The Crypto Conversation

Elena Sinelnikova is the Decentralization Coordinator of the MetisDAO Foundation and co-founder of Metis, a layer-2 solution built on Ethereum powering dApps, businesses, and communities by scaling Ethereum to what it's meant to be - boundless. Why you should listen Metis, a layer-2 solution built on Ethereum works to provide a completely decentralized infrastructure to support the emerging web3 e...

David Tse, a professor at Stanford University and co-founder of Babylon Chain, discusses the integration of proof-of-work Bitcoin security with proof-of-stake chains. The combination of these two opposing security models creates a more powerful protocol.  Why you should listen Babylon Chain was founded in 2021 and has integrated with 28 Cosmos chains on its testnet.  David Tse discusses the import...

Maxwell McKendry is Director of Business Development for Phi Labs, building out the Archway blockchain - an incentivized L1 blockchain that allows developers to capture the value their dapps create, enabling sustainable economic models. Mainnet launch is coming in July. Why you should listen Max McKendry, Director of Business Development for Phi Labs discusses Archway blockchain, which aims to inc...

Josh Frank is the CEO and Co-Founder of The Tie - a Premium Digital Asset Data provider for institutions.    Why you should listen The Tie's core offering, The Tie Terminal, is the fastest and most comprehensive platform for institutional digital asset market participants. With its unmatched breadth and depth of data coverage, combined with a suite of powerful, customizable tools, The Terminal pro...

Arjun Kalsy is the Head of Ecosystem at Mantle, a modular layer two blockchain designed to help scale Ethereum and drive mass adoption of decentralized technologies.  Why you should listen Arjun explains the unique features of Mantle's technology, including its modular architecture and data availability solution provided by EigenLayer. The rebranding from BitDao to Mantle signals a commitment to b...

zondacrypto is one of the largest digital asset investment platforms in Europe with over 1 million users. The company was established in 2014 and  is the leading crypto payments provider in central and eastern Europe.    Why you should listen Long ago, people traded seashells. Then raw materials like copper and gold. Today, it's crypto. zondacrypto believe that everyone should have a place to buy...

Abdul Osman is the founder and CEO of Goracle - a Decentralized Oracle Network built on the Algorand blockchain. With the new cross-chain compatibility feature, Goracle can import data from Ethereum and other blockchains, opening up new use cases. Why you should listen Goracle is a decentralized blockchain oracle solution built on the Algorand blockchain. It provides a secure and reliable way for...

Brandon "Psifour" Conley is a Bitcoiner and cypherpunk and an enthusiastic proponent of the Bitcoin Ordinals Project. Why you should listen The Ordinal Theory Handbook explains that Ordinal theory concerns itself with satoshis, giving them individual identities and allowing them to be tracked, transferred, and imbued with meaning. Satoshis, not bitcoin, are the atomic, native currency of the Bitco...

Josh Olszewicz, Head Of Research and Portfolio Manager at Valkyrie Investments, returns to the Crypto Conversation for a Crypto Market Update. Josh gives us the Valkyrie update and shares his views on the current market. Plus, hear Josh's thoughts on Ethereum, Bitcoin Ordinals, and his Bitcoin price targets for the peak of the next bull market.   https://partner.bitget.com/bg/BraveNewCoin https://...

Winston Zhang is a co-founder at Cega, DeFi's Exotic Options Protocol - a platform that offers safer and more transparent yield strategies. Why you should listen Cega is building the next evolution in defi derivatives. Cega is the first protocol focused purely on exotic derivatives, a class of options products that combine basic options (e.g. call/put) with advanced options characteristics to crea...

Liam Bacon and Jacob Horgan are the co-founders of Aradena, a gaming platform that uses innovative gameplay developments and web3 to revolutionize competitive gaming. The token sale for the Aradena Gold token is happening soon. Why you should listen Aradena: Battlegrounds offers a unique, immersive and compelling battle system that is strategic and fun. A competitive strategy game that combines th...

Harrison Hines is the CEO and co-founder of Fleek, the web3 development and infrastructure platform, and Fleek Network, the decentralized Edge network, and protocol.  Why you should listen Fleek is a Web3 infrastructure platform that surfaces protocols like IPFS, Arweave, Filecoin, Akask, POKT, ENS, and more. Fleek lets developers use them independently or combine them together to create awesome n...

Dan Edlebeck is the Director of Ecosystem at Phi Labs, a core contributor to Archway, the value capture chain. Archway, is a new network that seeks to fairly incentivize the contributions of its participants. The Archway protocol and community are making efforts to align the interests of all participants and build a fairer, developer-first ecosystem. Why you should listen Archway is an incentivize...

Brett Sager is a commercial trial lawyer at Ehrenstein Sager, a business law boutique providing bespoke trial and transactional services. Sager specializes in digital asset disputes, especially in play-to-earn games and Metaverse land sales. Why you should listen Play-to-Earn games provide an opportunity for investors to earn profits while having fun. However, until the regulation of digital asset...

The next Bitcoin halving is estimated to take place in 334 days. Andy discusses the performance of Bitcoin this year, and asks Google's Bard AI for its assessment of Bitcoin, and what the best strategies are to trade the halving. Why you should listen Despite regulatory headwinds and economic instability, buying pressure for Bitcoin continues with prices up over 70% this year.  Google Bard provide...

Joel Kruger, a trader, collector of digital art and bitcoin, and strategist at LMAX Group, discusses his background in investment banking and how he got involved with LMAX Group. He provides an overview of the institutional exchange's FX and cryptocurrency offerings and his role as a strategist at the LMAX Group.   Why you should listen Joel shares his thoughts on traditional markets such as equit...

David Schwed is COO at Halborn, an Elite Blockchain Security Solutions provider. Halborn brings ethical hackers and blockchain specialists into companies to protect the services and apps from cyber attacks and exploits.  Why you should listen Halborn was founded in 2019 by renowned ethical hacker Steven Walbroehl and growth hacker Rob Behnke. The fully remote organization has since grown to over 1...

Pradeep Goel is the Chief Executive Officer at the Solve Care Foundation. Solve Care is a blockchain platform for digital health networks.   Why you should listen Solve Care offers a decentralized healthcare model, where all stakeholders, from the patient, physician, insurance companies, care coordinators, and healthcare institutions have a better and more direct peer-to-peer relationship. It is a...

Gracy Chen is MD at Bitget , a leading crypto copy trading and exchange platform. Bitget's mission is to inspire individuals to embrace crypto and connect with the future. Why you should listen Based on a survey of Bitget users, over 70% of crypto investors go to social media for crypto-related information, largely outperforming other channels like traditional media, search engines and offline con...

Christos Makridis is the COO of Living Opera, an art and technology startup at the intersection of technology, fine arts, classical music, and philanthropy. Why you should listen Technology is a vehicle for creating transformative, immersive experiences that empower and inspire people at scale. By combining the timeless beauty of fine art, especially opera, with technological tools, Living Opera i...

Jamil Dhanani is the co-founder of Gamma, the open marketplace for Bitcoin NFTs, including STX and Bitcoin Ordinals. Why you should listen Gamma is a Bitcoin-based NFT marketplace and a home for your Web3 social identity. Gamma started as an open marketplace for Bitcoin-secured NFTs on the Stacks blockchain, and has since added support to view Ethereum NFTs, and most recently support for Ordinals...

Robert Quartly-Janeiro is Chief Strategy Officer at Bitrue, an advanced cryptocurrency management platform.   Why you should listen   Bitrue is a forward-thinking cryptocurrency exchange platform dedicated to providing the most trustworthy digital asset management services in a simple, efficient and secure manner. Launched in 2018, Bitrue is a global company with a vision in providing both novice...

Siddarth Patil is cofounder and COO at Comdex, layer-1 infrastructure for seamless deployment of DeFi applications in the Cosmos ecosystem, powering DeFi in the multi-chain future.  Why you should listen The Comdex chain is built to enable the bridging of capital to assets across the DeFi and CeFi ecosystems. A decentralized ecosystem of solutions enables limitless access to global liquidity in fi...

Joshua Scigala is the founder of The Standard -  a decentralized stablecoin protocol that enables users to lock up crypto and or physical gold to generate fiat-pegged stablecoins.  Why you should listen Trillions of US Dollars worth of assets, such as gold and cryptocurrencies, are locked away in vaults and digital wallets around the world. The Standard.io, a next generation monetary system, unloc...

David Wyly is CEO at Decentra Inc, a Blockchain Software Development and Consulting Services company based in Silicon Slopes, Utah. Why you should listen Decentra, Inc. was born out of the need for organizations to build niche, powerful, accessible, and beautiful Web3 products without the need to staff their own product and engineering teams.  They started with Decentra's flagship product: the All...