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Barter - Solving for DeFi Sep 01, 2024

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Nikita Ovchinnik is the co-founder of Barter DeFi, a prominent swap system handling on-chain volume of over 5 billion.

Why you should listen

Barter is a decentralized protocol and solver system that provides transparent trade routes across liquidity providers like CoW Swap and UniswapX, minimizing costs and maximizing efficiency. Barter has over $5 billion processed on Ethereum.

Nikita Ovchinnik, co-founder of Bater DeFi, discusses the importance of decentralized finance (DeFi) and the role of intent-based exchange engines in improving user experience. He explains that intent-based systems, like Barter, offer more flexibility and better user rates compared to traditional centralized exchanges. Nikita also highlights the need for transparency and efficiency in DeFi and discusses the future of the industry. He believes that DeFi will continue to evolve and become more user-friendly, with improved liquidity and a wider range of assets. Nikita emphasizes the importance of standardizing the regulatory framework and the role of solvers in facilitating efficient trading across different platforms.

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TaxBit - Tax and Accounting for the Digital Economy Aug 30, 2024

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Reagan Cook is an Accounting Subject Matter Expert at TaxBit, the leading enterprise provider for digital assets tax and accounting technology.

Why you should listen

TaxBit is a premium end-to-end compliance and reporting solution for the Digital Economy. Their single API-powered platform for tax and accounting reduces manual work improving operational efficiency and more.

Reagan Cook, an accounting subject matter expert at Taxbit, discusses the company's tax and accounting solutions for the digital economy. Taxbit offers software solutions to create more efficient back-office processes and modernize reporting and accounting for companies transacting in crypto or digital assets. Their clients range from individual taxpayers to large enterprises like PayPal, Google, and the IRS. Cook highlights the unique accounting challenges in the crypto space, such as price volatility and evolving accounting guidance. She also emphasizes the importance of staying educated and getting ahead of accounting and reporting requirements in the crypto industry.

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Chainbase - On-chain Data at Scale Aug 29, 2024

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Chris Feng is a co-founder and COO of Chainbase, the world's largest omnichain data network designed to integrate all blockchain data into a unified ecosystem. Chainbase is building a decentralized data economy with advanced AI capabilities where anyone can participate, contribute, and be incentivized.

Why you should listen

Chris Feng, co-founder and COO of Chainbase, discusses the importance of data in the blockchain era and the role of Chainbase as a data protocol. He explains that Chainbase aims to create a new data stack for the next generation of blockchain, where all data is interconnected and accessible.

The Chainbase mission is to become developers' interface for interacting with on-chain data, offering reliability, accuracy, and openness.

Currently, Chainbase attracts over 15,000 developers and 8,000 project partners, managing over 500 billion data calls within the network. Now growing beyond Series A funding, they are backed by prominent funds including Tencent Investment Group, Matrix Partners, Hash Global, Folius Ventures, JSquare, DFG, Mask Network, Bonfire Union Ventures, and BODL Ventures. Chris highlights the key use cases of Chainbase, including providing real-time on-chain data, offering a comprehensive structure for developers, and enabling easier interaction with on-chain data for end users.

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Portal Pay - Bringing Cross-chain Payments to Gaming Aug 28, 2024

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Ezra Strauss, the Head of Partnerships at Portal, has a background in technology and gaming, previously working at Immutable and focusing on partnerships and business development. He joins Andy to discuss Portal, Portal Coin and the new Portal Pay payment solution.

Why you should listen

Portal Pay, developed by Portal, is a new payment solution aimed at enhancing the blockchain gaming experience, empowering developers, and impacting the broader Web3 ecosystem. It is part of a broader product roadmap with transaction fees used to purchase the token.

Portal Pay offers unprecedented interoperability by allowing seamless transactions of any token from any chain within games. This improves asset management and the gaming experience by enabling easy transfers and purchases without leaving the game.

Developers benefit from the ability to receive payments in their preferred currency and the support for multiple blockchain networks. This reduces friction and broadens market reach, while also supporting NFT integration and management.

Portal Pay promotes interoperability and decentralization, facilitating seamless transactions across different blockchain networks. This contributes to the growth of decentralized applications (dApps) and services.

The platform uses smart contracts for secure and private transactions, supporting complex workflows and automated management of digital assets.

Portal aims to be the distribution layer for Web3, connecting users with top dApps, especially in gaming, and facilitating a unified ecosystem through innovative solutions and a liquidity layer.

Portal has just announced a partnership with Futureverse, one of the most influential players in AI and metaverse technology, to integrate Portal Pay—Portal's cutting-edge crypto payment solution—across Futureverse's expansive ecosystem.

The first four experiences to benefit from this integration include Reebok Impact, JenMusicAI, The Third Kingdom, and Apes Unleashed, bringing secure and seamless crypto payments to millions of users.

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SubQuery - Decentralized AI Inference Hosting Aug 27, 2024

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James Bayly is COO and a cofounder at SubQuery, building fast, flexible, and scalable web3 infrastructure. Subquery is an infrastructure company that started as a data index and has now expanded to include RPCs and AI inference hosting.

Why you should listen

Subquery is expanding its infrastructure services to include AI inference hosting, aiming to bring decentralization to the AI space. The Subquery network incentivizes node operators and delegators to participate in hosting AI models.

In 10 years, blockchain technology will be seamlessly integrated into applications, providing censorship resistance and privacy protection.

SubQuery is developing the next generation of Web3 applications for a global user base, with decentralization at its heart. At the core of this initiative is the SubQuery Network, an advanced infrastructure layer that supports decentralized data indexers and RPCs—essential tools for anyone developing decentralized applications (dApps). This network marks SubQuery as a contender against traditional centralized services by providing an open platform for node operators and delegators to contribute.

The potential for AI to reshape industries, including Web3, has caught SubQuery's attention. The company is actively integrating AI functionalities into its decentralized framework. SubQuery's focus lies primarily on AI inference—utilizing pre-trained models to analyze new data, rather than training new models. "While there are commercial platforms that host inference for custom models, similar offerings are sparse in the Web3 realm," James explained. "Our decentralized network is for trustworthy, enduring AI model hosting."

Currently, the AI inference market is controlled by centralized cloud services, which charge steep fees and utilize customer data to refine their proprietary models. "Big players like OpenAI and Google Cloud AI are not just costly; they also use your data to bolster their private solutions," James pointed out. In contrast, SubQuery is dedicated to offering an affordable, open-source option for hosting production AI models. "Our aim is to enable users to deploy a production-ready LLM model on our network within just 10 minutes," he added. Through the SubQuery Network, cutting-edge hosting for the latest open-source AI models will be available, providing scalable and accessible AI services for Web3. By adopting a community-based strategy, SubQuery aims to facilitate decentralized AI inference on a large scale, empowering a global community of independent Node Operators.

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BAXUS - The Peer-to-Peer Marketplace for Premium Spirits Aug 22, 2024

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Carrie Kellar is the co-founder and CTO of BAXUS, a global marketplace for the world's most collectible spirits.

Why you should listen

Collectible wines and spirits are one of the most rapidly expanding and lucrative asset classes with the global luxury wines and spirits market forecasted to surge from $250 billion to $470 billion by 2032.

However, being predominantly localized, disconnected, and auction-based, the collectible spirits market is illiquid, inefficient, and opaque creating countless challenges for collectors in pricing and sourcing specific, coveted bottles.

BAXUS modernizes the collectible spirits market by bringing it online and constructing a liquid marketplace that seamlessly connects buyers and sellers.

Built on Solana, the BAXUS Marketplace harnesses open Web3 payment infrastructure to reduce costs, increase transparency, and infuse liquidity into what has historically been a fragmented, offline market. Leveraging blockchain technology, BAXUS ensures unparalleled transparency and access, enabling real-time authentication, storage, and trading.

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Luxolo - Your Digital Asset Concierge Aug 21, 2024

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Daren Hebold (Founder, CEO) and Michael Seymour (Director of Sales) run Luxolo Financial, a Portland-based service company that ensures clients have access to warm, professional, and timely service and support as they enter the digital assets space.

Why you should listen

Luxolo is dedicated to making digital assets more accessible to everyone. As the world rapidly adopts digital assets and explores new economic models, Luxolo remains steadfast in its commitment towards a brighter, more inclusive landscape. One of the key ways that Luxolo is working to achieve this goal is through education. The company believes in the power of education to transform lives and empower individuals to take control of their financial futures in a fast-changing world.

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Autonomys - The Radical Autonomy Network for H+AI Aug 18, 2024

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Labhesh Patel is the CEO and Co-Founder of Autonomys. Formerly known as Subspace, Autonomys (pronounced as "autonomous") has created a decentralized identity protocol named Autonomys ID (Auto ID).

Why you should listen

The convergence of human and artificial intelligence is redefining every aspect of our lives. As we navigate this transformative era, Autonomys is pioneering a path that champions individual autonomy, meaningful contribution, and self-driven prosperity in the age of AI. Autonomys is building the decentralized infrastructure for secure, sovereign collaboration between humans and AI. Our mission is to empower you to thrive in this new era, not as a passive recipient of handouts, but as an active architect of your own future.

Central to this mission is the Autonomys Network, powered by the innovative Subspace protocol. This decentralized network, underpinned by a Proof-of-Archival-Storage (PoAS) consensus, enables individuals to farm the network by contributing storage, thereby earning rewards through active participation and skill. This model champions the dignity of meaningful work over passive dependence.

Autonomys Identity (Auto ID) is the key to self-sovereign identity in the age of AI. Auto ID empowers you to prove your humanity without subjecting yourself to invasive biometric scans. It allows you to control your AI's permissions and authenticate AI-generated content, ensuring that you maintain authority over your digital footprint.

In contrast to projects like Worldcoin that promote a future of Universal Basic Income (UBI) and relinquished agency, Autonomys empowers users to benefit from their effort and capability. It's platform enables you to learn cutting-edge AI technology, develop your own AI agents, and collaborate with AI to amplify your potential.

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Fuse - Unbundling Payments Aug 16, 2024

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Mark Smargon is co-founder and CEO at Fuse a leading web3 platform for business and finance, powered by a performant zkEVM tailor-made to get millions of consumers on-chain.

Why you should listen

Fuse Network is a blockchain platform focused on simplifying Web3 payments and making blockchain technology more accessible to businesses and developers. It combines features like Account Abstraction, interoperability, and community engagement to create a user-friendly environment for decentralized applications and financial transactions.

Fuse is designed to empower anyone with the ambition to build on a decentralized blockchain infrastructure. Whether you're an existing crypto project, a startup, or a blue-chip company, Fuse welcomes you with open arms. This versatility enables the development of a wide range of products, from gaming and social applications to Web3 payment-focused solutions.

Fuse delivers a fast, cheap and borderless payment experience with their stablecoin-first payment stack.

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