After a bit of a hiatus due to Rogue spending every waking hour trading dog coins, GoodWill Yunting is back with an incredible, can’t miss AI episode. He is joined by Adam B. Levine and Coin Artist from the AI project Blockade Labs. Blockade is known for their signature skybox product in which a matter of seconds users can input a prompt and generate a fully immersive, interactable AI world. Adam and Coin Artist start by introducing themselves, their background being super early to bitcoin, a...
In this new and absolutely incredible episode of GWY, we sit down with one of the founders of Parallel as well as a member of the Echelon Foundation. We start by discussing what Parallel is and how Kalos feels about its overwhelming success so far. We then move onto the question of how Parallel will overcome any NFT/crypto related resistance from traditional gamers as well as what scaling looks like for Parallel as the game expands. This leads into a talk about how they plan to incentiv...
In this latest episode, I talk to the founder of the awesome new options protocol, Valorem. We discuss why Valorem and an options market of this level should and needs to exist for DeFi to take the next step. Next, we get into how Valorem can become an essential money lego on Ethereum, and how it can offer opportunities for more and higher yield in DeFi. We spend a good amount of time talking 'Why Valorem' such as how it differs from other options protocols on the scene right now, what ...
Back for another episode of your favorite crypto podcast, we have on the latest and (they’re hoping to be) greatest new spot and perp dex on the scene, Vertex. Vertex is a cross-margin spot and perp dex on Arbitrum with a wide range of features and tech for all your buying, selling, and trading needs. We have on one of the founders, Darius Tabai aka Heavy D to talk how Vertex started, why they decided to build a new dex, what differentiates it from other dexes such as GMX or Dydx, and what th...
In this new GoodWill Yunting episode, we have on two Chads, Julian and Big D Senpai from the big brain protocol Illuminate Finance. Illuminate is a fixed income aggregator that gives users some of the best APYs in DeFi along with incredible aggregation for protocols looking to integrate. In this episode, we get into all the dope tech such as the metatoken that allows Illuminate to offer incredible yields and highly liquid markets in a safe and secure way. We discuss how to make the unsexy fie...
In this latest episode of GoodWill Yunting, by demand of the fans, we have back on two incredible builders of the superstar protocol Sentiment. Sentiment, if you live under a rock, is the undercollateralized on-chain leverage protocol that allows you to do a wide variety of yield farming, trading, and lending strategies--many of which we get into. We start with the inspiration behind Sentiment as well as how the protocol has developed since inception. We dive into the many surprising strategi...
In our new GoodWill Yunting episode, we invite back on our old friends Anon Intern and Bruce from Apollo DAO. Apollo was originally built on Terra but since the crash they have regrouped and built out an exciting new protocol on the Cosmos chain. We begin by talking about why they originally chose to build out in the Luna chain. They discuss the opportunity they saw of bringing and capturing value to a new, budding ecosystem despite knowing the risks of the algorithmic stable coin. After the ...
In this episode, we sit down with Art Blocks Curated artist James Merrill to talk all things generative art and NFTs. We begin by getting into James' background when it comes to generative art and blockchain. We discuss the history of generative art and how NFTs have furthered and advanced it. Next, we talk about how art is a representation of a culture and its times, and how generative art speaks to our time and culture. Of course, it's hard to talk the future of NFTs without talking about g...
Back for another episode of your favorite crypto podcast, I’m joined by Bew to talk to the big brain himself, Pacman of Blur. If you don’t know Blur, your head must be buried deep inside the sand because it is the hottest, and most controversial, NFT marketplace to recently hit the scene. In this episode, we discuss why Pacman decided to build Blur, and as an NFT trader where he felt other marketplaces such as OpenSea fell short. Of course, we get into all the ins and outs of the controversie...
In this latest episode of GoodWill Yunting, we talk all thing crypto regulation and politics with Adam of Tessera. We get in depth on the current regulatory and political landscape surrounding crypto. We talk the Biden administration’s stance, how Gary and the SEC views crypto, and the common misconceptions about crypto from media portrayal. Bew and I ask how can the tide change when it comes to shifting the view of crypto in the eyes of the SEC and politicians alike. We discuss how harnessin...
In this episode, we talk about a project we have been working on for a long time at Yunt Capital, The Pond. We are super excited to announce the release of The Pond, a media platform built by a community of crypto natives to share and document the collective experience of working and interacting within Web3. http://thepond.wtfThe Pond allows us to fold in new writers and content creators to expand our areas of expertise and the amount of incredible content we can offer. Ultimately, we hope th...
In the first GoodWill Yunting episode of 2023, we have on with us Xan, a friend and all-around crypto killer who has been involved in more projects than Vitalik himself. We start by discussing Xan’s extensive background and breadth of experience in the crypto space. We then dive into one of his favorite projects, Stacks, and what they are building on top of Bitcoin. Next, we discuss this bear market compared to previous ones, and how one can ‘make it’ in crypto—hint, the key is survival. We g...
In this episode, I bring on four other Yunts to discuss what happened with FTX, what it means for our industry, and what the future of crypto looks like moving forward. We start by discussing what actually happened and some of the initial fallout we have seen. We then get into how this will affect user and normie trust going forward, and what this means for the future adoption of crypto. Next, we discuss the possible/plausible regulations that will come from this on both the traditional and D...
In this new GoodWill Yunting episode, we have the brilliant, options gurus Ugolino, Jib, and Degeneral of the incredible protocol that Yunt was an investor in, Rysk Finance. Rysk Finance is a complex new protocol that uses options strategies to create uncorrelated yield for users. Our friends from Rysk break down how this is possible, their big-brain DHV vault, in what ways yield searchers and degen traders can use Rysk, and much more. They help break down what options are, what beta is, and ...
In the second installment of this new mini-series, Bew and I discuss the pitfalls of DAOs compared to companies and the original vision of the opportunities they allowed. We discuss the pros and cons of DAOs, some of the recent drama surrounding them, as well as what opportunities and areas of experimentation we would like to see around DAOs in the future. Next we move onto our thoughts about the merge, if it will be bullish or bearish, and how it affects ETH price long term. Of course, we wo...
Sath and I sit down with the genius Doug from CrocSwap to talk all things Dexs, market making, and DeFi innovation. CrocSwap is a soon-to-be-released Decentralized Exchange hoping to steal market share from the biggest players by offering both concentrated and ambient Uni V2 style liquidity. Doug discusses why this model is better for projects, traders, and price discovery alike. We discuss how CrocSwap thinks about High-Frequency Trading, Just in Time Liquidity, MEV, LPs as market makers, an...
In this new mini-series, Bew and I chat about our thoughts about NFT NYC, how each project faired, what we saw that was bullish or bearish for the space, and meeting all our favorite CT friends. We begin with a quick anecdote about how TradFi doesn't want you to win, then move on to our overall feeling about the festivities and events. We talk about what Ape Fest did well, the beautiful setting Azuki put on, Doodles interesting approach to the future, and the Moonbirds event (which Rogue got ...
In this newest GoodWill Yunting YC Round Table episode, I sit down with Sath, Butler, and CMDR of Yunt Capital to talk all things bear market, 3AC, governance, and more. There was much to cover since the last YC Round Table episode, so we dive right into the juicy meat of what happened with 3AC. We talk how Zhu and his over-leveraging affected this bear market, and how it will affect the future of crypto and VCs. Next we get into some of the crazy governance on display such as the YGG vote, t...
Back for another episode of GoodWill Yunting, Bew, and I sit down with the legendary Andy and Deeze to talk all things Fractional and NFTs. We begin by diving into the core functions and use cases of Fractional as a platform. We discuss how DAOs and communities have formed from the product, then dive into alpha on how Fractional V2 will increase the use cases of the platform. Andy and Deeze hint at how V2 will allow fractional owners to benefit from the utility of the NFTs held. Alongside tha...
In this episode, I'm joined by 0xBEW and the Element Finance team to talk all things Element, DeFi, and governance. Windra and Charles begin the conversation by giving their backgrounds in crypto. We then discuss what Element Finance is exactly and how degens, institutions, and businesses will be able to utilize it. We dive into the various uses of Element and how it is planning to grow and expand in the future. Charles, the DeFi Gov expert, gets grilled about what has worked in DeFi governan...