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194. Insights: What is the impact of AI on social media and web3? Aug 23, 2023

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gm. Mauricio Magaldi and Cuy Sheffield are back this weekfor more Insights into AI.

This week we’re taking a look in the direction of web3 and web2 social media. What happens when most of our feeds and timelines are AI generated? Can audiences tell, and if not, should they be able to? What risks does this pose? And what does this mean for authenticity?

To discuss all of this and more, we are also joined by some amazing guests:

Zachary Edwards, Content Lead & Community Manager at Subsocial
Naveen Jain, Co-Founder of Tari Labs

Just a quick reminder - nothing we share here is legal, tax or financial advice. Views or opinions expressed by the panel are their own and do not necessarily reflect the view of the entities they are representing.

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Special Guests: Naveen Jain and Zachary Edwards.

193. Insights: Checking in on our 2023 predictions Aug 09, 2023

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gm. Mauricio Magaldi and Cuy Sheffield are back this week for more Insights!

In this show, we wanted to revisit one of our favourite episodes - Predictions 2023. As we have just passed the halfway mark of this year, we wanted to take a peek at some of the things we predicted would happen this year, and see - what did we predict correctly? What did we get completely wrong? What still has potential to materialise in the next few months leading up to 2024? Join us for the recap!

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192. Insights: A new world of functionality - a Smart Tokens case study Jul 26, 2023

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gm. Mauricio Magaldi and Cuy Sheffield are back this week for more Insights - this time on the vast world of Smart Tokens!

According to CoinMarketGap’s definition, ‘Smart tokens are simply regular tokens that not only transmit value they contain but also all the information needed to execute a transaction simultaneously’. While that’s accurate, we feel like they are so much more - and that’s why we want to take a deep dive into this topic with some incredible guests.

Join us while we take a look at what exactly smart tokens are, how they came along, how they work, and what they mean for web3!

We are also joined by some amazing guests:

Cam Thompson, Web3 reporter, Coindesk
Mathew Sweezey, Advisor and Investor, former Co-Founder at Salesforce web3 Studio

This episode is sponsored by Visa.

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Special Guests: Cam Thompson and Mathew Sweezey.

191. Insights: Rewind: How do you know it's web3? Jul 12, 2023

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gm. Mauricio Magaldi and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to explore one of the key conceptual primitives - ownership.

To give you a better glimpse of ownership in web3 means, we are opening up the archives and we’re bringing you a fantastic show from July 2022.

So what really is web3 ownership? How is this different from web2 ownership and What technologies enable this shift in gravity? Join us while we discuss some real world financial use cases, and what we might expect of the future.

We are also joined by some amazing guests:

Chris Maddern, Co-Founder & CEO, Floor NFTs
Shailee Adinolfi, Head of Business Development and Partnerships, XMTP Labs

This episode is sponsored by Visa.

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Special Guests: Chris Maddern and Shailee Adinolfi.

190. Insights: AI and chatbots are shaking up the crypto space Jun 28, 2023

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gm. Mauricio Magaldi and Cuy Sheffield are back this week for more Insights.

We have started diving deeper into the topic of AI lately, and there’s SO much to explore, as it continues to make more and more headlines.

So for today’s insights, we want to take a look at something that feels inevitable - AI chatbots in the crypto space.

We are also joined by an amazing guest:

David Morris, Chief Insights Columnist, Coindesk

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Special Guest: David Morris.

189. Insights: Why crypto in Argentina is "unstoppable" Jun 14, 2023

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gm. Mauricio Magaldi and Cuy Sheffield are back this week for another deep dive.

In this weeks' episode - bienvenidos a la Argentina!

Join us while we explore how the past couple of years have shaped this country’s crypto sector, what exciting new projects and initiatives are coming out of Argentina, the challenges they face, and as always- what we hope to see in the near future!

We are also joined by some amazing guests:

Eduardo Novillo Astrada, CEO & Co-Founder, Agrotoken
Marcelo Cavazzoli, Founder & CEO, Lemon Cash

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Special Guests: Eduardo Novillo Astrada and Marcelo Cavazzoli.

188. News: Worldcoin, Airstack, and Crypto.com's chatbot – how AI and Blockchain are colliding May 31, 2023

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gm. Mauricio Magaldi and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in the world of crypto, including:

Airstack raises over $7M for AI-backed Web3 developer platform
Crypto.com launches ChatGPT-based AI user assistant Amy
OpenAI’s Sam Altman nears $100mn funding for Worldcoin crypto project

We are also joined by some amazing guests:

Angie Malltezi, Chief Strategy Officer, Shipyard Software
Danny Nelson, Managing editor for Data & Tokens, Coindesk

This episode is sponsored by Visa.

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Special Guests: Angie Malltezi and Danny Nelson.

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187. Insights: Data must flow in the era of AI - a Dune case study May 17, 2023

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gm. Mauricio Magaldi and Cuy Sheffield are back this week for another deep dive.

A few months back, we did our first ever case study with WalletConnect, that you guys seemed to love! We want to take a moment to thank you for your support on that show, and also give back to you guys in the best way we know how! So, in today’s episode, we’re going to be looking at another fascinating case study.

On March 27, Dune published a blogpost to announce the launch of their first LLM feature, and announced a full suite of LLM features and integrations to come. They introduced some exciting new features, and, according to the blogpost: “The power of GPT4 will provide you with a detailed explanation of the query, helping to improve your knowledge and speed up your journey to data mastery”.

Now - whether you like it or not, AI has seemingly been everywhere lately. 2023 is definitely the year of the AI boom, led by OpenAI’s very own ChatGPT - so this headline instantly caught our attention. Innovation in this sector is not slowing down - only ramping up, and it’s slowly but surely starting to mesh with the crypto space.

Today, we’re going to be taking a look at the history of Dune, their new LLM roadmap, how ChatGPT plays into all of this, and what the future holds for AI in crypto - and, we have a fantastic guest who will explore all of this with us:

Mats Olsen, Co-founder & CTO at Dune

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Special Guest: Mats Olsen.

186. News: The future of stablecoins, Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade, and the first comprehensive crypto law May 03, 2023

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gm. Mauricio Magaldi and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in the world of crypto, including:

US Congress to introduce new draft bill for stablecoins
Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Is Complete, Starting New Era of Staking Withdrawals
EU Parliament Approves Crypto Licensing, Funds Transfer Rules

We are also joined by some amazing guests:

Rhian Lewis, Developer, Author and Cryptocurrency Consultant
Robert Mullins, Token Design Associate at Outlier Ventures
Lindsey Argalas, COO at Taxbit

This episode is sponsored by Visa.

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Special Guests: Lindsey Argalas, Rhian Lewis, and Robert Mullins.

185. Insights: How Nigeria's crypto scene is thriving despite Central Bank crackdown Apr 19, 2023

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gm. Mauricio Magaldi and Cuy Sheffield are back this week for another deep dive.

In this weeks' episode - we're going to Nigeria!

Join us while we explore how the past couple of years have shaped this country’s crypto sector, what exciting new projects and initiatives are coming out of the country, the challenges players face, and as always- what we hope to see in the near future!

We are also joined by some amazing guests: