Frens Validator Crypto Podcast
623 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago -Frens Validator is a key contributor to the Cosmos ecosystem. Besides securing multiple blockchains, we educate our listeners by publishing thought pieces, insightful interviews, and project deep dives.
The Frens Validator podcast show is the hub that brings together crypto pioneers, exciting projects, and a thriving community.
Tune in with host Juri Maibaum to explore the multichain future and how to make it in Web 3.0.
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The Grand Vision for Bitcoin, Cosmos & Osmosis - with Sunny Aggarwal | Builder's Diary #11
April 09, 2024 16:12 - 1 hour - 92.4 MBToday’s episode marks the eleventh episode of “Builder’s Diary”. If this is your first “Builders´ Diary,” episode, this format sheds light on the amazing people behind your favorite Proof of Stake chains and applications. Let's find out what visions our fellow builders follow, how they got to where they are today, and what future developments they anticipate. Today we are joined by Sunny Aggarwal, Co-Founder of Osmosis. We will talk about his early days in crypto, his grand vision for Bitc...
Welcome to the Broadband Age! Did EIP-4844 Succeed? - Sunday Thought Piece
April 07, 2024 02:00 - 7 minutes - 10.9 MBToday we are going to talk about EIP-4844 (also called danksharding), which is a new Ethereum upgrade that went live a few weeks ago. The Ethereum danksharding upgrade promised to bring down Ethereum Layer2 fees significantly. It promised to make Ethereum scalable just like Solana Avalanche and Co. If that turned out to be true, this could be huge for the Ethereum ecosystem. So in this episode, we are going to explain what EIP 4844 is, how it works, what it means for Ethereum, and if the pro...
Orchid: A Sleeping DePIN Giant - with Chloe Avery & Travis Canell
March 24, 2024 23:00 - 27 minutes - 37.1 MBWhat is Orchid? Orchid is a decentralized bandwidth marketplace. Therefore, Orchid is part of the DePIN sector. Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN) are gaining serious traction as a key area of Web3, aiming to counter centralized data control and build out truly permissionless data access. Travis Cannell, Head of Product and Marketing, and Chloe Avery, Mathematician, from Orchid, a decentralized marketplace for all pieces of the compute stack, visited our show today to div...
Orchid: A Sleeping DePIN Giant - with Chloe Avery & Travis Cannell
March 24, 2024 23:00 - 27 minutes - 37.1 MBWhat is Orchid? Orchid is a decentralized bandwidth marketplace. Therefore, Orchid is part of the DePIN sector. Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN) are gaining serious traction as a key area of Web3, aiming to counter centralized data control and build out truly permissionless data access. Travis Cannell, Head of Product and Marketing, and Chloe Avery, Mathematician, from Orchid, a decentralized marketplace for all pieces of the compute stack, visited our show today to div...
Where $NEAR Goes Next: Data Availability & Abstraction - with Stakecito
March 20, 2024 23:00 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBIn which direction is the Near Blockchain heading? And why has the project decided to become a data availability layer for Ethereum roll-ups and focus on abstraction? And what is abstraction anyway? This and much more is what we will discuss with Serch from Stakecito today! - - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: https://frens.army 📲 FOLLOW ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frensvalidator 🌖FOLLOW JURI: https://twitter.com/jurimaibaum Catch up with Stakecito: 💻 YOUTUB...
$NEAR about to Explode! Dencun Upgrade Bullish for $ETH? [Overrated/ Underrated] with Cryptocito
March 18, 2024 23:00 - 48 minutes - 66.4 MBIs $NEAR about to reach its old ATH? And how will the Dencun Upgrade impact the price of $ETH? This and much more is what we will discuss with Cryptocito in today's episode of Overrated/ Underrated. Overrated/Underrated with Cryptocito is a format in which we rate the current valuation and potential of various crypto projects. Today we will cover Ethereum $ETH, Near blockchain $NEAR, Agoric $BLD, Coreum $COREUM, Babylon, Cardano $ADA, and many more! TIME STAMPS: 0:00 Intro & Market Sentim...
3 Reasons why the Bull Market is Back! - Sunday Thought Piece
March 17, 2024 00:00 - 11 minutes - 15.7 MBThe bull market is back! Bitcoin reached a new all-time high previously and $ETH is likely to reach its old all-time high soon as well. But why is the market sentiment in crypto so bullish right now? Today we are going to talk about 3 reasons why the bull market is back for crypto. - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: https://frens.army 📲 FOLLOW ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frensvalidator 🌖FOLLOW JURI: https://twitter.com/jurimaibaum - - - - DISCLAIMER All info...
In which Phase of the Crypto Bullmarket are we? [Takeaways from ETHDenver] - Sunday Thought Piece
March 10, 2024 03:00 - 12 minutes - 17.1 MBWhere are we in the current crypto market cycle? Last week, we attended ETHDenver to meet with many different people from the crypto industry from very different backgrounds. ETHDenver is one of the premier crypto events. It's an annual conference held in Denver, Colorado, that brings together developers, entrepreneurs, investors, and enthusiasts from around the globe to collaborate, innovate, and build decentralized applications (dApps) on the Ethereum blockchain but also beyond. The trip r...
Fairblock Network: The Modular Decryption Blockchain [Live at ETHDenver]
March 07, 2024 11:00 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MBWhat is Fairblock Network? Fairblock Network is a modular blockchain that enables privacy decryption for appchains, protocols, smart contracts, and more from the get-go. Also, the network leverages the Cosmos-SDK and IBC. We sat down with Bowen from Fairblock Network at ETHDenver 2024 to talk about this novel approach and how this works in detail. - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: https://frens.army 📲 FOLLOW ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frensvalidator 🌖FOLLOW JURI...
Noble: Removing Liquidity Fragmentation [Live at ETHDenver with Jelena Djuric]
March 06, 2024 12:47 - 24 minutes - 19.9 MBHow is Noble bringing liquidity to the entire interchain and crypto industry? And how can the project help tackle the problem of liquidity fragmentation in the Cosmos? This is what we discussed with Noble Co-Founder Jelena Djuric at ETHDenver 2024. - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: https://frens.army 📲 FOLLOW ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frensvalidator 🌖FOLLOW JURI: https://twitter.com/jurimaibaum - - - - DISCLAIMER All information presented in this podc...
Why Everyone is so Excited About Restaking | Sunday Thought Piece
February 25, 2024 00:00 - 10 minutes - 14.1 MBLast week we talked about 5 big narratives of the coming bull market. But there’s one narrative we didn’t talk about because it’s so significant that it needs its own episode: Restaking. Today we will talk about what restaking actually is. Later we are going to talk about a few applications that are building the future of restaking today, and how you can profit from it. And in the very end, we are going to share some alpha from the Cosmos ecosystem because restaking is now officially coming ...
Is EigenLayer Overrated? The Terra Comeback! [Overrated/ Underrated] - with Cryptocito
February 23, 2024 19:09 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MBOverrated/Underrated with Cryptocito is a format in which we rate the current valuation and potential of various crypto projects. Today we will cover EigenLayer $EL, Berachain, Passage $PASG, Persitence One $XPRT, and many more! - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: https://frens.army 📲 FOLLOW ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frensvalidator 🌖FOLLOW JURI: https://twitter.com/jurimaibaum Catch up with CRYPTOCITO & STAKECITO: 📲 FOLLOW CRYPTOCITO ON TWITTER: https://...
How to be Persistent in Crypto when Everything goes Against You | Builder's Diary #9 with Liam Connor
February 20, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 89.5 MBToday’s episode marks the ninth episode of “Builder’s Diary”. If this is your first “Builders´ Diary,” episode, this format sheds light on the amazing people behind your favorite Proof of Stake chains and applications. Let's find out what visions our fellow builders follow, how they got to where they are today, and what future developments they anticipate. Today we are joined by Liam Connor, aka Confident in Crypto. Liam is working for Stakecito nowadays. He also used to have a YouTube cha...
Top 5 Crypto Narratives for 2024 - Sunday Thought Piece
February 18, 2024 01:00 - 13 minutes - 19.1 MBToday is Sunday, so it’s time for another episode of “Sunday Thoughtpiece” and today we are going to talk about the 5 big narratives that are going to shape the course of 2024. Narratives are stories or ideas that people believe in. In the world of investing in cryptocurrencies, these stories can affect how people feel about a certain coin. Today we will talk about our top 5 narratives of 2024 such as AI, RWA, DePIN, and more. - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: https:/...
Where BAD KIDS go Next - with Abhitej Singh
February 15, 2024 13:15 - 33 minutes - 45.7 MBAre Bad Kids the next CryptoPunks? What have both NFT collections in common? And where are Stargaze and Bad Kids going next? This is what we discussed with Abhitej Singh today. - - - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: https://frens.army 📲 FOLLOW ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frensvalidator 🌖FOLLOW JURI: https://twitter.com/jurimaibaum FOLLOW Abhitej: https://twitter.com/abhitejxyz - - - - DISCLAIMER All information presented in this podcast is meant for informa...
How to Pivot your Career in Crypto and AI| Builder's Diary #9 with Greg Osuri
February 14, 2024 10:59 - 1 hour - 93.3 MBToday’s episode marks the eighth episode of “Builder’s Diary”. This format sheds light on the amazing people behind your favorite Proof of Stake chains and applications. Let's find out what visions our fellow builders follow, how they got to where they are today, and what future developments they anticipate. Today we are joined by Greg Osuri, Co-Founder of Akash Network. Akash is a pioneer in the field of decentralized compute marketplace and also one of the first crypto projects that dive...
Persistence Shipping Restaking to Cosmos - with Mikhil Pandey
February 13, 2024 11:14 - 21 minutes - 30.2 MBPersistence confirmed to ship restaking to Cosmos. Restaking has become big in the Ethereum ecosystem via EigenLayer. It allows you to restake your liquid-staked $ETH, compound it, increase your APY, and secure other applications, such as dApps, roll-ups, and Layer 2s with it. So, is Persistence, the liquid-staking ecosystem of the Cosmos, now becoming the restaking layer of the Cosmos, making the ecosystem more capital-efficient and secure? This is what we discussed with Mikhil Pandey from ...
Dymension & Celestia: Strong Synergies or Competitors? - Sunday Thought Piece
February 11, 2024 05:00 - 11 minutes - 15.7 MBThe modular run-up continues! This week Dymension just launched rewarding many people with a five-figure airdrop. But what about Celestia? Is Celestia and $TIA a competitor to Dymension and $DYM? Dymension and Celestia have a very similar approach. They both have a modular architecture and focus on roll-ups. In today’s episode, we will dive deeper into the similarities and differences, and which project might prevail in the long run. - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: htt...
Successful Content Creation and Community Building in Crypto| Builder's Diary #8 with Cryptocito
February 07, 2024 13:27 - 1 hour - 106 MBToday’s episode marks the eighth episode of “Builder’s Diary”. This format sheds light on the amazing people behind your favorite Proof of Stake chains and applications. Let's find out what visions our fellow builders follow, how they got to where they are today, and what future developments they anticipate. Today, we are joined by Cryptocito. Cryptocito is the biggest YouTuber in the Cosmos. Not only that: he is also the Co-Founder of Stakecito! Lastly, he is also my fellow Co-Founder of ...
Why DePIN is set to become Crypto's Next Big Thing - Sunday Thought Piece
February 04, 2024 04:00 - 11 minutes - 15.2 MBWhat is a DePIN? DePIN is a community-driven system where individuals contribute resources to build and operate critical infrastructure in the real world. DePIN stands for Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network, and it's all about bringing power back to the people. In today's episode, we will look closer at this sector, discuss why it has such a strong growth potential, the best DePIN projects, and much more. - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: https://frens.army ...
Soarchain: A Deep-Dive into the Best DePIN Project
February 03, 2024 13:21 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MBWhat is Soarchain $MOTUS? Soarchain is a DePIN Layer 1 Blockchain that is about to launch. It aims to disrupt the automotive sector. In this video, you will learn everything you have to know about Soarchain, what the project's vision is all about, how you can profit by being early, potential competitors, and much more! Important Article: https://chorus.one/articles/how-soarchain-unlocks-depins-potential Soarchain Blog: https://www.blog.soarchain.com/ Soarchain Interview: https://www.yo...
How to Succeed as an Angel Investor in Crypto | Builder’s Diary #7 with Sebastien Couture
January 30, 2024 10:51 - 57 minutes - 78.6 MBFor the seventh episode of Builders´ Diary, we welcome Interop Ventures Co-Founder Sebastien Couture to the show! Builder's Diary sheds light on the famous builders behind your favorite crypto project. Sebastien is one of the most active investors in the Cosmos ecosystem. He also organizes the annual Cosmos tech-focused conference “Nebular Summit” in Paris and is host and co-host of both, the Epicenter and the Interop Podcast. Today we will talk about his journey in the crypto industry ...
DeSci (Decentralized Science): The next Big Crypto Narrative? - Sunday Thought Piece
January 28, 2024 10:13 - 14 minutes - 19.5 MBWhat is DeSci DeSci? DeSci is short for decentralized Science and aims to fix various problems that the scientific community faces today, such as poor incentives, corruption vectors, a risk-averse culture, wrong quality metrics, wrong capital deployment, bad result stigma, inefficiency, and much more. So, how can we fix science with crypto technology? In today’s episode, we will discuss what DeSci precisely is, why the incentive structure in science is broken, how crypto can fix that, prom...
What is Urbit? - with Sunny Aggarwal
January 24, 2024 12:14 - 55 minutes - 75.9 MBWhat is Urbit? Urbit has existed for roughly twenty years and aims to rebuild the internet from scratch to get rid of intermediaries like Google and Co. Their claim: the internet can’t be saved since it is controlled by the megacorp! So, we need to start all over again! But how does Urbit work and what should the future of Urbit look like? Is this just a utopia? What about synergies between Urbit and the crypto industry? What are Urbit comets, planets, stars, and galaxies? And could Urbit la...
Pivoting your Crypto Career from being a Builder to becoming an Advisor/ VC | Builder's Diary #6 with Jack Zampolin
January 23, 2024 12:21 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBFor the sixth episode of Builders´ Diary, we welcome Straneglove & Galielo Co-Founder Jack Zampolin to the show! Builder's Diary sheds light on the famous builders behind your favorite crypto project. Jack is one of the most respected builders in the crypto industry and an early contributor to Cosmos. Besides being the Co-Founder of Strangelove and Galileo, Jack is also the godfather of IBC relayers as he designed the first IBC Go Relayer. Ever since he started contributing to the Cosmos e...
EigenLayer: The Game Changer for Ethereum [feat. EigenLayer Airdrop] - Sunday Thought Piece
January 21, 2024 12:07 - 11 minutes - 16.1 MBWhat is EigenLayer and restaking? In today’s episode, we will dive deeper into EigenLayer. We will talk about what EigenLayer is, how we might see a tremendous ecosystem evolving on top of EigenLayer, how re-staking could become a common primitive in crypto, the chances of EigenLayer becoming a competitor for shared security blockchains like the Cosmos Hub and Polkadot, ways to become eligible for the EigenLayer airdrop and much more. YouTube Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS...
How to Raise Millions of Dollars from the best Investors in Crypto | Builder's Diary #5 with Valentin Pletnev
January 20, 2024 09:29 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBFor the fourth episode of Builders´ Diary, we welcome Quasar Co-Founder Valentin Pletnev to the show! Builder's Diary sheds light on the famous builders behind your favorite crypto project. Quasar is a decentralized asset management platform leveraging the Cosmos SDK and powered by IBC. It is one of the most exciting DeFi projects to look at in 2024. Valentin is one of the youngest founders in crypto, and today we will talk about his journey, how to get started in the industry at a young a...
Solana Overrated, $ATOM Underrated? [Overrated/ Underrated] - with Cryptocito
January 16, 2024 19:26 - 49 minutes - 68.2 MBIs Solana $SOL overrated and Cosmos $ATOM underrated? Today marks the first episode of 2024 of our format Overrated/Underrated with Cryptocito in which we rate the current valuation and potential of various crypto projects. Today we will cover Solana, Sei $SEI, Celestia $TIA, $ATOM, Agoric $BLD, and many more! 0:00 Intro 5:16 Cosmos | $ATOM 12:37 Celestia | $TIA 15:43 Solana | $SOL 23:50 Nomic | $NOM 28:45 Sei | $SEI 36:25 Agoric | $BLD 40:45 Bitcoin $BTC ETF 48:40 Outro ...
How to Master Crypto Airdrops in 2024
January 13, 2024 11:53 - 15 minutes - 20.7 MBThe crypto airdrop season is back! Airdrops in the Solana, Celestia, and Cosmos ecosystems have treated stakers very pleasantly in the past weeks and months. But today we will ask the question of how sustainable stake-drops are, how to run a successful airdrop that drives users to your platform, how airdrops can be the ultimate go-to-market and marketing initiative, and what the perfect airdrop anticipation portfolio looks like. - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: https:/...
Passage: Best Crypto Gaming & Metaverse Project? - with Lex Avelino
January 11, 2024 11:52 - 56 minutes - 78.1 MBWhat is Passage? And is Passage the best crypto gaming and metaverse project? Today we are joined by Passage Co-Founder Lex Avelino. Passage is the metaverse project of the Cosmos ecosystem and today we will discuss the comeback of the Metaverse, how AI is transforming the gaming industry and making the production costs of games 10x cheaper, how you can create your own world and game on Passage, when you will finally be able to enter all of the Passage worlds, and so much more! - - - Cat...
The Past and the Future of Cosmos | Builder's Diary #4 with Marko Baricevic
January 09, 2024 13:32 - 51 minutes - 70.3 MBFor the fourth episode of Builders´ Diary, we welcome the Cosmos SDK Lead Marko Baricevic to the show! Builder's Diary sheds light on the famous builders behind your favorite crypto project. Marko is one of the most respected builders in the Cosmos ecosystem and all of crypto. In this episode, we reflect on how Marko became one of the core developers in Cosmos after learning programming only out of curiosity, the early days of Cosmos, the legendary crypto era in Berlin, the current state o...
Crypto Investment Thesis & Airdrop Strategy for 2024 - with Stakecito
January 04, 2024 18:58 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBWhat is the crypto investment thesis for 2024? How do I optimize my staking portfolio for airdrops? What are the top narratives, sectors, and projects to look at in 2024 and what will disappoint us? This is what we will discuss with Stakecito Co-Founder Serch today! - - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: https://frens.army 📲 FOLLOW ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frensvalidator 🌖FOLLOW JURI: https://twitter.com/jurimaibaum Catch up with Stakecito: 💻 YOUTUBE: STAKE...
The End Goal of Crypto and How to Fix Our Money - with Ethan Buchman
November 30, 2023 12:49 - 1 hour - 159 MBWhat is the end goal of crypto and how can we fix today's money? Dive in for one of the most dense and intense conversations ever held on our podcast! Max is joined by Ethan Buchman, co-founder of Cosmos and CEO of Informal Systems. Together, they discuss how to fix our money, and the end state of crypto, and develop a critique of major economic philosophies. - - - - - Follow Ethan: Ethan: https://twitter.com/buchmanster Ethan´s blog (seriously, check it out!!): https://ebuchman.git...
$ATOM Maximum Inflation Rate Halving: A Bullcase for Cosmos?
November 28, 2023 13:29 - 8 minutes - 12.3 MBGovernance Proposal 848 passed which will halve the maximum inflation rate of $ATOM, the native cryptocurrency of the Cosmos hub from 20% to 10%. But why did the Cosmos community decide to do so? Is this a bullish sign for $ATOM? What are some takeaways from the recent discussions? This and much more is what we will discuss today! - - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: https://frens.army 📲 FOLLOW ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frensvalidator 🌖FOLLOW JURI: https://twit...
Should the Cosmos Hub Allocate 600k $ATOM to pStake? - with Mikhil Pandey
November 20, 2023 17:13 - 39 minutes - 54.4 MBGovernance proposal 853 aims to allocate 600k $ATOM to pStake. The pStake protocol is built on top of Persistence. Persistence is a liquid staking blockchain in Cosmos. The proposal aims to make stkATOM more liquid and available across the Cosmos and counter-fight centralizing forces coming from one dominant liquid staking protocol only. But what are the other arguments speaking for and against allocating 600K $ATOM to pStake? What is Persistence V8? Today we sit down with Mikhil Pandey to d...
All you need to know about the New dYdX Chain - with David Gogel
November 14, 2023 16:22 - 29 minutes - 66.4 MBThe highly anticipated dYdX chain is finally here! At Cosmoverse 2023, we sat down with David Gogel to teach you everything you need to know about the dYdX chain. - - - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: https://frens.army 📲 FOLLOW ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frensvalidator 🌖FOLLOW JURI: https://twitter.com/jurimaibaum - - - - DISCLAIMER All information presented in this podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be treated as financial,...
From Ripple to Ethereum to Cosmos | Builder's Diary #3 - 0xJim, Co-Founder Catalyst
November 14, 2023 16:11 - 1 hour - 92 MBFor the third episode of Builders´ Diary, we welcome 0xJim from Catalyst to our show! Builder's Diary sheds light on the famous builders behind your favorite crypto project. 0xJim has had an extensive journey in the crypto industry so far. He was an early contributor at Ripple and ENS, then joined AAVE, and is now a builder in the interchain. His newest project is called Catalyst and aims to unleash the full potential of IBC, the communication standard of the Cosmos ecosystem that makes frag...
Speculators´ Demise #002 - Jeffrey Hu, Tech Lead at Hashkey Capital
November 09, 2023 17:33 - 43 minutes - 100 MBWe welcome Jeffrey Hu, Tech Lead at Hashkey Capital for the second episode of Speculators' Demise. He is also an ambassador of the Cosmos Chinese community, co-hosting several Cosmos dev events. Previously, he was research director at IRIS Network (the first mainnet launched in Cosmos and running Cosmos Chinese community) and chief technical analyst at Huobi Research. He also drafted several blockchain standards and led blockchain project development in China. Together, we discuss due d...
Celestia: The First-Ever Modular Blockchain! (Big $TIA Airdrop)
November 06, 2023 18:19 - 16 minutes - 22.5 MBWhat is Celestia and why is everyone so excited about Celestia's recent mainnet launch? Celestia is the first-ever modular blockchain. Modular blockchains separate the consensus and data availability layer from the execution layer. Therefore, modular blockchains differ significantly from today's monolithic blockchains. But how does Celestia's launch shape the rest of the crypto industry? What are the challenges for Celestia to overcome to become successful? And what about Celestia's nativ...
Should the Cosmos Hub acquire Blockchains? (feat. Stride, Osmosis & Stargaze)
November 02, 2023 10:34 - 23 minutes - 32.1 MBShould the Cosmos Hub acquire blockchains? This discussion emerged at Cosmoverse'23 when Stride ($STRD) proposed to merge with the Cosmos Hub. But what would such an acquisition look like? And what about other chains like $OSMO and $STARS? And generally, what is a good strategy for the Hub if it decides to acquire blockchains? This is what we will discuss today! - - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: https://frens.army 📲 FOLLOW ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frensvalidato...
Making $ATOM & the Cosmos Hub Successful! - with Noam Cohen
October 26, 2023 08:50 - 57 minutes - 78.6 MBHow can we make $ATOM successful and find a set role for the Cosmos Hub in the Interchain and the broader crypto industry? And how can we make sure that teams are incentivized to stay in the AEZ and build successful projects? This is what we discussed with Noam Cohen from Binary Builders, a team that is thinking about and working on optimizing the hub's expenditures and making sure it spends its money more wisely and sustainably to set the stage for the AEZ and Cosmos. - - - - - Catch ...
Cutting Edge Cosmos DeFi Alpha! >100% APR | Speculators´ Demise #001 - with The Calculator Guy, Dojo Validation, and Levana
October 21, 2023 16:51 - 42 minutes - 57.8 MBFor the first episode of Speculators´ Demise, we welcome The Calculator Guy, Dojo Validation, and Levana to our show! Together, we assess the current Cosmos eco DeFi landscape and leak Alpha on the best yield strategies! - - - - - Follow Stephen (The Calculator Guy), the DeFi Dojo, and Levana: Stephen (The Calculator Guy): https://twitter.com/thecalcguy The Calculator Guy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCalculatorGuy/featured Define Logic Labs: https://twitter.com/DefineLog...
Builders' Diary #2 - Dean Tribble, CEO of Agoric
August 10, 2023 17:02 - 52 minutes - 120 MBFor the second episode of Builders´ Diary, we welcome Dean Tribble to our show! Dean has been working on smart contracts since before you were even born, and he is the CEO of Agoric, which aims to onboard millions of JavaScript developers to crypto. Tune in to learn Dean's unique take on crypto´s largest challenges, if there is more to our space than speculation, and what we can learn from the Web2 world. No matter if you are a developer or care more about the sociological impact of crypt...
How Telekom becomes a Crucial Infrastructure Provider in Web3 - with Wolfgang Michael Kraus
July 17, 2023 10:39 - 47 minutes - 65 MBThe Deutsche Telekom AG has become a crucial infrastructure provider in the crypto industry. The enterprise offers Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service and also allows you to stake your crypto assets via their own infrastructure. So far, the enterprise supports infrastructure with validators on the following networks: Ethereum ($ETH), Polkadot ($DOT), Polygon ($MATIC), Celo ($CELO), Chainlink ($LINK), and Flow ($FLOW). But how will this development continue? Does the enterprise plan to onboard ...
$NEAR Blockchain Growth Prediction & Analysis - with Meta Pool
July 17, 2023 10:21 - 49 minutes - 68.5 MBWhat is the status of the $NEAR ecosystem and where will $NEAR go next? This is what we discussed with Metapool founder Claudio. We also talked about lessons learned from the $800 million $NEAR grant, staking on Aurora, pain points in the NEAR ecosystem, the Rainbow bridge, roadmap, and much more! - - - - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: https://frens.army 📲 FOLLOW ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frensvalidator 🌖 FOLLOW JURI: https://twitter.com/jurimaibaum Check out...
Where Avalanche ($AVAX) goes next - with Jay Kurahashi-Sofue
July 17, 2023 10:06 - 27 minutes - 38 MBWhat exciting developments are occurring in the Avalanche ecosystem and where will it go next? We sat down with Jay Kurahashi-Sofue, VP of Marketing at Ava Labs, discussing these questions, similarities with the Cosmos ecosystem, scalability and interoperability of subnets, how Avalanche boards big players from Web2 and traditional finance, and much more! - - - - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: https://frens.army 📲 FOLLOW ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frensvalidator ...
Unclarity in US Securities Regulation: Is it really the SEC's fault? - with Andrew Hemmingway
June 16, 2023 09:28 - 43 minutes - 59.1 MBThe SEC just declared a basket of assets as securities, such as $ATOM, $ADA, and more! Besides, under the lead of Gary Gensler, sued Binance and Coinbase. This is why Gary Gensler and the SEC get heavily criticized right now. However, the is more to unpack here: not necessarily the SEC defines what a security is: congress is! The SEC only enforces the law set by congress and interprets their formulations. Also, there has been a communication gab between the CFTC and SEC - that said, point...
Security 101 for Crypto Founders & Investors - with David Schwed (Halborn)
June 11, 2023 18:03 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBHow can you stay secure in the Web3 space, as a founder and investor? This is what we have discussed with David Schwed from Halborn. He shared a security 101 and shed some light on tricks hackers use that people think only happen in James Bond movies - but they happen in real life daily! - - - - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: https://frens.army 📲 FOLLOW ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frensvalidator 🌖 FOLLOW JURI: https://twitter.com/jurimaibaum - - - - Timestamps...
A new Crypto Narrative: Sector-Specific Appchains - with Injective CEO Eric Chen
May 24, 2023 18:41 - 48 minutes - 66.3 MBWhat are sector-specific blockchains? Sector-specific blockchains, such as Injective, gain a lot of traction right now. They are blockchains that are tailored to specific dApps, like DeFi dApps, to launch on them. With the launch of Astroport, formerly the largest DeFi dApp on Terra, this direction gets more obvious. So, do sector-specific blockchains represent a new crypto primitive? And what does the launch of Astroport mean for Injective and the broader Cosmos ecosystem? And what does it ...
What is Soarchain and $MOTUS? - with Deniz Kalaslıoğlu
May 16, 2023 17:53 - 1 hour - 118 MBWhat is Soarchain? Soarchain is an upcoming Cosmos SDK-based blockchain that is about to launch. The project has built a hardware device first, which is called MOTUS. With the MOTUS device, people can collect data on the underlying road their vehicle is driving on. MOTUS brings the collected data on the $SOAR blockchain, where the data gets commercialized. The user or driver earns $MOTUS as a reward. But how does the procedure work, what about the $SOAR token, privacy concerns, and the partn...