In this episode of the Cryptoconomy Podcast , we delve into the innovative world of Hermetica , the creators of USDh —the first Bitcoin-backed, yield-bearing stablecoin operating outside the traditional fiat system. Join us as we explore how Hermetica enables users to earn up to 25% APY on their dollars without leaving the Bitcoin ecosystem. We’ll discuss the mechanics behind USDh, its integration with Bitcoin’s Layer 1 and Layer 2 networks, and how it offers a decentralized, secure alternative ...
Feb 20, 2025•42 min•Season 5Ep. 5
On today's episode, Mark sits down in person with Rozar -- a Bitcoin DeFi builder who has led everything from free and permission-less liquidity pools to 9 digit meme coins all built on Bitcoin. When I first met Rozar, he was the charismatic community leader of the one of the biggest memecoins on Bitcoin -- $Welsh attracting thousands of passionate investors who ran the market cap over $100m. Since then, he's also been working on Charisma.rocks, a Bitcoin native DEX that quickly became one of th...
Feb 04, 2025•34 min•Season 5Ep. 4
On this episode, Mark sits down with Chris Liu an Entrepreneur from the most recent cohort of the Bitcoin Startup Lab, who has been focused on developing tools to quickly and easily create, inscribe, and modify dynamic inscriptions on Bitcoin. With Yuzo you can instantly inscribe text files, HTML web-pages, or AI generated NFT collections directly on Bitcoin through ordinals, with the ability to recursively modify them to save on fees. Learn about how developers are pushing the boundaries of wha...
Dec 26, 2024•48 min•Season 5Ep. 3
In this episode of Mark sits down with Angus, the CMO at Chronicle Labs, to explore the crucial role of oracles in the blockchain ecosystem. As a spinoff from MakerDAO, the creator of DAI, Chronicle Labs is at the forefront of blockchain infrastructure. With extensive experience working with oracles and marketing platforms such as Telos, Angus brings a wealth of knowledge to the table. We delve into his long-standing involvement in the crypto industry, focusing on the technological advancements ...
Aug 07, 2024•49 min•Season 5Ep. 2
On this episode, Mark sits down with with Mathias Beke, founder of Kairon Labs, one of the top market makers and liquidity providers in the crypto space. Mathias shares his journey from starting Kairon Labs to becoming a key player in token launches, liquidity, and market making. Discover how Kairon Labs navigates market sentiment, selects projects, and utilizes extensive networks to maintain their edge. We discuss the nuances of choosing meme coins and how Kairon Labs compares to competitors li...
Jul 31, 2024•45 min•Season 5Ep. 1
On this episode we explore how Velar is bringing the most exciting parts of Ethereum and Solana DeFi back home to Bitcoin by offering leveraged perps, bridges, farming, and swaps backed by passionate team and an aggressive future roadmap. Hear about how they went from startup to $300m IDO by building through the bear market, and why they chose Stacks over other Bitcoin L2 competitors. www.velar.co https://twitter.com/VelarBTC https://twitter.com/visionsbtc https://twitter.com/Cryptoconomy_...
Apr 17, 2024•47 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Learn how to go from zero to one, find your crypto community, and the support the use cases you care about on this episode with Aram Mughalyan. Aram started his career in crypto where many others start their career journey -- Linkedin, quickly amassing a community of tens of thousands of followers on a platform that crypto builders often overlook. Learn how to find your Web 3.0 network, and provide value that keeps them following along. Aram Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arammughalyan/...
Mar 19, 2024•45 min•Season 4Ep. 9
In this episode of the cryptoconomy podcast with Jasper De Maere, we take a look at the venture side of the industry and how VC backers are finding new ways to support and fund cryptocurrency startups across chains and around the world. Learn about changing perspectives on Bitcoin De-Fi and the major narratives that will drive the next market cycle. Outlier ventures twitter: https://twitter.com/OVioHQ Jasper De Maere Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasper-de-maere-169178117/ P.S. If listen...
Mar 07, 2024•41 min•Season 4Ep. 8
In this episode of the Cryptoconomy Podcast, we delve into the innovative world of Flipside Crypto, a trailblazer in cryptocurrency analytics and business intelligence. We explore the company's origins, key services, including their proprietary Flipside Crypto Asset Score (FCAS), and their impact on investors and developers across the crypto community. Through discussions on Flipside Crypto's role in advancing market intelligence and community education, we uncover the challenges and future tren...
Feb 24, 2024•39 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Today Mark sits down with the Web 3.0 lead of Automattic , the parent company of some of the largest websites in the world (Tumblr, Wordpress, and WooCommerce just to name a few) to discuss how some of the most impactful companies on the planet are approaching blockchain and crypto. Listen in for his personal takes alongside his experience introducing blockchain to the platforms that make up the backbone of Web 2.0 David's Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidlockie/ Automattic Website : ...
Jan 14, 2024•48 min•Season 4Ep. 7
This dynamic episode dives into a future-state DeFi, with Osmosis. Cryptoconomy talks to Aaron Kong, to unravel the intricacies of the burgeoning DeFi landscape. Aaron shares his thought leadership with Osmosis, as well as his profound insights, shedding light on the innovative advancements and transformative potential ahead in the DeFi sphere. Osmosis is know for its cutting-edge contributions to revolutionizing decentralized exchanges (DEX) and liquidity provision. To date, Osmosis has facilit...
Jan 03, 2024•41 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Today Mark sits down with Juan David, co-founder and Chairman of Keyrock. Juan is a serial entrepreneur and investor who previously founded two startups. Additionally, he has worked on central banking supply models and provided strategic consulting in the banking industry. In early 2015, Juan David developed a keen interest in the digital assets space and decided to draw on his extensive experience in entrepreneurship, quant finance strategy and business development to establish Keyrock in the f...
Dec 14, 2023•39 min•Season 4Ep. 5
On this episode Cryptoconomy sits down with Gareth Beesley, Founder of DComm to learn more about their mission to tokenizing and democratize global assets and commodities. Learn how their blockchain leverages decentralized networks to verify the data that drives the economy. Learn how they plan to introduce commodities trading to the blockchain while working with wind, solar, and commodities providers to tokenize their assets for global retail and institutional investors. Official Website: https...
Dec 06, 2023•43 min•Season 4Ep. 3
An incredible financial system built around direct peer-to-peer trading, without any third party access? It’s real and it’s here, with Vega Protocol. Cryptoconomy talks to Vega Protocol and CEO Barney Mannerings about their fully decentralized high performance peer to network trading, the background in building the system and getting it to market, as well as how and when you can take advantage. Vega Website: https://vega.xyz/ Vega Twitter: https://twitter.com/vegaprotocol Barney Twitter: https:/...
Nov 16, 2023•41 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Akash Mahendra is Director of the Haven1 Foundation where he leads strategy, operations, and risk management efforts in support of Haven1 — an EVM-compatible L1 blockchain purpose-built to provide a secure environment for on-chain finance. He is also a Portfolio Manager at the digital wealth platform Yield App. Mahendra started his career as a Legal Enforcement Officer at The Australian Securities and Investments Commission, before diving into Web3 full-time. Prior to joining Haven1, Akash serve...
Nov 09, 2023•40 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Hear the real story of the company Marc Andreessen once called "the most important company he had ever invested in". A behind the scenes look at how a cast of Silicon Valley giants exchanged favors, butted heads, and got Lebron sent to Cleveland. Video referenced: https://youtu.be/IobRTxIE4DQ?si=mIkWWl3A20AUSltH Twitter: @cryptoconomy_
Oct 12, 2023•41 min•Season 3Ep. 12
In this episode, we dive deep into the legal intricacies of crypto with Nareg Essaghoolian, the co-founder of Decrypted Law. Nareg shares his journey into crypto law and sheds light on the significant legal milestones and challenges that have shaped the crypto industry. From a comprehensive overview of global and local regulatory frameworks to the fascinating convergence of smart contracts and legal doctrines, Nareg navigates us through the complex legal waters. The discourse extends to legal ri...
Oct 09, 2023•51 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Dive into the world of circular sustainable technology with Haiko Huvenaars, the CEO and founder of Candour.Digital, as we explore the company’s mission, how blockchain can enable sustainable economies, and the innovative non-fungible solutions Candour has already placed in international retail stores. Haiko sheds light on the challenges of implementing circular economy practices and reveals the strategies and partnerships that have made the difference. Learn more about the environmental and soc...
Sep 27, 2023•38 min•Season 3Ep. 10
In this follow-up episode, we journey deeper into the intricate world of crypto marketing, loyalty, and community building with the CEO of ShopX. We'll recap some of the highlights from our previous conversation, exploring recent innovations, bear market learnings, and the philosophies that shape dedicated founders into lifelong builders. Get firsthand insights into how they landed major partnerships and understand how web 3.0 companies respond to the market. From stakeholder models to the futur...
Aug 08, 2023•48 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Learn all about Bitcoin DeFi from the "Uniswap" of Bitcoin Is Bitcoin DeFi about to overtake ETH? Can we build the library of Alexandria on BTC? Will Bitcoin L2’s fight inflation and censorship? Tune in for everything you need to know about the next generation of DeFi, from the wallets you’ll need, to the exchanges you can use, and the protocols like stacks and ordinals that make it possible. Learn how ALEXLabs is bridging BTC and ETH, adding native swaps to bitcoin wallets, and making DeFi acce...
Apr 28, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 8
In this episode, Mark sits down with Ash Hovhannisyan, a bitcoin mining entrepreneur who has hosted hardware all over the world. Learn how to set up small or institutional mining operations, where to do it, how mining affects the grid and what's it's like finding rack space in Paraguayan chicken coops. Connect with Ash on LinkedIn Follow Cryptoconomy on Twitter...
Jan 09, 2023•49 min•Season 3Ep. 7
In this episode, we'll be discussing how brands are leveraging NFT's to improve customer engagement and loyalty. Tune in to learn more about the different ways NFTs can be leveraged to improve supply chain management, affiliate incentives, product promotions, and much more. Hear how they've integrated with a Web 2.0 world, and the questions that the biggest companies are asking about NFTs. If you've never heard of E-NFTs or Tokenized Software Licenses, you will after this! ShopX.co ShopX Twitter...
Dec 21, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Mark Kilaghbian and AXIA founder Nick Agar chat with Winter Liu, an entrepreneur and AXIA Advisor with over 15 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and business operations, who has aggregated deal volumes of over $2 billion. He has successfully invested in several industries, including aviation, technology, energy, agriculture, education, and hospitality businesses. Winter is currently heading up AXIA Tel, the telecommunication organization delivering a fully encrypte...
May 04, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In part 2 of this episode Mark continues his conversation with Nick Agar, the founder of AXIA—a new digital currency establishing a revolutionary economic paradigm that puts power and opportunity back in the hands of everyday people. Join the pair as they dive into the nuance of the unique hyper-deflationary tokenomics of AXIA and its community-based ecosystem consisting of a suite of apps, encrypted telecom project, as well as a vision for an economy that pays you to be a part of it. Follow alo...
Oct 05, 2021•32 min•Season 3Ep. 3
In this episode Mark sits down with Nick Agar, the founder of AXIA—a new digital currency establishing a revolutionary economic paradigm that puts power and opportunity back in the hands of everyday people. Join the pair as they dive into the nuance of the unique hyper-deflationary tokenomics of AXIA and its community-based ecosystem consisting of a suite of apps, encrypted telecom project, as well as a vision for an economy that pays you to be a part of it. Follow along with the AXIA story thro...
Sep 28, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 2
In this episode Mark sits down with Ed to discuss how crypto can be used to fuel a global, private, UBI market by using fractals of infrastructure to empower individuals with their data and the value they create. We discuss how various organizations can interoperate to achieve mutual goals, the role of governments and how they might use UBI for good/bad, and how UBI might re-orient human labor into more productive societal action. Join Anatha's Telgram group: https://t.me/projectanatha Learn mor...
Nov 04, 2020•46 min•Season 3Ep. 1
In today's episode Mark talks with the cofounders of 3Box, a company creating the shared backend for Web3 with P2P profiles, wallets, and storage. Learn more about the types of companies already decentralizing their user's data with 3Box, how decentralized messaging gives power to the people, and why you should live in a world where your files go through 3Box instead of Dropbox. Visit their website Follow Danny and Michael on Twitter...
Mar 09, 2020•47 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Today, Mark has Forbes contributor Shehan back on the podcast to discuss how recent regulations may affect your tax return if you've invested in cryptocurrencies this year. Learn how to avoid a visit from the IRS, and the best tools to quickly calculate what you owe, and (if this year hasn't been so great for your portfolio) how to report or roll over losses. Don't check the crypto box on your tax return until you get this free tax advice! I apologize for the noise in the back, we did our best t...
Feb 04, 2020•26 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Today, Mark sits down with two Cofounders of Constellation Network, the world’s only Blockchain technology designed for Big Data, providing infrastructure for an open decentralized data marketplace and an enterprise grade software solution for data provenance and integrity. The trio discusses how their platform allowed them to secure one of the only blockchain contracts with the US Air-force, why the founders burned 288,000,000 of their own tokens, and how smaller startups in the space are bandi...
Jan 31, 2020•47 min•Season 2Ep. 9
In this episode, Mark sits down with Trent McConaghy to discuss how Ocean Protocol is building a foundation for data to drastically improve everything from AI & autonomous vehicles to cancer screenings and diagnosis. Learn more about how Ocean is utilizing their token to incentivize users to permission their data, while encouraging developers to unlock its potential in a way that still preserves privacy. Ocean Protocol Website @OceanProtocol Twitter Download Mark's app UBDI or follow them on...
Jan 23, 2020•49 min•Season 2Ep. 8
