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Jonathan Schemoul – Founder of Aleph.im Ep #48

EPISODE SUMMARY Jonathan “Moshe” Schemoul is the founder of aleph.im, a cross-chain p2p storage, computing network and first decentralized indexing provider for Solana. 00:36 – Intro & how did Jonathan Schemoul got in crypto 02:09 – What is Aleph and how does it work? 06:48 – Is Aleph database a blockchain? 09:20 – Understanding core[Read more…]

Ignition Hackathon • Up to $5 million in prizes & funding

Solana, the hottest blockchain of 2021 is aiming big With the amazing steps that Solana has made over the past few years, it is now clearly visible that Solana is taking a large piece of the market. Now that Solana has organised an official Hackathon event thousands of developers have gathered to team up and[Read more…]

Jeff “Jiho” Zirlin – Co-Founder of Axie Infinity Ep #47

Jeff “Jiho” Zirlin is the Co-Founder of Axie Infinity, an NFT-based play-to-earn online video game. 00:23 – How it started through CryptoKitties? 02:41 – What is Axie Infinity? 04:13 – Game design and constant iteration 05:52 – What is a blockchain game? A mix of social network, gaming and the start of a new economy[Read more…]

Yutaro Mori & Grace Kwan – Co-Founders of Orca Ep #46

EPISODE SUMMARY Yutaro Mori & Grace Kwan are the Co-Founders of Orca, a user-friendly cryptocurrency exchange built on Solana. 01:15 – About Orca and its vision 09:48 – What’s the future of DeFi? 20:48 – A little bit about Orca’s roadmap 25:50 – What does Orca’s team look like? 32:11 – The internet hasn’t changed[Read more…]

George Harrap – Co-founder of Step Finance Ep #45

EPISODE SUMMARY George Harrap is the co-founder of Step Finance, a platform for Solana DeFi users to track their portfolio performance. Before Step, George was the CEO of Bitspark. 00:29 About George Harrap and mining 05:03 From Bitcoin to DeFi, how can crypto solve currency issues in the world 18:27 STEP Finance’s vision for the[Read more…]

Jason Choi – General Partner at Spartan Capital Ep #43

EPISODE SUMMARY Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, one of Asia’s first crypto funds. As Spartan Capital’s first employee, Jason helped scale the fund from $9M to $200M within 3 years, and supported the launch of Spartan’s $50M DeFi-only venture fund to back world-class teams shaping the future of finance. 00:23 –[Read more…]

Dan Gunsberg – Co-Founder of Hxro Ep #41

EPISODE SUMMARY We are excited to have Dan Gunsberg, Co-Founder of Hxro, sitting down with us for Episode 41. During this discussion, Dan talks about his history in traditional finance, how this experience guided him to building out Hxro, the importance of community, and the powerful disruptions he believes are going to happen over the[Read more…]

AlphaRay – Founder of Raydium Ep #40

EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode, AlphaRay discusses the origin of Raydium, working with Solana and FTX, fusion Pools, the importance of communities, and the future of decentralized governance. 00:25 – The story behind Alpha and Raydium 10:26 – What are Fusion Pools? 15:07 – Teaming up with FTX/Serum and being among the first to build[Read more…]

Kevin Rose – Partner at True Ventures Ep #44

EPISODE SUMMARY Kevin Rose is a partner at True and a serial entrepreneur best known for founding Digg and Revision3. Most recently, he founded Oak, a guided meditation app, and Zero, an app for tracking intermittent fasting. 00:08 – Introduction of Kevin Rose, Modern Finance and the story of Reddit vs. DIGG 06:04 – From[Read more…]

Santiago Santos – Partner at ParaFi Capital Ep #39

EPISODE SUMMARY Anatoly and Santiago sit down to cover the stages of crypto, the major benefits of decentralized finance, on-chain transparency, the future of decentralized collaboration, and plenty more. ☀️ 00:31: Who is Santiago Santos, and why crypto? 09:07: At what stage are we in crypto? Are finance applications the equivalent of the internet in[Read more…]