Episode 149 – Samantha Yap (Founder + CEO of YAP Global): Translating Crypto

Samantha Yap is Founder + CEO of YAP Global. With a background in broadcast journalism, Samantha discovered crypto in 2017 and quickly fell down the rabbit hole. After chatting with founders and realizing most struggled to communicate what they were building, Samantha launched YAP Global in 2018 with the goal of translating crypto jargon and helping projects effectively tell their stories.--Follow Samantha on X: @samanthawyapFollow YAP Global on X: @YAPGlobalTeam--  Follow us on the socials:  X: @showcryptoTikTok: @showmethecryptoInstagram: @showmethecryptopodcast--*Any financial compensation we directly receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Cecilia Hsueh is Co-Founder and CEO of Morph. Over the past 13 years, Cecilia has founded five startups and sold services and products to more than five million users. Cecilia entered the crypto space in 2019 and founded Morph in 2023. Morph enables real consumer applications, powering everyday transactions for everyday people.--Follow Cecilia on X: @ceciliahsuehFollow Morph on X: @MorphLayer--  Follow us on the socials:  X: @showcryptoTikTok: @showmethecryptoInstagram: @showmethecryptopodcast--*Any financial compensation we directly receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Jason Goldberg is Founder and CEO of Airstack, which is responsible for developing the Moxie Protocol. Jason has been an entrepreneur for more than two decades, but his career started when he dropped out of college to work on Bill Clinton’s campaign before going on to work at the White House for six years. Jason’s first company, Social Median, created the first social media newsfeed. Today, his focus is on Moxie, which is a community-governed economic engine, with a mission to help creators and fans prosper.--Follow Jason on X: @betashopFollow Moxie on X: @moxie_xyz--  Follow us on the socials:  X: @showcryptoTikTok: @showmethecryptoInstagram: @showmethecryptopodcast--*While this is not a sponsored episode, the Moxie team may be adding $MOXIE as a reward incentive for those who choose to mint via pods.media.*Any financial compensation we directly receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Jake Gallen is CEO of Emblem Vault. Born and raised in Las Vegas, and with a decade of experience working in the club scene on the strip, Jake discovered crypto in 2016 and made a bunch of money. But then, perhaps with the Vegas influence, he put it all into an ICO at the peak of the market in early 2018 and lost everything. Despite that setback, Jake’s crypto conviction never wavered. Today, Jake leads Emblem Vault, which is an innovative platform that brings seamless interoperability to the world of digital assets.--Follow Jake on X: @jakegallen_Follow Emblem Vault on X: @EmblemVault--  Follow us on the socials:  X: @showcryptoTikTok: @showmethecryptoInstagram: @showmethecryptopodcast--*Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Cooper Scanlon is co-founder of Movement Labs. Cooper and his co-founder, Rushi, launched Movement Labs from their college dorm room in late 2022. From selling his car to afford engineer salaries to raising more than $45 Million in private venture funding for Movement builders, Cooper has accomplished a lot in a short timeframe. In December 2024 the team successfully launched Movement Mainnet Beta and the $MOVE Token. -- Follow Cooper on X: @coopsmoves Follow Movement Labs on X: @movementlabsxyz --   Follow us on the socials:   X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

With a background building products in the crypto space for nine years, Ejaaz decided to go back to his crypto roots of degen research and investing about a year ago, which led him to set up a liquid fund focused on investing in tokens with an edge on emerging sectors. Since then, he has been in the weeds understanding the intersection of AI and crypto, and he currently educates the Bankless audience on the recurring AI Rollup. -- Follow Ejaaz on X: @cryptopunk7213 -- Ejaaz mentions "Infinite Backrooms" in this conversation: https://dreams-of-an-electric-mind.webflow.io/ --   Follow us on the socials:   X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

David Sneider is Co-Founder of Lit Protocol. What started as a teenage passion for astronomy led David onto a website called Hacker News, which, in turn, educated David on the concept of Bitcoin. In 2013, David began building a SaaS company that eventually got acquired by LinkedIn, but he simultaneously kept an eye on developments in the blockchain space. Lit Protocol is a key management network for decentralized signing and encryption. -- Follow David on X: @davidlsneider Follow Lit Protocol on X: @LitProtocol --   Follow us on the socials:   X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

On this special year-end episode of Show Me The Crypto, co-hosts Wade and Ulf give their 2025 Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and Doge price predictions, as well as the month they predict each will peak. Who do you think will win!? Let us know... --   Follow us on the socials:   X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Wade and Ulf are holders of the coins mentioned on this episode. None of this is financial advice. *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Jasper Zhang is CEO and Co-founder of Hyperbolic. Jasper completed his PhD in mathematics at UC Berkeley in just two years, making him the fastest person to finish a PhD in Berkeley's history. He's won multiple gold medals in international math competitions and previously worked at Citadel Securities and Ava Labs. Today, he's building what he calls an "open-access AI cloud" through Hyperbolic, which aims to democratize access to AI computing resources. -- Follow Jasper on X: @zjasper666 Follow Hyperbolic on X: @hyperbolic_labs --   Follow us on the socials:   X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Karel Vuong is Co-Founder of Treasure, which is striving to build the decentralized Nintendo. Karel is a lifelong gamer whose passion blossomed while waiting for games to download on LimeWire in the early days of dial-up internet. With an eagerness to build, Karel dropped out in his third year of Computer Science at the University of Toronto. His early love for gaming, eagerness to build and background in venture capital has led him to the forefront of Web3 gaming innovation. Treasure’s goal is to bring games and IP born out of Web3 into the mainstream. -- Follow Karel on X: @karelvuong Follow Treasure on X: @Treasure_DAO --   Follow us on the socials:   X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.