Web3 Innovators

In this episode of Web3 Innovators, Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to Maria Pennanen, co-founder of Accelerator Frankfurt and CEO of Mindclip Behaviour.Maria is an established angel investor and entrepreneur, and leading voice in the European startup ecosystem. She is ranked #1 top fintech influencer in the DACH region and also among the top 50 most influential women in startups in Europe. In the conversation Maria discusses the parts of the Web3 ecosystem that she is most excited about, diversity in Web3 and some of the mistakes and misconceptions that founders have which prompted her to write her book 'How to Fuck Up your Startup'.Maria has been through the highs and lows of Web3 during the past 5 years, and we're sure you’ll find some great takeaways from the conversation.Find out more - https://www.mariapennanen.comWatch this podcast here.To order your copy of the Number 1 Best Seller 'The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook, head to https://www.web3labs.com/innovatorsConnect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

In this episode of Web3 Innovators, Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to James Carlyle & Cais Manai of Obscuro Network.Cais and James have both spent a number of years working at R3 on their Corda platform, before last year switching their focus to work on the Obscuro Network. The Obscuro Network is privacy first Ethereum layer 2 network.Lots of topics are covered in this discussion including how the Obscuro project came to be, the different approaches it is taking to privacy on blockchains compared with other L2 solutions such as ZKP and some of the new challenges they will need to overcome.This conversation is a fantastic primer on the Obscuro Network’s approach to privacy, and also very helpful to understand the privacy limitations in many of the ZKP based layer 2 networks. We're sure you'll gain valuable takeaways from it too.Find out more - https://obscu.ro/To order your copy of the Number 1 Best Seller 'The Blockchain Innovator's Handbook, head to https://www.web3labs.com/innovatorsConnect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

In this episode of Web3 Innovators, Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to Marley Gray, Principal Architect - Carbon & ESG at Microsoft, and founder of the Interwork Alliance, part of the GBBC.Marley is both a blockchain and enterprise veteran. He spent his first 15 years at Microsoft working with Financial Services firms, then in 2015 was responsible for putting blockchain on the radar of Satya Nadalla, the Microsoft CEO, and securing Microsoft's headline sponsorship of the Ethereum DevCon2 conference in London.In the conversation Conor and Marley go deeper into these earlier days of blockchain at Microsoft, before discussing the Token Taxonomy Framework which Marly created, and his current work which is helping to supporting Microsoft’s goals of become carbon negative by 2030.Marley has a wealth of experience and expertise that we are really happy to be sharing with you in this conversation.Connect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

In this episode of Web3 Innovators, Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to Min Kim - Founder of the ICON Network.ICON is one of the leading aggregator blockchains providing interoperability across multiple chains via its blockchain transmission protocol BTP.In the conversation, Min and Conor discuss how the landscape has changed for blockchain companies wanting to raise funding since the ICON networks successful ICO in 2017. Why interoperability is so important for blockchains and some of the big things happening in ICON this year, including their recently announced $200m ecosystem fund and upcoming ICE network.Prior to founding the ICON network, Min has worn multiple hats, having worked in the banking and technology sector as well as being an entrepreneur. Given his professional background, we're sure you’ll find this conversation fascinating with plenty of insights.Connect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

Blockchain Innovators is now called Web3 Innovators!In this special episode of Web3 Innovators, Alex Banks, former Head of Innovation, NatWest Markets and CTO/Co-founder, Pet Proactive Insurance, interviews Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, at the launch event for his new book - The Blockchain Innovator’s Handbook: A leader’s guide to understanding, adopting and succeeding with this disruptive technology. Conor is certainly a Web3 Innovator, he spent his first decade in work in and around the financial markets, which crossed the time of the financial crisis. Find out how this influenced his career path and his big takeaways from the experience. In 2017, Conor wrote the Web3J Library, the Java and Android library for working with Smart Contracts and integrating with Ethereum blockchains. He has also been central to the London Ethereum community since its inception. Conor explains how he how he first became interested in Ethereum and how this led him to writing the library which has been downloaded over 1 million times, thanks to usage by companies like J.P Morgan, Opera, and Samsung.This is an inspiring conversation which also delves into how Conor started his own company Web3 Labs, which has built an impressive client base - Microsoft, Consensys, JP Morgan. There’s also a Q+A section from the audience where Conor gives his expert opinion on topics like decentralised identity, voting and DAOs.If you’d like to learn more about the The Blockchain Innovator’s Handbook, please head to web3labs.com/innovators.Watch this podcast here.Connect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

In this episode of Blockchain Innovators, Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to Raoul Pal, co-founder & CEO of RealVision,  and founder of the Global Macro Investor. This is a conversation Conor had with Raoul Pal at the launch event for his new book - The Blockchain Innovator’s Handbook: A leader’s guide to understanding, adopting and succeeding with this disruptive technology. Raoul was also kind enough to write the forward for the book. In the conversation, Conor and Raoul discuss why blockchain is such an important topic, why Raoul wanted to get involved with this project and why he believes this is such an important book.It's a short conversation, but we're sure you’ll have plenty of takeaways including, how Real Vision is adapting their business to embrace Web3.If you’d like to learn more about the book, please head to web3labs.com/innovators.Watch this podcast here.Connect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

In this episode of Blockchain Innovators, Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to Ajit Tripathi, Head of Institutional Business at Aave.Ajit has been very involved in a number of significant projects and initiatives, having co-founded PwC’s UK Blockchain and smart contracts practice. He went on to work for ConsenSys where he built out their fintech focussed products at services, before joining Aave.In the conversation, a number of topics are discussed including where the regulatory landscape is headed with regards to DeFi and how Ajit sees it converging with traditional finance.Given Ajit’s breadth of experience across blockchain and DeFi from an institutional perspective he brought a wealth of insights to the discussion, which we're sure you’ll enjoy.Watch this podcast here.Connect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

In this episode of Blockchain Innovators, Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to Brantly Millegan - Director of Operations at ENS.Brantly has spent the past 3 years working on the ENS project who recently transitioned to a DAO based governance model. In the discussion they cover how Brantly first got involved in the project, why ENS could become the standard for identity in Web3, and how Budweiser is using it!The ENS project is a core piece of Web3 infrastructure and it was absolutely fascinating to hear from Brantly on their journey so far and where they’re headed!Watch this podcast here.Connect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

In this episode of Blockchain Innovators, Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to Doug Petkanics, CEO & founder of Livepeer, a decentralized video streaming network. In the conversation Doug discusses why Livepeer is such a critical piece of infrastructure not just for the Web3, but also Web2 companies, especially those who aren’t at the scale of Amazon or Google. He also talks about how Livepeer has managed to tap into an almost endless supply of GPUs to power the network’s transcoding thanks to cryptocurrency miners and how streaming video can work alongside NFTs for creators.Doug’s been immersed in the blockchain ecosystem for the past five years, and we know you'll enjoy hearing his perspective on where we’re heading with the Web3.0.You can watch this podcast here.Connect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs

In this episode of Blockchain Innovators, Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, talks to Maxim Galash, CEO Coinchange.In the conversation Conor and Maxim discuss how he first got pulled into blockchain and how CoinChange came to be. They go into detail about the regulatory climate with respect to cryptocurrency and the many regulators that businesses like Coinchange need to engage with to bring innovative products to market.Maxim Galash - @maxgalashhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/maximgalash/CEO@coinchange.ioWatch this podcast here.Connect with Us Join the Web3 Innovators community and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.Contact Chainlens: Twitter | Discord | Telegram Explore Chainlens Email Chainlens Contact Web3 Labs: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Discord | Tiktok Explore Web3 Labs Email Web3 Labs