The Delphi Podcast

In this episode, we sit down with James Zhang , Co-founder of Jambo to discuss building the Web3 super app of Africa. We talk about James’ experience of growing up in Africa, challenges with the African market landscape, key partnerships and features on the Jambo app, and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction / James’ background. (00:01:57) – Overview of Jambo. (00:08:00) – The experie...

Continuing our Web3 series, we bring on Jess Sloss , Co-creator of Seed Club , a DAO that builds and invests in communities, to talk about how Web3 is centered around community ownership. We dive into some Seed Club incubated projects, how tokens give power to creators and the community, scaling and mentorship in Seed Club, and much more! Resources:  Jess’ Twitter Seed Club Twitter Seed Club Websi...

Starting off our Web3 series, we sit down with Juan Benet , Founder of Protocol Labs and Co-creator of IPFS & Filecoin , to talk about how Web3 is modeling the course of value and relationships in the economy in a verifiable way. We dive into why software is going to eat economics and law, the formation of global communities, Web2 incumbents’ reactions, and much more! Resources:  Juan’s Twitte...

In this episode, we sit down with Derek Yoo , Co-founder of PureStake , Moonbeam and Moonriver . Moonbeam and Moonriver are generalized EVM-compatible Parachains on Polkadot and Kusama respectively. We dive into the Moonbeam ecosystem, use-cases for application-specific blockchains, building multi-chain dApps, and much more! Social links:  Derek’s Twitter PureStake Twitter Moonbeam Twitter Moonriv...

In this episode, we sit down with Canaan Linder , founder of Stardust , a platform making it easy to create and implement NFTs in games. We discuss Stardust’s core functionality and user experience, building surrounding infrastructure (marketplaces and player wallets), supporting multiple chains, and much more! Resources:  Canaan’s Twitter  Stardust Twitter Stardust Website Delphi Podcast Summarie...

In this episode, we sit down with Ross Ulbricht’s mother, Lyn Ulbricht and his friend, René Pinnell to talk about their journey to free Ross from prison. We discuss the history of Ross and the Silk Road, the charges made against Ross, FreeRossDAO , and much more!  Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction.  (00:07:34) – Ross and the Silk Road. (00:18:23) – Ross’ charges and sentence. (00:24:50) – How...

In this episode, we sit down with security expert Logan from CryoSecurity , a cryptocurrency security consultancy firm. We discuss lesser known attack vectors, social engineering attacks, personal best practices, and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:06:16) – Security horror stories and lesser known attack vectors.  (00:14:48) – Attack vectors that scare Logan. (00:19:56) – So...

In this episode, we sit down with DAO pioneer Simon Judd from Index Coop , a community-led initiative that makes crypto investing simple and accessible through on-chain crypto funds. We dive into Index Coop’s structure, operations, and people, specialization within DAOs, treasury management, and much more!  Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction / Simon’s background. (00:07:46) – The entities &amp...

Brooks Brown , CEO and Co-Founder of  NOR , kicks off the first episode of DISRUPTORS with a presentation on the immanent experience of play and how it translates into meaningful game design for Web3. Brooks has more than 18 years of creative and strategic development in interactive content for the world’s most successful brands and franchises, including Lucasfilm, Lucasarts, Lightstorm Entertainm...

In this episode, we sit down with Emin Gün Sirer , Founder and CEO of Ava Labs , the team behind Avalanche , the smart contracts platform with the fastest time-to-finality in the blockchain industry. We discuss Avalanche subnets, enterprise use-cases, valid criticisms of crypto and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:04:40) – What are Subnets?  (00:13:13) – Enterprise use-cases...

Sohrob Farudi , CEO and Co-founder of Fan Controlled Football , gives us an inside look into FCF and its new Ballerz Collective NFT project that puts fans in control of real life professional sports teams. We cover democratising gameplay decision-making, redesigning the stadium and game rules, introducing social dynamics, and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:01:43) – Issues w...

In this episode, we sit down with Aron Beierschmitt , the CEO and Co-founder of Laguna Games , the team behind Crypto Unicorns , a blockchain game centered around unique Unicorn NFTs that players utilize in a fun farming simulation and Battle Loops including Jousting, Racing, and Team RPG. We discuss building a sustainable play-and-earn economy, integrating social gameplay through neighborhoods, t...

In this episode, we dive deep with DAO power users Ori Shimony and Nestor Amesty from dOrg , a full-stack Web3 development collective, covering DAO ontology and taxonomy, the trade-offs of DAO structures, the future of DAO tooling, and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:00:47) – Guests’ backgrounds.  (00:04:47) – What is a DAO?  (00:07:52) – The non-hierarchical nature of DAOs....

In this episode, we sit down with Tamara Frankel , Founding Partner of D1 Ventures , a crypto asset focused investment and advisory firm that is powering the future of the open economy. We dive into how the Polkadot ecosystem stacks up against Cosmos, the next generation of DeFi (DeFi 3.0), the state of DAOs, and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:01:11) – Tamara’s background....

In this episode, we sit down with Justin Aversano , the creator of Twin Flames and Co-founder of Quantum Art , an on-chain curation platform focused on photographers and their work. We discuss the differences between the crypto art space and the traditional art world, the case for on-chain photography, the collector’s experience on Quantum Art, and much more!  Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introductio...

In this episode, we sit down with Ryan “Fwiz” Wyatt , Head of Gaming at YouTube , who brings years of experience having worked in Major League Gaming, Machinima, and as a competitive gamer himself. Hear from Ryan on the role of Big Tech in the Web3 movement, how the world will transition to blockchain games, Web3’s impact on the creator economy and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction...

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Tarun Chitra , Founder of Gauntlet , a financial modelling platform that uses battle-tested techniques from the algorithmic trading industry to inform on-chain protocol management. The two discuss the intricacies of Gauntlet’s risk models, the future of governance, the state of artificial intelligence, and much more!...

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Sahil Lavingia , Founder of Gumroad , a powerful, but simple, e-commerce platform that helps creators monetize digital products and memberships. The two discuss Sahil’s decision to leave Pinterest, Web3’s edge over Web2, decentralizing Gumroad and shifting to a Web3 model, and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Intr...

The Delphi Podcast Guest Host and NFT/Gaming Analyst Jeremy Parris sits down with Vitomir Jevremovic and Jovan Tisma , Co-founders of ALL.ART , foundational NFT infrastructure built on the Solana blockchain. They discuss metadata, infrastructure, and intellectual property issues around NFTs, the $AART token IDO and NFT drop, VR ALL.ART and much more!  Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:01...

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures  Tom Shaughnessy  sits down with  Francesco George Renzi , CEO and Co-founder of  Superfluid , a protocol building programmable money streams. The two discuss how streaming solves payment problems today, the potential of streaming as a DeFi primitive, using future cash flow for on-chain credit scoring, and much more. Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Intro...

Head of Delphi Labs Jose Maria Macedo sits down with Hyperion , General Manager of PRISM , a protocol that “refracts” digital assets into yield and principal components, enabling the next level of DeFi composability. The two discuss the potential of interest rate derivatives in crypto, projections for principal and yield tokens, the composability of these refracted assets, and much more! Show Note...

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy sits down with angel investor and pseudonymous online persona Bored Elon Musk . Bored started out as an Elon Musk parody account and has grown to having over 1.7M followers today. The two discuss the journey of growing a pseudonymous account, traditional gaming versus Web3 gaming, effective integration of artificial intelligence (AI...

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures  Tom Shaughnessy  sits down with the Lau brothers –  Darren ,  Daryl , and  Zachary Lau , also known as  Not3Lau Capital . They discuss the importance of finding your tribe, how to work effectively with founders, staying up to speed with the markets and much more! Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:01:34) – Guests’ backgrounds. (00:04:43)...

Director of Delphi Research Ashwath Balakrishnan and Delphi Ventures Analyst Avi Zurlo , sit down with Pat Doyle and Greg Magadini , Co-founders of Pink Swan Trading, a crypto data studio. They have in-depth discussions around their products DeGenData , a de-generative NFT data lab, and Genesis Volatility , an institutional grade crypto options analytics platform, and much more! Show Notes:  (00:0...

Delphi Digital’s cross-chain experts, Avi Zurlo and Can Gurel sit down with co-founders, Bryan Pellegrino (CEO) and Ryan Zarick (CTO), of LayerZero Labs , a trustless omnichain interoperability protocol. They discuss building the future of cross-chain communication, solving the bridging trilemma, and Stargate , a cross-chain liquidity network. Show Notes:  (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:00:47) – G...