The DeFi Decoded Podcast

Latest Episodes:

DeFi Decoded - Building a New Financial Architecture on Top of Bitcoin with Ledn Co-Founder Mauricio Di Bartolomeo Sep 14, 2023

Show notes

Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of DeFi with special guest Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Ledn. Listen in as they discuss Mauricio's incredible background and journey into crypto, moving to Canada and Ledn's development, its core business offerings, its supported cryptoassets for lending, role within the ecosystem, its Bitcoin price exposure risk, competitive environment of yield-paying products, customer base regional breakdown, CeFi vs DeFi future, expanding loan structures to incorporate reputation, and more!

DeFi Decoded - US Moves Closer to Bitcoin ETF Approval Sep 01, 2023

Show notes

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Grayscale Investments' victory in its Bitcoin ETF conversion case, first-mover advantage versus reputation among ETF filers, their underlying subscription and redemption processes, crypto market arbitrage trading strategies, friend.tech's design and early growth, Digital Currency Group's deal with Genesis creditors, and more!

DeFi Decoded - Will Canada be a Leader in Web3? A Conversation with Kraken Canada's Mark Greenberg Aug 24, 2023

Show notes

Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of DeFi with special guest Mark Greenberg, Managing Director of Canada at Kraken. Listen in as they discuss Mark's incredible journey, experience at Scotiabank, biggest surprises upon starting work at Kraken, balancing business growth pace with regulations, the pre-registration undertaking process within Canada, pre-registered limitations, restricted versus broker-dealer comparisons, Kraken's business size metrics, its strategy to address intensified market competition, WonderFi's full broker-dealer license, countries' crypto regulatory approaches, and more!

DeFi Decoded - More like CeFi Decoded! Coinbase, WonderFi, and BitGo Make Moves Aug 17, 2023

Show notes

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Coinbase receiving approval to list crypto futures in the United States, their official launch in the Canadian market, the current cryptoexchange ecosystem within Canada, BitGo's $100M raise, Zynga's first-ever Web3 game, and more!

DeFi Decoded - The USDT Juggernaut Keeps on Rolling, Plus ETHCC and DeFi Woes Aug 03, 2023

Show notes

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Andrew's recent trip to Paris and his on-the-ground key takeaways from EthCC, Tether's Q2 2023 attestation report, Curve Finance's exploit and its potentially seismic implications for the DeFi ecosystem and more!

DeFi Decoded - Be Mobile Africa's Plan to Lift 100 Million People Out of Poverty Using Blockchain and DeFi Jul 27, 2023

Show notes

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest Dr. Cédric Jeannot, Co-Founder and CEO of Be Mobile Africa. Listen in as they discuss Cédric's journey into the blockchain space, Be Mobile Africa's mission and role, addressing off-ramp implementation challenges, back-end liquidity structure, determining which blockchain to build on, neobank design and functionalities, imperative regulatory considerations, the firm's long-term vision, market size and growth metrics, Cédric's experiences with central banks and the existing educational gap, and more!

DeFi Decoded - Investing in Web3 Part 2 with Alex Tapscott Jul 21, 2023

Show notes

Join Alex Tapscott and Michael Hainsworth as they engage in an in-depth conversation that explores what using Web3 technology will look like, early enterprise adopters, the impact of decentralization on government and governance, whether lawmakers will get regulation right, examples of successful first-mover companies, gaining exposure to the Web3 asset class, and more!

DeFi Decoded - Simpler Transactions and Mobile-First Approach Will Fuel Mass Adoption Says Crypto VC Charlie Morris Jul 14, 2023

Show notes

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest Charlie Morris, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of CMCC Global. Listen in as they discuss the current crypto market cycle phase and next catalyst, the importance of intent-centric designs for Web3 transactions, improving wallets with account abstraction, channels to gain exposure to the user experience adoption thesis, dYdX's testnet launch on Cosmos, defining MEV, an analogy to the Sovereign Individual, embracing a mobile-first approach, Charlie's Solana cellphone, thesis area developer activity, and more!

DeFi Decoded - Investing in Web3 part 1 with Alex Tapscott Jul 07, 2023

Show notes

Join Alex Tapscott and Michael Hainsworth as they engage in a high-level, beginner-friendly, and educational episode that breaks down Web3 in simple terms, discusses its applications and disruptive potential on financial markets, introduces the Ninepoint Web3 Innovators Fund (TSX: TKN; TKN.U), and more!

DeFi Decoded - Alex Shares a Big Announcement. Also: DeFi's Growth and Innovation Over the Years Jun 30, 2023

Show notes

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Alex's big announcement on his new book, "Web3: Charting the Internet's Next Economic and Cultural Frontier," its structure and focal points, concepts from Niall Ferguson's "The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World," asset types that hold the greatest disruptive power in a Web3 world, an FTX customer fund recovery update, evaluating innovation within the DeFi space, insuring decentralized protocols, and more!

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

The DeFi Decoded Podcast

Related Podcasts

1

2

3

4

5

6