The Edge Podcast

By DeFi DadBusiness Investing

The Edge Podcast episodes

October 05, 2023 Futureverse: Where Storytelling, AI, and The Metaverse Collide
Aaron McDonald is the Founder and CEO of Futureverse.
In this episode, we review Futureverse, where storytelling, AI, and the Metaverse collide! Futureverse is a leader in revolutionary metaverse and AI technologies that will enable open, scalable and interoperable apps, games, and experiences.
If you’re familiar with the most popular NFT collections since 2021, Futureverse is the umbrella entity that develops Web3 native IP, such as Flufs, AI League, Altered State Machine, Party Bears, Seekers, The Next Legends, Gods and Goblins, and more. As one of the world's leading experts at the intersection of Web3, AI, and Metaverse tech, Aaron guides us through the massive mission at Futureverse to empower us to create the digitally native worlds we can imagine.
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
3:59 - Aaron's background
7:51 - What is "the Metaverse"
11:35 - Games vs gamified experiences
14:37 - History of Futureverse IP (Flufs)
17:55 - The science/art of creating new stories and characters
19:42 - How AI and Metaverse intersect
25:59 - Will the adult industry be early adopters of the Metaverse?
28:04 - Why focus on scalability
32:12 - Why interoperability over "1-chain maximalism"
35:19 - How to measure success at Futureverse
37:31 - Onboarding builders to Futureverse
42:37 - How Futureverse will onboard new users to Web3
44:31 - What does Web3 gaming need to go mainstream
50:35 - FutureScore and Quests
56:01 - Release of JEN1, text-to-music AI generator
1:00:39 - How Aaron manages his time
1:02:39 - What's Aaron most excited to invest in
1:04:49 - Closing
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🔗 Guest Links 🔗
► Futureverse: https://www.futureverse.com/
► FuturePass: https://www.futureverse.com/futurepass
► Futureverse Linktree: https://linktr.ee/futureverse
► Futureverse Ecosystem: https://www.futureverse.com/ecosystem
► Futureverse on Twitter: https://twitter.com/futureverse
► Aaron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaronmcdnz
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🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/
All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. 4RC is an investor in the Futureverse Ecosystem and holds a number of their NFTs. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.
1 hr 9 min
September 29, 2023 The New Contender In The DeFi Perps Arena, Polynomial | Quick Hit
Gautham Santhosh is the CoFounder of Polynomial Protocol.
In this episode, we review a rising contender in the DeFi perps trading sector--Polynomial Protocol. This spring, Polynomial launched its decentralized perps exchange on Optimism using Synthetix as its source of liquidity.
Since then, Polynomial has seen enormous growth to become one of the top Synthetix perps trading frontends with a total trading volume of $3.9B as of today. In this Quick Hit, we’ll dig into what’s attracting so much trading activity to Polynomial and how they plan to sustain their parabolic growth.
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
3:16 - Overview of Polynomial Protocol
4:12 - Origin story of Polynomial
9:07 - Polynomial Earn and Strategies
15:02 - How Polynomial differentiates its perps trading
21:47 - How to grow after the Synthetix Perps OP program
24:42 - Polynomial trading competitions
26:47 - Will Polynomial launch a token?
28:16 - Closing and what's next for Polynomial
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🔗 Guest Links 🔗
► Polynomial website: https://www.polynomial.fi/
► Polynomial on Twitter: https://twitter.com/polynomialfi
► Polynomial Analytics: https://dune.com/polynomialfi/polynomial-trade
► Polynomial Discord: https://discord.com/invite/polynomial
► Gautham on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gauthamzzz
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🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/
All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. DeFi Dad was a seed investor in Polynomial in 2021. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.
31 min
September 24, 2023 Can Liquity V2 Solve The Stablecoin Trilemma?
Robert Lauko is the Founder and Head of Research at Liquity. Michael Svoboda is CEO at Liquity.
In this episode, we dive into what we anticipate to be one of the most radical decentralized stablecoin upgrades–Liquity V2. Two years after launching what most of us regard as the most decentralized stablecoin in DeFi, LUSD, and having issued over $4.5b worth of interest free loans, it was recently announced at EthCC that Liquity is developing “an alternative product that aims to crack the stablecoin trilemma.” Although Liquity V2 is not scheduled to release until Q2-2024, Robert and Michael gave us a rare first look at some of the mechanics and features behind the upcoming Liquity V2 protocol.
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
4:04 - Liquity V2 announcement at EthCC
5:08 - Robert and Michael's background
8:10 - Overview of Liquity and LUSD
11:30 - Reflecting stablecoin struggles in DeFi
13:45 - Three Value Props of Liquity V1
14:55 - Reactions to Liquity forks
18:29 - What is immutability and why does it matter?
21:29 - What is the Stablecoin Trilemma?
24:08 - Why shift away from V1 when it already works?
27:45 - New V2 features, principal protection and secondary market
38:13 - ETH LSTs as collateral
42:04 - Predictions for how Liquity V2 behaves in a bull market
45:40 - Predictions for how Liquity V2 behaves in a bear market
52:31 - Are there worries about V2 copycats?
55:46 - Rapid fire / TLDR questions on V2
1:00:57 - Closing
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🔗 Guest Links 🔗
► Liquity website: https://liquity.org/
► Liquity on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LiquityProtocol
► Liquity Docs: https://docs.liquity.org/
► Introducing Liquity V2 announcement: https://www.liquity.org/blog/introducing-liquity-v2
► Robert on Twitter: https://twitter.com/robert_lauko
► Michael Svoboda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/svobodamichael
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🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/
All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.
1 hr 4 min
September 20, 2023 Solving The Cold Start Problem For Blockchains with Movement | Quick Hit
Cooper Scanlon and Rushi Manche are CoFounders at Movement Labs.
In this episode, we discuss how Movement Labs is helping to solve the cold start problem for non-EVM blockchains such as Aptos and Sui. Having recently come out of stealth, Movement Labs is building a modular framework to build and deploy Move-based infrastructure, applications, and blockchains in any distributed environment. If they're successful, Movement could be a huge catalyst to onboarding a global community of Move builders working to build new decentralized blockchain networks.
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
4:21 - Cooper and Rushi's background
8:37 - What is the cold start problem for blockchains?
14:53 - What is Movement?
18:30 - What is M1 and what makes it unique?
21:25 - Why build to support non-EVM chains?
26:10 - How will the Movement SDK attract developers?
27:21 - Early traction prior to launch
29:53 - Jumpstarting BD for Movement
31:40 - Utility of future Movement token
32:46 - Coming out of stealth and pre-seed raise complete
33:25 - Roadmap for 2023
33:17 - Closing
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🔗 Guest Links 🔗
► Movement Labs website: https://movementlabs.xyz/
► Movement on Twitter: https://twitter.com/movementlabsxyz
► Movement Docs: https://docs.movementlabs.xyz/
► Rushi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rushimanche
► Cooper on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sparrowmvmt
► Pre-Seed Raise Announcement: https://x.com/movementlabsxyz/status/1701983997608546464?s=20
► Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3kTcXXmvXJ
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🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/
All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. DeFi Dad and Nomatic were angel investors in the pre-seed raise for Movement Labs. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.
36 min
September 14, 2023 The ETH Purist Stablecoin and Leverage Token by f(x) Protocol | Quick Hit
Crouguer and Kmets are anonymous core contributors at AladdinDAO, which created f(x) Protocol.
In this episode, we cover the newest ETH purist stablecoin and leverage tokens, fETH and xETH by f(x) Protocol. Over the last few years, many have learned how unreliable it is holding stablecoins backed by fiat currencies in a sovereign banking system. The team at AladdinDAO have recently launched a new protocol which splits ETH into a mix of low volatility floating stablecoins called fETH and high volatility leverage ETH tokens called xETH. The net result is marrying the needs of those who want a stablecoin that is stable, reliable, scalable, and native to Ethereum with those who want non-liquidatable, funding-rate-free leveraged ETH exposure. Learn about the countless use cases possible with this LSTfi stablecoin and leverage token before the next bull market hits!
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
4:31 - Kmets and Crouguer's background
9:03 - How to pronounce f(x)
9:53 - What is f(x) Protocol and why do we need it?
13:57 - The status quo without fETH and xETH
18:44 - What dictates the variable leverage for xETH?
23:32 - Creating demand for fETH and xETH
31:00 - Thoughts on the current split between fETH and xETH
34:42 - When users might opt of fETH vs xETH
35:54 - fETH is meant to be the ultimate stablecoin
40:56 - Considerations with xETH variable leverage
46:17 - UX for minting xETH or fETH and the Rebalance Pool
50:40 - Closing and Crouguer's alpha on f(x)
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🔗 Guest Links 🔗
► f(x) Protocol website: https://fx.aladdin.club/
► Kmets on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kmets_
► Crouguer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cryptocrouguer
► f(x) Protocol on Twitter: https://twitter.com/protocol_fx
► AladdinDAO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aladdindao
► Discord: https://discord.com/invite/uSAUmXc2jw
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🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/
All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.
56 min
September 08, 2023 PancakeSwap: The DeFi Super-App's Expansion to Ethereum L2s
Chef Mochi is the CoFounder and Head Chef of PancakeSwap.
In this episode, we review PancakeSwap, the DeFi super-app and its expansion to Ethereum L2s. PancakeSwap has remained the most dominant DEX on BSC but in the past year, it has strategically begun to expand its reach to L2s and other chains such as, Arbitrum, zkSync Era, Base, and Linea. Chef Mochi is a legendary builder in DeFi and one of the few original founders from the 2020 class who stuck with his protocol and continues to aggressively build the most consumer-friendly DeFi products. We cover every product: PancakeSwap V3, PancakeSwap Perps V2, liquid staking, yield farms, PancakeSwap Protectors game, and the plan in motion for CAKE tokenomics, expected to make its supply deflationary.
Everything you need to review PancakeSwap before the next crypto bull run!
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
5:23 - Mochi's background
7:35 - Reflecting on 3 years since launch
11:27 - Why PCS launched on BSC in 2020
13:16 - Thoughts on L2s and centralization
19:41 - Could BSC convert to an L2?
24:38 - Overview of PancakeSwap DeFi suite
29:42 - Trends in on-chain perps trading
32:53 - Who's the counterparty in PCS Perps V2?
34:43 - The idea behind PCS Protectors game
40:55 - PancakeSwap V3 advantages
49:43 - PancakeSwap Revenue Sharing Pool and CAKE emissions
53:33 - Where does value accrual come from for CAKE?
58:42 - Mochi's alpha on what's next!
1:06:33 - Closing
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🔗 Guest Links 🔗
► Chef Mochi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chef_mochi
► PancakeSwap on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PancakeSwap
► PancakeSwap website: https://pancakeswap.finance/
► PancakeSwap Revenue Sharing Program details: https://blog.pancakeswap.finance/articles/introducing-revenue-sharing-pool
► CAKE Emissions Dashboard: https://analytics.pancakeswap.finance/
► CAKE Tokenomics v2.5 Discussion: https://blog.pancakeswap.finance/articles/faq-discussion-proposal-for-cake-tokenomics-v2-5-2-1
► ALP Liquidity Composition for On-Chain Perps V2: https://perp.pancakeswap.finance/en/ALP
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🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/
All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.
1 hr 10 min
September 02, 2023 Parallel: The Origin Story of Web3’s Breakout Game
MrGone and Kalos are CoFounders of Parallel.
In this episode, we dive into the origin story of Web3's breakout game--Parallel! Join us for a tour of the captivating sci-fi universe of Parallel and its digital trading card game (TCG), which has been in development for over 2 years. Having recently launched in closed beta, Parallel's flagship TCG is getting rave reviews with over 100k matches already played in its first month since launch.
Parallel is a standout in the new world of Web3 gaming, and we are here to dissect how they’ve gone about building this iconic franchise. Most importantly, we'll dive into how this TCG is designed to benefit from the use of their ERC20 token PRIME, cards and in-game assets sold as NFTs, and other Web3 elements to make for more engaging gameplay.
Be sure to listen to the end for some real alpha on Parallel Colony, a new category of gaming promising to be the world's first passive AI avatar game powered by OpenAI!
FYI: All musical scores, sound effects, cinematic trailers, Parallel Landscapes, and more were edited into this video to provide a sense of the immense creativity behind the Parallel Studios team. These creative works are their original works.
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
4:49 - MrGone's background
7:19 - Let's make a game!
9:41 - Kalos' background
11:19 - Crypto and gaming roots led to Parallel
12:34 - Early beginnings at Parallel
16:11 - The lore of Parallel
19:35 - How a TCG works
22:49 - Stories from fundraising in 2021
27:19 - How the team built confidence in their investors
33:02 - Lessons from early success in closed beta
36:37 - How NFTs will play into the game
45:59 - How will PRIME affect gameplay
50:21 - Thoughts on handling investors and focus
59:34 - Parallel Colony AI game
1:07:05 - Stories from early Colony AI avatrars
1:15:14 - Future games in development for Parallel IP
1:22:07 - The culture of Parallel and customer service
1:30:38 - Closing
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🔗 Guest Links 🔗
► Parallel website: https://parallel.life/
► Parallel Beta: https://parallel.life/play
► Parallel Colony Waitlist: https://parallel.life/colony/signup/
► Parallel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/paralleltcg
► Kalos on Twitter: https://twitter.com/templecrash
► MrGone on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParallelTCGpod
► Life In Parallel Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/life-in-parallel/id1581052863
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🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/
All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. As of this recording, DeFi Dad holds both Parallel NFT cards and assets, as well as the ERC20 token PRIME. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.
1 hr 36 min
August 26, 2023 DeFi Returns Automated For All with Spool V2 | Quick Hit
Simon Schaber is the Chief Commercial Officer of Spool DAO.
In this episode, we cover how Spool V2 is automating DeFi returns all, including retail investors, banks, and institutional investors. Launched on Ethereum Mainnet in 2022, Spool is a fully permissionless and non-custodial DeFi middleware serving as the ultimate backend for your cryptoasset-based yields, with programmable risk models.
With V2 going into beta soon, we discuss how Spool can also be leveraged by banks, fintech startups, funds, exchanges, wallet providers, crypto institutional investors, and even treasuries to earn DeFi returns in a fully composable manner.
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
4:54 - Simon's background
8:05 - TradFi is a terrible measuring stick for DeFi
9:41 - What is Spool
11:42 - Spool V1 products
15:02 - Spool V2 overview
18:23 - Programmable risk models
21:08 - Leverage in Spool V2
23:08 - Working with banks and institutions
28:46 - Feedback from institutions exploring crypto
33:44 - New protocols & strategies integrated for V2
36:39 - Utility of SPOOL token
38:45 - Use of AI within Spool
42:06 - V2 ETA and what's next
43:36 - Closing
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🔗 Guest Links 🔗
► Spool on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpoolFi
► Spool website: https://spool.fi/
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🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/
All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. 4RC holds SPOOL tokens as of this recording. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.
46 min
August 21, 2023 GMX V2: A Guide for Traders and Liquidity Providers
Fredegar Christensen is a BD Contributor at GMX.
In this episode, we cover what's new in GMX V2 for traders and liquidity providers. Given its reputation as the top decentralized leverage perps trading platform on Arbitrum, with over $140B in trading volume since 2022, we walk through a bit of DeFi history on GMX V1. Afterwards, we walk through a detailed guide on all the improvements made in V2 including isolated GM Pools, new collateral asset support, longing/shorting markets with the same token as collateral, lower fees, and faster execution times.
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4:57 - Reflecting on 2022
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12:19 - GMX V1 and success
16:49 - GMX delivers what we want
20:07 - Designing for the long term
26:28 - Challenges / shortcomings in GMX V1
34:02 - What's new in GMX V2
35:09 - GM Pools
42:39 - Fee structure for V2
49:54 - Multiple collateral types
53:17 - Faster execution times and Chainlink
56:28 - Progress in V2 Beta Launch so far
59:14 - Closing
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► GMX on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GMX_IO
► GMX website: https://gmx.io/
► GMX V2: https://app.gmx.io/#/v2
► GMX V2 Beta Blog Post: https://gmxio.substack.com/p/gmx-v2-beta-is-now-live
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August 17, 2023 Timeswap, Unlocking Oracle-Free Lending and Borrowing | Quick Hit
Ameeth Devadas is the CoFounder of Timeswap.
In this episode, we cover how oracle-free lending and borrowing works with Timeswap. Similar to how Uniswap enabled the permissionless creation of trading pools, Timeswap is a fully decentralized money market protocol, aiming to make possible the permissionless creation of lending and borrowing markets, for any tokens, without the need for oracles. If Timeswap is successful, we could see tens of thousands of lending and borrowing markets emerge for long tail assets vs the top 20 or so assets that get support from the likes of Maker and Aave.
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
4:25 - Ameeth's background
7:48 - What is Timeswap
12:13 - Permissionless creation of money markets
15:04 - Why oracle-free
18:28 - How to lend or borrow on Timeswap
22:19 - New use cases with non-liquidatable loans
24:38 - The role of LPs in Timeswap
26:49 - Money markets for exotic assets
31:56 - Plans for Timeswap token
34:23 - How create new markets on Timeswap
37:08 - Ameetha's alpha
39:26 - Closing
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🔗 Guest Links 🔗
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► Timeswap website: http://timeswap.io/
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► Timeswap Intern on Twitter: https://twitter.com/timeswapintern
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All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.
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