Latest Smart contracts Podcast Episodes
Prof. David Tse - Co-Founder of Babylon Chain
FINNOVATORS - August 10, 2023 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBitcoin staking? On Proof of Stake chains?? Find out how Stanford professor David Tse and his team at Babylon Chain have found the way for PoW and PoS chains to coexist in a mutually beneficial way. We discuss this oxymoron, Mr Marconi, slashing, blockchain security, extractable one-time signat...
Nick Lambert - CEO @ Dock.io
FINNOVATORS - June 14, 2023 06:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn an increasingly digital and AI-driven world, proof of authenticity and online privacy and safety are extremely important. Nick and his team at Dock.io are creating tools for organizations to issue digital credentials and certificates that are automatically and instantly verifiable, fraud-pro...
Huf Haus - Co-founder @ Pear Protocol
FINNOVATORS - May 31, 2023 07:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsInterested in knowing more about some of the hottest long/short narratives in crypto? Huf (not his real name) talks about rage-quitting investment banking, porting his skills to defi, first as an actively managed yield platform and then pivoting to Pear, a composable pair-trading protocol. We di...
Harsh Rajat - Founder @ Push Protocol
FINNOVATORS - May 04, 2023 09:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe affable Harsh Rajat describes how being liquidated on a defi protocol inspired him to launch Push Protocol (previously EPNS), a cross-chain notification and messaging protocol for web3. We discuss the need for web3-native communication, some interesting use cases, the upcoming node decentra...
George Basiladze - CEO & Co-founder @ Wert
FINNOVATORS - May 03, 2023 06:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhat will drive the next million (billion?) users to web3? Convenient non-custodial ramps are crucial to bridge the gap with mainstream finance and web2. George and his team at Wert have developed a smart NFT & crypto checkout solution with industry-beating transaction success rates. We discuss ...
Piyush Gupta - Founder & CEO @ PolyTrade
FINNOVATORS - April 07, 2023 11:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhich Real World Assets will become big on-chain first? Piyush and his team at PolyTrade are betting on the multi-trillion market for Trade Finance. Having recently completed their funding round, they're ready to expand from their base in Dubai to the US and Asia. We talk about factoring, the UA...
Elena Nadolinksi - Founder/CEO @ Iron Fish
FINNOVATORS - March 28, 2023 08:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPrivacy as a moral right, or a pragmatic need for institutions. Whatever the use case, Elena and her team at Iron Fish are bringing privacy-as-a-utility to the digital asset ecosystem. We discuss honest computation, zkp applications IRL, the Apple of blockchains, regulatory compliance, PoW, bla...
Philippe Theunissen - CEO @ Caiz
FINNOVATORS - March 21, 2023 08:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTrust in institutions and the current global financial system is at historically low levels. Philippe explains how Islamic Finance is based on society-oriented principles of fairness, transparency and risk sharing and argues that it is a truly capitalist alternative to an overleveraged, fraction...
Eric Brown - Co-founder and COO @ Franklin
FINNOVATORS - March 07, 2023 08:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAre you looking to pay your staff (partially) in crypto? Franklin offers a fully-compliant hybrid cash & crypto payroll service that enables streaming salary payments and automated tax services. Eric and I discuss market demand, stablecoins & CBDC, token table management, regulations and privacy...
Sam Harrison - CEO Discreet Labs
FINNOVATORS - March 02, 2023 10:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSam is the congenial brand-new CEO of Discreet Labs, the team behind programmable privacy solution Findora. From a chilly Eth Denver, he defines privacy as your ability to create relationships with anybody. We discuss his relationship with Satoshi, triple masking, DeFi, Weapons of Mass Survei...
Sean Bennett - Co-founder & CTO @ Stronghold
FINNOVATORS - February 21, 2023 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSan Francisco-based Stronghold creates virtual networks that enable instant settlement and interoperability between legacy and new payment systems. With a focus on servicing businesses that have been "de-risked", Sean and his team combine defi and tradfi in innovative ways. We discuss merchant r...
Ivan Ivanchenko - Managing Partner @ Phinom Digital
FINNOVATORS - February 13, 2023 18:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWho is ready to challenge the almighty Deribit in crypto options? Zug-based Phinom Digital is hungry for some market share. Ivan explains how a focus on compliance, risk management and institutions is the recipe for success. We discuss a fortuitous Bitcoin birthday gift, passport options, CeFi v...
Build a Startup in the BlueLight Multiverse With Founder Andrew Frost Moroz
New To Crypto - February 06, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratingsWelcome back to another podcast episode! I'm excited about today's interview! Join me as I interview Andrew Frost Moroz, Founder of Bluelight. You don't want to miss this interview. Andrew Frost Moroz, CEO, and Founder. He is also CEO of Aloha Browser / Viewpoint Labs, which has launched over ...
Doug Leonard - CEO Hifi.finance
FINNOVATORS - February 06, 2023 07:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHifi is a borrowing & lending protocol with a difference! Fixed rates - long elusive in DeFi - and a focus on integrating real world assets and regulatory compliance. Doug and I discuss: increasing competition in the debt markets, the role of NFT's in DeFi, abstracting blockchain away from the e...
Michal Benedykcinski - Web3 investor at Arca
FINNOVATORS - February 03, 2023 05:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMichal's trajectory into digital assets spans banking, telecoms, Eth mining, a CEX, and an L1. Now a hands-on venture investor at Arca, he offers our audience unique insights into what's hot in the space. We discuss analytics, web2.5, security, blockchain gaming and of course defi. Make sure t...
Adam Carver - Founder & CEO of Bitgreen
FINNOVATORS - January 17, 2023 15:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHow many software firms are looking to address the multi-trillion dollar funding gap to achieve international sustainability goals? Adam and his team at Bitgreen are looking to both bridge this gap with innovative green capital formation, and provide a home to other moonshots on its L1 blockchai...
Paolo Ardoino - CTO Bitfinex & Tether, Co-founder of Holepunch
FINNOVATORS - January 10, 2023 14:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAs the public face of Tether, Bitfinex, and now also Holepunch, Paolo is arguably the most important man in crypto today. You can't tell though, as he remains a down-to-earth techie with a passion for Bitcoin, economic freedom and simply making global financial infrastructure more efficient and...
Legendary Master Trader Tony Saliba Interview [Founder of Liquid Mercury]
New To Crypto - December 30, 2022 17:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratingsWelcome back to another podcast episode! I'm excited about today's interview! Join me as I interview Tony Saliba, Founder of Liquid Mercury. You don't want to miss this interview. Tony Saliba is the CEO of Mercury Digital Assets. He is an internationally renowned business leader, multi-faceted ...
A Sit Down With Latif Peracha General Partner M13
New To Crypto - December 30, 2022 17:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratingsWelcome back to another podcast episode! I'm excited about today's interview! Join me as I interview Latif Peracha, General Partner of M13. You don't want to miss this interview. Latif Peracha is a General Partner at M13, a leading early-stage venture capital firm with $900M of AUM deploying it...
Ran Goldi - VP Payments @ Fireblocks
FINNOVATORS - December 21, 2022 08:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsRan (Goldi) Goldshtein gives us a brilliant look into life as an entrepeneur in crypto, the Israeli ecosystem, and of course the impact of blockchain on the payments industry. We discuss how the banks are finally there, and are implementing blockchain faster than any technology since the mainfra...
Elena Sinelnikova - Co-founder of Metis & Crypto Chicks
FINNOVATORS - December 13, 2022 15:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWe all have heard of DAO's, but what are Decentralized Autonomous Companies, and what are they solving for? Elena describes her journey from Crypto Chicks - a crypto advocacy organization aimed at women - to Metis: a web3 economy platform cum Ethereum Layer 2, that allows startups and existing w...
James Wo - Founder of DFG
FINNOVATORS - December 08, 2022 12:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsJames is a long time investor in the crypto and DeFi space and is no stranger to market cycles. He shares his thoughts on the current landscape and explains where he sees opportunities and how he plans to deploy his dry powder. We discuss both the importance of decentralization and the need for ...
The First Ever True Military Crypto With Russ Davis and Navy SEALS
New To Crypto - December 01, 2022 22:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratingsWelcome back to another podcast episode! I'm excited about today's interview! Join me as I interview Russ Davis, Founder of Challenge Coin. We talk all about how Russ and his business partner Kaj (Navy SEAL) started Challenge Coin and who it benefits. You don't want to miss this interview. Chal...
Simon Schaber - CBDO of Spool
FINNOVATORS - November 17, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode, Simon Schaber eloquently goes into some of the fundamentals of the current crypto crisis, the role of regulators, and of course the FTX shenanigans in particular. In the short-term this impacts the whole industry. However, the present belongs to the builders, and the team a...
Clip Finance The Yield Optimizer With Co-Founder Artur Schaback
New To Crypto - November 03, 2022 21:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratingsWelcome back to another podcast episode! I'm excited about today's interview! Join me as I interview Artur Schaback, Co-Founder of Clip Finance. We talk all about Clip Finance and its yield optimizer. You don't want to miss this interview. Clip Finance is a risk-managed and automated on-chain a...
Step Finance The Portfolio Dashboard on Solana With Co-Founder George Harrap
New To Crypto - November 03, 2022 21:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratingsWelcome back to another podcast episode! I'm excited about today's interview! Join me as I interview George Harrap, Co-Founder of Step Finance. We talk all about Step Finance and how they are helping investors involved in the Solana ecosystem. You don't want to miss this interview. Step Finance...
The Standard: Swap & Receive Loans From Gold, Silver, or Bitcoin With Founder Josh Scigala
New To Crypto - October 25, 2022 16:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratingsJoshua Scigala is one of the originals who was into Bitcoin back in 2010. He co-founded one of the first Bitcoin exchanges. He is the protocol lead and founder of The Standard and co-founder of Vaultoro. He first received the idea to start a precious metals-backed exchange that includes Bitcoin...
Norman Wooding - Founder and CEO at Scrypt Digital
FINNOVATORS - October 23, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings"Every generation has the birthright to reinvent society as they deem fit". Norman is a crypto degen with strong defi values who set up Swiss-regulated Scrypt to be a trusted gateway into digital assets for institutions. Working at the intersection of defi and tradfi is a balancing act, a chal...
Coinchange: The Top DeFi Yield Optimizer [With Founder Max Galash]
New To Crypto - October 17, 2022 04:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratingsWelcome back to another podcast episode! I'm excited about today's interview! Join me as I interview Max Galash, Founder of Coinchange. We talk all about how Max has designed a DeFi platform that is now the top yield optimizer. You definitely do not want to miss this interview. Coinchange was f...
How Covey Is Changing The Investing Model With Peer Powered Trading
New To Crypto - October 04, 2022 16:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratingsWelcome back to another podcast episode! I'm excited about today's interview! Join me as I interview Brooker Belcourt, Founder of Covey. We talk all about how Brooker has designed a platform that involves peer-powered trading! Imagine being able to follow and trade with the top 1% of traders on ...
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