Paul Zehetmayr , LimeWire CEO, is an entrepreneur with a proven track record in business, and a background in programming and economy. Him and his brother Julian co-founded Stack Holdings, a Vienna-based SaaS portfolio company, including eversign, invoicely and ZeroSSL, used by over one million B2B customers worldwide. His previous company, apilayer, was acquired by the Texan company Idera in 2021. As the CEO of Stack Holdings, Paul not only led business development and growth, but also product ...
May 19, 2022•37 min•Ep. 127
Ethan Song is the co-founder of RareCircles and was previously the co-founder and CEO of Frank And Oak, a leading direct-to-consumer brand that won the Technology Fast 50 and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company in Retail. Ethan is a thought leader and active angel investor in Web3, the creators economy and commerce enablement space. In this conversation, we discuss: - Origin story of Frank and Oak - Community first, sales second - Should all brands partake in web3? - Community and loyalty - H...
May 16, 2022•32 min•Ep. 126
Kadan Stadelmann is a blockchain developer, operations security expert, and Chief Technology Officer of Komodo, Komodo a leader in blockchain interoperability and atomic swap technology. Its flagship technology and end-user application is AtomicDEX - a mobile and web-compatible non-custodial multi-coin wallet and atomic swap-powered DEX rolled into one dApp. In this conversation, we discuss: - How Kadan got into crypto - Explaining DeFi to a 5yr old - DeFi security best practices - Trustless bri...
May 12, 2022•44 min•Ep. 125
Yossi Hasson is the Co-founder and CEO of Metaversal. He is a venture-backed tech entrepreneur, gamer, an early adopter of blockchain, and has invested in over 60 startups and crypto protocols. Formerly Hasson served as the Managing Director of Techstars Blockchain and a Co-founder of SYNAQ. He sits on the board of WeThinkCode_ and hosts the podcast Goats and the Metaverse. In this conversation, we discuss: - Building an open, inclusive metaverse - @AndyTheNguyen founder of @BoredNHngry - Commer...
May 09, 2022•45 min•Ep. 124
David is a Certified Public Accountant who specializes in taxation of digital assets (cryptocurrencies) and is currently serving as the U.S. Tax Specialist Product Manager at accointing.com, a company that provides tracking, consolidation, tax and compliance solutions for crypto investors. Before joining Accointing, David spent his career across various roles in public accounting as well as corporate finance, at companies such as pwc, IBM, BMO Harris Bank and Wipfli. David started his career in ...
May 05, 2022•44 min•Ep. 123
Alan Chiu is the CEO/Founder Boba Network, a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 Optimistic Rollup scaling solution. Alan has over two decades worth of experience building and investing in enterprise startups. Before founding Boba Network, Alan held a variety of roles in the tech/software realm including partner at XSeed Capital - an investment firm specializing in fintech, Director of Product Management at Bycast - a cloud storage company, and Software Developer at Creo - a digital prepress tech c...
May 02, 2022•35 min•Ep. 122
Kayla Kroot is the Creative Director and Co-founder of Koii Network. Kayla is driven by a desire to enhance the experiences of modern digital consumers as they navigate the new internet. Her mission to bridge the gap between user experience and art began during her experience working with the Israeli Opera as a Prop and Set Designer. Prior to co-founding Koii Network, she was a freelance UX/Graphic Designer working for various tech brands. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture f...
Apr 28, 2022•43 min•Ep. 121
Hart Lambur is Co-Founder of UMA, a decentralized financial contracts platform where he leads a team of financial contract and oracle design researchers. He is also Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Labs, the entity behind the UMA protocol. Prior to this, Lambur served as the Chief Executive Officer of Openfolio, a personal finance tracking platform he co-founded in 2013. He also worked for Goldman Sachs, where he provided liquidity in US Treasuries for a diverse range of clients, i...
Apr 25, 2022•56 min•Ep. 120
Gwen Regina heads BNB Chain (previously Binance Smart Chain) which is a $1Billion fund. Launched in 2021, the BNB Chain fund aims to bring 1 billion crypto users onboard, boosting the adoption of BNB Chain and the wider blockchain industry. Her main responsibilities include streamlining processes around deal sourcing, investment strategy, portfolio management and growth. As a part of her role she invests in promising projects in the web3 and MetaFi space (GameFi, SocialFi, NFTs etc.), and leads ...
Apr 21, 2022•42 min•Ep. 119
Simon Yi is Co-founder and Head of Growth at Clam Island. He has over a decade of experience serving as a growth marketing expert for venture funds and startup studios including Consensys Mesh, Expa, Betaworks and Human Ventures. Simon also serves as a growth marketing advisor for startups, incubators and venture funds throughout New York City. In this conversation, we discuss: - VaynerMedia back in the day - Growth marketing tactics - Doxing teams - Finding users that have multiple ERC-721 wall...
Apr 18, 2022•47 min•Ep. 118
Warren Paul Anderson is VP of Product at Discreet Labs, which is developing Findora , a public blockchain with programmable privacy. Previously, Warren led products at Ripple for 4.5 years working on the XRP Ledger, Interledger, & PayString protocols, the RippleX platform, and RippleNet's On-Demand Liquidity enterprise product. Prior to Ripple, in 2014 Warren co-founded Hedgy, one of the first DeFi platforms for derivatives using programmable, escrowed smart contracts on the Bitcoin blockcha...
Apr 14, 2022•48 min•Ep. 117
Mike Dickens is the COO at Blockasset.co , a blockchain-based sports ecosystem that connects famous athletes, clubs, ticketing agencies, and fans. Mike has worked for several successful startups in the UK, focussing primarily on Project Management and Product Marketing. Mike has managed teams and built systems to encourage effective communication and automate processes. Mike has been involved in crypto eco-systems and De-Fi since 2017 and is currently in his element working with athlete NFT coll...
Apr 11, 2022•41 min•Ep. 116
Gino LoPinto is an operating partner of E11EVEN Partners & co-developer of E11EVEN Residences Beyond. Gino was a New York native residing in Las Vegas for 38 years, he then moved to Miami to build and operate E11EVEN MIAMI. As the owner, creator, developer, and/or operator of the famous nightclub brands E11EVEN, Utopia, Metropolis, and Empire Ballroom, Gino is a true “BRAND ARCHITECT.” He was responsible for introducing the EDM scene to the Las Vegas strip in the early ’90s with world-renown...
Apr 07, 2022•41 min•Ep. 115
Sue Ennis is the Vice President of Corporate Development, and Investor Relations at Hut 8 Mining. Sue is a Chartered Investment Manager, emerging technology and innovation champion, advisor, and investor whisperer. Since 2016, Sue has steered under appreciated companies in the digital asset sector into multi-billion market cap opportunities and told some of Canada’s greatest emerging tech and innovation stories. Prior to joining Hut 8, Sue worked with both start-ups and scale-ups in the blockcha...
Apr 04, 2022•39 min•Ep. 114
Josh Neuroth is the Head of Product at Ankr, a Web3 infrastructure company based in San Francisco. Josh was previously the Sr. Director of Product & Marketing at Cyxtera Technologies and VP of Product at Inflect. His passions and professional experiences have inspired his mission to build a better and more open web. In this conversation, we discuss: - Building a better and more open web - ETH Denver - Difference between web and internet - $200 million+ in total value locked (TVL) in Ankr Ear...
Mar 31, 2022•48 min•Ep. 113
Justas is CEO of CyberPigs, a first-of-its-kind NFT collection that derived from a science experiment gone wrong. Justas is also owner and CEO of a digital marketing and creative agency that's built award winning campaigns for 15 years. His team has worked with some of the biggest companies in Europe and is currently working in crypto. In this conversation, we discuss: - Growing NFT communities - How to create an NFT image generator script - The art of making beautiful promo videos - CyberPigs 1...
Mar 28, 2022•30 min•Ep. 112
Tiffany Huang is a global marketer who leads content and marketing at Magic Eden. She has spent half her life in the US and the other half in Asia. Her responsibilities include supporting and amplifying NFT projects within the ecosystem, developing and building the voice of Magic Eden across channels, and co-leading Magic DAO. Prior to Magic Eden, Tiffany was a Brand Director for Marriott International Asia Pacific and worked in Hong Kong for five years. Her background also spans UX design and m...
Mar 24, 2022•47 min•Ep. 111
Chris Adams is a serial entrepreneur with an unshakable belief in the limitless potential of the human spirit. He is the co-founder and CEO of Dreamr, a technology platform with the mission of making the pursuit of our biggest dreams and aspirations more practical. Chris is also the host of The Dreamr Podcast and is back for round two on the CryptoNews Podcast. In this conversation, we discuss: - Mindset & the pursuit of dreams - DMR token - The importance of Tokenomics - DreamStarter DAO - ...
Mar 21, 2022•42 min•Ep. 110
Tyler Mulvihill is currently the Global Co-Head of NFTs at ConsenSys. In 2017, Tyler co-founded Treum, a blockchain-based platform that helps businesses build trust with their customers through tokenized non-fungible assets and verifiable product tracking/claims. Tyler also co-founded EulerBeats in February 2021. Both EulerBeats and Treum were acquired by ConsenSys in October of 2021. Now, Tyler is helping facilitate EulerBeats' ongoing project, Futura, which is helping artists tokenize musical ...
Mar 17, 2022•41 min•Ep. 109
Matt Gaser and Rolf Kvalvik are the creators of The Chronicles of Dr. Zammsy, a remarkable animated, story-driven card series on the WAX blockchain. In this conversation, we discuss: - Entertainment industry moving towards games - Dr. Zammsy NFT Set 3 launch - Creating NFTs on WAX - Utility = Gaming, staking, collecting - How to market your NFT collection - Dr. Z card game + 3D adventure game - Animated Series development for Dr. Z The Chronicles of Dr. Zammsy Website: drzammsy.com Twitter: @DrZ...
Mar 14, 2022•48 min•Ep. 108
Sohrob Farudi is the co-founder and CEO of Fan Controlled Football (FCF), the only professional sports league that empowers fans to make the key decisions for their favorite team. In this conversation, we discuss: - FCF origin story - Sohrob's crypto background - Season 2.0 - FCF NFT Drop - $40M Series A announcement - Partnering with bluechip NFT brands Fan Controlled Football (FCF) Website: fcf.io Twitter: @fcflio Discord: discord.gg/fcf Sohrob Farudi Twitter: @sohrobf LinkedIn: Sohrob Farudi ...
Mar 10, 2022•42 min•Ep. 107
Yas also known as MX, is the CMO at Galaxy Fight Club. Yas has an extensive background in Marketing, especially in guerilla. He founded his first business right after graduating in Econometrics & Operations Research. Fast forward a couple of years and he joined Galaxy Fight Club on a mission to innovate the NFT space by building the first cross-IP PVP game. In this conversation, we discuss: - Intro to Galaxy Fight Club - Launching a successful NFT mint - Game loop - $GCOIN - Partners/VCs/adv...
Mar 07, 2022•42 min•Ep. 106
Christian Keroles, known by many as CK, is the Managing Director of Bitcoin Magazine, Co-Host of the Fed Watch Podcast and Advisor to the Bitcoin Advocacy Group. CK believes that the type of money society uses has massive downstream effects on human action. CK sees fiat money as being fundamentally broken and a huge part of the issues holding humanity back. Fix the money, fix the world is a well known motto among Bitcoiners and CK is on a mission to bring Bitcoin to the world as quickly as possi...
Mar 03, 2022•50 min•Ep. 105
Victor Zhang is the CEO of Smart Token Labs , where he’s building open-source, composable smart token bridges with TokenScript and AlphaWallet. The company has raised USD $6m for TokenScript, with investors Mark Cuban, Crypto.com Capital, Framework Ventures and Mechanism. In this conversation, we discuss: - Programmable smart tokens - The future of tokens - Bridging web2 and web3 - Web2 being the on-ramp to web3 - TokenScript and AlphaWallet - The transition from a wallet-centric mindset to a to...
Feb 28, 2022•34 min•Ep. 104
Tim Boucher is the owner of Lost Books, an indie blockchain publishing company in Quebec, Canada. He is also a former content moderator and counter-disinformation researcher for a major social media platform, and has advised companies, non-profits, and governments on related issues. Tim is helping other writers and artists move their work to the blockchain. In this conversation, we discuss: - How to move your writing/art to the blockchain - Minting on Ethereum vs. Polygon (on OpenSea) - Gumroad ...
Feb 24, 2022•44 min•Ep. 103
Rob Frasca is a serial entrepreneur, investor, visionary online pioneer and frequent speaker on blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Rob has founded and brought 3 venture-backed startups, to successful exits, and served as CEO of 4 companies. Present day, Rob is the Managing Partner at COSIMO X. In this conversation, we discuss: - Venture Capital (VC) in crypto - COSIMO X being the world's first tokenized evergreen fund - Blockchain; the next frontier in venture investing - Casper Labs - ndau & ...
Feb 21, 2022•43 min•Ep. 102
Sven Wenzel is the founder of Castello Coin , a project that changed the way of investment in art. It will be the first coin in history to achieve its level of recognition through a unique, physical artwork, and thus will enjoy a unique position in the crypto world and the traditional world. In this conversation, we discuss: - Castello coin - The big golden cube in NYC - Blockchain: new models of fair revenue distribution in the art world - A guide to trading art in the world of blockchain - Non...
Feb 17, 2022•23 min•Ep. 101
Oh-Me Oh-My is currently the Co-COO of DigitalEyes (Solana's First Open NFT Marketplace), and currently heading up Strategy, Marketing and Community Management. He’s also a Co-Founder and the Co-Head of Strategy of Rumble Worlds, an upcoming open metaverse on Solana, which has 80+ partner projects signed up to be onboarded so far. In this conversation, we discuss: - $SOL NFTs vs. $ETH NFTs - Solana NFT ecosystem - How to purchase $SOL NFTs - Best $SOL NFT marketplaces - Solarians, DigitalEyes an...
Feb 14, 2022•38 min•Ep. 100
Michael Kong is the Chief Executive Officer and a director at Fantom Foundation. He is responsible for management of the technical and business development teams, finances, and reviewing the organisation’s progress. Previously he co-founded one of Australia's first hedge funds focusing on blockchain technologies called Token Capital Management. In this conversation, we discuss: - How Micheal got into blockchain - UX + UI on Fantom - Fantom’s goals and mission - Demand for scalable blockchain sol...
Feb 10, 2022•47 min•Ep. 99
Pradeep Goel is the CEO of Solve.Care, a global healthcare company that redefines care coordination, improves access to care, empowers consumers with information, reduces benefit administration costs, and helps reduce fraud and waste in healthcare around the world. Pradeep has experience developing groundbreaking software for the insurance industry, and co-founding four healthcare IT businesses where he has served in a number of management roles. In this conversation, we discuss: - Transforming ...
Feb 07, 2022•42 min•Ep. 98
