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Keeping you up to date with all things Blockchain and Web3. Learn from industry experts about this rapidly changing and innovative technology as well as stay current with new developments and headlines in the field.
14 Episodes
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George Tsiolis joins us to talk buying Bored Apes, building ReidarDAO, and the confluence of AI and NFTs.
00:00 - Introduction
04:38 - Buying Bored Ape
09:29 - Future of NFTs
14:44 - Building ReidarDAO
38:27 - Recruiting talent and members
43:29 - George’s Tweets
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Richard Zhang, the President of Blockchain at USC joins us to talk about DAOs, crypto use cases, and working in venture capital.
00:00 - Introduction
01:48 - Building the Blockchain at USC Club
03:25 - Best way to learn about crypto
06:55 - Correlation between building and prices
08:44 - VC impact in crypto space
11:40 - Particular categories Dragonfly looks at
13:21 - Richard’s presents a use case of crypto
18:27 - Identity management
21:20 - Community
25:20 - When will we see real use cases?
27:00 - Richard’s tweets
32:30 - Diversity in Web3
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Lili Wang joins the Exploring the Blockchain podcast to talk about investing in crypto, gives advice to new traders, discussing crypto regulation, and talks about investing in blockchain projects.
(00:00) - Introduction
(03:12) - Investing indicators
(06:28) - Advice for new traders
(07:44) - Differences in traditional finance and crypto
(10:12) - Will crypto become less volatile?
(12:23) - Regulation
(14:20) - Hype vs technology
(18:32) - Future of NFTs
(20:40) - Investing in blockchain projects
(25:40) - Blockchain adoption
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In this episode, Alex from Footprint Analytics talks to us about blockchain analytics, GameFi, NFTs, and tokenomics.
(00:00) - Introduction
(03:04) - What is Footprint Analytics
(09:17) - What is GameFi
(14:25) - Tokenomics of GameFi
(20:28) - Do we need NFTs in gaming
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Felix joins us to talk about DAOs, tokens, governance, and using DAOs for good.
(00:00) - Introduction
(01:36) - What is a DAO?
(04:50) - What is Juicebox?
(08:07) - Does more money mean more power?
(11:13) - DAO vs regular nonprofit
(12:55) - Tracing money
(16:12) - Token ownership benefits
(18:00) - DAOs for good
(21:05) - Types of people in DAOs
Felix: https://twitter.com/RealFelixander
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Today we talk to James Healy about crypto use cases, what it's going to take for mainstream adoption, bitcoin as an inflation hedge, and educating people about Web3.
(00:00) - Introduction
(01:45) - Do we even need crypto?
(04:24) - Mainstream adoption
(08:40) - Fundraising
(10:14) - Crypto and the government
(12:23) - Inflation hedge
(15:10) - Banks in DeFi
(17:52) - Collateral in DeFi
(19:50) - Educating people about Web3
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Today we are joined by Colby from GET Protocol to talk about using NFTs as tickets.
(00:00) - Introduction to GetProtocol
(01:45) - Value of NFT ticket
(04:05) - Drawbacks to NFT ticketing
(07:45) - Why NFT tickets are necessary
(12:30) - Other Web3 ticketing platforms
(15:10) - Web2.5
(17:40) - NFTs as more than art
(21:23) - Future of GetProtocol
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In this episode, we talk to Jai Bhavnani, founder of Rari Capital. Rari ultimately managed over $1.5b, and has since merged with the Fei Protocol to create TribeDAO.
(00:00) - Introduction
(00:35) - Jai’s background and how he got started
(03:40) - What is DeFi
(05:00) - What is a yield aggregator and what Rari Capital does
(06:53) - Where does the yield come from
(09:35) - What is Fuse
(10:50) - Current markets
(12:05) - Using Twitter
(14:00) - Autonomous Philanthropy Machine
(15:16) - What’s next for Jai
(17:00) - How Jai manages school, business, mental health
(18:00) - Does Jai go to classes
(19:51) - Crypto regulation
(22:00) - Does location matter
(22:56) - Founding story of Rari Capital
(25:10) - DAOs
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Today we are joined by Dr. Vincenzo Quadrini, who is a macroeconomist and professor of Finance and business economics at the Marshall School of Business. We talk problems with traditional finance, decentralized finance, and liquidity in crypto markets.
(00:00) - Introduction
(02:12) - Drawbacks of traditional finance
(05:37) - Drawbacks of DeFi
(09:16) - Future of DeFi
(14:53) - Regulation
(18:16) - Teaching crypto
(24:01) - Current crypto market
(26:20) - Liquidity in crypto
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Luca Cordova Stuart joins us to talk about making money with NFTs, play to earn gaming, and what he has his eye on in the current market.
(00:00) - Introduction
(02:27) - Finding projects/evaluating NFTs
(04:00) - Indicators in an NFT project
(06:08) - Using Twitter
(07:56) - NFTs in the future
(09:34) - Governments using the blockchain
(11:56) - Play to Earn
(17:45) - Moving platforms
(19:18) - NFT mass adoption
(21:52) - What Luca has his eye on
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Today we talk being a venture capital scout, DAOs, crypto regulation, and building during a bear market with Samuel Thomas.
(00:00) - Introduction
(02:00) - How Samuel learned about Web3
(03:20) - Moving into the startup ecosystem
(04:26) - Web2 vs Web3 startups
(07:25) - What is a DAO
(08:42) - Day to day as a VC scout
(15:15) - Importance of community
(17:42) - Crypto scams and regulation
(20:19) - Startups change in behavior based on economic conditions
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Today we are joined by Gabriel Perez to talk building Moonlight, crypto education and the bear market.
00:00 - Introduction and about Gabriel
03:42 - Building a Web3 startup
05:12 - NFT fractional investing
07:58 - ConstitutionDAO
08:58 - Building a Web2 vs Web3 startup
10:30 - Being a campus ambassador for Exodus
12:20 - Educating people on crypto
15:30 - Government catching up to crypto
17:48 - The shillers
20:17 - Stablecoins
21:20 - Governments creating their own digital currency
22:20 - Building a startup in a bear market
24:11 - Using Twitter
26:24 - The bear market
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We are joined today by Dan Habib to give us an overview of the decentralization, blockchain and cryptocurrency.
We start with an overview of our current financial system, and how the blockchain can solve some of the issues and drawbacks that occur with centralization.
00:00 - Introduction
00:40 - Our current financial system
05:35 - Banks are middlemen
07:27 - The Internet Decentralized Information
08:46 - How Does Bitcoin Work?
11:40 - Who Keeps Ledger Without a Bank?
16:55 - Cryptos as an Investment Class
20:38 - Crypto Returns Compared to Other Asset Classes
21:20 - Bitcoin Supply and Inflation
23:50 - Bitcoin Adoption
25:12 - How to Get Exposure to Bitcoin
27:00 - Learning More
29:04 - What Shouldn't Be Decentralized?
30:30 - Blockchain and Bitcoin Distinction
Disclaimer: This is not financial advice.
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