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Antoine Loth & Elie Azzi - Cofounders of VALK

FINNOVATORS - October 04, 2022 12:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
How can I calculate my current and historical P&L across DeFi protocols? What is my aggregate exposure to <fill in favorite coin>, across chains, liquidity pools, staking platforms and CEX'es? If you ever asked yourself these questions, or if your clients have, then make sure not to miss this ep...

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How VSA Partners Is Helping Brands Move Into Web3

New To Crypto - October 03, 2022 17:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratings
Welcome back to another podcast episode! I'm excited about today's interview! Join me as I interview Ariadna Navarro, Chief Strategy Officer, and Sarah Lent, Chief Marketing Officer at VSA Partners talk all about how they are helping brands enter web3, metaverse, NFTs, and more! This is a hot to...

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Barney Mannerings - Cofounder Vega Protocol

FINNOVATORS - September 10, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
What's the importance of having decentralized derivatives like futures, options and swaps, and what are some of the major use cases? Barney is a seasoned trading systems expert and explains how Vega's bespoke protocol and derivatives marketplace, can prevent MEV, have predictable trading fees in...

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Barney Mannerings - Cofounder Vega Protocol

FINNOVATORS - September 10, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
What's the importance of having decentralized derivatives like futures, options and swaps, and what are some of the major use cases? Barney is a seasoned trading systems expert and explains how Vega's bespoke protocol and derivatives marketplace, can prevent MEV, have predictable trading fees in...

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Special Episode: From What’s Your Problem? Sam Bankman-Fried Wants to Save the World

New To Crypto - September 01, 2022 16:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratings
I'm sharing a special preview of the new podcast, What’s Your Problem? from Pushkin Industries. What’s Your Problem? explains the problems really smart people are trying to solve right now, from creating a drone delivery service to building a car that can truly drive itself. Jacob Goldstein, for...

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Alexander Tkachenko - Founder & CEO of VNX

FINNOVATORS - September 01, 2022 13:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
As a tokenizer and exchange of precious metals, VNX operates at the exciting intersection of Real World Assets (RWA) and blockchain. Alexander explains how his VC background helps him being an entrepreneur, why tokenized gold makes sense for both traditional investors and crypto investors, the s...

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How Simba Chain Is Bridging The Gap Between Web 2 to Web 3 With Ian Taylor Co-Founder & CTO (Part 2)

New To Crypto - August 24, 2022 01:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratings
Ian Taylor is CTO and co-founder at SIMBA Chain. Currently, Ian is a Full Research Professor at the University of Notre Dame (on leave) at the School of Computer Science Engineering and a computational scientist at the Computing Research Center. Also previously, Ian is a full Professor at Cardif...

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Simba Chain: Taking Businesses From Web 2 to Web 3 With Bryan Ritchie CEO (Part 1)

New To Crypto - August 24, 2022 00:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratings
Join Bryan Ritchie and Crypto Travels Michael as they discuss how Simba Chain is taking businesses from web 2 into web 3. Bryan unpacks for us many gold nuggets. As the CEO of Simba Chain, a Web 3 solutions-orientated project. Bryan will share with us how he and his team are helping companies, e...

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Rafael Cosman - Cofounder & CEO TrustToken

FINNOVATORS - August 12, 2022 10:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Trusted stablecoins and lending platforms are among the most important building blocks of DeFi. San Francisco-based TrustToken is a pioneer in both: TrueUSD (TUSD) has global adoption, and TrueFi is a lending platform that requires little or no collateral and has successfully executed over $1.6b...

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Eitan Katz - Founder & CEO of Kima

FINNOVATORS - August 04, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Inter-chain liquidity is existential for the future of DeFi, however it has remained largely elusive and honeypot "bridges" are slow and have been targets of billions worth of hacks. The team at Kima likes a challenge and addresses one of the hardest remaining problems in the DeFi space with a L...

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Kyle Rojas on Edge&Node and The Graph

FINNOVATORS - June 30, 2022 14:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
US Air Force -> Goldman Sachs -> The Graph. Kyle explains his journey into web3,  and his passion for creating an open source, serverless, incentivized hivemind.  In his role at core dev team, Edge&Node, Kyle is at the center of The Graph ecosystem that is building the Google for Blockchain. We ...

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Victor Zhang - Co-founder of Smart Token Labs

FINNOVATORS - June 20, 2022 07:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
How can NFT's be used to build a bridge between web2 and  web3?  Smart Token Labs make it easy for top brands in luxury, sports and esports to convert followers into users. Find out how one brand combines digital art, impact investing and brand activation using constantly-evolving NFT's. We also...

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Yip Ta & Michael Healy Co-founders of Unit Network (Davos edition)

FINNOVATORS - June 03, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
From the Securrency Liquidity Lounge in Davos, Yip & Michael lay out their vision for Unit Network and how this DAO of DAOs will lead to a more cooperative, equitable and sustainable token economy that eventually increases the pie for all: not only founders and investors but also customers and w...

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Heidi Pease & Tracy Trachsler on ecosystems and impact (Davos edition)

FINNOVATORS - June 03, 2022 09:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
From the Securrency Liquidity Lounge in Davos, we are joined by Heidi Pease: head of investment products at Wave Financial, a top 5 digital asset manager; and Tracy Trachsler: MD at CV Labs - a global crypto ecosystem business. We discuss Zug, Necker Island, Dubai, South Africa, Afghanistan, Dav...

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Jason Barsema - Co-founder of Halo Investing (Davos edition)

FINNOVATORS - June 02, 2022 09:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
From the Securrency Liquidity Lounge in Davos, Jason talks about a global savings crisis and why each investment needs a protective halo. Having bootstrapped his firm to a top 10 global fintech, Jason has three golden tips for startups. With $7bn of structured products transacted by Halo over th...

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Jason Barsema - Co-founder of Halo Investing (Davos edition)

FINNOVATORS - June 02, 2022 09:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
From the Securrency Liquidity Lounge in Davos, Jason talks about a global savings crisis and why each investment needs a protective halo. Having bootstrapped his firm to a top 10 global fintech, Jason has three golden tips for startups. With $7bn of structured products transacted by Halo over th...

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Emmanuel Givanakis - CEO of the FSRA (Davos edition)

FINNOVATORS - June 01, 2022 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Our first regulator on Finnovators, and well deserved too! Emmanuel shows how regulators can work hand in hand with fintechs and virtual asset firms to shape the future of finance. A sleeves up regulatory approach that is principles-based and gets deeply involved in tech governance and the creat...

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Chris Perkins - President of Coinfund (Davos edition)

FINNOVATORS - May 31, 2022 09:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Why is a combat & investment banking veteran speaking to US Congress and at Davos on crypto?  Chris lays bare some, perhaps  surprising, opportunities for financial institutions and market infrastructure providers. Direct distribution, operational efficiencies and risk mitigation are great, but ...

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An Interview With John Paller Founder EthDenver and Opolis

New To Crypto - May 18, 2022 13:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratings
Welcome back to another podcast episode! Today's discussion is all about John Paller and how he founded EthDenver and Opolis. EthDenver is the largest Web3 and Ethereum-based festival in the world, and its founder and executive steward is John Paller, a blockchain entrepreneur, innovator, and f...

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Introducing Cosmic Champs The Hottest Play To Earn Game Built on Algorand With Co-Founder Matty

New To Crypto - May 18, 2022 13:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratings
NFTs are slowly creeping into the gaming realm, and today, Matty  will show us how to do it right. As the co-founder of Cosmic Champs, a mobile first, blockchain based, turn-based strategy game, Matty will share with us how he and his team smoothly incorporates in-game economy to real world NFTs...

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An Interview With Katie Chonacas Actress, Producer, & NFT Creator

New To Crypto - May 18, 2022 13:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratings
Katie Chonacas is an actress, producer, and model and has acted alongside Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Nicholas Cage, Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, and Jessica Simpson. In today’s episode, Katie will share her story as an artist, and how that has helped in her current endeavor in the crypto wo...

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Simon Furlong - Co-founder Geode Finance

FINNOVATORS - April 25, 2022 08:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
How does white-labeled liquid staking benefit DAOs, DeFi users, bridges and L1 protocols alike? Why are dynamic withdrawal pools the newest investment opportunity in Defi? Tune in and listen to our conversation with Simon to find out how Geode is aiming to set a trend of making liquid staking de...

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Simon Furlong - Co-founder Geode Finance

FINNOVATORS - April 25, 2022 08:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
How does white-labeled liquid staking benefit DAOs, DeFi users, bridges and L1 protocols alike? Why are dynamic withdrawal pools the newest investment opportunity in Defi? Tune in and listen to our conversation with Simon to find out how Geode is aiming to set a trend of making liquid staking de...

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Niko Hosn (Raremint) & Carlos Betancourt (BKCoin Capital) on NFT's

FINNOVATORS - April 19, 2022 12:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Why are NFT's the perfect solution for a multi-billion dollar collectibles market? We answer this and more, with Niko Hosn, CTO and cofounder of Raremint, and Carlos Betancourt, founding principal at BKCoin Capital. Niko explains how the NFT adds value layers to the physical asset, the challenge...

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Brandon Truong - Product at Zetachain

FINNOVATORS - April 08, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
True blockchain interoperability is of utmost importance for the future of web3, however it has remained largely elusive and "bridges" have been targets of some of the largest online thefts the world has ever seen. A novel approach by L1 Zetachain promises omnichain interoperability with cold wa...

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Brandon Truong - Product at Zetachain

FINNOVATORS - April 08, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
True blockchain interoperability is of utmost importance for the future of web3, however it has remained largely elusive and "bridges" have been targets of some of the largest online thefts the world has ever seen. A novel approach by L1 Zetachain promises omnichain interoperability with cold wa...

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The Future of Marketing Involves Web3, Metaverse, & NFTs With Guest Ryan Stewart

New To Crypto - April 07, 2022 20:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratings
Are you still using traditional platforms of marketing? Today we unpack the future of marketing with Web3, the metaverse, and NFTs. In this episode, Ryan Stewart, CEO of Webris, will explain what it is and how it benefits users. Ryan is a marketing legend and someone who I have personally follow...

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Introducing Nezha Liquidity Engine For Next Generation Prediction Markets

New To Crypto - April 07, 2022 20:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratings
What if I told you there was going to be a new leader in prediction markets solutions.  Here’s a hot new project for you that incorporates prediction markets, a liquidity engine, and gaming. I have Phillip and Ivan here to tell you about Nezha, a project that takes traditional prediction market ...

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Precog Finance The New Decentralized Ecosystem That Automates Crypto Trading

New To Crypto - April 07, 2022 20:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratings
Welcome back to another podcast episode! Today's discussion is all about Precog Finance. If you’re looking for a system that trades crypto for you 24/7, definitely do not miss this episode. I'm excited to share a new decentralized ecosystem and aggregator protocol that automates the arbitrage b...

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Lend or Borrow Against Your Crypto With Fringe Finance: The Hottest New Project in DeFi

New To Crypto - April 07, 2022 19:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 137 ratings
Welcome back to another podcast episode! It’s time for DeFi to become more accessible and inclusive than ever before! Today, the Fringe Finance team is here to talk about their hot new DeFi project. Fringe Finance is a lending protocol that allows users to lend, borrow, and invest against your ...

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