The CLG Podcast

2024 saw the introduction of spot Bitcoin ETFs and the explosion of memecoins, creating a unique crypto market cycle of the likes we haven't seen before. In this podcast, Zach Rynes talks with Daniel Shapiro, founder of Abstraction Capital, about some of the recent market trends driven by Bitcoin ETF liquidity and some the ongoing technological trends around scaling blockchains, interoperability, stablecoins, and more. Follow Zach Rynes | CLG: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod Follow Daniel Shapiro: https://twitter.com/_dshap

The recent collaboration between Swift, Chainlink, and 12+ of the largest financial institutions in the world on using CCIP for cross-chain interoperability has captured the attention of both the crypto and TradFi worlds. In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle discuss recent developments within the Chainlink and crypto ecosystems, as well as why institutional demand for tokenized assets and CCIP is rapidly accelerating. Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/chainlinkgod Follow The_Crypto_Oracle: https://twitter.com/Crypto___Oracle

Chainlink is the industry-standard Web3 services platform connecting the people, businesses, and data of today with the Web3 world of tomorrow. In this episode, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle talk with Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov and discuss a wide range of topics from Sergey’s background building Chainlink years ago to ongoing initiatives such as Chainlink Economics 2.0. We also discuss Chainlink’s approach to product roadmaps and product prioritization, the process involved with launching new products, the role of a token in oracle networks, and his thoughts on the unique Chainlink community and their role in supporting the network’s adoption. Follow Sergey Nazarov: https://twitter.com/SergeyNazarov Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod Follow The_Crypto_Oracle: https://twitter.com/Crypto___Oracle

There are trillions of dollars worth of real world assets (RWAs) in the existing financial ecosystem ready to be tokenized and brought on-chain. In this episode, ChainLinkGod talks to Nathan Allman, founder and CEO of Ondo Finance—a project focused on tokenizing bonds and US treasuries on Ethereum blockchain, enabling stablecoin holders to put their assets to work with sustainable higher-than-DeFi rate yield. We discuss the value proposition of tokenizing RWAs, the challenges involved, how Ondo is approaching this market, and what the future of the DeFi ecosystem looks like. Follow Nathan: https://twitter.com/nathanlallman Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod

When Celsius, Terra, Three Arrows Capital, BlockFi, Voyager, etc collapsed in early 2022, most people assumed that was the contagion event of the year. Now with the collapse of FTX and a missing $10B of customer assets, crypto is getting its second serving of pain and despair. In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle discuss the current state of the crypto ecosystem, from CeFi shenanigans to the role that Proof of Reserve can play in creating a more transparent ecosystem. Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/chainlinkgod Follow The_Crypto_Oracle: https://twitter.com/Crypto___Oracle

Economics 2.0 is a new era of sustainable growth, cryptoeconomic security, and deeper value capture in the Chainlink Network. In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle explore Economics 2.0 and how the LINK token is evolving to become a productive asset. From the BUILD program enabling pre-revenue projects to pay for oracle services to the SCALE program enabling blockchains to cover the operating costs of oracle networks, Econ2 is a systemic shift in the economics of the most widely adopted oracle network. Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/chainlinkgod Follow The_Crypto_Oracle: https://twitter.com/Crypto___Oracle

Have DAOs solved governance once and for all or are there major roadblocks still to overcome? In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle talk with Factory DAO co-founder Nick Almond about the nuances around Decentralized Autonomous Organizations. We discuss the core benefits of DAOs over traditional governance structures and define their purpose, cover the current sentiment around DAOs and what can be improved, as well as dive into the future of DAOs beyond the crypto ecosystem providing a form sociotechnical coordination. Follow Nick: https://twitter.com/DrNickA Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod Follow The_Crypto_Oracle: https://twitter.com/Crypto___Oracle

Blockchain scalability is the primary bottleneck preventing the crypto ecosystem from reaching global level and serving the 99% of society. In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle talk to Mustafa Al-Bassam, Co-founder and CEO of Celestia Labs. We discuss the modular blockchain thesis, why Celestia is focused on data availability and consensus, define the various types of rollups that exist such as sovereign rollups, and dive into Mustafa’s unique background and expertise. Follow Mustafa: https://twitter.com/musalbas Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod Follow The_Crypto_Oracle: https://twitter.com/Crypto___Oracle

Bringing Real-World Assets (RWAs) onto the blockchain is the next major step required for DeFi to scale to a global level. In this episode, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle talk to Teej Ragsdale, General Partner at Lupine Capital and Real World Finance Core Unit member at MakerDAO — the largest DeFi protocol by TVL and issuer of the decentralized stablecoin DAI. We discuss the value proposition of tokenizing RWAs on a public blockchain, the risk and opportunities that comes with using RWAs in DeFi, as well as Teej’s experience leading a proposal to bring $100M of RWA collateral to MakerDAO. Follow Teej: https://twitter.com/Lempheter Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod Follow The_Crypto_Oracle: https://twitter.com/Crypto___Oracle MakerDAO Huntingdon Valley Bank: https://forum.makerdao.com/t/huntingdon-valley-bank-hvb-rwa-collateral-onboarding-risk-assessment/

The crypto industry is feeling the pain as token valuations are down 80-90% from all-time-highs. Is the Federal Reserve raising interest rates solely to blame or are we witnessing what happens to token economics that only work when number goes up in an environment where number goes down, bad. In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle talk about a number of key topics including how crypto reflexivity leads to greater volatility, the role of governance and upgradability, the split between regulated and non-regulated DeFi, how protocols can justify extracting revenue, and much more. Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod Folow The_Crypto_Oracle: https://twitter.com/Crypto___Oracle

In this episode, ChainLinkGod talks with Stefan Rust, the founder of Truflation, to discuss how his project is producing unbiased inflation rate datasets, how this information is brought on-chain via Chainlink, and the many use cases that are enabled as a result. The conversation ends with a deeper discussion about the current and future evolution of the Web3 ecosystem. Follow Truflation: https://twitter.com/truflation Follow Stefan Rust: https://twitter.com/srust99 Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod

Has the cryptocurrency ecosystem achieved the goal of creating a more fair, transparent, and trust-minimized society or is it just a digital casino that exists to print new money in the form of tokens? In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle discuss the current state of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, how we foresee the ecosystem evolving into the future, and our thoughts on the role that Chainlink plays. Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod Follow The_Crypto_Oracle: https://twitter.com/Crypto___Oracle

In this episode, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle explore the concept of trust-minimized off-chain computation in decentralized oracle networks and how it extends the capabilities of blockchains. Additionally, we dive into the spectrum of computation ranging from traditional centralized servers to blockchain computation, and how oracle computation provides an optimized middle-ground solution for introducing privacy, scalability, fairness, automation, and more to smart contract applications. Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod Follow Crypto___Oracle: https://twitter.com/Crypto___Oracle

In this episode, ChainLinkGod explores Chainlink Price Feeds, the most widely adopted price oracle solution across the blockchain ecosystem, which actively help secure tens of billions of dollars in value across hundreds of smart contract applications. Chainlink Price Feeds: https://chain.link/data-feeds Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod

In this episode, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle talk with Pmcgoohan, the analyst who first discovered the Miner Extractable Value (MEV) problem in Ethereum pre-genesis in 2014. We define what MEV is, the various types of activity that do and don't fall under MEV, why MEV Auctions do not solve MEV, as well as how front-running, back-running, and sachwich attacks on blockchain transactions results in financial harm of end-users. We also cover potential solutions such as Pmcgoohan's proposed content-layer transaction chunking and Chainlink's Fair Sequencing Services (FSS), including their complementary nature. Follow Pmcgoohan: https://twitter.com/pmcgoohanCrypto Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod Follow Crypto___Oracle: https://twitter.com/Crypto___Oracle

In this episode, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle explore how the widely used Chainlink oracle network generates cryptoeconomic security through direct rewards and penalties. This includes implicit incentives with financial exposure to a native token, explicit super-linear staking with slashing, on-chain reputation with an immutable performance history, and much more. We cover both how the Chainlink network is secured today and how it is planned to be secured under the Chainlink 2.0 model as proposed in the recent Chainlink v2 whitepaper. Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod Follow The_Crypto_Oracle: https://twitter.com/Crypto___Oracle

In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle explore the concept of cryptoeconomic security in decentralized computation networks, how it is applied to the Bitcoin Proof of Work (PoW) and Ethereum 2.0 Proof of Stake (PoS) networks, and the various technical nuances that make these networks operate at a global scale. Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod Follow The_Crypto_Oracle: https://twitter.com/Crypto___Oracle

In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle explore the wide range of oracle services provided by Chainlink, the industry-leading decentralized oracle network. This includes Price Feeds (real-time financial market data), Proof of Reserves (on-chain audits of tokens backed by off-chain collateral), Any API (bringing all the world's data-chain), Verifiable Randomness (tamper-resistant on-chain RNG for NFTs and gaming apps), Keepers (transaction automation bots) and a Blockchain Abstraction Layer for enterprises (single integration gateway to becoming blockchain-enabled). We explore the importance of each service, how exactly they work, and the nuances regarding why the Chainlink Network is the leading provider in each individual category of use cases. Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod Follow The_Crypto_Oracle: https://twitter.com/Crypto___Oracle

In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle explore a wide range of topics including defining trust in society, the purpose of contractual agreements, how blockchains provide a decentralized trust network, the need for decentralized oracle networks, why oracles need to be separate from blockchains, the core value proposition of the Chainlink, how the Chainlink oracles are secured, the end state of Hybrid Smart Contracts, and much more. Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod Follow The_Crypto_Oracle: https://twitter.com/Crypto___Oracle

In this podcast, ChainLinkGod explores the core innovations presented in the Chainlink 2.0 Whitepaper. This includes the underlying components that make up Decentralized Oracle Networks (DONs), Fair Sequencing Services (FSS) to solve the Miner Extractable Value (MEV) problem, the Transaction Execution Framework (TEF) for syncing with a main chain using layer-2 mechanisms, trust-minimization to achieve maximum security and reliability, implicit staking in the form of the Implicit Incentive Framework (IIF), explicit staking with a quadratic scaling of cryptoeconomic security, and more. Insights are also presented on how the next generation of decentralized applications will take the form of Hybrid Smart Contracts which combine on-chain and off-chain infrastructure. Chainlink 2.0 Whitepaper: https://research.chain.link/whitepaper-v2.pdf Blog Post: https://blog.chain.link/chainlink-2-0-lays-foundation-for-adoption-of-hybrid-smart-contracts/ Research Summary: https://www.smartcontractresearch.org/t/research-summary-chainlink-2-0-next-steps-in-the-evolution-of-decentralized-oracle-networks/300 Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod