The Runebase Podcast

Welcome to the first episode of "THORChain Weekly", a regular Twitter Spaces event with members of the THORChain ecosystem, including Nine Realms, RUNEBASE, Thor Lady, and more. 

This will be an opportunity for members of the community to hear news about protocol updates announcements from the core team and ThorSec, as well as ecosystem projects and other community members to share their own updates.

Hope you enjoy!  

-RUNEBASE Team

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This week, I had the pleasure of chatting with TheThorLady. Anyone who is active in the THORChain community recognizes TheThorLady as one of the best ambassadors for the THORChain community.

TheThorLady is passionate about not only THORChain, but she has a knack for identifying game-changing defi protocols before they pop.

This is something I have noticed on more than one occasion, which made me extremely excited to talk to her today.

In this conversation, TheThorLady and I talk about:

-Her background and story

-How she researches new projects

-What are the projects that she's excited about right now

-How she networks and connects with the projects she finds

-Her portfolio spread

Not only does TheThorLady invest in these projects, but she actively gets involved, taking on an unofficial ambassador role for these protocols.

This was a long time coming and it's great to connect with her and bring you this week's episode.

Hope you enjoy!

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Today, we have a special live edition of the RUNEBase podcast. I went live with @ChrisGHeree to discuss the launch of our new NFT project, ThorGuards.

ThorGuards have been in the pipeline for some time now and we are ecstatic to launch this project to the THORChain and RUNEBase community.

During this live, we discussed:

Crypto for a lot of people can be a lot of things - financial freedom, opportunity to participate in a limitless economy, but it's so much more to creators, designers, entrepreneurs, and engineers.

Crypto is a new frontier for technology, it has a tremendous influence on us politically, socially, and financially. It's fulfilling to work on projects that are at that intersection, and we hope you enjoy ThorGuards - we have enjoyed creating it for you!

As always, let us know what you think, and be sure to like/subscribe for more content like this.

Hope to see you at the next live!

-0xNguyen

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Learn more:

Follow ThorGuards on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThorGuards

Follow Chirs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisGHeree

Read about ThorGuards: https://www.runebase.org/news/thorguards-nfts-closer-look

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On today's podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with @Jonny-Qi, aka "Runemir" - one of the founding partners and "Chief Narrative Officer" of Qi Capital.

Qi Capital is a group of ~40 sharp, thoughtful, and active crypto-industry veterans who coordinate to invest in different projects, and then collaborate together to create and add meaningful value to the projects they're supporting (including THORChain, Terra, OlympusDAO, Thorstarter, and more).

(I've had the pleasure of connecting with many of the members as friends, and eventually joined Qi myself last month.)

Aside from his role with Qi Capital, Jonny's known on Twitter for driving conversations beyond crypto, and into philosophy, wellness, and spirituality, and in today's conversation we had the pleasure of touching on the intersection of those practices alongside crypto:

- Jonny's background & story 

- How Jonny got involved in crypto & discovered THORChain 

- Why Jonny thinks "THORChain is freedom." 

- What is Qi Capital, and its story 

- how it came to be 

- Jonny's thoughts on wellness and staying sane while engaging with crypto full-time

We had an awesome conversation! If you want to learn more, you can find Jonny on Twitter @Jonny-Qi, and Qi Capital at www.qicapital.org.

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Follow Jonny on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RunemirQi 

Visit Qi Capital: https://qicapital.org/ 

Follow Qi Captial on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Qi_Capital  

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Welcome back to another installment of the RUNEBase podcast. This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with three of my contemporaries from 0xVentures.

I spoke with AiRTX, THE BULL, and UncleBadgers, two of the founders and one of the leaders of the 0xVentures DAO.

The 0xVenture DAO is something you all might be familiar with, but essentially, it's a group of about 80 people - traders, investors, builders, developers, entrepreneurs - who come together primarily on a discord server and work on different projects together. They build, grow, and invest together all within a DAO structure.

With this conversation, we talked about:

- The background and story behind 0xVentures

- The DAO model and what decentralized autonomous organization means

- The projects that 0xVentures are driving forward

- The treasury, where they derive funds from and where they choose to allocate those funds

- The implications this model has for the future of crypto and the world

The conversation was so fun and this community is so passionate and energized by the future of Defi. I love the work this community is doing and I'm excited to share it with you guys.

-0xNguyen

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Follow 0xVentures DAO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0x_ventures

Follow AiRTX on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_realcosmos

Follow THE BULL on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bullishtrader

Follow UncleBadgers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UncleBadgers

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Welcome back to another episode of the RUNEBase podcast!

In today's episode, I had the please of speaking with one of the creators and one of the advisors of The Ethereans, a delightful NFT project I stumbled upon and quickly became obsessed with.

For this show, I spoke with Ethereans Advisor Tony Herrera and Designer Mr. Oscar. Mr. Oscar is one of the designers and is one of the brothers of the Chaos Duo - the lead designers of the Ethereans NFT Project.  

The brothers connected with Tony Herrera and he helped bring this project to light. 

The Ethereans are the super cute, 3D space aliens. They are so derpy and adorable, and much different than a lot of the NFT projects out in the market today. 

During our conversation, we discussed:

- Their background, history, and story

- How they brought The Ethereans to life

- The design and rarity distribution behind The Ethereans

- The roadmap, utility they're building into it and a few sneak peeks to look forward to

- The challenge they faced creating The Ethereans

The artwork on these NFTs is so detailed and creative, so you gotta check out Tony and Oscar's NFT projects and let us know your thoughts.

Be on the lookout for our own NFT project for the THORChain community, ThorGuards, which should be out soon!

Learn More:

The Ethereans Website: https://ethereans.mx/

The Ethereans Twitter: https://twitter.com/theEthereans

Chaos Duo Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheChaos_Duo

Mr. Oscar Twitter: https://twitter.com/oscarasecas_

Tony Herrera Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonyherrera

0xNguyen Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xNguyen 

RUNEBase Twitter: https://twitter.com/RUNEBase_org

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This week, we had the pleasure of chatting with the team from BNPL Pay, a revolutionary defi protocol that brings uncollateralized lending to the blockchain space and bridges the gap between Cefi and Defi.

BNPL is doing an IDO on THORStarter next Tuesday, September 14, so we're excited to have the chance to feature them in advance of the launch.

In this conversation, my co-host Tratium and I hopped on with the BNPL Pay team to discuss:

- Their background/story, and how BNPL came to be

- The BNPL model and how it manages to bring uncollateralized lending to DeFi

- The ultimate potential & market size for BNPL & uncollateralized lending in DeFi.

- Details & token economics of BNPLs upcoming Thorstarter IDO

We hope you enjoy the interview!

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BNPL Website: https://bnplpay.io/

BNPL Pay Twitter: https://twitter.com/bnplpay

RUNEBase Website: https://www.runebase.org

RUNEBase Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/RUNEBase_org

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0xNguyen Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xNguyen

Tratium Twitter: https://twitter.com/tratium

Read the full transcription on RUNEBase.org:

http://www.runebase.org/podcast/rbp00-messari-cryptos-ryan-watkins-on-thorchain-defi-trends-and-more

On today's show, I had the pleasure of talking with Ryan Watkins. Ryan is a senior research analyst at Messari.

Messari is a portal that offers professional-grade research for traders, institutions, protocols, exchanges, and more.

Messari just finished a 21 million dollar funding round that will help take them to Messari 2.0 which will provide a marketplace to connect researchers with projects or protocols that need research done for them.

Ryan has done some great research on the THORChain ecosystem, and in this conversation, Ryan shared his professional analysts view on a wide range of topics, including:

As always, nothing on this podcast is financial advice or a recommendation to make an investment. If you have any questions, please get in touch with a financial advisor.

Thanks so much for watching and we can't wait to hear what you think of the conversation with Ryan!

⚡️ 0xNguyen

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In today's episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Archon. Archon is one of my contemporaries at Qi Captial, and he is also the host of the Qi Capital Podcast and he writes the Qi Capital blog.

We have appreciated his voice and thoughtfulness both on the Qi podcast but also over on crypto Twitter for some time now, so it was great getting the chance to take a deep dive with him.

During our conversation, we discussed:

-His story, background, and how he got into THORChain

- His story, background, and how he got into THORChaineating value

- The work he is doing with the podcast and writing

- The Terra Ecosystem and Stablecoins

We totally nerded out on this one and it was awesome getting to know Archon, and we hope you enjoy getting to know him too! If you enjoyed this podcast, be sure to subscribe and keep an eye out for more awesome interviews coming soon. :)

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Follow Archon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/archon_0x

Visit Qi Capital's Website: https://qicapital.org

Follow Qi Capital on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Qi_Capital

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On today's podcast, I was joined by Mitchell Amador, the founder, and CEO of Immunefi.

You might have heard of Immunefi - they are a key part of THORChain's 5 point plan as THORChain recovers from its July attacks and charts its way forward.

Immunefi is the industry-leading bug bounty platform for the crypto industry. With Immunefi, crypto projects can runs bug and bounty programs that incentive white and grey hat hackers to responsibility report vulnerabilities that they find in protocols in exchange for a reward.

During this interview, Mitchell and I take a deep dive into:

-His story and background

-What are bounty programs and what role they play in strengthening a network's security

-Immunefi and what makes them unique and special

-What their engagement is with THORCHain and how this will help the TC ecosystem become stronger

-Emerging trends to look out for in cybersecurity & DeFi going forward.

We had a great conversation, Mitchell is an extremely well-spoken and intelligent founder, and we are extremely grateful for the work he's doing to help strengthen THORChain and the DeFi industry at large.

Please enjoy!

⚡ 0xNguyen

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Find out more about Immunefi:

Immunefi Website: https://immunefi.com/

Immunefi Twitter: https://twitter.com/immunefi

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