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Brian Quintenz was a commissioner on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from 2017 until April of this year. The CFTC serves to regulate the derivative markets, and Brian particularly worked to embrace innovative technologies and emphasize the power of free markets, even in a regulatory environment. He has been an advocate for the exploration and growth of the crypto space and is provides an...

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Solana is emerging as a competitive Layer 1 platform, promising scalability and a growing ecosystem. Join community thought leaders Santiago Santos and Konstantin Lomashuck as we assess the Solana Value Proposition. How important is decentralization? Why build on Solana? Can different L1's coexist? Does it seek to compete with mainnet Ethereum or Layer 2 scaling solutions? We've been hearing a lot...

DJ Justin '3LAU' Blau returns to Bankless to discuss Royal, the platform for decentralizing ownership to music rights. Royal recently raised $16m and has launched its early access. We've seen crypto take the visual art world by storm - is music next? ------ 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/   🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/   🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE:...

Eric Conner joins the second episode of Layer Zero. Eric is the co-founder of EthHub along with Anthony Sassano, and is a recurring Bankless guest as well as a crypto twitter staple. From the early days of Ethereum to golf and Porsches, David and Eric discuss things at large — what does Ethereum have left to prove? How do you manage Ethereum Brain? What will the next generation of crypto natives l...

Raoul Pal is the CEO and co-founder of Real Vision, the content production studio focused on democratizing access to financial knowledge. He’s an investor with a sharp eye on the global macro environment, and has a strong grasp on the relationship between history and economics. What has changed since the last time Raoul was on the podcast? His takes on Ethereum are fascinating and thought-provokin...

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The NFT Boom rages on. We bring on Fractional team members and CryptoPunk holders DeeZe and Andy to make sense of all this. Is this just the beginning? Is this a speculative mania? Maybe it's something more. This could be the genesis of a new set of passionate communities, where culture has a quantifiable value. ------ 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/   🎙️ SUBSCRIBE T...

Dmitry Buterin joins David for the premiere of Layer Zero, a new Bankless podcast that explores the human side of Ethereum. Beneath the technological innovation and socioeconomic disruption happening in the DeFi space, there are human beings – really interesting, thoughtful, passionate human beings. Layer Zero is at the bottom of the economic stack: the people. For the debut episode, it only made...

Ryan Selkis is the Founder and CEO the crypto data analytics platform Messari. Last time Ryan was on the podcast, we debated Ether’s properties as a money and the triple point asset thesis. We revisit many of these topics and explore what has changed in the landscape over the past year. However, we also discuss a perhaps more pressing issue: the state of regulation for the industry. Ryan is poised...

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DAOs are heating up. In 2021, the tools and infrastructure surrounding DAOs have taken off at an incredible pace. Digital organizations have the potential to fundamentally change the way we coordinate as a species. We bring on DAO experts Kain Warwick, Cooper Turley, and Tracheopteryx to provide insights into this budding movement. What is different about DAOs? Why are we excited about them? -----...

Jake Chervinsky is fighting on the front lines for the effective regulation of crypto, and he was a key contributor in the efforts to amend the United States Infrastructure Bill, which recently passed the Senate. On this State of the Nation, we discuss the unfolding events in US Legislation, and how we can move forward towards a cooperative and productive regulatory landscape. ------ 🚀 SUBSCRIBE...

Fireblocks is building infrastructure to help businesses adopt digital assets with a suite of products, providing institutions access to DeFi with security and convenience. Last month, Fireblocks raised over $300 million at a $2.2B valuation. CEO Michael Shaulov comes on the Bankless Podcast to explore why institutions are choosing to outsource their crypto-native workflows to an infrastructure co...

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Smart Contract Summit, hosted by Chainlink Labs, is the biggest smart contract event of the year with leading speakers and projects across DeFi, the NFT economy, and the larger blockchain industry. Check out the other discussions here: https://www.smartcontractsummit.io/   ------ 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/   🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com...

Optimism is scaling Ethereum with its open-source Optimistic Rollup. Uniswap recently deployed on Optimistic Ethereum, officially kicking off Ethereum's Scalability Summer. Where does Optimism stand now? What's next? Optimists Ben Jones & Karl Floersch join to talk about working on Ethereum’s hardest problems and pioneering a better future for humanity. ------ 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://n...

Richard Turrin is the best selling author of Innovation Lab Excellence, and recently published his new book Cashless: China's Digital Currency Revolution. This new release covers the story and context of China’s new Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and the innovation happening in that space. In this episode, Richard walks us through the efforts China has made to innovate within its Fintech pla...

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Join the Bankless and EthHub boys as they livestream during the London Hardfork and watch EIP1559 start burning ETH! ------ 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/   🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/   🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCH...

The time has come. With the London Fork just around the corner, the much anticipated EIP-1559 will be implemented. This fundamentally changes the relationship among miners, users, and gas. This panel, moderated by Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko, is set to discuss the macro and micro shifts to the ecosystem. We've talked about this a lot on Bankless, so it's time to hear from experts around the...

Lyn Alden returns to the podcast, this time to discuss Inflation. Founder of Lyn Alden Investments, we keep coming back to Lyn because of her sharp analysis and compelling macro takes. We explore the three types of inflation, how they intersect and affect one another, and what this means for the global outlook of crypto and society. ------ 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.banklesshq....

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NFTs have exploded in 2021, but many coveted pieces are far out of the price range of average DeFi citizens. Enter Fractional, the new protocol for buying, selling, and minting fractions of NFTs. This breaks apart NFTs and allows anyone to unlock NFT liquidity and open the door for community involvement. To detail this step forward in crypto culture, we bring on Fractional lead dev @Andy8052 for a...

Index Coop is a DAO focused on making fully decentralized crypto index products, like the DPI (DeFi Pulse Index). Recently, the Index Coop teamed up with Bankless DAO to launch the BED Index: 1/3 Bitcoin, 1/3 Ether, and 1/3 DPI. Products like these make it easier than ever to get some skin in the game, so Do Your Own Research, and learn why the future of finance is decentralized. For this week's S...