Wyre Talks

Much the same way eBay allows people to buy and sell goods in the real world, OpenSea affords users the opportunity to deal in digital items. But what makes the marketplace really interesting is the way it facilitates bundling and interoperability among crypto assets. So, what are the mechanics of buying and selling NFTs in OpenSea? How does the company’s unique B2D model make it scalable? And how might the platform grow and change as digital goods expand beyond collectibles and gaming to include things like domain names and even virtual real estate?

Taylor Monahan is the founder and CEO at MyCrypto, a free, open-source interface for interacting with the blockchain. Erik Voorhees is the founder and CEO of ShapeShift.io, an instant exchange for digital assets, and author of the pioneering Bitcoin blog, Money and State. Today, Erik and Taylor join us at ETHDenver to discuss the current state of cryptocurrency, including the progress the industry has made to date in terms of UX and mass awareness.

Perhaps the most revolutionary aspect of the blockchain is its capacity for decentralization. Yet, running a node requires a great deal of resources and those with access have the advantage—and once again, we’re stuck with the flaws of capitalism. Is there a way to approach PoS that would allow us to tackle verification with significantly less data, without compromising the security of the cryptocurrency?

Whether you’re an individual crypto investor looking for a simple way to manage your portfolio or a business in the blockchain space with a need to trade one token for another, Totle may be the solution you’ve been searching for. So, how did the company come to be? How does the Totle team make decisions around what to build? And why are they banking on the shift to decentralized exchanges?

When it comes to cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, the regulatory waters in the US are murky at best. Among the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, there is a great deal of regulatory uncertainty. Add state legislation to the mix, and you have a complex system that leaves many blockchain innovators nervous about going to market here.

How does one bootstrap a vibrant liquidity ecosystem that incentivizes both market makers and takers? The team over at Aurora has a few ideas ranging from the design of their hybrid decentralized exchange, IDEX to their extensible token model. IDEX has facilitated over $1.6B in volume in 2018 by providing liquidity at a low cost and a user experience that outperforms the other decentralized exchanges. So, how does the Aurora/IDEX team make liquidity a part of their product design?

In this week episode of Wyre Talks, we welcome Steven Becker the COO of MakerDAO. Steven shares his thoughts on new risk management challenges presented by Maker's stablecoin model.

In this Wyre Talks, we are excited to host Hansmeet Seethi, Co-Founder and CEO of Fetch. Hansmeet is a repeat entrepreneur having started four companies in the Valley. Hansmeet has been at the forefront of the evolution of UX from the first internet applications to mobile applications. and hopes to iterate on this experience in a crypto product. He stumbled into crypto when he was working on a fintech company having to deal with the limitations of traditional rails. Fetch solves these problems upfront by using crypto rails.

What an eventful year at Wyre and in the crypto ecosystem. Outsiders will look at the price/headlines and think the whole industry is in crisis. We don’t think that’s the case at all. Infact, we welcome the negative press since it chruns the non-believers out of the space so that the true visionaries can focus on building great product. In this special 90 minute episode with Mike, Louis and Thomas, we cover what we’ve witnessed in 2018 and how we think the industry will evolve in 2019. See below for a watered down summary but we recommend listeners tune in to hear our unadulterated, no BS outlook on the industry. Thanks again for a wonderful 2018. Happy Holidays. Much Love.

In this Wyre Talks, we are excited to host Robert Leshner, Founder and CEO of Compound. Robert is a rare dangerous combination with a background in economics and product. For building a money market on the blockchain, it's clear he’s the man for the job. With a mind for designing effective protocol level incentives along with a clean UX for users, Compound has created the largest on chain debt marketplace.