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Disrupting Mortgage Industry Through NFTs? w/ Karl Jacob, Founder of LoanSnap - Ep. 47 Feb 17, 2022

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In this episode, we are joined by Karl Jacob, founder of LoanSnap. Karl gives us an insight on how Bacon protocol aims to provide DeFi wallet owners with access to the mortgage markets and allow these owners to preserve and grow their wealth!
[00:00:54] Intro
[00:01:41] Why the name Bacon?
[00:02:31] The relationship between LoanSnap and Bacon Protocol
[00:03:00] What is Bacon Protocol?
[00:07:45] What is the bHOME token?
[00:10:01] Is Bacon a stablecoin issuer backed by mortgage loans?
[00:10:44] How is return generated for investors?
[00:13:09] What houses does Bacon accept as collateral?
[00:14:39] How Decentralized is Bacon Protocol?
[00:19:08] What makes Bacon Protocol unique from competition like Centrifuge?
[00:21:30] Interesting stats on Bacon Protocol
[00:23:41] What can the mortgage industry take advantage of beyond the usual NFTs?
[00:26:44] Bacon Protocol’s future plans
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Website
Bacon Protocol - https://www.baconcoin.com/
CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/
Social Media
Bacon Protocol:
https://twitter.com/BaconProtocol
CoinGecko:
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What's next for Rarible? with Alex Salnikov, Co-founder of Rarible - Ep. 46 Jan 28, 2022

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In this episode, Ben, research analyst at CoinGecko is joined by Alex Salnikov, Co-founder of Rarible. Alex gives us an insight into the world of Rarible and how it uniquely differentiates itself from other NFT marketplaces in this booming NFT space!
[00:00:00] Intro
[00:01:44] Alex’s background and his favourite NFT(s)
[00:03:47] What is Rarible?
[00:12:10] Rarible’s differentiation to other NFT marketplaces
[00:14:25] The motive behind decentralizing Rarible through governance tokens
[00:18:47] How is the Rarible community different from other communities?
[00:20:42] Minting directly from marketplace contracts vs self-created contracts
[00:22:38] Thoughts on the current state of infrastructure for buying and selling NFTs
[00:24:45] What's the most essential feature that's missing from the NFT marketplace?
[00:26:00] Rarible’s plans for 2022 onwards
Quotes from the episode:

“The state of the industry is quite peculiar these days. I think the industry grown very, very fast.” [00:22:50]

“So we'll see how this NFTs penetrate, like basically every part of the media industry I would say.” [00:24:32]
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Website
Rarible - https://www.rarible.com/
CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/
Social Media
Rarible:
https://twitter.com/rarible
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What is the future of NFTs? With Stephen Young, Co-Founder of NFTfi - Ep. 45 Jan 20, 2022

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In this episode, Ben, research analyst at CoinGecko is joined by Stephen Young, Co- Founder of NFTfi. Stephen gives us an insight into the world of NFTs, the challenges faced unique to NFT-type loans and how NFTfi aims to pave the way for NFT loans!

[00:00:44] Intro
[00:01:52] Stephen’s professional career and artistic background
[00:02:37] What is NFTfi and how does it work?
[00:06:04] Stephen’s favorite NFT?
[00:08:57] Challenges faced: NFT vs. DeFi type loans
[00:13:07] Why is provenance important?
[00:16:56] What creates value for NFTs?
[00:23:55] The correlation between mindset and value in NFTs
[00:29:03] Thoughts on fractionalization NFTs
[00:31:51] How to address the core issues faced by NFT holders?
[00:37:54] How do you spot a fake NFT?
[00:43:00] Stephen’s thoughts on NFT collecting
[00:50:40] NFTfi’s plans for 2022
Quotes from the episode:
“when NFTs came around and, you know, really allowed me to take my professional career where like having a history in software development, as well as finance and combine it with one of my private passions, which is art” [00:02:25]

“...what we allow on NFTfi is, it allows people with NFTs to get a cryptocurrency loan using the NFT as collateral.” [00:02:43]

“NFTfi is a peer to peer marketplace, where people with NFTs can list their NFTs on our platform and people with capital, can then make them offers to give them loans on those NFTs, using them as collateral.” [00:02:52]
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Website
NFTfi - https://www.nftfi.com/
CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/
Social Media
NFTfi:
https://twitter.com/NFTfi
CoinGecko:
https://twitter.com/coingecko
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Tackling Miner Extractable Value with Caleb Sheridan, Core Developer of the Eden Network - Ep. 44 Dec 29, 2021

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In this episode, Ben, research analyst at CoinGecko is joined by Caleb Sheridan, Core Developer of the Eden Network. Caleb gives us an insight into MEV, the current issues faced with transactions, and how the Eden Network aims to solve it.

[00:00:45] Intro
[00:01:12] Caleb’s background and how he started in crypto
[00:03:14] How miners process transactions on the Ethereum Network
[00:05:23] MEV and miner networks explained
[00:07:25] Eden Network’s role in overcoming the issue with MEVs
[00:09:05] Eden Network and how it allows priority queues in NFT mints
[00:11:15] Is this the best method to process blocks? How the Eden Network benefits miners
[00:13:04] ETH 2.0 and what impact it has on Eden Network
[00:14:57] Should we be concern with Proof-of-Stake?
[00:21:21] Thoughts on EIP4488 and it’s effect on the Eden Network
[00:23:41] Eden Network’s big role in ETH 2.0
[00:25:23] Caleb’s advice on shaping the future network's success
Quotes from the episode:
“It's very easy to lose money using Ethereum, even when submitting transactions.” [00:25:39]

“My advice would be to do your own research and look into alternative ways to submit your transactions, to get better results.” [00:26:00]

“If everybody on Ethereum did this or everybody on Ethereum, used all of the options that are at their disposal, we would be seeing a lot less money going into the pockets of harmful MEV bot operators.” [00:26:06]
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Website
Eden Network - https://www.edennetwork.io/
CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/
Social Media
Eden Network:
https://twitter.com/edennetwork
CoinGecko:
https://twitter.com/coingecko
https://www.youtube.com/c/CoinGeckoTV/
https://www.instagram.com/coingecko/
https://www.tiktok.com/@coingeckotv
https://t.me/coingecko

Diving into Stablecoins and Unit of Accounts with Evan Kuo, Founder and CEO of Ampleforth - Ep. 43 Dec 24, 2021

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In this episode, Ben, research analyst at CoinGecko is joined by Evan Kuo, Founder and CEO of Ampleforth. Evan gives us an insight into the mechanism of Ampleforth, its algorithmic unit of account AMPL, and how he thinks stablecoin will evolve and co-exist with fiat.

[00:00:40] Intro
[00:01:08] Evan's background and how he started in crypto
[00:04:10] What is AMPL?
[00:06:12] AMPL versus stablecoin
[00:09:09] What separates AMPL from other units of account?
[00:13:50] Thoughts on the stablecoin mechanisms
[00:18:16] The mechanism of Ampleforth protocol
[00:20:33] How do we increase adoption of stablecoin outside crypto?
[00:25:25] Thoughts on regulator’s concern on stablecoin risk
[00:27:25] Will stablecoins replace fiat currency?
[00:29:28] Ampleforth’s plan for the next five years
Quotes from the episode:

“So what can't Bitcoin do? What can't ETH do? Well, they're vulnerable to unit price volatility, and that undermines their ability to be used for contract denomination.” [00:13:24]
“We need to build a decentralized unit of account that is better than existing alternatives.” [00:13:34]
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Website
Ampleforth - https://www.ampleforth.org/
CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/
Social Media
Ampleforth:
https://twitter.com/ampleforthorg
CoinGecko:
https://twitter.com/coingecko
https://www.youtube.com/c/CoinGeckoTV/
https://www.instagram.com/coingecko/
https://www.tiktok.com/@coingeckotv/
https://t.me/coingecko

Putting the Paris Agreement on Blockchain with Joseph Pallant, Founder of Blockchain for Climate Foundation - Ep. 42 Dec 16, 2021

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In this episode, Zhong, head of research at CoinGecko is joined by Joseph Pallant, Founder and Executive Director of Blockchain for Climate Foundation. Joseph discussed his background in carbon markets and blockchain, the foundation’s work in putting the Paris Agreement on blockchain, and its next step to making an impact on the environment.

[00:00:40] Intro
[00:01:21] Joseph's background in carbon markets and crypto space
[00:03:44] About Blockchain for Climate Foundation
[00:09:53] What are internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (IMTOs)?
[00:14:47] More on ITMO targets for different countries
[00:17:22] The foundation’s aim and aspects it’s trying to improve
[00:23:02] Clarifications on BITMO and the origin of the name
[00:23:33] Working with government organisations and whitelisting process
[00:26:09] Thoughts on the ITMO issuance process
[00:29:50] Thoughts on private sector involvement
[00:32:12] Will BITMO be tradable in open markets?
[00:34:44] Merging of blockchain and carbon markets
[00:37:27] The foundation's next step and future plans
[00:39:54] Final notes on the foundation

Quotes from the episode:

“Back in 2017, when I sort of fell a second time on to the concept of Ethereum and to the work it was doing, really jumped in both feet recognizing the commonality between carbon markets and how blockchains work” [00:03:14]

“And so we feel by building more transparency, we can get more trust and confidence of the global community to use article 6.2 ITMOs and be able to fund countries and the underlying projects there to help beat climate change.” [00:14:36]

“What kind of magically happened was that this fecund broad Ethereum community was able to create all the tools that we would need to build this tool of our wildest dreams.” [00:25:04]

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Website

Blockchain for Climate Foundation - https://www.blockchainforclimate.org/

CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/
Social Media

Blockchain for Climate Foundation:
https://twitter.com/blockforclimate

CoinGecko:
https://twitter.com/coingecko
https://www.youtube.com/c/CoinGeckoTV/
https://www.instagram.com/coingecko/
https://t.me/coingecko

Diving into Fixed Interest Rates Protocol with Teddy Woodward, CEO and Co-founder of Notional Finance - Ep. 41 Nov 12, 2021

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In this episode, Benjamin Hor, market research analyst of CoinGecko is joined by Teddy Woodward, co-founder and CEO of Notional Finance. Benjamin interviewed Teddy on the mechanism of Notional Finance, key differences that makes them unique, the importance of their governance token NOTE, as well as their future plans in 2022.
[00:00:36] Intro
[00:01:35] What is Notional Finance?
[00:02:03] How does Notional ensure that it achieves fixed interest rates?
[00:04:20] More about Notional Finance V2
[00:07:33] Interesting statistics and data about Notional
[00:08:48] Key differences between Notional and other competitors?
[00:12:25] Why are fixed interest rates important?
[00:14:17] The market size for fixed interest rate space
[00:16:00] Thoughts on the sophisticated financial instruments in crypto
[00:17:30] The importance and utility of governance tokens
[00:20:50] Advantages and disadvantages of Notional
[00:22:55] The future of DeFi lending products
[00:24:55] Notional’s plans for the end of the year and 2022

Quotes from the episode:

“Notional is a decentralized protocol built on Ethereum that enables users to borrow and lend crypto assets at fixed rates of interest.” [00:01:44]

“Most of the newer fixed rate protocols stuff like you know, Pendle or Element, these focus exclusively on lenders. So they allow people to lend their crypto at a fixed rate and they don't allow people to borrow crypto at a fixed rate. And so like on Notional of course we allow you to do both.” [00:09:30]

“I think once you lower transaction fees, you're going to see just like a ton of new users come in. So I think layer twos are going to be critically important.” [00:23:35]
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Links
Notional Finance - https://notional.finance/
CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/

Social Media
Notional Finance:
https://twitter.com/notionalfinance

CoinGecko:
https://twitter.com/coingecko
https://t.me/coingecko

Discussing About Multifunctional Crypto Wallet with Brandon Millman, CEO and Co-founder of Phantom Wallet - Ep. 40 Oct 03, 2021

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In this episode, Benjamin Hor, market research analyst of CoinGecko is joined by Brandon Millman, co-founder and CEO of Phantom wallet. Benjamin interviewed Brandon on the background of Phantom, the differences between Phantom and other crypto wallets, their plans for NFTs, as well as their upcoming plans for Phantom.

[00:00:38] Intro
[00:01:45] What is a wallet in crypto space?
[00:05:31] Why is Phantom built on Solana?
[00:08:15] What separates Phantom from other wallets?
[00:10:21] Phantom’s plans for NFTs
[00:12:16] Interesting stats on Phantom
[00:16:15] Thoughts on the front end designs of dApps
[00:18:05] Future features that can be introduced into crypto wallets
[00:23:50] Plans for Phantom in the second half of 2021 and 2022

Quotes from the episode:

“The most concrete plans we have right now is, number one, we want to support the NFT community on Ethereum by giving them a wallet where they can view their NFTs.” [00:10:52]

“In August we actually saw 2.3 million SOL stakes total, which at today's price is like around $260 million. And then we have an in-wallet swapper. We saw $105 million through that.” [00:13:07]

“Wallet is just not this static place to hold coins, can actually also be your sort of identity in this sort of Web 3.0 world.” [00:20:11]
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Links
Phantom - https://phantom.app/
CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/

Social Media
Phantom:
https://twitter.com/phantom

CoinGecko:
https://twitter.com/coingecko
https://t.me/coingecko

Discovering The Google Of Blockchain With Tegan Kline, Co-Founder and Business Lead At Edge & Node - Ep. 39 Aug 21, 2021

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In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Tegan Kline, co-founder and business lead at Edge & Node. Bobby interviewed Tegan on the background of The Graph, the relationship between the Edge & Node and The Graph, the different roles to earn GRT, as well as their upcoming plans for The Graph.

[00:00:38] Intro
[00:01:26] What is The Graph and why is it needed?
[00:07:49] The Graph is the Google of Web3
[00:09:17] Relationship between Edge & Node and The Graph
[00:12:07] Stats of The Graph’s Mainnet
[00:14:45] Earning GRT as curators, indexers and delegators
[00:21:05] The decentralization of the subgraphs
[00:23:44] Thoughts on the multi-chain crypto ecosystem
[00:26:39] Plans for The Graph in the second half of 2021

Quotes from the episode:

“Google is a really large company and there are many elements to Google, aside from just indexing and querying. And I think those will likely come in the blockchain space over time. And that's really why Edge & Node is there to kind of solidify that, so that blockchains become the future of the internet quickly.” [00:08:22]

“There's also over 3.1 billion GRT staked in the network currently. That's 31% of the total supply, so that number keeps increasing as well.” [00:14:35]

“You can be a liquidity provider on Uniswap, a delegator on The Graph and you can earn passive income that could potentially be more than what you're earning in your day job currently.” [00:19:49]

Watch the Podcast on YouTube

Links
Edge & Node. - https://edgeandnode.com/
CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/
The Graph (GRT) on CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/the-graph

Social Media
Edge & Node:
https://twitter.com/edgeandnode

CoinGecko:
https://twitter.com/coingecko
https://t.me/coingecko

Understanding MCDEX's Decentralised Perpetual Contract With Jean Miao, Co-Founder of MCDEX - Ep.38 Aug 14, 2021

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In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Jean Miao, co-founder of MCDEX. Bobby interviewed Jean on the background of MCDEX, the launching of MCDEX V3, as well as their upcoming plans for MCDEX.

[00:00:38] Intro
[00:02:40] What is MCDEX?
[00:03:47] Differences between MCDEX V2 and V3
[00:10:10] Fees on MCDEX
[00:11:26] Maximum leverage on perpetual trades on MCDEX
[00:14:42] How does liquidation work on MCDEX?
[00:15:53] Why did MCDEX choose to launch on Arbitrum?
[00:19:07] Differences between MCDEX V3 and Perpetual Protocol V2
[00:26:21] Upcoming plans for MCDEX in the second half of 2021

Quotes from the episode:

“Our V3, the capital efficiency is about 1000 times better than our V2, which means the traders can enjoy lower slippage. And the LP can enjoy more features.” [00:05:14]

“We do charge a liquidation penalty for the traders, and the penalty will basically go to the LPs for now. But this could be changed by the governance, that maybe parts of them will go to insurance funds.” [00:15:02]

“We are also considering kicking up our own incubator program. Because we have many ideas that some products can build on top of us, but because we don't have enough developers to implement those ideas. ” [00:26:53]

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Links
MCDEX - https://mcdex.io/
CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/
MCDEX (MCB) on CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/mcdex

Social Media
MCDEX:
https://twitter.com/MonteCarloDEX
https://t.me/Mcdex

CoinGecko:
https://twitter.com/coingecko
https://t.me/coingecko

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