Talking Tokens

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, we're sharing a fireside chat Jacquelyn moderated with Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Avara (formerly Aave), in Buenos Aires, Argentina. While on stage at the Avalanche Summit LATAM, they discuss the current state of stablecoins, tokenization of real world assets (RWAs), and opportunities to drive mass adoption through Latin America and other regions. ======================= Follow Stani: https://x.com/StaniKulechov Follow Avara: https://x.com/Avara 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's episode, we’re sharing an episode I recorded last week in a podcast studio near the Avalanche Summit, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Our guests include Michael Martin, director of Codebase at Ava Labs, and Inertia co-founders Marc Villafuerte, Anish Lathker and Kainoa Kanter. Codebase is an Avalanche-focused web3 accelerator program and Inertia is a community-led predictions market. We discuss what accelerator programs are like into today’s market, why Inertia chose to build on Avalanche, the state of prediction markets and more. ======================= Follow Michael: https://x.com/mmartinxyz Follow Inertia: https://x.com/inertia_social Check out Codebase: https://codebase.avax.network/ 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 interviewed Ava Labs co-founder and CEO Emin Gün Sirer. We recorded this during the Avalanche Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They dive into the latest developments on Avalanche in the past quarter, the Avalanche-based Off The Grid game seeing explosive success, what the Avalanche9000 upgrade really means, his outlook on Latin America, institutional adoption and more. ======================= Follow Emin: https://x.com/el33th4xor Folow Avalanche: https://x.com/avax 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 interviewed Scroll’s Co-founder Sandy Peng and Head of Growth Raza Zaidi. They talk about building an L2 in a competitive landscape, growth metrics and how the chain has evolved since its mainnet in 2023, ZK technology’s role in the broader ecosystem and more. ======================= Follow Sandy: https://x.com/sandyzkp Follow Raza: https://x.com/razacodes 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 interviewed Asher Genoot, CEO of Hut 8.They talk about Hut 8 being publicly traded, IPOs, bitcoin mining needing a new name, data centers and the role AI can play in them, among other topics. ======================= Follow Asher: https://x.com/ashergenoot Follow Hut 8: https://x.com/Hut8Corp 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 interviewed David Nage, venture capital PM at Arca and the host of the Base Layer Podcast. They talk about David’s extensive career in the digital asset world, his VC outlook, how he views the market as a long-term investor, whether or not AI is overhyped, how NFTs can be useful in the future and more. ======================= Follow David: https://x.com/DavidNage Follow Arca: https://x.com/arca 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 interviewed Alexei Zamyatin, cofounder of Build on Bitcoin (BOB). They talk about hybrid layer-2 blockchains, BoB using the OP Stack, what role the chain wants to play in merging Ethereum and Bitcoin ecosystems, the current state of DeFi on Bitcoin and more. ======================= Follow Alexei: https://x.com/alexeizamyatin Follow BoB: https://x.com/build_on_bob 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 interviewed Chiente Hsu, co-founder and CEO of Alex, a Bitcoin DeFi-focused platform. They talk about her journey from TradFi to DeFi, building a Bitcoin-focused DEX, how institutions and traditional market players are entering the space and more. ======================= Follow Chiente: https://x.com/RuleBasedInvest Follow ALEX: https://x.com/ALEXLabBTC 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, we’re sharing a fireside chat Jacquelyn moderated with Michael Sonnenshein, former CEO of Grayscale and long-time crypto veteran, at Messari Mainnet. They discuss his 10+ years at Grayscale, his outlook on spot bitcoin ETFs, institutional adoption, the IPO market for crypto, and what he’s up to now. ===================== Follow Michael: https://x.com/sonnenshein 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 Coinbase Chief Security Officer Philip Martin. Jacquelyn and Philip talk about security in crypto, the most common – and uncommon – scams and how to avoid them, what Coinbase is doing to stay safe and more. ======================= Follow Philip: https://x.com/securityguyphil Follow Coinbase: https://x.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/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.