Wyre Talks

DeFi and staking are classified as two different animals. And yet, both facilitate a protocol-level interaction with a smart contract that pays a yield over time. Today, Tim Ogilvie joins us to explain how Staked is playing in both arenas and introduce their new competitive rebalancing product, Robo Advisor for Yield or RAY.

Imagine having the capacity to build a website that only you can put up or take down. A truly censorship-resistant site created on a decentralized registry. Today, Brad Kam joins us to explain how Unstoppable Domains is making crypto payments much simpler AND building the tools for global free speech on the blockchain

Scalability. Interoperability. Liquidity. Any number of projects in the crypto space are working to tackle these problems. But one is solving for all three at the same time and leveraging cashflow incentives to encourage participation in the network. Today, Varun Vruddhula and Lawson Baker join us to discuss the benefits of joining Hashflow.

The Wyre Team is in a unique market position, serving as a bridge from the traditional payments ecosystem to the Wild West that is cryptocurrency. Today, we sit down to discuss key trends in payments, offering insight around the connection between spending and identity and introducing our new Wyre Widget to facilitate device-based payments.

It’s no surprise that Joey Krug is a fan of taking calculated risks. Today, he sits down to explain how he created Augur, a mechanism for making bets on the blockchain, and discuss how the opportunity to meet other promising crypto developers inspired his angel investing career and current work with Pantera Capital.

GNOSIS is a trailblazer in the Ethereum space, creating the first implementation of both the multisig and smart contract wallets. Today, co-founder Stefan George discusses the team’s ongoing mission around aggregating global knowledge, their newly-formed dxDAO governance community, and their standing as the first company with a license to operate fully regulated prediction markets!

If you ask 1kx Founding Partner Lasse Clausen, tokenized networks are better than free. And that’s why he has created a crypto investment fund around a token maximalist philosophy. Today, Lasse shares the 1kx thesis, explaining why their narrow focus attracts sophisticated investors how the team adds value for founders beyond the capital they provide!

The most powerful financial tools available live on the blockchain. The problem is, only crypto aficionados currently have access to these decentralized protocols. Today, cofounders Itamar Lesuisse and Julien Niset explain their aim to abstract the complexities of the blockchain, using the Argent smart contract wallet to bring DeFi to the world!

DeFi is better with Bitcoin. But there’s no way to bring BTC onto Ethereum that is censorship-resistant AND adheres to the #1 principle of Bitcoin: No printing money. Today, Cross-Chain Group founders Matt Luongo & James Prestwich join us to explain how tBTC facilitates interoperability, giving Bitcoin users access to financial services on other chains

Investors who play in the crypto space are putting their money on what is essentially a science experiment. And the ecosystem’s interdisciplinary nature means that VCs need a broad understanding of a complex system. Today, Haseeb Qureshi joins us to share his bird’s eye view of the blockchain space.