Modern Finance

Priyanka Desai, VP of Operations at Open Law, joins Kevin on today's Consensus. Open Law powers some of the world's most significant Dow's ou there, including Flamingo Dao. Today, they discuss all things NFT's, including some of the additional access and incentives you receive by owning specific NFTs, The transition from Web 2.0 to Web 3, the positive social-political impact of crypto, and metaverse economics and "flexing" in virtual worlds.

This week, Kevin Rose chats with Stani Kulechov, founder of the open-source and non-custodial liquidity protocol Aave. They cover the origins of the project, known initially as ETHLend before rebranding in 2018, and the platform's future, including the possibility of a decentralized Twitter competitor.

Kevin chats with Tristan, core contributor to the Zeta Platform. Zeta is an under-collateralized DeFi options platform built on the Solana blockchain. The project is also the Grand Prize Winner of the Solana Season Hackathon.

This week Kevin & Feyyaz cover: The THORChain hack, Binance stops stock token sales, Dogecoin founder goes anti-crypto, Jack Dorsey bringing DeFi to Bitcoin, the Damien Hirst hybrid NFT, Chromie Squiggles, and what is Dolce & Gabbana doing with NFTs?LINKSTHORChain hackBinance stops stock token salesDogecoin founders anti-crypto rantJack Dorsey bringing DeFi to BitcoinDamien Hirst NFTChromie Squiggles on 🔥Dolce & Gabbana getting into NFTs

Kevin chats with Sam Williams, Founder of Arweave. Arweave is a new type of storage that backs data with sustainable and perpetual endowments, allowing users and developers to truly store data forever – for the very first time.Show notes and links here.

This week Kevin & Aftab (@iamDCinvestor) cover the explosion of Art Blocks, NFT avatar mania, Punks Comics, JPG on-chain curation, EIP-1559, the state of DeFi, and more.Show links:MoFi's twitterDCinvestor's twitterArt BlocksChromie SquigglesTyler Hobbs - FidenzaPunks ComicJPG on-chain curationEIP-1559Worldcoin - scan your eyeball to get cryptoBlockFi

Pioneering generative artist Tyler Hobbs talks to Kevin about his history, how he mixes his hand drawings with algorithms, the tools he uses, the rare attributes his collectors are excited about, and the other NFT artists he most respects.Full show notes and links here.

Terra founder Do Kwon joins Kevin to discuss the importance of a truly decentralized stablecoin, DAI vs. Terra, the anchor protocol, Do's favorite projects, and the importance of community in any project that hopes to succeed for the long haul.Full show notes and links here.

This week Kevin & Feyyaz cover Solana's hackaton, Sir Tim Berners-Lee web source code NFT, DeFi and traditional bank consolidation, Fidenza ArtBlocks drop, Fanzone football NFT, and more.

Tyler Ward joins Kevin to discuss the Universe Protocol and its xyzDAO, which seek to design an NFT "system that doesn’t live off the backs of artists and creates a sustainable ecosystem for artists and fans alike."Full show notes and links here.