Web3 with Sam Kamani

In this episode of the Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast, I am interviewing Karen Shidlo from Fiat24. Fiat24 is a next generation Web3 bank based out of Switzerland. And since Karen works as their Chief Marketing Officer, a lot of my conversation is based around marketing and growing a brand in Web3. So if you are also building a brand in Web3 or interested in learning how Web3 is impacting finance the...

In this episode of the Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast, I am interviewing Simon the founder of Chain flip. Chainflip is a cross-chain swapping software protocol. Simon has been involved in this industry for the last 7 years. In this discussion we talk about. Vulnerabilities in the crypto market Role of centralized exchanges Why are Bridges so vulnerable? Smart Contracts FTX Silvergate Grayscale capit...

In episode 55 of the Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast, I am talking with Matt Lobel who is the founder of Playn.co PLAYN is bringing blockchain gaming to the masses by creating fun games, dropping barriers to entry, and providing value to its token holders. In this conversation we talk about why so many Web3 games fail. Why do people hate pay to win mechanics? How “play to earn” makes everything borin...

In episode 54 of the Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast, I am talking with Aleyna Dogan. She is the founder of NFTimes newsletter, used to work for Vayner 3 a Gary V company. She is an entrepreneur and writer. You can read her academic writing on medium and subscribe to her newsletter about news in crypto art scene here: nftimes.substack.com In this conversation we talk about topics such as why there ar...

In episode 53 of the Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast, I am talking with Arjun Kalsy, the VP of Growth for Polygon. Polygon is one of the worlds largest Blockchain/Crypto projects with Market Cap over $8Billion at the time of recording this podcast. Polygon believes in Web3 for all. Polygon is a decentralised Ethereum scaling platform that enables developers to build scalable user-friendly dApps with...

In episode 52 of the Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast, I am talking with Kaavya Prasad, The founder and CEO of Lumos Labs. So what does the lumos labs do? They encourage the builders of Web3. How do they do that? They run a series of workshops, hackathons and training events while collaborating with larger chains, universities and government organizations. Just like Lumos Labs I also believe that the...

In episode 51 of the Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast, I am talking with Jonathon Miller, The Managing Director of Kraken. Kraken is one of the giant crypto exchanges, they have over 3300 employees and have done billions in transaction volume, a few months ago they were valued at $11B. And just like most Web3 companies they are remote first. This podcast episode was a bit harder to name because we tal...

In episode 50 of the Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast, I am talking about DAO’s with the founder and CEO of Tally. What is Tally? Tally helps you find or create DAOs in minutes. In this episode we talk about why DAOs are a game changer and you should be paying attention to them. From raising money to real estate to corporate governance, DAO’s are going to change the business landscape in coming years....

In episode 49 of the Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast, I have an exciting guest for you. I interviewed Rebekah Jenkins, the founder of TMN Global. TMNG is a token based on the Ethereum Blockchain, enabling easier access between strategic assets and cryptocurrency. One of the reasons why I was excited to talk with Rebekah is the utility their project provides. I often surf through the interwebs looking...

In the episode 48 of the Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast, I interview Alex Ship, he is the Chief Strategy Officer of Offshift.io Offshift is pioneering #PriFi with the world’s first Private Derivatives Platform. 1:1 Collateralization, Zero slippage, Zero liquidations - we promise. #zkAssets are here. In this wide ranging conversation, we talk about Privacy Tornado cash Crypto mixers Whales Crypto tra...

In the episode 47 of the Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast, I interview Anton Bernstein, he is the founder and CEO of Pocket Worlds, Pocket Worlds is a metaverse company that focuses on the power of play and creativity to connect people. They build deep, rich worlds that are social by design and last for decades. Their first metaverse, Highrise, is a creative virtual world where people make avatars, ex...

If you are involved in Web3 in any way you have heard about the Merge. Ethereum merge has been talked about for the last 4 years. It finally happened yesterday and this episode is one episode you need to listen to understand and learn more about the merge. What it means, how it works, what are its implications. And in this episode I am joined by Matt Cutler the founder and CEO of Blocknative. Matt...

On the episode 45 of the Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast I am interviewing Harjit Singh, he is the Head of partnerships at Rainshine, Rainshine is A Web3-based, creator-first digital entertainment company Rainshine develops new ways for creators to engage with audiences and build profitable, enduring content communities. In this episode we talk about how they are planning to disrupt the content creat...

On the episode 44 of the Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast I am interviewing Daniel Liebeskind, he is the founder and CEO of Topia, a platform for creative visual experiences that inspire authentic human connection. From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, Daniel’s mission is to foster human connection through technology. He has been building offline communities his whole life and originally became an entre...

Data is the key to the success of the Internet. It powers the largest technology companies today and it will tomorrow. Web3 is no different. Companies that can transform and utilize blockchain data will be the leaders in the next generation of the internet. But managing and extracting data from blockchains is near impossible. This is the problem that SubQuery is solving, Subquery is an efficient c...

What if there was a platform where you could create and share your Bots that automate all your Defi and NFT trading activities. Breno and his team are building a Nocode platform that provides this facility. Boto.io is The no-code automation platform for creating and sharing bots that automate your crypto, NFT and other blockchain or DeFi activities. And in this wide ranging conversation we talk ab...

What would make the Web3 ecosystem explode? How can we revolutionize advertising and loyalty points? What are the challenges of building a startup in Web3 compared to Web2? These are some of the questions Charlie Silver, my guest for this episode answers. He is currently the chairman of Permission.io, he has founded and exited multiple startups and he has fantastic insights. This is an episode for...

There are hundreds of Web3 games that are going to not make it through the Crypto Winter. Only the games that are engaging and fun are going to survive. One such game that I have high hopes for is Life Beyond. Life Beyond is a play & earn massive multiplayer role playing game with fun action gameplay combined with self-expression, content creation and social experience on the blockchain. Life...

First of all, I am giving away some free tickets to the NFT Expoverse event. To get these tickets, just subscribe to this podcast, follow me on Twitter and dm me. I always like hearing from you. Now about today’s episode. I interviewed Ryan Hertel, the Social Media Manager for ZJ Events and Felipe Vargas the Community manager for ZJ events. During my interview I found out how to get traction if yo...

Do you know that Blockchain, crypto and Web3 are used very differently in Africa to the rest of the world. There is no better proof of that then, when it comes to mobile payments, countries like Kenya lead the rest of the world. Today I have with me Jay Shapiro, who is the founder of Pan Africa Gaming Group and Usiku games. He has worked all around the world and he is currently based in Kenya wher...

Let’s say you are one the few people in the world who bought an NFT that is now worth a lot. Maybe you own doodles or BAYC or Cypto Funks. These sorts of digital assets are worth a lot but they are not liquid, not the easiest to sell or do anything with it? Let’s say you saw an incredible investment opportunity or need money urgently for some reason but your funds are stuck in NFTs which you might...

Unless you live under a rock you have heard about all the scams, phishing and other security threats that exist on the internet, especially on Web3. Maybe you even know people who have lost funds or data due to security issues. So my question is how do you protect yourself in this wild wild west environment, where so much of the responsibility for security is now handed back to the user. Or maybe...

In this episode of Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast I interview Abe Gottesman, Abe is the CMO of Silks game. "Silks is the first derivative play-to-earn metaverse that mirrors the real world of thoroughbred horse racing. In short, Silks will take the public data/stats of real thoroughbred racehorses and link them to NFTs. In this Abe and I talk about changes of working in Web3, How to build a communit...

Recently I was listening to Dharmesh Shah, the founder of Hubspot and he said that overtime markets become more efficient. They become more efficient because sooner or later products come up that connect the buyer and seller in a more efficient way. That’s when I thought about Crypto Guilds immediately. In this episode of Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast I interview Jeremie Henicz the co-founder of Cr...

Chris Zhu is building a game matrix with AI-powered virtual beings, the Mirror, fighting along with the players in the game universe. Mirrors are fully interoperable across all the Play-To-Earn games in their matrix. This means that anyone with a pass can use it to access any of them. In this wide ranging conversation we talk about Web3 gaming Solana or Ethereum Play to earn gaming Blockchain gami...