The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Emile Dubié, Co-Founder of XDEFI Wallet, a chain-agnostic wallet to store, send and receive all your digital assets from a single place. The two discuss how the wallet works, interacting with dApps, challenging incumbents, and more!

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Show Notes:

(00:00:00) - Introduction.

(00:02:50) - First Question: Emile's Background.

(00:03:57) - The story behind XDEFI.

(00:06:45) - Why XDEFI is necessary for the cross-chain experience.

(00:09:41) - Emile's thoughts on why Metamask hasn’t pushed to be cross-chain.

(00:12:38) - XDEFI's design walkthrough.

(00:17:54) - The difficulty of adding new supported chains to XDEFI.

(00:21:15) - Emile's thoughts on going up against incumbents.

(00:24:33) - XDEFI’s creative edge.

(00:27:22) - Emile's thoughts on NFTs and wallets.

(00:30:31) - Getting NFT-focused users onto XDEFI.

(00:33:00) - Security for XDEFI wallet / Managing the complexity of security when adding new chains and functions.

(00:40:25) - The XDEFI team today and what's next.

(00:43:19) - Emile's advice to new crypto project founders.

(00:45:48) - How to get involved in XDEFI.

Resources:

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Emile’s LinkedIn

XDEFI Wallet Twitter

XDEFI Wallet Website

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