Josh Bowen is the founder of Astria, the easiest way to deploy decentralized rollups. Why you should listen In this conversation, Josh Bowen, co-founder of Astria, discusses the evolution and significance of decentralized sequencing in the blockchain ecosystem. He shares insights on the current state of rollups, the impact of regulatory changes, and the future of decentralized finance (DeFi). Josh also introduces Astria's new rollup, Flame, and emphasizes the importance of user experience in att...
Mar 26, 2025•41 min
Seek Protocol is a cutting-edge ecosystem on Solana at the intersection of AI, augmented reality (AR), geolocation, and GameFi. Why you should listen Don Reijke is the Founder and CTO of Seek Protocol, and Lukas Novotny is COO of Seek Protocol. Seek Protocol is a technology initiative dedicated to blending cutting-edge innovation with human experience. At the crossroads of Augmented Reality (AR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Web3, Seek Protocol is revolutionizing how people interact with th...
Mar 26, 2025•38 min
Steve Merry is the co-founder of Scenario Protocol, a game-changing alerts platform that empowers users with control over the information that matters. Why you should listen Scenario Protocol is a decentralized platform designed to deliver user-specific notifications by achieving on-chain consensus for topics of interest, encompassing both Web3 events and real-world occurrences. Users specify the information they wish to monitor and Scenario ensures they receive timely alerts when those events ...
Mar 24, 2025•31 min
Patrick Young is head of ecosystem for Galxe / Gravity. Galxe is onboarding the world to Web3 by enabling seamless web3 experiences through a suite of AI, digital identity, and blockchain solutions. Why you should listen Galxe is a decentralized super app and the largest on-chain distribution platform in Web3, offering a suite of AI, digital identity, and blockchain solutions to enhance user experiences and community engagement. Central to its ecosystem is the Galxe Identity Protocol, a permiss...
Mar 23, 2025•35 min
Chris Chung is CEO and co-founder of Titan, a DEX Aggregator and Meta aggregator on the Solana blockchain. Titan has just announced their mainnet launch plans. Why you should listen In this conversation, Chris Chung, CEO and co-founder of Titan, discusses the innovative features of Titan as a DEX aggregator on the Solana blockchain. He shares insights into the evolution of the Solana ecosystem, the impact of meme coins, and the importance of regulatory clarity for the future of crypto. Chris als...
Mar 21, 2025•30 min
Brandon Goh is Co-Founder & CEO of Treehouse. Focused on building the fixed income layer for digital assets, Treehouse introduces innovative fixed income products and primitives. Why you should listen Treehouse Finance is carving out a niche in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space by focusing on fixed income solutions for digital assets. Treehouse introduces Treehouse Assets (tAssets) and Decentralized Offered Rates (DOR), aiming to establish robust benchmark rates essential for fixed inco...
Mar 19, 2025•41 min
David Iseminger is CEO of IronWeave, a public blockchain with unscannable privacy. IronWeave is redefining blockchain, data storage, AI, and payments with its patented multi-blockchain fabric platform, which surpasses existing solutions in scalability (over 1 million TPS), privacy, security, and cost-efficiency. Why you should listen IronWeave is redefining blockchain infrastructure with its patented multi-blockchain fabric platform, a revolutionary approach that shatters the limitations of trad...
Mar 18, 2025•35 min
Sebastien is the CEO and co-founder of Sophon - building amazing onchain experiences focused on entertainment and lifestyle applications. Why you should listen Sophon is reimagining the future of blockchain by making it invisible to the end user, focusing on delivering seamless entertainment experiences that feel natural to mainstream consumers. Unlike most crypto projects that emphasize technical innovation within a niche audience, Sophon is breaking out of the echo chamber by embedding blockch...
Mar 17, 2025•32 min
Pocket Network's mission is to provide the world with unstoppable open-source infrastructure. They aim to empower developers with access to reliable, performant, and cost-effective data access. Pocket Network's vision is a future where the world's most important digital infrastructure is owned and governed by its users. Why you should listen In this episode, Jinx, Head of Operations at Pocket Network, dives deep into the importance of decentralized infrastructure and open data in the blockchain ...
Mar 11, 2025•31 min
Robby Greenfield is the founder of Umoja, a structured finance protocol that enables next-generation YVTs with lower risk and higher yields for any blue-chip cryptocurrency. Why you should listen Umoja Labs is a Web3-focused technology company committed to building blockchain-driven financial solutions that foster global economic inclusion. Their core offering, the Umoja Protocol, is designed as an advanced yield-generation platform specifically optimized for cryptocurrency investors. At its hea...
Mar 11, 2025•33 min
Carter Razink is co-founder at Spree Finance, the Blockchain-native Commerce and Credit Infrastructure layer empowering decentralized payments, rewards, settlement, & credit for 2M+ top brands and merchants. Why you should listen Spree Finance is pioneering a blockchain-native commerce infrastructure designed to revolutionize traditional payment systems. By integrating decentralized payments, rewards, settlement, and credit, Spree aims to provide a seamless experience for both consumers and ...
Feb 27, 2025•40 min
Tom Ngo is the CEO of Metis, a permissionless Layer 2 network powering the next generation of decentralized applications and AI data systems. Why you should listen Metis is redefining the Ethereum Layer 2 landscape with its ambitious ReGenesis initiative, a transformative step toward integrating AI with blockchain technology. Metis is introducing infrastructure tailored for AI-driven applications. Central to this vision is LazAI, a decentralized AI framework designed to solve the fundamental iss...
Feb 25, 2025•29 min
Roman Cyganov is the Founder and CEO of Antix, a company pushing the boundaries of Web3, AI, and gaming technologies. At the heart of Antix is Avagen, a proprietary technology that builds hyper-realistic AI-powered humans. Why you should listen Antix has a growing global client base, working with industry giants such as Warner Brothers, Porsche, Tencent, and HBO Entertainment. With over 20 clients, 20 completed projects, and 70+ cinematic experiences created, they have a proven ability to delive...
Jan 19, 2025•36 min
Jasper De Maere is Head of Research at Outlier Ventures, the world’s leading Web3 accelerator and most active Web3 investor. Their new thesis, called the Post Web Thesis explores the intersection of Web3 and AI. Why you should listen The "Post Web Thesis" is a new body of work from Outlier Ventures. Chapter 1, titled "The Web is Disappearing," argues that we're moving beyond Web3 into an era where AI-driven agents act on our behalf, making traditional web interfaces less relevant. This shift tra...
Jan 13, 2025•35 min
Zac Williamson is the co-founder and CEO of Aztec, a privacy-first Layer 2 solution on Ethereum. Why you should listen Aztec Network is a privacy-centric Layer 2 (L2) solution built on Ethereum, aiming to enhance user confidentiality and transaction scalability within the blockchain ecosystem. By leveraging zero-knowledge proofs, specifically zk-SNARKs (Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge), Aztec enables encrypted transactions that maintain the transparency and security inherent to Et...
Dec 21, 2024•36 min
Georgios Vlachos is the co-founder of Axelar Protocol and director at Axelar Foundation. He received his BSc and MS Eng. in computer science at MIT. After graduation, he became part of the Algorand founding team. Axelar is a Web3 interoperability platform, delivering the shortest path to scale: an open stack to connect all blockchains. Why you should listen Axelar is a decentralized network designed to seamlessly connect various blockchain ecosystems, enabling secure cross-chain communication fo...
Dec 19, 2024•32 min
Sid, Co-founder of Nirvana Finance, shares insights into the evolution of the Nirvana DeFi protocol, and the resilience demonstrated after a significant hack in 2022. He discusses the innovative features of the just launched Nirvana Version 2, including enhanced security measures and the introduction of the Market Driven Mint, which aims to stabilize liquidity and pricing. Sid emphasizes the importance of transparency and accountability in DeFi governance, highlighting how Nirvana's approach set...
Dec 18, 2024•48 min
Bam Azizi is the CEO & Co-Founder of Mesh Connect, Mesh securely enables safer and easier crypto deposits, payments, and on-ramping from 300+ leading exchanges and wallets, all without leaving your platform. Why you should listen In this conversation, Bam Azizi, CEO and co-founder of MeshConnect, discusses the challenges and opportunities in the crypto space, particularly focusing on user experience and the importance of stablecoins. He explains how MeshConnect aims to bridge the gap between...
Dec 05, 2024•31 min
Tom Trowbridge is an advocate for decentralized systems. Tom is a co-founder of Fluence Labs, and Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR) where he was President from Inception. He co-founded Fluence Labs in 2019 to revolutionize cloud computing by offering decentralized, serverless solutions that reduce reliance on traditional providers like AWS. Why you should listen Fluence Network is an open, decentralized platform designed to revolutionize how applications and services operate on the internet. It provides a...
Dec 04, 2024•37 min
Pablo Castillo is CEO and CTO of Chain4Travel. Chain4Travel is the lab building the Camino Network, a Layer 1 blockchain designed for the needs of the travel industry. It provides travel-related businesses with web3 technology. The ecosystem has unified data standards for seamless communication, decentralized payments/settlements infrastructure, KYC/KYB for security. The CAM token powers it. Why you should listen Chain4Travel aims to revolutionize the travel industry by integrating blockchain te...
Dec 01, 2024•31 min
David Pinger is the co-founder of Warden Protocol. Warden brings AI to web3, enabling any application, protocol or smart contract to integrate trustworthy AI. Why you should listen Warden Protocol is a blockchain platform designed to bring artificial intelligence (AI) into the Web3 world. It allows developers to easily add AI capabilities to their applications, smart contracts, and protocols. By combining blockchain and AI, Warden Protocol ensures that AI predictions are trustworthy and secure. ...
Nov 27, 2024•32 min
Amitt Mahajan is the Co-Founder of Proof of Play. Proof of Play’s mission is to create fun, accessible onchain games and, in the process, develop novel technology that makes onchain game development easier for everyone. Why you should listen Founded by leaders from Epic Games, Zynga, EA, Riot Games, Activision, Google, Facebook, Disney, and Warner Brothers, Proof of Play’s mission is to create fun, accessible onchain games and, in the process, develop novel technology that makes onchain game dev...
Nov 25, 2024•39 min
Charles d'Haussy is CEO of dYdX Foundation. The dYdX Foundation is an independent not-for-profit foundation headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. dYdX Foundation’s purpose is to support the dYdX protocol and to foster community-driven growth in the dYdX ecosystem. Why you should listen dYdX Unlimited has launched, marking one of the most significant upgrades to the dYdX exchange since the launch of the dYdX Chain in 2023. With dYdX Unlimited, users can instantly list and trade new markets with liqu...
Nov 23, 2024•37 min
Mihai Alexandru Radu is Head of Investor Relations at SphereX, a pioneering perpetual decentralized exchange (DEX) in the decentralized finance sector, aiming to redefine digital asset trading with unmatched freedom and innovation. Why you should listen SphereX is a decentralized exchange (DEX) aiming to democratize finance by making trading accessible to everyone. Drawing inspiration from Robin Hood, SphereX emphasizes fairness, accessibility, and empowerment within the decentralized finance (D...
Nov 20, 2024•35 min
Tharaka is Head of Partnerships at Kontos, a zk-powered omnichain abstraction layer. Kontos aims to break down barriers in Web3 by providing solutions that simplify cross-chain interactions through a user-friendly interface. Why you should listen Kontos is a blockchain platform that simplifies cross-chain transactions by integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and chain abstraction technologies. This approach allows users to interact with multiple blockchains without needing an in-depth underst...
Nov 19, 2024•29 min
Omar Ramadan, CEO and co-founder of BlockCast, discusses the challenges of content delivery in the current internet landscape, particularly the monopolistic control over media distribution and the resulting internet capacity crunch. He explains how BlockCast aims to decentralize content delivery using blockchain technology, allowing individuals and organizations to participate in a more efficient and equitable media distribution system. The discussion also covers the marketplace dynamics for CDN...
Nov 13, 2024•31 min
Phillip Alexaeev, is the Chief Growth Officer of CrossFi, Cross Finance is a next generation digital ecosystem offering cutting-edge payment solutions. Phillip shares insights into his journey in growth marketing, the importance of building during bear markets, and the innovative ecosystem of CrossFi. He discusses user acquisition strategies, the significance of user confidence, and the future trends in the crypto space, including real-world assets and interoperability. Why you should listen Cro...
Nov 12, 2024•38 min
Mehdi and Driss are the founders of Exponential, an investment platform that makes it easy to discover, assess, and invest in decentralized finance (DeFi) yield opportunities. Why you should listen DeFi enables anyone to become a lender or market maker. When individuals have the power to grow their wealth exponentially, financial freedom is within reach for everyone. The problem is that investing in DeFi is complex and risky. Exponential is intended to help investors assess the risk of DeFi yiel...
Nov 08, 2024•38 min
Dmitry Meshkov is Founder and CEO of QUEX Tech. Quex are launching a next-gen Oracle which will be an alternative to Chainlink and sets the security standard for DeFi, RWA, and Prediction Markets. Why you should listen Quex is revolutionizing blockchain oracles by integrating hardware-level cryptographic security to provide secure, decentralized data transfer to blockchain platforms. Their oracle solution addresses the pressing issue of data manipulation, which costs the DeFi space $400 million ...
Nov 04, 2024•40 min
Avi Zurlo is the new CEO at =nil; Foundation building an Ethereum L2 powered by zkSharding. =nil; Foundation is rolling out Testnet v1 for its Ethereum Layer 2 solution, powered by zkSharding. This launch marks a major step on their roadmap after the initial Devnet release in July. With zkSharding, =nil; Foundation’s new L2 combines the efficiency of appchains with the cohesive capabilities of a monolithic blockchain, aiming to offer unmatched scalability and interoperability for Ethereum develo...
Oct 30, 2024•40 min
