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In 2021, Axie Infinity took the world by storm as the world's most popular Play-to-Earn game with 2.7 million concurrent users at its peak. It also shocked the world a 2nd time in March 2022, albeit for a negative reason as its Ronin bridge suffered the largest bridge exploit of all time with $600M lost, Though users were made whole, confidence levels are inadvertently impacted Despite everything and the current lull period for crypto-gaming, Sky Mavis has been diligently building behind the scenes and recently launched a few critical updates that could kickstart the next wave of crypto-games. Today on Blockcrunch, Aleksander, Co-Founder of Sky Mavis shares with us Making users whole after the $600M exploit Decentralization of Ronin Future of Ronin & crypto gaming Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction to Ronin (00:03:32) – Recent Games Developer Conference (00:05:18) – $600 million Ronin bridge exploit (00:10:48) – Making users whole (00:13:41) – Partnership with 5 new game studios (00:17:39) – Onboarding millions of users into GameFi (00:21:29) – Ronin's strategy for the 1st cohort (00:31:08) – Structure of Ronin & game studio partnership (00:35:41) – Allocating resources across Axie Infinity, Ronin & partners (00:38:31) – Ronin vs other gaming chains (00:44:23) – The future of crypto gaming Sponsor message: Filecoin is enabling open services for data, built on top of IPFS. Today, Filecoin focuses primarily on storage as an open service, but looks to build the infrastructure to store, distribute and transform data. Join the Space Warp program (Live until March 2023) to be among the first to build on the Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) https://spacewarp.fvm.dev/ More Resources: Guest Aleksander's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Psycheout86 Sky Mavis' Twitter: https://twitter.com/SkyMavisHQ Axie Infinity's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity Ronin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ronin_Network Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement. Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about

Crypto has been always been likened to an echo chamber, where crypto-natives reinforce their beliefs over and over again with others on Twitter Contrarian and long-term thinkers are rare, and today on Blockcrunch we have just the guest to talk about investing in frontiers that most crypto-natives have yet to pick up Anirudh Pai, Partner at Dragonfly, shares with us: What it means to invest at the frontier Building an actual city with Praxis 2 overlooked verticals that are likely to take off in the future Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction to Ani (00:05:28) – Investing happens at the frontier (00:10:28) – Decentralized Science (00:19:29) – Ani's thesis on metaverses (00:25:26) – Building a physical crypto city with Praxis (00:40:17) – The next big crypto verticals (00:44:47) – Successful founders are polymaths Sponsor message: Filecoin is enabling open services for data, built on top of IPFS. Today, Filecoin focuses primarily on storage as an open service, but looks to build the infrastructure to store, distribute and transform data. Join the Space Warp program (Live until March 2023) to be among the first to build on the Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) https://spacewarp.fvm.dev/ More Resources: Guest Anirudh Pai's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ani_pai Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement. Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about

Web 3 champions the ethos of decentralization, wherein users own their data, and services are trustless and permissionless. But ironically, much of Web 3 is built on centralized infrastructure. Today we have David Choi, Product Manager at Protocol Labs, to share with us how Web3Storage and NFT.Storage allows developers to build on Filecoin to achieve higher levels of decentralization, amongst other benefits over centralized providers. Watch this episode to learn: Web 2 vs Web 3 storage Why Filecoin should be the go-to-choice for developers Exciting updates and projects utilizing Filecoin Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction to Web3Storage (00:03:24) – Storage in Web 2 vs Web 3 (00:10:02) – Why is Filecoin better for data storage (00:13:58) – Web3Storage's role (00:19:35) – Examples of projects utilizing Web3Storage (00:27:36) – Web3Link and Web3Name (00:31:43) – Truly Decentralized NFTs with NFT.Storage (00:36:36) – Why Filecoin is more suitable than Arweave for NFTs (00:41:50) – Improved services with FVM (00:44:09) – Upcoming exciting updates Sponsor message: Filecoin is enabling open services for data, built on top of IPFS. Today, Filecoin focuses primarily on storage as an open service, but looks to build the infrastructure to store, distribute and transform data. Join the Space Warp program (Live until March 2023) to be among the first to build on the Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) https://spacewarp.fvm.dev/ More Resources: Guest Web3Storage's Website: https://web3.storage/ NFT.Storage's Website: https://nft.storage/ Filecoin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Filecoin Filecoin's Website: https://linktr.ee/filecoinio Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement. Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about

In the past month, the banking sector experienced its most turbulent period since 2008. Major crypto-friendly banks, including Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature, have gone under, while the 170-year-old Credit Suisse stands on the brink of being absorbed by its main competitor, UBS. Are we witnessing a reenactment of the 2008 financial crisis? Will the BTFP Fed program ignite another bull run? Or, could we be entering a phase of hyperinflation where Bitcoin's value surges to $1 million within 90 days, as predicted by Balajis, the former CTO of Coinbase? Today on Blockcrunch, we have Ram, CEO of Lumida who was also previously the Head of Crypto at Cross River, one of the remaining crypto-focused banks, and also the Vice President at Merril Lynch to help us separate signal from noise: Overview of the entire banking situation Will BTFP introduce liquidity into the market What will happen to the crypto markets Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction to Ram (00:04:14) – Why are banks falling? (00:08:55) – Deliberate crypto crackdown (00:15:59) – Is BTFP actually Quantitative Easing (00:24:18) – FED's ability to continue rate hikes (00:29:21) – Can Bitcoin hit $1m in 90 days (00:32:29) – What is going on with Credit Suisse (00:38:57) – Tying everything back to crypto Sponsor message: Filecoin is enabling open services for data, built on top of IPFS. Today, Filecoin focuses primarily on storage as an open service, but looks to build the infrastructure to store, distribute and transform data. Join the Space Warp program (Live until March 2023) to be among the first to build on the Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) https://spacewarp.fvm.dev/ More Resources: Guest Ram Ahluwalia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ramahluwalia Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement. Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about

These few weeks have been turbulent for the markets to say the least, with 3 of the largest banks that support crypto winding down, USDC stablecoin de-pegging and more developments happening in real time. Is this the end for crypto, or are we on the cusp of another bull-run? Today we have Hal Press, founder of North Rock Digital who is known on Twitter for his timely and accurate calls, such as the ETH Merge trade and more recently, his thesis on why USDC will return to peg. In this episode, he shares with us: Thoughts & how to navigate the recent market situation Outlook for BTC vs ETH Thesis on Stacks How to identity and assess narratives like a pro Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction to the US banking situation (00:09:13) – Is Bitcoin a credible Store-of-Value? (00:15:59) – Balaji's prophecy of $1M BTC in 90 days (00:20:25) – Thoughts on BTFP (00:23:49) – Will Bitcoin de-correlate from equities? (00:27:05) – Outlook for BTC vs ETH (00:31:17) – Impacts of upcoming BTC Halving (00:33:38) – Thesis on Stacks (00:44:19) – Tips on identifying narratives early Sponsor message: Filecoin is enabling open services for data, built on top of IPFS. Today, Filecoin focuses primarily on storage as an open service, but looks to build the infrastructure to store, distribute and transform data. Join the Space Warp program (Live until March 2023) to be among the first to build on the Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) https://spacewarp.fvm.dev/ More Resources: Guest Hal Press' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NorthRockLP North Rock Digital's Website: https://northrockdigital.com/ Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement. Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about

Opinion on DAOs, or decentralized autonomous organizations is split between 2 camps - those that don't believe that decentralized organizations can be effective, and those that swear its the business model of the future To end the debate, there's no one better to ask than DAO experts Anthony and Timour, who operate and invest in DAOs at the same time on: Why and when a DAO structure is better than traditional organizations Lessons learned in operating & investing in DAOs 2 promising up and coming DAOs Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction to Stacks (00:03:36) – 2 Favourite DAOs (00:07:16) – Why invest in DAOs (00:17:24) – Landscape of DAOs (00:23:46) – DAOs over conventional organizations (00:30:13) – Nouns DAO (00:33:11) – Examples where DAOs wouldn't work (00:37:13) – 2 promising up-and-coming DAOs (00:40:49) – Lessons learned in DAO investing (00:46:06) – Hallmarks of good DAO tooling Sponsor message: Filecoin is enabling open services for data, built on top of IPFS. Today, Filecoin focuses primarily on storage as an open service, but looks to build the infrastructure to store, distribute and transform data. Join the Space Warp program (Live until March 2023) to be among the first to build on the Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) https://spacewarp.fvm.dev/ More Resources: Guest Seed Club's Twitter: https://twitter.com/seedclubvc Anthony's Twitter: https://twitter.com/antavedissian Timour's Twitter: https://twitter.com/timourxyz Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement. Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about

Recently, a new phenomenon called Ordinals, known as NFTs on Bitcoin reignited interest in Bitcoin and got people wondering - what else is possible and is this the start of something bigger? At the center of this discussion is Stacks, a smart-contract layer built on Bitcoin that is working to unlock the $500 billion Bitcoin capital via DeFi, NFTs, and more. In this Blockcrunch episode, Muneeb, co-creator of Stacks shares with us: How Stacks is going to unlock the potential of Bitcoin Why build on Bitcoin over other ecosystems Stack's upcoming upgrades Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction to Stacks (00:03:24) – Stacks over the years (00:07:28) – Path to becoming 1st SEC-approved token offering (00:11:48) – History of Bitcoin and blockchains (00:18:53) – Ordinals drawing attention back to Bitcoin (00:30:37) – Why some Bitcoin Maxis hate Ordinals (00:36:38) – Ordinal's use-cases (00:40:49) – What exactly is Stacks (00:47:58) – Use-case of Stacks token (00:51:26) – Why build on Bitcoin over other ecosystems (00:57:08) – How Ordinals benefits Stacks Sponsor message: Filecoin is enabling open services for data, built on top of IPFS. Today, Filecoin focuses primarily on storage as an open service, but looks to build the infrastructure to store, distribute and transform data. Join the Space Warp program (Live until March 2023) to be among the first to build on the Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) https://spacewarp.fvm.dev/ More Resources: Guest Stacks's Website: https://www.stacks.co/ Stacks's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Stacks Muneebs's Twitter: https://twitter.com/muneeb Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement. Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about

Over the past few months, there has been a steady uptick in activity on Arbitrum, an Optimistic Layer 2 scaling solution on Ethereum. Today, Arbitrum is home to popular DeFi dApps and GameFi projects like GMX and Treasure and owns more than 50% of the market share against other Layer 2s like Optimism and Metis. In this Blockcrunch episode, A.J Warner, Chief Strategy Officer at Offchain Labs shares with us: How the rollup landscape has evolved Difference between Arbitrum One, Arbitrum Nova and Optimism How Arbitrum became the top Layer 2 Path towards decentralization Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction to Arbitrum (00:03:19) – Rollup landscape NOW vs a year ago (00:06:34) – Arbitrum One gas fees vs Ethereum (00:09:16) – Arbitrum Nova; Arbitrum chain for social and games (00:14:19) – Trade-off of Arbitrum One vs Nova (00:17:43) – Apps verticalizing into their own app roll-ups (00:20:53) – Partnership with Reddit & social use-cases (00:25:17) – Arbitrum latest upgrade - Stylus (00:29:26) – Arbitrum vs Optimism (00:32:03) – Value accrual across different blockchain layers (00:35:34) – Path toward decentralization (00:38:26) – Changing from Optimistic to ZK rollup Sponsor message: Filecoin is enabling open services for data, built on top of IPFS. Today, Filecoin focuses primarily on storage as an open service, but looks to build the infrastructure to store, distribute and transform data. Join the Space Warp program (Live until March 2023) to be among the first to build on the Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) https://spacewarp.fvm.dev/ More Resources: Guest Arbitrum's Website: https://arbitrum.io/ Arbitrum's Twitter: https://twitter.com/arbitrum A.J. Warner's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajwarner90 Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement. Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about

This is a sponsored episode from our collaboration with Filecoin Huddle01 is a decentralized video-meeting platform built to be scalable and secure from the get-go and features web 3 functions such as NFT-gated meetings and decentralized storage for meeting recordings. In 2022, it hosted over 30,000 meetings that lasted over 500,000 minutes on its platform. Today on Blockcrunch, Huddle01's Co-Founder Ayush shares with us: Huddle01's 3-pronged approach to decentralizing communication Problems with existing video-conferencing platforms How Huddle01 uses Filecoin as its backend Path to decentralizing real-time communication worldwide Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction to Huddle01 (00:03:21) – 3-pronged approach to decentralizing communication (00:07:22) – Problems with Zoom & Google Meets (00:14:49) – Infrastructure behind Huddle01 (00:17:22) – Importance of decentralized file storage (00:19:01) – Huddle's moat over existing offerings (00:21:07) – What Filecoin Virtual Machine unlocks for dApps & users (00:27:29) – Path to decentralizing real-time communication (00:30:50) – Huddle01's go-to-market strategy Sponsor message: Filecoin is enabling open services for data, built on top of IPFS. Today, Filecoin focuses primarily on storage as an open service, but looks to build the infrastructure to store, distribute and transform data. Join the Space Warp program (Live until March 2023) to be among the first to build on the Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) https://spacewarp.fvm.dev/ More Resources: Guest Huddle01's Website: https://www.huddle01.com/ Huddle01's Twitter: https://twitter.com/huddle01com Ayush's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ranjan3118 Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement. Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about

Ryan Breslow dropped out of Stanford to found payment startup Bolt, which later on raised $1.3 billion dollars at an $11 billion valuation - making Ryan one of the world's youngest self-made billionaires (according to Forbes) Now, Ryan is on the mission of improving the health and wellness of the world with alternative medicine like natural remedies, by making them more accessible to all and giving them the credibility they need via clinical trials. Today on Blockcrunch, Ryan shares with us: What exactly is Love DAO Why a DAO over the traditional company structure How Love fits in with crypto Tips for founders that are raising Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction to Ryan Breslow (00:05:04) – Journey to founding Love DAO (00:08:18) – Funding health products with Love DAO (00:18:00) – LoveDAO as an impact organization (00:25:22) – DAO as the optimal organizational structure (00:28:49) – How LoveDAO fits in with crypto (00:30:28) – Difference between running a DAO & regular company (00:32:23) – Ryan's tips for raising funds (00:35:48) – LoveDAO's upcoming roadmap More Resources: Guest Love's Website: https://www.love.com/ Ryan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryantakesoff Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement. Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about

Crypto games often face criticism for being unpolished and lacking quality, but Illuvium is unlikely to face this issue. Built by a team of 220 people, $35 million has been reportedly invested over 2 years in building this AAA Sci-Fi game world - and they're expected to launch their games this year Today, we have Kieran Warwick, Co-Founder of Illuvium, to share with us: Building the next big gaming franchise like Pokemon and League of Legends Why crypto games are better than traditional games How the Illuvium community could have a share in Illuvium's revenue Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction to Illuvium (00:04:06) – Illuvium's Founding Story (00:07:25) – Inside Illuvium's gaming world (00:13:25) – Investing/building Web 3 vs Traditional games (00:19:05) – Illuvium's business model (00:23:14) – Vision for the future (00:27:04) – Reasons for launching $ILV token before the game (00:30:36) – Building on ImmutableX (00:35:31) – Strategy to onboard first 10k users vs 10mil users (00:42:58) – Upcoming releases that players should be excited for More Resources: Guest Illuvium's Website: https://illuvium.io/ Illuvium's Twitter: https://twitter.com/illuviumio Kieran's Twitter: https://twitter.com/KieranWarwick Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement. Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about

Crypto markets are off to a bullish start in the new year, and one of the projects that have renewed a ton of community interest is Frax - the only semi-algorithmic stablecoin that has actually persisted throughout 2022's thick and thin without depegging. Today, we have Sam Kazemian, Founder of Frax, to share with us: How Frax's 5 products all tie together in 1 unifying vision Frax's roadmap in 2023 Frax's liquid staking ETH versus others Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction to Frax (00:04:10) – Major milestones for Frax in 2022 (00:07:12) – Frax's 2023 roadmap (00:13:25) – Decentralization vs Capital Efficiency vs Scaling (00:21:20) – Frax as the central bank of DeFi (00:27:15) – Frax's version of liquid staking ETH (00:45:04) – Path to decentralizing the ETH PoS validator distribution (00:50:50) – Handling slashing (00:55:54) – Frax's yield mechanism on staked ETH (00:59:38) – Major initiatives to increase Frax adoption More Resources: Guest Frax's Twitter: https://twitter.com/fraxfinance Sam Kazemian's: https://twitter.com/samkazemian Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Disclosures: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

P.S Blockcrunch VIP subs can access exclusive alpha from Hal in our part 2 interview over at http://bit.ly/3iTnsS4 2022 was one of the toughest years to be in crypto with even professional investors suffering from 80-90% losses. However, crypto hedge fund North Rock Digital reportedly navigated 2022's crises nimbly, and its founder quickly rose to prominence on Twitter for his timely and decisive market commentary. Today, we have Hal, Founder of North Rock Digital, to share with us: His transition from equities to crypto Identifying investable narratives and planning the trade 1 vertical that Hal is looking at right now Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction to Hal (00:05:21) – North Rock Digital's thesis (00:11:13) – Equities versus Crypto investing (00:15:36) – Identifying investable narratives (00:17:58) – How Hal played the ETH merge (00:22:26) – Thesis on Short BTC Long ETH (00:26:56) – Positioning, sizing and exiting trades (00:34:36) – 1 vertical that Hal is bullish on More Resources: Guest Hal Press' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NorthRockLP North Rock Digital's Website: https://northrockdigital.com/ Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Disclosures: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

Since 2020, the development of the Web 3 space has arguably validated the value propositions of decentralized blockchains. However, Web 3 today primarily serves crypto-natives and exists as a subset of the internet. An up-and-coming vertical of projects known as Consumer Vertical focuses on helping empower the everyday internet user and helping Web 3 reach its fullest potential. Today, we have Derek, Co-Founder of Collab+Currency, to share with us: - What is the Consumer vertical? - 3 consumer verticals that will take off in 2023 - Identifying investable opportunities - "3 rights" investing framework - Time, Problem, Team Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:22) – Introduction to Collab+Currency (00:05:45) – "Aha!" moment for Derek (00:07:57) – Conviction to focus on the consumer vertical (00:11:16) – Disrupting Web 2 social media platforms (00:17:22) – Social features enabled by blockchain (00:22:43) – Outpacing Web 2 competitors (00:24:24) – Derek's investing framework (00:37:17) – Identifying networks that can be monetized (00:40:12) – Narratives that might take off in 2023 More Resources: Guest Collab+Currencyl's Website: https://www.collabcurrency.com/ Derek's Twitter: https://twitter.com/derekedws Flamingo DAO's Website: https://flamingodao.xyz/ Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Disclosures: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

*PS* we apologize for the background noise around the 17min mark. We have already tried to minimize it to the best we can, but it is still audible. Even amidst all the blowups in the bear market, great builders continue to build and great investors continue to support them. Blockchain Capital is one of the earliest and leading venture capital firms in the blockchain industry. Today, Blockchain Capital manages $2 billion in AUM, and has invested in some of the largest blockchain companies like OpenSea, 1inch and Aave. Today on Blockcrunch, we have Kinjal Shah and Yuan Han Li, Partner and Associate at Blockchain Capital to share with us: 4 verticals they think will take off in 2023 Framework for investing in different verticals Making Web 3 development more accessible for builders Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:39) – Introduction to Blockchain Capital (00:07:48) – Exploring consumer vertical (00:12:47) – Improving wallet UX with Account Abstraction (00:21:30) – Unlocking more use-cases in NFTs (00:25:09) – Apps verticalizing into its own app-chain and app-rollup (00:31:03) – Making Web 3 development more accessible (00:35:23) – Layer 1 landscape & new developments (00:41:26) – Value capture of dApps vs protocols (00:44:52) – Projects to watch out for in 2023 More Resources: Guest Blockchain Capital's Website: https://blockchain.capital/ Kinjal Shah's Twitter:https://twitter.com/_kinjalbshah Yuan Han Li's Twitter:https://twitter.com/yuan_han_li Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

How can crypto be dead when we still have outstanding teams building amidst this bear market? STEPN took the world by storm when it introduced the idea of earning through movement - at its peak, there were more than a million daily active users using STEPN. Since then, Find Satoshi Labs (team behind STEPN) has made further strides and verticalized to launch its own decentralized exchange DOOAR and more recently, their NFT marketplace MOOAR. Today on Blockcrunch we have Mable Jiang, Chief Revenue Officer at Find Satoshi Labs to share with us: How is STEPN performing in a bear market Decision to verticalization Enforcing royalties on DOOAR Trading vs subscription fee on DOOAR Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:39) – Introduction to STEPN (00:04:41) – Motivation for playing STEPN in a bear market (00:09:07) – STEPN's new dual reward system (00:14:19) – Cutting Orca off and creating own DEX (DOOAR) (00:20:41) – Building their own NFT marketplace (MOOAR) (00:29:02) – Synergies between MOOAR and STEPN (00:31:50) – Managing STEPN, DOOAR & MOOAR all at once (00:35:58) – Decision behind MOOAR's subscription fee (00:43:54) – Status and roadmap on all the developments ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Mable's Twitter:https://twitter.com/Mable_Jiang Find Satoshi Lab's Twitter: https://twitter.com/fslweb3 Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

GoldenTree, one of the largest independent asset managers with $47 billion AUM recently announced their official foray into the crypto space with a new subsidiary GoldenChain and a $5.2 million investment in Sushi While traditional funds entering the crypto space is becoming more common, GoldenTree's entrance is huge news because of their caliber and active investment strategy Today on Blockcrunch, we have Avi Felman, GoldenChain's Head of Digital Asset Trading to share with us: How might crypto markets evolve over the years Frameworks for short-term and long-term trading GoldenChain's thesis for $5.2 million investment into Sushi and their plans Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:42) – Avi's road to investing in crypto professionally (00:05:52) – GoldenTree, a $47b fund's foray into crypto (00:09:19) – Evolution of crypto markets (00:20:37) – Categorizing different bets (00:26:12) – System for short-term trading (00:31:43) – Investing for the long-term (00:36:30) – GoldenTree's investment thesis in SUSHI (00:42:53) – Restructuring a decentralized organization ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Avi Felman's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AviFelman Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

Last week was one of the darkest weeks for the crypto industry - the implosion of one of the largest crypto exchanges that no one saw coming. In this episode, Blockcrunch Host Jason Choi recounts the entire FTX saga all the way from FTX's 2019 beginnings to the aftermath of the implosion. Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:30) – Alameda's Raise in 2019 (00:03:14) – Raising for FTX (00:06:13) – Becoming One of the Largest Exchanges (00:09:36) – Achieving Mainstream Awareness (00:11:21) – The Start of FTX's Collapse (00:14:27) – FTX's Implosion (00:23:08) – Hacked and Siphoning of Funds (00:24:31) – The Aftermath ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

With DeFi activity reportedly down 70% from its all-time high and the recent OFAC regulations, it is safe to say DeFi took a heavy beating in 2022. However, Sam Kazemian, Founder of decentralized stablecoin protocol Frax thinks that DeFi is not dead but requires innovation to reignite interest in the vertical. Today on Blockcrunch, we have Sam and Wangarian to share with us: Regulatory landscape and tips on navigating it Lessons that the DeFi industry could learn from Luna's implosion How to revive DeFi as a vertical Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:17) – Regulatory pressure on DeFi (00:05:54) – Tips for founders to navigate regulations (00:13:05) – Reviving DeFi as a vertical (00:19:43) – Lessons from Luna's implosion (00:28:18) – Dilemma of centralization and stability (00:32:04) – Verticalization vs composability (00:36:39) – Updates on Frax and its future (00:42:20) – Use-cases that Sam is excited for ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Sam Kazemian 's Twitter: https://twitter.com/samkazemian Frax's Twitter: https://twitter.com/fraxfinance Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

Recently we've seen the rise of applications verticalizing into their own app-specific chains While app-chains offers customizability, they lack the social coordination that generic chains bring - Sei offers both by being in the intersection of app-specific and generic chains Sei is the first sector-specific Layer 1 blockchain specialized for trading to give exchanges an unfair advantage Today on Blockcrunch, we have Jay, Co-Founder of Sei to share with us: Why sector-specific chains are better than app-chains/generic chains Types of projects that benefit from Sei Sei's area of major innovation Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:32) – Introduction to Sei (00:06:37) – Potential trade-offs (00:09:13) – Conviction to Build DeFi specific chain (00:11:59) – App-chains vs Sector-specific chains (00:15:33) – Importance of having on-chain orderbooks (00:18:13) – Examples of projects building on Sei (00:20:28) – Long-term moat for Sei (00:22:52) – Requirements for deploying smart-contracts (00:25:29) – Building on Cosmos SDK vs developing new consensus (00:30:20) – Block processing on Sei (00:32:48) – MeV on Sei (00:37:52) – Sei vs new Layer 1 chains like Aptos & Sui (00:41:07) – Sei vs thematic roll ups on Ethereum (00:43:27) – Exciting projects & Sei's roadmap ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Jayendra Jog 's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jayendra_jog Sei's Twitter: https://twitter.com/SeiNetwork Sei's Socials: https://linktr.ee/seinetwork Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

Cosmos has grown to become one of the largest blockchain ecosystem, with apps and services trading at more than $59 billion market cap However, the community has always criticized ATOM, the token that powers the ecosystem, for its inability to accrue value ATOM 2.0 is here to change that. Today on Blockcrunch, we have 2 Cosmos experts to share with us: The 4 proposed changes of ATOM 2.0 How value can be accrued to ATOM after the change Timeline of upcoming updates Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:27) – Overview of Cosmos (00:05:07) – What is ATOM 2.0 (00:12:16) – Change in ATOM's monetary policy (00:15:21) – Rationale for channeling more emissions into Cosmos' Treasury (00:17:29) – Mechanics of ATOM liquid staking (00:19:42) – What is Interchain Security (00:25:33) – What is Interchain Scheduler (00:36:47) – What is Interchain Allocator (00:44:09) – Is Mesh Network synergistic with ATOM 2.0? ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Zaki Manian's Twitter: https://twitter.com/zmanian Sam Harts' Twitter: https://twitter.com/hxrts ATOM 2.0 whitepaper: https://bit.ly/3ESNu0m Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

Yield Guild Games is the largest gaming guild in Web 3 and have invested in standout Web 3 game titles like Axie Infinity, Sandbox and more . To date, they claim to have helped 30,000 players worldwide earn over $10 million playing Web 3 games thanks to their scholarship model. Today, Yield Guild Game's Co-Founder Gabby Dizon shares with us: 2 new ways Web 3 guilds are evolving 3 ways to make Web 3 games "fun" Framework on investing in games 2 games Gabby is excited for Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:55) – Background of Gabby (00:03:10) – Are P2E games sustainable? (00:07:42) – Aspect of games that should be on-chain (00:10:53) – Will P2E games continue to be a thing in Web 3? (00:12:22) – How to make P2E games sustainable? (00:19:42) – Difficulties of building a successful game (00:31:09) – Framework for investing in Web 3 games (00:35:36) – How to define fun (00:37:23) – Investing in game infrastructure vs game titles (00:43:17) – Projects Gabby is excited for ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Gabby's Twitter: https://twitter.com/gabusch Yield Guild Games' Twitter: https://twitter.com/yieldguild Yield Guild Games' site: https://yieldguild.games/ Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

*Apologies for the audio quality this week! Usual quality will resume in the next episode DeFi has been accused of being propped up by unsustainable ponzis - can Ribbon be the solution? Ribbon is a DeFi protocol that allows users access to crypto structured products. Till date, they reported over $10 billion in notional volume and claims to offer 24% on their ETH - despite being in a bear market. Today, Ribbon's Co-Founder Julian Koh shares with us: How Ribbon generates yield Building new products vs integrating with others What is takes to revive DeFi Potential regulations on crypto space Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:03:41) – Road to founding Ribbon (00:07:34) – Primer on structured products (00:11:31) – Risks of capital loss on Ribbon (00:14:16) – Managing options with automated smart contracts (00:16:00) – Preventing market makers from front-running (00:19:42) – Types of Ribbon's customers (00:21:14) – Reasons for Ribbon's success (00:23:18) – New Ribbon products and plans (00:31:55) – Is composability just a meme (00:35:37) – Underwriting lending risks (00:39:27) – Moving away from Opyn & building own exchange (00:47:38) – Allowing DAOs to issue bonds (00:51:50) – Primary drivers of future of DeFi (00:58:26) – Potential regulations on crypto-space ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Julian's Twitter: https://twitter.com/juliankoh Ribbon Finance's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ribbonfinance Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

Many businesses have been disrupted by technology - Electric Capital thinks investing is no different Electric Capital, a crypto VC fund with more than $1 billion AUM, hires Software Engineers and Designers instead of Financiers to manage its fund. Today, Managing Partner Avichal from Electric Capital shares with us: Thesis on Software Eating Money DAOs as Internet-native corporations Importance of UI/UX to onboard the next billion users Great Thinkers = Good Founders Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:32) – Avichal's hop from Facebook to managing $1b fund (00:07:15) – Thesis on Software eating Money (00:13:05) – 3 things Electric's Engineers do (00:16:26) – Why is Electric bullish on DAOs (00:25:29) – Examples of good DAO governance (00:31:30) – Good UI/UX to onboard next billion users (00:37:36) – Identifying unobvious but good investments (00:40:33) – Investing in great founders (00:44:42) – Will crypto fail because of regulation ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Avichal's Twitter: https://twitter.com/avichal Electric Capital's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElectricCapital Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

Most wouldn't be comfortable with broadcasting their daily lives to the entire world - but that's what happening with the transparent nature of blockchains Founders of Aztec Network believe that privacy is a fundamental human right and that crypto-users should have easy and cheap access to privacy. Today, Co-Founder Joe Andrews and Head of Growth Jon Wu from Aztec shares with us: Use-cases for privacy beyond illegal activities Achieving privacy as a default option Regulatory landscape for on-chain privacy Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:03:45) – Why is privacy important to people (00:09:28) – What exactly is Aztec (00:15:12) – Like a VPN for Ethereum Network (00:21:56) – Achieving low transactions cost & privacy (00:24:27) – Aztec versus other privacy protocols (00:29:30) – Regulatory risk for users on Aztec (00:36:52) – Making it difficult for illicit activities (00:38:43) – Paths to preserving privacy vs remaining compliant (00:44:42) – Use-cases of on-chain privacy (00:47:44) – Are users liable for violating sanctions by using Aztec (00:51:17) – Convincing developers to build using Aztec's Noir ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Aztec's Twitter: https://twitter.com/aztecnetwork Joe Andrew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaosef Jon Wu's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonwu_ Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

Who best to understand struggles of crypto founders than fellow founders? Tascha is the Co-Founder of Alpha Venture DAO and built a DeFi protocol that had a TVL of $3 billion at its peak. Today, she joins us as a mentor in Tangent to share with us: How Alpha scaled to $3B in deposits 2 crypto verticals Tascha is excited about How to identify great founders in 60 minutes Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:42) – Early days of Alpha Finance (00:06:10) – Motivation behind building levered yield farming back in 2020 (00:09:44) – What is Alpha Venture (00:13:17) – How to be a successful founder (00:17:53) – Balancing between reinvention and solving pain points (00:26:07) – Key areas that Tascha is excited for (00:30:09) – Thought process for identifying market opportunity (00:32:11) – Identifying great founders to invest in (00:40:36) – Difficulties of running a crypto start-up ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Taschas Twitter: https://twitter.com/tascha_panpan Alpha Venture DAO's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlphaVentureDAO Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

If you're a gamer you must have thought it'd be nice if you could transfer your in-game resources from one game to the other. Well, you finally can with composable resources in Treasure's game ecosystem. Treasure is building the decentralized app-chain for an interoperable metaverse. In less than a year, Treasure onboarded over 100,000 community members and facilitated over $264 million with their NFT marketplace. Today, we have John and Karel, Co-Founder and COO of Treasure on the show to share with us: What exactly Treasure is Benefits of building and playing in Treasure's game ecosystem Sustainability and long-term use case of $MAGIC tokens Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:03:25) – What exactly Treasure is (00:06:51) – The power of community-driven content (00:10:26) – How did Loot inspire Treasure (00:13:44) – Developer's benefits of building on Treasure (00:19:40) – Why build a decentralized game infrastructure (00:24:49) – Treasure's main metaverse: Bridgeworld (00:31:32) – Comparison to P2E games and if it's sustainable (00:34:57) – Examples of partner games on Treasure (00:45:30) – Long-term use case of $MAGIC tokens (00:49:08) – Building out Treasure's own app-chain on AnyTrust (00:53:23) – Why is NOW the best time to be part of Treasure ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Treasure's Twitter:https://twitter.com/Treasure_DAO Treasure's Discord: https://discord.com/invite/treasuredao John Patten's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jpatten__ Karel Vuong's Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xkarel Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

The Merge, which marks the official transition to Proof-of-Stake, is slated to occur around September 15 - 16th and is possibly the largest crypto event to happen in a long time. The transition to Proof-of-Stake is supposedly a bullish event, but lately, there have been concerns raised on whether it is the right move. If you're a founder or investor in crypto, you should be prepared for what's to come. Today, we have Anthony Sassano, one of the largest proponents and educator of Ethereum on the show to share with us: What is The Merge How OFAC's censorship may affect Ethereum Is Proof-of-Stake really better than Proof-of-Work? Reasons to be bullish for Proof-of-Stake Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:40) – Introduction to OFAC & The Merge (00:03:06) – What is The Merge (00:10:21) – Why might there be 2 Ethereum chains after The Merge? (00:17:46) – What is OFAC and why is it scary? (00:28:50) – Would PoW be more censorship-resistant than PoS? (00:39:54) – Why is it harder for OFAC to enforce sanctions in PoW? (00:45:49) – Pros and cons of social slashing (00:57:19) – How are Flashbots and MEV contributing to censorship? (01:02:35) – Reasons to be bullish for PoS ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Anthony Sassano's Twitter: https://twitter.com/sassal0x Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

Three senior hires at top crypto funds Spartan Capital, Multicoin Capital and DeFiance Capital recently stepped down and started Tangent - an angel fund by founders, for founders. Together, Tangent's mentors have built billion-dollar protocols, managed hundreds of millions in capital and have deep expertise across every major Web 3 vertical. Today, we have the co-founders Jason Choi, Darryl Wang and mentor, Mable Jiang on the show to share with us: Crypto verticals they're excited about Dangers of crypto VCs today What makes Tangent unique Navigating the crypto markets for the next 12 - 24 months Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:40) – Introduction to Tangent team (00:03:39) – Rationale for leaving their jobs at top crypto funds (00:10:22) – Crypto verticals they are excited about (00:21:26) – Composability vs building your own products (00:28:08) – Smart contract wallets to boost crypto adoption (00:31:40) – View on NFT finance vertical (00:33:19) – Reason for Tangent and why it's different from crypto funds (00:46:58) – Things to look out for when investing (00:54:36) – Thoughts on navigating the bear market (01:02:40) – Predictions for the next market ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Mable's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mable_Jiang Mable's Podcast - HODLong: https://apple.co/3dHfQPJ Wangarian's Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xWangarian Tangent's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tangent_xyz Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations or DAOs for short are hailed as the future of managing organizations and work. However, many are starting to doubt the feasibility of DAOs given its major blockers for it to succeed at scale. In this episode, the 2 largest proponents of DAOs, Dmitriy and Peter from 1kx discusses: The current DAO landscape Why they are still bullish on DAOs What will it take for DAOs to succeed Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:11) – What exactly is a DAO? (00:07:12) – Bear & Bull cases for DAOs (00:11:27) – Progressive vs Decentralization from the get-go (00:26:20) – Different types of DAOs (00:29:08) – Whale's skewed voting power (00:34:30) – Recent Merit Circle vs YGG case (00:38:22) – Interesting DAOs to check out ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest 1kx's Twitter: https://twitter.com/1kxnetwork 1kx's Medium: https://medium.com/1kxnetwork Dmitriy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/dberenzon Peter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/pet3rpan_ Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

When centralized lending desks were blowing up from the 3AC contagion, DeFi lending protocol Maple Finance remained stable. Could DeFi have prevented the crypto blowup? Maple Finance is an undercollateralized lending protocol where pooled capital is managed by credit experts and lent to reputable and profitable crypto-institutions. In this episode, Co-Founder Sid Powell shares with us: How DeFi might have prevented the recent blow-up How Maple Finance differs from other DeFi protocols Maple's business model and value accrual to it's token MPL Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:33) – Thoughts on recent 3AC contagion (00:08:13) – How DeFi could have helped (00:13:56) – Maple Finance vs DeFi 1.0 (00:20:02) – Is Maple replicable off-chain? (00:28:05) – How pool delegates manage depositor's money (00:32:03) – Criticism that Maple Finance is partly centralized (00:35:43) – Will Maple Finance pursue full-decentralization? (00:41:03) – Maple's business model and it's token (00:44:35) – Future market expansions ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Maple Finance's Twitter: https://twitter.com/maplefinance?lang=en Maple Finance's Website: https://www.maple.finance/ Sid's Twitter: https://twitter.com/syrupsid Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

The largest GameFi project in the Cosmos ecosystem was inevitably affected by the Terra implosion - can Levana make a comeback? Levana is the pioneering DeFi protocol to incorporate NFTs and GameFi mechanics in their DeFi products. Jonathan, Levana's Head of Communications shares with us: Levana's solution to problems other DEXes are facing Levana's future on a new chain Performance of incorporating NFTs into their products Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:40) – Introduction to Levana (00:05:20) – Why did projects build on Terra initially (00:09:57) – Levana vs other leverage trading protocols (00:24:54) – Levana's solution to problems other DEXes are facing (00:30:45) – Terra's impact and moving forward (00:33:53) – Deciding on a new chain (00:36:38) – Incorporating NFTs into DeFi (00:40:54) – Roadmap of NFTs (00:46:41) – Advice for projects on surviving bear market ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Levana's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Levana_protocol Levana's Website: https://www.levana.finance/ Levana's Medium: https://blog.levana.finance/ Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

The recent Luna collapse and 3AC contagion unfortunately set the entire crypto-space back.Is crypto just a fad or can it make a comeback? DeFi Dad, partner at 4R Capital and one of the most prolific supporters of DeFi shares with us: Current State Crypto Markets vs 2018 DeFi Markets Thus Far Future of DeFi Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:40) – Introduction to DeFi Dad (00:03:16) – Current State of DeFi (00:09:21) – Future of DeFi (00:17:40) – Distinction between DeFi vs NFTs (00:26:14) – Leaders in DeFi (00:33:21) – DeFi 1.0 vs DeFi 2.0 (00:42:16) – What Is Missing In DeFi? ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest DeFi Dad's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

What will the future of NFTs and Multi-Chain experience look like? Longhash, one earliest and largest accelerator funds in Asia shares with us: Takeaways from NFT NYC on the future of NFTs Vision of Multi-Chain future Projects they're excited about Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:07) – Vibes at NFT NYC (00:03:49) – Introduction to LongHash (00:09:42) – Future of NFTs (00:13:47) – Social Tokens vs NFTs (00:18:04) – Why LongHash is bullish on multichain future (00:23:29) – Need for unique value proposition for each Chain (00:29:22) – How Polkadot could have done better (00:32:40) – Does every DApp need their own chain? (00:40:52) – Recent favourite projects ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Longhash's Twitter: https://twitter.com/LongHashVC Emma's Twitter: https://twitter.com/emmacui Shi Khai's Twitter: https://twitter.com/theshikhai Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

Monthly trading volume on Hashflow grew from $20m in August to $670m in October after a campaign with Project Galaxy - that's a 3000% increase in volume in 3 months! Project Galaxy is an open and collaborative data network that empowers developers to build better products and communities using on-chain credentials. In this episode, co-founder of Project Galaxy, Harry shares with us: What is Galaxy and On-chain Credentials Use-cases of Galaxy Galaxy's token and own chain Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:22) – Introduction to Galaxy (00:05:37) – User's On-chain Data (00:09:42) – Importance of Privacy in Web 3 (00:11:13) – Biggest Use-Cases for Galaxy (00:14:29) – Difference with Competitors e.g DegenScore (00:23:07) – Building an Open and Permissionless Platform (00:25:28) – Project Types that Best Benefit from Galaxy (00:27:55) – Galaxy's Token - $GAL (00:31:28) – Galaxy's Own Chain (00:34:06) – Possible Reasons of Failure (00:37:20) – Exciting Milestones Ahead ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Project Galaxy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProjectGalaxyHQ Project Galaxy's Website: https://galaxy.eco/ Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast ("Blockcrunch") is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

Popular metaverse projects like Sandbox and Decentraland are trading > 80% lower than their previous all-time highs - are metaverses still the future? Webaverse is an open-sourced metaverse that enables creators and communities to build their own virtual worlds and rich experiences which they truly own. In this episode, co-founder of Webaverse, Ahad shares with us: What is a metaverse and what is it trying to replace? The importance of an interoperable metaverse Upcoming Webaverse experience - Upstreet Webaverse's strategy to bootstrap 100k users Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:58) – What is a Metaverse? (00:04:13) – Epic Games vs Apple In a Legal Battle (00:05:50) – Web 1, Web 2 and Web 3 (00:09:07) – What is Webaverse Trying To Replace (00:14:47) – Importance of Interoperable Metaverse Instead of Silos (00:27:12) – Difference Between Metaverses & Social Games Like Club Penguin (00:30:27) – How to and Who Will Be The 1st To Achieve 100K Users (00:37:12) – Chicken and Egg Problem Of Metaverses (00:40:38) – Webaverse's Strategy to Bootstrap Community (00:43:33) – Partnering with NFT Projects (00:46:46) – Webaverse as a Business (00:48:23) – Experiences Available on Webaverse Today ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Webaverse's Twitter: https://twitter.com/webaverse Webaverse's Website: https://webaverse.com/ Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast is an educational podcast and newsletter for informational purposes only. The host invest in cryptoassets actively and may hold assets discussed in the newsletter or podcast. All content contained within this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as any form of financial advice. The Blockcrunch Podcast, its associates and affiliates are not liable for any decisions third parties choose to make.

Total crypto market cap is now less than $1 trillion. Bitcoin and Ethereum are currently trading near their 2018 all-time highs. Where do we go from here? In this episode, CIO of Selini Capital, Jordi Alexander shares with us: What market stage are we at and how long it'll last Can Bitcoin ever break its previous ATH of $70k Indicators to navigate this market Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:12) – Current Stage of Crypto Market (00:04:06) – Black Swan Events (00:06:00) – Drawn Out vs Short-Term Bear Market (00:08:01) – Crypto Market's First Recessionary Environment (00:10:56) – Signs of Market Reversal (00:13:51) – Bitcoin as Inflation Hedge (00:19:30) – Terra's Impact On Crypto Market (00:23:41) – Can Bitcoin Ever Break $70K (00:25:54) – Indicators to Navigate this Market (00:29:06) – Is Bitcoin still the Bell-Weather for Crypto Market ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Jordi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/gametheorizing Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast is an educational podcast and newsletter for informational purposes only. The host invest in cryptoassets actively and may hold assets discussed in the newsletter or podcast. All content contained within this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as any form of financial advice. The Blockcrunch Podcast, its associates and affiliates are not liable for any decisions third parties choose to make.

How are some users getting paid to walk? StepN is a Walk-to-Earn mobile app and in less than 6 months, they managed to amass 1.7 million monthly active users and up to 400k users are using it on a daily basis. This episode, Co-Founder Yawn Rong shares with us: How is StepN actually paying users and is it sustainable? Comparison of StepN over competitors and their moat StepN's vision for the future Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:32) – Introduction to StepN (00:05:49) – Designing Users' Cost Of Participation (00:07:12) – Revenue Mechanism (00:11:13) – Demand and Design Of StepN's Tokens (00:14:12) – Social Aspect Beyond Walk-to-Earn (00:19:29) – Partnerships With Brands (00:24:30) – Comparison To Other Platforms (00:28:50) – Strategy For Massive Player Adoption (00:33:36) – StepN's Moat Over Competitors (00:40:30) – Anti-Hacking/Cheating Mechanisms (00:43:41) – More On StepN's 2 Tokens - GST & GMT ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest StepN's Website: https://stepn.com/ StepN's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Stepnofficial Yawn Rong's Twitter: https://twitter.com/yawn_rong Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast is an educational podcast and newsletter for informational purposes only. The host invest in cryptoassets actively and may hold assets discussed in the newsletter or podcast. All content contained within this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as any form of financial advice. The Blockcrunch Podcast, its associates and affiliates are not liable for any decisions third parties choose to make.

Basketball is a sport with 2.2 billion fans worldwide - and Virtual Basketball Association (VBA) wants to bring them all into crypto. Charles, founder of VBA shares with us: How does VBA compare to other basketball based video games? Is VBA Play-To-Earn? What can users expect in upcoming & future launches? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:37) – Background of Charles (00:04:20) – Introduction to VBA (00:06:09) – Comparison To Different Basketball Video Games (00:08:02) – VBA's Game and Player Mechanics (00:16:28) – Virtual vs Real Basketball Players (00:23:03) – Building The VBA Lore And Community Effect (00:24:19) – First NFT Mint & Future Plans (00:29:16) – Competition Against Fantasy Sports (00:31:06) – VBA's 4 Revenue Streams (00:32:09) – Is VBA Play-To-Earn? (00:34:28) – VBA's Automated Gameplay Mechanics (00:36:53) – Upcoming Launch In June & Future Releases ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest VBA's Website: https://www.vbagame.com/ VBA's Twitter: https://twitter.com/vbagame Charles' Twitter: https://twitter.com/gmcharmander Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast is an educational podcast and newsletter for informational purposes only. The host invest in cryptoassets actively and may hold assets discussed in the newsletter or podcast. All content contained within this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as any form of financial advice. The Blockcrunch Podcast, its associates and affiliates are not liable for any decisions third parties choose to make.

Every crypto-native must have seen a small green creature appear on their Twitter timeline when others tag @Inversebrah on a Twitter thread. A group of wassie-lovers banded together to bring the green creature to life via a 3D NFT project, Wassieverse. This week, member of Wassieverse, 0xBags shares with us: What exactly is a wassie? What utilities can NFT owners get immediately post-mint and in the future? How can the community be involved in Wassieverse? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:03:34) – What Is Inversebrah / Smol Ting (00:06:52) – Team Members Of Wassieverse (00:09:27) – What Exactly Is Wassieverse? (00:15:36) – Future Of Wassieverse (00:18:06) – NFT As Representation Of Virtual Identity (00:22:30) – Capturing Essence Of Wassies Into The Project (00:25:51) – Comparison To Other Meme-Based NFT Projects (00:30:16) – Differentiation To Other Wassie NFT Projects (00:33:14) – Roadmap Of Wassieverse ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Wassieverse's Twitter: https://twitter.com/wassieverse Wassieverse's Website: https://wassieverse.com/ Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast is an educational podcast and newsletter for informational purposes only. The host invest in cryptoassets actively and may hold assets discussed in the newsletter or podcast. All content contained within this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as any form of financial advice. The Blockcrunch Podcast, its associates and affiliates are not liable for any decisions third parties choose to make.

Last week, $60B in value was wiped from crypto in a few days. Not many saw the collapse of Luna coming - even fewer had the guts to bet on it. Since the start of the year, Galois Capital has been openly calling out for the impending fall of Luna and endured the barrage of hate comments until 8th May 2022 - the day that Luna started death spiraling. Kevin Zhou from Galois Capital shares with us: Why he was convinced LUNA would implode How he timed his short trade The 4 high conviction trades Galois has taken How Terra Luna can recover - and why its current plan doesn't work Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:20) – Kevin's Thoughts After Luna's Crash (00:03:53) – Why Did Kevin Think Luna Would Collapse One Day (00:08:23) – Feasibility of Algorithmic Stable-Coins (00:16:44) – Shorting Luna or UST (00:23:06) – Pulling The Trigger On The Short (00:26:47) – Conviction On Bearish Luna Thesis and Past Plays (00:34:10) – Black Swan Event or Long Time Coming (00:40:47) – Thoughts on Terraform Lab's Proposals (00:54:47) – Replacing Do Kwon To Save Luna (00:56:31) – Projects That Could Also Death Spiral ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Galois Capital's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Galois_Capital Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast is an educational podcast and newsletter for informational purposes only. The host invest in cryptoassets actively and may hold assets discussed in the newsletter or podcast. All content contained within this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as any form of financial advice. The Blockcrunch Podcast, its associates and affiliates are not liable for any decisions third parties choose to make.

Opensea facilitated $14 billion transactions in 2021 and is the largest NFT trading platform. However, users often face platform liveness, high fees and collection censorship issues. What if there was a decentralized alternative that could disrupt Opensea, just like Uniswap did to centralized trading exchanges? This week, founder of Sudoswap, Owen shares with us: What is Sudoswap? How does Sudoswap's trading design compare to other NFT platforms? How is Sudoswap going to incentivize usage? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:07) – Owen's Background (00:05:24) – Reason for Building NFT Trading Platform (00:06:51) – What is SudoSwap (00:09:44) – How does AMM Work for Trading NFTs (00:15:43) – Sudoswap's AMM vs Other Existing NFT AMMs (00:22:36) – Sudoswap's Benefits for Users (00:27:23) – User Incentivization Strategy & Sustainability ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange ----------- More Resources --------- Guest 0xmons' Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xmons Sudoswap's Twitter: https://twitter.com/sudoswap Sudoswap's Website: https://www.sudoswap.xyz/ Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://www.theblockcrunch.com/vip Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast is an educational podcast and newsletter for informational purposes only. The host invest in cryptoassets actively and may hold assets discussed in the newsletter or podcast. All content contained within this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as any form of financial advice. The Blockcrunch Podcast, its associates and affiliates are not liable for any decisions third parties choose to make.

Bridges are critical to a omni-chain future, but the recent bridge hacks totaling $1 billion lost in funds have struck fear in users and many are worried about the security of bridges. Can Nomad's security-focused bridge be the answer? Founder Pranay shares with us: Is there a difference between bridges and interoperability protocols? What is the interoperability trilemma? What are the different types of bridges available Why is Nomad potentially the safest? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:38) – Pranay's Background (00:03:58) – 3 Overarching Types Of Interoperability Protocols (00:11:12) – Bridges vs Interoperability Protocols (00:19:03) – Recent Bridge Exploits (00:27:11) – Nomad's Optimistically Verified System (00:30:28) – Nomad's Latency Trade-Off For Security (00:39:29) – Current State Of Bridges And Competition ----------- Sponsors ------------- CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Pranay's Twitter: https://twitter.com/pranaymohan Nomad's Twitter:https://twitter.com/nomadxyz_ Nomad's Website:https://www.nomad.xyz/ Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://www.theblockcrunch.com/vip Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast is an educational podcast and newsletter for informational purposes only. The host invest in cryptoassets actively and may hold assets discussed in the newsletter or podcast. All content contained within this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as any form of financial advice. The Blockcrunch Podcast, its associates and affiliates are not liable for any decisions third parties choose to make.

Sfermion is NFT-focused fund with managing partners that were early investors of OpenSea Recently, they raised a $100m fund aimed at accelerating the emergence of an open, decentralized metaverse. In this episode, Founder Andrew Steinwold shares with us: What are the 4 NFT sub-markets and their different value-drivers How they analyze NFT-investments and Valuation Frameworks as a professional Which NFT vertical has the most potential Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:00:22) – Sfermion NFT Fund & Founder Andrew Steinwold (00:03:58) – Why Specifically NFTs & Why Is He Bullish on NFTs? (00:12:56) – Investing in NFT vertical (00:14:53) – 4 Sub-Markets of NFTs (00:17:11) – Case Study on Somnium Space & CryptoVoxels (00:22:35) – NFT Valuation Framework (00:29:00) – NFT Vertical With The Most Potential (00:36:12) – Metaverse & Competition Between Web 2 & Web 3 (00:44:44) – NFT-Collateralized Loans ----------- Sponsors ------------- CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Andrew Steinwold's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewSteinwold Sfermion's Twitter: https://twitter.com/sfermion_ Sfermion's Website: https://www.sfermion.io/ Blockcrunch Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Blockcrunch VIP: https://www.theblockcrunch.com/vip ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

The total market-cap of NFT has hit $18 billion in 2022 - but most of these value are illiquid and NFTs sit idly in wallets. NFTFi (@NFTfi) unlocks the liquidity of these NFTs by allowing owners to take NFT-collateralized loans. Till date, they have facilitated $128 million over 7000 loans. In this episode, NFTFi co-founder, Steven Young shares with us: Why is unlocking NFT liquidity necessary and how can it help floor prices? What are the risks involved for lenders and borrowers? Why is NFTFi's peer-to-peer model the most optimal for NFT-backed loans? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:00:27) – Background of NFTfi's Founders (00:04:17) – Beginning of NFTfi (00:06:53) – Projects eligible as collateral (00:08:15) – Different loan durations and common use-cases (00:14:30) – Liquidation on Loans (00:19:21) – NFTfi as an execution platform for Liquidity Provision DAOs (00:21:20) – Whitelisting criteria of NFT projects (00:24:50) – NFTfi's competitors and different models (00:32:14) – Types of lenders and borrowers (00:36:27) – Future of NFTfi ----------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on https://paraswap.io/blockcrunch CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Stephen Young's Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephen_yo?lang=en NFTFi's Website: https://www.nftfi.com/ NFTFi's Discord: https://t.co/O9hrCgWiL7 BlockcrunchBlockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi Substack: https://jasonchoi.substack.com/ ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

Bridges facilitate cross-chain asset communication and play an imperative role in a multi-chain future. However, the recent WormHole & Ronin Bridge hack that led to a total loss of close to $1 billion has caused fear in users and led them to wonder - is the future still multi-chain? In this episode, Dmitriy - Research Partner at 1kx shares with us: What are the different kinds of bridges out there and their trade-offs? Why is the future is multi-chain and what are the role of bridges? Why is he excited about DAOs? Other high conviction and contrarian views he has Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Timestamps ------------- 0:00 - Podcast Intro 0:52 - Dmitriy's Background 3:42 - High-level Overview of Bridges & Trade-Offs 9:16 - Is Multi-Chain The Future 12:55 - How to Evaluate Bridge to Use 17:44 - Safer Bridge Models and Examples 18:43 - Are Bridges "Tunnels" or Developer Platforms 24:04 - Aggregation of Bridges like with DEXes 27:55 - Bridges that Dmitriy is Bullish On 30:00 - Why Dmitriy is Bullish on DAOs 38:49 - Other High Conviction Thesis & Contrarian Views ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on https://paraswap.io/blockcrunch CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm ----------- More Resources -----------— Guest Dmitriy Berezon - https://twitter.com/dberenzon 1kx - https://twitter.com/1kxnetwork Article on Bridges that Dmitriy wrote - https://twitter.com/dberenzon/status/1435636234211131393 ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

Over the years, Jason has interviewed 100+ guests on Blockcrunch. This time, he's finally on the show as the guest! In his first ever LIVE AMA, he shared with us: His crypto journey Advice for beginners in crypto and aspiring analysts Investment frameworks & due diligence process Contrarian theses Jason has Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ----------- Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm ----------- Guests ------------- Jason Choi (Founder of BlockCrunch) https://twitter.com/MrJasonChoi Javier Ang (Intern at BlockCrunch) https://twitter.com/JavierAng_ ----------- Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

Back in 2018, Richard saw Opensea's potential as one of the earliest investors - despite its measly yearly volume of $475k. In 2021, OpenSea became the largest NFT marketplace and facilitated $15 billion in volume, a 31,578x increase, In this episode, Richard shares with us: - Is the NFT market a bubble? - Is it possible to value NFTs like with DeFi protocols? - How to identify "Blue-Chip" NFTs? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm ------------ More Resources ------------- Richard Chen's Twitter - https://twitter.com/richardchen39 Chris Dixon - Strong & Weak Technologies: https://cdixon.org/2019/01/08/strong-and-weak-technologies Richard Chen - How to get exposure to bluechip NFTs without being a whale: https://twitter.com/richardchen39/status/1492260662403284996 ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

There's a seemingly endless horde of new NFT projects - some of them rocket to the moon and some crash and burn. How should you navigate the NFT space? In this episode, NFT OG DeezeFi shares with us: What are some of his biggest wins and losses? What are his secrets and framework for evaluating NFTs? What are some projects that he believes will appreciate over the next 10 years? Can influencers really manipulate the market? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm ------------ Guest ------------- Deeze - https://twitter.com/DeezeFi NFT Galleries - https://y.at/🦍🤝💪📈 Fractional - https://twitter.com/fractional_art ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

The song "Stand By Me" has made over $60M in royalties alone. What if you had a slice of that just by being a fan? Music NFTs may allow that. Decent (@decentxyz) is a new startup that package royalties into NFTs. This week, the Decent team joins us and talk: Current state of music NFTs How Decent lets fans invest in royalties Can songs outperform stocks over time? Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. ------------ Sponsors ------------- PARASWAP is the best place to trade your tokens and get the best price in DeFi today. Get started on paraswap.io/blockcrunch CoinFLEX is the Home of Crypto Yield for passive capital and active traders to earn and trade crypto. Explore yields up to 100% APR with CoinFLEX's simple AMM+ product: https://coinflex.com/amm ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries