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Meysam is a blockchain entrepreneur and one of the  Bitcoin OGs in Iran. 
However, he is not your typical bitcoin maximalist. He is a true believer in BSV: Bitcoin Satoshi's vision.

In this episode, he looks at the bitcoin narrative in an alternative way and opens new channel of discussion on the topic. He  expresses his concern for scalability and decentralization of the bitcoin network and  offers practical insights on how to tackle those.

Meysam is the cofounder of Koalament and Zixo, two blockchain applications and he also creates  educational content on YouTube and Instagram on the topic.

Meysam's Twitter handle: @meysamrezaei
Meysam's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meysamrezaei

Zack is a long time friend of the Blocked Show. 
He is a blockchain enthusiast who is truly obsessed with cryptocurrencies and the DLT technology. 

In this friendly conversation, we discuss his involvement with this technology and why he thinks this is disruptive and revolutionary area. 
He also talks about what future holds for the industry as a whole and what is the right approach to welcome it.

Zack's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachary-delf-735679131

In this episode

We discuss the Binance Smart Chain and projects within this blockchain, as a comparison to the Ethereum network.
Yield farming, staking, NFTs

Resources mentioned:

mobox.io
autofarm.network
yieldwatch.net
binance.com

In this episode, Amine shares his interactions with Axie Infinity, the Ethereum blockchain and the Ronin side chain.

Blockchain is providing players with "play to earn" opportunities and what holds in the future for gaming and blockchain in general.

Amin walks us through how to get started with the game, select Axies, what strategies to employ to buy a land and how his overall experience has been digging into this game.

you can checkout the game here:

Web: https://axieinfinity.com/
Twitter: @AxieInfinity
Discord: https://discord.gg/axie

In this episode, we discuss the most important news happening in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space

Bitcoin’s time has come: TIME magazine to hold BTC on balance sheet
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-s-time-has-come-time-magazine-to-hold-btc-on-balance-sheet

Bitcoin Price Can Reach $400K Thanks to Institutional Adoption: Bloomberg
https://cryptopotato.com/bitcoin-price-can-reach-400k-thanks-to-institutional-adoption-bloomberg/

Grayscale Adds $1 Billion in Bitcoin In Merely 24 Hours
https://u.today/grayscale-adds-1-billion-in-bitcoin-in-merely-24-hours

DeFi’s critical missing piece: Credit scores
https://cointelegraph.com/news/defi-s-critical-missing-piece-credit-scores

CZ on his investment in fiat world

HSBC reportedly blacklists MicroStrategy's stock for investing in Bitcoin
https://cointelegraph.com/news/hsbc-reportedly-blacklists-microstrategy-s-stock-for-investing-in-bitcoin

The declining selling pressure for bitcoin via Glassnode

Robinhood's Q1 2021 Shows 450% Growth in Crypto Trading on its Platform
https://cryptopotato.com/robinhoods-q1-2021-shows-450-growth-in-crypto-trading-on-its-platform/

and the most important news of the month: Coinbase going public, the watershed moment for crypto

In this episode, we interview Pretty Kubyane, Co-founder at Coronet Blockchain. 

Coronet Blockchain is building a B2B2C Marketplace that provide blockchain vetted human hair extensions, haircare products & salon equipment to African salons, distributors & retailers from ethical global manufacturers at lower sourcing costs.

In this interview, she talks about her journey in the blockchain ecosystem, founding of the coronet blockchain, the financial inclusion of Africans interacting with DeFi and how BC democratises governance.

Twitter: @prettykubyane

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pretty-kubyane-6a5b1987

Website: https://www.coronetblockchain.com/

Nima Dehqan is a long time friend of the Blocked Show. He is a gaming entrepreneur who is truly obsessed with digital value and the blockchain technology. 

In this friendly conversation, we discuss what gamers can expect in the new paradigm of blockchain disruption in the gaming industry, being monetization of gaming experience, bringing ownership and liquidity to gaming ecosystem and talk about Nima's experience interacting with couple of emerging games into the space like Axie Infinity.

We also explore yield farming opportunities and risks in a simple user oriented way.

Nima's Twitter handle: @nima_dhn

As an effort to dive deeper into the NFT world, in this episode we interview the Founders of Reality Cards, a unique hybrid project of prediction markets and Non Fungible Tokens.

We talk about their journey into the blockchain ecosystem, the advent of Reality Cards, the project roadmap and different phases of the product development. We also get to know how they evaluate the current NFT ecosystem and their suggestion for the average investor to interact with it. 

Check out Reality Cards here:

Website: https://realitycards.io/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RealityCards?s=09
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/RS8pYJu

In this episode we talk about NFTs

A non-fungible token (NFT) is a special type of cryptographic token which represents something unique. non-fungible tokens are thus not mutually interchangeable.

We study and present platforms such as Open Sea, Rarible and Mintable as well as projects such as So Rare, NBA Top shot and F1 Delta time.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- https://rarible.com/tour
- https://mintable.app
- https://verisart.com/
- https://www.nbatopshot.com
- https://unstoppabledomains.com
- https://www.larvalabs.com/cryptopunks
- https://www.sandbox.game/
- https://sorare.com/

In this episode, we will discuss:

The BTC purchase by Tesla

The Ethereum futures launch on CME 

Fundamental analysis of crypto projects

The GitHub repository and developer activity metrics

Resources mentioned in this episode:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/08/tesla-buys-1point5-billion-in-bitcoin.html

https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-ether-futures-launch-cme-exchange

https://outlierventures.io/research/blockchain-developer-trends-2021/