Aaron Kong is the Growth & Strategy Lead at Osmosis Labs, where he spearheads growth initiatives and business development efforts. Osmosis Labs is the core team responsible for developing Osmosis, an appchain that serves as the DeFi hub for the Cosmos ecosystem. In this conversation, we discuss: - Cosmos + Osmosis 101/overview - Latest updates in the Cosmos ecosystem - Mesh Security: Creating the ‘NATO of Web3’ - Cosmos ecosystem appchain alliances. - ETH L2s/Rollups vs. Cosmos appchains - G...
Jul 13, 2023•33 min•Ep. 247
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 underappreciated 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 blockchai...
Jul 10, 2023•26 min•Ep. 246
Mike Belshe is the Co-Founder and CEO of BitGo and Internet Pioneer. At BitGo, Mike Belshe drives product and business strategy for delivering security, compliance, and custodial solutions for blockchain-based currencies. Before founding BitGo in 2011, Mike helped develop the internet as we know it today and was also an advanced tech pioneer. In this conversation, we discuss: - Preventing further crypto failures - Blackrock ETF - Principles-Based regulation - BitGo processes approximately 20% of...
Jul 06, 2023•48 min•Ep. 245
Shane Mac is the Co-Founder of XMTP, the largest open protocol, and network for secure web3 messaging. Prior to XMTP, Shane founded Assist, which built the first business messaging for Facebook Messenger, Apple Business Chat, Google Business Messaging, and SMS. Assist was acquired in 2019. In 2017, Shane co-founded & bootstrapped Squared Away, which provides remote executive assistants powered by military spouses. Squad Away recently passed $25M in revenue, led by his co-founder. In this con...
Jul 03, 2023•48 min•Ep. 244
Humayun Sheikh is the Founder and CEO of Fetch.ai. He is an entrepreneur, investor, and tech visionary passionate about AI, machine learning, autonomous agents, and blockchains. In the past, he was a founding investor in DeepMind where he supported commercialisation for early-stage AI & deep neural network technology. Currently, he is leading Fetch.ai as a CEO and co-founder, a start-up building the autonomy of the future. He is an expert on the topics of artificial intelligence, machine lea...
Jun 29, 2023•37 min•Ep. 243
Anthony Georgiades is the Co-Founder of Pastel Network, a fully decentralized, developer-friendly layer-1 blockchain serving as the preeminent protocol standard for non-fungible tokens ("NFTs") and Web3 technology. While performing his duties as President, Anthony is also a General Partner at Innovating Capital, a technology fund focused on disruptive companies and digital assets that has incubated Pastel Network since day one. Anthony previously spent time on the investment team at First Round ...
Jun 26, 2023•43 min•Ep. 242
Daniela Barbosa serves as General Manager Blockchain and Identity at the Linux Foundation and as Executive Director of Hyperledger Foundation. She has more than 20 years of enterprise technology experience, including at Dow Jones where she worked with the top global brands across various sectors, including finance, consumer and energy, to architect and deliver enterprise systems, ontologies and semantic web solutions. In the early 2000s, Daniela became involved in the early web 2.0 community hel...
Jun 22, 2023•35 min•Ep. 241
Barney Mannerings is the Co-Founder of Vega Protocol, the derivatives layer for Web3, backed by Coinbase, Pantera, and other prominent VCs. Barney sits at the intersection of institutional finance and crypto, having founded Vega after building two versions of the London stock exchange matching engine and working in capital markets in London for 15 years. In this conversation, we discuss: - SEC vs Coinbase and Binance - Vega’s recent deployment on Alpha Mainnet - Purpose-built Blockchains for DeF...
Jun 19, 2023•34 min•Ep. 240
Keone Hon is the CEO and Co-founder of Monad Labs, the team supporting the high-performance Monad blockchain. He is a software developer and blockchain researcher. Before founding Monad, he spent eight years at Jump Trading, leading an HFT team. In 2021, Keone joined Jump’s crypto division and led a team of engineers focused on blockchain research and dApp development. In this conversation, we discuss: - JUMP Trading - High frequency trading - The relationship between HFT and crypto trading - Se...
Jun 15, 2023•30 min•Ep. 239
Mike Silagadze is the founder and CEO of ether.fi , the first decentralized, delegated staking protocol that allows stakers to maintain full control of their keys – and by extension, their staked ETH – throughout the entire staking process. Prior to founding ether.fi , Mike was CEO and co-founder of Top Hat, which he grew into the market leader in student engagement software, with 500 employees and $60 million in annual revenue. He is also an active speaker and lecturer in the higher education, ...
Jun 12, 2023•37 min•Ep. 238
Craig DeWitt co-founded Supermojo, an NFT payment solution, and leads all Product and Engineering efforts. Prior to Supermojo, Craig was Product Director at Ripple, where he started the RippleNet payments business in 2015 and grew that product into the world’s first and largest cryptocurrency payment network for financial institutions. Craig has built wallet and custody experiences, enterprise payment protocols, and established rulesets powering billions of dollars in annual volume. While at Rip...
Jun 08, 2023•48 min•Ep. 237
Harsh is the co-founder and Project Lead of Push Protocol (formerly EPNS). He has over 12 years of entrepreneurial experience in various spectrums of tech; including system architecture, development and design in different tech fields (including mobile, web services, SaaS, and blockchain). Harsh previously spoke/judged at multiple tech conferences and hackathons including Messari Mainnet, ETHCC, ETHDenver, Schelling Point, ETHAmsterdam, NFT NYC, Liscon, HackMoney, EDCON. In this conversation, we...
Jun 05, 2023•40 min•Ep. 236
Mitya Argunov is the Chief Product Officer for P2P.org and the technical expert in Ethereum and blockchain development. With extensive experience from holding leadership roles in finance and tech industries, Mitya is an expert when it comes to building. He joined P2P.org as a Senior Product Manager, where he managed staking and infrastructure products across multiple ecosystems. Based in Cyprus, Mitya is passionate about offering users the best platform to stake their assets. In this conversatio...
Jun 01, 2023•35 min•Ep. 235
Dan Nissanoff, Founder and CEO of Game of Silks, is a veteran technology entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience developing and scaling startups. He has founded multiple venture-backed businesses including Partminer, Portero, Make Meaning and The Crown League. In this conversation, we discuss: - The intersection of gambling x fantasy x blockchain - Current pro horse racing landscape - Partnerships with the biggest names in horse racing - Kentucky Derby/Racing Season - NFT landscape + ...
May 29, 2023•41 min•Ep. 234
Steve Cho is Head of Mechanism Play and Partner at Mechanism Capital. Prior to Mechanism, Steve was focused on growing the games business for the App Store. He was the subject matter expert on NFTs and blockchain technologies for the store and helped inform and educate other parts of Apple as well including App Review, Apple Pay and Apple Music to name a few. He also focused on User Generated Content experiences and performance marketing. Before Apple, Steve lead business development efforts at ...
May 25, 2023•48 min•Ep. 233
Scott M. Lawin is CEO/COO of Candy Digital, Inc., a next-generation sports and culture digital asset platform, providing authentic objects and experiences that deepen fan engagement and connect people to their passions. Before launching Candy, Mr. Lawin founded Parametric, LP, a private investment and advisory firm focused on early-stage opportunities in blockchain, fintech, art, and real estate. From 2010-2017, Mr. Lawin was the Chief Operating Officer of Moore Capital Management, a $15bn globa...
May 22, 2023•42 min•Ep. 232
Michael Sanders, Co-Founder & Storyteller of Horizon Blockchain Games. Micheal connects the dots, makes the esoteric comprehensible, and tells the Horizon story through narrative, lore, brand, and marketing. Michael first fell in love with blockchain technologies in 2010 before becoming more actively involved in the industry in 2013 as an investor in cryptocurrencies and related startups. He previously co-founded a clean energy startup, acted as VP of ClearMedia advertising agency, co-founde...
May 18, 2023•48 min•Ep. 231
Liam is leading the go-to-market strategy for a new NFT company currently in stealth mode. He previously worked with BasedAF, Blur, and DeSo, and his NFT trading journey began in January 2021 with NBA Top Shot. Before getting into NFTs, Liam worked at a startup accelerator called On Deck. He graduated from the Ivey School of Business at Western University and played four years of professional junior hockey. In this conversation, we discuss: - Why NFT business models are broken - The long-term bu...
May 15, 2023•55 min•Ep. 230
Jacobc.eth is the Founder of Hyperplay and Founding Contributor at Mantle. Prior to joining Mantle, Jacobc.eth was Operations Lead at MetaMask, developing growth and monetisation strategies for the leading crypto wallet and its parent company, ConsenSys Software, where he spent over four years. Jacobc.eth has spearheaded innovation across a variety of industries, serving as Chief Technology Officer for Concierge Auctions, the largest online marketplace for luxury real estate, Chief Technology Of...
May 11, 2023•38 min•Ep. 229
Jim Myers is the CTO and co-founder of Flipside Crypto. Prior to Flipside, Jim developed the core technology that took products from 0 to 1 at companies such as Mylestone, Pluralsight (IPO), and Smarterer (acquisition). Jim joined Pluralsight in 2014, following the acquisition of Smarterer, a machine learning-based skill assessment company. At Smarterer, Jim was an early engineer that built advanced machine learning technology and enterprise software adopted by Fortune 100 companies. Jim’s intro...
May 08, 2023•38 min•Ep. 228
Steve Curran is the CEO and Co-founder of Burn Ghost Games, a Web3 skill-based game platform. Steve is an entrepreneur and creative technologist with extensive experience in developing interactive entertainment and marketing solutions utilizing games, virtual reality, augmented reality, and other emerging media. He has directed award-winning entertainment-based solutions for clients such as Red Bull Records, Sony Entertainment, Warner Brothers, Atlantic Records, Puma, The History Channel, A+E Te...
May 04, 2023•40 min•Ep. 227
William Wendt is the Ecosystem Growth Manager at Oasis, where he is working to build the future of web3 with a focus on decentralized infrastructure, privacy and security, and open-source environments. Prior to Oasis, Will worked on the Product Development team at The Nature’s Bounty Co., where he managed stability trials and logged different products and materials for compliance with various GMP guidelines. Will holds a BS in Chemistry from Towson University, where he was also a Division 1 athl...
May 01, 2023•34 min•Ep. 226
Anna Stone is the Head of Web3 at eToro and Director of GoodDollar.org . Anna is an accomplished Web3 innovator and growth leader with a proven track record in building, launching, and scaling inclusive crypto products, made for the masses. At eToro, Stone oversees go-to-market strategy for the company’s NFT business and leads the company’s impact initiatives which focus on leveraging blockchain and Web3 to democratize finance for all. In this conversation, we discuss: - Repairing crypto’s reput...
Apr 27, 2023•47 min•Ep. 225
Erez Rachamim is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sydney-based Stables (previously Tiiik) — a one-stop digital wallet enabling users to grow, spend and earn from a single balance powered by stablecoins. Before this, he was the Head of Fundraising at Equitise — a leading investment platform for venture capital in Australia & New Zealand — raising over $40M for the company. He was also a financial analyst for Rough Diamond — a seed-stage incubator. A veteran in the space, Erez graduated from the Univ...
Apr 24, 2023•39 min•Ep. 224
Dr. Julian Hosp is the CEO and Co-Founder of Cake DeFi. Cake DeFi is a fully transparent, highly innovative fintech platform dedicated to providing easy access to decentralized financial services and applications by enabling users to generate returns from their crypto and digital assets. Julian was also one of the original Co-Founders of DeFiChain, the world’s first native DeFi blockchain for the Bitcoin network devoted to decentralized monetary applications and services. DeFiChain has since gon...
Apr 20, 2023•45 min•Ep. 223
Valentin Pletnev is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of Quasar Finance, a vault-based asset management appchain for the Cosmos ecosystem and the broader Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol. Valentin has already had exposure and experience in a variety of blockchain and emerging technology-focused fields and is only 24yrs old. In this conversation, we discuss: - Travelling the world to founding crypto companies - Quasar Finance launching its mainnet - Managing DeFi investments across mu...
Apr 17, 2023•43 min•Ep. 222
Grant Haseley is the Executive Director and Founder of Wagyu Games, creators of Undead Blocks, the world’s first AAA play-to-earn FPS zombie shooter. Grant brings over an unparalleled passion and vision for gamer empowerment and digital asset ownership that relate to his days working in Banking. Grant was most recently a Vice President for M&T Bank, specializing in Data Analytics, and previously worked at Goldman Sachs as an Analyst in their Securities Lending division. Grant graduated with ...
Apr 13, 2023•51 min•Ep. 221
Yang Adija is SVP, Digital League Business Operations, Growth & Innovation for Warner Brothers Discovery Sports. He is responsible for managing the overall business operations and daily execution of strategic and tactical initiatives for digital league partnerships with the NBA and NCAA. In addition, Yang leads WBD Sports’ innovation efforts, leading to the development and launch of Blocklete Games, an original IP franchise built on the blockchain, and the organization’s industry-leading NFT...
Apr 10, 2023•38 min•Ep. 220
Wayne Marcel is the Head of Business Development for the Foundation for Interwallet Operability (FIO), who has been managing, teaching, and coaching high performing teams for over 20 years. In 2016, his passion for helping and teaching people was merged with his passion for technology as he dove into learning about cryptocurrency and blockchain. He published a book in 2018 called “From No Crypto To Know Crypto” and hosted over 140 educational podcast episodes under same name. Since then, he has ...
Apr 06, 2023•40 min•Ep. 219
William E. Quigley is a cryptocurrency and blockchain investor. He has incubated and invested in more than 30 bitcoin, blockchain, and cryptocurrency-related investments and co-developed the first crypto derivative used to trade pre-release Ethereum. He co-founded Tether, the first fiat-backed stablecoin and most traded cryptocurrency to date, GoCoin, a pioneering crypto payments processor, and co-founded WAX, a leading NFT blockchain platform. In 2013, William co-founded Crypto Currency Partner...
Apr 03, 2023•50 min•Ep. 218
