The DeFi Decoded Podcast

On this episode, Andrew and Alex break down their top narratives, trends, and predictions for 2022. Listen in to hear all the predictions and understand why we've made them. As we say, the future is not something to be predicted, it's something to be achieved. Ninepoint and Prophecy DeFi are working to achieve that better future.

On this very special final (DOUBLE) episode of 2021, Alex and Andrew sit down with Ryan Selkis (@twobitidiot), co-founder, and CEO of Messari, the leading crypto asset data and research company, to talk about the big trends that emerged in 2021 and share some eye-opening predictions for 2022 - from DeFi to stablecoins, NFTs, regulations, and more.

On this episode of DeFi Decoded, Andrew and Alex ask Greg some important questions, including: What problems does a decentralized cloud solve? Who are the biggest users? Can decentralized clouds scale? How long until Fortune 50 companies are migrating to decentralized cloud? What are the implementation challenges? And much more.

On Today's episode of DeFi Decoded, Alex and Andrew sit down with Peng Zhong, CEO of Tendermint. Peng leads a world-class team that builds applications to improve the usability, accessibility, and safety of blockchain for developers and end-users. Tendermint is a core contributor to the Cosmos ecosystem, which houses more than 250 blockchain projects and secures over $100B in digital assets. Projects on the Cosmos ecosystem include Binance Chain, Terra, Crypto.com, ThorChain, Osmosis, Kava, Fetch.ai, Injective Protocol, Persistence, Akash, Regen, and many more. Peng shares his vision for a more accesible and open version of DeFi, how airdrops drive value creation to Cosmos and why Interchain security is the next big thing for ATOM.

On today's podcast, Alex and Andrew are joined by Jake Hannah, the COO and co-founder of SX Network, to discuss Polygon and the SX Network project. SX Network is the first project to build a blockchain using the Polygon SDK. Like how Polygon inherits its security from Ethereum, SX Network inherits its security from Polygon making SX the first unofficial "layer 3" blockchain. In today's episode, we'll be talking about the future of blockchain scalability, focusing on Polygon and SX Network. We also cover the blockchain prediction market space, and a variety of topics across the DeFi and broader crypto space! Up and coming blockchain 'Layer 2' platform Polygon, with its unique blend of scalability solutions, has been gaining in popularity as a solution to Ethereum's scalability problems. In about a year, Polygon has built the largest and most dominant Ethereum layer 2 network in the world, but it faces competition from insurgent Layer 1 projects like Avalanche and Solana for developer mindshare. To combat this, Polygon is attracting talent with their Polygon SDK (software developer kit), which enables projects to build their own Ethereum compatible blockchains with Polygon serving as the base security layer.

DeFi Fan Favorite Charlie Morris, GP of CMCC Global, is back! This time he joins to discuss his views on the Layer 1 wars which have been lighting up crypto twitter recently. Charlie and the guys talk about the concept of so-called "Ethereum killers," new protocols like Solana, Terra and Avalanche which are capturing DeFi market share from Ethereum. They debate whether 'Ethereum killer' is the correct framing, whether one chain will rule them all and how many of these new protocols will stand the test of time. Charlie also shares some thoughts on his recent trip to Lisbon to attend the Solana Breakpoint event. One big take-away was the rise of gaming, social media and other Web3 applications taking greater prominence. I guess crypto really is eating the world.

On today's episode of DeFi Decoded, Alex sits down with Ethan Buchman, co-founder of Cosmos and inventor of Tendermint, the consensus algorithm which powers a huge chunk of the blockchain economy. Ethan is a true polymath, versed in biology, philosophy, and political economy, which informs his view on how blockchain can bring about a more sustainable and just world and a new kind of financial system called Regenerative Finance (ReFi). Ethan is also an enormously successful entrepreneur: In less than three years, Cosmos has grown into a nearly $10 billion protocol that supports hundreds of different blockchains and over $100 billion in value. Investors in the original token offering for Cosmos ($ATOM) are up approximately 300x their money. As the "internet of blockchains" Cosmos is knitting together different platforms into one interoperable network. In addition, the DeFi ecosystem on Cosmos is growing fast, with Osmosis nearing in on $1 billion in TVL since launch.

On today's DeFi Decoded, Andrew and Alex speak to Luigi DeMeo, reformed Wall Street trader turned DeFi entrepreneur, evangelist, and community builder. Luigi currently oversees DeFi for Ava Labs, the software development company that supports the Avalanche ecosystem. Luigi tells the guys about his personal journey, which started on the Citigroup trading floor and how he fell down the Ethereum rabbit hole and ended up going full-crypto. He explains what makes Avalanche different, what problems it solves, who is building on the protocol, how it could be adopted by traditional financial players, and where DeFi on Avalanche is headed next. This is a must-listen for newbies and veteran DeFi traders.

In this episode, Andrew and Alex sit down with DeFi pioneer Galia Benartzi, co-founder of Bancor and inventor of the Automated Market Maker, now a building block of Decentralized Finance (DeFi). Galia is also a member of the advisory council of Prophecy DeFi (PDFI-CSE). Galia has appeared on BloombergTV and CNBC, and has spoken at the United Nations. Previously, she was a Venture Partner at Peter Thiel's Founder's Fund, a founding member of Summit Powder Mountain, and the organizer of Bretton Woods 75, a commemoration event evaluating the historic monetary accords. Galia provides her perspective on the origins of DeFi, why DeFi matters, the most exciting areas of growth and more.

On today's episode, Andrew and Alex are joined by Sunny Aggarwal, Co-founder of Osmosis ($OSMO), a Decentralized Exchange (DEX) on the Cosmos blockchain network which, in only nine months, has soared to US$600 million in Total Value Locked. Osmosis is attracting capital from across the industry including from some of the most influential investors: On the day we recorded the podcast, Paradigm, the multi-billion crypto VC firm, announced a major investment of $21 million to help Osmosis accelerate its growth. It was the first DEX investment Paradigm made outside of the Ethereum ecosystem, evidence of Osmosis' growing important to the future of DeFi. Sunny tells us about the origin of Osmosis, his vision for blockchain interoperability and composability, the innovative feature set of Osmosis, the importance of privacy in blockchain transactions, why traditional finance people should be paying attention to DeFi and much more.