In this episode, Jon Charbonneau hosts John Adler (Co-founder of Celestia) and Dankrad Feist (Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation) for a technical deep dive into designing modular blockchain stacks. The conversation is focused on understanding the subtle differences and design considerations between Celestia and Ethereum, covering fraud proofs versus KZG commitments, the importance of validator sets, Celestiums, and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:01:57) – On Data Availab...
Jul 11, 2022•1 hr 8 min
In this episode, Tommy Shaughnessy and Sarah Brennan , sit down with Hester M. Peirce , Commissioner of the SEC to dive into the crypto regulatory landscape. We discuss the role of the SEC, defining decentralization, Commissioner Peirce’s Token Safe Harbor proposal, and much more! Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction and disclaimer. (00:01:00) – The role of the SEC in crypto regulation. (00:06:42) – Developers avoiding the United States. (00:11:17) – Thoughts on decentralization and technology....
Jul 07, 2022•59 min
In this 2-hour special, we sit down with Andy Chorlian , Co-founder and CEO of Fractional , a decentralized protocol that enables collective ownership and governance of one or more NFTs. We discuss all things NFT including Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC) airdrop strategy, governance with fractionalized NFTs, Nouns and CC0 NFTs, and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:03:48) – Andy’s time at MakerDAO. (00:10:36) – Getting into NFTs through NBA Top Shot. (00:18:59) – Diving into Fr...
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 56 min
In this episode, we sit down with Anna Carroll (Protocol Lead at Nomad ) and Arjun Bhuptani (Founder of Connext ) to discuss the blockchain interoperability trilemma, bridge architectures, Nomad’s optimistic design, and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:02:58) – The interoperability trilemma. (00:09:01) – Categories of bridge design architectures. (00:14:18) – Diving into Nomad. (00:31:17) – Optimistic interoperability vs optimistic rollups. (00:44:35) – The relationship betw...
Jun 28, 2022•1 hr 28 min
Alex Danco is the Head of Blockchain at Shopify , a commerce platform that allows anyone to set up an online store and sell their products. We discuss Shopify’s shift into Web3, the importance of wallet UX for crypto adoption, the future of NFT-integrated commerce, and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:08:15) – Shopify, wallets, and “Web3”. (00:15:06) – Commerce and ownership. (00:21:04) – NFTs and multiplayer commerce. (00:41:26) – Future channels for commerce. (00:47:10) – ...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr
Our fourth DISRUPTORS guest, Raoul Pal , is the Co-founder and CEO of Real Vision & Global Macro Investor (GMI). Being a foremost thought leader within the global macro space, Raoul shares his outlook on the unprecedented conditions today through the lens of a sound macro framework. What are the implications of money demand destruction? Are we heading into a recession? What does this all mean for crypto? Tune in to find out. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:05:51) – Demand destruct...
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr 13 min
We sit down with Colin Brady (Chief Creative Officer) and Luke Paglia (Chief Operating Officer) from AMGI Studios , the team behind My Pet Hooligan , a desktop PvP video game that takes place in their proprietary Metaverse The Rabbit Hole. We discuss the cultural impact of strong IP, Hooligram technology, Pixar-level expressiveness in-game, and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:01:37) – The power of a global brand / strong IP. (00:10:33) – Overview of AMGI Studios. (00:16:30)...
Jun 01, 2022•58 min
Blake Robbins is the Principal at Benchmark , an early stage VC firm focused on social, mobile, local, and cloud companies. We dive into all things crypto gaming, how crypto will change the creator economy, finding medium-native use cases, and much more. Blake is a thought leader in the gaming and creator scene. He has helped to build 100 Thieves, one of the largest eSports brands in the world, and worked with top creators like MrBeast. Show Notes: (00:01:02) – Blake’s story. (00:10:58) – The cr...
May 27, 2022•56 min
In this episode, we sit down with Friktion Labs ’ Co-founders, Uddhav Marwaha (CEO) and Alex Wlezien (CTO). Friktion is a full-stack portfolio and risk management platform for individuals, DAOs, and institutions built on Solana. We talk about portfolio construction strategies with Friktion’s Volts , DAO treasury management through Circuits , outlook on crypto derivatives, and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:28) – Guests’ backgrounds. (00:03:30) – Introduction to Friktion and derivatives. (00:10:26...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 4 min
This is a bonus episode of our crypto venture capital series. Tommy Shaughnessy hosts Ryan Zurrer , Founder and Managing Director of Dialectic AG . We discuss being early to narratives, filtering potential investments, thoughts on the bear market, and much more. Dialectic AG is a capital enterprise focused on delivering outlier returns via synergistic deployment of human and financial capital into alternative assets and compelling, globally diversified opportunities. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Int...
May 21, 2022•1 hr 54 min
In this episode, we sit down with David Johansson , Founder and CEO of MetaKing Studios, the team behind BLOCKLORDS , a medieval grand strategy game where players shape its world and narrative. We dive into the core pillars of gameplay, breeding and battle mechanics, integrating seasons and dynasties, and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:01:44) – David’s background. (00:16:24) – BLOCKLORDS origin. (00:20:43) – Overview of BLOCKLORDS. (00:29:02) – Game rollout. (00:33:10) – L...
May 17, 2022•58 min
Stani Kulechov is the Founder of Aave and Lens Protocol , a composable and decentralized social graph that makes building Web3 social platforms easy. We discuss tokenizing online social relationships, giving online social ownership to the users, algorithm tweaking, and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:02:42) – What is Lens Protocol? (00:09:16) – Web3 and social graphs. (00:19:11) – What a decentralized social graph will unlock. (00:33:13) – Web3 social business models. (00:3...
May 06, 2022•55 min
Most blockchains, as we know them, are monolithic in nature. Nodes take care of its three core functions; consensus, data availability, settlement and execution. In contrast, modular blockchains are fundamentally different – each layer of the stack specializes in one or many of its functions. Soon, anyone will be able to deploy their own blockchain. Having co-founded Celestia , the world’s first modular blockchain network, our third DISRUPTORS guest, hacktivist Mustafa Al-Bassam shares his visio...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 13 min
In this episode, we sit down with Jin , Avaer , and Ahad from Webaverse , a fully open source and open license web metaverse. We discuss the ethos behind building on open standards, Upstreet, the MMO built on Webaverse, the NFT drop, and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:05:44) – What is Webaverse? (00:09:22) – Building on web & open standards. (00:16:05) – The Webaverse stack. (00:28:29) – Upstreet and community world building. (00:34:35) – How players, builders, and pro...
Apr 30, 2022•1 hr 27 min
In this episode we sit down with Andre Cronje , a renowned DeFi developer and the creator of Yearn . We talk about the reasons behind rallying for regulated crypto, leaving the crypto badlands, the Solidly launch on Fantom , and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:02:05) – Biggest regrets and looking back on Yearn. (00:08:30) – A better path to decentralization. (00:16:40) – Why create regulated crypto? (00:28:06) – What regulated crypto could look like. (00:40:27) – The path t...
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 22 min
In this episode, we sit down with Conor Moore and David Choi from MetaStreet , a liquidity routing and scaling solution for peer-to-peer (P2P) NFT-collateralized loan platforms. We discuss the problems with scaling NFT lending, how MetaStreet vaults work, gamifying governance, and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:00:49) – Guests’ backgrounds / starting MetaStreet. (00:08:46) – The state of NFT lending. (00:12:23) – The underwriting process. (00:22:02) – Will loans for floor ...
Apr 25, 2022•59 min
This panel was originally presented by Altered State Machine (ASM) during SXSW 2022. Tom Shaughnessy hosts the discussion between masterminds Aaron McDonald (Co-founder of ASM) and Brooks Brown (Co-founder of NOR) on the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in gaming. They discuss the benefits of owning an AI, community governance within games, and normalizing NFTs and the financialization of games. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:03:07) – AI’s role in gaming. (00:13:44) – Overcoming ...
Apr 15, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Tristan Frizza is Co-founder and CEO of Zeta Markets , an under-collateralized DeFi futures & options platform built on the Solana blockchain. We dive into Zeta’s under-collateralization mechanism, CeFi options versus DeFi options, the future of DeFi, and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:33) – Tristan’s background. (00:08:29) – Why DeFi options protocols have failed to take off. (00:19:12) – Zeta’s pricing and volatility calculations. (00:23:56) – Undercollateralized positions and leveraged tra...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Peter Kieltyka is Co-Founder of Horizon Blockchain Games, a Web3 product and infrastructure company focused on making Web3 fun, simple, and accessible for everyone. We talk about creating the Skyweaver trading card game, Sequence’s key differentiating features, the importance of ERC-1155 tokens in games, and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:05:22) – Overview of Horizon and Skyweaver. (00:14:30) – Dive into Sequence, Niftyswap, and ERC1155s. (00:33:15) – The roadmap for Horiz...
Apr 12, 2022•59 min
Flex Chapman is the Co-founder of Krause House DAO , a community of basketball fanatics aiming to buy and operate an NBA team. We discuss the feasibility of buying an NBA team, the implications of a fan-governed team, Krause House’s operational structure, and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:02:19) – The inspiration for Krause House. (00:05:57) – Buying an NBA team. (00:13:40) – Structuring Krause House as a DAO (00:21:21) – Governance within Krause House. (00:34:37) – The f...
Apr 08, 2022•42 min
Will Weinraub is the Co-founder and CEO of OnChain Studios , the team behind Cryptoys , collectible and playable digital toys for the NFT generation. We discuss the parallels between Cryptoys and Nintendo, the genesis collection launch, managing privacy on transferable AI, and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:02:26) – The story behind Cryptoys. (00:08:15) – Overview of Cryptoys. (00:19:59) – Kids, artificial intelligence, and data. (00:25:00) – Building on Flow. (00:30:51) –...
Apr 06, 2022•54 min
“The next Buddha may be a Sangha.” DAOs are the next step in collective development, slated to transform life and work as we know it. We are now at the very beginning, and what we’ve seen is only the edge of the shadow. Our second DISRUPTORS guest, Tracheopteryx , gives a new definition for DAOs, laying out their anatomy, and contextualizing their value. Being a core contributor at Yearn and Coordinape , Tracheopteryx sits right at the frontier of the most decentralized DAOs on the planet. What ...
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 15 min
We sit down with Nicholas Kneuper (CEO) and Nat Eliason (DeFi and Tokenomics Advisor) of Crypto Raiders , an NFT-based dungeon crawler game on Polygon. We dive into earning passive income with MOBS, $RAIDER and $AURUM tokenomics, composability between Polygon games, and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:05:44) – Overview of Crypto Raiders. (00:10:45) – Skill-based earning & tournament mechanics. (00:14:53) – $RAIDER and $AURUM tokens. (00:23:33) – The Crypto Raiders econo...
Mar 25, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Closing out our Web3 series, we sit down with Reka and Raz , Co-Founders of Agora , a studio DAO building essentials for communities. We dive into community role management with Guild , connecting Web2 and Web3 communities, and much more! Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:03:46) – Overview of Agora and Guild. (00:14:36) – Bridging Web3 and Web2. (00:19:32) – Thoughts on DAO tooling. (00:30:06) – Community involvement in building. (00:37:16) – Social graphs and privacy. (00:42:12) – What...
Mar 23, 2022•57 min
Continuing our Web3 series, we sit down with Stepan Simkin , Co-Founder and CEO of Squads Protocol , a collaborative infrastructure for Web3 native teams. We dive into how Squads facilitates collaboration, the state of DAOs on Solana, onboarding the next wave of users, and much more! Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:04:04) – How Squads manages governance. (00:06:12) – Governance in Web3. (00:07:56) – DAO tooling on Solana. (00:13:21) – Squads onboarding process. (00:16:37) – DAOs on So...
Mar 22, 2022•50 min
In this episode, we sit down with Renz Chong , CEO of BreederDAO , an NFT asset factory for blockchain games. We discuss BreederDAO’s business model, $BREED tokenomics, critiques of the guild model, and much more! Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction & Renz’s background. (00:04:50) – BreederDAO’s business model & tooling. (00:09:27) – Guild partnerships. (00:12:19) – $BREED token. (00:14:25) – BreederDAO’s competitive edge. (00:18:58) – The team & DAO structure. (00:22:27) – Critiqu...
Mar 18, 2022•41 min
Our Web3 series continues with Preethi Kasireddy , Founder of DappCamp , a hands-on experience on how to architect, develop, and scale a Web3 app on Ethereum. We dive into the differences in Web2 and Web3 application architecture including decentralized storage, blockchain querying, L2 solutions and much more. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:03:38) – Architecture of Web3 apps. (00:18:38) – Thoughts the future of wallets. (00:21:16) – Decentralized storage. (00:28:31) – Querying the bl...
Mar 16, 2022•51 min
Our Web3 series continues with Sahil Bloom , Investor and Co-Founder of The Room Where It Happens. We talk about investing in Web3, differentiating community governance and ownership, onboarding the next generation of users into crypto, and much more! Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction and Sahil’s background. (00:04:23) – XGamesDAO and governance. (00:11:13) – Community ownership and Reddit. (00:16:17) – Investing in Web3. (00:32:17) – Sahil’s Web3 focus. (00:37:32) – Industries ripe for disr...
Mar 16, 2022•49 min
In this episode, we sit down with Mark Studholme and Finn Hansen , Co-founders of MetaMundo , a project empowering 3D creators to shape the open metaverse. We discuss how NFT interoperability is technically achieved, MetaMundo’s 3D NFT marketplace, the functionality of MetaPortal NFTs, and much more! Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:09:00) – Technical structure for NFT interoperability. (00:16:20) – Monitoring and integrating upcoming virtual worlds. (00:17:38) – Marketplace on MetaMun...
Mar 11, 2022•41 min
Our Web3 series continues with Danny Zuckerman , Co-founder of 3Box Labs . 3Box Labs has been building out Ceramic Network , an ecosystem for decentralized data storage and management. We cover data interoperability in Web3, how Ceramic enables data composability, and why the dataverse is the new metaverse. Show Notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction and Danny’s background. (00:03:20) – Distributed data and storage. (00:07:13) – What is Ceramic Network? (00:17:32) – Impact of composable data structure...
Mar 09, 2022•51 min
