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Nicolas Van Hoorde Talks About Delta And His eToro Acquisition - Ep. 8 Mar 17, 2020

Show notes

In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Nicolas Van Hoorde, CEO of Delta. Bobby interviewed Nicolas on the story behind Delta, its features, as well as his plans for Delta in 2020 and beyond.

[00:00:02] Intro
[00:00:39] Nicolas Van Hoorde’s personal story
[00:02:02] Background on Delta
[00:05:28] Monetization of Delta app
[00:06:39] Acquisition by eToro
[00:09:20] Stats on Delta
[00:13:47] Plans for Delta in 2020
[00:16:03] Reaction of the Delta community regarding the eToro acquisition
[00:36:06] Where to follow Delta?

Quotes from the Episode

“I think a lot of services and products in crypto at that time were, I would say run by people that weren't really very engineering focused.” [00:04:18]

“Some people or companies might say it's a bit stupid, but it's really a philosophy for us that we don't go diving into user data even if it's aggregated.” [00:10:43]

“And to this day I can say very honestly that we've been successfully keeping the promises that we've made and we, of course, do everything to keep those promises. And I have no, I see no reason why this would change in the future.” [00:17:06]

Links
Website: https://delta.app/
iOS App: https://itunes.apple.com/app/delta-crypto-ico-portfolio/id1288676542?lang=en
Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.getdelta.android&lang=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/get_delta

Personal Token Revolution with Reuben Bramanathan - Ep. 7 Mar 11, 2020

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In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Reuben Bramanathan, creator of the Counsel token. Bobby interviewed Reuben on the story behind Counsel, steps on creating personal tokens, benefits and risks of tokenizing oneself, as well as his plans for Counsel in 2020 and beyond.

[00:00:02] Intro
[00:01:12] Reuben Bramanathan’s personal story
[00:02:39] Background on Counsel
[00:04:52] Steps for creating personal token
[00:10:19] Benefits for tokenizing oneself
[00:13:09] Thoughts on DAO
[00:17:30] Risks and challenges of tokenizing oneself
[00:20:47] Zora’s plan for 2020
[00:27:30] Idea for a gratitude token
[00:32:21] Thoughts on Unisocks token
[00:33:22] Plans for Counsel in 2020
[00:36:06] Where to follow Reuben Bramanathan and Counsel?

Quotes from the episode

"One hour of my time is now decided by the buyers and sellers and holders of Counsel. So it gives me an indication of how much my clients are willing to pay for my time." [00:10:45]

"If you are willing to take that hit to your personal brand, then you don't actually have to do the work (forced to work for someone)." [00:17:51]

"My objectives are to get more people buying and redeeming Counsel. I don't really care too much about the price." [00:33:33]

Links

The Personal Token Revolution - https://medium.com/@bramanathan/the-personal-token-revolution-754e3fe0987e
What I learned from tokenizing myself - https://medium.com/@bramanathan/what-i-learned-from-tokenizing-myself-bb222da07906
OpenLaw Personal Token Generator -https://lib.openlaw.io/web/default/template/Generate%20Personal%20Token
Zora - https://www.ourzora.com/
Saint Fame - https://www.saintfame.com/
Curve - https://www.curve.fi/
Balancer - https://balancer.finance/
Mike Merrill - https://kmikeym.com/
dApp Boi - https://dappboi.com/
Simon de la Rouviere - https://blog.simondlr.com/posts/personal-tokens-2020-social-reputation
Social Media
Twitter - https://twitter.com/bramanathan
Medium - https://medium.com/@bramanathan

Leighton Cusack Explains How PoolTogether, a No-Loss Lottery Works - Ep. 6 Mar 02, 2020

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In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Leighton Cusack, CEO of PoolTogether. Bobby interviewed Leighton on the story behind PoolTogether, some of the stats on PoolTogether and challenges to grow PoolTogether, as well as the plan for 2020.

[00:00:02] Intro
[00:01:29] Background on PoolTogether
[00:03:34] Stats on PoolTogether
[00:07:23] The meaning of Open Ticket
[00:10:42] How PoolTogether selects the winner?
[00:13:07] The experience of receiving a MakerDAO grant
[00:14:09] Does PoolTogether have a kill switch?
[00:16:13] Challenges in building and growing PoolTogether
[00:18:31] PoolTogether’s business model
[00:22:52] PoolTogether’s plan for 2020
[00:23:53] Where to follow PoolTogether?

Quotes from the Episode:

“And so actually something that we're announcing this week is ticket tokenization which basically the tickets are now going to be tokens that can be transferred” [06:48]

“So the more money you deposit, the higher your chance to win it. The luckiest winner was that person who only deposited 10 DAI and they won $1700.” [04:15]

“We also have a bug bounty program with the top award of $25,000 to award anyone who finds bugs in the code.” [15:10]
Links

PoolTogether - https://www.pooltogether.com/
CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/

Social Media

PoolTogether
https://twitter.com/PoolTogether_
https://discord.gg/hxPhPDW
https://medium.com/pooltogether

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

Reuben Yap, Project Steward of Zcoin Talks About Blockchain Governance - Ep. 5 Feb 25, 2020

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In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Reuben Yap, Project Steward of Zcoin. Bobby Interviewed Reuben about Zcoin and its voting mechanism, the future of Lelantus, as well as some of his thoughts and plans for what lies ahead of Zcoin.
[00:00:02] Intro
[00:01:36] Background on Reuben Yap
[00:06:39] Background on Zcoin
[00:09:40] Operation of Zcoin Foundation
[00:12:16] Change in development reward
[00:21:15] How does Zcoin handle governance?
[00:29:24] How is Lelantus useful?
[00:38:09] Health of Zcoin’s masternodes ecosystem
[00:42:08] Plan to implement privacy for DeFi applications
[00:43:05] Zcoin’s 2020 plan
[00:47:46] Where to follow Zcoin
Quotes from the Episode:
“We have a block reward halving on September 2020 so to maintain that 13,000 Zcoin a month, funding would require a 12% block reward.” [00:13:56]
“Lelantus is set to go live definitely before September, but we are hoping for Q2 release.” [00:33:40]
“I believe that proof of work isn't really good security, especially for a smaller coin because [of] 51% attacks.” [00:40:29]
Links

Zcoin - https://zcoin.io/
CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/
Zcoin (XZC) on CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/zcoin

Social Media

Zcoin
https://twitter.com/zcoinofficial
https://t.me/zcoinproject
https://discordapp.com/invite/4FjnQ2q

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

Aaron Gong, Director of Binance Futures Talks Crypto Derivatives - Ep 4 Feb 12, 2020

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In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Aaron Gong, Director of Binance Futures. Bobby interviewed Aaron on the story behind Binance Futures, features found in Binance Futures, as well as some of his thoughts and plans for what lies ahead of Binance Futures and the crypto derivatives.
[00:00:02] Intro
[00:01:36] Background on Aaron Gong
[00:02:23] Experience working at CME Group
[00:03:39] Becoming the Director of Binance Futures
[00:04:57] Blitzscaling culture in Binance
[00:07:21] Growth in crypto derivatives in 2019
[00:08:50] How the Risk Engine and Insurance Fund work
[00:13:12] How margin works in Binance Futures
[00:15:32] Advantages of using Binance Futures
[00:18:36] Users of Binance Futures
[00:25:09] Thoughts on Binance JEX
[00:27:03] 2020 Plans for Binance Futures
[00:44:00] Where to follow Binance Futures
Quotes from the Episode:
“Right now, we have around 16 million USDT in insurance fund as far as I remember.” [00:13:05]
“The cross collateral feature does provide users the option to use asset in their spot account as a collateral or USDT at zero interest and trade out Binance Futures.”
[00:13:38]
“I certainly think the total market size will be a lot larger. It certainly will grow at least 10X, eventually 50X and 100X of the spot market.”
[00:22:22]
Links

Binance Futures - https://www.binance.com/futures
CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/
Binance Futures on CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/en/exchanges/binance_futures

Social Media

Binance Futures:
https://twitter.com/binance

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

Sandeep Nailwal of Matic Network talks about Ethereum Scalability - Ep. 3 Jan 30, 2020

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In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Sandeep Naiwal, Co-founder and COO of Matic Network. Bobby interviewed Sandeep on the story behind Matic Network, how it aims to solve scalability issues, as well as some recent issues surrounding Matic Network and the crypto industry in India.

[00:00:02] Intro
[00:01:07] Background on Sandeep Naiwal
[00:05:50] What is Matic Network?
[00:12:56] Layer 0 solutions and its place in the ecosystem
[00:15:41] Layer 2 solutions for post Eth 2.0
[00:18:13] How much TPS can Matic support?
[00:19:09] Will Matic work on other blockchains?
[00:20:06] Use case of Matic
[00:28:32] Matic tokens on ERC 20 and BEP 2
[00:29:38] Matic’s experience with Binance Launchpad
[00:33:50] Reaction to Dec 10 price drop
[00:41:59] Crypto landscape in India
[00:45:05] Where to follow the Matic team

Quotes from the Episode:

“The [Matic Mainnet] is expected to be released by Q1.” [00:21:55]

“If you don’t know how margin trading and leverage trading work, please do not get engage with [margin trading], because that’s the only time you will lose money as a day trader.” [00:41:45]

“Bitcoin is not banned in India, they are just recommended that it’s risky, so the retail people should be very careful about it.” [00:43:27]

Links

Matic Network - https://matic.network/
CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/
Matic Network (MATIC) on CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/matic-network

Social Media

Matic Network:
https://twitter.com/maticnetwork
https://t.me/maticnetwork

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

George Cao Shares His Thoughts on the Crypto Exchange Landscape - Ep. 2 Jan 21, 2020

Show notes

In this episode, Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by George Cao, Founder and CEO of BitMax.io. Bobby Interviewed George on the story behind BitMax.io, the features found in the crypto exchange, as well as some of his thoughts and prediction about what lies ahead for BitMax.io and the crypto exchange industry as a whole as it catches up with the traditional financial markets industry.

[00:00:02] Intro
[00:01:02] Background on George Cao
[00:04:20] The Team behind BitMax.io
[00:06:30] Why the name "BitMax"?
[00:08:52] BitMax.io on Transaction Fee Mining
[00:17:28] Plans on expanding to the US
[00:20:20] BitMax.io Volatility Card
[00:24:19] BitMax.io Margin Trading
[00:29:45] Thoughts on Native Exchange Blockchain
[00:33:44] Thoughts on Future Crypto Exchange Landscape
[00:38:12] 2020 Crypto Prediction
[00:41:06] 2020 Plans for BitMax.io
[00:44:00] Where to Follow BitMax.io

Quotes from the Episode:

"The futures product offered by major crypto exchange platforms are as good as the traditional futures exchanges such as CME and the like. I was amazed by the speed in which the major crypto exchanges adopted traditional financial market." [00:23:20]

"One of the biggest problem in the crypto industry is that many projects do not have any profit model - they cannot generate revenue from real business, which makes it very difficult to do proper token valuation.” [00:29:05]

"Not everyone can stay in profit in [the crypto exchange] business. Given the number of projects and the number of daily trading volumes, I believe that 80% of most exchanges today will either disappear or experience some kind of M&A” [00:35:26]

Links

BitMax.io - https://bitmax.io
CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/
BitMax.io Info on CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/en/exchanges/bitmax
BTMX Token on CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bitmax-token

Social Media

BitMax.io:
https://twitter.com/BitMax_Official
https://t.me/BitMaxioEnglishOfficial
https://reddit.com/r/BitMax

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

Alexander Zaidelson & Alex Romanov Talks Privacy and Beam's 2020 Plans - Ep. 1 Jan 07, 2020

Show notes

In this episode Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko is joined by Alexander Zaidelson, CEO of Beam and Alex Romanov, CTO of Beam. They discussed about Beam, comparison with other privacy coins, decentralized governance, and Beam’s emission curves. They discuss achievements from 2019 and what is coming next for the evolution of Beam, the foundation and operation of the company.

[00:00:02] - Intro
[00:00:43] - Disclaimer
[00:02:02] - Background on Beam and Mimblewimble protocol
[00:03:45] - Fundamental differences between Beam and Grin
[00:09:08] - Dandelion Protocol
[00:10:12] - Beam achievements this year
[00:12:20] - The roadmap for 2020, plans, biggest goals
[00:18:34] – Implementation of the Lelantus Protocol
[00:21:17] - Growth in popularity, block halving, deploying funds, and continuing development
[00:27:04] – Coming changes that will be implemented in March 2020
[00:30:37] - Beam Foundation, decision making process and operation
[00:34:12] - The movement of delisting privacy coins
[00:37:45] - How did you catch the crypto bug?
[00:40:37] - One thing you would like to see in the crypto world
Quotes from the Episode:

“In the crypto-space, especially in privacy coins, it’s much more desirable in some sense to have a decentralized governance, just because a decentralized system is more resilient.” [00:04:45]

“Beam has created a very active, organic community of over 50,000 people across different platforms.” [00:11:40]

“The first logical step would be to allow confidential trading of existing tokens.” [00:16:05]

“Even today our wallets both desktop and mobile can actually work with remote node using the Flagline Protocol.” [00:28:36]

Links:

Beam - https://beam.mw
CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/
Beam's Info on CoinGecko - https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/beam

Social Media:

Beam -
https://twitter.com/beamprivacy
https://t.me/BeamPrivacy
http://discord.gg/BHZvAhg
CoinGecko -
https://twitter.com/coingecko
https://t.me/coingecko