Dear Cove listeners, wishing you a merry christmas, happy holidays and happy new year from all of us at the Cove. Welcome to a very special, holiday season, double episode. I wanted to keep you stocked up with some bullish and big brained discussions so I’ve got Kel, analyst at Messari on first. You can think of it like an extended Crypto Twitter c…

Dive deep into the exciting waves of innovation with us as we explore the Kamino 2.0! In this episode, we're thrilled to unravel the mysteries of the brand new Borrow/Lend market that's making waves in the DeFi landscape. Join us as we navigate the currents of Solana's financial ecosystem and discover how Kamino 2.0 is redefining the borrowing and …

WelcomeUnderdog is a protocol that helps users manage all of their NFTs in one place. With gas-free minting, all-in-one APIs, and easy-to-follow templates users can mint, manage, and index all of their Solana NFTs.In this episode, we'll discuss all things NFTs, NFT's APIs, and much much more.Enjoy!

WelcomeWe are thrilled to have Michael, a core contributor from Marinade, joining us today. Strap in, folks, because on this episode, we're going to dive deep into the fascinating world of LSTs. Yes, that's right, LSTs! We'll be covering everything you ever wanted to know about LSTs, Marinade, and the dynamic environment on Solana.But we won't stop…

Welcome to the latest episode of The Cove Podcast! We're absolutely thrilled to have Tommy, the co-founder of PsyFi, a groundbreaking ecosystem of financial products built on Solana. Not only is he a true Solana OG, but he's also spearheading Armada, a visionary initiative designed to propel the next generation of token ecosystems within the Solana…

Welcome! Ethermail is a Web 3.0 Email Solution setting the standard for anonymous and encrypted wallet-to-wallet communication. Traditional Email is showing its inadequacy to Web3 customers with regards to communication. In order to solve this, EtherMail allows fully anonymous and encrypted P2P communication and rewards its users for reading releva…

Welcome listener, Unlike other payment apps, Code can be used with anyone, anywhere. We talk with Tanner Philp about how Code runs on sophisticated blockchain technology, so anyone can use it. You can pull out a bill for any amount and hand it to someone just like cash or send it through any messenger. Tune in and learn how CODE is the simplest way…

Welcome listener What would happen if you embarked on the ambitious task of building a web3 game from the ground up in space? How do you craft a vibrant incentive aligned in space economy? How does a web3 enable the Triple-A game to differ from regular Triple A's? How do you keep the community engaged along the development cycle? Today we're headin…

Welcome listeners!Today we've got Thomas the founder of Zen Republic on the show and we're chatting about web3, GameFi, VR, metaverse, is play to earn dead, will virtual lands be worth something, are NFT is purely hype and some other fun tangents.Enjoy!

Social is havinga moment in crypto right now, and perhaps unsurprisingly Solana is turning out to be a great base to build social apps on. Today I'm chatting with Connor and Frank,two co-founders of an exciting new social project on Solana called Kivo. We delve deep into what experiencing crypto in a group chat designed from the ground up looks lik…

What would it look like if today you remade the EVM from the ground up with a focus on performance and speed? What kind of TPS can the EVM do when pushed to the limit? How might the EVM still constrain you? Why is composability so exciting? All that and a few more spicy takes atthe end are coming up right now as I interview Kevin G in developer rel…

It does seem like we're hitting an inflection point for user experience around key management, wallet payments, and much more. Today I've got Ben from Meso on to chat about keys, account abstraction, user intent, the importance of seamlesson and off ramps, and many other things. We have some exciting changes coming to The Cove very soon to refresh …

Today we have Austin Federa from the Solana Foundation chat all things Solana, we talk about what Austin is excited for, what it's like being the face of the foundation on Twitter, what the role of the foundation is versus Labs and a ton more.Enjoy!🌐 Make sure to check our Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCovePodcast?s=20…

Today I got something a bit different for you. what are bitcoin NFTs? What is an inscription, what are BRC 20s taproot wizards? If you've been hearing some buzz around Bitcoin this year this is the episode for you to understand what's actually happening. Today I've got Elizabeth the head of growth at Xverse on to dive deep into the evolving world o…

Today I'm chatting with Gui from Latitude a bare metal provider. This is definitely an episode suited to folks who are interested in hardware, and how Celina runs particularly with regard to validators.We cover a number of topics including the difference between hyperscalers and bare metal providers, is Solana the most demanding blockchain to valid…

What is the true potential of NFTs? How can they cross the chasm to the general public? What role can Solana and compressed NFTs play? What can crypto Nfts learn from modern live action gaming? Today I have Vibhu from Drip Haus on to go deep on these topics. I came away incredibly excited about the new direction Vibhu and his team are pursuing and …

MEV is a topic that keeps on coming up in recent episodes so I thought it was high time to do an episode covering it. Naturally, Lucas from Jito Labs came to mind since Jito Labs has built the first MEV-enabled Solana validator client and are a Solana expert. In this episode we chat about robots taking over in the world of construction, unpack what…

Today I have something very special for you, we've got the one and only Solana legend on The Cove! We have a fun wide-ranging conversation about crypto adoption, legends North Star investing thesis moving forward, why Solana is that perfect simple approach that can bridge the gap to mainstream adoption, Solana as an asset vs ETH as an asset, what h…

Today we've got Matthias from Asset Dash on to chat about building a platform for tracking investments and earning rewards. We talk about rethinking the American Express experience in a crypto-native way, how we can supercharge loyalty programs and rewards using crypto and what will it take to hit mainstream crypto adoption. I also get Matthias's a…

Today we got Wayne from Penguin Finance on to chat about DeFi a bonding tool on Solana. We also touch on some of the key challenges for teams building Defi products on Solana currently. I also get Wayne's take on the best resources for newcomers to Solana and crypto.

🎙️ In this new episode we chat with Dhrumil from Root Protocol about building an Automated Market Maker (AMM) on Solana.Root combines club and AMM together in a flexible and highly configurable way.If you're fascinated by innovations in the AMM space, you'll want to give this one a listen 🎧 This conversation is made possible thanks to Streamflow. -…

Today we’ve got Nick on the pod. Nick is a full stack developer who handles Docs and DevRel at the Solana Foundation and hosts the Solfate Pod. We seem to have an information gap between the Solana community and the rest of crypto. This podcast is an attempt to go over what is fact and fiction about the network in 2023. We go over some of the most …

Today we’ve got Shek, founder of Gum on the show. Gum is a collection of Legos for building Social, Sticky apps that users love. 2023 is the year of finding product market fit and getting users, Shek and his team are laser focused on creating the primitives to enable teams to do just that. Shek’s vision for the future of social apps is compelling a…

Today we’ve got Illmoi and Richard, co-founders of Tensor on the show. With Tensor claiming a rapidly rising percentage of NFT trading on Solana and an innovative new lootbox airdrop mechanic - all eyes have been on Tensor. We chat all about how they built Tensor, what a pro NFT trading experience looks like, where NFTs are headed, how to build for…

Today we’ve got Scott co-founder of Decaf on the show. We are talking crypto payments. Decaf has big ideas around the possibilities of crypto payments on top of Solana. We chat the benefits of Solana Pay, how crypto payments unleash a new level of loyalty points and how Decaf is bringing zero fee physical cash off ramps to 175 countries around the …

Today we’ve got Chris the founder of Dialect on the show to tell us all about Smart Messaging and the exciting new unlocks we get when messaging is built crypto first from the ground up. This discussion is a long time coming and I’m pumped to catch up with Chris, we also discuss how "Solana is an incredible non-consensus bet right now" in the words…

Launching a new series: Portside! A bi-weekly, casual roundup of what's been happening in the Solana ecosystem. Enjoy! Today we chat about: - SBF_FTX? - Apple tax - stripe fiat onramp - phantom on Eth - #DeFi reopening - openbookdex - Chat GPT3 This conversation is made possible thanks to Streamflow. ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW | HA…

Today we are coming to you from sunny Lisbon during Breakpoint and we are talking Solana Mobile with Andrew from Solana Labs. Solana Mobile is a huge initiative from Solana Labs to make a bold push into mobile - encompassing the Saga phone and the Solana Mobile Stack known as SMS. In this conversation we unpack all things SMS and consider the thesi…

Today we are talking hyper-efficient commerce using multiway swaps on Solana with John Ennis, founder of NeoSwap. NeoSwap is innovating a new way of performing complex, multiway swaps to massively increase efficiency. This has been a passion of John’s since he was a kid and he’s found that crypto provides the perfect economic and technical base for…

Today we are talking Incentive Liquidity Infrastructure for Web3 Communities on Solana with John Kramer, founder of Dual Finance. Dual Finance is innovating on the Decentralized Option Vault (DOV) with their new Dual Investment Pools (DIPS) and Staking Option (SO) products. Dual Finance took out first place in the DeFi track of the recent Solana Su…

Today we are exploring the DeFi ecosystem on Solana with Ben Sparango (Head of BD and DeFi at Solana Labs). We compare Solana DeFi today vs 1 year ago, see what QUIC, program specific fee markets and Saga as well as the Solana Mobile Stack can unlock for DeFi and adoption, understand why Solana has outperformed other L1 competitors and much more. T…

Today we are talking about rethinking the Solana Explorer from the ground up with Nick co-founder at Solana FM. Solana transactions are notoriously difficult to parse, Solana FM is focused on making the data accessible. We chat about all things data on Solana, catering to specific users, his take on Solana Mobile, showing the true TPS of Solana and…

Today we are talking cross margining and a game changing vault on Solana brought to you by the team at marginfi. marginfi has been making waves lately with their much anticipated new vault so I had to have Anders from the team on to find out more details. Not to bury the lead, in their tests their vault was returning triple digit non incentivized r…

Today we are talking privacy technology with Nico from Elusiv. Given the recent news of Tornado Cash being sanctioned privacy tech has never been under more pressure so I wanted to speak with Nico to hear his take on what Elusiv is doing to be compliant and provide users with strong privacy as well as to see how he envisions the brewing privacy bat…

I’ve got something a bit different for you today, I’m having a conversation with Phil from FRAKT. FRAKT is a unique project on Solana focused on borrowing and lending NFTs, making illiquid jpegs much more liquid. It was a pleasure to have Phil to dive into a world where I haven’t had the chance to look into much previously. This conversation is mad…

This week we are deploying into the AMM space with Durden from Lifinity. Lifinity is a DEX that takes a fresh approach almost at every step. In this episode, we go over the fundamentals of an automated market maker, the innovations that Lifinity brings to the table by owning their own liquidity, pricing based on an oracle and much more. If you’ve u…

This week we are sliding into the world of Multisig management with Stepan, co-founder of Squads. Squads is a Multisig management protocol for web3 native teams. Squads is looking to provide secure multisig tooling, allowing teams to manage their treasury, secure their funds and much much more. We start from the basics of what a multisig is and the…

This week we dive into the jungle of liquid farming and staking with David Holt (@IDrawCharts) - who’s leading Jungle Defi - an exciting new project on Solana that is promising to split up tokens allowing you to, for example, sell your future yield while maintaining spot exposure - unlocking an additional level of capital efficiency. ------ THE COV…

Today we have a conversation with Michael from Laine | Stakewiz around the Solana network issues and the solutions that are being worked on. If you've had trouble following along with the issues and found it a bit confusing, I hope this will be a definitive guide that's accessible for everyone! ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW | TOKEN DI…

Today I’m keen to learn about on-chain banking on Solana with Tempest from the Neptune project. We talk about what it means to be an on chain bank, how Neptune intends to build revenue sustainably and some key learnings that Tempest took away from the Luna collapse alongside much more. ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW | TOKEN DISTRIBUTIO…

Today we catch up with the Torab from Marinade. Marinade is a liquid staking solution on Solana. We dive deep on liquid staking, some details about the validator network, how Marinade is governed as well as some thoughts on the recent Luna crash. Was a real treat to catch up with Torab and head all things liquid staking! ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOO…

Today we catch up with the guys from Kana, a team building a DeFi Super App on Solana and interestingly, Neon EVM. Kana is the first project we've had on building on Neon and it was fascinating to hear how their experience has been, the challenges of building a DeFi aggregator as well as developer interest for building on Solana in India and more! …

Today we map privacy on Solana with Swen from Light Protocol. Light Protocol is bringing shielded transactions to Solana using Zero Knowledge Proofs. We talk about whether we need privacy, the importance of opt-out privacy by default, the UX-Liquidity flywheel and much more! ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW | TOKEN DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM …

Today we go deep with Jonathan from Aleph.im to learn about the cloud computing infrastructure that they're building to support DeFi and Web3 projects building across the ecosystem. Aleph.im works with many of the major L1s which gives them a unique perspective on the space. We wrap up by discussing what trends Jonathan sees from his unique vantage…

I’m super pumped to dive deep into the Shadows with Frank as we explore the Shadow Drive and Shadow Net, two fascinating new infrastructure pieces coming out of the GenesysGo team. Make sure you listen through till the end, the Shadow Net alpha Frank drops is very exciting stuff. ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW | TOKEN DISTRIBUTION PLAT…

Today we have Max from Unstoppable Finance on to chat about their new wallet, that's looking to be that easy to use, consumer friendly entry point into DeFi for the world. I really enjoyed hearing Max's take on why existing wallets have failed to crack into the main stream and hear Unstoppable Finance's solutions to those problems. Perhaps the true…

Today we have Alex Coffman from Saber on to chat about an emerging narrative which is being called #SaberWars - if you’re familiar with #CurveWars you might have an idea where this is going. We go deep on how Saber Wars will work, the role that Saber, Sunny and Tribeca will play and much much more. Make sure you listen in at the 35 minute mark to h…

Welcome to another episode of Solana Cove I’m Lui your host. If you haven’t please subscribe and share Solana Cove with your friends. Today I’m chatting with pemulis who is drinking your milkshake at SinoGlobalCap and we are chatting about the bull case for Serum. Enjoy! ------ 🐦 @0xPemulis ----- Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely …

Today I’m chatting with Pencilflip from Mycoverse and Formfunction. Pencilflip is the builder behind Mycoverse an NFT project and Formfunction, a 1/1 NFT marketplace for independent creators. We have a fun chat about the state of Solana, what we’re excited about in 2022 and make some predictions at the end. Enjoy! ------ 🔗 formfunction.xyz 🐦 @penci…

Today I’m chatting with Rooter from Solend. Rooter and his team have built the largest borrow lend platform on Solana and they're looking to continue innovating with some exciting new features such as isolated lending pools. I really enjoyed catching up with Rooter to chat with him about how Solend started, his background, why they have medieval li…