Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing

By Jacquelyn Melinek, StrataMediaBusiness

Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing episodes

November 21, 2024Antonio Juliano | DYDX Founder: DeFi Will Rule The World
On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Antonio Juliano, the CEO of dYdX. They dive into Antonio’s journey as a founder and CEO, how the DeFi and crypto derivatives market has changed since 2017, what the US election means for traders, his outlook for 2025 and more.
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49 min
November 19, 2024Adrian Brink | Building a Blockchain to Survive WWIII
On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Adrian Brink, co-founder ofAnoma and Namada. They discuss building decentralized technology that can withstand catostrophic disasters, the importance of privacy through blockchain technology and the impact it has on national defense.
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39 min
November 14, 2024Mert Mumtaz | Why Developers Choose Solana
On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Mert Mumtaz, CEO of Helius Labs. They discuss why Mert left Coinbase to start a Solana-focused developer platform, how he looks at Solana compared to other blockchains, the impact of the US Presidential Election on crypto, founder life and more.
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52 min
November 12, 2024Vijay Chetty | Eclipse Launches Mainnet: The First Ethereum L2 On Solana
On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Vijay Chetty, Eclipse CEO. They talk about Eclipse’s recent mainnet launch, how it’s bringing Solana and Ethereum together, the types of builders coming into its ecosystem, DeFi opportunities and more.
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39 min
November 07, 2024Rebecca Rettig | Post Election: Polygon Exec Talks Crypto Policy Outlook After Trump Win
On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Polygon’s Chief Legal and Policy Officer Rebecca Rettig. They dive into the current state of policymaking in crypto, the impact the US Presidential Election has on the industry, her regulatory and policy outlook after President Trump retakes office, the SEC and more.
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34 min
November 05, 2024Hayden Adams & Hart Lambur | Unichain Wants To Unite All of Ethereum
On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Hayden Adams, CEO of Uniswap Labs, and Hart Lambur, co-founder and CEO of Across. They dive into Unichain, Uniswap’s new L2 chain built on the OP stack, Across being a bridging partner for the chain and why it’s important to have easy access for cross-chain swaps, scaling Ethereum, DeFi and more.
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44 min
October 31, 2024Tristan Frizza | Zeta Markets Wants To Make Solana Even Faster
On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Tristan Frizza, founder of Zeta Markets. They talk about what traders want more of on DeFi trading platforms, why Zeta is building a layer-2 on top of Solana, how it will scale the network and more.
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39 min
October 29, 2024Stani Kulechov | The Future of Stablecoins and Tokenization of Assets
On today’s Talking Tokens episode, we're sharing a fireside chat Jacquelyn moderated with Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Avara (formerly Aave), in Buenos Aires, Argentina. While on stage at the Avalanche Summit LATAM, they discuss the current state of stablecoins, tokenization of real world assets (RWAs), and opportunities to drive mass adoption through Latin America and other regions.
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30 min
October 24, 2024Michael Martin, Marc Villafuerte, Anish Lathker, Kainoa Kanter | Building Prediction Markets In Web3 Accelerators
For this week’s Thursday's episode, we’re sharing an episode I recorded last week in a podcast studio near the Avalanche Summit, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Our guests include Michael Martin, director of Codebase at Ava Labs, and Inertia co-founders Marc Villafuerte, Anish Lathker and Kainoa Kanter. Codebase is an Avalanche-focused web3 accelerator program and Inertia is a community-led predictions market. We discuss what accelerator programs are like into today’s market, why Inertia chose to build on Avalanche, the state of prediction markets and more.
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49 min
October 22, 2024Emin Gün Sirer | AVAX Breakthroughs: Avalanche9000, Off The Grid & Institutional Adoption
On today's talking tokens episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Ava Labs co-founder and CEO Emin Gün Sirer. We recorded this during the Avalanche Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They dive into the latest developments on Avalanche in the past quarter, the Avalanche-based Off The Grid game seeing explosive success, what the Avalanche9000 upgrade really means, his outlook on Latin America, institutional adoption and more.
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36 min

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Talking Tokens is StrataMedia’s flagship podcast and newsletter, delivering two episodes a week to a growing global audience of crypto-native and traditional finance professionals. The award-nominated show features conversations with the founders, investors, market makers, and leaders shaping the onchain economy. Hosted by Jacquelyn Melinek, founder & CEO of StrataMedia and former senior crypto reporter at TechCrunch.