By Jason Choi
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Today Jason is joined by Imran Khan, Core Contributor at Alliance, the leading crypto accelerator.
In this episode we discuss:
- Alliance’s early days - What to focus on with your App - Speculation vs skeuomorphic - Tips for Founders - Focusing on small problems first - Where to build: market research - Measuring success - Is chain focus important - Chain ideologies as pain point - Sustainable token offerings - Founder likability importance
And much more!
Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.
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Tangent is a private holdings company managing personal assets and is not a licensed investment advisor nor does it manage or accept any external capital. Nothing discussed is a solicitation for investment and is for entertainment purposes only.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(04:00) Alliance’s early days
(07:11) App focus
(13:33) Speculation vs skeuomorphic
(15:20) Tips for Founder
(19:23) Focusing on small problems first
(23:52) Where to build: market research
(26:23) Measuring success
(33:28) Is chain focus important
(39:37) Chain ideologies as pain point
(40:48) Sustainable token offerings
(48:50) Founder likability importance
(50:46) Outro
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Imran’s Breakpoint 2024 talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5J7tX492uE
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The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.
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Today Jason is joined by Taiki Maeda, Founder of HFA Research to discuss AI crypto agents, with a deep dive on Terminal of Truths and $GOAT. In this episode we discuss:
- Terminal of Truths, Infinite Backrooms, $GOAT - Finding $GOAT - Terminal of Truths wallet/$GOAT ownership - Are AI memecoins the Loot of this cycle? - Why $GOAT is different - Proof-of-AI - LUNA AI agent, GNON, + more - Milady/GNON analogy + liquid investing - VC FOMO & AI agent utility vs narrative - Cycle analogies - Taiki’s Alex Good interview: Rise of $GOAT
And much more!
Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.
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Tangent is a private holdings company managing personal assets and is not a licensed investment advisor nor does it manage or accept any external capital. Nothing discussed is a solicitation for investment and is for entertainment purposes only.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction (04:48) Terminal of Truth, Infinite Backrooms, $GOAT (08:22) Finding $GOAT (10:06) Terminal of Truth wallet/$GOAT ownership (14:58) Are AI memecoins the Loot of this cycle? (19:39) Why $GOAT is different (23:55) Proof-of-AI (28:51) LUNA AI agent, GNON, + more (32:43) Milady/GNON analogy + liquid investing (40:26) VC FOMO & AI agent utility vs narrative (43:53) Cycle analogies (46:26) Taiki’s Alex Good interview: Rise of $GOAT (48:49) Outro
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Taiki Maeda's Twitter: https://x.com/TaikiMaeda2
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Today Jason is joined by Memecoin analyst Murad Mahmudov to discuss all things memecoins, including:
And much more!
Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.
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Tangent is a private holdings company managing personal assets and is not a licensed investment advisor nor does it manage or accept any external capital. Nothing discussed is a solicitation for investment and is for entertainment purposes only.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(08:45) Sound money vs meme coins
(19:00) Horseshoe theory: ideology exports
(25:10) Product vs price attention
(33:48) Memecoin nihilism
(46:30) Billion dollar market cap meme coins: blue chips
(52:03) Memcoin founder profile
(53:58) Celebrity coins/memecoins
(56:30) Murad’s memecoin selection
(57:51) Outro
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Find out more at https://aptosfoundation.org/
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Murad Mahmudov's Twitter: https://x.com/MustStopMurad
Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch
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The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.
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Welcome to 'On a Tangent' episode 3 , a special segment of Blockcrunch!
Jason and Darryl, prop investors at Tangent, sit down with Multicoin Capital Managing Partner Kyle Samani to discuss:
And much, much more
Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.
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Tangent is a private holdings company managing personal assets and is not a licensed investment advisor nor does it manage or accept any external capital. Nothing discussed is a solicitation for investment and is for entertainment purposes only.
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Timestamps:
Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(03:10) Kyle’s Breakpoint review
(09:25) Solana thesis
(12:21) “Solana will flip Ethereum”
(24:08) Network extensions
(30:04) Competing with Ethereum
(34:29) Kyle’s biggest investment loss
(39:21) L1 bets
(44:21) Market timing/time horizons
(1:05:33) DePIN (1:07:54) Outro
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Darryl Wang's Twitter:
https://x.com/0xWangarian
Kyle Samani's Twitter:
https://x.com/KyleSamani
Blockcrunch Twitter:
https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch
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Partner message:
Aptos is the next-generation Layer 1 blockchain designed to enhance scalability, security, and reliability for decentralized applications. With industry-leading performance, internet-grade UX, 100X lower gas fees than comparable chains, and a thriving ecosystem - Aptos is the platform of choice for both builders and users.
Find out more at https://aptosfoundation.org/
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Disclaimer:
The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.
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Today Jason is joined by GEODNET Project Creator, Mike Horton to discuss the fast evolving DePIN industry. In this episode Mike shares:
* How and why they launched GEODNET
* GPS refinement challenges & blockchain solutions
* GEODNET node operators
* GEODNET customer-profile
* DePIN unit economics
* Centralized vs decentralised geo-spatial solutions
* Partnerships
* Why they built on Polygon
* Upcoming developments
* And much more!
Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.
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Tangent is a private holdings company managing personal assets and is not a licensed investment advisor nor does it manage or accept any external capital. Nothing discussed is a solicitation for investment and is for entertainment purposes only.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(04:36) GEODNET solutions
(08:44) Navigation problem solving
(10:48) GPS refinement challenges & blockchain solutions
(13:20) GEODNET node operators
(16:14) Onchain components
(20:04) GEODNET customer-profile
(23:20) Developing decentralization plans
(29:05) DePIN unit economics
(31:51) Centralized vs decentralised geo-spatial solutions
(34:34) Partnerships
(37:56) Building on Polygon/reviewing chains
(39:45) Upcoming developments
(41:34) Outro
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Episode links:
https://geodnet.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@GEODNET
https://x.com/GEODNET_
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Partner message:
Aptos is the next-generation Layer 1 blockchain designed to enhance scalability, security, and reliability for decentralized applications. With industry-leading performance, internet-grade UX, 100X lower gas fees than comparable chains, and a thriving ecosystem - Aptos is the platform of choice for both builders and users.
Find out more at https://aptosfoundation.org/
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Twitter accounts:
Jason Choi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi
Mike Horton's Twitter: https://x.com/mikeahorton
Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch
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Disclaimer:
The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.
Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about
Today Jason and Sanat sit down to share their takeaways from Token2049 and more! In this episode they discuss:
* Firedancer
* zkTLS
* SocialFi
* Crypto xAI
* DePIN
* Traders' sentiment
* Hyperliquid
* And much more!
Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.
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Tangent is a private holdings company managing personal assets and is not a licensed investment advisor nor does it manage or accept any external capital. Nothing discussed is a solicitation for investment and is for entertainment purposes only.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(06:48) Firedancer announcement
(12:14) Token2049 curation review
(18:22) What Ethereum needs
(20:52) Memecoins/KOL awards
(25:31) VC’s current outlook
(29:53) zkTLS
(34:09) SocialFi
(34:39) Crypto xAI
(40:36) DePIN
(42:48) Traders' sentiment
(45:28) Hyperliquid
(52:07) Token2049 community highlight
(53:10) Outro
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Partner message:
Aptos is the next-generation Layer 1 blockchain designed to enhance scalability, security, and reliability for decentralized applications. With industry-leading performance, internet-grade UX, 100X lower gas fees than comparable chains, and a thriving ecosystem - Aptos is the platform of choice for both builders and users.
Find out more at https://aptosfoundation.org/
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Twitter accounts:
Jason Choi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi
Sanat Kapur's Twitter: https://x.com/kapursanat
Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch
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Disclaimer:
The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.
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Today Jason is joined by MegaETH's Co-Founder, Shuyao Kong to discuss:
* The L1 Endgame
* Compatibility tradeoffs
* Increased throughput tradeoffs: TPS
* Centralized risks
* Competing with Solana
* Ethereum’s L2 ethos
* MegaETH's Developer-acquisition strategy
* Blockchain community/culture creation
* L1’s opportunity to outcompete Solana
* And much more!
Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.
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Tangent is a private holdings company managing personal assets and is not a licensed investment advisor nor does it manage or accept any external capital. Nothing discussed is a solicitation for investment and is for entertainment purposes only.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(03:58) L1 Endgame
(09:00) L1 investing metrics
(13:10) Compatibility tradeoffs
(15:48) Increased throughput tradeoffs: TPS
(21:45) Centralized risks
(25:01) Full nodes
(31:08) Competing with Solana
(34:39) Ethereum’s L2 ethos
(39:29) Sui MOVE language
(41:52) MegaETH: Developer-acquisition strategy
(47:47) AWS with blockchain scaffolding
(50:26) Blockchain community/culture creation
(58:34) L1’s opportunity to outcompete Solana
(1:03:11) Outro
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Partner message:
Aptos is the next-generation Layer 1 blockchain designed to enhance scalability, security, and reliability for decentralized applications. With industry-leading performance, internet-grade UX, 100X lower gas fees than comparable chains, and a thriving ecosystem - Aptos is the platform of choice for both builders and users.
Find out more at https://aptosfoundation.org/
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Twitter accounts:
Jason Choi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi
Shuyao Kong's Twitter: https://x.com/hotpot_dao
Sanat Kapur's Twitter: https://x.com/kapursanat
MegaETH's Twitter: https://x.com/megaeth_labs
MegaETH's website: https://megaeth.systems/
Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch
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Disclaimer:
The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.
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Today Jason is joined by Spectral's Co-Founder & CEO, Sishir Varghese to discuss the Onchain Agent Economy and the future of machine intelligence networks aiding autonomous onchain agents . In this episode they discuss:
Revenue-generating agents
Competitive market dynamics: The Agent App Store
Agent transparency
Agent-to-agent communication
Episode article links:
Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.
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Tangent is a private holdings company managing personal assets and is not a licensed investment advisor nor does it manage or accept any external capital. Nothing discussed is a solicitation for investment and is for entertainment purposes only.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(05:17) On-chain agents
(11:01) AI/LLM integration abstractions
(14:28) Vitalik’s take on AI x Crypto
(17:58) Spectral’s infra-chain
(20:49) Revenue-generating agents
(23:21) Competitive market dynamics: agent App Store
(26:28) Agent verification
(29:09) Agent transparency
(32:36) Spectral Demo
(37:42) Agent moats
(40:04) Security parameters
(41:46) Agents/protocols
(43:36) Agent-to-agent communication
(45:30) Outro
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Partner message:
Aptos is the next-generation Layer 1 blockchain designed to enhance scalability, security, and reliability for decentralized applications. With industry-leading performance, internet-grade UX, 100X lower gas fees than comparable chains, and a thriving ecosystem - Aptos is the platform of choice for both builders and users.
Find out more at https://aptosfoundation.org/
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Jason Choi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi
Sishir Varghese's Twitter: https://x.com/__sishir
Spectral's Twitter: https://x.com/Spectral_Labs
Spectral's website: https://www.spectrallabs.xyz/
Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch
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Disclaimer:
The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.
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We're back with another Roundtable episode! Today Jason and Sanat discuss:
Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.
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Tangent is a private holdings company managing personal assets and is not a licensed investment advisor nor does it manage or accept any external capital. Nothing discussed is a solicitation for investment and is for entertainment purposes only.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(04:56) 2017 user onboarding motives vs today
(07:12) App vs Infra
(18:16) Market’s Infra preferences
(25:53) Fee taking vs token value accrual
(31:19) Regulation: incentive alignment
(34:21) User retention
(41:02) Infra differentiations
(43:55) Impacts of opaque regulation
(45:55) App x AI use cases
(46:53) Investment landscape
(49:48) Outro
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Links: Galaxy article: https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/crypto-and-blockchain-venture-capital-q2-2024/
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Partner message:
Aptos is the next-generation Layer 1 blockchain designed to enhance scalability, security, and reliability for decentralized applications. With industry-leading performance, internet-grade UX, 100X lower gas fees than comparable chains, and a thriving ecosystem - Aptos is the platform of choice for both builders and users.
Find out more at https://aptosfoundation.org/
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Jason Choi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi
Sanat Kapur's Twitter: https://x.com/kapursanat
Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch
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Blockcrunch VIP:
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Disclaimer:
The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.
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Today Jason is joined by Prodia Co-Founder & CEO, Shawn Wilkinson to discuss the future of AI x Crypto and decentralized compute. In this episode they discuss:
Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.
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Tangent is a private holdings company managing personal assets and is not a licensed investment advisor nor does it manage or accept any external capital. Nothing discussed is a solicitation for investment and is for entertainment purposes only.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(07:57) Why DePIN?
(15:10) Economies of scale/cost efficiencies
(19:53) Aggregating supply/matching demand
(20:48) Decentralized node use-cases
(25:00) Training vs decentralization
(29:48) Power of cold outreach/market dynamics
(30:46) Web3 compute network scepticisms
(41:37) Miner business models
(46:11) Prodia token
(48:30) Why decentralized compute networks
(55:00) Outro
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Partner message:
Aptos is the next-generation Layer 1 blockchain designed to enhance scalability, security, and reliability for decentralized applications. With industry-leading performance, internet-grade UX, 100X lower gas fees than comparable chains, and a thriving ecosystem - Aptos is the platform of choice for both builders and users.
Find out more at https://aptosfoundation.org/
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Jason Choi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi
Shawn Wilkonson's Twitter: https://x.com/super3
Prodia's Twitter: https://x.com/prodialabs
Prodia's website: https://prodia.com/
Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch
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The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.
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