Ameen Soleimani, CEO of Spankchain, comes on the show to discuss his latest effort to fund Ethereum development through the decentralized autonomous organization MolochDAO. He describes how it works, plus[…]
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How Uniswap Quickly Became One of the Most Popular Dexes
Hayden Adams, founder of the new decentralized exchange Uniswap, discusses how Uniswap differs from a traditional exchange based on order books, how market the contract determines the price of the[…]
How to Earn Money on Collateral in DeFi — and Why That’s Risky
Dan Elitzer, investor at IDEO CoLab Ventures, describes a concept he describes as superfluid collateral made possible in the decentralized finance space. We talk about which DeFi projects make this[…]
How Melon Could Make Asset Management Easier
Mona El-Isa, the cofounder and CEO of Melonport, explains how Melon, the asset management protocol which recently launched on Ethereum, makes launching a fund easier and less expensive, plus gives[…]
Why ConsenSys Is ‘Shifting From Experimentation to Excellence’ – Ep.050
ConsenSys’s Andrew Keys talks about the company’s recent pivot, called “ConsenSys 2.0,” toward greater efficiency, accountability and focus on revenue, why it laid off about 150 people, and what areas[…]
How ConsenSys Got So Big But Accomplished So Little – Ep.049
Despite having Joe Lubin’s billions at its back, and despite having 1,200 employees to build apparently anything they wanted in the Ethereum ecosystem, ConsenSys has accomplished very little and has[…]
Barry Silbert on What Wall Street Says Privately About Crypto Vs. What It Says Publicly – Ep.87
Barry Silbert, founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group, which has invested in 130 crypto ventures worldwide, describes his company, its strategy for investing in the crypto space, and how[…]
Why ‘Ethereum Killers’ Will Have a Hard Time Attracting Its Developers – Ep.038
Linda Xie, cofounder at Scalar Capital, talks about what she saw at ETHBerlin, why it made her think Ethereum’s first-mover advantage may be hard for other smart contract platforms to[…]
Alex Sunnarborg of Tetras Capital on Why He’s Bearish on Ether – Ep.037
Alex Sunnarborg, founding partner of Tetras Capital, describes the three core buckets his fund is investing in, how they’re investing during this bear market, and why the firm has decided[…]
Tuur Demeester on Why He’s a Bitcoin Maximalist and Bearish on Ethereum – Ep.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[…]