What if you no longer have to rely on your mobile provider to send data securely to any parts of the globe no matter where you are? NKN is a project solving the decentralised data transmission problem. It has survived the 2017 mania and the ensuing crypto winter. It has been working with streaming services to deliver content in a decentralised manner.  

In this episode I spoke with Bruce Li to look at the history, progress and future plans of the company. You can find out more about its products and services below:  

nMobile secure chat app https://www.nkn.org/nMobile/ 

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ShuttleOne, backed by MakerDao and CMT Digital, is solving the $1.5trillion gap in SME trade financing. By integrating with Calista, GeTS’ cross-border logistics, compliance and financial requirements interface for supply chain stakeholders, ShuttleOne has processed over $1 million trade finance solutions since its entry into the market mid 2020.  

In this episode I spoke with HongZhuang Lim, the CEO, to look at the history, progress and future ambitions of the company. Do follow @shuttle_one for updates   

DoDo (https://dodoex.io), backed by Coinbase, Pantera and Binance, is solving Uniswap’s billion dollar problem. Uniswap has over $2billion liquidity staked to the platform. But almost all of it is suffering from impermanent loss that is far more than the trading fees generated. This inefficient use of capital is a major block to AMM’s efficiency.

Enter DoDo’s Proactive Market Maker, the smart AMM that takes Chainlink oracle price updates, concentrates liquidity around the market price and re-balances liquidity composition so that liquidity providers can always take out the same number of the tokens they put in.

In this episode I spoke with Diane Dai, the CMO, to look at the progress that has been made in making AMM’s far more efficient.

Would you prefer going through 10 clicks to use a single DeFi product or clicking a single button from a mobile app that allows you to buy, sell, vote, sign and stake?

Frontier is tackling the complex landscape of DeFi product fragmentation and clunkiness by allowing users to execute DeFi functions from its simple mobile app.

In this episode I spoke with Ravindra Kumar, Founder and CEO, to look at the technologies and features that aggregate DeFi functionalities all in one place. To learn more please visit their website at https://frontier.xyz/

How much value can be unlocked if there is a way to enable collateralised lending in trade finance through improving transparency and efficiency of existing processes that have oiled the wheels of global commerce for hundreds of years? Answer: trillions. 

Consul Freight is tackling the antiquated trade finance market using blockchain enabled technologies to free up trillions of liquidity in the global supply chain. 

In this episode I spoke with Ernesto Vila, Founder and CEO, to look at the technologies and blockchain applications that solve pain points for millions of SMEs involved in the global supply chain. To learn more please visit their website at https://www.consolfreight.io/

What is a layer 2 scalable smart contract platform that provides EVM compatibility to Ethereum Dapps and offers Optimistic Rollups as a scalability solution. Welcome to Plasm Network (http://plasmnet.io/)

Plasm Network, backed by , is tackling vertical scalability problems on Polkadot with its EMV compatible Rollup solutions.

In this episode I spoke with Sota Watanabe to dive into the concept, development and future plans of the project. Join their Telegram group (https://t.me/PlasmOfficial) to learn more and get involved.

What if an application can allow you to upload important legal documents, photos and articles to a cloud storage permanently so they cannot be lost or sensored? Welcome to ArDrive. (http://ardrive.io/)

ArDrive is building an access layer on the ArWeave’s (backed by Coinbase Ventures, A16z and Union Square Ventures) Permaweb to provide a decentralised, pay-once and permanent online storage for consumers.

In this episode I spoke with Philip Mataras to dive into the concept, development and functionalities of the project. Please join their discord (https://discord.gg/BdZfUcZ) to learn more and get involved.

What if there is a savings account that allows people to compete with each other and awards the winner? Welcome to GoodGhosting.(https://goodghosting.com/)  

GoodGhosting is building a decentralised saving account platform that gamifies savings. The team is working on the first release and iterating on user feedback.  In this episode I spoke with Rachel Black and Giel Detienne to dive into the concept, features, and future of the project. 

What do we call a fully decentralised crypto derivatives exchange such as Bitmex or Deribit? The answer is MCDEX (http://mcdex.io/)

Monte Carlo Dex is building a decentralised exchange for trading derivatives. The team has bootstrapped the user base and product and is working on V3 where you can trade crypto perpetual swaps in the same way that you use Uniswap. Plus they will introduce an automated strategy for passively earning returns using perpetual swaps.

In this episode I spoke with Jean Miao to dive deep into the features, challenges and future of the project.

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What if you can have a stablecoin pool that offers customisable weighting to different stablecoins that align your view on the risk profiles of different stablecoins? What if you can have a swap pool that offers tBTC, wBTC and renBTC?  Well it would make DeFi so much easier to navigate. 

Shell Protocol is building the tool for people to swap between similar assets such as stablecoins. It already has $15mil liquidity in its first pool launched a few weeks ago. It is looking to build out more pools facilitating low slippage and easy swaps between similar assets.   

In this episode I spoke with Denny White and James Foley from Shell Protocol (https://shells.exchange/) to dive deep into their protocol mechanics.  Listen to the end to find out if you have what it takes to take on challenges facing the team and become part of the DeFi legend. You can reach the team on:  

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