Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing

On today’s (100th!) Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Ben Leventhal, Co-founder of Resy, Eater and Blackbird.

They discuss his decades-long career focused on the food industry, Blackbird’s recent $50M raise as well as expansion in NYC, SF, Charleston and beyond. We also dive intoBen’s perspective on how the restaurant industry wants more data on its users and the role Blackbird hopes to provide on that front.

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On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Dylan Abruscato, the creator of Crypto The Game (acq. by Uniswap).

Crypto The Game wrapped up its third season in March with the winner taking home the prize pot of 71.6 ETH, worth about $150K at the time.

They discuss how he co-created a game on top of crypto rails with no prior web3 education, how his past experiences working at HQ Trivia and SNL shaped his POV, creating a game people actually want to play and more.

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On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Lucas Bruder, CEO and co-founder of Jito Labs. Jito Labs is building high-performance MEV infrastructure on Solana. To date, it has generated $1.1B for validators and stakers on Solana, with over 90% of the network’s validators running via its software. In 2024, the company made $650M for the network through fees and revenue. They discuss his founder journey, why Jito decided to build on Solana, the expansion of DeFi onchain and what users and institutions want. This episode is a part of the Solana Sessions campaign that Jacquelyn is doing, diving into founders’ journeys and startups building on Solana.

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On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Sandy Carter, COO at Unstoppable Domains.

They discuss onchain domains, how people are using digital identities to verify themselves, what enterprise organizations are doing to integrate this technology, the importance of trust in AI and blockchains and more.

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For this week’s Tuesday episode, we’re airing the fourth Optimism x Token Relations webinar Jacquelyn moderated with Lavande, head of governance at Optimism. We discuss how she looks at governance and decentralized voting within the Superchain ecosystem and broader crypto landscape. We also dive into her views on different voting models and mechanisms, the importance to change algorithms, incentivizing users, Optimism’s Retro Funding and more.

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On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Tiffany Fong, an online personality and YouTube content creator. We discuss her rise to fame, how she first got into crypto over a decade ago, why she started tracking the downfall of crypto lending platform Celsius, her friendships with ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and Elon Musk.

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On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Dan Tapiero, founder, CEO and CIO of 1RoundTable and 10T Fund. They discuss Dan’s perspective on traditional markets and equities, how he still owns gold, his focus on digital gold – bitcoin – and growth stage teams. They also dive into the current administration and how it can open the floodgates for crypto companies to IPO as well as his long term outlook.

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On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Ira Auerbach, head of Tandem – the partner studio and venture capital arm by Offchain Labs. We discuss his journey into web3, challenges to running a venture arm, how he thinks about scaling Ethereum through Tandem, the 3 initial teams it funded and how he advises projects on go-to-market strategies.

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On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Kain Warwick, founder of Synthetix and Infinex. They discuss Kain’s founder journey, how he looks at building user experiences, the current DeFi trends he’s following and more.

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On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with the CEO and Founder of XION Anthony Anzalone, also known as Burnt Banksy. They discuss why he created another layer-1 blockchain, how it’s aiming to create real consumer adoption in countries like Portugal, Nigeria and Argentina, building for institutions and more.

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