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"Fintech Can Be a 1.5 Bridge Into 2.0 DeFi:" 11:FS Co-Founder Simon Taylor
Season 3 Episode 5
I interviewed Simon Taylor. Simon has the rare quality of being very knowledgeable about decentralized finance but also about fintech. He is the co-f…
5 years, 7 months ago
"Fair Launch is a New Way for Founders to Express Themselves:" Gavin McDermott of IDEO CoLab
Season 3 Episode 4
Hello Defiers! In this week’s interview, I spoke with Gavin McDermott. He's an investor at IDEO CoLab Ventures, the venture arm of design firm IDEO, …
5 years, 7 months ago
"It Was Exciting But it Was Also Terrifying:" Dan Elitzer and Clinton Bembry on Yam Finance's Backstory
Season 3 Episode 3
In this week’s episode, I spoke with Dan Elitzer and Clinton Bembry, who were part of the founding team of Yam. Yam Finance is an experiment in rebas…
5 years, 8 months ago
"After DeFi, it’s NFTs and DAOs. We're Gathering Tinder:" Jihoz of Axie Infinity
Season 3 Episode 2
This week’s interview is with Jeff Zirlin, aka Jihoz, growth lead at Axie Infinity. Axie is a digital game built on Ethereum, which involves cute ani…
5 years, 8 months ago
"It Turns Out Music Does Have Value. We've Been Pricing It Incorrectly For 20 Years:" RAC
Season 3 Episode 1
Hello Defiers! In this week’s interview, we chatted with Grammy Award-winning DJ Andre Anjos, aka RAC. Many have seen cryptocurrencies as a way to de…
5 years, 8 months ago
"What We're Building is Very Big and We Should Have The Least Concentration Possible:" Aave's Stani Kulechov
Season 2 Episode 10
Stani Kulechov the founder and CEO of Aave. When we spoke Aave was the second-largest DeFi protocol, but in the days after our conversation, it rose …
5 years, 9 months ago
"It's not just about money; it's touching a very primal desire to connect with others:" ParaFi's Santiago Roel
Season 2 Episode 9
Santiago Roel is partner at ParaFi Capital, one of the most active investment funds in DeFi. Before going full crypto, Santiago worked at JPMorgan’s …
5 years, 9 months ago
"People Want me to be Popular, Not Necessarily Successful; That's the Trick with Personal Tokens:" Alex Masmej
Season 1 Episode 8
In this week’s episode I speak with Alex Masmej, the first person to raise money by selling tokens not linked to any project, but linked to himself, …
5 years, 9 months ago
"In DeFi My Money is Actually Mine. It's a Beautiful Concept But it Comes With Responsibilities:" Andre Cronje
Season 2 Episode 7
Andre Cronje is the developer of the yearn platform and YFI token. There’s this sort of mysticism around Andre: The solo genius builder who relentles…
5 years, 9 months ago
"We're at the Early Stages of a Truly Novel Structure That can Organize Humans and Money:" Olaf Carlson-Wee
Season 2 Episode 6
In today’s episode, I speak with Polychain Capital founder Olaf Carlson-Wee. He was already telling Wired magazine about programmatic finance back in…
5 years, 10 months ago