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#328: Ian Rogers, CXO of Ledger, on Self Custody and The Future of Hardware Wallets Apr 22, 2024

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Ian Rogers is the Chief Experience Officer (CXO) of Ledger, the world-leading crypto and NFT hardware wallet manufacturer. Ian has spent his career exploring and innovating at intersection of music, artists, and technology.
Prior to joining Ledger, he spent five years as Chief Digital Officer at LVMH, where he was responsible for building group-level digital excellence and accelerating digital transformation for LVMH maisons. Ian is also renowned for his work in the music industry, where he was the CEO of Beats Music and GM of Music at both Apple and Yahoo!.
Ian Rogers also built some of the earliest music-related websites in the early 90s, including Winamp.com, and has been working with Beastie Boys since 1993.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Self custody
- Ledger Stax launch
- New generation of hardware wallets
- The need for clear signing
- Increasing ease of use
- The upcoming bull market, and what's different this time around
- Ledger's transactional business
- Launching Apple Music
- Working at LVMH
- Identifying trends + culture

Ledger
Website: www.ledger.com
X: @Ledger
Discord: discord.gg/ledger
Ian Rogers
X: @iancr
LinkedIn: ian rogers

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#327: Andreas Brekken, Founder of SideShift.ai, on Meme Coins, Eigenlayer Mainnet Launch, and ETH Dencun Upgrade Apr 18, 2024

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Andreas Brekken is the founder of SideShift.ai, a platform offering direct-to-wallet trading. The exchange has processed over $1.25B in volume to date. Andreas first discovered Bitcoin in 2011 and has a deep technical understanding of the cryptocurrency space. In addition to being a long-term supporter of the cryptocurrency space, Andreas has substantial hands-on industry experience. He founded Justcoin.com, a Norway-based cryptocurrency exchange in 2013 (later acquired by ANX INTL), and then worked at Kraken as a software engineer in 2015 and 2016. He is also the founder of Shitcoin.com, a wide-reaching crypto content platform.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Meme coins
- When will meme coin mania end?
- Interacting with crypto exchanges
- ETH Dencun upgrade
- Eigenlayer mainnet launch
- The impact of Bitcoin halving on asset liquidity
- Balancing short-term optimization with long-term scalability
- Meme coin trading’s impact on the limits of current protocols
- How we reached the era of ‘peak degeneracy'
- Which blockchain network to build meme coins on
- Discovering Bitcoin back in 2011

SideShift.ai
Website: sideshift.ai
X: @sideshiftai
Telegram: t.me/sideshift

Andreas Brekken
X: @abrkn
LinkedIn: Andreas B.

#326: Vijay Pravin, CEO of bitsCrunch, on AI Enhanced Decentralized Data Analytics, Blockchain Forensics, and Staking Mechanisms Apr 15, 2024

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Vijay Pravin is the Founder & CEO of bitsCrunch, a Blockchain Analytics and Forensics company focusing on securing the NFT ecosystem. Living in Munich, Germany for the last 10 years, and originally from India.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- The role of AI/ML in blockchain analytics
- Data integrity and transparency in NFT Markets
- Navigating the regulatory landscape
- Staking mechanisms
- Solana integrating bitsCrunch
- Sustainable economies
- Network security and anti-fraud
- NFT data insights and forensics tools
- Token 2049 in Dubai
- Wash trading
bitsCrunch
Website: www.bitscrunch.com
X: @bitsCrunch
Discord: discord.gg/bitscrunch-official
Vijay Pravin
X: @VijayPravinM
LinkedIn: Vijay Pravin

#325: Nikolaj Rosenthal, CEO of Myrmidon, on ETH, Staking as a Service, Non-Custodial Staking, and the Ethereum ETF Apr 11, 2024

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Nikolaj Rosenthal is the Co-Founder and CEO of Myrmidon, a non-custodial staking provider. Nikolaj was a professional hockey player for +10 years and the first athlete to accept Bitcoin as a salary in 2017. He’s been involved with crypto since late 2016, is an investor + entrepreneur, and was the CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Evonax.com. He went to Copenhagen Business School, where he holds a BSc. Business Administration and Service Management, and Msc. Organizational Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Being the first athlete to accept Bitcoin as salary in 2017
- Non-custodial staking
- Beaconchain, London fork, Merge, Shanghai/Capella & DenCun hardfork
- DVT (Distributed validator technology)
- ETH ETF
- What’s going on with Ethereum?
- Solo-home staking
- Staking as a service
- Pooled staking
- Centralized staking
- How to pick the right staking provider?
Myrmidon Staking
Website: myrmidonstaking.com
X: @Myrmidonstaking
Discord: discord.gg/kwE9EGnz96
Nikolaj Rosenthal
Instagram: @nikolajrosenthal
Facebook: @nikolaj.rosenthal
LinkedIn: Nikolaj Rosenthal

#324: Niraj Pant, Co-founder of Ritual, on The Future of Crypto, Decentralized AI, and Applying ML to DeFi Apr 08, 2024

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Niraj Pant is Co-Founder of Ritual, the decentralized execution layer for AI. Prior to founding Ritual, Niraj spent six years as a General Partner at Polychain, leading investment rounds in startups like Offchain Labs, EigenLayer, and Compound. He began his career as a cryptography researcher in the Decentralized Systems Lab at UIUC.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- The relationship between crypto and AI
- The future of AI and crypto
- Building autonomous worlds and games
- Applying ML to DeFi
- Smart Agents
- Building decentralized AI infrastructure
- Story Protocol
- Exciting developers
- AI-based DApps
- GPU as a service
Ritual
Website: ritual.net
X: @ritualnet
Discord: discord.ritual.net
Niraj Pant
X: @niraj
LinkedIn: Niraj Pant

#323: Matt Duea, Co-Founder of Roobet, on Web3 Casinos and Sports Betting, Crypto Gambling, and The Future of Crypto Gambling Regulations Apr 04, 2024

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Matt Duea is an entrepreneur and a co-founder of Roobet, a betting brand for the next generation of gamers, and part of the group behind Roobet.fun and Roobet.com.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Crypto-based gambling
- Advancing the everyday application of cryptocurrencies
- Crash gambling game
- roobet.fun - the official social casino of the UFC
- Future of crypto gambling regulations
- Blockchain and crypto integration in gambling
- Difference between web3 and web2 gambling
- The benefits of a crypto casino
- Social casinos
Roobet
Website: roobet.com
X: @Roobet
Telegram: t.me/roobetcom
Matt Duea
Website: mattduea.com

#322: Luke Barwikowski, CEO of Pixels, on The Current State of Web3 Gaming, Growing to 500k Daily Active Users, and Building on Ronin Blockchain Apr 01, 2024

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Luke Barwikowski is the founder and CEO of Pixels, the largest web3 game by DAU. With over 2.5M total players, Pixels is a social, casual web3 game powered by the Ronin Network, focusing on farming, exploration, and creation in an open world. As CEO, Luke's mission is to build the biggest Web3 casual games company.

Luke's background in software engineering started at 12, and he built and sold his first app at 18. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Michigan.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Current state of Web3 gaming
- Future of Web3 gaming
- Coding and making video games at 12yrs old
- Bitcoin mining back in the day
- How Pixels differs from other web3 games
- Move from Polygon to Ronin
- Building on Ronin Blockchain
- Virtual world building
- Building the biggest Web3 casual games company
- 500K+ real daily active users and 4.5M USD in token revenue in the last 30 days
- Becoming the Zynga of Web3
Pixels
Website: www.pixels.xyz
X: @pixels_online
Discord: discord.gg/pixels
Luke Barwikowski
X: @whatslukedoing
LinkedIn: Luke Barwikowski

#321: Dominic Williams, Founder of DFINITY, on Decentralized AI, AI DApps, Hosting AI Models on the Blockchain, and Multichain DeFi Mar 28, 2024

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Dominic Williams is the Founder and Chief Scientist of the DFINITY Foundation, a major contributor to the Internet Computer (ICP) blockchain. Dominic is a crypto theoretician and entrepreneur who has been involved in the blockchain space since 2013, prior to which he was an engineering entrepreneur who created multiple internet technologies and products. Dominic specializes in distributed computing and crypto network theory, having proposed multiple innovations in use today.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Decentralized AI (DeAI)
- Why AI projects should be decentralized
- Why DApps should get into AI
- Building out a world-class content studio
- Hosting AI models on the blockchain
- Multichain DeFi
- Decentralized Cloud Computing
- Three lanes of blockchains
DFINITY
Website: dfinity.org
X: @dfinity
LinkedIn: DFINITY
Dominic Williams
X: @dominic_w
LinkedIn: Dominic Williams ∞

#320: Gerald Heydenreich, Founder of EtherMail, on Web3 Email, Tokenization, and The Future of Email Mar 25, 2024

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Gerald Heydenreich is the co-founder and Preisdent of EtherMail. He's a seasoned entrepreneur, has consistently demonstrated his ability to innovate and grow businesses across various sectors. Starting at age 25, he founded Portum, the first European B2B reverse online auction and sourcing events platform with more than 1 bn USD trading volume, and later sold it to CapGemini/IBX. He then co-founded BuyVIP, a European private sales club that scaled to over 8 million users, 120 m USD in revenues and was acquired by Amazon. Gerald's passion for empowering others also led him to create Pippa&Jean, a social selling community enabling more than 3.500 female entrepreneurs. Currently, Geald is serving as the President and co-founder of EtherMail, the leading web3 email Platform building the bridge between web2 and web3 and bringing full inbox ownership, control, and sovereignty back to users. He also leads the Barcelona Blockchain Network that he co-founded with Shant Kevonian, a venture studio focusing on web3 and AI start-ups.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- The future of email
- Web3 email use cases
-Launch of new Email-as-a-Wallet product
- EtherMail backstory
- Upcoming launch of mobile app
- Upcoming $EMAIL token launch
- EtherMail’s advertising platform
- Similarities between web1 <> web3
- The history and importance of email
- Email commerce
- Tokenization of assets
EtherMail
Website: ethermail.io
X: @ethermail_io
Telegram: t.me/ethermail_official
Gerald Heydenreich
LinkedIn: Gerald Heydenreich

#319: Max Howell, Founder of Tea Protocol, on Unlocking the Open-Source Economy, Measuring the Impact of Blockchains, AI, and Incentivizing Developers Mar 21, 2024

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Max Howell is the founder of Tea Protocol, a decentralized technology protocol that enables open-source developers to be adequately rewarded and compensated for their software contributions. Max previously founded Homebrew, a free and open-source package management system that simplifies the installation of software on macOS and Linux. Since its founding in 2009, Homebrew has become one of the most widely used open-source projects of all time. Max has also served as a Senior Xcode Developer at Apple and as the Chief Product Officer at MyHealthily, an open-source healthcare technology platform. Max remains a frequent open-source software developer and contributor.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Unlock the open-source economy
- Compensating developers to create open-source software
- 90% of all publicly traded companies utilize open-source software
- The relationship between open-source software and capitalism
- The emergence of commercial open-source
- Open-source AI
- Valuing open-source software
- Package management tools
- Tea token
- Staking and gas fees on Tea Protocol
tea
Website: tea.xyz
X: @teaprotocol
Telegram: t.me/teaprotocol
Max Howell
X: @mxcl
LinkedIn: Max Howell

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