CryptoNews Podcast

Gracy Chen is the Managing Director of Bitget and oversees the growth and expansion of global markets, strategy, execution, business, and corporate development of Bitget. She started her journey to crypto world since 2014, and has been an investor since the early days of BitKeep, Asia’s leading decentralised wallet.Before joining Bitget, Gracy held executive roles at XRSPACE, a VR technology company. During her time there, Gracy oversaw and led the marketing and business development functions, as well as government and public relations in the region. Formerly an anchor and producer at Phoenix TV’s technology and finance channel, one of the largest media conglomerates in China, Chen has reported on financial news and events extensively, including the World Economic Forum. During her time at Phoenix, she interviewed tech leaders, including Kevin Kelly, founding editor of Wired. Gracy was named a Global Shaper by the World Economic Forum in 2015. A graduate of the National University of Singapore, Chen will also be pursuing an MBA degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.In this conversation, we discuss:- Partnership with Messi- Synergies between football and crypto- Sports partnerships giving credibility to crypto- The competitive landscape in crypto exchange- Social trading- Crypto winter, how to navigate during a bear market- Current market trends from crypto trading- Bitget's 3-5 years goal- High-performing habits- Women in web3BitgetWebsite: bitget.comTwitter: @bitgetglobalLinkedIn: BitgetTelegram: t.me/bitgetEN Gracy Chen Twitter: @GracyBitgetLinkedIn: Gracy Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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

Collin O’Brien is the Head of Marketing at Rubic, a leading cross-chain swap service that allows users to swap assets between major blockchains in one click and with the lowest gas fees.Collin has 15+ years of experience in marketing and sales in multiple industries, including crypto, tech, real estate, and medical equipment. He has been a crypto investor for 5+ years and almost bought 1,000+ BTC in early 2011! He also was an investor in Rubic before becoming a team member.In this conversation, we discuss:- Almost buying 1,000+ BTC in early 2011- Trusting your gut - it’s your moral compass- Investing in Rubic and then joining the team- Cross-chain swaps - why are they so important?- The future is multi-chain- What are SDKs?- Competition - there are usually two big behemoths- The tedious process of cross-chain trading- Rubic's SDK - Software Development Kit (SDK)- How far away are we from mass adoption- Applications being the catalyst for growth- Cross-chain in layman's terms- Advice to 20yr old selfRubicWebsite: rubic.exchangeTwitter: @CryptoRubicDiscord: discord.gg/7EYzPbWKFQTelegram: t.me/cryptorubic_chatCollin O'BrienTwitter: @Collin_Rubic LinkedIn: Collin O'Brien ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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

Mitchell Amador is the Founder of Immunefi, the leading bug bounty and security services platform for web3 that protects crypto projects and regular users. In a span of less than two years, Immunefi has saved more than $25 billion dollars from being hacked and actively guards over $60 billion in users’ funds.Before Immunefi, Mitchell was best known for making Sophia the Robot a worldwide sensation as the CMO of SingularityNET and as the VP of Marketing at Steemit, where he drove its adoption and growth, resulting in a peak $2 billion valuation. In addition, he was a member of the rLoop Hyperloop team, drove growth for the world’s dominant web .pdf company, and helped launch the largest user-owned open world, Decentraland.In this conversation, we discuss:- Paying out over $60 million in bounties- Web3 security- How bounties get paid out- History of Immunefi- Unsexy problems being very profitable- The “Hell” lottery- Scaling - Creating frameworks and forging new pathways in business- Blockchain and crypto hacks … will they ever slow down?- Anonymous workflows- Immunefi's recent raise with Framework Ventures- Building the 911 layer of crypto- Building new systems - it's going to be weird, but it will workImmunefiWebsite: immunefi.comTwitter: @immunefiLinkedIn: ImmunefiDiscord: discord.gg/rpkPDR7pVV Mitchell AmadorTwitter: @MitchellAmador LinkedIn: Mitchell Amador  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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

Haseeb Awan is the CEO & Founder of Efani Secure Mobile. Efani Secure Mobile works with ultra-high net worth individuals on their mobile Security and guarantees protection against SIM Swap, Eevasdropping & location tracking. Haseeb is a Telecom engineer & Y-Combinator Alumni. Previously he co-founded one of the largest Bitcoin ATM networks. He has been featured on NYT, Techcrunch, WSJ, Hulu, and several international media outlets.In this conversation, we discuss:- Telephone numbers are linked to everything and it can be hacked!- Stories of people being hacked- Security tips - Efani- Decentralized Wireless (DeWi)- Distributed vs Decentralized wireless systems- Crypto evolving behind Ponzi-nomics- Can we build a better product with privacy at its front- If you’re not paying for it, you are the product- Founding BitAccess back in 2013- Founding fathers of crypto story back in Miami 2013- Staying focused and solving a simple problem- Credit score for telephone numbersEfani Secure MobileWebsite: efani.comTwitter: @efaniLinkedIn: EfaniHaseeb AwanTwitter: @haseebLinkedIn: Haseeb Awan  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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

Grace “Ori” Kwan is a programmer, designer, illustrator, and Co-Founder of Orca. Her specialty is creating simple, human-centered interfaces for deeply technical fields. Upon graduating from Stanford with a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science, she started her career as a software engineer at Coursera in the Bay Area. After that, she became an Interaction Designer at IDEO's Tokyo studio, which gave her a deep appreciation for the many and varied meanings of "good design." Outside of the space, Ori dabbles as a food writer and has contributed stories to Gastro Obscura.In this conversation, we discuss:- Design fundamentals; talking to people and finding solutions to problems- Society rewarding specialists over generalists- Orca DeFi- Orca’s climate footprint- Measuring energy consumption via SDKs and validators- Solana being energy efficient in contrast to the Solana Conference- How Web3 leaders can support climate initiatives- DeFi lego - The smart router - Creating value and not just moving value around- Reality of NFT value- Living in Mexico City- Being a food writerOrcaWebsite: orca.soTwitter: @orca_soDiscord: discord.orca.soGrace "Ori" Kwan Twitter: @oritheorcaLinkedIn: Ori Kwan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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

Markus Levin co-founded XYO Network in 2018, establishing it as the first people-powered decentralized project to connect data from the real physical world directly with blockchain smart contracts and other digital realities. Markus is a blockchain pioneer and an industry visionary regarded for his integral role in shaping the entrance and growth of oracle blockchain technology. He is also the Head of Operations of XY Labs. Markus has over 15 years of experience in building, managing, and scaling companies. After dropping out of his Ph.D. studies at Bocconi University, he began working with and leading companies in hyper-growth industries around the globe, including cutting-edge technology ventures such as Novacore, “sterkly”, Hive Media, and Koiyo. Markus mined his first Bitcoin in 2013 and has been captivated by blockchain technologies ever since.In this conversation, we discuss:- Geospatial data and trustless oracles- XYO network being a trustless oracle- Using 5 million nodes to verify information- Cryptographic handshakes- GPS spoofing apps like VPNs- Augmented reality MetaVerses- University and education being cheaper due to the metaverse and AR/VR technology- Apple entering the metaverse- XYO 2.0 ecosystem, a developer for many- Hot take; metaverse will be more than the internet… It will be our next lives.XYO NetworkWebsite: xyo.networkTwitter: @OfficialXYOLinkedIn: XYOTelegram: t.me/xyonetworkMarkus Levin LinkedIn: Markus Levin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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

Jack O'Holleran is the Co-Founder of SKALE. Jack's passion for decentralized systems and blockchain led him to join efforts with Stan Klad-ko to solve the blockchain scalability problem.Jack is a veteran Silicon Valley technology entrepreneur with a deep background in machine learning/AI technologies, and blockchain. His resume includes Co-Founder of Aktana, Co-Founder IncentAlign, and executive positions at Good Technology, and Motorola. His first work with Digital Currencies was in 2008 building a digital currency platform for Enterprise Resource Allocation. He has been an active Cryptocurrency investor and an evangelist for decentralized systems since early 2013.In this conversation, we discuss:- Dune- San Francisco- NFTs in LA- Taking back power from streaming entities- The Ethereum Merge - its implications and limitations- ETH 2.0 being eco-friendly- Gas wars- SKALE = zero gas fees- NFT Visionaries Grant Program- SKALE Ecosystem Incentive Program- Web3 gamingSKALE NetworkWebsite: skale.spaceTwitter: @SkaleNetwork Discord: discord.gg/SKALEJack O'Holleran Twitter: @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

Zak Manhire is the Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer at Fr0ntier X. Zak is a true partnership expert and led Costa Coffee’s commercial strategy and was Commercial Director for EMEA at Monster Energy closely working alongside TCCC. Most recently, he was Chief Commercial Officer for a portfolio company within The Foresight Group. Zak has experience with an endless list of major brands such as Adidas, Coca-Cola, Red Bull, Starbucks, and Uber. In this conversation, we discuss:- Starbucks x Polygon partnership- Knowing your customer- Peter Principle- The drink industry- Pivoting in business- Partnership with LG electronics- Digital mirroring- Making people feel like a shareholder- Music related industries- Fractionalizing subscriptionsFr0ntierXWebsite: fr0ntierx.comTwitter: @Fr0ntierX Discord: discord.gg/fr0ntierxZak ManhireLinkedIn: Zak Manhire  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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

Joel Dietz is the Founder of MetaMetaVerse and is a serial entrepreneur & intellectual historian who helped found several key initiatives in the cryptocurrency space, including Ethereum, MetaMask, the first smart contract educational channel, and the first academic work on cryptoeconomics. His research interests focus on the confluence of blockchain network topologies and swarm intelligence, especially how the principles undergirding decentralized organizations can be used to fuel global innovation. He also works on holonic philosophy, the evolution of jurisprudence, data-driven approaches to innovation, and smart city data architecture.In this conversation, we discuss:- Creating MetaMask and Ethereum- ETH = programmable money- Building MetaMask- MetaMask token … will it happen?- Vitalik doing CrossFit- Sharing ideas through our minds- Rendering experiences- King of France + Mississippi stock history story- Building your own metaverse via AI generator- Shopify of metaverses- Governments benefitting from the metaverse- New world royalty- Learning the rules of physicsMetaMetaverseWebsite: metametaverse.ioTwitter: @m2verseDiscord: discord.gg/TzTpmmSGXGJoel DietzTwitter: @jdietzLinkedIn: Joel Dietz---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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

John deVadoss is the Head of Development at Neo Blockchain. John worked in Microsoft for 16 years as Managing Director before moving to crypto and choosing Neo in his mission to make it the go-to blockchain for developers for creating dApps. John believes that adding functionality to the chain and growing its DeFi ecosystem is the best way to get more mainstream users on the protocol.In this conversation, we discuss:- Journey from Web1 to Web2 to Web3- Blockchain becoming economic platforms- Economic platforms = sovereignty of the individual- Lessons learned from working for Microsoft- High performance habits- Decentralization- End goal of blockchain = self-governance- What is next for the blockchain industry- Dev skills + economic skills = superpowers- N3 = platform for digitizing assets- NEO Blockchain- Onboarding the first billion people to Web3- The next evolution of blockchainsNeo BlockchainWebsite: neo.orgTwitter: @Neo_Blockchain Discord: discord.gg/rvZFQ5382k John deVadossTwitter: @john_devadossLinkedIn: John deVadoss ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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