The Ledger Podcast

If you’ve been following the news, you probably know that we’ve announced the launch of the LedgerVerse on The Sandbox with the purpose of educating communities about Web3 security in a more engaging and culturally relevant way, starting with a first experience called School of Block, where players fight off hackers and scammers to win exclusive NFT rewards.But what’s that all about? Why’s Ledger partnering with The Sandbox , kickstarting a true web3 romance? Why is the Sandbox from other, sometimes more famous, metaverses? And can it be a driver for Web3 adoption? Big questions, but we’re in luck because today we’ve got a decent amount of brain power on the show. I am thrilled to be talking with two Sebastien Bs. Both active participants in the development of the metaverse: Sébastien Borget, Co-Founder & COO of The Sandbox, and our truly own VP for Metaverse, Sébastien Badault. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is an episode that some of you have long been waiting for. Today is the day we answer one of the key questions in crypto. Not the “who is Satoshi?” question. The “Wen Ada on Ledger” question. If this is what you’ve been asking yourself, listen on because we’ve got the answer.For its first year anniversary, On The Ledger is thrilled to meet with the mathematician slash entrepreneur slash farmer, Ethereum Cofounder and brain behind Cardano: Charles Hoskinson. With Fabrice Dautriat, our head of platform, they discuss the ADA support finally happening on Ledger Live, the role of devs community, the state of the market, but also, most importantly, what kind of cookie they like the best.So tune in, sit back, relax, and listen to our “ADA x Ledger” episode to understand everything behind our latest, long-awaited, integration, and to know what will be next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Relationships between web3 and the press have always been quite complex. Like between two people having a hard time understanding each other. And then came Time Magazine. Within a year and thanks to its already famous TimePieces nfts, Time has become a key player of Web3 space and its adoption. A living proof that old media can evolve.So today, we are really happy to be talking to someone who has got all in into NFTs - but also got the entire Time group to jump into web3 (and got many “are you crazy ?” kind of questions for doing so), and prepare Time Magazine for the next hundred years: Keith Grossman, president of Time, and mastermind behind the Time Pieces.Join us for a fascinating conversation (recorded during VeeCon… as you might notice) about how to get started with NFTs whether you’re a person or a widely-known brand (and how to follow up), on new ways to create and share value and on the importance of a good Discord server. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deadfellaz is one of the most exciting NFT projects out there. So exciting that their founders are now represented by the Hollywood top-notch agents from UTA, to oversee the present and future of their 10,000 “undead” NFTs (among whom Elijah Wood and the rapper Lil Baby).Meeting her the day after she undoxxed herself, we are stoked to be chatting with Betty, who’s the co-founder and horde mother of Deadfellaz. In an intense, Veecon-surrounded conversation (sorry for the background noise, Gary Vee just pumped up the volume), 30 minutes conversation, discover how the pandemic led her and Psych to NFTs, and how they created the first DeadFellaz in less than 5 minutes, how to sustain interest among the NFT community when entering a possible bear market and how the right storytelling can turn the DeadFellaz into the new Avengers, her biggest NFT regret and why she decided to undox herself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From farm acres to crypto. Launched in 2021, 10T was the first major fund to invest in digital assets companies (including Ledger, of course). Since then, it has taken part on such projects as Yuga Labs or Ledger, led by the geniusWhat is a macro-investor and why a good macro-investor is a... story-investor, why he bought the 2018 dip and why 10T stands for a 10 trillions market cap - why it’s a bad habit to think of how to exit a company even before you enter it... (13’20, ça peut être la quote)A short, brilliant glimpse into the history of finance and crypto Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On The Ledger, we have often met with people who got started in crypto or NFTs and thrived from there. But what about people who’re massively successful in their career and THEN turn to Web3? What does this new space bring to their business?Our guest today did just that. After an early career in finance, she became an icon by founding Boss Beauty with her two sisters. Both a successful entrepreneur and influencer, Huda Kattan is now followed by more than 50 million people - on Instagram only. 50 million people who recently discovered her passion for NFTs.But why? What does it bring to her daily professional life? And why does she have so many Ledgers? In a one to one interview with our Chief Experience Officer, mr Ian Rogers, Huda Kattan is our guest today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to build a software business tailor made for the new NFT ecosystem from... a simple Google (r) form?Our guest Brenden Mulligan invented a way for the NFT creators to choose the way their art is distributed, starting by making sure purchasers are real humans and not just scripts, leading to a project enhancing digital sovereignty for artists but that can also be used as a powerful market analysis tool... which has now reached more than 3 million registrations.How to make sure you sell your new project out (without causing a gas war), why it isn’t always a bad thing to sell to bots and not just to diamond hands, how to keep track of every premint list you’ve tried to get on (the find out which is the next one you should be aiming for): the answer of all of those questions and to a couple more is on this new episode of On The Ledger, with Brenden Mulligan, Founder of Premint, and Ian Rogers, Chief Experience Officer at Ledger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Imagine that you’re in a space where you can create and be rewarded for that. Where you can build a community, and be rewarded for that.Social media and Web2 have democratized access to community building at scale. And now Web3 and digital assets are supercharging that with the ability to align the financial incentives of each participant. It’s like a facebook group with a shared bank account! The possibilities are endless.So, today we meet with someone who explore them all. Someone who is only 27 but already “sounds old” as he has done so much in the space. A genius at creating memes, telling stories and building communities, which makes him the perfect “middle child of the web3 world.” Someone who regretted to be too late for crypto in 2014, but enjoyed being early for NFTs in 2021. Today, On the Ledger meets with Farokh Sarmad, the founder and CEO of Rug Radio, “the first fully decentralized media platform.”Sit back, relax, and learn on how to pick your first NFT, why web3 is a space that makes impossible ideas become possible, how to educate yourself in crypto and how hard it is to see yourself in 15 years when you have no idea where you will be in 15 minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Composability is a major component of web3, where creators can combine different components together into larger structures. A bit like Legos, but with crypto, finance, or... art. With NFTs, artists can indeed unleash their creativity and merge different disciplines together to provide their communities with unique experiences.This is exactly what our guest today does. After 20 years in the music industry, Jeff Nicholas is now the creative director of WarpSound, and leads WVRPS - a new NFT project that can be described as hybrid of generative PFP art, AI-composed music minted on the Ethereum blockchain.Want to find out how machines and humans can collaborate to enter a new era for music composition and distribution? Want to know when DJ and AI will be able to do back-to-back dj sets (spoiler: they already do)? Want to know how it feels to sell your Bored Ape too early? Then sit back, relax, and listen to this new episode of On the Ledger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Staking. This is a word that might sound scary, even if you’re crypto-advanced, either because it is too complex or inaccessible. How much crypto do I need? What is a delegator? How to choose a node? What are the risks, and how to prevent them? This is where Figment comes in. Figment is a blockchain infrastructure and services provider that makes it simple for token holders and enterprises to participate in Proof of Stake. And the good news is - Ledger users will now be able to access Figment’s services directly from within the security of the Ledger ecosystem. To cover all our staking questions, including why proof of stake over proof of work, what is slashing, how to stake safely and why Ledger is the ultimate place to do so, we are thrilled to have Lorien Gabel, Figment Co-Founder and CEO, and Charles Hamel, VP Product at Ledger, on this new episode of On The Ledger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.