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Building the communication protocol for web3 with Shane Mac from XMTP May 09, 2022

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We sit down with Shane Mac, the cofounder of XMTP, which aims to become the communication network for web3. We discuss the evolution of communication and how there's a huge gap in web3 for wallet-to-wallet communication that requires an infrastructure layer like SMTP to power it.

Off-Chain 5/5/22: The $320mm Otherside land sale, Fantom liquidation drama, and Tennessee is recognizing DAOs. May 05, 2022

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In this week's episode of Off-Chain, we dig into the biggest web3 stories of the week, including:

The $320mm Otherside land sale.
Square Enix goes all-in on GameFi.
The $55mm Fantom liquidation that's been causing chaos on the network.
Tennessee is legally recognizing the formation of DAOs.
Fort Worth is running a small Bitcoin mining experiment.
Coinbase takes out the first Bitcoin-backed loan.
Kraken's new NFT marketplace.

Crabada: the game responsible for over 60% of Avalanche transactions May 02, 2022

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I speak to Bumzy, one of the early contributors to the Crabada ecosystem, and now leading growth at CrabaDAO. We take a look under the shell of the play & earn game that's accounting for over 60% of the Avalanche network's transactions.

Off-Chain 4/28/22: Bitcoin 401(k)s, Optimism's token launch, and Coinbase's NFT marketplace has arrived. Apr 28, 2022

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This is the first episode of our new weekly series, Off-Chain, that covers the biggest stories in web3 from the past week.

In this week's episode, we cover:

Stripe launching crypto payments.
Fidelity offers Bitcoin as a 401(k) investment option.
Optimism has announced its token launch (plus airdrop).
Coinbase announces beta of NFT marketplace.

The tokenomics and game mechanics behind Monster Champions Apr 13, 2022

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I speak with Palmer, the cofounder of Monster Champions, a brand new play and earn game that's just launched. The game looks to create an exciting experience both on and off chain for players, with some interesting tokenomics to keep things growing sustainably.

Everything you need to know about crypto taxes in 2022 with Shehan Chandrasekera Apr 04, 2022

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In this episode, we speak with Shehan Chandrasekera, the Head of Tax at Cointracker, to walk through all of the different tax considerations for individuals holding cryptocurrencies and NFTs. We discuss staking rewards, airdrops, wash sale rules, gas fees, NFTs, and more.

Cointracker website
Shehan's Twitter

Creating Hard Yield: How the Jones DAO team are leading innovation in DeFi Mar 28, 2022

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Jones Dao is a protocol that’s focused on managing options trading strategies for retail investors through their vaults. Options trading in DeFi is just starting to take off, with Dopex really leading the charge here, and Jones Dao are very closely aligned with them, using Dopex for the majority of their options trading.

Options trading in general is an enormous part of traditional finance. Even retail investing platforms like Robinhood see the majority of their revenue (~38%, in fact) come from options. And what’s great about this for DeFi is that options trading can be extremely profitable regardless of wider market conditions.

Ice Cream, one of the cofounders, talks through this in more detail in the episode, and shares their plans for going multi-chain, adding new vaults, the introduction of veJONES, and something I’m particularly interested in - their synthetic options LPs.

Jones DAO website.
Jones DAO docs.
Ice Cream's Twitter.

Move & Earn: Why STEPN is paying people as much as $100+ per day to go for a short walk Mar 21, 2022

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In this episode we interview Yawn Rong, one of the co-founders of STEPN. STEPN is one of our favorite new play & earn apps that is probably best described as a version of Strava or MapMyRun on the blockchain. New players are earning ~$25 each day for doing 10 minutes of walking, whereas some power users are earning as much as $400+ each day! Don't miss this one.

STEPN website.
STEPN whitepaper.
STEPN Twitter.

How Metasoccer are creating Football Manager for the blockchain Mar 14, 2022

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If, like me, you grew up in the 90s and loved football, you probably spend a disproportionate amount of your time playing football management games like Championship Manager (later Football Manager).

Well, Metasoccer is bringing all of that nostalgia onto the blockchain. They're building a play & earn football management game. You own everything from the players, backroom staff, and stadia as NFTs, and you compete in a league against others around the world.

In this episode, I speak to Gustavo Sabino, the head of growth at Metasoccer, about how it all works.

Nat Eliason on building Crypto Raiders and making the jump from web2 to web3 Mar 07, 2022

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Nat Eliason runs the treasury at Crypto Raiders, a popular play & earn game within the Polygon ecosystem. We discuss how Nat made the leap from working in web2 to taking on a major role in an emerging web3 project, as well as sharing what he's helping to build at Crypto Raiders.

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