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 https://linktr.ee/exploringtheblockchain Disclaimer: This is not financial or legal advice.
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 https://linktr.ee/exploringtheblockchain Disclaimer: This is not legal or financial advice.
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 https://linktr.ee/exploringtheblockchain Disclaimer: This is not legal or financial advice.
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 https://linktr.ee/exploringtheblockchain Disclaimer: This is not financial or legal advice.
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 https://linktr.ee/exploringtheblockchain Disclaimer: This is not legal or financial advice.
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 https://linktr.ee/exploringtheblockchain Disclaimer: This is not legal or financial advice.
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 https://linktr.ee/exploringtheblockchain Disclaimer: This is not financial or legal advice.
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 https://linktr.ee/exploringtheblockchain Disclaimer: This is not financial or legal advice.
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 https://linktr.ee/exploringtheblockchain Disclaimer: This is not financial or legal advice.
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 https://linktr.ee/exploringtheblockchain Disclaimer: This is not financial or legal advice.
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 https://linktr.ee/exploringtheblockchain Disclaimer: This is not legal or financial advice.
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 https://linktr.ee/exploringtheblockchain Disclaimer: This is not financial or legal advice.
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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