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Frens Validator is a key contributor to the Cosmos ecosystem. Besides securing multiple blockchains, we educate our listeners by publishing thought pieces, insightful interviews, and project deep dives. The Frens Validator podcast show is the hub that brings together crypto pioneers, exciting projects, and a thriving community. Tune in with host Juri Maibaum to explore the multichain future and how to make it in Web 3.0.
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Crypto assets and blockchain technology are about to transform every trust-based interaction of our lives, from financial services to identity to the Internet of Things. In this podcast, host Laura Shin, an independent journalist covering all things crypto, talks with industry pioneers about how crypto assets and blockchains will change the way we earn, spend and invest our money. Tune in to find out how Web 3.0, the decentralized web, will revolutionize our world. Disclosure: I'm a nocoiner.
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"web3 with a16z" is a show about the next generation of the internet, and about how builders and users -- whether artists, coders, creators, developers, companies, organizations, or communities -- now have the ability to not just "read" (web1) + "write" (web2) but "own" (web3) pieces of the internet, unlocking a new wave of creativity and entrepreneurship. Brought to you by a16z crypto, this show is the definitive resource for understanding and going deeper on all things crypto and web3. Fro ...
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Dive into the world of crypto with our captivating Crypto Podcast! C3 Media is the ultimate platform for crypto enthusiasts, offering captivating interviews, informative articles, and exciting project explorations. Stay informed and inspired with our premier destination for #blockchain, #web3, #crypto #news exploration. Join the Crypto Currency Chat community on Nostr: c3media@getalby.com, watch our videos on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@c3media:0, and lastly listen to the podcast on Fountain ...
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Bitcoin out of the Box is the cryptocurrency podcast that reveals what's really happening behind the scenes. Covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, other top cryptocurrencies and the hottest trends such as decentralised finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), we bridge the knowledge gap between institutional investors and the average retail investor.
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Cryptocurrencies have endless possibilities and applications. Bitcoin and etherium laid the foundation of the next revolution in finance with Bitcoin evolving into an asset class and Etherium into a digital contract system. This world is swarming with ideas that wish to improve the current state of transactions between individuals and to make it more transparent. What's in Altverse is a podcast where I dig deep into the "Altcoin Universe" to find unique projects that aim to revolutionize the ...
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Join the ADAPT Group every week as they discuss the latest and most bullish crypto news, projects, and potential 100x plays. Originally an assortment of simian like crypto investors, the various hosts and panel participants have evolved amidst the storm of crypto evolution to be the perfect tour guide to the moon. It's just Another Day Another Play in Trading.
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What if the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, investors, and product visionaries held office hours just for student founders? What would you ask? What stories would they tell? What lessons would product builders teach the next generation of game-changers? We had the same questions. So we asked them. This is Office Hours with Dorm Room Fund. To learn more about DRF and apply to be considered for an investment, visit our website: www.dormroomfund.com.
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The world’s 2nd largest cryptocurrency Ethereum is going through an upgrade! It’s previous problems will now be solved with Eth 2.0. In this podcast series, Christine Kim and Ben Edgington, CoinDesks’ Eth 2.0 Dream Team, talk about the live development of Ethereum 2.0, as it phases through technical hurdles and upgrades from proof of work to proof of stake. Join the conversation as Christine and Ben, spotlight the major news events related to Eth 2.0 and walk us through its potential impact ...
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Devin Walsh, executive director of the Uniswap Foundation joins the show. In this episode: Proposing and setting up the Uniswap Foundation The Foundation's priorities and role in growing the Uniswap ecosystem Uniswap v4 hooks as a new primitive for developers to unlock efficient innovation Supporting developers and researchers on Uniswap via grants…
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Welcome to The Chopping Block — where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news. This week, the gang sits down with Ogle Crypto, a veteran negotiator in crypto hacks, to discuss the recent KyberSwap exploit, which involved an almost $50 million loss across various chains. Ogle sha…
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Vivek Ramaswamy is likely the biggest supporter of crypto among the current crop of presidential candidates. But his enthusiasm comes not from an inherent love of the technology or its principles themselves, but a dissatisfaction with what he calls the “administrative state” that’s stifled innovation in a number of important industries, crypto amon…
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Nic and Matt return for news and deals. In this episode: CZ must stay in the US until sentencing The SEC is looking into Binance US In kind versus cash creations for ETFs The Major Questions Doctrine FDIC scandal keeps rumbling Is there a world where GBTC doesn’t get converted? Elizabeth Warren versus Subway Content mentioned in this episode: Austi…
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What is the end goal of crypto and how can we fix today's money? Dive in for one of the most dense and intense conversations ever held on our podcast! Max is joined by Ethan Buchman, co-founder of Cosmos and CEO of Informal Systems. Together, they discuss how to fix our money, and the end state of crypto, and develop a critique of major economic ph…
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Governance Proposal 848 passed which will halve the maximum inflation rate of $ATOM, the native cryptocurrency of the Cosmos hub from 20% to 10%. But why did the Cosmos community decide to do so? Is this a bullish sign for $ATOM? What are some takeaways from the recent discussions? This and much more is what we will discuss today! - - - - Catch up …
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The IRS sparked a storm of controversy when it released proposed new rules for crypto transaction reporting earlier this year. The new rules seek to define who is considered a broker, what types of transactions need to get reported, and the kinds of digital assets that need to be included, but many in the industry consider them overly broad and ult…
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Vivek Ramaswamy is a Republican candidate for President in 2024. In this episode we sit down to dig into his crypto policy proposals: Vivek’s keynote in Ft Worth Vivek’s crypto platform and how that derives from his convictions Vivek’s view on Bitcoin mining Is Choke Point 2.0 real? Is banking a utility? ‘Choke Point 6.0’ and how it goes beyond jus…
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The Decent community is growing! Subscribe to our newsletter and join our Telegram channel below:Newsletter: https://decent-newsletter.beehiiv.com/Telegram: https://t.me/+6lBOC6TNyJZiMzYx Celestia: Celestia is a modular data availability network that securely scales with the number of users, making it easy for anyone to launch their own blockchain.…
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Tiffany Fong has had an unusual route to crypto fame. After losing most of her life savings in the Celsius bankruptcy, she began posting on YouTube about her experiences and eventually received some leaked documents, which she shared with The New York Times and on her channel. The leaks gave her some visibility, and that’s when Sam Bankman-Fried be…
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Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news. This week, the gang breaks down the record $4.3 billion settlement between Binance and the U.S. government — whether it was fair, the chances CEO Changpeng Zhao will face any jail time, whether it was…
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Matt and Nic return for a Thanksgiving episode. In this edition: Fidelity files for an ETH spot ETF The SEC sues Kraken Javier Milei wins – and prospects for dollarization Stablecoins versus dollar liabilities in emerging markets Prediction markets do well in the Argentine election We digest the OpenAI scandal and reflect on corporate governance Do…
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According to surveys of financial advisors, only 12% are currently recommending that clients invest in Bitcoin, while 47% of advisors personally own Bitcoin and a whopping 77% say they are waiting for a spot Bitcoin ETF to become available so they can offer it to their clients. On this episode of Unchained, Ric Edelman, founder of the Digital Asset…
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Governance proposal 853 aims to allocate 600k $ATOM to pStake. The pStake protocol is built on top of Persistence. Persistence is a liquid staking blockchain in Cosmos. The proposal aims to make stkATOM more liquid and available across the Cosmos and counter-fight centralizing forces coming from one dominant liquid staking protocol only. But what a…
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We sit down with Mike Cahill, CEO of Douro labs, to talk Pyth’s retroactive airdrop and launch. In this episode: A brief history of Pyth What was the problem with legacy oracles before Pyth How is Pyth is technically differentiated from other oracles The importance of introducing confidence intervals into prices How does Pyth achieves cross chain d…
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In this episode of Unchained, Peter Van Valkenburgh, director of research at Coin Center, explains why the IRS's proposed broker rule for tax reporting in crypto could harm the crypto industry as well as the security and privacy of users. He explains how Coin Center thinks the IRS should accomplish its aims, and why that would even work for collect…
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Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Tail risks with the Bitcoin ETF Are SBF’s parents off the hook? The FDIC is embroiled in scandal Should Marty Gruenberg step down? Tokenized bank deposits versus stablecoins What’s wrong with the third party doctrine SAB121 under pressure Content mentioned in this episode: …
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The Decent community is growing! Subscribe to our newsletter and join our Telegram channel below:Newsletter: https://decent-newsletter.beehiiv.com/Telegram: https://t.me/+6lBOC6TNyJZiMzYx We are back with our latest recap to talk everything happening in crypto this week. This includes Solana Season, BTC & ETH ETF Rumors, Polygon <> OKX and more! St…
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The boys join forces with Alex Thorn of Galaxy Brains for a special live episode at the Pubkey bar in NYC. In this episode: Galaxy's Beimnet Abebe joins for market color Bloomberg's James Seyffart opinions on Bitcoin ETF prospects The WSJ/Hamas affair Audience Q&A With special thanks to the Galaxy team for organizing and Thomas Pacchia for hosting…
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The highly anticipated dYdX chain is finally here! At Cosmoverse 2023, we sat down with David Gogel to teach you everything you need to know about the dYdX chain. - - - - - Catch up with FRENS VALIDATOR: 💻 WEBSITE: https://frens.army 📲 FOLLOW ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frensvalidator 🌖FOLLOW JURI: https://twitter.com/jurimaibaum - - - - DISCLA…
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For the third episode of Builders´ Diary, we welcome 0xJim from Catalyst to our show! Builder's Diary sheds light on the famous builders behind your favorite crypto project. 0xJim has had an extensive journey in the crypto industry so far. He was an early contributor at Ripple and ENS, then joined AAVE, and is now a builder in the interchain. His n…
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The recent Wall Street Journal article that claimed Hamas raised $130 million via cryptocurrency has sparked considerable debate, especially after Sen. Elizabeth Warren used it as her sole source to ask for tighter regulations around crypto. However, the veracity of this claim has come under scrutiny. Yaya Fanusie, Jessi Brooks, and Andrew Fierman …
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Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news. This week, the gang welcomes Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who discusses his mission to end the U.S. government’s regulatory overreach of the crypto industry, the parallels betwee…
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Anthony DeMartino, the co-founder and CEO of Trident Digital joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Anthony’s background in the banking industry and his path to founding Trident Digital. Digital asset lending markets and how Trident is innovating in this category. Trident’s US Treasury product and how he is going to market. The state of the U.…
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Matt and Nic return for another episode of news and deals. In this episode: WSJ bounty updates Will Euro stablecoins take off? SBI and Standard Chartered start a crypto infrastructure fund SEC opens talks with Grayscale over the GBTC conversion Kraken is exploring the creation of an L2 SEC staff can’t own crypto FTX 2.0 prospects CME OI flippens Bi…
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Last week, OpenSea, the former frontrunner in the NFT marketplace, confirmed the layoff of half its workforce as the NFT markets seemed to bottom out. gmoney, NFT collector and founder of 9dcc, joins Unchained to provide insight into the once-dominant NFT marketplace’s fall from grace. He talks about the competitive dynamics that challenge the plat…
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We welcome Jeffrey Hu, Tech Lead at Hashkey Capital for the second episode of Speculators' Demise. He is also an ambassador of the Cosmos Chinese community, co-hosting several Cosmos dev events. Previously, he was research director at IRIS Network (the first mainnet launched in Cosmos and running Cosmos Chinese community) and chief technical analys…
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Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news. This week, they explore the enigmatic 'unhinged scale' metric, consider whether recent layoffs could have been anticipated, and examine the challenges facing the NFT market. They also provide a somewh…
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Adam Guren, the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Hunting Hill joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Adam’s career journey and the path that led him to found Hunting Hill in his late 20s. How he discovered cryptocurrency and the initial digital asset products that he traded. The initial market structure for trading closed end digital as…
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In this episode of Unchained, Laura does a detailed unpacking of the historic Sam Bankman-Fried trial and verdict with defense lawyer Sam Enzer and former Southern District of New York prosecutor Rich Cooper. They discuss what a thorough job the government did in presenting its case, whether the government will pursue a second trial on campaign fin…
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What is Celestia and why is everyone so excited about Celestia's recent mainnet launch? Celestia is the first-ever modular blockchain. Modular blockchains separate the consensus and data availability layer from the execution layer. Therefore, modular blockchains differ significantly from today's monolithic blockchains. But how does Celestia's launc…
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Two Genesis creditors, BJ and Branden, who prefer to use pseudonyms for security reasons, spoke with Unchained about the alleged fraud by the crypto lender and its parent company, Digital Currency Group (DCG). The discussion is one of the first times Genesis creditors have spoken with a media organization about the situation. BJ and Branden explain…
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Today we have special guest Patrick Bush, Senior Analyst at Van Eck. Patrick recently wrote a report about Solana, highlighting the different paths the network could take and conducting a deep dive on the ecosystem. We go through all the cases and much more in this wide ranging show!The Decent community is growing! Subscribe to our newsletter and j…
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Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: What happened to mimblewimble Where Nic’s bounty program stands What’s the deal with Binance’s proof of reserve? The SEC takes down Safemoon Hester Pierce criticizes the SEC’s approach to LBRY Did the SEC violate the administrative procedures act by issuing SAB121? The SEC com…
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The downfall of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried from king of the crypto world to crypto scammer is complete. A Manhattan jury of nine women and three men took less than five hours Thursday afternoon, day 18 of the high-profile trial, to convict Bankman-Fried on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy for stealing billions of dollars of his customers’…
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Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the trial of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried closed their arguments with similar stories to their opening statements more than three weeks ago: a tale of two Sams. On Wednesday morning, day 17 of the trial, the government took jurors on a final grand tour of Bankman-Fried’s alleged lies, evasions and misdirecti…
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Should the Cosmos Hub acquire blockchains? This discussion emerged at Cosmoverse'23 when Stride ($STRD) proposed to merge with the Cosmos Hub. But what would such an acquisition look like? And what about other chains like $OSMO and $STARS? And generally, what is a good strategy for the Hub if it decides to acquire blockchains? This is what we will …
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Brandon Mulvihill the co-founder and CEO of Crossover Markets joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Brandon’s career in the FX industry and the path to founding Crossover Markets ECNs and how this market structure came to evolve in the FX market The opportunity to bring ECNs to the digital asset market The CrossX platform and how this product…
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