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Nibiru - The Next Era of Money
18 Sep 2025
00:26:45
Unique is a co-founder of Nibiru, the Web3 hub ushering in the next era of money. Nibiru is a blockchain and smart contract hub with DeFi, RWAs, and more.
Why you should listen
Nibiru is a Layer-1 blockchain built with performance and usability in mind. It uses the Cosmos SDK and is EVM-compatible, meaning developers used to Ethereum tooling can easily drop in. Its architecture is designed to deliver high throughput, secure smart contract execution, and interoperability via the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol — letting it talk to other chains in the Cosmos ecosystem.
Nibiru Offers a suite of structured products that simplify complex DeFi strategies into easy to use one click vaults for users just starting their DeFi journey while enabling advanced DeFi natives with all the complex tools to create their own strategies. All of this is tied together with Nibiru VM, an execution layer combining different environments enabling developers with different focuses to build seamlessly on one platform.
What sets Nibiru apart is how it integrates DeFi primitives, such as derivatives (perpetuals), spot trading, oracle modules, and a native stablecoin nUSD, more tightly into its core than many competitors. Rather than “bolting on” such features, they aim to make them first-class components in the system. The native token NIBI powers staking, governance, and transaction fees, and validators also act as oracles to feed the system real-world price data.
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CoinTerminal - Buy Before the Market
16 Sep 2025
00:32:39
Patrick Carey is the CTO of CoinTerminal, the industry's only launchpad with no token staking requirements.
Why you should listen
CoinTerminal positions itself as a crypto launchpad built for everyone — no staking, no gating, just open access. Anyone with a crypto wallet can join presales for new tokens without needing to lock up collateral or hold platform-specific tokens. Their model is refreshingly straightforward: find promising early-stage projects, contribute via IDOs (initial DEX offerings), and claim tokens once they launch — with the option for refunds if things don’t pan out. They’ve funded 80+ ventures, distributed over $80 million, and already attracted more than 620,000 investors.
What sets CoinTerminal apart is their “no bar, no hidden fees” ethos. There’s no minimum play beyond the $100 opening ticket, and they promise prices up to 10× lower than public listing. Transparency is baked in: winner selections are randomized and verifiable, and they publish transparency reports.
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Digital Assets Association - Bridging TradFi and RWAs
18 Aug 2025
00:30:57
Danny Chong is co-chair of the Digital Assets Association (DAA) Singapore, a Singapore-based non-profit association dedicated to guiding individuals and organisations through the landscape of digital assets. Danny is also Co-Founder and CEO of Tranchess, a leading structured liquid staking protocol.
Why you should listen
Danny discusses the importance of regulatory clarity in driving digital asset growth across Asia and how to attract institutional investments from Asia’s financial giants while protecting retail users.
Bridging TradFi and digital assets for institutional adoption in Asia is underway. Drawing on his APAC expertise, Danny explains how integrating TradFi’s risk management with blockchain’s transparency enables institutions to adopt tokenised assets, positioning Asia as a pioneer in blending traditional finance with digital innovation.
He's an advocate for RWA tokenisation’s two-way flow: Aside from moving assets like bonds and equities on-chain, RWA tokenisation also brings DeFi innovations like liquid staking into TradFi.
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Cartesi - Making Web3 Radically Simple
03 Sep 2024
00:30:32
Felipe Argento is co-founder at Cartesi and an advisor at the Cartesi Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the Cartesi technology and the decentralization of the Cartesi ecosystem.
Why you should listen
Cartesi is a blockchain platform designed to bridge the gap between traditional software development and blockchain technology. It introduces a Linux runtime environment directly on the blockchain, which allows developers to utilize a vast array of mainstream software stacks and programming languages that are familiar and widely used. This capability makes the development of decentralized applications (dApps) more accessible and efficient by avoiding the need to rewrite or adapt existing codebases to blockchain-specific languages like Solidity.
One of the core features of Cartesi is its application-specific rollups, termed Cartesi Rollups. These rollups provide a dedicated computational layer for each dApp, which significantly enhances performance and scalability by handling complex computations off-chain while still securing them on the blockchain. This approach reduces the transaction costs associated with smart contracts and avoids blockchain constraints like gas limits.
Cartesi aims to foster a wide range of applications across various fields such as finance, gaming, and social networks by leveraging its scalable and developer-friendly platform. It supports a diverse ecosystem where developers can create more sophisticated and computationally intensive applications than those typically associated with traditional blockchain environments.
The platform also emphasizes community and governance, providing a framework where stakeholders can participate in decision-making processes and contribute to the development of the ecosystem. Cartesi offers various resources and tools for developers, including comprehensive documentation, developer hubs, and community forums to assist with dApp development and deployment on its platform.
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Barter - Solving for DeFi
01 Sep 2024
00:33:16
Nikita Ovchinnik is the co-founder of Barter DeFi, a prominent swap system handling on-chain volume of over 5 billion.
Why you should listen
Barter is a decentralized protocol and solver system that provides transparent trade routes across liquidity providers like CoW Swap and UniswapX, minimizing costs and maximizing efficiency. Barter has over $5 billion processed on Ethereum.
Nikita Ovchinnik, co-founder of Bater DeFi, discusses the importance of decentralized finance (DeFi) and the role of intent-based exchange engines in improving user experience. He explains that intent-based systems, like Barter, offer more flexibility and better user rates compared to traditional centralized exchanges. Nikita also highlights the need for transparency and efficiency in DeFi and discusses the future of the industry. He believes that DeFi will continue to evolve and become more user-friendly, with improved liquidity and a wider range of assets. Nikita emphasizes the importance of standardizing the regulatory framework and the role of solvers in facilitating efficient trading across different platforms.
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TaxBit - Tax and Accounting for the Digital Economy
30 Aug 2024
00:31:45
Reagan Cook is an Accounting Subject Matter Expert at TaxBit, the leading enterprise provider for digital assets tax and accounting technology.
Why you should listen
TaxBit is a premium end-to-end compliance and reporting solution for the Digital Economy. Their single API-powered platform for tax and accounting reduces manual work improving operational efficiency and more.
Reagan Cook, an accounting subject matter expert at Taxbit, discusses the company's tax and accounting solutions for the digital economy. Taxbit offers software solutions to create more efficient back-office processes and modernize reporting and accounting for companies transacting in crypto or digital assets. Their clients range from individual taxpayers to large enterprises like PayPal, Google, and the IRS. Cook highlights the unique accounting challenges in the crypto space, such as price volatility and evolving accounting guidance. She also emphasizes the importance of staying educated and getting ahead of accounting and reporting requirements in the crypto industry.
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Chainbase - On-chain Data at Scale
29 Aug 2024
00:30:30
Chris Feng is a co-founder and COO of Chainbase, the world’s largest omnichain data network designed to integrate all blockchain data into a unified ecosystem. Chainbase is building a decentralized data economy with advanced AI capabilities where anyone can participate, contribute, and be incentivized.
Why you should listen
Chris Feng, co-founder and COO of Chainbase, discusses the importance of data in the blockchain era and the role of Chainbase as a data protocol. He explains that Chainbase aims to create a new data stack for the next generation of blockchain, where all data is interconnected and accessible.
The Chainbase mission is to become developers’ interface for interacting with on-chain data, offering reliability, accuracy, and openness.
Currently, Chainbase attracts over 15,000 developers and 8,000 project partners, managing over 500 billion data calls within the network. Now growing beyond Series A funding, they are backed by prominent funds including Tencent Investment Group, Matrix Partners, Hash Global, Folius Ventures, JSquare, DFG, Mask Network, Bonfire Union Ventures, and BODL Ventures. Chris highlights the key use cases of Chainbase, including providing real-time on-chain data, offering a comprehensive structure for developers, and enabling easier interaction with on-chain data for end users.
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Portal Pay - Bringing Cross-chain Payments to Gaming
28 Aug 2024
00:33:44
Ezra Strauss, the Head of Partnerships at Portal, has a background in technology and gaming, previously working at Immutable and focusing on partnerships and business development. He joins Andy to discuss Portal, Portal Coin and the new Portal Pay payment solution.
Why you should listen
Portal Pay, developed by Portal, is a new payment solution aimed at enhancing the blockchain gaming experience, empowering developers, and impacting the broader Web3 ecosystem. It is part of a broader product roadmap with transaction fees used to purchase the token.
Portal Pay offers unprecedented interoperability by allowing seamless transactions of any token from any chain within games. This improves asset management and the gaming experience by enabling easy transfers and purchases without leaving the game.
Developers benefit from the ability to receive payments in their preferred currency and the support for multiple blockchain networks. This reduces friction and broadens market reach, while also supporting NFT integration and management.
Portal Pay promotes interoperability and decentralization, facilitating seamless transactions across different blockchain networks. This contributes to the growth of decentralized applications (dApps) and services.
The platform uses smart contracts for secure and private transactions, supporting complex workflows and automated management of digital assets.
Portal aims to be the distribution layer for Web3, connecting users with top dApps, especially in gaming, and facilitating a unified ecosystem through innovative solutions and a liquidity layer.
Portal has just announced a partnership with Futureverse, one of the most influential players in AI and metaverse technology, to integrate Portal Pay—Portal’s cutting-edge crypto payment solution—across Futureverse’s expansive ecosystem.
The first four experiences to benefit from this integration include Reebok Impact, JenMusicAI, The Third Kingdom, and Apes Unleashed, bringing secure and seamless crypto payments to millions of users.
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SubQuery - Decentralized AI Inference Hosting
27 Aug 2024
00:30:01
James Bayly is COO and a cofounder at SubQuery, building fast, flexible, and scalable web3 infrastructure. Subquery is an infrastructure company that started as a data index and has now expanded to include RPCs and AI inference hosting.
Why you should listen
Subquery is expanding its infrastructure services to include AI inference hosting, aiming to bring decentralization to the AI space. The Subquery network incentivizes node operators and delegators to participate in hosting AI models.
In 10 years, blockchain technology will be seamlessly integrated into applications, providing censorship resistance and privacy protection.
SubQuery is developing the next generation of Web3 applications for a global user base, with decentralization at its heart. At the core of this initiative is the SubQuery Network, an advanced infrastructure layer that supports decentralized data indexers and RPCs—essential tools for anyone developing decentralized applications (dApps). This network marks SubQuery as a contender against traditional centralized services by providing an open platform for node operators and delegators to contribute.
The potential for AI to reshape industries, including Web3, has caught SubQuery's attention. The company is actively integrating AI functionalities into its decentralized framework. SubQuery's focus lies primarily on AI inference—utilizing pre-trained models to analyze new data, rather than training new models. “While there are commercial platforms that host inference for custom models, similar offerings are sparse in the Web3 realm,” James explained. “Our decentralized network is for trustworthy, enduring AI model hosting.”
Currently, the AI inference market is controlled by centralized cloud services, which charge steep fees and utilize customer data to refine their proprietary models. “Big players like OpenAI and Google Cloud AI are not just costly; they also use your data to bolster their private solutions,” James pointed out. In contrast, SubQuery is dedicated to offering an affordable, open-source option for hosting production AI models. “Our aim is to enable users to deploy a production-ready LLM model on our network within just 10 minutes,” he added. Through the SubQuery Network, cutting-edge hosting for the latest open-source AI models will be available, providing scalable and accessible AI services for Web3. By adopting a community-based strategy, SubQuery aims to facilitate decentralized AI inference on a large scale, empowering a global community of independent Node Operators.
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BAXUS - The Peer-to-Peer Marketplace for Premium Spirits
22 Aug 2024
00:27:06
Carrie Kellar is the co-founder and CTO of BAXUS, a global marketplace for the world’s most collectible spirits.
Why you should listen
Collectible wines and spirits are one of the most rapidly expanding and lucrative asset classes with the global luxury wines and spirits market forecasted to surge from $250 billion to $470 billion by 2032.
However, being predominantly localized, disconnected, and auction-based, the collectible spirits market is illiquid, inefficient, and opaque creating countless challenges for collectors in pricing and sourcing specific, coveted bottles.
BAXUS modernizes the collectible spirits market by bringing it online and constructing a liquid marketplace that seamlessly connects buyers and sellers.
Built on Solana, the BAXUS Marketplace harnesses open Web3 payment infrastructure to reduce costs, increase transparency, and infuse liquidity into what has historically been a fragmented, offline market. Leveraging blockchain technology, BAXUS ensures unparalleled transparency and access, enabling real-time authentication, storage, and trading.
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Luxolo - Your Digital Asset Concierge
21 Aug 2024
00:40:51
Daren Hebold (Founder, CEO) and Michael Seymour (Director of Sales) run Luxolo Financial, a Portland-based service company that ensures clients have access to warm, professional, and timely service and support as they enter the digital assets space.
Why you should listen
Luxolo is dedicated to making digital assets more accessible to everyone. As the world rapidly adopts digital assets and explores new economic models, Luxolo remains steadfast in its commitment towards a brighter, more inclusive landscape. One of the key ways that Luxolo is working to achieve this goal is through education. The company believes in the power of education to transform lives and empower individuals to take control of their financial futures in a fast-changing world.
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Autonomys - The Radical Autonomy Network for H+AI
18 Aug 2024
00:35:13
Labhesh Patel is the CEO and Co-Founder of Autonomys. Formerly known as Subspace, Autonomys (pronounced as “autonomous”) has created a decentralized identity protocol named Autonomys ID (Auto ID).
Why you should listen
The convergence of human and artificial intelligence is redefining every aspect of our lives. As we navigate this transformative era, Autonomys is pioneering a path that champions individual autonomy, meaningful contribution, and self-driven prosperity in the age of AI. Autonomys is building the decentralized infrastructure for secure, sovereign collaboration between humans and AI. Our mission is to empower you to thrive in this new era, not as a passive recipient of handouts, but as an active architect of your own future.
Central to this mission is the Autonomys Network, powered by the innovative Subspace protocol. This decentralized network, underpinned by a Proof-of-Archival-Storage (PoAS) consensus, enables individuals to farm the network by contributing storage, thereby earning rewards through active participation and skill. This model champions the dignity of meaningful work over passive dependence.
Autonomys Identity (Auto ID) is the key to self-sovereign identity in the age of AI. Auto ID empowers you to prove your humanity without subjecting yourself to invasive biometric scans. It allows you to control your AI’s permissions and authenticate AI-generated content, ensuring that you maintain authority over your digital footprint.
In contrast to projects like Worldcoin that promote a future of Universal Basic Income (UBI) and relinquished agency, Autonomys empowers users to benefit from their effort and capability. It’s platform enables you to learn cutting-edge AI technology, develop your own AI agents, and collaborate with AI to amplify your potential.
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Fuse - Unbundling Payments
16 Aug 2024
00:33:09
Mark Smargon is co-founder and CEO at Fuse a leading web3 platform for business and finance, powered by a performant zkEVM tailor-made to get millions of consumers on-chain.
Why you should listen
Fuse Network is a blockchain platform focused on simplifying Web3 payments and making blockchain technology more accessible to businesses and developers. It combines features like Account Abstraction, interoperability, and community engagement to create a user-friendly environment for decentralized applications and financial transactions.
Fuse is designed to empower anyone with the ambition to build on a decentralized blockchain infrastructure. Whether you're an existing crypto project, a startup, or a blue-chip company, Fuse welcomes you with open arms. This versatility enables the development of a wide range of products, from gaming and social applications to Web3 payment-focused solutions.
Fuse delivers a fast, cheap and borderless payment experience with their stablecoin-first payment stack.
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Meanwhile - Bitcoin Life Insurance
31 Jul 2025
00:32:40
Zac Townsend is CEO and Co-Founder of Meanwhile, the first life insurance provider denominated and operating in Bitcoin. Life Insurance serves a critical role in developed economies, and Meanwhile is building a defining financial institution for the global Bitcoin economy.
Why you should listen
Meanwhile is the world’s first fully Bitcoin‑denominated life insurance company, licensed and regulated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority. Operating out of Hamilton, Bermuda, it offers Bitcoin Whole Life policies that allow users to pay premiums in BTC, accumulate savings denominated in Bitcoin, and carry out legacy planning—all without exposure to fiat currency volatility. Meanwhile’s regulatory status as a Class IILT insurer—stemming from its graduation from Bermuda’s innovation sandbox in July 2024—gives it unique legitimacy as a crypto-native institution working within a fully regulated financial framework.
In June 2025, Meanwhile made history by publishing its first-ever audited financial statements fully denominated in Bitcoin. As of December 31, 2024, the company held approximately 220.4 BTC in assets and generated net income of 25.29 BTC—a 300 % year‑on‑year increase. Meanwhile is not only the first life insurer to report in Bitcoin, but is also prohibited from liquidating its BTC holdings except when policyholders redeem under strict regulatory rules—making the company’s BTC reserve inherently long‑held and less subject to market speculation.
Meanwhile sells its policies directly via its website, meanwhile.bm, and offers personalized consultations to prospective clients. Positioned at the intersection of insurance and decentralized finance, it offers high‑net‑worth and crypto‑savvy individuals a novel way to secure, grow, and pass down wealth using Bitcoin.
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Persistence - Bitcoin Cross-chain Swaps
13 Aug 2024
00:30:00
Jeroen Develter is the Chief Operating Officer at Persistence Labs. Persistence One aims to become the gateway for Bitcoin Interoperability, powered by Intents, secured by Bitcoin. The solution ensures seamless movement of BTC with fast, zero slippage, cross-chain swaps.
Why you should listen
Persistence One is developing a Bitcoin interoperability solution for Bitcoin Layer 2 and related assets, powered by Intents and secured by the Bitcoin network.
The rapid rollout of Bitcoin Layer 2s and sidechains has led to a significant increase in BTC variants. These tokens are neither fungible nor easily swapped, creating a fragmented and complex ecosystem that could hinder the immense potential growth of BTCfi.
Leveraging years of experience in the DeFi and interoperability space, Persistence One is addressing this issue head-on by offering fast, zero-slippage, cross-chain swaps, enabling BTC to move seamlessly between different versions. Our solution will leverage scalable liquidity without limitations, driven by cross-chain intents.
For the widespread adoption of BTCfi, Bitcoin must be able to move seamlessly. With this vision, Persistence One aims to become the gateway for Bitcoin ecosystem swaps and a cornerstone hub for all BTC variants.
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SSV Labs - Next Generation Re/Staking
11 Aug 2024
00:35:37
Alon Muroch is the Founder of SSV Labs, a globally distributed team of developers, researchers, and ETH enthusiasts working to ensure Ethereum becomes fail-proof for many years to come. SSV.network is a decentralized, open-source ETH staking network, based on Secret Shared Validator (SSV) technology.
Why you should listen
SSV is also known as DVT, or Distributed Validator Technology, as it provides an open and simple infrastructure for splitting and distributing a validator key into multiple KeyShares, for the purpose of running an Ethereum validator across multiple non-trusting nodes.
Running an Ethereum validator on ssv.network achieves active-active redundancy, introduces new levels of validator key security, and benefits the Ethereum network, staking pools, staking services and solo stakers.
Independent operators, located all over the world, provide the infrastructure for ssv.network and are responsible for maintaining its overall health. Each operator is free to choose the validator client(s) software they will run and their hardware infrastructure, while stakers are free to choose the independent operators that will run their validator(s). This increases the overall health of the Ethereum blockchain and further eliminates single points of failure and risk for stakers by allowing validators to run on multiple clients.
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Stardust - The Platform for Devs to launch Web3 games
08 Aug 2024
00:38:04
Stardust is a $35M funded web3 gaming infrastructure and user acquisition service provider's Wallets-as-a-Service (WaaS) product and provides game development tools to build and scale blockchain games. Stardust’s Wallets-as-a-service (WaaS) is used by more than 90 active game studios.
Why you should listen
Stardust’s platform offers game developers easy access to the most scalable, secure, and compliant infrastructure for invisible player wallets while empowering them with user acquisition and attribution resources necessary to accomplish their revenue and player retention goals.
Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Stardust supports major gaming studios like Midnight Society, Shrapnel, Habbo, Tilting Point, Stillfront, and more.
Stardust recently announced the Starbase, a consumer-facing unified rewards and social gaming platform. Partnering with game titles like Nifty Island, Shrapnel, BloodLoop, Habbo Hotel, Cap’n’Company, and more, Starbase features missions and challenges that allow players to earn Gems while they play their favourite games. Gems are a part of a larger rewards system that aligns incentives between players, games, and advertisers through a broader network called Starnet. The company will be unveiling partners on a weekly basis and has already onboarded over 20 of the top web3 games to the Starbase missions platform.
Stardust recently announced a strategic partnership with Shrapnel, a highly-anticipated AAA first-person extraction shooter. The partnership plans to provide scalability to take the first-person shooter to the next level - with the potential to bring tens of millions of players into the blockchain gaming space. WaaS product enabled Shrapnel to offer invisible, custodial wallets to players, providing a seamless game experience while leveraging the underlying Shrapnel subnet.
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PepeCoin - The OG Meme Coin
06 Aug 2024
00:38:27
Brian Fanzo is a digital futuirst who is helping out the dev team from PepeCoin, the OG meme coin community working to unlock utility and innovation to grow Web3 adoption. There is much, much more to Pepecoin than a fun meme, listen and learn.
Why you should listen
Pepecoin was originally launched in 2016 by a group of crypto OGs. Originally it was launched using its own proof-of-work blockchain network. Due to controversy surrounding the Pepe the Frog meme after the 2016 presidential election, a handful of exchanges forcefully renamed the Pepecoin project with the ticker "MEMETIC" on their platforms to be politically correct. At the time, the project was the only other memecoin except for Dogecoin and it quickly grew in popularity. In 2017, it even attracted the attention of Vitalik Buterin himself. After several years of operating its own blockchain network, the Pepecoin project decided to migrate to the Ethereum blockchain to take advantage of EVM smart contracts and DEX platforms where their ticker could not be arbitrarily changed.
A group of opportunistic individuals saw the Pepecoin migration announcements and frontran it by deploying the $PEPE token that many of you know today - even going as far as to steal the original Pepecoin logo, until they were forced to remove it due to copyright. The OG $PEPECOIN contributors were fortunately no strangers to injustice. After all, they are battle-hardened crypto OGs who survived the great meme war of 2016. So rather than wallowing in their sorrows, they embarked on a journey to reclaim what is rightfully theirs by devving their way to the top.
Since then, they have released:
PepeOS: A web application inspired by vintage operating systems
Pepe Paint: A unique draw-to-NFT platform and marketplace that empowers artists to create & monetize their talent
Kek Bot: An advanced AI trading engine that converts natural language into automated trades & rewards users for training it
BasedAI: A custom layer 1 blockchain network for ZK-LLMs and smart contracts
Pepe Messenger: A vintage MSN Messenger themed chat application for decentralized, E2E encrypted, wallet-to-wallet instant messaging with much more on the way!
Pepecoin is throwing a wrench in the well-oiled influencer shitcoin factory that churns out copypasta tokens to dump on unsuspecting average Joes. Instead, they are demonstrating that meme coins can and should be coupled with innovation and meaningful utility. You can either support the status quo by keeping the influencer assembly line running, or you can be part of history by joining the journey to becoming the first meme coin to be simultaneously considered a top-5 network. The #Pepening is inevitable
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Binance - The Mega Exchange Expands Down Under
05 Aug 2024
00:41:00
Ben Rose is the General Manager of Binance Australia and New Zealand. Binance is the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange platform by volume and has been instrumental in shaping the global crypto landscape since its inception in 2017. Ben joined Binance in 2022.
Why you should listen
Binance has close to 200 million users globally and trades around $138 billion USD each day. The mega exchange is continuing to expand around the world, so Ben joins Andy to discuss Binance down under, New Zealand and Australia’s role in the global crypto space, and what crypto adoption looks like down under.
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Credbull - reDeFining Private Credit
01 Aug 2024
00:34:06
Jason Dehni is CEO and co-founder at Credbull, the first licensed on-chain private credit fund. Through its on-chain fund, Credbull allocates capital to established Lending Originators offering loans to creditworthy small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) such as working capital, trade receivables, and invoice factoring. In return, the Fund’s liquidity providers gain access to the best performing asset class on an absolute and risk adjusted basis. Credbull provides universal access to 10% Fixed Yield on USDC regardless of market cycles, as well as the option to participate in up to 30% in the Fund’s performance.
Why you should listen
Credbull is a DeFi platform offered High Fixed Yield Structured Products. It has a licensed on-chain private credit fund. The platform is a blend of traditional finance (TradFi) and DeFi features, delivering high transparency, accessibility, and security in private credit investments. Credbull’s integration of blockchain technology allows for real-time transparency and decentralized governance over its fund operations, which includes everything from strategy formulation to risk management and performance evaluation.
The core products of Credbull are tailored to offer competitive fixed yields with lock-up periods designed to balance liquidity and return. These products are part of a broader strategy to attract a wide range of investors by breaking down barriers to access traditionally exclusive asset classes like private credit. Credbull is making private credit accessible to a broader audience, traditionally dominated by institutional investors and high net-worth individuals. This has the potential to democratize an asset class that has been out of reach for many investors.
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Kwenta - Decentralized Derivatives Trading
31 Jul 2024
00:34:41
Burt Rock is the marketing lead at Kwenta, a derivatives marketplace with multiple integrations, meaning you can trade multiple DeFi venues from the Kwenta platform.
Why you should listen
Kwenta is a decentralized derivatives trading platform leveraging the Synthetix protocol, optimized for trading perpetual futures on the Optimism layer. It's designed to provide traders with access to a range of on-chain and real-world assets without taking custody of user assets, emphasizing security and user autonomy.
The platform operates entirely on-chain, supported by decentralized Chainlink oracles for accurate price feeds, and does not utilize traditional order books. Instead, trades are executed using the liquidity from the Synthetix debt pool, ensuring traders can execute trades at any price level due to the liquidity and stability provided by sUSD, a stablecoin used within the system.
Kwenta offers features like trading with up to 25x leverage and low transaction fees due to its construction on the Optimism layer 2 solution, which significantly reduces gas costs and trading fees compared to mainnet Ethereum. This system benefits from the security and consensus mechanisms of Ethereum while allowing faster and cheaper transactions.
In terms of community incentives, Kwenta rewards users who stake their KWENTA tokens and engage in trading. Stakers are eligible for a share of inflationary rewards generated from trading fees. The staking system is integrated into the Kwenta dashboard, allowing users to manage their stakes and claim rewards seamlessly.
Additionally, Kwenta supports delegated trading, allowing users to manage trading permissions within their wallets securely. This feature is critical for users who wish to allow others to trade on their behalf without giving permission to withdraw funds, ensuring that control over funds remains secure while still enabling active trading strategies.
Kwenta aims to push the boundaries of decentralized finance by providing a robust platform for trading derivatives on blockchain, backed by advanced security features and a community-driven governance model.
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Pixels - Web3 Social Gaming on the Ronin Network
29 Jul 2024
00:33:33
Luke Barwikowski is the founder and CEO of Pixels, the largest web3 game by DAU. With over 2.5M total players, Pixels is a social, casual web3 game powered by the Ronin Network, focusing on farming, exploration, and creation in an open world.
Why you should listen
Pixels is a Web3 social gaming platform on the Ronin Network, blending farming, exploration, and community building in an open-world universe. Emphasizing a community-focused approach, Pixels builds alongside its users and is on a mission to become the biggest casual games company. In the rapidly evolving world of blockchain gaming, Pixels is setting the stage to redefine player engagement and ownership through its unique integration of gaming and blockchain technology. Pixels is an open-ended world where players can farm, explore, and build one pixel at a time, offering a rich blend of resource management, skill advancement, and relationship building, all underpinned by an immersive narrative and quests.
The game leverages blockchain technology to record player progress and achievements, thereby marrying digital ownership with game advancement. This feature is aimed at enhancing the gaming experience by providing players with tangible ownership of their in-game assets and progress.
The developers of Pixels have expressed their mission to create a fun, accessible blockchain-backed game that serves as an entry point for millions into the web3 space. The game was initially cultivated around a core group of dedicated enthusiasts and has since expanded its community outreach, attracting a broader audience through strategic sharing and community building.
As Pixels moves into its next development phase, the focus is on pushing the boundaries of web3 gaming by experimenting with and iterating on its core components. The development team is particularly interested in exploring features unique to web3 gaming, such as play-to-earn models, guild systems, on-chain reputation, player personas, social-fi, and interoperability among different platforms.
The ambition behind Pixels is not only to innovate within the web3 framework but also to discover and implement features that have yet to be fully explored in the gaming industry. This ongoing exploration is expected to significantly impact the next generation of gaming, making Pixels a potential pioneer in the space.
The game's approach and the technology backing it suggest a promising shift towards more interactive and ownership-driven gaming experiences, setting a new standard for what is possible in the world of web3 gaming.
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PlaysOut - Bring Game-changing Games to the World
23 Jul 2024
00:28:20
Jassem Osseiran, the founder of PlaysOut, discusses bringing Web3 to the gaming industry. PlaysOut is an SDK and standalone app that allows game developers to transition from traditional gaming to the Web3 space.
Why you should listen
PlaysOut aims to solve the problem of monetizing global audiences and integrating with Web3 ecosystems. PlaysOut has partnered with Tencent to bring casual gaming to the WeChat ecosystem and expand to global audiences. They have plans to integrate with other super apps like Telegram. PlaysOut’s platform and SDK solution tackles the profitability challenges faced by game developers and traffic providers worldwide, ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to earn rewards for their effort and engagement with games. The profitability of games serves as support for PlaysOut, upon which web3 empowerment is built, amplifying the value of excellent products.
PlaysOut is poised to revolutionize web3 gaming by fostering a thriving community through innovative developer and gamer tools. This focus on a healthy ecosystem will attract high-quality games and players while also engaging better with the existing audience. By setting a new standard for transitioning web2 games and building a unified platform, PlaysOut is on track to become a central force in the future of gaming, where the best of both worlds collide.
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DeXe - Launch a DAO on any Chain
14 Jul 2024
00:37:21
Serhii Kravchenko is the CEO at DeXe, the solution for creating and governing DAOs, projects, tokens, and NFTs through a seamless, no-code interface.
Why you should listen
DAOs can remove human error by automatically executing the community’s decisions. DAOs also make distributing roles, voting power, treasury funds, and more quicker, simpler, and cheaper than in traditional hierarchical organizations. The DeXe DAO management platform allows you to build a DAO for no cost. Creating your DAO via the DeXe DAO protocol is as simple as clicking through a guided menu and selecting the best options for your needs.
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Ryze Labs - Web3, AI, Crypto and Beyond
29 Jul 2025
00:30:07
Matthew Graham is the Managing Partner at Ryze Labs, a fund investing in blockchain innovators worldwide who are building Web3 applications to drive adoption and expand access to the next generation of the internet.
Why you should listen
In this conversation, Matthew Graham, managing partner at Ryze Labs, discusses the intersection of AI and crypto, the investment thesis of Ryze Labs, and the potential of Web3.
He emphasizes the importance of stablecoins in the financial infrastructure, describing stablecoins as the “best product-market fit in crypto,” especially for emerging markets where hyperinflation undermines local currencies.
The discussion also touches on the future of AI technologies and the challenges faced in the crypto space. Graham believes the future of crypto involves autonomous AI agents operating above Layer 1 protocols. These agents will transact on-chain, manage wallets, trade assets, and execute user commands—essentially acting as a user’s “digital twin.”
Ryze Labs invests in the builders of blockchain technology around the globe that are designing Web3 applications that will accelerate adoption and democratize access to the next generation of the internet. Ryze Labs has always supported projects founded by hard-working visionaries that work with cutting-edge technologies, located in the next Silicon Valley. Ryze Labs leverages emerging markets expertise as strategic investors for best-in-class web3 projects looking to expand their international presence into emerging markets with high-growth potential. Ryze has invested in some of the most successful web3 projects to date, including Solana, LayerZero, Polygon, and Wintermute.
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Flux - Web3 Cloud Infrastructure
09 Jul 2024
00:38:53
Davy Wittock leads the Flux Business Development team. Flux is a decentralized Web3 cloud infrastructure comprised of user-operated, scalable and globally distributed computational nodes.
Why you should listen
Flux is a decentralized cloud infrastructure designed to provide scalable and reliable services for blockchain applications and other web services. Built to address the growing need for decentralized computing resources, Flux offers a robust platform that enables developers to deploy, manage, and scale applications across a network of nodes.
This infrastructure is powered by the FluxOS, an operating system that manages node operations and resource allocation efficiently. By utilizing FluxOS, developers can deploy Dockerized applications, which are easily scalable and highly resilient to failures.
One of the key features of Flux is its incentivized node operation model. Node operators are rewarded with FLUX tokens, the native cryptocurrency of the platform, for contributing computational resources to the network. This incentivization ensures a robust and reliable network of nodes, promoting decentralization and reducing the risk of single points of failure.
Flux also supports interoperability with other blockchains, making it a versatile choice for developers. The platform’s flexible architecture and comprehensive toolset empower developers to create innovative applications without being constrained by traditional cloud infrastructure limitations.
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Stripchain - Interoperability Through Chain Abstraction
04 Jul 2024
00:39:59
0xnovachrono is the Founder of Silent Research Labs, building Stripchain, an intent-based interoperability protocol designed to simplify chain abstraction. True interoperability entails seamless interaction with applications. Stripchain is engineered to eliminate developer complexities, making application chains arbitrary.
Why you should listen
Stripchain is an intent-based interoperability protocol designed to simplify chain abstraction. Central to Stripchain is the StripVM, which ensures security while coordinating, orchestrating, and executing user calls. This unifies diverse blockchains and introduces unprecedented domain fluidity.
True interoperability entails seamless interaction with applications. Stripchain is engineered to eliminate developer complexities, making application chains arbitrary. The goal is to provide a user experience comparable to web2, reflecting Stripchain’s vision.
Stripchain aims to revolutionize transaction order flow by integrating StripVM into various applications, achieving true interoperability. It enables developers to facilitate cross-domain communication, allowing users and applications from different domains or chains to interact and respond to requests, fundamentally changing our perspective on interoperability today.
Stripchain supports scalable cross-domain communication between users and applications, paving the way for a more interconnected blockchain ecosystem.
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Core DAO - Decentralized Applications Secured by Bitcoin
02 Jul 2024
00:35:17
Rich Rines is an initial contributor to Core Dao.
Why you should listen
Core Chain is the first Bitcoin-aligned EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain, designed to be Bitcoin's complementary and hyper-scalable smart contract platform. With 50% of Bitcoin mining hash power already contributing to its security model and through the ground-breaking innovation of Non-Custodial Bitcoin staking, Core Chain is unlocking Bitcoin both as the prime protector and central asset of the future of DeFi.
Core Chain's major innovation is it's novel consensus mechanism, Satoshi Plus, that unites Delegated Proof of Work (DPoW), Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS), and Non-custodial Bitcoin Staking. Through this combination, Core Chain incorporates Bitcoin miners in the security of Turing-complete smart contracts, unlocks the functionality and utility of those miners beyond the simple maintenance of the Bitcoin ledger, and provides them with purely additive supplemental income in the form of CORE token rewards. This symbiotic relationship works to strengthen Bitcoin without consuming Bitcoin block space or detracting from the miners' primary role as defenders of the Bitcoin network. While DPoW leverages Bitcoin miners, through the DPoS, Core Chain leverages both the CORE and BTC holders that stake their assets onto the Core blockchain and influence the network’s consensus by delegating their staked assets to the validators on the Core Chain network.
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Helios - The Future of Music Streaming
01 Jul 2024
00:35:29
Ryder Havdale is the CEO and founder of Helios Creators Inc., which aims to revolutionize the music streaming industry by offering fairer compensation and deeper engagement between artists and fans through the Helios platform, using Web3 technologies.
Why you should listen
Ryder Havdell, CEO and founder of Helios Creators, discusses the need for fairer engagement and deeper connection between artists and fans in the streaming industry. Helios aims to revolutionize the music streaming landscape by offering a platform where artists can be directly rewarded for their work and fans can engage with their favorite artists. The current streaming landscape, dominated by platforms like Spotify, has its advantages for listeners, but artists often struggle to earn a fair income. Helios seeks to change that by allowing fans to directly support the artists they love. The platform utilizes an algorithm that distributes subscription fees based on user engagement, ensuring that artists receive their fair share. Helios also plans to incorporate NFTs, ticket sales, and advertising to further support artists and provide a comprehensive music experience for users. The platform is currently in beta and plans to launch fully in September.
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USDz - the RWA-backed Stablecoin
25 Jun 2024
00:24:05
Ben Shyong is the Co-Founder of Anzen Finance, a digital asset platform that issues USDz, a Real World Asset (RWA) backed stablecoin.
Why you should listen
Anzen Finance is a web3 protocol for minting and staking USDz, a stablecoin backed by a portfolio of private credit assets. USDz is a composable digital asset with utility across different crypto platforms. Token holders can use their USDz to participate in DeFi protocols, trade on exchanges, and use it for online payments.
Users can buy or sell USDz permissionlessly on Automated Market Makers (AMMs) with USDC. Qualified Market Makers can directly mint USDz with Anzen if they fulfill the KYC/KYB requirements. Users can stake USDz in certain jurisdictions to receive sUSDz and earn staking rewards.
As an ERC-20 compatible token, USDz functions across all crypto protocols. It is also compatible with the LayerZero Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) standard for bridging across multiple blockchains. Anzen is working with partners to increase the usefulness of USDz across the entire DeFi ecosystem.
RWA tokenization injects liquidity into traditional assets and enables fractional ownership and seamless global transactions without complex bureaucratic processes. Tokenized RWAs open the market to a wider range of digitally savvy investors by lowering entry barriers and providing flexible investment opportunities. Thus, digitized RWAs positively affect retail and institutional investors and the financial markets.
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Wondra - The Metaverse for AI Agents
23 Jun 2024
00:38:12
Robert Cartwright is the CEO of AI agent-driven metaverse 2.0 ecosystem.
Why you should listen
Wondra Protocol aims to create the world's first AI agent-driven metaverse 2.0 ecosystem. Within this ecosystem, user digital twin data, driven by AI agents, will become autonomous inhabitants of the metaverse, possessing independent needs and matching various supply services, forming a self-consistent and evolving free market.
Within the foundational architecture of the Wondra metaverse lies an advanced AI assistant powered by neural network-based large-scale models. This assistant utilizes a transformer-based deep learning framework to train and enhance its language understanding system. The AI assistant will appear in the form of Wonki, and users can interact with it through conversation to receive services and earn $WII. Wonki can engage in interactive communication through text and voice, providing players with a range of intelligent assistance functions including answering open-ended questions on various topics, searching the internet for advice and solutions, creating articles and stories, offering learning and trading guidance, providing emotional support and encouragement, assisting in programming, and conducting data collection, organization, and analysis.
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DFINITY - Chain Fusion for the Internet Computer
18 Jun 2024
00:39:29
Aisling Connolly is the General Lead at DFINITY, working on Chain Fusion for the Internet Computer blockchain. Aisling is interested in the intersection of cryptography, information security, and privacy.
Why you should listen
Aisling works at the intersection of cryptography, information security, and privacy. Her work focuses on the foundations, design, and provable security of global-scale data systems. She aims to design privacy-preserving protocols by leveraging techniques in cryptography and applying them to problems that arise in our increasingly technological society.
The DFINITY Foundation is a major contributor to the Internet Computer blockchain. It is a Swiss-based not-for-profit organization with the largest R&D team in blockchain.
Chain Fusion is the leading priority for DFINITY alongside DeAI. It encompasses all technical integrations (native or RPC) as well as the suite of threshold signing implementations and packages them together to form the orchestration layer for all of Web3. Aisling's role is to establish Chain Fusion as a key enabler of a multichain world and Web3 in general.
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Brickken - The Real World Asset Token Suite
17 Jun 2024
00:26:54
Edwin Mata is the CEO and Co-Founder of Brickken, a Tokenisation suite for Real World Assets. From real estate to franchises to IP to business, almost anything can be tokenized via Brickken.
Why you should listen
Edwin Mata and Andy discuss several critical aspects of the tokenization space, particularly focusing on Brickken, where Edwin is the CEO and co-founder. Brickken is a tokenization suite for real-world assets. Real estate tokenization, which benefits from fractional ownership and new funding avenues, is a primary use case, explained Edwin. The conversation includes Brickken's global reach and the importance of legal compliance across various jurisdictions. Edwin emphasized the company's focus on user experience to differentiate from competitors and simplify tokenization for non-tech users. Regulatory frameworks, particularly harmonization globally, were discussed alongside the role of the Brickken Token (BKN) in the ecosystem, serving purposes like gas fees and community engagement. Edwin is excited by several upcoming partnerships and projects, including European sandbox testing with Coinbase Institutional. Edwin projects a future where trillions in assets could be tokenized over the next decade.
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CUDIS - The Wearable Smart Ring on Solana
13 Jun 2024
00:36:38
Edison Chen is the co-founder and CEO of CUDIS, a Web 3.0 startup making the world’s first AI smart ring that rewards your wellness journey.
Why you should listen
The CUDIS ring represents a significant leap in the realm of wearable wellness technology. Positioned as a competitor to the Oura ring in the web3 landscape, the CUDIS ring is a Solana-based wearable that discreetly monitors users’ physical well-being, offering a wealth of biometric insights. Coupled with a personalized AI coach, the CUDIS ring dynamically tailors its recommendations to individual users.
CUDIS seeks to empower users by providing a rewards mechanism. This mechanism enables users to monetize their health data while accessing premium membership features without incurring additional costs.
The first 1500 rings sold out in hours. Stage Two release rings are available now and selling fast.
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ZTX - A Virtual World for Creators and Communities
11 Jun 2024
00:39:12
ZTX - A Virtual World for Creators and Communities
Niko Hosn is the CTO of ZTX, an immersive virtual world empowering creators and communities. Open Beta is now live.
Why you should listen
ZTX builds upon the foundation and success of ZEPETO, the largest metaverse platform in Asia with over 430M registered users. Prioritizing interoperability and scalability, ZTX harnesses blockchain technology to empower players, creators, and communities.
ZTX embodies three core pillars: Identity, Experience, and Creator Development.
Identity: ZTX takes avatar identity and experience to new heights. Extending what currently exists in ZEPETO, ZTX not only empowers users to create their digital identity, it also leverages their creativity and monetizes their time through actual on-chain ownership of assets.
Experience: ZTX offers a range of experiences for all types of users, and will integrate social aspects into its multi-layered approach to building a world. First, ZTX introduces innovative concepts like free land ownership along with crafting assets and land development. Users will be able to take advantage of the highly customizable decorator modes to create their digital homes and eventually invite friends over. Future plans for ZTX include integrating aspects of decentralized finance, establishing a multi-tiered economy, self-governed Districts, portal games, and much more.
Creator Development: ZTX empowers not only creators but also players and communities to monetize through gameplay. For creators, ZTX offers a new medium to express themselves, grow their fan base, and earn from asset and experience creation. It is a platform that serves as a playground for creativity and community, enabling users of all backgrounds to chart their journeys in a digital world beyond the physical.
ZTX is introducing this immersive world to a diverse audience, encompassing both crypto natives and existing ZEPETO users. ZTX places a strong emphasis on education and empowerment, ensuring that all users, regardless of their background, have access to Web3 tools and experiences. Leveraging the existing ZEPETO software architecture, the Web2 user base, and a robust pipeline of partnerships with global companies and brands, ZTX is poised to launch an unparalleled virtual experience that captivates the market like few other projects.
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Idea-L® - From Idea to Funded Startup
23 Jul 2025
00:29:56
Peter Goodwin is the CEO and founder of Idea-L®, the platform that combines generative AI and real-time validation to help anyone go from idea to funded startup, without gatekeepers. Think: “AI x AngelList meets Product Hunt — but fully decentralized.”
Why you should listen
idea‑L® is an AI-powered, Web3-native platform designed to accelerate the journey from concept to launch. At its heart is a step-by-step process—Imagine, Design, Execute, Accelerate, and Live—providing founders with a structured framework to turn bold ideas into viable ventures without the usual guesswork. This fusion of AI-driven validation, decentralized funding via the GovToken, and human mentorship redefines early-stage entrepreneurship by making it accessible, intuitive, and speed-focused.
Beyond automation, idea‑L® embeds Web3-powered transparency and community governance into its DNA. Its tech stack includes predictive analytics, smart contracts, and a DAO-based decision-making structure—all delivered through an agile, intuitive interface. Token holders gain real voting power, staking benefits, and fee-based perks, while the platform steers clear of insider privilege—no presales, and no secret taps to exclusivity.
Currently in private beta ahead of a 2025 GovToken public launch, idea‑L® is based in Dubai but operates globally, targeting founders of any background or mission type—commercial, social, or public good. It’s positioning itself as a democratic co‑founder: always on, structured, and deeply rooted in fairness and momentum. If you're tired of the startup snail's pace and gatekept funding, idea‑L® is staking its claim as the launchpad that tells it like it is.
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Plato - The Eat 2 Earn Protocol
06 Jun 2024
00:29:57
Robert Kao is the co-founder of Plato Protocol. Plato rewards consumers who create and curate content around restaurants. Ready to Eat to Earn?
Why you should listen
Plato is an on-chain reputation and gamified dining experience, with a mission to revolutionize the food economy. Plato users create a unique dataset around food backed by proof of purchase at restaurants to create personal restaurant discovery, reservation and payment user experience.
At its core, Plato operates as a rewards protocol, empowering users to Eat2Earn at dining establishments globally (supports 15 million restaurants). Through the Plato Eats dApp, available on iOS and Android, users incentivize a network of data collectors with rewards sourced from restaurant marketing budgets. The collaborative effort culminates in the creation of the world's premier verified food data source.
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GigaStar - The Marketplace for YouTube Creators and Investors
04 Jun 2024
00:33:51
Sarah McNabb is CMO at GigaStar a next-gen crowdfunding marketplace for YouTube Creators and Investors.
Why you should listen
GigaStar fuels human creativity by bringing Creators and Investors together. GigaStar provides Creators with an intuitive SEC-registered crowdfunding platform to raise capital from Investors who gain exposure to the Creator Economy while joining a Creator's journey.
GigaStar’s mission is to empower Creators with access to crowdfunding and provide Investors with unique revenue-sharing assets in the Creator Economy, fostering mutual success and innovation.
GigaStar Technology leverages blockchain smart contracts (as the technology facilitator) to help creators distribute YouTube channel revenue monthly to thousands of their investors.
For investors, it opens up new avenues for investment and engagement, while for creators, it offers innovative ways to fund their work and build stronger relationships with their audience.
GigaStar is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) as a funding portal and is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Since its inception, GigaStar has successfully raised over $2.2M in funds for YouTube Creators from over 14K investors, with over $129K in revenue distributed to investors.
GigaStar Market, an SEC-registered funding portal, streamlines access to funding and introduces new partnership opportunities for YouTube Creators and Investors.
Through GigaStar Market, the company offers a regulated, secure, and transparent environment for fans to invest in the future revenue of Creators, turning viewers into vested stakeholders.
Through GigaStar Market, YouTube Creators can collect potential future revenue through a public revenue-share offering, enabling individual and institutional investors to participate in the Creator Economy.
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Isodoros Passadis is a contributor to the Lido DAO as Master of Validators, while Alon Muroch is the Founder of SSV Labs.
Why you should listen
Lido (the biggest LST by TVL on Ethereum) is deploying the new SimpleDVT module. Liquid staking protocols allow users to mint a transferable utility token that can be used in on-chain activities while their stake is locked-up while they continue to get staking rewards without maintaining any staking infrastructure. Thus it is said to be “liquid”.
The Lido protocol is integrating Distributed validator technology (DVT) to help increase and decentralize its node operations. SSV Network is a leading DVT provider and will have its technology integrated into the module.
SSV Network distributed validator infrastructure establishes a new standard for staking by providing a permissionless and decentralized platform to develop the next go-to applications and tooling for the staking industry.
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Shardeum - Web3 for Humans
30 May 2024
00:29:55
Kelsey McGuire is the Chief Growth Officer at Shardeum, the world’s first EVM-based L1 blockchain which uses dynamic state sharding to increase TPS with every new node. Or as Shardeum describe themselves, Web3 for Humans.
Why you should listen
Shardeum is an EVM-based, linearly scalable smart contract platform that maintains true decentralization and solid security through dynamic state sharding. This means Shardeum can increase its TPS capacity with each validator added to the network to retain low gas fees forever.
Shardeum is the solution to the blockchain trilemma. As blockchain tries to achieve scalability, decentralization and security, it will only be able to attain two. There must be a trade-off between decentralization and scalability with security an essential element. Shardeum achieves scalability, decentralization and still maintains security.
Shardeum’s auto-scaling feature allows the network to automatically adjust the number and size of shards based on the current workload. This allows the system to optimize performance and maintain high levels of scalability as it grows and evolves.
Shardeum aims to be a chain capable of onboarding over a billion people to the blockchain and crypto revolution. Shardeum, like the Internet, will be open, collaborative, and community-driven and would democratize accessibility to decentralization. Shardeum will be the infrastructure on which the next iteration of the Internet, Web3, will be built.
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Portal Finance - Bridgeless Interoperability on Bitcoin
27 May 2024
00:43:00
Chandra Duggirala is the CEO at Portal Finance, a bridgeless interoperability protocol on Bitcoin aiming to to accelerate the arrival of hyperbitcoinization.
Why you should listen
Portal Finance brings Native BTC, BRC20s, Ordinals and atomic swaps to any chain. Portal is fostering the Bitcoin Renaissance by building the tools for global financial self sovereignty. Their web scale, serverless, peer-to-peer infrastructure and ecosystem of tools financially empower individuals around the globe.
Portal is live on testnet, and users can earn points toward the airdrop for participating.
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Pundi X - Blockchain-based POS
27 May 2024
00:29:15
Peko Wan is co-CEO of Pundi X, which has been deploying their blockchain-based point-of-sale (POS) solution and solidifying partnerships with governments, payment companies, and retailers around the world.
Why you should listen
Pundi X is a blockchain payments ecosystem. XPOS is the leading blockchain-based Point-of-Sale solution, enabling merchants to accept crypto payments or sell cryptocurrency in a physical shop. Running on the Android operating system, XPOS equips merchants with the capability to capture data in QR codes, as well as support NFC applications. Verified merchants can allocate funds between cashier and sales account as well as monitor their transactions via the merchant portal. The solution integrates Ethereum and BNB smart chain, TRON, and Bitcoin Lightning networks and supports popular blockchain wallets, including Muun Wallet, Metamask, Trust, f(x)Wallet, and more.
Pundi X Chain is a dedicated payment-focused blockchain in the Function X network. It is specially designed to perform high throughput transactions with low latency and low transaction fees. In addition, it provides room for future compliance requirement upgrades, hardware (XPOS) integration, and Point-of-Sales compatibility, with tokenonomics that offer incentives to merchants and payment processors.
The consensus mechanism for processing transactions and creating new blocks in Pundi X Chain is proof of stake. Holders can delegate PUNDIX coins to receive PURSE as block reward and PUNDIX reward generated by the network transaction fees.
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Bitget Wallet - Taking Web3 Forward
23 May 2024
00:28:42
Alvin Kan is the Chief Operating Officer at Bitget Wallet, a comprehensive Web3 ecosystem platform.
Why you should listen
In just six years, Bitget Wallet has evolved from a simple wallet to a comprehensive Web3 ecosystem platform.
Bitget Wallet is the ultimate Web3 multi-chain wallet, offering a comprehensive platform with wallet, Swap, NFT Market, DApp Browser, and Launchpad functionality. Supporting 100+ public chains, Bitget Wallet aggregates top DEXes and NFT markets to provide users with the best trading prices.
Their mission is to create a world-class decentralized Web3 crypto wallet that offers a secure and convenient trading experience for all crypto users.
The NFT Market of Bitget Wallet is one of the largest marketplaces on BNB Chain and Polygon, with 220,000+ NFT collections and US$40+ million in trading volume. It utilizes a unique DESM encryption algorithm and shares a US$300 million Protection Fund with the Bitget Exchange, ensuring the security of user assets and transactions.
With its user-friendly features, the Bitget Web3 Wallet empowers users to engage with decentralized applications and digital assets, making it easier than ever to embrace the opportunities offered by the Web3 ecosystem.
Bitget Wallet's on-chain layer is the future roadmap and blueprint of Bitget Wallet, and includes a $10 million BWB Ecosystem Fund to invest in and incubate emerging projects to build on the Bitget Onchain Layer. BWB will serve as the system token for the Bitget Onchain Layer, integrating deeply with the Bitget ecosystem.
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Hashdex - The Crypto ETF Pioneer
21 May 2024
00:38:27
Samir Kerbage is the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Products at Hashdex, a global pioneer in crypto asset management, with ETFs and crypto indexes worldwide.
Why you should listen
Founded in 2018, Hashdex is a global pioneer in crypto asset management. They are building pathways to prosperity by opening the crypto ecosystem to the world. With extensive experience in digital assets, Hashdex is a global leader that has launched numerous innovative products across Latin America, Europe and North America, aligning with relevant regulatory environments.
Dedicated to bringing crypto opportunities to the mainstream, Hashdex partnered with Nasdaq to develop the Nasdaq Crypto Index (NCI) and Nasdaq Crypto Index Europe (NCIE) to provide global investors with a reliable benchmark for this dynamic asset class.
In 2021, Hashdex introduced the world's first crypto index ETF, enabling many investors to allocate to crypto for the first time.
Hashdex serves as the digital asset advisor for the Hashdex Bitcoin ETF. As one of the 13 asset managers approved for a spot Bitcoin ETF in the United States, Hashdex is further solidifying its global presence.
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Sui - Web3 with the ease of Web2
16 May 2024
00:31:12
Greg Siourounis is the managing director of the Sui Foundation, advancing and supporting Sui, the layer 1 blockchain designed to make Web3 fast, private, secure, and accessible to everyone.
Why you should listen
Mysten Labs' objective is to provide the basic architecture for Web3, creating tools for the future of Web3 to make it secure, dependable, and ready for widespread adoption. The Sui Blockchain was established to overcome common blockchain limitations and create a new blockchain with horizontal scalability. This unique approach aims to maintain low gas fees and high transaction processing capacity, offering improved security, scalability, and a user-friendly experience at a low cost. Mysten Labs, the creator of the Sui blockchain, closed a $300 million Series B funding round, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, and Binance Labs.
The Sui Foundation is an independent organization with a mission to onboard the next billion users to web3 by advancing the global adoption of the Sui blockchain. The Sui Foundation exists in service of the Sui community and is committed to decentralization. The Sui Foundation marshals financial and personnel resources to fulfill its mission, including by educating, activating, funding, and promoting builders and creators working on Sui-based projects. It administers a few key programs including the Developer Grant Program, the Delegation Program, and the Ambassador Program.
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Native - Web3's Unified Liquidity Layer
14 May 2024
00:39:44
Meina Zhou is co-founder and CEO at Native. Native’s mission is to improve the web3 user experience by solving fragmented liquidity and capital inefficiency in DeFi. They’ve built a unified, cross-chain liquidity layer combining on and off-chain liquidity sources using RFQ architecture.
Why you should listen
Native Labs is building Web3’s Liquidity Layer, a protocol built to unify crypto’s fragmented liquidity and radically enhance capital efficiency for PMMs. Via their RFQ System, Native’s platform aggregates and connects order flow to PMMs for efficient off-chain pricing and on-chain execution. Since launching in April 2023, Native has onboarded over $100M in PMM liquidity and executed $2.2B+ in trading volume.
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Kaia - Stablecoins for mini-Dapps on Superapps
21 Jul 2025
00:34:12
John Cho is Vice President of Partnerships at Kaia DLT Foundation, a non-profit organization established to accelerate the Kaia blockchain’s global adoption and ecosystem maturity.
Why you should listen
Kaia is a mobile-first superapp that’s rapidly becoming one of the most intriguing Web3 platforms to watch. Originally known as Klaytn, Kaia rebranded and repositioned itself in 2024 with a bold vision: make crypto invisible. By integrating blockchain seamlessly into daily mobile life, Kaia’s goal is to onboard the next billion users without them even realizing they’ve crossed into Web3. And it seems to be working—Kaia has seen a staggering rise in on-chain activity, ranking second globally in daily active users. This momentum is largely fueled by its unique strategy: hosting Mini Dapps inside the app itself—think of them like mobile games or utilities that live inside a crypto-native superapp.
But what makes Kaia different is it is open to third-party developers and fully committed to open-source gaming. That’s a huge shift. Instead of locking users into a walled garden, Kaia is betting on community-driven innovation through Mini Dapps—lightweight, mobile-friendly, and composable little apps that make up the building blocks of the platform. These Mini Dapps allow users to explore DeFi, NFTs, and gaming with just a few taps, no wallet stress or MetaMask hurdles.
On the financial infrastructure side, Kaia is moving quickly. It recently partnered with Tether to integrate USDT, and it's also driving the development of stablecoins pegged to the Korean won (KRW) and Japanese yen (JYP). This isn’t just about payments—it’s about enabling a stable, familiar financial layer inside a blockchain ecosystem. For users in Asia especially, being able to transact with stable, fiat-pegged assets makes the jump into Web3 feel a lot less risky and a lot more practical. Kaia isn’t just building an app—it’s building an economy, one mobile tap at a time.
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Ta-da - The Data Platform for AI
12 May 2024
00:32:56
William Simonin is the c-founder of Ta-da - a data platform for AI. Projected to reach $109B by 2032, the data collection market is primed for disruption. Ta-da offers high-quality data at lower costs, outperforming outsourcing and micro-tasking companies with a hybrid model that ensures quality, cost-effectiveness and scalability.
Why you should listen
Data is the new oil. Several growth factors are present in the data market, one of them being artificial intelligence, a big consumer of data. By 2032, the data collection market will experience a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 25%, meaning that the market will grow from $63 billion to $109 billion dollars. Ta-da is innovating an old data collection technique, crowdsourcing, to collect and validate data through their community, at a price you choose. Ta-da specializes in Voice Recordings, Images, Videos, Text, and labeling to cater to user data collection needs. Companies can get more accurate AI models with custom datasets at a fair price.
Although the data collection market is promising, it still relies on mechanisms and technologies that can be improved. There is a market with great potential which is still based on outdated processes.
In this context, Ta-da aims to become the first decentralized web3 micro-tasking data collection platform on the blockchain.
Ta-da is a solution that enables cost-effective, high-quality, and diversified data collection. Their web and mobile application allows users to provide data that meets precise criteria through our clients. Ta-da offers flexibility by enabling companies to specify and customize their requirements in detail.
The Ta-da platform promises traceability of the production and verification process, as well as fair remuneration of the community via its TADA token. Their goal is to establish Ta-da as the standard for data collection.
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Celebrating 500 Episodes - Josh Returns!
09 May 2024
00:49:04
Josh Olszewicz, renowned crypto trader and technical analyst, joins Andy to celebrate the 500th episode of the Crypto Conversation.
Why you should listen
Andy and Josh discuss Bitcoin, alts, American politics, memecoins, and Josh explains why he is serious about his $333k by July 2025 Bitcoin price target. It’s the 500th Episode of Crypto Conversation, thank-you so much for listening!
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Azuro - Infrastructure & Liquidity for On-chain Predictions
07 May 2024
00:46:07
Rossen is a core contributor at Azuro, an infrastructure/liquidity layer for on-chain predictions. It utilizes a new Liquidity Pool design, the Liquidity Tree, which creates and maintains market liquidity.
Why you should listen
Azuro is an infrastructure/liquidity layer for on-chain predictions. It utilizes a Liquidity Pool design, the Liquidity Tree to create and maintain market liquidity.
The Azuro Protocol is a decentralized protocol that enables peer-to-pool prediction markets without intermediaries. It's built on EVM-compatible blockchains and consists of several smart contracts that handle different aspects of the prediction process, such as liquidity pools, odds, live betting, and payouts. The protocol uses a hybrid oracle/ automated market maker solution to determine the odds of different outcomes and to ensure that the process is fair and transparent.
Azuro supports thousands of sports markets and other games, plus a rich feature set, which can be utilized by anyone permissionlessly for the creation of apps, embedded integrations or derivative products.
The human desire to take risk for a gain is more widespread than ever. A generation of degens within and outside of crypto is here. A bet was one of the first forms of contract used by ancient people.
Azuro enters the space with the mission to break down the barriers, creating a protocol dependent on community participation and ownership. A piece of critical on-chain infrastructure which acts as a black hole for liquidity for decentralized predictions and gaming.
Azuro’s approach to concentrating liquidity can deliver much deeper liquidity vs any centralized options. Azuro's tooling and oracle solutions can be utilized by any blockchain, starting with EVM-compatible ones. Azuro's open design will allow anyone to launch a prediction site/app with no upfront costs and zero risk management capacity needed.
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