Talking Tokens

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Johann Kerbrat, general manager of crypto at Robinhood. Jacquelyn and Johann talk about Robinhood’s $200 million acquisition of crypto exchange Bitstamp, the company’s European expansion and long term plans in the digital asset space. Links: - Follow Johann: https://x.com/johannkerbrat - Follow Robinhood: https://x.com/RobinhoodApp - Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek - Follow Talking Tokens: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens - Follow Token Relations: https://twitter.com/Token_Relations Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LOgWxIQ0NnNUD5eXsSuoZ?si=9a9fda1d29224d57&nd=1&dlsi Subscribe to the podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-tokens/id1743669141 Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TalkingTokens Please note that this podcast is for informational purposes only and any views shared by anyone on the show are opinions, not financial advice. The host or guests may have a direct or indirect financial interest in content mentioned in this episode.

For this week’s Thursday episode, we’re sharing our Optimism quarterly webinar that was with Optimism’s chief growth officer Ryan Wyatt and Zora co-founder Dee Goens, one of the networks built on the open-source OP Stack and is maintained by the Optimism Collective.We discuss the Superchain’s growth in Q2 and how big it wants to become long term, as well as the process for funding ecosystem players and Ryan and Dee's outlook for the rest of 2024. There was also Q&A from the audience.

For this week’s Tuesday episode we’re airing the Token Relations’ quarterly webinar focused on the Avalanche ecosystem and featuring Ava Labs president John Wu. The current bull market is rubbing off positively on Avalanche as the network surpassed $1 billion in total value locked this quarter, for the first time since November 2022. Avalanche has also seen substantial growth in sectors like web3 gaming, tokenization, loyalty programs and NFTs this quarter. Its partnership with Coachella and OpenSea brought in over 55,000 ‘quests’ at the music festival and other initiatives like Re, a real world asset platform, debuted this quarter with its tokenized reinsurance fund on Avalanche.  Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LOgWxIQ0NnNUD5eXsSuoZ?si=9a9fda1d29224d57&nd=1&dlsi Subscribe to the podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-tokens/id1743669141 Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TalkingTokens Please note that this podcast is for informational purposes only and any views shared by anyone on the show are opinions, not financial advice. The host or guests may have a direct or indirect financial interest in content mentioned in this episode.

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Dermot O’Riordan, director at the POKT Network Foundation. Jacquelyn and Dermot talk about the evolution of decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN) and what’s needed to expand the sector in web3. They also discuss building demand for DePIN protocols, POKT Network’s long term plan and what types of use cases Dermot is following. Links: - Follow Dermot: https://x.com/dermot_oriordan?s=21&t=k-ieQKq46lAvyT8saL8vhg - POKT Network: https://x.com/poktnetwork?s=21&t=k-ieQKq46lAvyT8saL8vhg - Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek - Follow Talking Tokens: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens - Follow Token Relations: https://twitter.com/Token_Relations Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LOgWxIQ0NnNUD5eXsSuoZ?si=9a9fda1d29224d57&nd=1&dlsi Subscribe to the podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-tokens/id1743669141 Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TalkingTokens Please note that this podcast is for informational purposes only and any views shared by anyone on the show are opinions, not financial advice. The host or guests may have a direct or indirect financial interest in content mentioned in this episode.

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Robbie Ferguson, co-founder and president of Immutable. Jacquelyn and Robbie talk about all things in web3 gaming: how the industry is evolving, what types of games he expects to succeed in the near term and major developments on Immutable’s platform. Links: - Follow Robbie: https://x.com/0xferg - Follow Immutable: https://x.com/immutable - Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek - Follow Talking Tokens: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens - Follow Token Relations: https://twitter.com/Token_Relations Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LOgWxIQ0NnNUD5eXsSuoZ?si=9a9fda1d29224d57&nd=1&dlsi Subscribe to the podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-tokens/id1743669141 Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TalkingTokens Please note that this podcast is for informational purposes only and any views shared by anyone on the show are opinions, not financial advice. The host or guests may have a direct or indirect financial interest in content mentioned in this episode.

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Antoni Zolciak, co-founder of Aleph Zero. Jacquelyn and Antoni dive into the importance of privacy on blockchains, how the sector has evolved over the years, A0’s new private decentralized exchange, Common, and which areas could see the most growth with ZK technology. Links: Follow Antoni: https://twitter.com/AntoniZolciak Follow Aleph Zero: https://twitter.com/aleph__zero Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens Follow Token Relations: https://twitter.com/Token_Relations Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LOgWxIQ0NnNUD5eXsSuoZ?si=9a9fda1d29224d57&nd=1&dlsi Subscribe to the podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-tokens/id1743669141 Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TalkingTokens Please note that this podcast is for informational purposes only and any views shared by anyone on the show are opinions, not financial advice. The host or guests may have a direct or indirect financial interest in content mentioned in this episode.

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Denelle Dixon, CEO Stellar Development Foundation. Jacquelyn and Denelle dive into Stellar’s 10 year journey, Soroban’s roadmap since launching on mainnet, real world utility for web3-based payments, DeFi and more. Links: Follow Denelle: https://twitter.com/DenelleDixon Follow Stellar: https://twitter.com/stellarorg Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens Follow Token Relations: https://twitter.com/Token_Relations Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LOgWxIQ0NnNUD5eXsSuoZ?si=9a9fda1d29224d57&nd=1&dlsi Subscribe to the podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-tokens/id1743669141 Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TalkingTokens Please note that this podcast is for informational purposes only and any views shared by anyone on the show are opinions, not financial advice. The host or guests may have a direct or indirect financial interest in content mentioned in this episode.

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Scott Shapiro, senior director of product management at Coinbase. They discuss Coinbase’s suite of products, what advanced traders want more of, how the spot bitcoin ETF impacted the industry and when will crypto get its watershed moment to onboard the masses. Links: - Follow Scott: https://twitter.com/scottshapiro - Follow Coinbase: https://twitter.com/coinbase - Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek - Follow Talking Tokens: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens - Follow Token Relations: https://twitter.com/Token_Relations Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LOgWxI... Subscribe to the podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Wy... Please note that this podcast is for informational purposes only and any views shared by anyone on the show are opinions, not financial advice. The host or guests may have a direct or indirect financial interest in content mentioned in this episode.

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Nikil Viswanathan, co-founder and CEO of Alchemy. Jacquelyn and Nikil dive into Alchemy’s origin story, what it’s like to scale a business and maintain a culture, which blockchains developers are focused on today and how crypto and blockchain technology can impact all businesses in the long term. Links: Follow Nikil: https://twitter.com/nikil Follow Alchemy: https://twitter.com/alchemyplatform Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens Follow Token Relations: https://twitter.com/Token_Relations Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LOgWxIQ0NnNUD5eXsSuoZ?si=9a9fda1d29224d57&nd=1&dlsi=e618e463ed104548 Subscribe to the podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-tokens/id1743669141 Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TalkingTokens Please note that this podcast is for informational purposes only and any views shared by anyone on the show are opinions, not financial advice. The host or guests may have a direct or indirect financial interest in content mentioned in this episode.

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Alex Felix, the managing partner and chief investment officer of CoinFund. They dive into how Alex entered the crypto space from a TradFi background, how competitive the investor landscape is today, what projects he’s most interested in, Telegram’s deeper dive into the crypto space and the crypto venture capital market heating up. Episodes air every Tuesday and Thursday on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, X and more. For more updates, subscribe to the Talking Tokens newsletter here: https://talkingtokens.beehiiv.com/ And follow us on X: Alex: https://twitter.com/flexthought CoinFund: https://twitter.com/coinfund_io Jacquelyn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek⁠⁠⁠⁠ Talking Tokens: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens⁠⁠⁠⁠ Token Relations: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Token_Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/0LOgWxIQ0NnNUD5eXsSuoZ⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to the podcast on Apple: ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-tokens/id1743669141⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2WysLnPg6k3t_jXo-YFitg⁠⁠⁠ Please note that this podcast is for informational purposes only and any views shared by anyone on the show are opinions, not financial advice. The host or guests may have a direct or indirect financial interest in content mentioned in this episode.