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dYdX founder Antonio Juliano discusses the evolution of dYdX and the broader DeFi landscape, highlighting the need for DeFi to move beyond copying tradfi products and build truly innovative applications made possible by decentralization.
OUTLINE
00:00 Intro
01:33 DeFi's Development
04:24 dYdX Mega Vault AMM
05:32 dYdX Prediction Markets
08:47 High-Performance Blockchain Development
10:35 Appchain Drawbacks
12:47 dYdX vs. Hyperliquid
14:36 New dYdX Markets
17:11 Onchain RWA Derivatives
18:39 DEX Adoption Hurdles
21:24 Crypto Market Makers
22:22 dYdX Development Roadmap
23:47 Appchain Advantages
GUEST LINKS
Antonio Juliano on X - https://x.com/AntonioMJuliano
Antonio Juliano - https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniojuliano/
dYdX - https://dydx.exchange/
dYdX on X - https://x.com/dYdX
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Syncracy Capital co-founder Ryan Watkins sheds light on Ethereum, Solana and finding the next "generational winners" in the crypto market.
OUTLINE
00:00 Intro
01:47 Watkins' Crypto Journey
05:22 Syncracy's Liquid Strategy
06:51 Crypto Market Analysis
08:52 Ethereum's Underperformance
13:14 Long-Only
15:34 Picking Winners
20:38 SOL Trade
28:27 Bitcoin vs. Crypto
34:16 Market Cycle Analysis
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Ripple Head of Product Jasmine Cooper and Axelar Co-Founder Sergey Gorbunov discuss advancements in Real World Assets (RWAs), tokenization, and interoperability.
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
01:12 Interoperable RWAs
04:18 Regulatory Clarity
08:09 RWA Tech Stack
11:37 White Labeling RWAs
13:05 Choosing a Chain
14:43 XRP Ledger RWA Experience
20:35 Asset Issuance 101
22:49 Global Accessibility of RWAs
26:05 Corporate Admin Crypto Adoption
27:26 Advancements in Interoperability
30:26 Axelar's Development Roadmaps
31:39 Institutional RWA FAQs
34:25 Closing Thoughts
35:55 Axelar Wrap-Up
This is episode is sponsored by Axelar Foundation.
Axelar is scaling chain abstraction to hundreds of new blockchains with its Mobius Development Stack (MDS). Find out more at axelar.network/mobius
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Justin Slaughter is the vice president of regulatory affairs at Paradigm.
In this episode, Slaughter and Chaparro discuss the Democratic Party's performance leading up to and during the recent election, particularly in relation to the crypto industry.
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
03:19 2024 Election Recap
04:47 Harris Campaign
07:50 Single-Issue Crypto Voters
11:13 Democratic Party Policy
22:48 Policy Flip-Flopping
26:49 Split Ticket Voters
36:37 New SEC Regime
43:01 Pro-Crypto Democrats
45:06 Predictions & Closing Thoughts
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Alex Gluchowski is the Co-Founder CEO of Matter Labs, a company focused on scaling Ethereum using zero-knowledge proofs, and Matthias Broner is their Head of Growth for Latin America.
In this episode, Gluchowski and Broner discuss the QuarkID project in Buenos Aires, which uses zero-knowledge proofs to give citizens control over their digital identity and serve as a model for decentralized digital identity systems.
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
04:25 Blockchain Scaling
07:19 Buenos Ares ZK-Powered
12:01 Government Innovation
16:40 DID Tech Stack
18:25 ZK 101
19:57 Impact on Argentinian
21:39 DID Expansion
25:59 Crypto's Utility
31:33 Development Roadmap
32:42 Public Services Onchain
34:50 DID Security
36:24 ZKsync Roadmap
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Robert Leshner is the CEO of Superstate, an asset management firm that tokenizes traditional financial assets like U.S. Treasuries and brings them onchain.
In this episode, Leshner explains the advantages of tokenized assets, such as the ability to operate 24/7 and the increased composability with DeFi protocols. He also discusses the regulatory and macroeconomic tailwinds that have made this an opportune time to launch tokenized products.
OUTLINE
00:00 Health & Routines
07:03 Superstate Overview
12:26 Growing DeFi with RWAs
15:22 RWA Revolution
24:24 Benefits of Tokenization
27:18 Onchain vs. Offchain Crypto Exposure
29:18 Real-time NAV Updates
38:16 Real-Time Settlement
41:01 Crypto's Role in TradFi
46:13 The Future of Finance
49:07 Crypto's Regulatory Climate
53:58 Superstate's Asset Roadmap
58:47 Personal Prioritization
62:27 Closing Thoughts
This episode is brought to you by our sponsor Polkadot
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Erik Voorhees and Teana Baker-Taylor are co-founders of Venice, an open-source and uncensored AI chatbot and content generation platform.
In this episode, the Venice co-founders discuss the vision and approach of their product in contrast to more restrictive and centralized AI models like ChatGPT.
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
00:43 Origin of Venice AI
02:37 'AI is like Bitcoin but scarier'
07:29 Proprietary AI Models
09:12 Regulatory Inefficiencies
11:16 Global AI Regulatory Regimes
16:46 AI Censorship
20:11 Moderation on Venice
25:01 Freedom vs Privacy
34:11 Venice Pricing Model
36:35 AI Agents
39:44 AI 'Rights'
50:37 Venice Roadmap
54:10 Closing Thoughts
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Michael Shaulov is the Co-Founder & CEO of Fireblocks.
In this episode, Shaulov discusses how Fireblocks' core business has evolved over the past few years, particularly in the area of stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets.
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
00:56 Business at Fireblocks
06:15 Fireblocks & Stablecoins
09:59 RWA TVL Growth
15:36 Institutional Stablecoin Adoption
25:22 TradFi's Adoption of Crypto Infrastructure
29:27 Onchain Identity Systems
38:10 Closing Thoughts
This episode is brought to you by our sponsor Polkadot
Polkadot is the blockspace ecosystem for boundless innovation. To discover more, head to polkadot.network
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Sam Hallene and Aryan Sheikhalian are analysts at CMT Digital, a subsidiary of the CMT Group.
In this episode, Hallene and Sheikhalian unpack the key trends they are observing in crypto's VC market, including the intersection of blockchain and AI and its implication for improving user data ownership, verified inference, and the use of blockchain to govern non-deterministic models.
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
05:31 Current VC Landscape
07:02 VC Market Decoupling
12:11 PMF in Crypto
15:58 Non-Financial Use Cases
22:00 DeFi's Future
23:17 Tokenization Trends
29:13 Crypto Venture Market Forecast
35:56 Closing Thoughts
This episode is brought to you by our sponsor Polkadot
Polkadot is the blockspace ecosystem for boundless innovation. To discover more, head to polkadot.network
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Sandy Peng is the co-founder of Scroll.
In this episode, Peng discusses scaling Ethereum and particularly emphasizes the importance of business insight and experience outside of crypto in driving application-level innovation.
OUTLINE
00:00 Intro
01:07 Peng's Journey to Scroll
04:27 Peng's Regulatory Background
07:52 Industry Headwinds
10:31 Ethereum Scaling Competition
15:00 Consumer Crypto Apps
16:49 Improving Crypto UX
23:06 Stepn's Success
26:11 ZK Advantages
29:45 Scroll's Roadmap
34:14 Closing Thoughts
This episode is brought to you by our sponsor Polkadot
Polkadot is the blockspace ecosystem for boundless innovation. To discover more, head to polkadot.network
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