury adopting a strategic Bitcoin reserve. Brian Morgenstern is the head of public policy for Riot Platforms, one of the world’s largest publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies. He is also on the boards of the Bitcoin Voter Project, Bitcoin Voter PAC, and the Texas Blockchain Council, as well as the executive committee of The Digital Chamber. He previously se...
Jan 22, 2025•40 min•Ep. 478
For episode 477, CEO Val Kleyman joins Brandon Zemp to discuss AdValorem Market and their new NFT platform, nft.advalorem.io, which promises to revolutionize the way digital assets are traded and valued. This groundbreaking platform not only empowers creators to monetize digital content through AdVNFTs and AI-generated merchandise but also hints at an upcoming revolution in real-world asset tokenization. Kleyman's visionary approach promises to bridge the gap between digital and physical assets,...
Jan 20, 2025•37 min•Ep. 477
For episode 476, VP of Partnerships Patrick Young joins Brandon Zemp to talk about Galxe and how they are a leading web3 infrastructure and digital credential network, empowering seamless web3 experiences through modular AI, digital identity, and blockchain technologies. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 1:00 | Who is Patrick Young? 9:43 | What is Galxe? 10:51 | Galxe use-cases 17:49 | Galxe Score vs Traditional Credit Scores 18:42 | How does ALVA Copilot work? 22:09 | What is Gravity Blockchain...
Jan 07, 2025•28 min•Ep. 476
For episode 475, CEO & Founder Nikolay Volf discusses Gear Tech and how they are supercharging Ethereum with Gear.exe. Gear is a technology company that contributes to the development of Gear Protocol and Vara Network. Gear Protocol offers exceptional technical capabilities and allows dApp developers to focus on their projects rather than building and operating an entirely new blockchain from scratch. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 1:03 | Who is Nikolay Volf? 3:25 | What is Gear Tech? 5:2...
Jan 06, 2025•32 min•Ep. 475
Ep. 474 Shady El Damaty | Web3 Privacy with Human Keys on Holonym For episode 474, Co-founder Shady El Damaty joins Brandon Zemp to discuss Holonym and how they are introducing Human Keys to make security and privacy more usable in web3 and zero trust environments. Shady El Damaty is an advocate for decentralized identity and data privacy. With a background spanning academia and decentralized science, he brings a unique perspective to building universal, secure digital identities through zero-kn...
Dec 31, 2024•36 min•Ep. 474
For episode 473, Chief Strategy Officer Bill Inman joins Brandon Zemp to discuss the Twin Protocol, an AI and blockchain company focusing on creating your very own AI Twin, transforming how you communicate, learn, and earn while saving your knowledge and experiences. Bill Inman is a multi-exit entrepreneur with a focus on founding, advising, and providing unparalleled management expertise to emerging technology companies. As a subject matter expert and patent holder in AI and blockchain, Bill ha...
Dec 30, 2024•34 min•Ep. 473
For episode 472, Founder Alex Ryvkin joins Brandon Zemp to talk about Rho Labs, a decentralized crypto-native interest rate derivatives market with a unique product lineup and maximum capital efficiency. The interest rate derivative market, globally valued at $530 trillion, is the single largest asset class in global capital markets. Rho Protocol has created the world’s first crypto interest rates exchange, which is now surpassing trading volumes of close to $1bn per month. Alex Ryvkin founded R...
Dec 27, 2024•33 min•Ep. 472
For episode 471, Founder & CEO Roman Cyganov joins Brandon Zemp to discuss Antix, an AI-based proprietary technology focusing on infinite human expression and empowerment. With a robust background in creative and technological fields, Roman is recognized as one of the Top 10 Global Talents. His career spans roles in leading companies, including Vivix, Inc., where he has honed his skills in building companies at the intersection of tech and creative. Under his leadership, Antix has introduced...
Dec 26, 2024•31 min•Ep. 471
For episode 470, CPO Riccardo Sibani joins Brandon Zemp to discuss My Neighbor Alice. It’s the first open-world multiplayer blockchain game, resembling Animal Crossing but enhanced with blockchain features. It was launched in early 2021 and became Binance's 2021 Project of the Year with a market cap near $1B. Players explore, gather resources, and create NFTs for their avatars and land. The game promotes self-expression through upcoming user-generated content tools and offers a relaxing, collabo...
Dec 19, 2024•46 min•Ep. 470
Ep. 469 Dennis Qian | Advanced Trading Platform with Definitive Finance For episode 469, Co-founder Dennis Qian joins Brandon Zemp to discuss Definitive Finance, the leading institutional-grade, advanced trading platform for onchain execution on EVM & Solana. Previously, Dennis led engineering development for Coinbase Prime’s algorithmic execution engine. Prior to Coinbase, Dennis held senior engineering roles at Tagomi and Zenefits. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 0:58 | Who is Dennis Qia...
Dec 18, 2024•34 min•Ep. 469
For episode 468, Co-founder Ramkumar Subramaniam joins Brandon Zemp to talk about OpenLedger and the importance of data attribution. OpenLedger is a data blockchain for AI, focused on building specialized AI models that can be accessed by GenAI apps. Ramkumar Subramaniam is a seasoned expert in blockchain technology, with over a decade of experience building and scaling successful businesses. Throughout his career, he has achieved significant milestones, driving substantial growth and revenue. K...
Dec 16, 2024•30 min•Ep. 468
For episode 467, Founder Paul Thomas joins Brandon Zemp to dive into Somnia. Paul is a seasoned technologist with 12 years of experience at unicorn companies like Improbable, and investment banks like Goldman Sachs. Somnia is a blockchain network designed to unify the metaverse, allowing users to explore virtual worlds seamlessly and creators to innovate, collaborate, and monetize content. With a metaverse browser, decentralized governance, and tools like Playground, Somnia fosters an open ecosy...
Dec 13, 2024•26 min•Ep. 467
For episode 466, Chiara Munaretto joins Brandon Zemp to discuss her LinkedIn Personal Branding business where she guides Web3/AI teams and professionals to set up their personal brand on LinkedIn while ensuring coherence with their company marketing strategy. Chiara does this via workshops, coaching calls, ready-to-use materials and tailored strategies. She has advised 50+ AI entrepreneurs starting their AI automation agencies, 10+ Web3 corporate professionals showcasing their expertise online, ...
Dec 12, 2024•35 min•Ep. 466
For episode 465, CEO & CTO Pablo Castillo joins Brandon Zemp to discuss the Camino Network. Pablo Castillo has vast and proven experience delivering complex projects across all European markets with a strong business focus. He started his career in tourism over 20 years ago, selling trips for Kuoni, and has held various positions within Tour Operating, Data & Content Management, eCommerce, and international Project & Innovation Program Management for various international travel comp...
Dec 10, 2024•28 min•Ep. 465
For episode 464, Founder & CTO Vincent Gramoli joins Brandon Zemp to discuss the Redbelly Network, which is Enabling asset issuers to tokenize and trade compliant on-chain structured products. Vincent Gramoli has chaired the Cybersecurity Committee for the Computing Research and Education Association of Australasia (CORE) and the Blockchain Technical Committee for the Australian Computer Society. He received the Digital National Facilities & Collections Award from CSIRO, the Best Paper A...
Dec 09, 2024•41 min•Ep. 464
For episode 463, CEO & Co-founder Zac Williamson joins Brandon Zemp to talk about Aztec, the leading privacy-first Layer 2 on Ethereum that empowers developers to build applications protecting user privacy while ensuring compliance. Previously, Zac founded CreditMint and is the co-inventor of PLONK, a widely-used zero-knowledge proof system. Zac holds a Doctorate in Particle Physics from the University of Oxford and is a former physicist at CERN and T2K Japan. Zac is also an EF9 Cohort Membe...
Dec 07, 2024•29 min•Ep. 463
For episode 462, CCO Doron Wesly joins Brandon Zemp on the show to discuss Funtico, a new gaming platform that elevates favorite game genres, allowing players to earn prizes and perks through skill. Users can compete in tournaments or one-on-one battles and own in-game items. Funtico games are accessible on PC, mobile web browsers, and app stores. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 1:13 | Doron Wesly 2:33 | What is Funtico and how was is created? 5:29 | Incentivization model 11:56 | Digital asset...
Dec 06, 2024•29 min•Ep. 462
For episode 461, Founder Georges Chouchani joins Brandon Zemp to talk about why DeFi is broken and how Euclid Protocol is going to fix it! Georges Chouchani aka 'GC' was tired of fragmented chains and lost value in DeFi. With 90% of assets sitting idle due to chain fragmentation, he chose to build Euclid Protocol to solve it. With testnet now live, GC talks multi-chain DeFi, and how collaboration not competition will unleash the true potential of web3 for all. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 0...
Dec 05, 2024•13 min•Ep. 461
For episode 460, COO Arjun Arora joins Brandon Zemp to discuss the Orderly Network, a permissionless liquidity layer for Web3 trading. Orderly Network is a cloud liquidity infrastructure designed to revolutionize web3 trading. Built on omnichain architecture, Orderly enables deep liquidity for any asset across multiple blockchains. Focused on a future of DeFi that’s open to all, Orderly empowers traders and developers alike. Arjun’s diverse career background spans technology, advisory, business ...
Dec 04, 2024•28 min•Ep. 460
For episode 459, Co-founder & CEO Salman Avestimehr joins Brandon Zemp to discuss ChainOpera, a decentralized AI platform and a community-driven generative AI application ecosystem. He is also the Dean’s Professor of ECE and CS at the University of Southern California (USC), the inaugural director of the USC-Amazon Center on Trustworthy AI, and co-founder of TensorOpera. He is an expert in machine learning, information theory, security/privacy, and blockchain systems, with more than 10 years...
Dec 02, 2024•29 min•Ep. 459
For episode 458, Co-founder Dmitry Zhelezov joins Brandon Zemp to discuss SQD. Dmitry Zhelezov is co-founder of SQD Network, the Web3 data layer. Dmitry would love to chat about the exciting changes happening in decentralized finance (DeFi) and how Subsquid is tackling some of its biggest challenges. With a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Dmitry has been deeply involved in blockchain technology for years. Before co-founding Subsquid, he was a core developer at Parity Technologies, working on Polkadot...
Nov 29, 2024•31 min•Ep. 458
For episode 457, Alaukik Pant joins Brandon Zemp to discuss GRVT and how they are transforming crypto trading with an innovative hybrid infrastructure. After a decade as a trader at Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs, Hong Yea co-founded GRVT in May 2022. GRVT aims to transform financial markets by integrating blockchain technology and self-custody solutions, focusing on blockchain settlement and trustless risk management. Hong’s international upbringing and business studies at Yonsei University sh...
Nov 28, 2024•31 min•Ep. 457
For episode 456, Co-founder Hendrik Ghys joins Brandon Zemp to talk about Thalex, a new derivatives exchange offering crypto options, futures & perpetuals. Their goal is to remove friction between your idea and your trade. Thalex contracts are linear, stablecoin-settled and they provide native support for combination trades. They empower individual traders with low fees, portfolio margin and institution-grade access to connectivity. exchange integrations this year to enable frictionless onbo...
Nov 27, 2024•38 min•Ep. 456
For episode 455, President Thomas Camp & VP of Sales Mark Mckinzey join Brandon Zemp to talk about the inefficiencies of the healthcare industry in revenue cycles and how they aim to fix it with Artificial Intelligence. Exdion Health provides a wide range of innovative revenue cycle management solutions to help healthcare companies streamline operations and improve profitability. The company currently offers a tech suite that helps U.S. urgent care centers and other healthcare entities, auto...
Nov 26, 2024•26 min•Ep. 455
For episode 454, CEO & Co-founder Chris Zhu joins Brandon Zemp to discuss Sonic SVM and how they are enabling sovereign game economies that roll-up to Solana. Built with customized VM agnostic game engines and HyperGrid interpreter. Sonic’s vision is to expand the existing Solana Gaming Ecosystem to process millions of requests per second per game and settle them back onto Solana L1. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 0:57 | Devcon 2024 1:30 | Who is Chris Zhu? 5:19 | Sonic SVM 7:07 | Soverei...
Nov 25, 2024•27 min•Ep. 454
For episode 453, CEPO Joshua Maddox joins Brandon Zemp on the show to discuss COTI, a Layer 2 solution on Ethereum designed for digital payments using its own blockchain protocol. COTI has made significant strides implementing garbled circuits on the real live blockchain in the first time allowing to secure multi-party computation (MPC) and enabling parties to jointly compute functions over their inputs while keeping those inputs private. Recently, COTI Chosen to Participate in Central Bank of I...
Nov 21, 2024•31 min•Ep. 453
For episode 452, CEO Cloris Chen joins Brandon Zemp to explore how Singularity Finance is bringing tokenized traditional assets onchain for increased liquidity, security, and transparency Cloris Chen, CFA, is a leading expert in decentralized finance (DeFi) with a focus on tokenization and the AI economy. As CEO of Singularity Finance, she bridges traditional and decentralized finance. Cloris’s background includes six years as a vice-president at HSBC, followed by a role as treasury director at ...
Nov 18, 2024•28 min•Ep. 452
For episode 451, Jeremy Frank & Chris Sotraidis join Brandon Zemp on the show to talk about Autonomys. Their network provides the infrastructure to scale decentralized AI 3.0 applications on-chain—hyper-scalable permanent data storage, super fast data availability & flexible EVM-compatible decoupled execution. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 0:54 | Who are Jeremy Frank & Chris Sotraidis? 2:17 | What is Autonomys? 4:48 | What is Decentralized AI? 7:06 | Permissionless 2024 7:52 | Ma...
Nov 15, 2024•11 min•Ep. 451
For episode 450, Rushi Manche & Jason Yanowitz join Brandon Zemp at Permissionless 2024 to discuss the event, what BlockWorks is doing next and what’s on the roadmap for Movement. Blockworks is a financial media brand that delivers news and insights about digital assets to millions of investors. Their editorial content, newsletters, podcasts and events provide investors with the critical analysis and information they need to make smarter decisions about digital assets. Movement Labs is the f...
Nov 14, 2024•19 min•Ep. 450
For episode 449, Founder & CEO Gentleman James joins Brandon Zemp to discuss how iYield is providing Crypto Financial Planning as a tool. iYield is crypto's 1st financial planning tool that integrates crypto, DeFi, staking, and fiat assets into one platform. Built by founder, Gentleman James, a longtime crypto investor since 2013, created out of his frustration with the lack of tools that provide a complete financial picture for both crypto and traditional assets. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introd...
Nov 13, 2024•29 min•Ep. 449
