The Ledger Podcast

The crypto phenomenon is just one symptom among many: we are shifting from a mass market to an era of niches.But then, what is a niche exactly? Where does a community start?In this age of modern loneliness, is swiping the new sign of being part of a community?What do regressive conspiracy movements tell us about a new sense of belonging?With the hyper financialization of our everyday lives, should we demonize new technologies and speculation?In a fascinating discussion with our Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers, Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou brings his answers to these questions, and raises a lot of other ones…Learn more on his book Speculative Communities here: www.ariskomporozos.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This year has seen the emergence of a variety of AI products showing us a glimpse of the exponential age. But one other innovation has the potential to completely change our world - Quantum computing. Quantum computers are very different from the classical computers that have been around for more than half a century. They harness the power of quantum mechanics to sift through huge numbers of possibilities and extract solutions to problems that might have otherwise been impossible to solve.But then, if quantum computing can break crypto-encryption, what will happen to blockchain technology? Is there a chance that we’ll see quantum computers break current cryptography in our lifetime? If not, what will we see in our lifetime?To answer those questions, we are happy to talk to our CTO Charles Guillemet and Jean-Philippe Aumasson, Chief Security Officer at Taurus, with a quick appearance from Chat GPT, for a deep, slightly technical, but always insightful conversation, 100% free of sci-fi speculation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OBJKT is a marketplace that truly feels like a community – with 20,000 monthly active users and 6 millions tokens available, artists are also collectors, and, quite often, the other way around.It's a place that is 100% organic, that feels like the indie-rock scene in the overall NFT ecosystem.How can we build it so it becomes “bigger than we could ever imagine”? How can we make it well-known without giving even two cents to marketing? How can we ensure it remains accessible for everyone?As OBJKT is now integrated on the Discover section of our Ledger Live app, we are very pleased to meet with its three founders Viktor Felder, Brian and Timothy McAlister for an insightful conversation with Ledger's Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers on its creation, how many lives it has changed since then, and what's coming up for OBJKT in 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the Ledger today, we are glad to receive a man who has changed the content creation industry. Yancey Strickler is one of the crowdfunding pioneers who co-founded Kickstarter 17 years ago, who now turned into a NFT degen in the last months and founded Metalabel, a release club where groups of people who share the same interests collaborate to drop and support work together.In an one-on-one discussion with our Chief Experience Officer, he discusses inventing the coolest magazine of tomorrow, how on-chain art is and will be changing the music industry and the life of creators (even if a large majority of them still do not want to have anything to do with crypto), how floor price does not reflect the order of magnitude of a piece of art, the importance of carefully choosing who you’re squadding with, and how to resist mediocrity when building your new project. Oh, and also: what if it’s not about rarity, but about love? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When you are a creator, how do you shake up the cobwebs and keep taking creative risks?This is the question our guest for this episode asked himself after becoming a successful angel investor in tech, publishing a long list of best-sellers (check his 4-Hour series) and a podcaster came to ask himself recently. His answer was: deep diving into web3, and creating “an emergent long fiction project” in the form of an NFT project: CockPunch. And you should be aware that this one is not for flippers.Listen to this one and one conversation between Tim Ferriss and our Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers and find out while there is no failed experiment, what’s really new about web3, how to keep getting of your comfort zone, how the CockPunch project helped funding the research on psychedelic medicine and (totally unrelated) where Ian used to keep his weed in high school. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Curious about our new device, Ledger Stax?Want to know how we first thought of this new generation of hardware wallets, and what it took to bring it to life?Then listen to this discussion between our Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers and Tony Fadell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to understand the crypto ecosystem after the falls of FTX, Celsius and more? Where and how to educate yourself in an ever-changing crypto space? Looking back at 2022, it is fair to say that this will probably be a year that’ll forever be remembered in Web3. It had its ups and major downs but all in all we can see the future of this industry being built before our eyes day by day by passionate creators, entrepreneurs and educators.In this new episode of On the Ledger, Mo El-Sayed, head of Community and Education at Ledger, leads a 1-1 conversation with Zeneca, a former poker player, who also happens to be an entrepreneur, NFT trader and most importantly, a key Web3 educator. He writes amazing daily and weekly substacks and is also a huge generative art collector.They’ll discuss how to improve your crypto knowledge, our brand new product: Ledger Quest, how to value an AI piece of art and also the importance of being patient. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After starting out in jewelry, Yoon co-founded Ambush with Verbal. She's behind some of the brand's most successful collabs over the past few years with Off-White, Louis Vuitton, Nike, Starbucks and… Reese’s. And, guess what - she's also big in crypto.Our VP of Communications Ariel Wengroff took advantage of her presence at our bi-yearly event Ledger Op3n to sit with her and discuss how she fell in love with Web3, as well as the need for less “toxic positivity” and more honest criticism in the ecosystem, how the Paris of crypto differs from the Paris of fashion, and why sometimes it's okay to be niche. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charles Guillemet, the CTO of Ledger, dives into the innovative world of Ledger Stax, the new generation of hardware wallets. He shares the origins of Ledger and its commitment to security, detailing the rigorous testing in their unique facility, 'the dungeon.' Guillemet discusses the importance of hardware isolation over software wallets, and how Ledger Stax enhances user autonomy in managing crypto assets. He emphasizes balancing security with transparency and highlights the collaborative spirit behind the development of this cutting-edge device.

Curious about our new device, Ledger Stax?Want to know how we first thought of this new generation of hardware wallets, and what it took to bring it to life?Then listen to this discussion between our Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers and our VP of Communications Ariel Wengroff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.