CryptoNews Podcast

Jake Yocom-Piatt is the Co-Founder & Project Lead for Decred (www.decred.org). He is a cryptocurrency pioneer who has been using, funding, and directing the creation of open-source software for 10+ years and has been featured as an expert source for a variety of publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Coindesk, and many more. Prior to Decred, Jake funded and oversaw the creation of btcsuite, an alternative full-node Bitcoin implementation written in go, whose source code has been used in several other notable projects, e.g. Lightning Network (lnd), Ethereum, and Factom. He also is a co-creator of ZKC, a high-security asynchronous chat system.In this conversation, we discuss: - Crypto project management- Political donations- Blockchain to improve the voting process- Privacy-focused voting- Tracking campaign spending- Middle managers in Silicon Valley- Decred: Money Evolved- Bitcoin didn’t want to evolve- NGU - Number Go UP- Tracking political donations in the 2020 municipal Brazil elections- DCR Time Stamp- Fake volume on centralized exchanges- Tether ($USDT)DecredWebsite: decred.orgTwitter: @decredprojectTelegram: t.me/DecredJake Yocom-PiattTwitter: @behindtext ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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

James and Anjali Young are the Co-Founders of Collab.Land, a digital concierge for tokenized communities.James, the CEO of Collab.Land, has founded and grown web-based companies since the early 2000s and was the first developer for Meta’s (formerly Facebook) game Farmville, and worked in previous roles as a software and flash developer. An early member of the crypto community, James co-wrote a white paper on token-curated registries in 2017, was a co-creator of the Moloch DAO framework, and co-summoner of MetaCartel. James is proud to be involved in the evolution of the Internet by empowering individuals through digital ownership. In 2019, he co-founded Abridged, a parent company of Collab.Land, supporting collaborative economies with access to seamless blockchain UX. Anjali, the CCO of Collab.Land, has been participating in and leading  online communities since 1993, as both a member and a moderator. She worked as a lawyer, an adjunct professor, and in the tech startup industry for 20 years. As Anjali’s interest in crypto and passion for web2 inclusion grew, she looked to build an equitable system for all of humanity. In addition to her interest in web3 community collaboration, Anjali is an artist who has a passion for NFTs and creativity and is an advocate for all artists. In this conversation, we discuss:- Developing Farmville- Token Gating- Growth during the 2021 NFT bull run- Building out digital communities- Providing a safe space for token holders- The importance of a pro-social moment within web3 users- Future of AI and crypto- Power of social media- Tools for community building- What is successCollab.LandWebsite: collab.landTwitter: @Collab_Land_James YoungTwitter: @jamesyoungLinkedIn: James YoungAnjali YoungTwitter: @damaderocaLinkedIn: Anjali Young  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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:  

Brycent is a Web3 Gaming Creator, Partnered Twitch Streamer and the CEO of venture-funded startup Loot Bolt. Brycent is a web3 gaming OG and the biggest influencer in the space. In this conversation, we discuss:- Road to becoming the biggest web3 gaming influencer in the space- Play-to-earn is dead- Disciplines on streaming platforms- Content creation- Signing with VaynerSports- Types of Web3 games- Creating content outside of Twitter- LootBolt- Elon on buying Twitter at $44bn is a discount BrycentTwitter: @brycent_Twitch: twitch.tv/brycent Youtube: youtube.com/c/brycentLoot BoltWebsite: lootbolt.comTwitter: @LootBolt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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

Tony Saliba is the CEO of Liquid Mercury. He is an internationally renowned business leader, multi-faceted serial entrepreneur, option trading pioneer, master trader and board member of the Chicago Stock Exchange, author, shareholder, operator, and investor in nearly 100 companies. Tony has been the founding member of key companies in the trading and tech industries such as Efficient Capital Management, International Trading Institute, Liquid Point, Fortify Technologies, and more. He currently maintains a global team of staffers in offices around the US, UK, India, and China helping companies achieve high rates of growth, and identifying initiatives to unlock exponential value.In this conversation, we discuss:- Providing crypto trading powered by OTC liquidity to retail traders- Becoming an option trading pioneer- Trading discipline- Butterfly technique in options trading- Journal, journal, and more journal- Necessity is the mother of invention- Thesis and risk-reward basis- Liquid Mercury - providing liquidity to retail traders- Tony’s story of getting into crypto- Liquid Mercury’s new partnership with Gemini- FTX situation - how will this affect us moving forward- Options trading over standard equities trading- Managing risk and upsizing returns- “Staying spread is staying alive”Liquid MercuryWebsite: liquidmercury.comTwitter: @powerprocryptoLinkedIn: Liquid MercuryTony Saliba Twitter: @ajsmarketwizard LinkedIn: Anthony Saliba ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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

Jason Guthrie is the Head of Digital Asset Product for WisdomTree in Europe. Guthrie oversees WisdomTree’s digital assets efforts which include bringing new products to market, identifying opportunities to enhance existing products, driving distribution strategies, and leading client education and engagement on cryptocurrencies. He is responsible for efforts beyond the traditional product set and is actively pushing the digital asset agenda by pursuing alternative and strategic projects.Previously Guthrie was head of Capital Markets for WisdomTree in Europe for 4 years, where his team was responsible for ensuring clients had a smooth trade execution experience. Prior to joining WisdomTree, Guthrie worked at Deutsche Bank’s ETF Capital Markets group as well as Macquarie Bank as an Investment Executive based in Sydney, Australia. Jason holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from Macquarie University in Sydney.In this conversation, we discuss:- FTX Bankruptcy - Asia dominating the crypto exchange landscape- WisdomTree’s crypto and blockchain strategy- Employee headcount at major exchanges- SBF being Robinhood, acquiring distressed companies- News being broken on Twitter- The power of Twitter- Bringing traditional assets on chain- Making crypto more accessible to everyone- Tokenizing bonds- Interest rates affecting the bond market- WisdomTree Prime’s digital wallet- Mass adoption needing trusted financial institutions- Peer-to-peer ecosystemsWisdomTree PrimeWebsite: wisdomtreeprime.comTwitter: @WisdomTreePrimeJason GuthrieTwitter: @GuthrieFiLinkedIn: Jason Guthrie  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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

Alex Tapscott is an entrepreneur, writer, and seasoned capital markets professional focused on the impact of emerging technologies, such as blockchain and cryptocurrencies, on business, government, and society.Alex is the Managing Director of the Digital Assets Group at Ninepoint Partners, one of Canada’s leading independent asset management firms. Among other things, Ninepoint launched the world’s first carbon-neutral Bitcoin ETF (BITC:TSX). Alex is also co-author of the critically acclaimed non-fiction best-seller, Blockchain Revolution, which has been translated into more than 19 languages and has sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide. His latest book, Digital Asset Revolution, was published June 2022.In 2017, Alex co-founded the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI), a global think-tank investigating blockchain strategies, opportunities, and use-cases. Previously, Alex was an executive at the investment bank Canaccord Genuity. Alex is a graduate of Amherst College (Cum Laude) and is a CFA Charterholder. He lives in Toronto.In this conversation, we discuss:- Crypto in Toronto- ETH being born in Toronto- BTC + ETH = most important technological breakthrough of the last decade- Leaving banking for crypto- Writing a book- NFT based storytelling and token-gated communities- @mv3nft NFTs- Cosmos and $ATOM- Interoperability and bridges- Dollar MilkShake theory- Elon Musk twitter takeover- Big companies embracing public blockchainsNinepointWebsite: ninepoint.comTwitter: @NinepointLinkedIn: Ninepoint PartnersBlockchain Research InstituteWebsite: blockchainresearchinstitute.orgTwitter: @blockchainRILinkedIn: Blockchain Research InstituteAlex TapscottWebsite: alextapscott.com Twitter: @alextapscott ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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

Matt McGuire is the Chief Technology Officer of Caduceus and brings 18+ years of leadership, strategic business growth, and development experience. Building on his strong development background Matt overlays a passion for code and inventive solutions. Board and investor-level pitch specialist with a background as a digital innovator and emerging technology thought leader. Matt has a hands-on proactive and integrated planning approach to his leadership. He is a team builder and technical mentor with an impressive portfolio of award-winning work.In this conversation, we discuss:- UK’s PM Situation- Current economic situation- Building pitch decks - MetaVerse development advancement- Cloud edge rendering- Tapping into power users and energy savers- CMP Coin Tokenomics- Different types of metaverses- Fully EVM compatible- Caduceus Incubator- Current crypto landscape- Current economic landscape being much worse than 2008- Crypto liquidity pools have become so prominent - BTC and ETH won’t disappearCaduceus Website: caduceus.foundationTwitter: @Caduceus_CMPDiscord: discord.gg/caduceus  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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

Kadan Stadelmann is a blockchain developer, operations security expert, and Chief Technology Officer of Komodo. Komodo is a leader in blockchain interoperability and atomic swap technology. Its flagship technology and end-user application are AtomicDEX - a mobile and web-compatible non-custodial multi-coin wallet and atomic swap-powered DEX rolled into one dApp. Kadan strongly identifies with Komodo’s open-source vision and ideology. His dedication to the Komodo project is founded on an unwavering desire to make the world a better place. In addition to cryptography, blockchain technology, and development, Kadan is interested in literature, mathematics, astrophysics, and traveling.In this conversation, we discuss:- Cosmos ecosystem- $ATOM price prediction- Chance of $ATOM flipping $ETH- Cosmos being quality all around- Cosmos becoming a major player in the DeFi space- Achieving total blockchain interoperability on Cosmos- EVM-compatible blockchains- Paying fees on your own token- CosmoVerse in Medellín- Neural interfaces- Komodo HD wallet + hardware wallet KomodoWebsite: komodoplatform.comTwitter: @KomodoPlatformDiscord: komodoplatform.com/discordKadan StadelmannTwitter: @0xca333LinkedIn: Kadan Stadelmann ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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

Fuad Fatullaev is the Co-founder and CEO of WeWay, a Web3 ecosystem  for influencers and content makers to support their metaverse presence and teach them how to reach their full potential. Fuad is an entrepreneur with more than 10 years in launching and developing fintech startups in the UK and UAE. He graduated from Harvard Extension School and launched a startup partnered with McKinsey's startup club. Fuad Fatullaev ran projects with a contract value of over $16.1M and led an international team of more than 300 people in cross-functional departments.In this conversation, we discuss:- Dubai becoming the new Switzerland- Launching food delivery startups- Creating web3 ecosystems- The end of fiat currency- MADBACKPACKS- Growth of traditional gaming- Fun > financial incentives- Find-to-earn- Building mobile games- WeWay LaunchPad- Learning, Earning and Playing- Centralized exchange volume drying up- Crypto Hot takesWeWayWebsite: weway.ioTwitter: @WeWay_ioTelegram: t.me/WeWay_ioFuad FatullaevTwitter: @fuad_fatullaevLinkedIn: Fuad Fatullaev---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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

Adam Ilenich is the Head of Community at Rarible, where he oversees social media marketing, partnership activations, and Discord—all while finding ways to be involved in events and new business, too. He also co-hosts Rarible’s Monday “GM Weekly” Twitter Spaces. Prior to joining Rarible, he worked at Twitter running the @TwitterMktg handle and producing some of the highest-performing content on that channel. He has bachelor’s degrees in Journalism and Political Theory from Michigan State University.In this conversation, we discuss:- Working at Twitter- Elon Musk Twitter takeover- Crypto Twitter- Importance of community in Web3- Replying & responding to people online- Rarible 2- Long-term lockers receiving greater voting power- $RARI Buying and Listing Rewards- Community marketplaces- Royalties on NFT exchanges- Quality interactions over numbersRaribleWebsite: rarible.comTwitter: @rarible Instagram: @raribleDiscord: discord.gg/raribleAdam IlenichTwitter: @adamilenichLinkedIn: Adam Ilenich Photo credit: Doodles and Letters by Vinnie Hager ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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