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Ep. 434 Anne Winston | Institutional Asset Management with Wave Digital Assets Oct 26, 2024

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For episode 434, Director of Strategy Anne Winston joins Brandon Zemp to discuss Wave Digital Assets. Wave Digital Assets is an institutional-grade asset management firm specializing in the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors. The company offers a range of services, including active portfolio management, structured products, and advisory services for digital assets. By leveraging a combination of traditional financial expertise and cutting-edge blockchain technology, Wave Digital Assets aims to provide clients with strategic investment solutions in the fast-evolving digital economy. They focus on delivering secure, compliant, and innovative opportunities for institutional investors. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 0:30 | Who is Anne Winston? 3:14 | What is Wave Digital Assets? 4:16 | Criteria for clients 5:37 | Permissionless 2024 6:36 | Wave website & social media 7:23 | Anne interviews me 9:19 | Blockchain & Healthcare 🎙 Wave Digital Assets Links: 🔗 Website: https://wavegp.com 🔗 X: https://x.com/wavedigital_ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wave-digital-assets 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-winston ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● 📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

Ep. 433 Norman Wooding | Connecting Institutions to Web3 with SCRYPT Oct 25, 2024

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For episode 433, Co-founder & CEO Norman Wooding joins Brandon Zemp to talk about SCRYPT and the Web3 services they are providing institutional clients. SCRYPT is a premier Swiss licensed financial service provider with a focus on institutional-grade crypto asset services, providing services for hundreds of institutional clients globally. Norman has been involved in the Blockchain and Digital Asset space since 2014. He holds a Master's from the London School of Economics, where he acted as a Tutor on the topic of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 1:01 | Who is Norman Wooding? 10:24 | What is SCRYPT? 11:33 | Type of institutional clients 12:17 | SCRYPT’s 3 pillar services 14:31 | SCRYPT client use-cases 15:48 | What is institutional grade security? 18:32 | Looking back at FTX 22:28 | Crypto regulations in Switzerland 25:44 | Crypto community in Switzerland 28:15 | What makes SCRYPT unique? 31:00 | SCRYPT roadmap for 2025 31:56 | SCRYPT website & social media 🎙 SCRYPT Links: 🔗 Website: https://www.scrypt.swiss 🔗 X: https://x.com/Scrypt_Swiss 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scrypt-digital 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/normanswooding ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● 📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

Ep. 432 Michael Heinrich | 1st Decentralized AI Operating System with 0G Oct 24, 2024

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For episode 432, Co-founder & CEO Michael Heinrich joins Brandon Zemp to chat about 0G, the first decentralized AI operating system and the impact it will have on the Artificial Intelligence space. Zero Gravity (0G) is the first decentralized AI Operating System, offering unparalleled infrastructure to power the next generation of decentralized AI applications. Unlike traditional closed AI systems that centralize control, 0G empowers users with full autonomy, ensuring privacy, verifiability, and censorship resistance. With breakthrough speeds of 50 GB/second—50,000x faster and 100x more cost-effective than competitors—0G’s infinitely scalable DA, storage, and verifiable AI framework are making fully on-chain AI a reality. Michael started two unicorns. He’s currently running 0G Labs (0g.ai), the first decentralized AI operating system. He’s previously generated over $200 million in revenue and secured $200 million in venture capital. His strategic leadership guided over 650 employees through volatile markets and achieved remarkable customer satisfaction. He previously worked at Microsoft, SAP Labs, Bain, and Bridgewater Associates. He’s been named a top technologist, top YC company, and top entrepreneur and featured in esteemed media outlets such as Entrepreneur, Bloomberg, Inc, Techcrunch, Forbes, and Cheddar TV. Educated at Stanford, Harvard, UC Berkeley. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 1:05 | Who is Michael Heinrich? 6:35 | What is 0G? 9:22 | Decentralized AI 9:59 | Programmable Data Availability 15:26 | 0G Layer 1 Network 16:25 | 0G interoperability 17:22 | 0G mainnet launch 17:30 | 0G use-cases 19:05 | Can you build an LLM on 0G? 20:15 | Future of AI and Blockchain 23:10 | 0G roadmap 25:54 | How to run a 0G node 26:39 | 0G community 🎙 0G Labs on Social Media: 🔗 Website: https://0g.ai 🔗 X: https://x.com/0G_labs 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mheinrich 🔗 Telegram: https://t.me/web3_0glabs ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● 📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

Ep. 431 Lisa DeLuca | Digital Identity with Unstoppable Domains Oct 23, 2024

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For episode 431, Vice President of Engineering Lisa DeLuca joins Brandon Zemp to dive deeper into Unstoppable Domains and how they are helping users own their identity in a digital world. Unstoppable Domains offers decentralized blockchain-based domain names that allow users to own their digital identity on the Web3 ecosystem. These domains are resistant to censorship, enable simplified cryptocurrency payments, and provide a unified identity across various decentralized platforms. Users can purchase, mint, and manage these domains without renewal fees, and they offer integration with traditional DNS systems, alongside Web3-only domain options. Domains can be used for Web3 profiles, messaging, and crypto wallets, fostering a more secure and controlled digital presence. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 0:30 | Who is Lisa DeLuca? 2:10 | Web3 startup culture 3:00 | What is Unstoppable Domains? 3:54 | Decentralized Domains vs Web2 Domains 5:08 | Unstoppable Wallet 6:15 | Existing 3rd party partnerships 7:20 | Permissionless 2024 8:35 | Unstoppable Domains website & social media 🎙 Unstoppable Domains Links: 🔗 Website: https://unstoppabledomains.com 🔗 X: https://x.com/unstoppableweb 🔗 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unstoppableweb 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unstoppable-domains 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisaseacat ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● 📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

Ep. 430 Grant Robertson | Crypto eCommerce with Three Protocol Oct 22, 2024

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For episode 430, Co-founder & COO Grant Robertson joins Brandon Zemp to discuss how Three Protocol is creating fraud-resistant cryptocurrency-based eCommerce tools to make crypto the worldwide form of payment. Three Protocol uses state-of-the-art Zero Knowledge Proof technology and Neural Network AI technology to bring private, fraud-resistant and secure eCommerce and online RWA marketplaces into the AI era. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 1:00 | Who is Grant Robertson? 4:17 | What is Three Protocol and what tools does it offer? 5:32 | What is 3Pay? 8:48 | 3Pay Virtual Card & Vouchers 9:12 | 3Pay accepted globally 10:58 | Top-up 3Pay Virtual Card 13:06 | What are ZKi3s? 16:05 | What are Tri-Proof Smart Contracts? 19:43 | How does Job3 work? 22:34 | Three Protocol token 24:25 | Three Protocol roadmap 27:55 | Three Protocol website & social media 🎙 Three Protocol on Social Media: 🔗 Website: https://www.threeprotocol.ai 🔗 X: https://x.com/ThreeProtocol 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/threeprotocol 🔗 Telegram: https://t.me/Threeprotocol ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● 📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

Ep. 429 Yves La Rose | Scaling BTC with exSat Oct 21, 2024

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For episode 429, Co-founder Yves La Rose joins Brandon Zemp to discuss the upcoming mainnet launch of exSat. exSat is a new Docking Layer with protocols that extend BTC’s data consensus, improving interoperability, scalability, and security. It allows direct BTC and token balance queries, enabling seamless asset and information flow across networks and Bitcoin Layer 2 solutions. Key benefits include multi-index support, BTC transaction-triggered logic, EVM and Solidity compatibility, universal gas fee support, ZK Rollups, and BTC staking. Yves demonstrated an early interest in information technology, creating his first computer and writing his first program at the age of seven. His passion for decentralization and blockchain technology led him to mine Bitcoin in 2010, utilizing his BTC earnings to upgrade his computer. Before fully committing to the crypto industry, he worked in national politics, serving as an economist and policy adviser for the Canadian federal government and later in the communications department for an elected political representative in Canada. In 2016, he transitioned to a career in the crypto space, co-founding an educational group. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 0:33 | Permissionless 2024 3:04 | Who is Yves? 9:10 | BitcoinFi 12:18 | How does exSat work? 17:48 | exSat mainnet launch 21:21 | exSat roadmap 23:54 | exSat at Permissionless 2024 🎙 exSat on Social Media: 🔗 Website: https://exsat.network 🔗 Docs: https://docs.exsat.network 🔗 X: https://x.com/exsatnetwork 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/exsat-network 🔗 Medium: https://medium.com/exsat-network 🔗 Telegram: https://t.me/ExSatNetwork ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● 📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

Ep. 428 Amber Welch | AI-enhanced social networking with NaviAI Oct 18, 2024

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For episode 428, Founder & CEO Amber Welch sits down with Brandon Zemp at Permissionless 3 in Salt Lake City to discuss NaviAI and what makes it an AI-enabled social networking experience. NaviAI is a revolutionary product that converges emerging tech with knowledge in an easy to use interface everyone can use. Bridging the gap for users, NaviAI provides approachable and trusted resources on risk associated with finance, regulation, and compliance for accounting and legal partners, founders of start-ups, and even investors. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 2:14 | What is NaviAI? 4:24 | NaviAI ecosystem and AI 5:54 | How to fix misinformation and bias in AI systems? 7:14 | How to join NaviAI open beta 8:09 | Permissionless 2024 9:25 | NaviAI website & socials 🎙 NaviAI Links: 🔗 Website: https://www.naviai.app 🔗 X: https://x.com/naviaiapp 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/naviai-inc 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amberwelch1229 ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● 📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

Ep. 427 Stacy Quackenbush | Virtual Professional Advancement with Hive3 Oct 17, 2024

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For episode 427, Stacy Quackenbush sits down with Brandon Zemp at Permissionless 3 in Salt Lake City to discuss Hive3 and how they are building a blockhain-based tech education and professional advancement platform. An easy, fast, and affordable way to immerse yourself professionally in all things AI, XR, and Web3. From co-working, to job recruiting, to education, to mentorship, there’s a world of opportunity in Hive3. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 2:17 | What is Hive3 and what makes it different? 4:27 | Virtual spaces with Hive3 5:32 | Podcasting on Hive3 5:59 | Recruiting on Hive3 6:56 | Blockchain Credentialing on Hive3 8:34 | How to join Hive3 9:22 | Permissionless 2024 🎙 Hive3 Links: 🔗 Website: https://hive3.tech 🔗 X: https://x.com/hive3tech 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacy-quackenbush 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hive3tech ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● 📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

Ep. 426 Danny Chong | Enhancing Yield Returns with Tranchess Oct 09, 2024

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For episode 426, Co-founder Danny Chong joins Brandon Zemp to discuss Tranchess, a decentralized yield-enhancing asset tracker and management protocol that offers Ethereum validating. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 1:35 | Who is Danny Chong? 6:59 | Origins of Tranchess 9:32 | Yield Enhancing Asset Tracker 10:21 | Chess Token 12:30 | Tranchess examples 13:00 | How to stake with Tranchess 15:15 | Best DeFi swaps 16:17 | Tranchess community 17:23 | Tranchess 2025 roadmap 20:28 | Tranchess 3rd party audit 🎙 Tranchess on Social Media: 🔗 Website: https://tranchess.com 🔗 X: https://x.com/tranchess 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tranchess 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-chong-cftp-75364384 🔗 Medium: https://tranchess.medium.com 🔗 Telegram: https://t.me/tranchess ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● 📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

Ep. 425 Albert Castellana Lluís | AI Powered Smart Contracts with GenLayer Oct 07, 2024

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For episode 425, CEO Albert Castellana Lluís joins Brandon Zemp to explore GenLayer and how they are building AI-powered smart contracts on blockchain. GenLayer’s AI-powered smart contracts can use large language models and access the Internet to make more complex decisions in a highly decentralized manner. Albert Castellana has been actively involved in the crypto industry since 2013. He co-founded and led several of the world’s largest crypto ecosystems, including RadixDLT, BadgerDAO, http://NEM.io, and StakeHound. During his involvement, Albert’s crypto projects reached north of $25B in total market cap. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction 1:15 | Who is Albert Castellana? 2:53 | Story behind GenLayer 6:06 | Why are AI-powered smart contracts important? 8:16 | Examples & Use-cases 10:43 | What LLMs are behind GenLayer? 16:24 | AI and Blockchain 23:42 | How can developers start building on GenLayer? 25:15 | Will AI replace developers? 28:54 | GenLayer roadmap for 2025 🎙 GenLayer on Social Media: 🔗 Website: https://www.genlayer.com 🔗 X: https://x.com/GenLayer 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/genlayer/ 🔗 Telegram: https://t.me/genlayer ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● 📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

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