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Singularity University Global Summit: How Do We Get Consumer Adoption?
Episode 83
This is a recording of the full "blockchain block" of the Singularity University Global Summit in late August. It features a talk by me on the power of decentralization, Abra CEO Bill Barhydt on the …
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
How You'll Earn Interest on Your Crypto With Compound
Episode 82
Robert Leshner, founder of Compound, describes how its protocol will enable people to earn interest on crypto assets, and why he thinks this will be crucial to crypto becoming mainstream. He also des…
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago
Tuur Demeester on Why He's a Bitcoin Maximalist and Bearish on Ethereum
Episode 81
Founder and CEO of Adamant Capital Tuur Demeester explains what factors he considers when valuing crypto assets, why this has led him to become a Bitcoin maximalist, and why he doesn't think Ethereum…
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago
Nadav Hollander on How Dharma Could Create New Forms of Debt
Episode 80
Nadav, founder of Dharma protocol, explains how it enables the borrowing and lending of crypto assets, what would happen in the case of default, and why it would make sense to do it in a decentralize…
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago
Joey Krug on How Augur Is Like Any Other Tool
Episode 79
Joey Krug, cofounder of Augur and co-chief investment officer at Pantera Capital, talks about what Augur is and is not, why it’s difficult to create new financial markets today and whether or not Aug…
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago
Dfinity's Dominic Williams on How Its Blockchain Nervous System Is Not an AI
Episode 78
Dfinity's Dominic Williams talks about how Dfinity is an internet computer that can host our software and data, instead of it being held by centralized services. He describes the consensus algorithm,…
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago
Harbor and TrustToken on Why They Don't Mind Being Unsexy
Episode 77
Josh Stein, CEO of Harbor, and Danny An, cofounder and CEO of TrustToken, talk about security tokens and tokens backed by real-world assets, often called an unsexy area of crypto. They explain the st…
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
Live From Distributed: Amber Baldet, Matthew Roszak and Lily Liu on 'Innovate or Reinvent?'
Episode 76
In July in San Francisco, I moderated a panel at "Distributed 2018: Unlocking the Global Power of Decentralized Business." The title of our discussion was "Innovate or Reinvent?" and the panelists we…
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
What Makes a CryptoKitty Worth $140,000?
Episode 75
Roham Gharegozlou, CEO of Dapper Labs, the company behind CryptoKitties, and Benny Giang, Dapper Labs’ head of Asia, describe how employees at venture studio AxiomZen came up with the idea for Crypto…
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
Meltem Demirors and Jill Carlson on the Shitcoin Waterfall
Episode 74
In this hilarious skeptics' episode, Meltem Demirors, chief strategy officer of CoinShares, and Jill Carlson, an independent consultant, explain why they think crypto needs fewer moral arguments and …
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago