The DeFi Decoded Podcast

Alex and Andrew discuss the recent surge in the crypto market, particularly in Bitcoin, and how it could be attributed to a shift in market sentiment and more favorable regulatory conditions. Trump's improved election odds and Kamala Harris's interest in crypto are also seen as positive influences. The FTX bankruptcy case concluded with a favorable outcome for users, with creditors set to receive...

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi. Listen in as they discuss a crypto market roundup, major catalysts that could ignite the next leg of the bull market, potential risks that could counter these catalysts, the actual impact the U.S. election outcome will have on the industry, the memecoin supercycle thesis, and more.

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Yannik Schrade, CEO and Co-Founder of Arcium. Listen in as they discuss what Arcium is building and its importance for public blockchain networks, how it compares to traditional L1s, its relationship to zero-knowledge proofs, the new use cases it unlocks for decentralized AI, how it works from a techni...

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Alfred Tom, Executive Director and Board Member of OMA3. Listen in as they discuss the core differences between an open and closed metaverse, Alfred's journey into the space, OMA3's 100+ members and their reasons for joining the consortium, the complexities involved in building metaverse standards, the...

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi. Listen in as they discuss the impact of rate cuts on the crypto market in the near and long term, the current phase of the unwinding of the Yen carry trade, Arthur Hayes' thesis on an imminent market collapse, the potential liquidity effect if China distributes a fresh stimulus package, the deteriorating ETH/BTC ratio,...

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Andrei Poliakov, Founder of APX Lending. Listen in as they discuss the state of the crypto market and what's next, the extreme bearish sentiment that has emerged, the level of demand for crypto-backed loans, an overview of APX Lending and its various offerings, its key counterparties and liquidity prov...

Join Andrew Young as he decodes the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Fabian Gompf, CEO of the Web3 Foundation. Tune in as they discuss Fabian's journey into the space and his current role, the Web3 Foundation's various functions, Polkadot's evolution since its inception and long-term vision, the significance of Polkadot's JAM chain, the current DeFi landscape on Polkadot, the functionalit...

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Yorke Rhodes III, Co-Founder of Blockchain at Microsoft. Listen in as they discuss Yorke's journey at Microsoft and in blockchain, leadership's thoughts on embracing new technologies and whether an internal consensus exists, whether public blockchain networks are ready to handle enterprise-grade applic...

Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Brett Winton, Chief Futurist of ARK. Listen in as they discuss ARK's evolution of thinking on disruptive technologies since their inception in 2014, their initial thesis on Tesla in the early days and how it's coming to fruition, current issues with the automotive sector and its potential future transformation, how the...

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Roneil Rumburg, Co-Founder and CEO of Audius. Listen in as they discuss the current state of play for creators, issues with today's streaming business models, the future of music content monetization, the underlying economics of Audius and creators' take rate versus Web2 alternatives, the Audius' owner...

Join Andrew Young as he decodes the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Joey Vidi, VP of Sales and Trading at FRNT Financial. Listen in as they discuss Joey's background and journey into the space, the primary drivers of the global market sell off earlier this week and its impact on crypto, the next few months and what might follow, an analysis of the Ethereum ETF launch and flows throughout...

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Susannah Evans, IBC Product Lead, of the Interchain Foundation. Listen in as they discuss Susannah's journey from attaining a Ph. D in Manufacturing Engineering to working within the blockchain space, her experience working at Zero-Knowledge Validator, the Interchain Foundation's core mission and struc...

Join Andrew Young as he decodes the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guests Terry Chung, Head of Strategy, and Ren Yu Kong, Growth Marketer, of Eclipse. Listen in as they discuss their backgrounds and journeys into the space, Eclipse in simple terms and how it stands out from other layer 2 networks, a comparison of the Solana Virtual Machine and the Ethereum Virtual Machine, Eclipse's approach...

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi. Listen in as they discuss the "Trump Pump" in the crypto markets this past week following the assassination attempt last weekend, the authenticity of Trump's promises to support and embrace the crypto industry in America, the differing views that Democrats and Republicans have on big and little tech, how successful the...

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 with special guest Tom Dunleavy, Managing Partner at MV Capital. Listen in as they discuss the impact of BTC selling from Mt. Gox and the German government, the potential buying pressure when FTX claim holders are repaid in Q4, the current market dynamics and future outlook, MV Capital and Tom's management of their VC Web3 fund,...

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3. Listen in as they discuss the large disparity in U.S. presidential election odds between general pundits in the mainstream media and peer-to-peer prediction markets, its connection to James Surowiecki's 'The Wisdom of Crowds' novel, SX Network's recent quarterly report and major updates, USDC's official compliance with the Europ...

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Kendall Cole, Founder of Proximity Labs. Listen in as they discuss Kendall's journey into the space, his key learnings from working at Consensys, Proximity Labs' purpose and mission, NEAR's unique value proposition and its main types of dApps, creating an open internet of value, the state of DeFi in th...

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Alex's key takeaways from Coinbase's Institutional Summit in New York last week, the evolution of Wall Street's thinking on Web3, the early days of crypto versus airdrops today, whether an institutional L2 frenzy is on the horizon as Coinbase's Base continues to shine, the idea of altcoin dispe...

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi. Listen in as they discuss what's going on in the broader market, NVIDIA's ever-growing dominance and its comparison to Cisco Systems during the dot com era, the pendulum moving from infrastructure to applications with all these newly announced grant programs, which adoption phase we're likely in, Telegram's TON layer 1...

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi. Listen in as they discuss the growing political spotlight on crypto ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential election in November, how this may influence Canada's approach on the industry, the net impact that the Ethereum ETFs might have, the strong fundamentals of the Ethereum network, whether layer 2s are good or bad f...

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Molly Mackinlay, Head of Engineering, Product, & Research Development at Protocol Labs. Listen in as they discuss Molly's journey from working at Google to in Web3, Filecoin's origin and where it stands today, core reasons why projects are using it, the provenance of data within artificial intelligence...

Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Hunter Horsley, Co-Founder and CEO of Bitwise Asset Management. Listen in as they discuss Hunter's busy week with the Ethereum ETF decision deadline, the accelerating momentum of developing policy around digital assets, the broad bipartisan support for the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, em...

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Jacquelyn Melinek, Co-Founder and CEO of Token Relations. Listen in as they discuss Jacquelyn's experience as a crypto reporter, the craziest story she ever covered, why she left the world of journalism to become a founder, the current problem with projects' communications, how Token Relations help enh...

Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Sarah Milby, Head of Policy at the Blockchain Association. Listen in as they discuss the Blockchain Association's origin and the progress they've made, what good Web3 policy looks like, the current state of stablecoin legislation in the United States, crypto on the ballot with the upcoming election, whether this can bec...

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi. Listen in as they discuss a crypto market roundup with this past month being the worst since the FTX collapse, simple explanations of staking and restaking, EigenLayer and its airdrop controversy, the evolution of token distribution models, ideas on how these could look in the future, and more!