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Uri Ferruccio is co-founder of Concordia, the first Adaptive Risk Layer that mitigates market risk for all of DeFi, and Tabiya Capital, a VC fund for next-gen data technologies.

Concordia aims to improve blockchain technology by infusing it with artificial intelligence, and the mission is to create an intelligent layer that acts as the "brain" for blockchain infrastructure.

Concordia delivers a scalable modular Adaptive Risk Layer that mitigates market risk and paves the way for mass adoption.

Concordia serves as a catalyst for unlocking DeFi's true potential by addressing core challenges and facilitating mass adoption. Through its modular Adaptive Risk Layer, developers can create groundbreaking applications, leveraging dynamic, AI-powered risk management for composable innovation. This proactive approach enhances resilience against systemic risks, safeguarding users and fostering trust.

As a result, Concordia empowers a new era of institutional adoption, forging a path towards a secure, scalable, and inclusive DeFi future. Its innovative framework cultivates a robust ecosystem, encouraging widespread participation and driving DeFi towards its full potential.

Functioning as a central hub for the next generation of DeFi innovation, Concordia's Adaptive Risk Layer offers unparalleled flexibility and adaptability. This enables builders to construct leading-edge projects within the ecosystem, promoting collaboration and pushing the boundaries of DeFi possibilities. Concordia's risk model creates a fertile ground for incubating cutting-edge DeFi protocols such as Superposition, paving the way for a wave of groundbreaking advancements yet to come. Each new protocol built upon Concordia further strengthens the AI engine, fueling its continuous learning and improvement through a powerful flywheel effect.

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Greg Osuri is the co-founder and CEO of Akash Network, an open network that lets users buy and sell computing resources securely and efficiently. The network is purpose-built for public utility.

Akash Network is a decentralized cloud computing platform that provides an open-source and decentralized marketplace for computing resources. It uses a blockchain-based system to facilitate secure and efficient buying and selling of computing power, which is offered by providers who manage infrastructure and Kubernetes clusters. Akash Network enables users to deploy applications using Docker containers, promoting a cost-effective and flexible alternative to traditional cloud services like Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure. Akash operates a marketplace where users can lease computing resources from various providers. The platform uses the Akash Token (AKT) for transactions, which also serves for governance, security through staking, and as a default exchange of value within the network.

Hosting on Akash is significantly cheaper—approximately one-third the cost—compared to conventional cloud services.

The platform is secured with a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain, and AKT holders can participate in governance decisions. Akash provides greater infrastructure flexibility and is built on open-source principles, promoting community involvement and avoiding vendor lock-in.

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Tory Green is the co-founder & CEO at IO.net, the Internet of GPUs for large-scale AI startups.

io.Net is a decentralized GPU network designed to give unlimited computing power to ML applications by making computing more scalable, accessible, and efficient. Their mission is to unlock fair access to computing power by assembling 1 million + GPUs from independent data centers, crypto miners, and crypto projects such as Filecoin or Render.

io.net offers a fundamentally different approach to cloud computing, leveraging a distributed and decentralized model, which can provide more control and flexibility to users, our services are permissionless and cost efficient. The combination of all these factors sets io.net in its own league of Decentralized providers.

DePIN, or Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks, leverages blockchains, IoT and the greater Web3 ecosystem to create, operate and maintain real-world physical infrastructure. These networks leverage token incentives to coordinate, reward and safeguard members of the network. io.net is the first and only GPU DePIN. We are optimized for machine learning but suitable for all GPU use cases as we connect computing power providers with users to offer accessibility and profit for everyone involved.

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Jon Hargreaves is the Global Head of growth at Elastos, a public blockchain project building modern Internet infrastructure that provides protection for privacy and digital asset ownership.

ELA (Elastos) is a digital asset and part of a broader ecosystem aimed at creating a secure, decentralised internet. It benefits from merged mining with Bitcoin, meaning it leverages Bitcoin's Proof of Work (PoW) security without additional energy consumption.

Smarter Bitcoin, powered by Elastos, revolutionises Bitcoin's capabilities with merged mining and smart contracts, enhancing its utility and security. This innovative strategy leverages Bitcoin's vast hashing power through merge-mining with Elastos, ensuring dual network security and rewarding Bitcoin miners with ELA. By marrying Bitcoin's unparalleled security with Elastos's scalability and flexibility, Smarter Bitcoin marks a significant advancement in blockchain technology, offering enhanced security, efficiency, and utility for both users and developers, paving the way for a more integrated and innovative digital world.

BeL2, Bitcoin Elastos Layer 2, is a Layer 2 platform enhancing Bitcoin by enabling its transactions to interact with smart contracts on other blockchains, offering unique interoperability and smart contract extension features. It stands out by allowing Bitcoin to maintain its integrity while engaging in the programmable and dynamic world of decentralised applications (DApps). BeL2 serves as a bridge, making Bitcoin more versatile without changing its fundamental protocol. It supports the development of DApps that capitalise on Bitcoin's security and user base, thereby broadening Bitcoin's utility and application scope. This Layer2 solution focuses on cross-chain interactions and smart contract integration, differentiating it from conventional Layer 2 technologies that primarily target scalability or transaction speed improvements.

Elacity is an Elastos project delivering a decentralised Digital Rights Management (dDRM) system to revolutionise digital asset monetisation by eliminating traditional centralised license servers. This innovative approach automates license issuance and enables immediate royalty payments, offering creators and organisations a platform to monetise digital assets directly in a global decentralised marketplace. By encrypting content into "Digital Capsules" distributed across decentralised networks, Elacity ensures secure, transparent, and equitable asset management.

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Vincent Gramoli is the founder and CTO of the Redbelly Network, a public purpose-built Real-World Asset Tokenisation Network.

Redbelly was born at the University of Sydney when Prof. Vincent Gramoli set out to see if he could build a fork-proof blockchain. Through a rigorous scientific development process and in partnership with CSIRO, the Redbelly Network was commercialised in 2021 with Mainnet launch scheduled for late 2024.

Redbelly's Compliant Asset Tokenisation solution is the bridge between the regulated Web2 economy of today and the Web3 economy of the future.

Redbelly is the only open and purpose-built accountable RWA network. Open, fast, scalable, cost-effective and natively compatible with assets in regulated markets.

Redbelly Network is a revolutionary solution for Compliant Asset Tokenisation, built on an open finance platform that embeds distributed ledger technology into the heart of financial relationships. This eliminates information asymmetry and dramatically increases efficiency, helping to build a fairer financial system for all. With a novel leaderless consensus mechanism, democratic byzantine fault tolerant (DBFT) consensus developed with The University of Sydney and CSIRO's Data61, they are able to achieve high performance and guarantee the impossibility of forking and mitigate double spending with near-instant finality.

Redbelly Network is designed to focus on accountability. Accountability is enforced at a protocol level through a novel mechanism that constructs undeniable proofs of fraud -Polygraph; and at the functional level through an innovative identity layer that ensures all network participants are known.

Redbelly is projected to be #1 in Global RWA TVL by late 2024.

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Felipe Argento is co-founder at Cartesi and an advisor at the Cartesi Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the Cartesi technology and the decentralization of the Cartesi ecosystem.

​​Cartesi is a blockchain platform designed to bridge the gap between traditional software development and blockchain technology. It introduces a Linux runtime environment directly on the blockchain, which allows developers to utilize a vast array of mainstream software stacks and programming languages that are familiar and widely used. This capability makes the development of decentralized applications (dApps) more accessible and efficient by avoiding the need to rewrite or adapt existing codebases to blockchain-specific languages like Solidity.

One of the core features of Cartesi is its application-specific rollups, termed Cartesi Rollups. These rollups provide a dedicated computational layer for each dApp, which significantly enhances performance and scalability by handling complex computations off-chain while still securing them on the blockchain. This approach reduces the transaction costs associated with smart contracts and avoids blockchain constraints like gas limits.

Cartesi aims to foster a wide range of applications across various fields such as finance, gaming, and social networks by leveraging its scalable and developer-friendly platform. It supports a diverse ecosystem where developers can create more sophisticated and computationally intensive applications than those typically associated with traditional blockchain environments.

The platform also emphasizes community and governance, providing a framework where stakeholders can participate in decision-making processes and contribute to the development of the ecosystem. Cartesi offers various resources and tools for developers, including comprehensive documentation, developer hubs, and community forums to assist with dApp development and deployment on its platform​.

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Nikita Ovchinnik is the co-founder of Barter DeFi, a prominent swap system handling on-chain volume of over 5 billion.

Barter is a decentralized protocol and solver system that provides transparent trade routes across liquidity providers like CoW Swap and UniswapX, minimizing costs and maximizing efficiency. Barter has over $5 billion processed on Ethereum.

Nikita Ovchinnik, co-founder of Bater DeFi, discusses the importance of decentralized finance (DeFi) and the role of intent-based exchange engines in improving user experience. He explains that intent-based systems, like Barter, offer more flexibility and better user rates compared to traditional centralized exchanges. Nikita also highlights the need for transparency and efficiency in DeFi and discusses the future of the industry. He believes that DeFi will continue to evolve and become more user-friendly, with improved liquidity and a wider range of assets. Nikita emphasizes the importance of standardizing the regulatory framework and the role of solvers in facilitating efficient trading across different platforms.

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Reagan Cook is an Accounting Subject Matter Expert at TaxBit, the leading enterprise provider for digital assets tax and accounting technology.

TaxBit is a premium end-to-end compliance and reporting solution for the Digital Economy. Their single API-powered platform for tax and accounting reduces manual work improving operational efficiency and more.

Reagan Cook, an accounting subject matter expert at Taxbit, discusses the company's tax and accounting solutions for the digital economy. Taxbit offers software solutions to create more efficient back-office processes and modernize reporting and accounting for companies transacting in crypto or digital assets. Their clients range from individual taxpayers to large enterprises like PayPal, Google, and the IRS. Cook highlights the unique accounting challenges in the crypto space, such as price volatility and evolving accounting guidance. She also emphasizes the importance of staying educated and getting ahead of accounting and reporting requirements in the crypto industry.

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Chris Feng is a co-founder and COO of Chainbase, the world's largest omnichain data network designed to integrate all blockchain data into a unified ecosystem. Chainbase is building a decentralized data economy with advanced AI capabilities where anyone can participate, contribute, and be incentivized.

Chris Feng, co-founder and COO of Chainbase, discusses the importance of data in the blockchain era and the role of Chainbase as a data protocol. He explains that Chainbase aims to create a new data stack for the next generation of blockchain, where all data is interconnected and accessible.

The Chainbase mission is to become developers' interface for interacting with on-chain data, offering reliability, accuracy, and openness.

Currently, Chainbase attracts over 15,000 developers and 8,000 project partners, managing over 500 billion data calls within the network. Now growing beyond Series A funding, they are backed by prominent funds including Tencent Investment Group, Matrix Partners, Hash Global, Folius Ventures, JSquare, DFG, Mask Network, Bonfire Union Ventures, and BODL Ventures. Chris highlights the key use cases of Chainbase, including providing real-time on-chain data, offering a comprehensive structure for developers, and enabling easier interaction with on-chain data for end users.

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Ezra Strauss, the Head of Partnerships at Portal, has a background in technology and gaming, previously working at Immutable and focusing on partnerships and business development. He joins Andy to discuss Portal, Portal Coin and the new Portal Pay payment solution.

Portal Pay, developed by Portal, is a new payment solution aimed at enhancing the blockchain gaming experience, empowering developers, and impacting the broader Web3 ecosystem. It is part of a broader product roadmap with transaction fees used to purchase the token.

Portal Pay offers unprecedented interoperability by allowing seamless transactions of any token from any chain within games. This improves asset management and the gaming experience by enabling easy transfers and purchases without leaving the game.

Developers benefit from the ability to receive payments in their preferred currency and the support for multiple blockchain networks. This reduces friction and broadens market reach, while also supporting NFT integration and management.

Portal Pay promotes interoperability and decentralization, facilitating seamless transactions across different blockchain networks. This contributes to the growth of decentralized applications (dApps) and services.

The platform uses smart contracts for secure and private transactions, supporting complex workflows and automated management of digital assets.

Portal aims to be the distribution layer for Web3, connecting users with top dApps, especially in gaming, and facilitating a unified ecosystem through innovative solutions and a liquidity layer.

Portal has just announced a partnership with Futureverse, one of the most influential players in AI and metaverse technology, to integrate Portal Pay—Portal's cutting-edge crypto payment solution—across Futureverse's expansive ecosystem.

The first four experiences to benefit from this integration include Reebok Impact, JenMusicAI, The Third Kingdom, and Apes Unleashed, bringing secure and seamless crypto payments to millions of users.

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