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Conversations with industry insiders from the crypto, Bitcoin, Ethereum, NFT, DeFi and web3 space. Find your edge straight from the source.
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Bitcoin 2.0: exSat is Coming to the Blockchain Space
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Founder Series brings on BigBeardSamurait, the founder of exSat, as he explains the concept of exSat, a docking layer for Bitcoin that provides a data availability layer and a hybrid consensus mechanism. He highlights the benefits of exSat for miners, validators, custodians, and end users and discusses the tokenomics of the XSAT token and the RAM t…
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DeFi: Remembering Why Decentralized Finance Matters
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Founder Series brings Nick from Unstoppable as he shares the company's journey in creating a decentralized alternative to centralized exchanges. The conversation covers Unstoppable’s dedication to self-custody, decentralization, and user safety, highlighting features like advanced order types, margin trading, and a secure, user-friendly mobile app.…
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Perpetual Options are the FUTURE of DeFi Trading
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Founder Series brings on Devin from GammaSwap as they dive into the evolution and innovation in DeFi, particularly around options and volatility trading. Devin shares GammaSwap's origins, the challenges faced by traditional AMMs, and how GammaSwap addresses these by enabling decentralized long volatility. They also discuss the differences between p…
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Irys: Redefining Blockchain Data Storage Like Never Before
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Founder Series brings on Josh, the founder of Irys, to explore the concept of programmable data and its role in blockchain. The discussion covers the importance of on-chain data storage and also discusses potential use cases, particularly in data-driven applications like AI, and emphasizes the need to find a market fit. Community building is highli…
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Avantis CEO Reveals Bold Plan to Revolutionize DeFi Trading
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Founder Series brings on Sehaj, the CEO of Avantis as they discuss its innovative approach to tackling challenges in decentralized finance (DeFi). The discussion covers Avantis' unique features, like its focus on balancing the needs of liquidity providers (LPs) and traders through loss protection and other incentives. The episode also touches on th…
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EBTC Could Be the Next Big Thing in Bitcoin DeFi | Founder Series
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Founder Series brings on Saj from BadgerDAO to share his journey from electrical engineering to becoming a prominent figure in DeFi. He discusses the early days of BadgerDAO, which sought to connect Bitcoin and Ethereum through inventive DeFi solutions. Saj introduces EBTC, a new protocol designed to offer a more capital-efficient and trustless sol…
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Jordi Alexander Gives Exclusive Insights on Mantle's Next Moves
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Founder Series is back and this time we’ve got Jordi Alexandr from Mantle catching us up on Mantle, Puff, Marketing, and Poker! The conversation touches on the challenges of inflationary rewards, the significance of community and network effects, and Mantle’s strategic use of its treasury to support new assets and projects. The speakers explore ide…
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Merging Web2 and Web3 Gaming Worlds: From Guild FI to Zentry
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In this episode of the blocmates podcast, Jedi is joined by Jaindr as they explore the intricate world of Zentry (formerly Guild Fi), They take an insightful look into its technical details and the innovative products their team has developed. They highlight the importance of user engagement by bridging Web2 and Web3 through a play economy. They al…
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Your Ticket to Tomorrow's Events: Open Ticket’s Web3 Invasion
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In this episode of the blocmates podcast, we look at a project set to shake up the ticketing world with blockchain tech. Jedi has a chat with Colby and Oliver from Open Ticket Exchange Network. They take us through the genesis of their venture, the hurdles they've encountered in the industry, and the ingenious solutions they've cooked up along the …
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In this segment of Beramates, you're in for a treat! Grant has an insightful chat withLordPemby about the Yeet project within the cryptocurrency community. They chat about everything from game mechanics to liquidity strategies, NFT integration, and how they're keeping the community engaged. Plus, you'll get the inside scoop on where the project is …
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How to Qualify for the $FARE TGE: Fareplay’s Decentralized Casino Model Revealed | Founder Series
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In this episode of the blocmates podcast, Jedi has an insightful chat with the founder of Fareplay, Eren. They discuss the intricacies of building a decentralised dynamic entity and the basic structure of a decentralised casino. Eren shares what makes Fareplay unique in its approach to decentralising the house. They discuss the importance of creati…
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From Vacation Idea to Game Changer: DeFi Saver’s Journey | Founder series
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In this episode of the blocmates podcast, Jedi is joined by the Co-founder of DeFi Saver, Nenad Palinkasevic. Nenade provides insights on the importance of thinking long-term and keeping a keen eye on security and user-friendliness. They dive into concepts like account abstraction, smart wallets, and multi-signature wallets, all aimed at streamlini…
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What The Government Doesn't Want You To Know About Decentralized Society | Founder Series
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In this episode of the blocmates podcast, Jedi is joined by the Founder of Mask Network, Suji Yan. They dive deep into Suji Yan's journey and the groundbreaking decentralized platform set to transform social networking and journalism. Yan shares captivating insights into Mask Network's core mission and the hurdles encountered in attracting users wi…
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This is Why Your Order Books are Dry: Unveiling Elixir's Liquidity Secrets
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In this episode, we dive into market-making with a real yield product. Jedi has a chat with Philip Forte, the Founder of Elixir Network, where they go deep into market-making strategies, order books, and what sets Elixir apart in the market landscape. They also unpack Elixir’s unique customer reward program, The Apothecary, and all the perks it bri…
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From Labs to Galaxies: Vector Space Biosciences' Journey with AI and Crypto | Founder Series
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In this episode of Founder Series, Jedi teams up with Kasian, CEO of Vector Space Biosciences for an enlightening conversation. They take a deep dive into what makes Vector Space Biosciences stand out as a Decentralized Science company, and how they're harnessing the power of AI. They cover it all from practical uses of language modeling to its imp…
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Is io.net the Most Anticipated Product in Crypto x AI? | Founder Series
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In today’s episode Grant sits down with io.net’s COO Tory Green. The two kick things off by breaking down the GPU gold rush & centralized cloud challenges, io.net's value-prop, as well as the Web3 efficiencies of cloud-compute. Tory then outlines io.net’s rates, drops a date on wen $I0 token, and the two discuss the future of the Solana ecosystem. …
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Say goodbye to Bridged assets! Clone Protocol on the horizon | Founder Series
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Bridged assets are out, and Cloned assets are in. In this episode of the Blocmates podcast, Jedi catches up with the dynamic duo behind Clone protocol: Mark and Ku. Together, they dive deep into what sets Clone apart and how it's adding value to the Solana ecosystem, especially with its USDC-backed liquidity. Plus, they look at the fascinating infl…
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Liquidity Unleashed on Berachain: The Ooga Booga Effect
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In this episode of Beramates, Grant dives into a one-on-one chat with Kevin from Ooga Booga. They delve deep into Ooga Booga's impact on the Berachain Ecosystem as a native liquidity aggregator. They explore everything from Ooga Booga’s distinctive features to the competitive landscape within the dex aggregator realm. Plus, they dissect the dynamic…
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PepperDEX: The Ultimate Perps Trading Protocol on Solana | Founder Series
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Today Jedi is joined by Peprika Inferno, Founder of PepperDEX. PepperDEX is a community-driven perpetuals and expiring futures DEX platform, offering Trading Vaults, Zero-Day Futures and utilizing the SPANDEX Risk Engine, and a Dexterity Order Book. Jedi and Peprika sit down to discuss Trading Vaults, PepperDEX’s user-acquisition strategy, the matu…
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Turning Loss into Liquidity | Founders Series | Interview with Smilee
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Today Jedi is joined by Smilee Finance Co-Founder Albiwara to discuss all things derivatives — this is THE on-chain derivatives trading episode you’ve been waiting for. The two discuss; Resolving DeFi’s biggest crux: Impermanent Loss & the Impermanent Gain infrastructure, Smilee's value-prop, Lending/Borrowing roadmap, LP incentives, Smilee’s Produ…
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Blockchain Banking with Sling | Founder Series
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Grant is joined by Sling Money Co-Founder Simon Amor to discuss the power of blockchain banking and why now is the time to bring banking into the 21st century. Simon shares his early days at FinTech behemoth, Monzo, Sling’s origin story, Sling’s blockchain rails, the next iteration of FinTech UI/UX, Sling’s roadmap, and much more! For those interes…
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Restaking on Berachain with Beradrome | Beramates Episode 2
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Grant was joined by MXM and BowTiedBart from Beradrome on the second episode of the Beramates series. Beradrome is a restaking and liquidity marketplace on Berachain. These guys initially started out as a velodrome fork, but once they saw the DEX space was becoming increasingly crowded they decided to pivot to a unique take on restaking using the B…
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Fractionalization of NFTs: ERC404s vs "Items" | Interview with EthereansOS
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Grant was joined by the EthereansOS team to discuss their full suite of no-code products on top of Ethereum. The Ethereans guys came up during the explosion of ERC404s as they had in fact, built a similar product in early 2019. In this episode, you will learn about the pros and cons of ERC404 vs "Items" which is the token standard in question. --- …
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Algebra Protocol - UniSwap's Biggest Threat | An Interview
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Vladimir from Algebra Protocol joins the podcast to discuss the liquidity DEX engine you've never heard of but probably used daily as it powers a number of popular DEXes. We discuss the comparison against UniSwap, why it's a threat, and how Algebra Plug-Ins differ and compete against UniSwap V4 Hooks.We also dig deep into Integral. --- Send in a vo…
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API3: Unlocking Web3 with Blockchain-Native APIs with Ugur Mersin
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Today Jedi sits down with API3 DAO member, Ugur Merin to discuss the great blockchain-API unlock. Ugur explains the potential for API3, getting buy-in from Web2 clients, business developments, API3 Perp DEX integration, and much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blocmates/message…
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Introducing Beramates! Today is a special, special episode, as we kick off the first episode of our new series Beramates. Today we’re joined by none other than Smokey The Bera to dive deep on the Berachain ecosystem. Grant and Smokey jump straight into the Berachain ecosystem and bespoke design principles, before discussing application vs chain val…
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Why Are Fixed Interest Rate Loans In DeFi So Important? Chatting with Term Labs
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Jedi had the opportunity to meet with Dion, the CEO of Term Labs to discuss the importance of having fixed interest rates on loans in DeFi. Term is a decentralized non-custodial lending protocol where users can borrow or lend on a fixed rate basis by participating in weekly (Term) auctions.Potential borrowers submit their bids and potential lenders…
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Top Modular Blockchain & RollUp Plays in 2024 With Andy from The RollUp
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Grant sat down with Andy from The RollUp to chat about his thoughts on the modular blockchain thesis, interesting layer2s and rollups that are coming to the market plus some additional crypto infrastructure plays you might want to keep an eye on. In this episode, we will cover the expansion of modular blockchains and their use of data availability …
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This clip was taken from our recent live stream, which solely covered ERC404 projects. In this clip, you will learn about the new ERC404 token standard that has taken the crypto industry by storm this week. You will also learn what the top ERC404 projects are, how to buy them and what to do with your ERC404 NFTs. Full episode - https://youtube.com/…
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Rich Rines joins Jedi to discuss Core as a layer 1 blockchain that utilizes and supports Bitcoin miners on an EVM-compatible chain to potentially finally solve the blockchain trilemma. This is all made possible thanks to their unique two-way consensus mechanism dubbed ‘Satoshi Plus’. They dive into all the challenges and benefits of how Bitcoin sec…
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Top NEW Crypto Projects of Q1 2024 - blocmates Watchlist
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Grant and 563 cover their favourite crypto projects that are coming to market in Q1 2024. Trying to find the best altcoins of 2024 is pretty tricky. Now, we aren't moonboys; these are our favourites for more reasons than number-go-up. These are the projects we found the most interesting from a crypto narrative perspective, and we will be paying clo…
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How To Build In DeFi: An Interview with Byte Masons
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Jedi and Justin Bebis talk about building in DeFi and the journey that OATH Foundation and the Byte Masons have been on the last few years. This one's an insightful and informative take on what it takes to build sustainable projects in DeFi.Byte Masons is driven by a vision to create financial inclusion across different frontiers such as protocols,…
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Persistence One | The home of LST-Fi on Cosmos?!
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Dan is back on the mic and joins Tushar and Mikhill from Persistence Labs, the team behind the LST-Fi Cosmo App Chain Persistence Once. Cosmos has been heating up recently with the airdrop hype, and the LST-Fi/LRT-Fi hype is only just beginning, with EigenLayer's launch coming soon. We dig into what Persistence is, what they are building and how th…
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Polygon DeFi Head Discusses The Next Catalysts for MATIC & POL Ecosystem in 2024.
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Grant was joined by Jack Melnick, the head of DeFi at Polygon Labs. The Polygon ecosystem is heating up with the Polygon 2.0 rollout, which includes important upgrades to the Polygon PoS chain and, more importantly, the zk-EVM. Jack takes Grant through all the infrastructure upgrades that Polygon has been shipping throughout the bear market, leadin…
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The 'Perfect' Storm Coming to Arbitrum - A DEX Built For Efficiency
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Jedi sat down with Nick and Bossimp from Perfect Swap to discuss a new Decentralized Exchange (DEX) launching on Arbitrum in mid-January. Perfect Swap is combining some bits of the ve(3,3) incentive model with the best parts of Camelot, Uniswap, and other DEXs to bring a more efficient liquidity layer on Arbitrum to the market. --- Send in a voice …
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Solana Projects That Are About to Change the Game with Hxro Network
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Grant was joined by Gunny from Hxro Labs to discuss the upcoming airdrops, point systems, TGEs and LBPs that will happen on Solana and in particular, the Hxro Network. Hxro Network is a liquidity layer on Solana that enables protocols to build derivatives products such as perps, futures, options, gambling products and anything you can think of! In …
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Florence Finance: Connecting DeFi to Real-World Lending
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Jedi and Chiel discuss how Florence Finance acts as a bridge between cryptocurrency lenders and real-world borrowers, allowing them to interact in a transparent and mutually beneficial fashion.Real World Assets (RWA) will be a huge narrative going forward, not only for 2024 but for the evolution of crypto for the next 10 years. How do we empower th…
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Everything You Need to Know About Pear Protocol | Interview with Huf
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Grant sat down with long-time (in crypto terms) friend Huf to chat about everything they are building over at Pear Protocol. They spoke about the best pair trades that have existed in 2023 and what trades that people could be on the lookout for in 2024 in the crypto markets. Pear Protocol is a one-stop shop pair trading perps DEX that also acts as …
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Ex-Polygon Head Starts His Own Fund. Here's What They Are Buying. Hamzah Khan of 3poch Lab
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Grant sat down with Hamzah who is the ex-head of growth at Polygon and now he has co-founded his own liquid crypto fund. This episode covers why 3poch Labs decided to be a liquid crypto fund over seed investments, the top altcoins of 2024 (in their opinion) and their trading strategy going into the new bull market and more. --- Send in a voice mess…
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What Are Intents? Are Decentralized Exchanges About to Change Forever?
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Grant and 563 sat down once more to chat about an emerging trend happening in the crypto space - Intents... Intents are pretty standard across the traditional finance world. RFQ or request for quote is a standard order type in finance, now people are beginning to take notice that the automated market maker AMM design for decentralized exchanges may…
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How PancakeSwap Is Shaping Its Own Cross-chain Future
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Grant chats with Chef Icy, aka "BD Bunny," about his journey into the DeFi and arrival at PancakeSwap. The two discuss the current mindsets of those shaping the DeFi space and explore the grassroots movement driving its growth. PancakeSwap, a pivotal player in DeFi's transformation, has evolved from its early native-only DEX roots on Binance Chain …
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Top Portfolio Tips to Prepare for The Crypto Bull Market
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The blocmates Founder and CEO Grant rattles through 13 of the best learnings he's taken from multiple cycles in the crypto market. With coins moving and liquidity increasing, the signs look good for a 2024 crypto bull run. But how do set yourself up for success?If you're new to the market, or trading in general, Grant runs through some of the thing…
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Top Unreleased Crypto Projects of Q4 2023 Revealed - blocmates
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Grant and 563 are back. This time they both took turns to go through some unreleased crypto projects that are set to either go live or launch their project token in the coming months. Funnily enough, a lot of these revolved around the DEX landscape with the odd curve ball there. Both Grant and 563 are full-time researchers in DeFi so naturally, all…
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Walmart & Smyths Embrace The Blockchain | Talking Toys and NFTs With Pudgy Penguins
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Luca Netz joins Dan for a catch up on all-things Pudgy Penguins and how the brand is revolutionising the way retail views NFTs and the blockchain. The two chat about the brilliant marketing move to use toys as a trojan horse for blockchain technology and crypto, by simplifying the UI experience for the public. Scan a QR code and enter the world of …
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How Blockchains Are Evolving: Celestia, Solana, Ethereum Layer 2s - The Modular vs Monolithic Debate
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Grant and 563 sat down to go through a brief history of blockchains and how their purpose and use cases have changed over the years. From a standard peer-to-peer electronic cash system which is Bitcoin, to Ethereum and the EVM, smart contracts and DeFi. Now we are entering the next paradigm shift in how blockchain technology reaches the masses. Is …
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Vertex Protocol: Everything You Need To Know About The VRTX Launch on Arbitrum 13-20th November.
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Jedi speaks to Darius on the journey less travelled from the Terra Luna crash and how Vertex had to dig deep to arrive at Arbitrum and now a year later they will be launching their token off the back of a very successful year of building. A perps DEX that is poised to take on the biggest and the best on-chain. They are now looking to reward their l…
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Will This OTC Platform for Degens Explode? | An Interview with PintSwap
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And we are back on the blocmates podcast and this time Dan is joined by PintSwap Max, the Co-Founder of PintSwap, an OTC platform for small to midcap cryptocurrency tokens. In today's interview, we talk about Max's origin stories into crypto, how he survived the darkest crypto winter ever and go in-depth into the whats, whys and hows of the PintSwa…
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What Does The BTC ETF Mean For Crypto? | Is FTX Coming Back? | Good Morning Degen
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Grant, Mike and Alex round up the week in crypto, including the big news that the SEC's window for approving all Bitcoin ETFs is now in motion. Over the next seven days, all applications will likely be approved. We chat about what this means for the industry and why it's net positive for the space, despite being almost counterintuitive to what Bitc…
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Solana Manlets Rejoice | Family & Friends Ask About Crypto Again | Good Morning Degen
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After three weeks away, the team are back with plenty to discuss. The Bitcoin and overall market pump has been welcomed, with some other big winners such as Solana and the entire SOL ecosystem, as Grant has long predicted. Plus, all of our friends and family are now primed to be our exit liquidity. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.sp…
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Are You Earning the Best Returns Possible in DeFi? Lending & Borrowing with Summer.fi
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Jedi invited Chris to discuss exactly why summer.fi really does bring the best of DeFi onto one app. Summer.fi has teamed up with a few protocols like Ajna, an “Oracle-less, Permissionless, zero-governance protocol, AAVE, MakerDAO, SparkDAO (a subDAO associated with MakerDAO), and more to come, to create a giant of a money market with the best inte…
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