Jason Li is the Co-founder of Solayer Labs, where he leads research and engineering. Solayer Labs is the company behind the pioneering restaking protocol Solayer, built natively on the Solana blockchain. The company has garnered support from prominent investors, including Polychain Capital, Hack VC, Binance Labs, and Big Brain Holdings.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- What is restaking?
- Restaking to Scale Solana
- Tokenization of Real-World Assets (RWA)
- Hardware Scaling: Pushing Blockchain Boundaries
- 1M TPS: Transforming Blockchain Throughput
- Launch of sUSD (T-bills-backed stablecoin)
- Launch of bnSOL (Binance Solana)
- Liquid staking tokens
- When will web3 completely feel like web2?
- Scaling web3
- Optimizing high-performance GPUs and specialized hardware

Solayer Labs
Website: app.solayer.org
X: @solayer_labs

Jason Li
X: @lxjhk
LinkedIn: Jason Li

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Aaron Buchwald is a Software Engineer at Ava Labs.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Moving from aerospace to blockchain
- Current status and growth of the Avalanche ecosystem
- Avalanche9000 is now live on mainnet
- Launching an L1 for 99.9% cheaper than before
- Every L1 is connected with Interchain Messaging
- Many L1s that feel like 1
- Ava Labs EVM
- Giving services and running dynamic fees
- Keeping things cool = the ultimate meta
- The future of L1s
- The next killer crypto consumer app

Ava Labs
Website: www.avalabs.org
X: @AvaLabs

Avalanche9000
Webiste: www.avax.network
X: @avax

Aaron Buchwald
X: @AaronBuchwald
LinkedIn: Aaron Buchwald

 
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Edan Yago is a Core Contributor of BitcoinOS. He is also an early core contributor to Sovryn, a decentralised Layer 2 Bitcoin trading, lending, and asset management platform. Earlier in his career, Yago founded several other companies in the Bitcoin and crypto space, including CementDAO and Epiphyte, which provided global remittance services.

As an anti-finance financier and radical optimist, Yago is a passionate advocate for the mass adoption of open, borderless, and incorruptible finance. He believes in both Bitcoin's reliable permanence and crypto's decentralized innovation. As such, he’s made it his mission to marry the best of both worlds, bringing unity back to the blockchain universe.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- What is Bitcoin DeFi?
- Bitcoin DeFi challenges
- What’s next for Bitcoin DeFi
- Micheal Saylor buying up all the bitcoin
- Functional escape velocity
- The future of Bitcoin
- BitVM and BitSNARK
- Practical use cases of Bitcoin-based DeFi
- Role of smart contracts in BitcoinOS
- Why are we still in the degenerate crypto era?
- What is a Bitcoin L2?

BitcoinOS
Website: www.bitcoinos.build
X: @BTC_OS
Discord: discord.gg/bitcoinos

Edan Yago
X: @EdanYago

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Calanthia Mei is the Co-Founder of Masa and a leading global fintech investor and builder. She was a founding member of PayPal’s Venture Capital arm. At PayPal, she oversaw $250-million investments in hyper-growth global fintech startups, including Toss in South Korea, and incubated crypto product and investment strategy, including Coinbase’s 2018 partnership with PayPal. Calanthia most recently scaled a Stripe-backed Fintech startup to 450 employees, raised $130-million funding, and acquired by a public company – all in a short span of 2 years. Transitioning her focus towards decentralized AI, Calanthia believes in leveraging technology to enhance global inclusivity and equality. She has shared her expert insights during broadcast appearances on platforms like the New York Stock Exchange, CNBC, and NASDAQ, and is known for embodying a global perspective that bridges the US and international tech landscapes.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Calanthia’s journey into crypto
- The future of AI Crypto bots
- AI Agent Timeline:

1. The first generation brought us "Interactive JPEGs"
2. Now we're seeing the rise of "Self-Improving AI Agents”
3. The next frontier is "AI Agent Societies”

- AI Agents big use cases = money and love
- Masa & Bittensor
- Masa’s latest funding from DCG
- Advancing Decentralized AI Infrastructure
- Launch of Second Bittensor Subnet: Agent Arena
- AI Agent Societies
- Expanding a Powerful Real-Time Data Network

Masa
Website: www.masa.ai
X: @getmasafi

Calanthia Mei
X: @calanthiaaa
LinkedIn: Calanthia Mei

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Lucas Matheson is the CEO of Coinbase Canada. He is committed to helping create a more equitable financial system in Canada through the power of blockchain.

Lucas has always believed in Coinbase’s mission. He opened his Coinbase account back in 2014, long before joining the company. In his role, he ensures Coinbase is built for Canadians and with their interests in mind. Working with partners, government and regulators, he is making crypto more accessible to Canadians.

Prior to Coinbase, he was the founder and CEO of Pinshape (exit Formlabs), and Senior Director at Shopify leading various operational and finance teams.

Lucas is passionate about entrepreneurship. He spends his spare time advising entrepreneurs and founders on how they can grow and scale, and actively invests in web3 projects and infrastructure.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Coinbases’s journey back into Canada
- Making it really easy to move into and out of Coinbase
- Canada was the first country to allow ETFs
- Canadian paycheques depreciate by 8% per year
- Banks vs Exchanges in Canada
- Outlook for crypto in Canada in 2025 after BTC hitting all-time high
- Impact of the US election on Canadian crypto industry
- State of crypto in Canada and Stand With Crypto's role
- Regulatory landscape in Canada
- Current crypto adoption rates in Canada and predictions for 2025.
- The growth of institutional interest in crypto in Canada and how Coinbase Canada is supporting this transition.
- The impact of Canadian financial institutions embracing or resisting crypto.
- Efforts to improve crypto literacy in Canada.

Coinbase
Website: www.coinbase.com
X: @coinbase
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Coinbase

Lucas Matheson
X: @lucmatheson
LinkedIn: Lucas Matheson, MBA, CFA

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Rushi Manche is the Co-Founder of Movement Labs, a pioneering engineer and the visionary architect behind Movement Labs' groundbreaking technology. With a strong background in smart contract engineering and extensive experience in the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem, Rushi brings a wealth of technical expertise and innovative thinking to the Web3 space. His journey in blockchain led him to work closely with Cosmos protocols, notably contributing to the development of a decentralized file storage system. During the buildup of Aptos, Rushi became a core contributor to the ecosystem, particularly within the DeFi scene, where he engineered a leading DEX. This hands-on experience with multiple blockchain platforms equipped Rushi with an unparalleled understanding of the limitations and potential of various technologies.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Launching $MOVE
- How to launch on all the tier 1 exchanges
- What is Move, and how will it compete with the big dawgs
- 3 factors of every token launch: airdrop, launch, sentiment
- Move vs Aptos & Sui
- Community-First engagement
- Move-based L2 on Ethereum
- Fractal: EVM Interpreter
- 2025 roadmap
- Move - the next big application-based ecosystem
- Fitness could be the killer consumer app - Move To Earn
- AI <> Crypto

Movement Labs
Website: movementlabs.xyz
X: @movementlabsxyz
Telegram: t.me/movementlabsxyz

Rushi Manche
X: @rushimanche
LinkedIn: Rushi Manche

 
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Brandon Truong, Co-Founder and CPO at ZetaChain, the first Universal Blockchain, where he leads the development of the first universal blockchain for chain abstraction and interoperability. Brandon co-founded Yada, a social and SaaS startup (acquired in 2020), while simultaneously holding leadership roles at Stanford, Udacity, and BuzzFeed.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Brandon's journey from start-ups to co-founding ZetaChain
- The first universal blockchain: interoperability & user experience
- Unlocking DeFi potential for BTC
- Enhancing Bitcoin's programmability to seamlessly connect with multiple blockchains
- What are universal apps and how to build them
- Allowing BTC, ETH, and USDC to flow freely across chains
- Omnichain Smart Contracts and Universal EVM
- Deploying universal apps in a single place
- On November 15th, ZETA becomes the 6th token recognized by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA)
- The future of AI and crypto
- Interoperability and cross-chain communication

ZetaChain
Website: www.zetachain.com
X: @zetablockchain
Telegram: t.me/zetachainofficial

Brandon Truong
LinkedIn: Brandon Truong


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Robinson Burkey is the Co-Founder & CCO at Wormhole Foundation. With an impressive track record spanning nearly a decade, Robinson has consistently excelled in leading growth and go-to-market strategies for startups, making a significant impact in the crypto industry since 2021.

Prior to joining the Wormhole Foundation, Robinson held a key position at Acala, where he spearheaded Business Development and Ecosystem efforts within the Polkadot ecosystem. As the Chief Commercial Officer, Robinson is dedicated to accelerating the foundation's growth trajectory and fostering the widespread adoption of Wormhole's groundbreaking cross-chain communication protocol.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Cross-chain comms = asset transferability and messaging
- Liquidity fragmentation is a real problem
- Stablecoins = crypto’s killer use case
- Native Token Transfer (NTT) fixing liquidity fragmentation
- Securing the most value between all blockchains
- Wormhole Institutional launch - partnering with Blackrock
- Being the leader on action, not announcements
- General roadmap for Wormhole in 2025
- Blockchain interoperability in 2021 within the Polkadot ecosystem
- AI memes and X bots
- Wormhole is the Panama Canal for memecoins
- Relationship between BTC and USA

Wormhole Foundation
Website: wormhole.foundation
X: @WormholeFdn
LinkedIn: Wormhole Foundation

Robinson Burkey
X: @RobinsonBurkey
LinkedIn: Robinson Burkey

 
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Joshua Tobkin is the Founder and Lead Architect of Supra and Co-designer of SupraBFT Consensus Algorithm.

Joshua has 18+ years in SaaS businesses, starting with payments and online gaming and ending with a successful exit. Previously held positions in growth stage companies as Creative Director/CTO.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Supra = L1 that is super fast, more secure, EVM support, and built on MOVE
- What sets Supra apart from other Layer-1s like Solana, Sui, etc
- Josh’s journey into crypto
- Stories from playing poker at a young age
- Creating value and capturing value = business models
- Building the actual world computer
- Move language
- Why XRP ripped - potential USD stablecoin?
- Why performance drops once a chain has over 150+ nodes
- MultiVM on one chain, how does this work?
- What are the issues with L2s?
- What is $SUPRA

Supra
Website: supra.com
X: @SUPRA_Labs
Telegram: t.me/SupraOracles

Joshua Tobkin
X: @JoshuaTobkin
LinkedIn: Joshua D. Tobkin

 
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Lark Davis is the Founder of the weekly crypto newsletter Wealth Mastery. It combines insider insights and in-depth market analysis to offer cryptocurrency investors the best opportunities to grow their wealth, stay ahead of the curve, and avoid costly mistakes.

Lark has been a crypto investor for 5+ years and has made millions of dollars—while also suffering significant losses—in the markets.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Recent Bitcoin performance and Lark’s $BTC target of $200k
- How do we slam through the $100k BTC price
- Ethereum’s market position and sentiment: why Lark will sell his ETH this cycle
- Solana’s dominance and potential to overtake ETH
- Memecoins = gateway drug to everything else in crypto
- Memecoin strategy - how to pick and trade them
- Pump.fun madness
- $CHILLGUY + $WIF
- AI memecoins - $ZEREBRO, $GOAT, $FARTCOIN, $BULLY
- Lark’s 2025 Investment strategy
- Always take your profits!

Wealth Mastery
Website: thewealthmastery.io

Lark Davis
X: @TheCryptoLark
LinkedIn: Lark Davis

 
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