The Delphi Podcast

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Jason Choi, General Partner at Spartan Group, one of Asia’s first DeFi focused funds. The two discuss biggest wins and losses, due diligence, traits of successful crypto communities, and more. We would like to thank our sponsors for making this podcast possible. Cosmos: Cosmos is on a mission, link one million blockchains. Name brand projects like Terra, Band, Kava, and Secret use Cosmos and the Cosmos Hub to connect to every other chain in our network. Learn more at cosmos.network. Kava: With a proven track record of delivering successful projects safely, the Kava Platform is DeFi's most trusted, scalable and secure institutional grade cross-chain engine. Soon, USDC is coming to Kava! Learn more at kava.io.  Celo: Celo is a mobile-first platform that makes financial dApps and crypto payments accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Celo supports over 1000 who are building applications and issuing digital currencies from 100+ countries around the world. Learn more at  Celo.org. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to gain exclusive early access to every new interview before it's published. - Show Notes: (1:52) First Question: How Jason manages his time in the crypto industry. (6:22) Jason's thoughts on trends in a multi-chain world. (10:46) Jason's thoughts on L1s. (14:06) How Jason knows whether or not a project has a killer community. (16:30) How Jason gets comfortable with a project where the community starts to take over. (19:52) Founders / how Jason sizes up founders / red flags that avoid investing in a founder. (28:33) Gaining conviction during bear markets. (30:44) How Jason gets the conviction to invest in a project. (34:17) Jason's position on cash. (38:37) The best advice Jason’s ever gotten. (40:47) Incentives beyond money that lead Jason to invest in a project. (42:26) What was Jason biggest loss or miss and what he learned from it. (46:05) Jason's biggest accomplishment. (49:51) Jason's idol in the space / who Jason looks up to. (52:03) How Jason allocates his time effectively to portfolio companies / his favorite area to allocate his time. (53:35) Jason's thoughts on the VC model long-term. (56:56) What Jason is looking for in the next one to three years. Resources: Jason Choi: General Partner, Spartan Capital Spartan Group Website 2019 Interview More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not inve

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Arthur Cheong, founder & portfolio manager at DeFiance Capital, Asia's largest DeFi focused crypto fund. The two discuss biggest wins and losses, effective due diligence, traits of successful crypto communities, and more. We would like to thank our sponsors for making this podcast possible. Cosmos: Cosmos is on a mission, link one million blockchains. Name brand projects like Terra, Band, Kava, and Secret use Cosmos and the Cosmos Hub to connect to every other chain in our network. Learn more at cosmos.network. Kava: With a proven track record of delivering successful projects safely, the Kava Platform is DeFi’s most trusted, scalable and secure institutional grade cross-chain engine. Learn more at kava.io. Celo: Supporting over 1000+ projects from builders, developers, and even artists, who everyday create new applications and issue digital currencies from 100+ countries around the world, Celo’s mission is to build a financial system that creates the conditions of prosperity for everyone. Learn more at Celo.org. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to gain exclusive early access to every new interview before it's published. - Show Notes: (1:50) First Question: Arthur’s Intro and What is DeFiance Capital. (2:17) How long have been the fund around / how many deals have DeFiance done at a high level focus on tokens or equities. (2:48) How DeFiance works. (8:12) How Arthur draws the line on new areas to invest in. (12:30) Differences between traditional venture investing and VC in crypto. (19:36) Founders / How Arthur sizes up founders /red flags that avoid investing in a founder / anonymous founders. (31:04) Arthur’s thoughts on founders giving up control to the community. (33:26) Concentration versus diversification. (40:53) How Arthur allocates his time to funds or projects. (43:46) The best advice Arthur’s ever gotten from a crypto founder / the best advice that Arthur’s ever given someone on crypto. (46:45) How much cash Arthur has in the fund and what he thinks about it. (48:41) Arthur’s thoughts on global markets and how it affects crypto. (51:59) Arthur’s thoughts on a situation where governments take a very aggressive stance against crypto. (55:00) What was Arthur biggest loss, why did he miss it, and what is he going to do for the future so it doesn’t happen again. (58:36) Arthur’s thoughts on invest in the L1s. Resources: Arthur Cheong: Founder & Portfolio Manager, DeFiance Capital DeFiance Capital Website More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcas

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Tyler Ward and Tim Kang, co-founders of Universe, a community bootstrapping engine designed to embed community building mechanics into the way you mint and monetize NFTs. The three discuss how Universe is aggregating all NFT media components to launch an NFT community, iterating faster with a community-driven approach, and much more. We would like to thank Kava for making this podcast possible through their sponsorship! Kava gives you the ability to earn more by connecting the world's largest cryptocurrencies, ecosystems and financial applications. With a proven track record of delivering successful projects safely, the Kava Platform is DeFi's most trusted, scalable and secure institutional grade cross-chain engine. Learn more at kava.io. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to gain exclusive early access to every new interview before it's published. - Show Notes: (2:20) - First Question - Tyler´s Intro. (3:21) - Tim´s Intro. (4:26) - What is Universe. (10:39) - Walkthrough Universe's components. (14:18) - Differences between minting on Universe vs. other platforms. (21:23) - Chance of other NFT minting platforms rerouting the metadata to Arweave or putting it on something unstoppable. (25:03) - Universe's Auction House. (29:56) - Reason behind decentralization of Universe's components. (36:03) - Tyler's thoughts on the dichotomy between what Larva Labs does to promote punks and what the community does to promote punks. (39:33) - Differences between polymorphs and other NFTs / why people are going crazy for them right now. (41:09) - Tim and Tyler's thoughts on Rarities / How to describe rarity to somebody that understands Punks well / how does the rarity value dynamic work. (46:52) - Polymorph: Rolling and Re-rolling / how expensive is to buy it / bonding curve aspects. (52:52) - The Foundation / how to incentivize people to curate and get involved. Resources: Tyler Ward: Co-Founder of Universe Tim Kang: Co-Founder of Universe Universe Website More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed

Jose Maria Macedo and Jonathan Erlich sit down with Yenwen Feng and Nicholas Tong to discuss all things Perpetual Protocol, the largest decentralized perpetuals trading platform by volume. They explore Perpetual’s success to date and dive into all the details behind the upcoming Perpetual Protocol v2. We would like to thank Kava for making this podcast possible through their sponsorship! Kava gives you the ability to earn more by connecting the world's largest cryptocurrencies, ecosystems and financial applications. With a proven track record of delivering successful projects safely, the Kava Platform is DeFi's most trusted, scalable and secure institutional grade cross-chain engine. Learn more at kava.io. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as an audio interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to gain exclusive early access to every new interview before it's published. - Show Notes (2:12) – (First Question) – Yenwen and Nick's background and what brought them to crypto. (5:09) – What is a perpetual future contract / Motivations for Perpetual V2. (8:41) – Perpetual V1 / vAMM architecture. (11:19) – Process to start a market in Perp V1 and what parameters are needed before creating a market. (17:34) – Reasons for the success of Perp V1 and V2 and how intense growth has been experienced from the team’s perspective. (23:40) - Biggest learnings from Perp V1. (26:07) - How Perp V2 works. (32:19) - Yenwen's thoughts on the design trade-offs and where does Perpetual sit. (34:50) - Advantage of adopting a Uniswap V3 style model versus a centralized limit order book model. (40:36) - Yenwen's thoughts on scaling perp long-term. (41:48) - Decentralized vs. centralized derivatives (44:35) - How the decentralized derivatives market will look like in 5–10 years from now. (47:44) - Where to find Perpetual Protocol. Resources: Yenwen Fang: Co-Founder at Perpetual Protocol Nick Tong: Head of Strategy at Perpetual Protocol Perpetual Protocol Website More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.   Music Attribution: Cosmos by From The Dust |

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy hosts Seb Audet, co-founder of Zapper to discuss user growth, benefits to offering DeFi education, integration speed, communities without a token, and more. We would like to thank Cosmos for making this podcast possible through their sponsorship! Cosmos is on a mission, link one million blockchains. Name brand projects like Terra, Band, Kava, and Secret use Cosmos and the Cosmos Hub to connect to every other chain in our network. The Cosmos Hub is the port city that delivers Inter-Blockchain Communication today. Learn more at cosmos.network. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as an video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to gain exclusive early access to every new interview before it's published. - Show Notes (1:52) - First Question - Did you ever envision Zapper to be what it is today when you originally founded it? (6:34) - How Zapper got so many users without a token. (12:30) - Seb's thoughts on decentralizing and scaling the Zapper Farm feature on Zapper. (14:49) - Seb's Background. (17:44) - The idea for Education and Quest with Zapper. (23:24) - Earnings people get by completing “Quests." (24:55) - Whether the learning and education that Zapper offers will go beyond DeFi to NFTs. (30:06) - Zapper's global reach / targeting users with cultural differences. (33:33) - Zapper's app store. (35:08) - Zapper's role in NFTs. (36:58) - Zapper's competition. (40:11) - Seb's thoughts on supporting a layer two vs. supporting a new layer one. Resources: Seb Audet: Co-founder of Zapper Zapper website More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.   Music Attribution: Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US 

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Tascha Pan, co-founder of Alpha Finance Lab, which aims to be a forefront DeFi lab through building and incubating a number of DeFi ecosystems and products that capture unaddressed demand in an innovative and user-friendly way. The two discuss the Alpha Launchpad (the first-ever DeFi incubator program), the Alpha Universe and Ecosystem, value accrual to $ALPHA, and much more. We would like to thank Cosmos for making this podcast possible through their sponsorship! Cosmos is on a mission, link one million blockchains. Name brand projects like Terra, Band, Kava, and Secret use Cosmos and the Cosmos Hub to connect to every other chain in our network. The Cosmos Hub is the port city that delivers Inter-Blockchain Communication today. Learn more at cosmos.network. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as an video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to gain exclusive early access to every new interview before it's published. - Show Notes (1:37) – (First Question) – What is Alpha Finance. (4:40) – How Alpha Launchpad works / Alpha Launchpad applications. (8:10) – What Tascha looks for in a founder. (12:46) – Scaling with Alpha Launchpad incubator. (15:29) – $ALPHA token / token econ design and walkthrough. (21:10) – The value flow to $ALPHA stakers. (23:19) – Tascha's thoughts on the dichotomy between the project tokens and the $ALPHA token. (24:23) – How Alpha makes sure that the value flows are to $ALPHA stakers for 1, 5, 10 years. (27:01) – Tascha's thoughts on non-developer focused projects. (28:44) – Alpha Homora update. Resources: Tascha Punyaneramitdee (Pan Pan): Co-Founder of Alpha Finance Lab Alpha Finance Website More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.   Music Attribution: Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License h

Host Piers Kicks, sits down for Episode 31 of Metaverse Musings with Artur Sychov, the Founder of Somnium Space, to cover his immensely exciting virtual reality project. It really feels as though Artur is already living in the future, as he constantly strives to push the boundaries of what virtual reality has to offer with his deep passion for the sector. Resources: Project Website: https://somniumspace.com/  Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ASychov   Piers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/pierskicks  Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://tinyurl.com/ycvsp75h  Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for The Delphi Podcast. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Guest Host and Research Analyst at Delphi Ventures Can Gurel sits down with John Wu, president of Ava Labs, the creators behind the 3rd generation blockchain platform Avalanche. Avalanche is built from the ground up as a platform to host interoperable blockchains and enable both permissionless and permissioned use cases to bring new financial primitives into crypto. We would like to thank Cosmos for making this podcast possible through their sponsorship! Cosmos is on a mission, link one million blockchains. Name brand projects like Terra, Band, Kava, and Secret use Cosmos and the Cosmos Hub to connect to every other chain in our network. The Cosmos Hub is the port city that delivers Inter-Blockchain Communication today. Learn more at cosmos.network. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as an video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to gain exclusive early access to every new interview before it's published. - Show Notes (2:06) – (First Question) – John's Background and what brought him to crypto. (9:54) – Avalanche’s vision / what is a sub-net and how does it allow us to have permission and permission-less flows. (14:04) – Avalanche's security mechanisms. (16:08) – Enterprise use cases on Avalanche. (22:55) – John's thoughts on Layer 1s. (25:53) – Bridges to Avalanche and how to port over new liquids. (27:19) – Avalanche's advantages and its benefits for the community in the future. (31:23) – Avalanche main upgrades. (34:40) – John's thoughts on the regulatory environment in crypto how the space will evolve evolve over the next month. (37:39) – Price, Institutions, and smart people joining the crypto space. Resources: John Wu: President of Ava Labs Ava Labs Website Avalanche Website More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.   Music Attribution: Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Barney Mannerings, co-founder of Vega, a protocol for creating and trading derivatives on a fully decentralized network. The two discuss the protocol’s ability to allow for any derivative contract to be built, dynamic incentives, and much more. We would like to thank Cosmos for making this podcast possible through their sponsorship! Cosmos is on a mission, link one million blockchains. Name brand projects like Terra, Band, Kava, and Secret use Cosmos and the Cosmos Hub to connect to every other chain in our network. The Cosmos Hub is the port city that delivers Inter-Blockchain Communication today. Learn more at cosmos.network. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as an audio interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to gain exclusive early access to every new interview before it's published. - Show Notes (1:37) – (First Question) – Barney's Background and what brought him to crypto. (8:33) – Vega's Elevator Pitch. (10:08) – Problems in the centralized financial system that Vega is attempting to solve. (12:46) – Where is Vega in its development timeline. (14:51) – How Vega works and use cases. (22:43) – Modularity of Vega / how easy it is to implement a derivatives contract on Vega. (27:01) – Vega's Competition. (30:19) – Why Vega chose to build its own chain. (39:29) – Incentivizing liquidity providers. (43:23) – Risks and initiatives. (46:44) – Vega's fee structure. (49:56) – What is "Wendy" / how it tackles the MEV problem. (55:35) – Barney's thoughts on inter-blockchain communication (IBC). (57:15) – Dealing with lag between moving collateral between chains or cascading liquidations. (59:18) – What’s keeping Barney up at night. Resources: Barney Mannerings: Co-founder of Vega Protocol Vega Website More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.   Music Attribution: Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons

Hosts Piers Kicks, Anil Lulla, and Yan Liberman sit down for Episode 30 of Metaverse Musings with Gabby Dizon, Founder of Yield Guild, to talk through his groundbreaking project directly impacting the lives of thousands of people all over the world. Delphi backed Yield Guild early on and are proud to continue to support the journey. We couldn’t be more excited for what the future holds and firmly believe that the project will revolutionize the way we perceive work. Tune in for a glimpse of the future. Resources: Project Website: https://yieldguild.io/  Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo-BrASMHU4 Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/gabusch Piers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/pierskicks Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi   More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://tinyurl.com/ycvsp75h  Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for The Delphi Podcast. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.