Cryptotesters

In this episode I talk to Sam Bankman Fried from FTX. Sam is one of the most well known figures in the crypto space. He's a notorious trader moving billions of dollars on a daily basis. He is so busy that he only sleeps a couple of hours a day on a bean bag next to his desk. He recently got a lot of mainstream media attention for donating over $5m dollars to the Joe Biden campaign. In the episode we talk about: - FTX's fast growth and success reasons - Plans for Blockfolio and Maps.me - The FTT token - Relationship with Binance - His involvement in the Solana ecosystem Thanks to Bitwala and Indexed Finance for sponsoring our podcast! Bitwala: Get €20 as welcome bonus if you sign-up to their crypto wallet app using our exclusive link: https://bitwala.x89scb.net/1xYMd Indexed: allows you to buy passively managed indices for Crypto and DeFi’s hottest markets, passive portfolios at your fingertips.

In this episode we talk to Stephan Ponnet  Foudner of AvadoCloud. Avado produces Blockchain Nodes which users can run at home and are extremely easy to set-up. Using an Avado device even non-technical people can run nodes in decentralized network and earn crypto tokens for doing so. In the episode we talk about how he got the idea for Avado, how he built the first prototypes and why he thinks everyone should run their own node. We also walk through the variety of networks that Avado supports and the long-term vision of his project. Special Opportunity: Metric.exchange is holding a trading competition to reward our early users for doing swaps and limit orders on their new exchange! Prizes totaling over $50000 equivalent in $METRIC token and DAI. Thanks to Bitwala and Indexed Finance for sponsoring our podcast! Bitwala: Get €20 as welcome bonus if you sign-up to their crypto wallet app using our exclusive link: https://bitwala.x89scb.net/1xYMd Indexed: allows you to buy passively managed indices for Crypto and DeFi’s hottest markets, passive portfolios at your fingertips.

In this episode I talk to Alex Salnikov, who is the founder of Rarible.com one of the largest NFT marketplaces in the crypto space. We discuss how he got into NFTs, why he thinks that what we’re currently seeing with NFT art is just the tip of the iceberg and why there could be much larger technological disruption ahead, as well as the challenges that Rarible faces and how it intends to tackle them. Thanks to Bitwala and Indexed Finance for sponsoring our podcast! Bitwala: Get €20 as welcome bonus if you sign-up to their crypto wallet app using our exclusive link: https://bitwala.x89scb.net/1xYMd Indexed: allows you to buy passively managed indices for Crypto and DeFi’s hottest markets, passive portfolios at your fingertips.

In this episode we speak with Nate Hindman, Head of Growth and Mark Richardson, Lead Research from bancor.network. We talk about the history of Bancor, how it came to develop its first AMM, why it was ultimately less successful than Uniswap in that period and how its new version solves a lot of the issues that have existed in AMMs in the last couple of years: impermanent loss and single-sided liquidity. Thanks to our sponsor Bitwala for sponsoring our podcast! Get €20 as welcome bonus if you sign-up to their crypto wallet app using our exclusive link: https://bitwala.x89scb.net/1xYMd

Thanks to our sponsor Bitwala! Get €20 as welcome bonus if you sign-up to their crypto wallet app using our exclusive link. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ In this episode we talk to Tim Beiko, who has recently become Facilitator of the AllCoreDevs call, where Ethereum Core Developers discuss the Ethereum roadmap and other important governance matters. Tim is also the lead coordinator behind one of the most important Ethereum Improvement Proposals this year called EIP-1559. In our conversation Tim explains in great detail how Ethereum governance works and what he sees as the main challenges today. We also break down EIP-1559 and discuss how its going to improve the Ethereum fee market.

In this episode I talk to Dillon Kellar from Indexed Finance. Indices are probably the hottest product category in the DeFi space right now. Probably everyone knows indices or ETFs from the traditional world like the S&P500. They track the performance of entire market sector or baskets of assets. By doing so they allow investors to get exposure in a passive way without having to actively manage their portfolio everyday, buying and selling various assets. An index takes care of that. DeFi indices are even more interesting because they are decentralised and let governance token holders key factors such as which indices to deploy next, how to manage them and so on. Indexed is one of the most interesting index projects right now - it rose from $0 to $17m in less than a month! In this episode we talk about this incredible journey.

In this episode I talk to Jack Lipstone one of the founders behind Rari Capital Rari is a lending protocol aggregator promising to always get the best interest rates for their for users who trust Rari with their crypto assets. Since there are multiple lending protocols in the DeFi space, each having different interest rates, it can be quite time consuming for users to always move their assets between apps as soon as interest rates change Rari automates this process and deposits user asset in whatever protocol delivers the best rate: whether it’s Compound, Save, DyDx or stable That’s how it is able to consistently offer interest rates between 15-20% on dollar stable coin deposits In the episode we talk about Jack’s experience as a 19 year old founder in DeFi, about the fierce competition among lending aggregators and what Rari has in the pipeline to get ahead of the competition in 2021. Big thanks to our sponsor: Bitwala: A European Bank Account with integrated Bitcoin + Ethereum wallets allowing you to move between your fiat and crypto -> Sign-up today with our exclusive link and get €20 as a welcome bonus after your first trade💰

In this episode we talk to Kirll Kutakov from Stakewise.io, an Ethereum 2.0 staking provider. Stakewise wants to make it as easy as possible for users to stake their Ether (ETH), participate in the validation mechanism of the Ethereum 2.0 network and earn those juicy staking rewards (5-15%). We talk about the different staking options available to users, what their respective tradeoffs are, the competition in the staking space, especially with centralised exchanges and how Stakewise plans to attract users in this extremely competitive landscape. Big thanks to our sponsors: Stakewise.io: An ETH 2.0 staking provider, allowing you to stake your ETH and earn high yields on it in the most user-friendly manner -> Try out their Beta product before they go live in December and earn a chance to win a secret prize 🎁 Bitwala: A European Bank Account with integrated Bitcoin + Ethereum wallets allowing you to move between your fiat and crypto -> Sign-up today with our exclusive link and get €20 as a welcome bonus after your first trade💰

In this episode we talk to Burak Benligiray from API3, API3 is building a next-generation oracle solution. Oracles are a crucial piece of infrastructure in the nascent DeFi industry and beyond. They allow smart contracts to communicate with real world data. Currently, the most important data coming from oracles are price feeds. But tomorrow, it could be KYC, open-banking data Big thanks to our sponsors: Stakewise.io: An ETH 2.0 staking provider, allowing you to stake your ETH and earn high yields on it in the most user-friendly manner -> Try out their Beta product before they go live in December and earn a chance to win a secret prize 🎁 Bitwala: A European Bank Account with integrated Bitcoin + Ethereum wallets allowing you to move between your fiat and crypto -> Sign-up today with our exclusive link and get €20 as a welcome bonus after your first trade💰

In this episode I talk with Kevin Chou, the founder of Rally, a platform for creators to build next generation community economies. Using Rally, creators can launch a token, distribute or sell it to their fans, receive donations denominated in that token and use a whole set of tools to create special experiences for their fans.  For example, they can reward fans who engage a lot with them on social media, watch a lot of Twitch content or buy the creator’s merchandise. The point is that using tokens, creators can rewards fans and align incentives. Fans become not only emotionally vested in the creators success but also financially. In the episode, we talk about Kevin’s experience pre-Rally building a multi-million gaming company, how the Rally platforms works, the potential of creator tokens and if he foresees any negative societal implications with creator tokens. Big thanks to our sponsors: Stakewise.io: An ETH 2.0 staking provider, allowing you to stake your ETH and earn high yields on it in the most user-friendly manner -> Try out their Beta product before they go live later this month and earn a chance to win a secret prize 🎁 Bitwala: A European Bank Account with integrated Bitcoin + Ethereum wallets allowing you to move between your fiat and crypto -> Sign-up today with our exclusive link and get €20 as a welcome bonus after your first trade💰