Talking Tokens

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Yat Siu, chairman and co-founder of Animoca Brands. Jacquelyn and Yat talk about intellectual property rights, owning your content online and how social media inhibits that, the future of web3 and how Animoca’s Mocaverse will play a role in that. ======================= Follow Yat: https://x.com/ysiu Follow Animoca Brands: Follow Ja...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital. Jacquelyn and Tom talk about the current market cycle’s array of crypto startups, sectors he’s watching and interested in investing in, the state of crypto VC, his best investments, advice and more. ======================= Follow Tom: https://x.com/tomhschmidt Follow Dragonfly: http...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Alena Shmalko, ecosystem lead at TON Foundation. Jacquelyn and Alena talk about TON’s explosive growth in 2024, ecosystem developments for tap-to-earn, DeFi and gaming sectors as well as Telegram’s partnership with the chain long term. ======================= Follow Alena: https://x.com/alenka_w3 Follow TON: https://x.com/ton_blockc...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson, co-founders of Framework Ventures. Jacquelyn, Vance and Michael talk about how the crypto VC landscape has changed, what deals they’re most proud of, the crypto and AI sector, new blockchains this cycle and how the spot ETH ETF can impact the broader ecosystem. ======================= Follow Micha...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Jesse Pollak, creator of Base. Jacquelyn and Jesse talk about Base nearing its one-year anniversary, the chain migrating to decentralization, the role Coinbase and Optimism’s Superchain play in growing Base, his goal to bring billions of people onchain and more. ======================= Follow Jesse: https://x.com/jessepollak/ Follow...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Rich Rines, initial contributor at Core DAO. Jacquelyn and Rich talk about Core Foundation’s new dual staking model, the growth of BTCfi, scaling the Bitcoin ecosystem and more. ======================= Follow Rich: https://x.com/richrines Follow Core DAO: https://x.com/coredao_org Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Fo...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by John Linden, CEO of Mythical Games. Jacquelyn and John talk about the state of web3 gaming, how it has evolved over the years, NFL Rivals bringing in millions of traditional gamers and Mythical Games’ partnering with Pudgy Penguins to launch a new game. ======================= Follow John: https://x.com/johnwastaken Follow Mythical...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Deana Burke, the co-founder of Boys Club. Jacquelyn and Deana talk about the evolution of Boys Club, onboarding non-web3 people, building communities with intention and the vibes at EthCC. ======================= Follow Deana: https://x.com/medeana Follow Natasha: https://x.com/natashaghoskins Follow Boys Club: https://x.com/boysclu...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Will Nuelle, general partner at Galaxy Ventures. Jacquelyn and Will talk about the firm’s investment strategy, what he looks for in startups, his blockspace thesis and how he views crypto payments, among other topics. ======================= Follow Will: https://x.com/willnuelle Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Foll...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Matty Taylor, co-founder and GP at Colosseum. Jacquelyn and Matty talk about the Solana developer ecosystem, its growth of hackathons, what he looks for in a founder as well as how organizations like his can help non crypto native developers get into web3. ======================= Follow Matty: https://x.com/mattytay Follow Colosseum...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Keone Hon, co-founder and CEO of Monad Labs. Jacquelyn and Keone talk about why he co-founded Monad, how to compete in a competitive L1 landscape, why it’s focused on scaling the EVM, the importance of community and more. ======================= Follow Keone: https://x.com/keoneHD Follow Monad: https://x.com/monad_xyz Follow Jacquel...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Marshall Hayner, CEO and co-founder of Metallicus and board member at The Dogecoin Foundation. Jacquelyn and Marshall talk about his journey into the crypto space over a decade ago, why he launched Metallicus and its banking-focused layer-2 blockchain Metal and his role at the Dogecoin Foundation and the growth of Dogecoin and memec...

For this week’s Tuesday episode, we’re sharing our Aptos quarterly webinar that was with Mo Shaikh, the co-founder and CEO of Aptos Labs. Aptos had a very eventful quarter, with a peak total daily transactions surpassing 154M last month, making it the highest metric across any platform. We discuss growth, DeFi: ecosystems & developers, partnerships, and the future of Aptos. There was also Q&am...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Guy Young, founder of Ethena Labs. Jacquelyn and Guy talk about how Ethena Labs came to be, the launch of its USDe stablecoin and $ENA token as well as its near-term roadmap and tokenomics for both digital assets. ======================= Follow Ethena Labs: https://x.com/ethena_labs Follow Guy: https://x.com/leptokurtic_ Follow Jacq...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Anthony Moro, CEO of the Provenance Blockchain Foundation and ProvLabs. Jacquelyn and Anthony talk about his career shift from TradFi to the blockchain world, how institutions are looking at blockchain technology, the launch of its SaaS and blockchain development company ProvLabs and the future of tokenization and use cases onchain....

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Matej Zak, CEO of the hardware crypto wallet Trezor. Jacquelyn and Matej talk about the 10-year evolution of Trezor and its new Safe 5 product, why self custodying is important, how the security space is evolving and where he sees the company going in the future. ======================== - Follow Matej: https://x.com/matej_zak - Fol...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Austin King, co-founder of Omni Network. Jacquelyn and Austin talk about the Omni Network and the journey to building out the blockchain and its community, how it plans to integrate applications across Ethereum, its plans for scaling the network and its ecosystem and more. ==================== - Follow Austin: https://x.com/0xASK -...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Harry Zhang, co-founder of Galxe and the podcast’s newest sponsor! Jacquelyn and Harry talk about Galxe’s suite of web3 products, its new layer-1 blockchain Gravity, the importance of user accessibility and the company’s road map ahead. ==================== Today’s episode is brought to you by Gravity, the layer-1 blockchain created...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Johann Kerbrat, general manager of crypto at Robinhood. Jacquelyn and Johann talk about Robinhood’s $200 million acquisition of crypto exchange Bitstamp, the company’s European expansion and long term plans in the digital asset space. Links: - Follow Johann: https://x.com/johannkerbrat - Follow Robinhood: https://x.com/RobinhoodApp...

For this week’s Thursday   episode, we’re sharing our Optimism quarterly webinar that was with Optimism’s chief growth officer Ryan Wyatt and Zora co-founder Dee Goens, one of the networks built on the open-source OP Stack and is maintained by the Optimism Collective. We discuss the Superchain’s growth in Q2 and how big it wants to become long term, as well as the process for funding ecosystem pla...

For this week’s Tuesday episode we’re airing the Token Relations’ quarterly webinar focused on the Avalanche ecosystem and featuring Ava Labs president John Wu. The current bull market is rubbing off positively on Avalanche as the network surpassed $1 billion in total value locked this quarter, for the first time since November 2022. Avalanche has also seen substantial growth in sectors like web3...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Dermot O’Riordan, director at the POKT Network Foundation. Jacquelyn and Dermot talk about the evolution of decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN) and what’s needed to expand the sector in web3. They also discuss building demand for DePIN protocols, POKT Network’s long term plan and what types of use cases Dermot is...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Robbie Ferguson, co-founder and president of Immutable. Jacquelyn and Robbie talk about all things in web3 gaming: how the industry is evolving, what types of games he expects to succeed in the near term and major developments on Immutable’s platform. Links: - Follow Robbie: https://x.com/0xferg - Follow Immutable: https://x.com/imm...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Antoni Zolciak, co-founder of Aleph Zero. Jacquelyn and Antoni dive into the importance of privacy on blockchains, how the sector has evolved over the years, A0’s new private decentralized exchange, Common, and which areas could see the most growth with ZK technology. Links: Follow Antoni: https://twitter.com/AntoniZolciak Follow Al...

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Denelle Dixon, CEO Stellar Development Foundation. Jacquelyn and Denelle dive into Stellar’s 10 year journey, Soroban’s roadmap since launching on mainnet, real world utility for web3-based payments, DeFi and more. Links: Follow Denelle: https://twitter.com/DenelleDixon Follow Stellar: https://twitter.com/stellarorg Follow Jacquelyn...