CryptoNews Podcast

Mathew Sweezey is the Chief Strategy Officer of Smart Token Labs and former Co-Founder of the Salesforce Web3 Studio, where he helped create Salesforce's first commercial Web3 products and worked with the world's largest brands on their Web3 strategy. A 2X author, his last book, The Context Marketing Revolution, was published by HBR in 2020.In this conversation, we discuss:- ERC-5169 dynamic NFTs- Smart Cats- Onboarding Fortune 500 brands via NFTs- Salesforce Web3 Studio- Tokenizing vehicles- Web3 tech powering verification- Future-proofing- Smart Token Labs - ERC-5169- xNFTs as apps- Token-2-Token messaging- Tokens are apps, wallets are browsers- All NFTs will be xNFT- Token gating- Joy ID- Smart Layer NetworkSmart LayerWebsite: www.smartlayer.networkX: @SmartLayerDiscord: discord.gg/smartlayerMathew SweezeyX: @msweezeyLinkedIn: Mathew Sweezey ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Arjun Bhuptani is the Co-Founder of Connext and understands the value of a truly universal interoperability protocol for the web3 industry. A pioneer in the space, Arjun was previously a lead developer in scaling infrastructure for Ethereum, and a co-creator of the Moloch DAO, one of the earliest Decentralized Autonomous Organization frameworks developed in 2018.In this conversation, we discuss:- SOL vs ETH narrative- Founding story of Connext- Ethereum’s scalability problem- Speed vs Decentralization- Account abstraction- Connext’s aim to create interoperability- Building the future of the Internet- 2024 outlook on intent-centric development- 2024 macro trends- Crypto being the Wild West back in the dayConnextWebsite: www.connext.networkX: @ConnextNetworkLinkedIn: ConnextArjun 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 

George Isichos is a Core Contributor at Game7, recently spearheading Game7's all-inclusive report on the state of Web3 Gaming for 2023. Before joining Game7, George was a product strategist for R3 and a strategy consultant for PWC.In this conversation, we discuss:- The state of web3 gaming- 2023 gaming trends- Web3 game development by country- Web3 gaming investments defy post-correction slowdown- Gaming-based blockchains- Blockchain wars in full swing for Web3 Gaming- Distribution challenge- Polygon, Immutable, and Arbitrum- The reality of AAA web3 games- L1s, L2s and L3sGame7Website: game7.ioX: @G7_DAODiscord: discord.gg/g7daoGeorge IsichosLinkedIn: George Isichos  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Bob Ras is the Co-founder of Sologenic, a sophisticated ecosystem built on top of the XRP Ledger. It facilitates investing and trading between crypto and non-blockchain assets such as stocks, ETFs, and commodities from the top 30+ global stock exchanges. Alongside his work at Sologenic, Bob also co-founded Coreum, the 3rd generation, layer 1 smart blockchain built to serve as a core infrastructure of future Blockchain applications. Bob is a serial entrepreneur who has established several ventures within the manufacturing, tech, and blockchain industries. Bob has been a keynote speaker at many reputable Blockchain summits globally including Malta AI & the Future Blockchain Summit in Dubai.In this conversation, we discuss:- Tokenization of stocks, bonds, real estate, etc.- 24/7 Trading- Building on XRP Ledger Networks- How tokenization democratizes asset ownership- Institutional tokenization of assets- Unveiling the liquidity crisis- Future-proofing financial services- Coreum, the 3rd generation, layer 1 smart blockchain- CBDC tool- The future of tokenization SologenicWebsite: www.sologenic.comX: @realSologenicTelegram: t.me/SOLOGENICxGoSOLOBob RasX: @bobrasXLinkedIn: Bob Ras ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Tom Mizzone is the CEO and Founder of Sweet, a premier platform for gamified digital sports collectible experiences powered by blockchain technology. With over two decades of experience as an entrepreneurial executive, Tom has a proven track record of launching, growing, and operating successful technology organizations. His expertise extends to developing and managing multi-million-dollar services and products for entertainment and media companies, often in close collaboration with some of the world’s most renowned brands. Tom's vision revolves around the belief that gamified digital collectibles usher in an entirely new category for sports leagues, teams, and athletes, creating an immersive collecting experience that is fan-first, gamified, and deeply social, strengthening the bond between fans and sports. At the heart of this vision is Sweet's groundbreaking digital collectibles program: NHL Breakaway, the official digital collectibles marketplace of the NHL, NHLPA, and NHLAA, which is centered around iconic highlights from top goal scorers, defensemen, and goalies, revolutionizing how fans experience NHL hockey.In this conversation, we discuss:- The NHL's foray into Web3 and digital collectibles- Digital collectibles' impact on sports- NHL Breakaway’s impact on global hockey fans- The future of sports collectibles- Why digital collectibles will bring Web3 mainstream- The difference between NHL Breakaway and similar platforms (like TopShot)- Platform features (Trade Lounge, freezing packs, etc)- Tracking authenticity- Digital collectible marketplacesNHL BreakawayWebsite: nhlbreakaway.comX: @NHLBreakawayDiscord: discord.gg/nhlbreakawaySweetWebsite: sweet.ioX: @sweetDiscord: discord.gg/SX8gqKXyt9Tom MizzoneX: @tmizzoneLinkedIn: Tom Mizzone   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Ansem, the king of retail trading on Twitter, shares his expertise on SOL altcoins, trading strategies, and 2024 predictions. Topics covered include SOL thesis, SOL shitcoins and airdrops, marginfi, Jupiter, drift, zeta markets, becoming a good trader, trading strategies and capital allocation, $JTO + $JUP, $BONK, and Coinbase thesis.

Avril (Spaydh) Dutheil is a Core Contributor of Neutron and is an experienced digital specialist with a background in marketing, community management, digital services, and infrastructure, with a longstanding interest in computing systems and privacy. Starting his crypto journey when he purchased Bitcoin in his high school cafeteria, Avril went on to work for big industry names, including P2P and Lido Finance, growing communities and leading strategic business initiatives. He is now focused on supporting the Cosmos ecosystem, ushering in secure cross-chain DeFi, and creating the next generation of blockchain tech.In this conversation, we discuss:- The unique value proposition of Cosmos- Cosmos’ money and user problems- The launch of wstETH- Bringing Ethereum’s liquidity to Cosmos- Improving liquidity choices and DeFi infrastructure- Entrepreneur shortage in web3- Empowering developers- Onboarding users to the Cosmos ecosystem- Neutron’s strategic investment in Confio- Neutron network’s Neutrality upgrade- Duality integration- 2023 was the role of modularityNeutronWebsite: neutron.orgX: @Neutron_orgTelegram: t.me/neutron_communityAvril DutheilX: @0xSpaydhLinkedIn: Avril Dutheil   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Harry Halpin is the CEO and co-founder of Nym Technologies, a startup building a decentralised mixnet to end mass surveillance. Prior to founding Nym, he was a Senior Research Scientist at MIT, where he led the standardisation of the Web Cryptography API across all browsers at W3C, and at Inria de Paris where he led interdisciplinary research on socio-technical systems and privacy. He was the project coordinator of the European Commission project NEXTLEAP on secure messaging at Inria de Paris, where he worked on anonymous communication and mix-networking and joined the Station F Founders programme.Harry has a Ph.D. in Informatics from the University of Edinburgh and also teaches cryptocurrency at the American University of Beirut.In this conversation, we discuss:- Lebanese banking scheme- The fall of fiat currency- Anti Fiat Social Club- Importance of privacy- IP addresses- Privacy-centric internet- Nym’s fully decentralized VPN- VPNs are finite- Mixnet- Building on Cosmos blockchain- Anonymous credentials- How AI will impact the world moving forwardNymWebsite: nymtech.netX: @nymprojectDiscord: discord.gg/nymHarry HalpinX: @harryhalpinLinkedIn: Harry Halpin   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Kavita Gupta is the Founder and General Partner of Delta Blockchain Fund. She has over 18 years of investment experience via The World Bank, IFC, and the Eric Schmidt Family office. She started one of the first Blockchain early-stage funds, ConsenSys Ventures and accelerator Tachyon. Kavita has invested first checks into sector-defining companies such as Polygon, Starkware, Quantstamp, and Sorare, to name among over 100 companies - she is also a visiting scholar at Stanford University teaching the Beyond Bitcoin class and an advisor to the Hus Institute, the UNICEF Giga project, the Katapult investment fund, the International Emmys and more. In 2015, Kavita received the UN Innovation Award for being one of the core members of creating green and social impact bonds.In this conversation, we discuss:- CZ and Binance news- The role of institutional demand- SEC decisions and regulatory hurdles- The evolving crypto VC landscape- Bitcoin ETF approval- The impact of global and geopolitical events on market dynamics- How a spot Bitcoin ETF approval could reshape the crypto investment landscape- Fostering a decentralized world- Life of a crypto VCDelta Blockchain FundWebsite: deltafund.ioX: @Deltabc_fundLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/delta-blockchain-fundKavita GuptaX: @KavitaGupta19LinkedIn: Kavita Gupta ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Conor Ryder is CFA, Head of Research & Data at Ethena, the crypto infrastructure company building USDe, the first-ever global internet bond and stablecoin not reliant on existing banking institutions. Prior to joining Ethena, Conor built his career in the traditional finance industry and pivoted into the crypto sector in 2022 as a research analyst at Kaiko, a leading crypto data provider. Conor is CFA-certified and a seasoned expert in crypto markets and industry events, and his industry insights have been featured in CNBC, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Reuters, CoinDesk, and more.In this conversation, we discuss:- Solving the stablecoin trilemma- How stablecoins or synthetic dollars can help maintain US dollar dominance- Lack of yield incentive is holding back stablecoin adoption- Difference between 'stablecoins' and 'synthetic dollars’- Stability and decentralization- Current crypto market trends- Stablecoin use cases/adoption around the world- Internet bonds- The importance of liquidity in crypto markets- USDeEthenaWebsite: www.ethena.fiX: @ethena_labsDiscord: discord.gg/ethenaConnor RyderX: @ConorRyderLinkedIn: Connor Ryder, CFA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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