On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson, co-founders of Framework Ventures. Jacquelyn, Vance and Michael talk about how the crypto VC landscape has changed, what deals they’re most proud of, the crypto and AI sector, new blockchains this cycle and how the spot ETH ETF can impact the broader ecosystem.

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On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Jesse Pollak, creator of Base. Jacquelyn and Jesse talk about Base nearing its one-year anniversary, the chain migrating to decentralization, the role Coinbase and Optimism’s Superchain play in growing Base, his goal to bring billions of people onchain and more.

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On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Rich Rines, initial contributor at Core DAO. Jacquelyn and Rich talk about Core Foundation’s new dual staking model, the growth of BTCfi, scaling the Bitcoin ecosystem and more.

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On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by John Linden, CEO of Mythical Games. Jacquelyn and John talk about the state of web3 gaming, how it has evolved over the years, NFL Rivals bringing in millions of traditional gamers and Mythical Games’ partnering with Pudgy Penguins to launch a new game.

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On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Deana Burke, the co-founder of Boys Club. Jacquelyn and Deana talk about the evolution of Boys Club, onboarding non-web3 people, building communities with intention and the vibes at EthCC.

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On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Will Nuelle, general partner at Galaxy Ventures. Jacquelyn and Will talk about the firm’s investment strategy, what he looks for in startups, his blockspace thesis and how he views crypto payments, among other topics.

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On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Matty Taylor, co-founder and GP at Colosseum. Jacquelyn and Matty talk about the Solana developer ecosystem, its growth of hackathons, what he looks for in a founder as well as how organizations like his can help non crypto native developers get into web3.

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On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Keone Hon, co-founder and CEO of Monad Labs. Jacquelyn and Keone talk about why he co-founded Monad, how to compete in a competitive L1 landscape, why it’s focused on scaling the EVM, the importance of community and more.

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On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Marshall Hayner, CEO and co-founder of Metallicus and board member at The Dogecoin Foundation. Jacquelyn and Marshall talk about his journey into the crypto space over a decade ago, why he launched Metallicus and its banking-focused layer-2 blockchain Metal and his role at the Dogecoin Foundation and the growth of Dogecoin and memecoins in general.

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For this week’s Tuesday episode, we’re sharing our Aptos quarterly webinar that was with Mo Shaikh, the co-founder and CEO of Aptos Labs. Aptos had a very eventful quarter, with a peak total daily transactions surpassing 154M last month, making it the highest metric across any platform. We discuss growth, DeFi: ecosystems & developers, partnerships, and the future of Aptos. There was also Q&A from the audience.

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Developer Education and Opportunities: Aptos Developers Portal

Also for the upcoming Aptos Experience Festival in Seoul this September, we have a promo code that we can share with the audience. Use the special code APTOSMOVES for 20% off tickets to the event.

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