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Jul 22, 2024 • 40min

#354: Sunil Srivatsa, CEO of Storm Labs, on DeFi, Loss Versus Rebalancing, Yield Farming, Points Programs, and Automated Market Making in Crypto

Sunil Srivatsa is the founder and CEO of Storm Labs, the creators of the Cove Protocol, the first onchain portfolio manager.Previously, Sunil founded Saddle, the premier open-source StableSwap with $2.2B+ in volume, and was a senior software engineer at Uber where he worked on infrastructure security, self-driving cars in the Advanced Technologies Group (ATG), and real-time analytics.Before Uber, Sunil was an early member of the data engineering team at Square.  He is also a founding partner at eGirl Capital.  Sunil earned his B.S. in Computer Science with a double major in Finance from Washington University in St. Louis.In this conversation, we discuss:- Stories from working at Uber- When company names come verbs … sky is the limit- What is Storm Labs?- The importance of onchain portfolio manager- Current global DeFi landscape- Automated market makers in crypto- Loss Versus Rebalancing- Yield farming, re-staking + points programs- Tips to deal with slippage- AI-powered investment tools in cryptoCoveWebsite: www.cove.financeX: @cove_fiDiscord: discord.gg/fvxc4p6gB2Sunil SrivatsaX: @devops199fanLinkedIn: Sunil Srivatsa ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.   PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50
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Jul 18, 2024 • 36min

#353: Burnt Banksy, CEO of XION, on Chain Abstraction, Mass Adoption, and Burning a Banksy Painting

Three years ago, Burnt Banksy’s act of burning a physical Banksy ignited global discourse on NFTs and Web3, exposing the industry's flaws. The story was covered by leading publications including Bloomberg, CoinDesk, GQ, CoinTelegraph, BBC, CBS, and is often cited as the catalyst of the NFT revolution. Now, through the XION blockchain, founder Burnt Banksy leads a mission to democratize Web3 to the masses, making ownership accessible to all by removing unnecessary barriers and complications through chain abstraction.Burnt Banksy can provide valuable insights into a range of topics, especially as they relate to chain abstraction and crypto abstraction in general—making blockchain technology easier to use for a larger audience. Burnt Banksy can also speak to ecosystem interoperability and related topics of making crypto more adoption-friendly.In this conversation, we discuss:- The decision behind burning a Banksy painting- State of the market — why create another L1?- Solving UX & fragmentation- Mass adoption - is it just a pipe dream or can crypto fully go mainstream?- Long tail crypto thesis- What is chain abstraction?- EarnOS with Uber, Baskin Robins, Sunglass Hut, The North Face, etc- Mass adoption = chain abstraction- Creating a wallet-less L1 chain- The power of micropaymentsXIONWebsite: xion.burnt.com X: @burnt_xionDiscord: discord.gg/burnt Burnt BanksyX: @BurntBanksy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.   PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50
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Jul 15, 2024 • 34min

#352: Sid Coelho-Prabhu, Senior Director of Product Management for Coinbase Wallet, on The Importance of Self Custody, The Future of Crypto Wallets, and New Coinbase Products

Sid Coelho-Prabhu is the Senior Director of Product Management for Coinbase Wallet, the self-custody wallet that serves as a gateway to the onchain ecosystem. He joined Coinbase in 2017 with a goal of helping to build a more open financial system. Prior to joining Coinbase, he was the CEO and co-founder of Savvy Investments, an online investment advisory and management service.In this conversation, we discuss:- Republican Party to implement crypto in official party platform- Working at Coinbase- Creating a trustworthy brand- The importance of self-custody- The evolution of crypto wallets- Building on base- Coinbase Wallet web app launch- One-stop destination to explore, manage, and engage with the blockchain- Coinbase’s Smart Wallet- Adoption of decentralized applications- On-chain summer- Payments in crypto is vastly underratedCoinbaseWebsite: www.coinbase.comX: @coinbaseFacebook: www.facebook.com/CoinbaseSid Coelho-PrabhuX: @sid_coelhoLinkedIn: Siddharth Coelho-Prabhu  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.   PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50
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Jul 11, 2024 • 36min

#351: Will Fan, CEO of NewCampus, on The Future of Education and Integrating Web3 Into Education

Will Fan is the CEO and Head of School at NewCampus, a challenger business school designed for emerging markets. As a partner at Open Campus, a pioneering Web3 foundation, he is deeply involved in financing groundbreaking education and future of work initiatives.His work is driven by a blend of education, community building, and exploring new industries. Over the past decade, his experiences have spanned from China and the Middle East to Southeast Asia.In this conversation, we discuss:- Price action’s correlation to attention- Overview of Open Campus- Integrating crypto and blockchain education into curriculums- Bridge between Web3 and education- Blending nodes of education problems into solutions- The future of education- Launching a new L3 on Arbitrum- Verifying education problems on-chain- Web3 financing as the catalyst for moving the needleOpen CampusWebsite: www.opencampus.xyzX: @opencampus_xyzDiscord: discord.gg/opencampusWill FanX: @hellowillfanLinkedIn: Will Fan 🕊️ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.   PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50
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Jul 8, 2024 • 32min

#350: Matthijs de Vries, CEO of Nuklai, on The Future of Decentralized Data, Crypto, and AI

Matthijs de Vries is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for blockchain technology, as well as its role in the future of data and AI. He is currently building the collaborative smart data ecosystem and decentralized data infrastructure provider, Nuklai. With extensive experience in DeFi and Web3, Matthijs is also one of the co-founders of tokenization infrastructure expert, Nexera (fka AllianceBlock), DeFi trading strategy software provider Nuant, and a strategic advisor for the smart wallet project Brillion.In this conversation, we discuss:- Why the current market sell-off- Germany and Mt. Gox market implications- How blockchain and AI work together- The future of crypto and AI- AI needing traceability, hence the need for blockchain- AI agents- Data monetization- The problem of fragmented data- Enterprise data sharing insights- Successful data collaboration initiatives- 2024 H2 predictionsNuklaiWebsite: www.nukl.aiX: @NuklaiDataTelegram: t.me/NuklaiOfficialMatthijs de VriesX: @MatthijsDeVriesLinkedIn: Matthijs de Vries ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.   PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50
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Jul 4, 2024 • 31min

#349: Shant Kevonian, CEO of EtherMail, on Web3 Email, The Future of Email, Ethereum, and How to Successfully Launch Tokens

Shant Kevonian is the Founder and CEO of EtherMail. He is responsible for setting the company’s strategy, directing its product vision, developing company culture, and managing its agendas. A technical founder with a love of computer programming from a young age, Shant left university early to join the Barcelona startup scene. He joined hospitality startup ByHours as an intern and was promoted to CTO within six months, leading a 20-strong team.Shant has developed high-performance, proprietary algorithms for several startups in his decade-long career as a CTO. He was a senior technical advisor for the interactive virtual concert platform SoundStage.fm, acquired by Audius in 2022. He is an enthusiastic gamer with a preference for RTS and RPGs, and his interests include dabbling in new technologies, entrepreneurship, and good comedies.In this conversation, we discuss:- Why the future of email is web3- The secret sauce of launching a token- 320 billion emails are sent every day- EVM compatibility- Building on Ethereum- Purpose and tokenomics of $EMT- GDPR nonsense- Getting incentivized for your data- Elite gaming setups- FOMO in crypto- The killer use case in crypto will be a consumer appEtherMailWebsite: ethermail.ioX: @ethermail_ioTelegram: t.me/ethermail_officialShant KevonianLinkedIn: Shant Kevonian  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.   PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50
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Jul 1, 2024 • 40min

#348: Arjun Bhuptani, Co-founder of Everclear, on Web3 Branding, Clearing Layers, The Power of Netting, and Rollups

Arjun Bhuptani is a co-founder of Everclear, the first clearing layer for the web3 ecosystem. He is also a co-creator of Moloch DAO, the earliest and one of the most frequently used Decentralized Autonomous Organization frameworks meant to help individuals and institutions coordinate around shared resources in a fair and transparent manner.In this conversation, we discuss:- Connext’s decision to launch a new protocol and rebrand to Everclear- Clearing layers in web3- Crypto UX and liquidity fragmentation across chains- ENS names- Web3 branding- Chain Abstraction’s dirty Secret: scalability was only possible through centralization- Why bridges alone can't solve cross-chain interactions- Solving Ethereum’s scalability issues- What is netting?- Rebalancing liquidity- H2 predictions- What is a rollup?EverclearWebsite: www.everclear.orgX: @EverclearOrgDiscord: discord.gg/everclearArjun BhuptaniX: @arjunbhuptaniLinkedIn: Arjun Bhuptani  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.   PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50
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Jun 27, 2024 • 36min

#347: Eric Chen, CEO of Injective Labs, on Institutionalized DeFi, Tokenized RWAs, and Revolutionizing On-chain Trading

Eric Chen is the CEO and co-founder of Injective Labs, the core contributor to Injective. Before founding Injective, he worked as a cryptography researcher and trader at Innovating Capital, where he led market-neutral trading efforts in the blockchain space and invested in prominent companies such as 0x, ChainLink, and Cosmos. Eric possesses extensive knowledge of blockchain protocols and traditional finance, along with a deep understanding of both Eastern and Western blockchain-based protocols and communities.Eric was featured in Forbes 30 under 30 in 2023 for his significant work with Injective. He studied finance and computer science at NYU.In this conversation, we discuss:- Institutionalized DeFi- The convergence of DeFi and TradFi- Building the fastest L1 blockchain for DeFi- High-yields in crypto- Tokenized RWAs- The need for consumer-based RWAs- Burning $INJ tokens- Micro vs. Macro environments- The current state of crypto conferences- H2 Outlook- ETH ETF underscores legitimacy of the crypto industry- Helix 2.0 upgradeInjective LabsWebsite: injectivelabs.orgX: @InjectiveLabsDiscord: discord.gg/NK4qdbvEric ChenX: @ericinjective  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.   PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50
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Jun 24, 2024 • 41min

#346: Jack O’Holleran, CEO of SKALE Labs, on Web3 Gaming, The Current Ethereum Narrative, and Meme Coins vs. NFTs

Jack O’Holleran is the Co-Founder and CEO of SKALE Labs, a gas-less EVM-compatible blockchain designed for secure Ethereum scaling. Jack is a veteran Silicon Valley Technology entrepreneur with a deep background in machine learning/AI technologies and blockchain. Formerly, Jack co-founded Aktana in 2008 and led the company's transformation from a four-person startup to a global leader in the Analytics market category, boasting over 350 employees and serving an impressive roster of Global Fortune 500 clients with its AI and machine learning platform tailored to optimize sales and marketing decisions.Jack first started working with digital assets in 2008 when he was instrumental in building a digital currency platform for Enterprise Resource Allocation and initially saw a big opportunity to bring scalability to the blockchain. Jack is a veteran Silicon Valley Technology entrepreneur with a deep background in machine learning/AI technologies and blockchain and a longstanding connection to web2 and web3 developers. ****As a previous starting receiver for the Nebraska Cornhuskers Football team, Jack is passionate about bringing blockchain technology to the sports industry to bring fans closer to their favorite teams.In this conversation, we discuss:- The state of Web3 gaming- The power of casual games- In-game economies- Current state of Ethereum- Gas-free, zero-cost minting- ETH-based L2s- Meme coins vs. NFTs- SKALE’s recent partnership with Virtualness to bring fans of Liga1 to Web3- SKALE’s partnership with Unity- Empowering developers- DeSci (Decentralized Science)SKALE NetworkWebsite: skale.spaceTwitter: @SkaleNetworkDiscord: discord.gg/SKALEJack O'HolleranTwitter: @jackoholleranLinkedIn: Jack O'Holleran ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.   PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50
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Jun 20, 2024 • 40min

#345: Vince Yang, CEO of zkLink, on The current state of L3s, What are ZK Proofs, and Aggregated Rollup Narratives

A bitcoin hodler & former engineer, Vince Yang's journey into crypto started with Bitcoin mining and gradually evolved into a deeper exploration of blockchain's potential and ZK Proofs. Vince is now the CEO of zkLink, a team dedicated to pioneering a decentralized trading reality of secure, unified liquidity with zkSnarks and blockchain's Layer 3 scaling solutions.In this conversation, we discuss:- The current state of L3 and the Aggregated Rollup Narratives- Why do we need L3 and what do they do for Ethereum- The modular narrative and decentralization- Unifying blockchains- What are ZK proofs?- Real-life examples of ZK tech- What are these L3s lacking?- Destination of settlement- Challenges in growing TVL- zkLink Nova: From zero to $ 1 billion with the Aggregation ParadezkLinkWebsite: zk.linkX: @zkLink_OfficialDiscord: discord.gg/zklinkVince YangX: @zkVinceReal ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.   PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

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