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Sandy Carter is the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Business Development at Unstoppable Domains, a platform for user-owned digital identity. As COO, she is responsible for driving growth and developing business strategies in pursuit of the company’s mission to provide a user-owned identity for the world. She also drives partnerships and integrations for Web3 and the Metaverse. Prior to Unstoppable, Sandy was a VP at AWS, where she created and grew businesses in emerging tech, leveraging AI, blockchain, and AR/VR. Before that, she was a General Manager at IBM and a Silicon Valley start-up founder. Sandy also recently published a new book on Web3 and AI called “The Tiger and the Rabbit.” In this conversation, we discuss:- Delivering user-owned, digital identity to every person on the planet- .eth community- Importance of loyalty programs- Writing and launching books- GenZ & digital identity- Messaging with domains instead of phone numbers- Blockchain x AI- Unstoppable Messaging, a new way to build connections and community in Web3- Unstoppable partnership with Rarimo on their proof of humanity verification aggregator- Web3 domains- Giving people the power to own their data and reputation- “Drinking your own champagne”- The convergence of tech Unstoppable DomainsWebsite: unstoppabledomains.comX: @unstoppablewebLinkedIn: Unstoppable DomainsSandy CarterX: @sandy_carterWebsite: socialbusinesssandy.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Navin Vethanayagam serves as the Chief Brain of the IQ.wiki platform, working to grow the site's traffic and community. He first joined IQ.wiki, formerly Everipedia, as a founding team member at 19, gaining experience in community management, marketing, press, and international business. He was previously the Chief Community Officer of Everipedia, where he focused on growing the site's traffic by focusing on its community, social channels, and press relations. He is also the Galaxy Brain of BrainDAO, which manages the IQ token.In this conversation, we discuss:- Gracyscale winning SEC lawsuit- Friend.tech - here to stay or just a fad?- The future of AI x Blockchain- The open-source and decentralized nature of IQ.wiki- What’s IQ.wiki?- Hashing edits on Polygon- IQ GPT- The disruptive potential of collaborative AI-blockchain applications- Significance of AI-powered knowledge tools for Web3 communities- Verifying content authenticityIQ.wikiWebsite: iq.wikiTwitter: @IQWIKITelegram: t.me/everipedia Navin VethanayagamTwitter: @NavV96LinkedIn: Navin Vethanayagam   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Richard Ma is the Co-Founder and CEO of Quantstamp, a global leader in blockchain security. Quantstamp has performed more than 500 audits and secured over $200 billion in digital asset risk from hackers. Prior to starting Quantstamp, Richard was involved in algorithmic and high-frequency trading as a trading fund manager and senior quantitative strategist, most recently with Tower Research Capital. He founded Quantstamp to improve security auditing after investing in the DAO and experiencing the aftermath of the hack firsthand. Richard graduated with a degree in electrical computer engineering from Cornell University.In this conversation, we discuss:- The role security plays in helping web3 achieve mainstream adoption- Blockchain Security- Smart contract audits- Most common types of hacks- Auditing Ethereum 2.0- Chainproof, the world’s first regulated smart contract insurer- Working with companies like Visa, Toyota, and Siemens- Blockchain Futurist Conference- Richard’s journey from Quantstamp trader to founderQuantstampWebsite: quantstamp.comTwitter: @QuantstampLinkedIn: Quantstamp, Inc.Richard MaLinkedIn: Richard Ma   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Ed Marquez is a Developer Relations Engineer for Hedera at Swirlds Labs. He is passionate about helping developers get on board with Web 3 and the Hedera network. In addition to distributed ledger technology (DLT), Ed has worked on Model-Based Design and development of control algorithms for embedded systems. Ed holds a MS and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech, and is currently pursuing a MS in Business Management at Harvard.In this conversation, we discuss:- Swirlds Labs’ role within the Hedera ecosystem- Developer Relations- Hedera’s recent integration of ChatGPT’s plugin- Blockchain scalability- HBAR Foundation- Blockchain economy bolstered by AI- AI language models within Web3- The future of Blockchain x AI- FedNow instant paymentsHederaWebsite: hedera.comTwitter: @hederaDiscord: hedera.com/discordEd MarquezTwitter: @ed__marquezLinkedIn: Ed Marquez   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Dirk Lueth, is the Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Uplandme, Inc. Based in Silicon Valley, Dirk is a serial entrepreneur and an early adopter of blockchain and related technologies. In addition to being the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Uplandme, Inc., Dirk co-founded and is chairman of the Open Metaverse Alliance for Web3 (OMA3). He is the author of the bestselling book, Navigating the Metaverse: A Guide to Limitless Possibilities in a Web 3.0 World (Wiley, 2022) and the official Metaverse ambassador of the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC).Previously, Dirk co-founded European and US-based FinTech and digital media companies, including the Financial Times Deutschland and Forbatec, which SunGard acquired (today NYSE:FIS). Dirk mentored over 30 startups through his work at international startup accelerators in Silicon Valley and is a frequent speaker/panelist focusing on topics about the metaverse, blockchain, and platform economics. He studied Business Administration in Frankfurt and Paris and earned a Ph.D. from the European Business School in Germany, where he wrote his doctoral thesis about private and state-controlled currencies.In this conversation, we discuss:- In-game currencies & economies- Upland ‘Cafes’- Expanding to new cities- SuperApps- Web3 gaming- Navigating the metaverse- Importance of the community- Upland’s partnership with FIFA Women’s World Cup- State of the Metaverse- Why the future will and most be openUplandWebsite: www.upland.meTwitter: @UplandMeDiscord: discord.gg/umwJEYzPeRDirk LuethTwitter: @DirkLuethLinkedIn: Dirk Lueth   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Bobby Zagotta, US CEO & Chief Commercial Officer at Bitstamp. He came to Bitstamp from Kraken, where he served as Chief Commercial Officer responsible for strategy, business development, marketing, M&A, research and analytics, and global growth initiatives. Before that, he was a Senior Managing Director, Strategy & Execution and a member of the Executive Team for CME Group Inc., a global, publicly traded financial exchange.As CEO for the Americas and Global Chief Commercial Officer at Bitstamp, Bobby is responsible for strategy and growing our presence and business globally, as well as overseeing day-to-day operations in the Americas.In this conversation, we discuss:- Navigating regulation- Bitstamp growth- Current crypto market- Web3 innovation- Banking crisis- Training for triathlons- Regulation/American Adoption- US debt ceiling- XRP ruling- Stories from growing CME and the parallels to present-day crypto- Journey from trad-fi to cryptoBitstampWebsite: www.bitstamp.netTwitter: @BitstampLinkedIn: BitstampBobby ZagottaTwitter: @BobbyZagottaLinkedIn: Bobby Zagotta   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Rudy Koch is the co-founder of Fenix Games, which is based out of UAE. He is also the co-founder of Web 3 unicorn Mythical Games, which has raised $270M and is valued at $1.25B. Rudy has over 15 years of game development experience shipping some of the most prolific games in the industry: 5 Call of Duty games, 2 World of Warcraft expansions, 1 Disney MMO, and a handful of #1 mobile games. He is currently exploring the intersection between blockchain technology and games.In this conversation, we discuss:- Partnership with Immutable- Making money playing games- Shipping famous games like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft- Shift of gaming: pay-to-play > free-to-play > web3- Inviting players in as stakeholders- Game-specific DAOs- Gaming as a career path- Web3 allowing gamers to participate in gaming economies- Biggest advantages/features of web3 gaming compared to web2 gaming- The biggest roadblocks stifling the mass adoption of web3 gamingFenix GamesWebsite: www.fenixgames.comTwitter: @playfenixgamesLinkedIn: Fenix GamesRudy KochTwitter: @rudykochLinkedIn: Rudy Koch   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Paolo Ardoino is the CTO of Bitfinex and Tether, who also recently launched Keet.io, a Peer-to-Peer Chat App, built with the Holepunch platform that allows anyone to create apps that don’t use any servers. Paolo is also a certified meme-lord and has one of the best accounts on crypto Twitter.In this conversation, we discuss:- Tether ($USDT) FUD- Having $72.5B overall exposure in US T-Bills- Tether Excess reserves at $3.3B- Binance + Justin Sun FUD - Banking collapse- Current pressure on exchanges- Tether’s Diversification into Energy- Partnership with Government of Georgia- Tether fostering the use of P2P technology- What’s next for Tether?- Keet.io- Bitfinex P2P trading- Trade finance - the next trend in cryptoTetherWebsite: tether.toTwitter: @Tether_toTelegram: t.me/OfficialTetherPaolo ArdoinoTwitter: @paoloardoinoLinkedIn: Paolo Ardoino    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Daniel Paez is Executive Producer at Immutable Game’s flagship trading card game, Gods Unchained. As a developer of data-driven business strategies, Daniel focuses on bridging the gap between insights from a variety of players in the industry. These include linking information from business intelligence teams to key decision makers, product designers to commercial strategists, and brand management heads to social media influencers. Daniel uses a scientific approach to challenge assumptions and then to build a data-supported knowledge-base that influences business organizations, from the bottom up. Before joining Immutable, Daniel worked as the Director of Monetization for both Worldspark Studios and Big Time Studios. He also worked as the Senior Manager of Commercial Finance and Operations at Activision, and previously held several positions at gaming company, Blizzard Entertainment, most recently as Senior Manager of Publishing Intelligence.In this conversation, we discuss:- Elevating the player experience- Gods Unchained recent roadmap updates- The future of web3 gaming- New Content Creator Program- Making AAA games is more difficult than making movies- Making games vs. publishing games- Regulation for web3 gaming- New Pack Opening Experience- $GODS token- Immutable Games- Staking in web3 gaming- Season 2 + mobile soft launchGods UnchainedWebsite: godsunchained.com Twitter: @GodsUnchained Discord: discord.gg/godsunchainedDaniel PaezTwitter: @_Papalicious_LinkedIn: Daniel Paez ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Sid Gandhi is a technology leader, entrepreneur, and investor, currently CEO of web3 infrastructure company Polybase.In the past, he led product and technical strategy for simulation at Cruise, co-founded Hmatix Cybersecurity, built AR tools for the US Navy at Moback, and wrote software for iOS at Apple.In this conversation, we discuss:- Story of Polybase- Polybase Modular Architecture- Polybase Private mainnet- How is Polybase different from Ceramic & Tableland- Leveraging ZK proofs for security and scalability- Building self-driving cars at Cruise- Building AR tools for the US Navy- Writing software for iOS at Apple- Building developer databases- Sid’s $100k burritoPolybaseWebsite: polybase.xyzTwitter: @polybase_xyzLinkedIn: PolybaseSid GandhiWebsite: sidhantgandhi.comTwitter: @sidgandhi_xyzLinkedIn: Sid G. 3rd    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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