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#336: Tristan Frizza, Founder of Zeta Markets, on Solana’s DeFi Layer 2 Plans, Perpetual Trading, and 2024 DeFi Summer

5/20/2024
Tristan Frizza is the Founder of Zeta Markets. Tristan’s curiosity for crypto was ignited in 2017 when he traded his first cryptocurrency, spurring him to finish his Computer Science degree with an emphasis on distributed systems and PoW blockchain technology. He then worked in AI research and as a data scientist in Silicon Valley, eventually writing his thesis on Generative Adversarial Network for Image Super-Resolution for which he received First Class Honours. Motivated by a passion for open-source software and the potential to democratize finance, Tristan co-founded Zeta. His venture aimed to introduce transparency and accessibility to the financial sector, drawing on his deep technological expertise and vision for the future of global markets. The turning point came in 2021 when Tristan and his team triumphed in a Solana hackathon, outshining over 13,000 participants, which catalyzed the transformation of their proof of concept into a prominent decentralized exchange. Today, Zeta is a testament to Tristan’s ambition and innovation, having processed over $5 billion in trading volume. His journey from a crypto enthusiast to a trailblazer in decentralized finance illustrates the impact of perseverance, hard work, and conviction in blockchain technology in reshaping the financial landscape. In this conversation, we discuss: - Perpetual trading - Solana’s DeFi Layer 2 plans & Ecosystem - 2024 DeFi summer - $Z token -New $5M Strategic Round led by @ElectricCapital - The future trajectory of DeFi - The role of enhanced staking mechanisms - Fostering a robust and secure trading environment - Innovative tokenomics - Solana congestion issues - Ethereum vs. Solana Zeta Markets Website: www.zeta.markets X: @ZetaMarkets Discord: discord.gg/Xn9HCJaDZd Tristan Frizza X: @Tristan0x LinkedIn: Tristan Frizza --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:45:05

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#335: Tomer Pascal, CEO of CityVerse Tycoon, on Web3 Mobile Gaming Ecosystem, PWAs, and Battling the Apple/Google App Stores

5/16/2024
Tomer Pascal is the CEO and co-founder of OwnPlay, a web3 mobile gaming ecosystem that has developed CityVerse Tycoon, a PWA game allowing players to trade, buy, and sell tokenized replicas of real buildings in New York City. Tomer has extensive multi-disciplinary experience in delivering products to their appropriate markets, working with early-stage companies, businesses with new products, and well-established organizations. He combines his tech mindset, ability to create effective marketing technology platforms, and business capabilities to help companies monetize their products and achieve growth. Before founding OwnPlay, Tomer held several positions, including Chief Revenue Officer at Mohawk Group, Inc., where he focused on driving revenue and holistic growth; Chief Executive Officer at OMG Studios, where he served as a corporate strategist and worked on digital media and customer engagement; and General Manager of the Perion Lightspeed Division at Perion, overseeing the GrowMobile mobile advertising platform. With his diverse skill set and experience, Tomer leads OwnPlay in its mission to innovate in the mobile gaming industry using web3 technology. In this conversation, we discuss: - What is a PWA game? - CityVerse Tycoon = Monopoly GO + Zillow - Trade, buy, and sell tokenized replicas of real buildings - The opportunity that mobile offers for web3 gaming - Challenges of creating and operating a mobile web3 game - Mobile offering unparalleled accessibility - The "David and Goliath" struggle between crypto apps and centralized app stores - Apple and Google’s Appstore Duopoly - Building the game as a PWA rather than a traditional mobile app - PWA’s influence on distribution and monetization for mobile gaming CityVerse Tycoon Website: cityversetycoon.com X: @CityVerseTycoon Discord: discord.gg/cityversetycoon Tomer Pascal X: @TomerPascal LinkedIn: Tomer Pascal --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:45:09

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#334: Spencer Farrar, Partner at Theory Ventures, on Web3 Venture Capital, Funding, and Strategy

5/13/2024
Spencer Farrar is a Partner at Theory Ventures. Spencer was a two-sport athlete at Berkeley (swimming and water polo). He then worked at a Web3 startup, Velocity, which processed more than $150m of volume per day, before joining Bienville, a $4b asset investing in early-stage blockchain companies. In this conversation, we discuss: - The state of Web3 funding - Web3 startups - Venture strategy and liquid strategy in crypto - AI-based Web3/blockchain companies - Go-to-market strategy - Influencers becoming VCs - Swimming and water polo - Working in trad-fi - Similarities between VC and PE - Supporting portfolio companies - Web2 vs. Web3 sales Theory Ventures Website: theory.ventures X: @Theoryvc LinkedIn: Theory Ventures Spencer Farrar X: @SpencerFarrar LinkedIn: Spencer Farrar --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:37:07

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#333: Eduard Jubany Tur, Founder of ZKX, on Perpetual Futures, DeFi Growth in Asia, and How DeFi can Democratize Finance

5/9/2024
Eduard Jubany Tur, Founder of ZKX, a decentralized perpetual futures exchange on Starknet. Eduard’s background in tech and finance has led him to tackle some of DeFi’s most pressing challenges, such as accessibility and user engagement. With the goal of making DeFi more approachable and efficient, Eduard has been at the forefront of integrating gamification into trading, enhancing the learning curve with innovative solutions. Beyond that, Eduard and ZKX are also leveraging Starknet for scalability, advancing trading with security and transparency, and fostering community governance. This multifaceted approach highlights his commitment to not only making DeFi fun and accessible, but also robust, secure, and inclusive. In this conversation, we discuss: - Perpetual futures trading - DeFi’s growth in Asia + crypto in Asia - The potential of DeFi to democratize finance - Starknet - Account abstraction - Challenges of achieving widespread adoption - Appchains - Incentivizing engagement while ensuring accessibility - Onboarding the masses - The explosion of L1s and L2s ZKX Website: zkx.fi Z: @zkxprotocol Telegram: t.me/zkxcommunity Eduard Jubany Tur X: @0xEduard LinkedIn: Eduard Jubany Tur --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:34:58

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#332: Armani Ferrante, CEO of Backpack, on Solana and Web3 Super Apps

5/6/2024
Armani Ferrante is the founder and CEO of Backpack. The Backpack ecosystem of companies, creators of the Backpack wallet, the Mad Lads NFT collection, the xNFT standard, and Backpack Exchange. Before founding Backpack in April 2022, he was the creator of Anchor, a groundbreaking developer tool that revolutionized programming on Solana. Anchor has become an integral part of numerous Solana projects and protocols, and bonding its commitments to simplifying the developer experience. Armani graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Computer Science and before dedicating all his effort into crypto and web3, he used to work for Apple as a software engineer. In this conversation, we discuss: - Super Apps in crypto - Growth of the Solana ecosystem - Hill climbing business mindset - Backpack - Mad Lads NFT collection - Anchor developer tools - Solana vs Ethereum - Multi-threaded and parallel blockchains - the future of web3 - Speed, security, applications - the 3 things people care about - The future of consumer crypto Backpack Website: backpack.app X: @Backpack Discord: discord.gg/backpack Armani Ferrante X: @armaniferrante --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:38:34

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#331: Tascha Punyaneramitdee, Founder of INIT Capital, on DeFi, Liquidity Hook Money Markets, Point Farming in Crypto, and 2024 Trends

5/2/2024
Tascha Punyaneramitdee serves as Core Contributor & Founder of INIT Capital, a Liquidity Hook Money Market designed to enhance liquidity layers. Her prior role in leading Stella, a protocol offering multi-chain leveraged strategies, highlights her significant contributions and expertise in the sector. In this conversation, we discuss: - Liquidity Hook Money Market - Addressing information asymmetry - Better management of liquidity - Innovating DeFi’s architecture - Crypto scene in Thailand - Point farming in crypto - 2024 trends - Creating new liquidity streams - Memecoins - RWA, DePIN, AI - Bitcoin L2s INIT Capital Website: init.capital X: @InitCapital_ LinkedIn: INIT Capital Tascha Punyaneramitdee X: @tascha_panpan LinkedIn: Tascha P. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:31:51

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#330: Gracy Chen, Managing Director of Bitget, on The Current Bull Run, Memecoin Mania, AI Tokens, and Getting Listed on Crypto Exchanges

4/29/2024
Gracy Chen, the Managing Director of Bitget, oversees the growth and expansion of global markets, strategy, execution, business and corporate development of Bitget. She started her journey to the crypto world in 2014, being an investor in the early days of BitKeep (now Bitget Wallet), Asia’s leading decentralized wallet. Gracy was named a Global Shaper by the World Economic Forum in 2015. Moreover, Gracy has been selected as delegate to attend the recent UN Women CSW68 conference , an event where the UN member states representative and social organizations get together to raise and discuss critical issues impacting gender equality and women’s rights in New York, and address poverty and diversity problems and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective. In this conversation, we discuss: - Post Bitcoin halving update - Memecoin mania - How coins get listed on exchanges - AI tokens outpacing Bitcoin - Immersive NFTs - Augmented reality (AR) technology in art and entertainment - The big picture of this current bull market - Life in Boston - Are we getting a rate cut? - Predictions for AI-focused crypto assets for 2024 Bitget Website: bitget.com Twitter: @bitgetglobal LinkedIn: Bitget Telegram: t.me/bitgetEN Gracy Chen Twitter: @GracyBitget LinkedIn: Gracy Chen --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:33:44

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#329: Zach Bruch, CEO of MyPrize, on the Evolution of Crypto Casinos, Trading, and Creating Multiplayer Experiences in Web3

4/25/2024
Zach Bruch is the Founder and CEO of MyPrize, an online crypto casino. Zach previously held positions at Kraken and Cumberland Labs, where he ran their sales trading desk. He later created his own trading operation and became one of the most profitable individual traders of all time. Prior to founding MyPrize, Zach served as an advisor at JST Capital, a financial services firm specializing in digital asset markets. In this conversation, we discuss: - Working at Kraken and Cumberland Labs - The power and future of streaming - Stories from institutional trading desks - The evolution of crypto trading - Zach being FTX’s largest individual creditor - The next evolution of crypto casinos - MyPrize has the highest-ever pre-launch valuation for an online casino of $140M - Crypto casinos onboarding normies to web3 - Creating multiplayer experiences in web3 - Bringing community to web3 casinos - Community drives everything on the internet MyPrize Website: myprize.com X: @myprizecom Zach Bruch X: @ZachBruch LinkedIn: Zach Bruch --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:39:47

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#328: Ian Rogers, CXO of Ledger, on Self Custody and The Future of Hardware Wallets

4/22/2024
Ian Rogers is the Chief Experience Officer (CXO) of Ledger, the world-leading crypto and NFT hardware wallet manufacturer. Ian has spent his career exploring and innovating at intersection of music, artists, and technology. Prior to joining Ledger, he spent five years as Chief Digital Officer at LVMH, where he was responsible for building group-level digital excellence and accelerating digital transformation for LVMH maisons. Ian is also renowned for his work in the music industry, where he was the CEO of Beats Music and GM of Music at both Apple and Yahoo!. Ian Rogers also built some of the earliest music-related websites in the early 90s, including Winamp.com, and has been working with Beastie Boys since 1993. In this conversation, we discuss: - Self custody - Ledger Stax launch - New generation of hardware wallets - The need for clear signing - Increasing ease of use - The upcoming bull market, and what's different this time around - Ledger's transactional business - Launching Apple Music - Working at LVMH - Identifying trends + culture Ledger Website: www.ledger.com X: @Ledger Discord: discord.gg/ledger Ian Rogers X: @iancr LinkedIn: ian rogers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:43:39

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#327: Andreas Brekken, Founder of SideShift.ai, on Meme Coins, Eigenlayer Mainnet Launch, and ETH Dencun Upgrade

4/18/2024
Andreas Brekken is the founder of SideShift.ai, a platform offering direct-to-wallet trading. The exchange has processed over $1.25B in volume to date. Andreas first discovered Bitcoin in 2011 and has a deep technical understanding of the cryptocurrency space. In addition to being a long-term supporter of the cryptocurrency space, Andreas has substantial hands-on industry experience. He founded Justcoin.com, a Norway-based cryptocurrency exchange in 2013 (later acquired by ANX INTL), and then worked at Kraken as a software engineer in 2015 and 2016. He is also the founder of Shitcoin.com, a wide-reaching crypto content platform. In this conversation, we discuss: - Meme coins - When will meme coin mania end? - Interacting with crypto exchanges - ETH Dencun upgrade - Eigenlayer mainnet launch - The impact of Bitcoin halving on asset liquidity - Balancing short-term optimization with long-term scalability - Meme coin trading’s impact on the limits of current protocols - How we reached the era of ‘peak degeneracy' - Which blockchain network to build meme coins on - Discovering Bitcoin back in 2011 SideShift.ai Website: sideshift.ai X: @sideshiftai Telegram: t.me/sideshift Andreas Brekken X: @abrkn LinkedIn: Andreas B. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:34:29

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#326: Vijay Pravin, CEO of bitsCrunch, on AI Enhanced Decentralized Data Analytics, Blockchain Forensics, and Staking Mechanisms

4/15/2024
Vijay Pravin is the Founder & CEO of bitsCrunch, a Blockchain Analytics and Forensics company focusing on securing the NFT ecosystem. Living in Munich, Germany for the last 10 years, and originally from India. In this conversation, we discuss: - The role of AI/ML in blockchain analytics - Data integrity and transparency in NFT Markets - Navigating the regulatory landscape - Staking mechanisms - Solana integrating bitsCrunch - Sustainable economies - Network security and anti-fraud - NFT data insights and forensics tools - Token 2049 in Dubai - Wash trading bitsCrunch Website: www.bitscrunch.com X: @bitsCrunch Discord: discord.gg/bitscrunch-official Vijay Pravin X: @VijayPravinM LinkedIn: Vijay Pravin --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:31:11

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#325: Nikolaj Rosenthal, CEO of Myrmidon, on ETH, Staking as a Service, Non-Custodial Staking, and the Ethereum ETF

4/11/2024
Nikolaj Rosenthal is the Co-Founder and CEO of Myrmidon, a non-custodial staking provider. Nikolaj was a professional hockey player for +10 years and the first athlete to accept Bitcoin as a salary in 2017. He’s been involved with crypto since late 2016, is an investor + entrepreneur, and was the CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Evonax.com. He went to Copenhagen Business School, where he holds a BSc. Business Administration and Service Management, and Msc. Organizational Innovation & Entrepreneurship. In this conversation, we discuss: - Being the first athlete to accept Bitcoin as salary in 2017 - Non-custodial staking - Beaconchain, London fork, Merge, Shanghai/Capella & DenCun hardfork - DVT (Distributed validator technology) - ETH ETF - What’s going on with Ethereum? - Solo-home staking - Staking as a service - Pooled staking - Centralized staking - How to pick the right staking provider? Myrmidon Staking Website: myrmidonstaking.com X: @Myrmidonstaking Discord: discord.gg/kwE9EGnz96 Nikolaj Rosenthal Instagram: @nikolajrosenthal Facebook: @nikolaj.rosenthal LinkedIn: Nikolaj Rosenthal --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:35:06

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#324: Niraj Pant, Co-founder of Ritual, on The Future of Crypto, Decentralized AI, and Applying ML to DeFi

4/8/2024
Niraj Pant is Co-Founder of Ritual, the decentralized execution layer for AI. Prior to founding Ritual, Niraj spent six years as a General Partner at Polychain, leading investment rounds in startups like Offchain Labs, EigenLayer, and Compound. He began his career as a cryptography researcher in the Decentralized Systems Lab at UIUC. In this conversation, we discuss: - The relationship between crypto and AI - The future of AI and crypto - Building autonomous worlds and games - Applying ML to DeFi - Smart Agents - Building decentralized AI infrastructure - Story Protocol - Exciting developers - AI-based DApps - GPU as a service Ritual Website: ritual.net X: @ritualnet Discord: discord.ritual.net Niraj Pant X: @niraj LinkedIn: Niraj Pant --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:36:04

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#323: Matt Duea, Co-Founder of Roobet, on Web3 Casinos and Sports Betting, Crypto Gambling, and The Future of Crypto Gambling Regulations

4/4/2024
Matt Duea is an entrepreneur and a co-founder of Roobet, a betting brand for the next generation of gamers, and part of the group behind Roobet.fun and Roobet.com. In this conversation, we discuss: - Crypto-based gambling - Advancing the everyday application of cryptocurrencies - Crash gambling game - roobet.fun - the official social casino of the UFC - Future of crypto gambling regulations - Blockchain and crypto integration in gambling - Difference between web3 and web2 gambling - The benefits of a crypto casino - Social casinos Roobet Website: roobet.com X: @Roobet Telegram: t.me/roobetcom Matt Duea Website: mattduea.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:38:10

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#322: Luke Barwikowski, CEO of Pixels, on The Current State of Web3 Gaming, Growing to 500k Daily Active Users, and Building on Ronin Blockchain

4/1/2024
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. As CEO, Luke's mission is to build the biggest Web3 casual games company. Luke's background in software engineering started at 12, and he built and sold his first app at 18. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Michigan. In this conversation, we discuss: - Current state of Web3 gaming - Future of Web3 gaming - Coding and making video games at 12yrs old - Bitcoin mining back in the day - How Pixels differs from other web3 games - Move from Polygon to Ronin - Building on Ronin Blockchain - Virtual world building - Building the biggest Web3 casual games company - 500K+ real daily active users and 4.5M USD in token revenue in the last 30 days - Becoming the Zynga of Web3 Pixels Website: www.pixels.xyz X: @pixels_online Discord: discord.gg/pixels Luke Barwikowski X: @whatslukedoing LinkedIn: Luke Barwikowski --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:32:59

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#321: Dominic Williams, Founder of DFINITY, on Decentralized AI, AI DApps, Hosting AI Models on the Blockchain, and Multichain DeFi

3/28/2024
Dominic Williams is the Founder and Chief Scientist of the DFINITY Foundation, a major contributor to the Internet Computer (ICP) blockchain. Dominic is a crypto theoretician and entrepreneur who has been involved in the blockchain space since 2013, prior to which he was an engineering entrepreneur who created multiple internet technologies and products. Dominic specializes in distributed computing and crypto network theory, having proposed multiple innovations in use today. In this conversation, we discuss: - Decentralized AI (DeAI) - Why AI projects should be decentralized - Why DApps should get into AI - Building out a world-class content studio - Hosting AI models on the blockchain - Multichain DeFi - Decentralized Cloud Computing - Three lanes of blockchains DFINITY Website: dfinity.org X: @dfinity LinkedIn: DFINITY Dominic Williams X: @dominic_w LinkedIn: Dominic Williams ∞ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:34:19

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#320: Gerald Heydenreich, Founder of EtherMail, on Web3 Email, Tokenization, and The Future of Email

3/25/2024
Gerald Heydenreich is the co-founder and Preisdent of EtherMail. He's a seasoned entrepreneur, has consistently demonstrated his ability to innovate and grow businesses across various sectors. Starting at age 25, he founded Portum, the first European B2B reverse online auction and sourcing events platform with more than 1 bn USD trading volume, and later sold it to CapGemini/IBX. He then co-founded BuyVIP, a European private sales club that scaled to over 8 million users, 120 m USD in revenues and was acquired by Amazon. Gerald's passion for empowering others also led him to create Pippa&Jean, a social selling community enabling more than 3.500 female entrepreneurs. Currently, Geald is serving as the President and co-founder of EtherMail, the leading web3 email Platform building the bridge between web2 and web3 and bringing full inbox ownership, control, and sovereignty back to users. He also leads the Barcelona Blockchain Network that he co-founded with Shant Kevonian, a venture studio focusing on web3 and AI start-ups. In this conversation, we discuss: - The future of email - Web3 email use cases -Launch of new Email-as-a-Wallet product - EtherMail backstory - Upcoming launch of mobile app - Upcoming $EMAIL token launch - EtherMail’s advertising platform - Similarities between web1 <> web3 - The history and importance of email - Email commerce - Tokenization of assets EtherMail Website: ethermail.io X: @ethermail_io Telegram: t.me/ethermail_official Gerald Heydenreich LinkedIn: Gerald Heydenreich --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:39:36

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#319: Max Howell, Founder of Tea Protocol, on Unlocking the Open-Source Economy, Measuring the Impact of Blockchains, AI, and Incentivizing Developers

3/21/2024
Max Howell is the founder of Tea Protocol, a decentralized technology protocol that enables open-source developers to be adequately rewarded and compensated for their software contributions. Max previously founded Homebrew, a free and open-source package management system that simplifies the installation of software on macOS and Linux. Since its founding in 2009, Homebrew has become one of the most widely used open-source projects of all time. Max has also served as a Senior Xcode Developer at Apple and as the Chief Product Officer at MyHealthily, an open-source healthcare technology platform. Max remains a frequent open-source software developer and contributor. In this conversation, we discuss: - Unlock the open-source economy - Compensating developers to create open-source software - 90% of all publicly traded companies utilize open-source software - The relationship between open-source software and capitalism - The emergence of commercial open-source - Open-source AI - Valuing open-source software - Package management tools - Tea token - Staking and gas fees on Tea Protocol tea Website: tea.xyz X: @teaprotocol Telegram: t.me/teaprotocol Max Howell X: @mxcl LinkedIn: Max Howell --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:40:43

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#318: Jimmy Zhao, Senior Solution Architect at BNB Chain, on DeFi, AI, DePIN, Fully On-Chain Gaming, and One BNB

3/18/2024
Jimmy Zhao is a seasoned Senior Solution Architect at BNB Chain, leveraging over a decade of diverse experience in system and infrastructure development. Leading the design and implementation of enterprise-grade blockchain solutions, Jimmy focuses on translating business needs into technical requirements, collaborating closely with dApp and Infrastructure projects. His extensive background spans notable roles at Alibaba, HSBC, and IBM, showcasing his prowess in the payment, finance, and technology sectors. Jimmy's significant contribution to the opBNB system and ecosystem development demonstrates his commitment and contribution to accelerating the adoption of blockchain technology. In this conversation, we discuss: - High-frequency DeFi, AI, DePIN, and fully on-chain gaming - One BNB multi-chain paradigm - BNB Chain Dapps - AvengerDao - opBNB and BSC DAU now no. L1 and L2 - Working for Alibaba, HSBC, Huawei, and IBM - The differences between each chain (opBNB, BSC, Greenfield) - Present-day crypto market - ETH gas fees BNB Chain Website: www.bnbchain.org X: @BNBCHAIN Telegram: t.me/bnbchain Jimmy Zhao X: @JimmyZ77633809 LinkedIn: Jimmy Zhao --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

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#317: Paul Frambot, CEO of Morpho Labs, on DeFi 2.0, Modular Layered Protocols, and The Next Evolution of DeFi

3/14/2024
Paul Frambot is the Co-Founder and CEO of Morpho Labs, a research and development company responsible for building and growing the Morpho protocol. Paul co-founded Morpho Labs whilst studying towards his, now-completed, Master's in Parallel & Distributed Systems from the Institut Polytechnique de Paris in 2021. During his studies, Paul raised $18M from top investors, including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Variant for Morpho, which has since grown into a multi-billion-dollar lending protocol. The latest version, Morpho Blue, is a completely independent but remarkably simple protocol that serves as a secure, efficient, and flexible base layer for users and applications. In this conversation, we discuss: - Liquid staking and yield farming - Next evolution of DeFi Spending - Moving from App to Infra = the future of DeFi - DeFi 2.0 will define crypto’s coming bull market - Gauntlet leaving Aave to join Morpho - 2024 will see a shift from monolithic to layered protocols - DAOs are not suited for managing the risk of protocols - Morpho Blue - Lowering the barrier to entry - Raising $18M while still in school Morpho Labs Website: morpho.org X: @MorphoLabs Discord: discord.morpho.org Paul Frambot X: @PaulFrambot LinkedIn: Paul Frambot --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

Duration:00:33:12