Show Me The Crypto

Maika Isogawa is the CEO and Founder of Webacy, which helps users secure their digital assets for the unexpected. Born in the Tokyo suburb of Musashi-Koganei, Maika grew up in both Japan and Minnesota, before she eventually went on to: attend Stanford University, join Cirque du Soleil, work as a cybersecurity engineer with Microsoft, co-found Webacy, become an international TV reporter for Earthsh...

Brett Shear, aka “Blockchain Brett,” is a founder, collector and investor who began working with ConsenSys in 2016 and discovered NFTs in late 2017. Today, Brett is Co-Founder and Partner of Palm Tree Crew Crypto, which is a thesis-driven venture fund for the crypto creator economy, and he is one of the most trusted and knowledgable voices in the Web3 Music scene. -- Our "OG Fan" NFT is still avai...

Wilson Wei is Co-Founder of CyberConnect. A graduate of UC Berkeley, Wilson discovered crypto in early 2017 and quickly got involved in the space by creating a decentralized content economy called LINO blockchain, and then launching DLive, which was the first decentralized live-streaming platform. CyberConnect is a decentralized social graph protocol returning data ownership back to users and help...

ZachXBT is an independent on-chain sleuth who is focused on exposing bad actors in the crypto space. Zach’s work is clearly appreciated by the community, as he has quickly grown his Twitter following to more than 275,000. In this interview, Zach will be using a voice modifier to protect his identity. -- Our "OG Fan" NFT is still available! There will only ever be one of this version... and you can...

Anthony Sassano is an independent Ethereum educator and a second-time guest of Show Me The Crypto. Those who know Anthony's work may be shocked to learn Ethereum wasn't even on his radar for the first year-and-a-half of its existence; however, when Anthony finally discovered ETH in early 2017, he dove in head first and made it his life’s focus. In 2019, Anthony Co-Founded EthHub and in 2020 he lau...

On this episode we're joined by Sam Huber, CEO of LandVault. In 2017, long before the Metaverse was on most people’s radar, Sam was actively purchasing virtual land. Since then, he has become passionate about helping brands understand and enter the Metaverse. Sam is also a Forbes and VentureBeat contributor, and he is owner of Good Morning Web3. -- Our "OG Fan" NFT is still available! There will o...

Prerna Gupta is Founder & CEO of Mysterious, which is a video NFT platform with a mission of helping the world's best experimental audio and visual artists realize the full value of their art. Throughout her career over the past two decades, Prerna has built consumer apps in Web1, Web2 and now Web3 that have collectively reached more than a billion people. Fast Company named Prerna one of the...

Daniel Allan is a producer and artist who is bridging the gap between EDM and pop music. Less than 15 months ago, Daniel minted his first music NFT and since then he has raised 50 ETH for his EP "Overstimulated," sold 26 1/1s on Catalog, sold 175 editions on Sound, dropped a generative collection on Beat Foundry, played his first headline show in LA and, if all of that's not enough, Daniel drops h...

Cooper Turley is an operator, investor and advisor whose passion lies at the intersection of music and Web3. Cooper is focused on identifying trends early on and helping creators and musicians understand and leverage Web3 to build deeper, more meaningful connections with their fans. -- Our "OG Fan" NFT is here! There will only ever be one of this version... and you can be the owner! https://opense...

Paul Puey is CEO and Co-Founder of Edge, which is a self-custody crypto exchange and security platform. Paul’s wide-ranging career path took him on a journey from a lead engineering position with NVIDIA to owner of several non-technical small businesses. Paul’s experience as first an architect then a user of tech allowed him to quickly grasp the concept of Bitcoin in 2013, and he has been building...

In the early 2000s, bestselling author Ben Mezrich wrote "Bringing Down the House," which was turned into the movie "21." Seven years later he wrote "The Accidental Billionaires," which was brought to the big screen as "The Social Network." The Accidental Billionaires introduced the world to the Winklevoss Twins, who became the protagonists of Ben's 21st book: Bitcoin Billionaires. The book also l...

Camila Russo is our second-ever returning guest. Beyond being Chiefess at the Defiant, Camila is Executive Director of the world’s first Hollywood movie about Ethereum: The Infinite Machine. The Infinite Machine movie will be a screen adaptation of the book Camila wrote about Ethereum (published in 2020), which focuses on the human story behind the blockchain’s birth. -- Our "OG Fan" NFT is here!...

Amber Vittoria is a New York-based artist and Forbes 30 under 30 recipient. Hailing from Patterson, New York, Amber discovered her passion for art at an early age. After graduating Boston University’s College of Fine Arts with a major in graphic design, Amber went on to work at Victoria's Secret and VaynerMedia before shifting into freelance full time. In early 2021, Amber entered the NFT scene an...

Casey Lau, co-host of The Hyper Room, has spent many years building communities around the world, from local meet-ups to international conferences. His passion for Pop Culture and Web3 has given birth to The Hyper Room: a podcast and community covering everything from entertainment NFTs and DeFi to comics, toys and anime projects entering into the space. His first NFT project is called The DeviA.N...

Elliot Hill is Communications Director for Verasity. Based in the mountains of Snowdonia in Northwestern Wales, Elliot has been in the crypto space since 2016, and previously worked with the Cardano Foundation, Chainlink, and several other projects. On Jan.1, 2022, Elliot joined Verasity, which is on a mission is to significantly increase engagement and monetization for video publishers on any pla...

Obie Fernandez is Co-Founder and CEO of RCRDSHP.  Obie's passion lies within the Venn Diagram where music and technology overlap. With music being the foundation of Obie's earliest memories, he purchased his first turntable at the age of 14, which kickstarted his lifelong obsession with DJing. RCRDSHP is a curated digital collectibles platform, built for the music industry and validated by bl...

Desiree Dickerson is Co-Founder and CEO of THNDR Games, which is on a mission to accelerate the adoption of Bitcoin by orange-pilling one mobile gamer at a time. While studying Biophysics and Physiology in grad school, Desiree stumbled upon a Reddit Dogecoin thread and became enamoured with the memeing and trolling antics of the community. With Doge as a gateway drug, it didn’t take long for Desir...

Sophia Pervez is co-founder of Superfandom, which is a platform that allows creators, influencers and celebrities to issue utility-filled NFTs to their biggest fans, which often include real-world experiences. A former IBM engineer, Sophia is passionate about connecting creators and their fans in meaningful ways via NFT technology. -- Our "OG Fan" NFT is here! There will only ever be one of this v...

Amit Gajjala is Co-Founder of Stader Labs. Born and raised in India, Amit didn't discover crypto's potential until 2019; however, it didn't take him long to dive in head first. Along with his co-founder Sidhartha Doddipalli, Amit built Stader Labs with the ultimate vision of onboarding the next billion into the staking ecosystem. -- Our "OG Fan" NFT is here! There will only ever be one of this ver...

John Attanasio is co-founder of Toonstar, which is a Web3 animation studio that recently partnered with Mila Kunis's Sixth Wall to launch a brand new NFT animated series called The Gimmicks. John is a former Warner Bros. digital media executive who is currently on a mission to democratize animation for storytellers. -- Our "OG Fan" NFT is here! There will only ever be one of this version... and yo...

Alex Svanevik is CEO of Nansen, which is a blockchain analytics platform that analyzes more than 100 million labelled wallets and their activity on all major blockchains. Nansen recently released its 2021 State of the Crypto Industry Report, and Alex joined us to share some of the key findings. -- Our "OG Fan" NFT is here! There will only ever be one of this version... and you can be the owner! &n...

Jeremy Jenson is Co-Founder of DeadHeads, which is the first-ever multimedia brand that gives verifiable ownership of its intellectual property to its fanbase by utilizing NFT technology. The animated series follows a character named Damien who, early in Episode 1, is quoted as saying: "It wasn't until I died that I found a reason to live." With Jeremy's background in film and marketing and his ot...

NFT artist FVCKRENDER came up with his artistic alias out of frustration seven years ago while doing 3D art with a primitive MacBook Pro, which sometimes took up to an hour to render one frame. While impatience formed a catchy nickname, FVCKRENDER's patience in perfecting his craft over the past several years has resulted in him becoming one of the most successful NFT artists in the space. -- Our...

Josh Neuroth is Head of Product with Ankr. In April 2021, Josh left his seven-year career in the data center and digital infrastructure provider space to join Ankr, which has a mission of making crypto and Web3 adoption easy. Josh recently Tweeted: Just like how every company is already a tech company, someday every company will be a Web3 company. -- Our "OG Fan" NFT is here! There will only ever...

Tegan Kline is co-founder and business lead of Edge & Node, the initial team behind The Graph, which is an index protocol for searching networks such as Ethereum. With a background in traditional finance, Tegan is a cryptocurrency expert and business development savant who is an advocate for personal freedoms and empowerment through shifting paradigms of wealth and access to information. -- &n...