

The DeFi Decoded Podcast
Alex Tapscott & Andrew Young
Weekly market commentary and conversations on crypto and the future of finance. Co-hosts Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young break down market trends and interview the founders, investors, and leaders shaping the industry. Where Wall Street and crypto converge.
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Jun 23, 2023 • 52min
DeFi Decoded - Bringing Real World Assets into the Digital World – The Noble Approach
Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guests Jack Zampolin of Strangelove and Jelena Djuric of Noble. Listen in as they discuss Noble's emerging role in the Cosmos ecosystem onboarding USDC, how they pitched themselves to Circle and won the partner role for Cosmos, the chain's underlying business model, tokenizing other real-world assets (RWAs) beyond stablecoins, exciting DeFi trends to monitor this upcoming year, the sustainability of different chains' reward incentives, earning yield by holding stablecoins, and more!

Jun 16, 2023 • 27min
DeFi Decoded - Our 100th Episode! UK Goes all in on Web3, plus the market reacts to the US Regulatory Crackdown
We are celebrating our 100th Episode! Thanks to our listeners and fans for your loyalty, feedback and support. It's been quite a ride, but just like the industry we cover, the future for DeFi Decoded is bright and we're only getting started! Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss an insightful macro roundup and its implications for crypto, Bitcoin's newfound divergence from traditional asset classes, current venture capital cheque sizes into Web3 projects, institutional investor sentiment, how the SEC lawsuits last week are affecting altcoins, a16z's international expansion to the United Kingdom, all-things crypto regulation in the United States, what market phase we may be at, and more!

Jun 9, 2023 • 40min
DeFi Decoded - U.S. Crackdown on Crypto Intensifies. Plus: Making Bitcoin Fun Again!
Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest FarmerJoe, an OG Bitcoin Ordinal Whale. Listen in as they discuss the definition of a Bitcoin Ordinal, their growth and evolution, their impact on the Bitcoin network, how they take on those that critique them, the sustainability of their demand, whether the network has the capabilities to support them at greater scale, whether Ordinals can bring value and serve as a price catalyst for Bitcoin, the SEC's recent lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase, and more!

Jun 2, 2023 • 37min
DeFi Decoded - Unpacking Beijing's Web3 White Paper, Circle's Euro Coin, and Crypto's Course
Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Beijing's recently released "Internet 3.0 Innovation and Development White Paper," the current standpoint of China's crypto ecosystem, Circle launching Euro Coin (EUROC) on the Avalanche blockchain, a macroeconomic roundup, predicting the next big crypto market catalyst, assessing Web3 project economics and cost structures, and more!

May 25, 2023 • 34min
DeFi Decoded - Casting an Encrypted and Compliant Blockchain with Elena Nadolinski of Iron Fish
Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest Elena Nadolinski, Founder and CEO of Iron Fish. Listen in as they discuss Elena's incredible journey from working at Microsoft and Airbnb to Web3, private yet compliant-friendly protocol designs, exciting types of potential new use cases and applications, Iron Fish's asset issuance functionality and tokenomics, $IRON utility, the network's node running sustainability, and more!

May 19, 2023 • 31min
DeFi Decoded - Opening Your Eyes to Sam Altman's WorldCoin Crypto Project
Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss a roundup of current macroeconomic themes, the looming debt ceiling situation in the United States, potential Bitcoin selling pressure resulting from the U.S. government's Silk Road seizure, newfound popularity of Bitcoin ordinals, and all things OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's crypto project, WorldCoin!

May 11, 2023 • 43min
DeFi Decoded - Is America Closing its Doors to Web3? With Sheila Warren of the Crypto Council for Innovation
Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of DeFi with special guest Sheila Warren, CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation. Listen in as they discuss Sheila's Web3 origin story, experience spearheading blockchain at the World Economic Forum, day-to-day work at the Crypto Council for Innovation and its source of funding, root causes of the banking crisis, the big geopolitical picture in the race to establish clear legislation governing crypto, and more!

May 3, 2023 • 32min
DeFi Decoded - Consensus Time - What's Going on in Web3
Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Alex's insights from the Consensus 2023 conference, the state of venture capital funding, a macroeconomic market analysis, factors that may impact crypto moving forward, Bitcoin's halving less than a year away, Coinbase's international perps exchange, and more!

Apr 28, 2023 • 35min
DeFi Decoded - From NASA's Lab to Web3's Frontier: A Cosmic Journey with Chjango Unchained of Interchain.FM
Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of DeFi with special guest Chjango Unchained, Host of Interchain.FM. Listen in as they discuss Chjango's incredible journey into Web3, experience working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, the importance of an ecosystem development role, what's happening in Web3, exciting projects in Cosmos, Interchain.FM's audience, and more!

Apr 18, 2023 • 35min
DeFi Decoded - Sky's the Limit: The Potential of Web3 Gaming with Aleksander Larsen of Sky Mavis
Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest Aleksander Larsen, COO and Co-Founder of Sky Mavis. Listen in as they discuss Aleksander's intersection of gaming and Web3, experience with and learning lessons from Axie Infinity, exciting blockchain-based gaming applications, the response from large traditional gaming studios, the future outlook for Web3 gaming adoption, and more!


