Podcast Episodes

Alkimiya: Blockspace, the Digital Real Estate - Leo Zhang

Episode 561

As the crypto industry matures, more sophisticated market participants become involved. As a result, risk management and hedging will evolve to levels seen in TradFi. However, regardless of the prefe…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Nansen: AI & Blockchain Analytics - Alex Svanevik

Episode 560

The saying goes that knowledge is power, and this perfectly applies to blockchains due to their innate transparency and immutability. However, raw data could seem, at first, unusable. This is where a…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

MultiversX: Blockchain Sharding 101 - Lucian Mincu

Episode 559

In 2017, Vitalik Buterin defined the ‘Scalability Trilemma’ which consisted of 3 attributes that every blockchain had to balance depending on its intended use cases: decentralisation, scalability and…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Mel Project: Is Web3 Truly Decentralised? - Eric Tung

Episode 558

Web3’s decentralisation is currently limited to smart contracts as they can be verified on-chain. However, until scalability and UX become on par with that of Web2, the only realistic way for crypto …

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

How Gnosis 3.0 Paves the Way for Mass Adoption - Friederike Ernst

Episode 557

One of the OG flag bearers for decentralisation, Gnosis initially set out to build a prediction market on Ethereum. However, unlike the vibrant ecosystem of today, the early Ethereum days were barren…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Ethereum at a Crossroads - Vitalik Buterin (Live from EthCC 7)

Episode 556

We couldn’t miss EthCC 7, nor the chance to chat with Vitalik Buterin about Ethereum’s status quo as an L1 amidst the plethora of L2s competing for market share, and what challenges will most likely …

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

‘Aave v4 Will Unify Cross-Chain Liquidity’ - Stani Kulechov

Episode 555

One of the bluechip DeFi projects and backbone of Ethereum liquidity markets, Aave has recently announced their V4 upgrade proposal, which aims (among others) to unify crosschain liquidity.

We were jo…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Fabric Ventures' Investment Thesis Since the Dawn of Bitcoin to AI - Richard Muirhead

Episode 554

It is one thing to invest in early stage companies, but to do so in a nascent industry that constantly reinvents and rediscovers itself is a whole different venture. Richard Muirhead co-founded Fabri…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Plurality: How Taiwan Managed to Unite Its People Through Tech - Audrey Tang & Glen Weyl

Episode 553

In a world constantly torn by social division amplified by polarizing scissor statements throughout social media, Taiwan conducted a social experiment aimed at strengthening social unity while also e…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

'Ethereum Needs Polygon's Aggregation Layer to Scale' - Brendan Farmer & Sandeep Nailwal

Episode 552

As more and more L2s launch promising to scale Ethereum, they end up competing for the same market share, userbase and liquidity. Apart from this harsh reality, crosschain interactions should be as s…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago