Hedera Hashgraph - Gossip About Gossip Podcast

When was the last time your bank offered to stake your assets or provide a loan backed by your crypto holdings? What if your bank could not only custody your crypto, but also let you stake assets for rewards and take out loans backed by your tokens? The merging of traditional banking and digital assets opens up fascinating new possibilities. But who is actually bridging these two worlds? Welcome to the first episode of Season 5 of Gossip About Gossip, hosted by Zenobia Godschalk. Join us as we explore the merging of traditional banking and crypto with Aliya Das Gupta of Sygnum Bank, the world’s first regulated digital asset bank. This forward-thinking conversation provides insights into the new possibilities unfolding: By integrating crypto with trusted, regulated services, Sygnum points to a future where the best of both worlds can merge. Explore the fascinating intersection of traditional banking and digital assets with Aliya Das Gupta of Sygnum Bank, as she illuminates the vision behind Sygnum's origin story to bridge these two worlds. With this conversation, we learn the burgeoning global demand for their novel crypto banking services, from custody and staking to loans collateralized by tokens. Aliya gives us a glimpse into the future of decentralized identity and compliance to expand access to DeFi. This conversation provides insight into how Sygnum navigates the frontiers of finance by integrating crypto with trusted, regulated offerings.

The Gossip About Gossip podcast closes out its fourth season with an in-depth look back at the most exciting projects built on Hedera Hashgraph over the past year. Learn how developers and enterprises like Dovu, Quartr, and Unstoppable Domains are leveraging Hedera's speed, security, and low costs to create real-world utility and trust for decentralized applications. Hear directly from the teams pioneering carbon credit marketplaces, distributed mortgages, NFT gaming, travel booking engines, and more. Whether you're a developer looking to build on a high-performance DLT or an enterprise seeking business value, this finale provides unique insight into Hedera's thriving ecosystem. Discover how Hedera is bringing mainstream adoption to decentralized ledgers and get a sneak preview of Gossip About Gossip Season 5. Don't miss the exciting unveiling of new partnerships and platforms coming soon on Hedera Hashgraph.

Over 60 million people in the U.S. play fantasy sports—that’s one in almost five people. Game developers need to keep rolling out new and exciting opportunities to keep these gamers engaged. How is one company, GameOn, leveraging Web 3.0 to do just that? On today’s episode of Gossip About Gossip by Hedera, podcast Host and SVP of Communications at Swirlds Labs, Zenobia Godschalk, speaks with Matt Bailey, CEO of GameOn, about what GameOn is and how they are leveling up the sports and fantasy gaming experience on Web 3.0 through their Karateka launch. Godschalk and Bailey also discuss… The journey GameOn has taken to get to where they are now How GameOn is leveraging blockchain technology for the fantasy sports industry GameOn’s cross-chain compatibility and partnership with Hedera Bailey covered the Web 3.0 benefits. “Let’s use the karate combat partnership that we have as an example… We’re going to be selling playable digital fighters. So, every fighter in the karate combat league, you’re going to be able to buy them. They’ll be limited at 200 per fighter but it will look and feel like the actual fighter that’s fighting in the live events. With that playable digital fighter, notice we’re not calling it an NFT. Of course, it is an NFT, but it’s a playable digital fighter. You can gear it up, so you can buy gear like weapons and shorts and other different items that can not only change the look of your playable digital fighter, but can also give it an advantage in games,” he stated. Matt Bailey is CEO of GameOn and Founder & Board Director of Brooklyn Kings Rugby League. He is an entrepreneur breaking into the future of Web 3.0 games. He has served as an Adjunct Professor for Clark University, Senior Director, Brand Partnerships, for LiveStyle, Inc., and Director, Global Partnerships for Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, amongst other roles. Bailey attended the University of Technology Sydney, where he earned a Bachelor of Management in Sport & Exercise.