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Matthew Graham is the Managing Partner of Ryze Labs and one of the key drivers of the firm's long-term strategic vision and mission. Matthew founded Ryze in 2015, initially as a sell-side tech investment banking platform focusing on representing international technology companies for strategic partnership and investment in emerging markets. Matthew has been involved in the blockchain industry since 2013 and has supported many great entrepreneurs and companies through good and bad times.In this conversation, we discuss:- BTC ETF was a huge success, even though the price of BTC didn’t rise- BTC CME Futures open interest- Analysis of ETF flows- 2024 investment narratives- ETH ETF- Celsius’ overhang on assets like ETH- Asia versus Western Markets- VC investing strategy- Ordinals being far more popular in China vs the West- The secret sauce of making a pitch deckRyze LabsWebsite: www.ryzelabs.ioX: @RyzeLabsInstagram: @ryzelabsMatthew GrahamX: @mattyryze  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Greg Magadini, Director of Derivatives at Amberdata, spent over a decade as a professional trader in traditional finance markets with proprietary firms such as SMB Capital, Chopper Trading, and DRW before co-founding and working as CEO of Genesis Volatility, a leading crypto options insights provider. Genesis Volatility was acquired by Amberdata in 2022 to grow their options data analytics capabilities for their roster of institutional clients such as Citi, NASDAQ, Franklin Templeton, and more.In this conversation, we discuss:- Bitcoin ETF- Crypto derivatives- Choosing which ETF to invest in- Data gathering- Differences between volatility and implied volatility- ETF news driving the market- DEX pool data- Buy the rumor, sell the news- On-chain data- 2024 trendsAmberdataWebsite: www.amberdata.ioX: @AmberdataioLinkedIn: AmberdataGreg MagadiniX: @genesisvolLinkedIn: Greg Magadini, 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 

Dan O’Prey is Bakkt’s Chief Product Officer. Dan most recently served as Chief Strategy Officer as part of the executive team at Digital Asset, creators of the Daml smart contract language. He was responsible for defining the corporate strategy and aligning the top-level product strategy, assisted with over $300 MM of financing, and oversaw marketing and communications across the firm. Dan joined Digital Asset as part of the acquisition of Hyperledger, the first permissioned distributed ledger platform, where he was co-founder and CEO. Dan then co-led the creation of Hyperledger at The Linux Foundation, where he participated at the board level since inception and was elected as the Chair of the Marketing Committee for 3 consecutive terms.Prior to Hyperledger, Dan was the cofounder and CEO of MadeiraCloud, a Sequoia Capital backed SaaS company for designing, monitoring and managing cloud infrastructure resources based in Beijing, China. The company later rebranded to HyperHQ and was acquired by Ant Financial. Dan is a frequent public speaker and co-created the Synchronize DLT and Crypto conference. He holds a BA in Business Management and Information Management from the Sheffield University Management School.In this conversation, we discuss:- Bitcoin ETF- Bitcoin in public markets- 2024 Outlook- Bakkt’s key focus areas- Custody- Lightning Network- State of the market- Building in bear markets- Interoperable P2P commerce- Bakkt’s partnership with UnchainedBakktWebsite: bakkt.comX: @BakktLinkedIn: BakktDan O'PreyX: @danopreyLinkedIn: Dan O'Prey ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Aaron Evans is Head of Operations at Moonbeam Foundation. Aaron is an experienced software engineer, executive, and technical leader. He has been working with Moonbeam and ecosystem projects since 2021. He is skilled in crypto, people management, and startups.In this conversation, we discuss:- Blockchain scalability- Scalable L1s (Solana, Sui, Aptos, etc.)- Decentralization / Governance- Emerging markets for blockchain- Crypto in Latin America- Introduction to Moonbeam- New opportunities for DeFi on Moonbeam- DEXes, staking, liquid staking, lending/borrowing- Polkadot 2.0/DOT unlock- The future of ETH- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu certifications on Moonbeam- Tech stack consolidation- 2024 trendsMoonbeam NetworkWebsite: moonbeam.networkX: @MoonbeamNetworkTelegram: t.me/Moonbeam_OfficialAaron EvansX: @DoubleARon2048LinkedIn: Aaron Evans ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Veronica Wong is the CEO and Co-Founder of SafePal, the comprehensive non-custodial crypto wallet suite with 10+ million users across hardware wallet, mobile app, and browser extension wallet solutions.With a decade of experience in Big Tech/Fortune 500 companies like Tencent — Veronica leaped into crypto with SafePal in 2018 and has been committed to solving security, UI, UX, issues for crypto users, and cross-chain interoperability for 100+ blockchains (EVM and non-EVM).In this conversation, we discuss:- War of the Web3 wallets- Multi-Party Computation- Account Abstraction- 2024 trends and predictions for which Web3 verticals- The recent Ledger exploit- Bridging the language gap- Developments in project trends- 2024 user patterns- Life in Singapore- Working for TencentSafePalWebsite: safepal.comX: @iSafePalTelegram: t.me/SafePal_officialVeronica WongX: @V_SafePalLinkedIn: Veronica Wong   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Josh Jones is the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Cornucopias Game. Josh is an experienced startup entrepreneur for the last 25 years, specializing in building marketing teams and crafting strategies to go to scale. Discontent with existing monetary systems drives his passion for the crypto and blockchain industry. He is the Co-Founder and stake pool operator of Grow Your Stake [GYS], a mission-driven, #cleanwaterforall, Cardano stake pool. He is also half of the Cardano-based YouTube podcast Cardano Chats. In this conversation, we discuss:- Massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)- Unreal Engine 5- Building on Ethereum and Cardano- Cardano NFTs- Increasing interoperability- Status of Cornucopias- The power of lore- $COPI- Node sale- Building AAA-rated games- Creating avatars- Expansion strategy for daily active users- AI in web3 gamingCornucopias Website: www.cornucopias.ioX: @CornucopiasGameTelegram: t.me/cornucopiasgameofficialJosh JonesX: @keyofjoshuaLinkedIn: Josh Jones   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

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