Base Layer

Peter, the CEO of Blockchain.com joins me on Base Layer for a very interesting conversation about the role his company plays in the overall ecosystem as a wallet provider, a data analytic and a source of yield for those depositing their digital assets. Peter has been involved in this new emerging asset and asset class for almost 10 years - we talk about how it's changed, institutional investors, the importance of data and analytics that have matured and much more. You can find out more about the company at: https://www.blockchain.com/

Skale is a piece of infrastructure in the Ethereum ecosystem that is designed to enable higher throughput and performance, potentially assisting in ushering in billions of users on Ethereum based applications in the coming years. Jack comes back to discuss how Skale works in the various sub sectors of Ethereum such as DeFi & Gaming. We give new comers to Digital Assets lots of metaphors and imagery on how it works and it's value proposition. Skale also announced some massive news on Dec 1st - hear more about it here.A note on our sponsor:Coinbase Prime is one of the leading prime brokerages for digital assets. Coinbase provides the bridge to the crypto world for institutional investors, high net worth individuals, and financial institutions. Through their professional trading platform, deep and diversified liquidity, and Coinbase Custody, Coinbase Prime is built for institutions. Learn more at prime.coinbase.com.

Sid joins me from Arbol in what I think is one of the most interesting conversations I've had in a while. Arbol utilizes decentralized blockchain technology for parametric insurance. Parametric insurance pays out based on the value of predetermined metrics, instead of based on damages measured by physical inspections. Hence, blockchain technology is used to ensure that predetermined metrics are transmitted from a range of third-party data providers in an immutable, reliable and transparent manner to the insurance coverage enforcing smart contracts. With close to $200B in economic loses associated with natural disaster forecasted for 2020 industry's around the world are trying to get a handle on how to get ahead of the curve and Arbol could be leading the pack. More info on Arbol here

Chris, the COO of Pixelmatric, joins me for a great show to discuss the work this studio is doing to bring the future of Bitcoin gaming to the masses. We discuss the history of blockchain based gaming, the current phase and what the future holds. We also discuss an important split in gaming: the pay to play and the play to earn; Pixelmatic and there new MMO Infinite Fleet is an example of this powerful play to earn model.

Kevin joins me on Base Layer to discuss Rally, an emerging blockchain ecosystem focused on giving Creators new ways to build their businesses and achieve deeper engagement with their communities, with better fan alignment and more control than they have ever had before. The Rally Network is providing Creators with tools to build virtual economies that extend their brands while also providing community benefits and new economic incentives for fans to engage with their favorite Creators. We discuss the growth of influencers like Mr. Beast, Ninja and more and how this could pave a way for new economies for many of them.

Fredrik, the co-founder of Dune Analytics joins me on Base Layer to discuss how they have become one of the key players in Digital Asset data analysis. With their boards that are created by community members they have been a flash point of analysis on DeFi and many of the sub sectors of Digital Assets. We discuss this and much more.

Aleksander joins me on Base Layer for one of the most interesting conversations we've had about the intersection of digital collectibles, gaming and digital asset based ecosystems that are becoming incredibly mature. We discuss how Axie Infinity was born, how it's becoming the Pokemon of Digital Assets and what the future has in hold for the game and its community participants. Must listen to episode!!

Diane joins me to discuss one of the most talked about new projects in DeFi: DODO. After raising a round led by some of the biggest investors in Digital Assets DODO is working to build upon their next generation on-chain liquidity provider platform which leverages the Proactive Market Maker algorithm (PMM) to provide pure on-chain and contract-fillable liquidity for everyone. Great conversation on what could be one of the key pieces to the future of DeFi.

Sergey, the Co-Founder of Chainlink, joins me again for a tremendous conversation about the role smart contracts are beginning to play in society, helping unbanked people become banked, helping those with identification become part of a larger technological society and much more. We also discuss the evolution of smart contracts and the need for real world data to make them work and the role Chainlink plays in that very important part of the equation.

Mounir joins us to discuss Paraswap, a new platform that aggregates multiple decentralized exchanges into one place so that the rates often beat the market price. We discuss the role that aggregators are beginning to play in DeFi, how the incentive models work for liquidity providers and the underlying technology that makes this work. You can find more about Paraswap here: https://paraswap.io/#/