The Milk Road Show

In this episode we talk about how stablecoins will be the key to onboarding 1 billion people onchain. 🤝 HELP US GROW 🤝 Subscribe to the Web3 Academy Podcast 🔥SUBSCRIBE TO THE WEB3 ACADEMY NEWSLETTER 🔥:  https://bit.ly/web3academy_memberships_pod  🐇 Go down the Web3 Rabbit hole with our FREE Web3 Foundations Course:  https://bit.ly/web3academy_rabbithole_pod  💸 Learn how to invest successfully in web3 with our Investing Masterclass: https://bit.ly/web3academy_investmentmasterclass_pod  👥 JOIN OUR COMMUNITY ON DISCORD 👥: https://w3academy.io/web3-academy-membership/  ✊ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL! ✊ 👉 Web3 Academy Twitter: https://twitter.com/web3academy_  👉 Kyle Reidhead: https://twitter.com/KyleReidhead  👉 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4kjIjZ7gBNgbYasqLQJEEy  👉 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/web3-academy/id1611073208  🚀 SPONSORS 🚀 Paragraph: Write content, grow your audience, and foster a community like never before - ⁠https://bit.ly/3OeMbMs 💥 EXTRA LINKS 💥 Stablecoins Dashboard - https://dune.com/web3academypro/stablecoins  Stablecoins PRO Report - https://paragraph.xyz/@web3academy/w3a-pro-how-stable-are-stablecoins

In this episode Zhen talks about consumer applications and the importance of web3 new use cases. 🤝 HELP US GROW 🤝 Subscribe to the Web3 Academy Podcast 🔥SUBSCRIBE TO THE WEB3 ACADEMY NEWSLETTER 🔥:  https://bit.ly/web3academy_memberships_pod  🐇 Go down the Web3 Rabbit hole with our FREE Web3 Foundations Course:  https://bit.ly/web3academy_rabbithole_pod  💸 Learn how to invest successfully in web3 with our Investing Masterclass: https://bit.ly/web3academy_investmentmasterclass_pod  👥 JOIN OUR COMMUNITY ON DISCORD 👥: https://w3academy.io/web3-academy-membership/  ✊ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL! ✊ 👉 Web3 Academy Twitter: https://twitter.com/web3academy_  👉 Kyle Reidhead: https://twitter.com/KyleReidhead  👉 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4kjIjZ7gBNgbYasqLQJEEy  👉 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/web3-academy/id1611073208  🚀 SPONSORS 🚀 Paragraph: Write content, grow your audience, and foster a community like never before - ⁠https://bit.ly/3OeMbMs 🎙 GUEST INFO 🎙 Zhen Yu Twitter: https://twitter.com/zenzhenyu Website: http://web3auth.io/

Guest Sam Spratt discusses Grayscale's win against the SEC, the classification of NFTs as securities, Twitter's new license for crypto payments, Western Union adopting Ripple's blockchain, NFL launching NFTs on iOS and Android, and various other topics including Zeneca PFP and the Doodles x Crocs partnership.

Mats Olsen, co-founder of Dune Analytics, discusses the origin story of Dune, struggles faced while building the business, starting in a bear market, the impact of Dune in other businesses, and their pivot. The podcast also explores Dune's vision for the future, revenue generation, strategies for constant pivoting, and the challenges of managing rapid growth.

Alex Salnikov from Rarible discusses royalties and marketplaces in Web3 and NFTs. They explore who should pay royalties and give examples from Rarible. They discuss different types of investors and the Amazon/Shopify example. The podcast concludes by discussing the future of NFT marketplaces and the challenges of creating a social feed for NFTs.

Mats Olsen, co-founder of Dune, shares their origin story and the challenges of building a business in a bear market. They discuss the founding of Dune, their lucky encounter at a hackathon, and their original product plans.

The podcast discusses various interesting topics, including updates in the Web3 space such as Farcaster, Front Deck, Coinbase, and USDC. They also talk about Solana Pay, blockchain's impact on mobile plans, and the failures of NFT marketplaces, expressing excitement for the future. They dive into the growth of Optimism and the upcoming launch of Farcaster, as well as controversial decisions made by Open C. Additionally, they discuss investing in cryptocurrency and the launch of Helium Mobile.

Dr. Jan Gorzny, Web3 expert, discusses why layer 2s are crucial for onboarding a billion people into web3. They explore the role of layer 2s in scaling blockchain, the importance of investing in L2s, and the challenges of maintaining security while scaling. They also discuss the scalability of L2 solutions for Ethereum, different types of tokens and their functionalities, and the significance of being oneself and nice when expressing opinions on social media.

Herbie discusses the future of Friend.tech, a crypto social network that integrates finance with decentralized socialization. Topics include the potential risks and value of Friend.tech, comparing it to BitClote, scalability issues, and speculation vs genuine usage. They debate whether it is a pump and dump scheme or a sustainable platform, acknowledging concerns but recognizing its potential for success with further investment.

In this episode, we discuss what is required in order for us to onboard a billion people onchain. 🐇 Go down the Web3 Rabbit hole with our FREE Web3 Foundations Course:  ⁠https://w3academy.io/offer/rabbit-hole-lp/?utm_medium=audio&utm_source=podcast⁠  💸 Learn how to invest successfully in web3 with our Investing Masterclass: ⁠https://w3academy.io/offer/investment-course/?utm_medium=audio&utm_source=podcast⁠  🤝 HELP US GROW 🤝 Subscribe to the Web3 Academy Podcast 🔥SUBSCRIBE TO THE WEB3 ACADEMY NEWSLETTER 🔥:  https://paragraph.xyz/@web3academy/memberships?utm_medium=audio&utm_source=podcast  👥 JOIN OUR COMMUNITY ON DISCORD 👥: https://w3academy.io/web3-academy-membership/  ✊ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL! ✊ 👉 Web3 Academy Twitter: https://twitter.com/web3academy_  👉 Kyle Reidhead: https://twitter.com/KyleReidhead  👉 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4kjIjZ7gBNgbYasqLQJEEy  👉 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/web3-academy/id1611073208  🚀 SPONSORS 🚀Paragraph: Write content, grow your audience, and foster a community like never before - ⁠https://bit.ly/3OeMbMs 🎙 GUEST INFO 🎙 Dr. Jan Gorzny Twitter: https://twitter.com/jgorzny Website: https://quantstamp.com/