In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Chris Zaknun, CEO of DAO Maker and Hatu Sheikh, CMO of DAO Maker. Bobby interviewed Chris and Hatu on DYCO, what it does, social mining, their thoughts on the market, and yield farming as well as DAO Maker’s plans for 2020 and beyond. [00:00:02] Intro [00:01:42] What is DYCO? [00:10:29] Amount raised in ICO market [00:12:17] Thoughts on IEOs [00:16:44] Social mining [00:18:16] Thoughts on the market in 2020 and 2021 [00:25:15] Thou...
Aug 12, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Nick Fett, CTO at Tellor and Michael Zemrose, CSO of Tellor. Bobby interviewed Nick and Michael on the Tellor oracle, how it works, the utility behind Tellor Tributes, as well as Tellor’s upgrades in V2. [00:00:02] Intro [00:01:20] Background on Tellor [00:03:59] The main difference between Tellor and Chainlink [00:05:19] How does Tellor work? [00:12:44] Tellor’s upgrades in V2 [00:18:55] Who’s using the Tellor oracles? [00:21:03] ...
Aug 07, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Ivan, Chief Marketing Officer at LTO Network. Bobby interviewed Ivan on LTO Network, the LTO Network Token, the fee burn mechanism proposal as well as the staking program for LTO Network. Bobby and Ivan also shared their thoughts on DeFi and Yield-farming. [00:00:02] Intro [00:01:15] Background on LTO Network [00:05:30] How permissioned blockchain is built into LTO Network? [00:08:09] Why use LTO Network? [00:17:50] The tokenomics ...
Jul 29, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Ciara Sun, Head of Global Business and Markets, Vice President at Huobi. Bobby interviewed Ciara on Huobi exchange, its role in developing the blockchain industry, thoughts on wash trading, as well as Huobi’s strategy and plans for growth. [00:00:02] Intro [00:03:26] Background on Huobi [00:05:40] Thoughts on exchanges doing wash trading [00:11:22] Plans and use cases for Huobi Chain [00:13:50] Use cases for Huobi Token [00:15:50] ...
Jul 16, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Seth Melamed, COO at Liquid Exchange. Bobby interviewed Seth on Liquid exchange, blockchain industry and crypto exchange landscape in Japan, their token QASH, as well as Liquid’s plan in 2020 and beyond. [00:00:02] Intro [00:03:44] Background on Liquid Exchange [00:06:31] Thoughts on operating in a regulated blockchain space in Japan [00:04:50] What is Liquid’s focus? [00:16:42] Utility and plans for QASH [00:21:04] Thoughts on exc...
Jun 26, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Professor Aleksandar Kuzmanovic, Co-Founder & Chief Architect of bloXroute. Bobby interviewed Professor Kuzmanovic on what is bloXroute and Blockchain Distribution Network (BDN), the BLXR token, as well as bloXroute’s plans in 2020 and beyond. [00:00:02] Intro [00:01:23] What is bloXroute and why is it important? [00:02:53] Blockchain Distribution Network (BDN) vs Content Distribution Network (CDN) [00:09:28] Transactions Per S...
May 28, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Alejandro De La Torre, Vice President of Poolin, Edward Evenson, Director of Business Development at SlushPool, and Koji Higashi, Founder of Koinup for CoinGecko's Second Virtual Meetup that took place on 8th of May 2020. Bobby interviewed Alejandro, Edward and Koji about the third bitcoin halving that happened on the 11 May 2020. [00:00:02] Intro [00:01:20] Introduction of the guests [00:04:45] Thoughts on Bitcoin halving [00:07:3...
May 18, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Beniamin Mincu, CEO of Elrond. Bobby interviewed Beniamin on what Elrond is, why it is important, its token model, as well as its plan for the future. [00:00:02] Intro [00:01:20] What is Elrond and why is it important? [00:04:05] Adaptive State Sharding Technology and Secure Proof of Stake (SPoS) consensus [00:15:09] What will be the “killers application” for Elrond? [00:18:05] How many shards will there be in Elrond? [00:21:20] Ho...
May 04, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Dr. Omri Ross, Chief Blockchain Scientist at eToro. Bobby interviewed Dr. Omri Ross on his story joining the eToro team, his thoughts on Ethereum, blockchain and the future of finance, Bancor whitepaper, as well as his works academically. [00:00:02] Intro [00:01:17] Dr. Omri Ross’ personal story [00:04:25] How has things changed since Colored Coins days? [00:07:56] Thoughts on how to improve Ethereum’s scalability [00:11:35] Though...
Apr 21, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Steven McKie, Founding Partner and CEO of Amentum Investment Management. Bobby interviewed Steven on the story behind Handshake, its structure, as well as its plans for Handshake in the next few years. [00:00:02] Intro [00:01:15] What is Handshake? [00:09:00] Handshake’s structure [00:14:20] How is Handshake different from Namecoin? [00:18:24] How does Handshake compare against .crypto and .eth? [00:23:40] How will Handshake TLD wo...
Apr 08, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Nicolas Van Hoorde, CEO of Delta. Bobby interviewed Nicolas on the story behind Delta, its features, as well as his plans for Delta in 2020 and beyond. [00:00:02] Intro [00:00:39] Nicolas Van Hoorde’s personal story [00:02:02] Background on Delta [00:05:28] Monetization of Delta app [00:06:39] Acquisition by eToro [00:09:20] Stats on Delta [00:13:47] Plans for Delta in 2020 [00:16:03] Reaction of the Delta community regarding the e...
Mar 17, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Reuben Bramanathan, creator of the Counsel token. Bobby interviewed Reuben on the story behind Counsel, steps on creating personal tokens, benefits and risks of tokenizing oneself, as well as his plans for Counsel in 2020 and beyond. [00:00:02] Intro [00:01:12] Reuben Bramanathan’s personal story [00:02:39] Background on Counsel [00:04:52] Steps for creating personal token [00:10:19] Benefits for tokenizing oneself [00:13:09] Thoug...
Mar 11, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Leighton Cusack, CEO of PoolTogether. Bobby interviewed Leighton on the story behind PoolTogether, some of the stats on PoolTogether and challenges to grow PoolTogether, as well as the plan for 2020. [00:00:02] Intro [00:01:29] Background on PoolTogether [00:03:34] Stats on PoolTogether [00:07:23] The meaning of Open Ticket [00:10:42] How PoolTogether selects the winner? [00:13:07] The experience of receiving a MakerDAO grant [00:1...
Mar 02, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Reuben Yap, Project Steward of Zcoin. Bobby Interviewed Reuben about Zcoin and its voting mechanism, the future of Lelantus, as well as some of his thoughts and plans for what lies ahead of Zcoin. [00:00:02] Intro [00:01:36] Background on Reuben Yap [00:06:39] Background on Zcoin [00:09:40] Operation of Zcoin Foundation [00:12:16] Change in development reward [00:21:15] How does Zcoin handle governance? [00:29:24] How is Lelantus u...
Feb 25, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Aaron Gong, Director of Binance Futures. Bobby interviewed Aaron on the story behind Binance Futures, features found in Binance Futures, as well as some of his thoughts and plans for what lies ahead of Binance Futures and the crypto derivatives. [00:00:02] Intro [00:01:36] Background on Aaron Gong [00:02:23] Experience working at CME Group [00:03:39] Becoming the Director of Binance Futures [00:04:57] Blitzscaling culture in Binanc...
Feb 12, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Sandeep Naiwal, Co-founder and COO of Matic Network. Bobby interviewed Sandeep on the story behind Matic Network, how it aims to solve scalability issues, as well as some recent issues surrounding Matic Network and the crypto industry in India. [00:00:02] Intro [00:01:07] Background on Sandeep Naiwal [00:05:50] What is Matic Network? [00:12:56] Layer 0 solutions and its place in the ecosystem [00:15:41] Layer 2 solutions for post E...
Jan 30, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by George Cao, Founder and CEO of BitMax.io. Bobby Interviewed George on the story behind BitMax.io, the features found in the crypto exchange, as well as some of his thoughts and prediction about what lies ahead for BitMax.io and the crypto exchange industry as a whole as it catches up with the traditional financial markets industry. [00:00:02] Intro [00:01:02] Background on George Cao [00:04:20] The Team behind BitMax.io [00:06:30] ...
Jan 21, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In this episode Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Alexander Zaidelson, CEO of Beam and Alex Romanov, CTO of Beam. They discussed about Beam, comparison with other privacy coins, decentralized governance, and Beam’s emission curves. They discuss achievements from 2019 and what is coming next for the evolution of Beam, the foundation and operation of the company. [00:00:02] - Intro [00:00:43] - Disclaimer [00:02:02] - Background on Beam and Mimblewimble protocol [00:03:45] - Fundamen...
Jan 07, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 1
