Talking Tokens with Jacquelyn Melinek

Talking Tokens

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Talking Tokens is StrataMedia's flagship podcast and newsletter, delivering two episodes per week to a rapidly growing global audience of crypto-native and traditional finance professionals. We’ve been nominated for multiple awards and have become one of the most-watched crypto podcasts in the market. Hosted by Jacquelyn Melinek, an award-nominated podcaster, founder & CEO of StrataMedia, and former senior crypto reporter at TechCrunch. For more updates, subscribe to the Talking Tokens newsletter here: https://talkingtokens.beehiiv.com/ Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens

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Talking Tokens with Jacquelyn Melinek

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Scott Shapiro | Coinbase Director On Building The World's Crypto App 16.05.2024 43:32

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Scott Shapiro, senior director of product management at Coinbase. They discuss Coinbase’s suite of products, what advanced traders want more of, how the spot bitcoin ETF impacted the industry and when will crypto get its watershed moment to onboard the masses. Links: - Follow Scott: https://twitter.com/scottshapiro - Follow Coinbase...

Nikil Viswanathan | Building A Crypto Platform For 1 Billion Users 14.05.2024 49:15

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Nikil Viswanathan, co-founder and CEO of Alchemy. Jacquelyn and Nikil dive into Alchemy’s origin story, what it’s like to scale a business and maintain a culture, which blockchains developers are focused on today and how crypto and blockchain technology can impact all businesses in the long term. Links: Follow Nikil: https://twit...

Alex Felix | Inside The Mind Of A Long-Time Crypto VC 09.05.2024 46:47

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Alex Felix, the managing partner and chief investment officer of CoinFund. They dive into how Alex entered the crypto space from a TradFi background, how competitive the investor landscape is today, what projects he’s most interested in, Telegram’s deeper dive into the crypto space and the crypto venture capital market heating up. E...

Qiao Wang | Alliance DAO Founder Explains Crypto Success Through Bull vs Bear Markets 07.05.2024 41:22

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Qiao Wang, founding member of Alliance DAO, a web3 accelerator program. Its most recent cohort All12 had its demo day showcasing its 12 graduates on May 2. Startups that take part in the program receive a $350,000 investment from Alliance as well as introductions to VCs and mentorship from some of the industry’s biggest leaders. Jac...

Zedd Yin on Magic Eden's Bitcoin Bet: Runes Platform Hits $56M Volume! 02.05.2024 40:50

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Zhuoxun ‘Zedd’ Yin, co-founder of the NFT marketplace Magic Eden. At the time of our podcast recording, Yin shared Magic Eden's Runes platform volume was $12 million, so it has increased 366% in less than a week to $56 million at the time of publication, signaling extremely strong demand for Runes infrastructure through the mark...

Anthony Pompliano | Launching Token Relations: A Breakdown of Why We Created This 30.04.2024 36:28

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Anthony Pompliano, a long-time entrepreneur and investor. The two recently co-founded Token Relations, a firm focused on connecting blockchains and crypto projects with their ecosystems and token holders. They dive into why they created Token Relations, how the business fits into the industry and what blockchains and crypto projects...