Best Weld Recruiting Podcasts (2024)

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In the Vault: Turning Developers Into Clients With Marco Argenti From Goldman Sachs 29:31

13d ago29:31

29:31

0-1:30 Intro 1:30-12:05 From tech to financial services 12:05-17:30 Turning developers into clients 17:30-23:50 GenAI and productivity 23:50-28:50 The future of financial services 28:50-29:31 OutroBy a16z

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In the Vault: Finding a Single Source of AI Truth With Marty Chavez From Sixth Street 37:00

14d ago37:00

37:00

0-1:30 Intro 1:30-12:50 Marty's history and transition to Wall Street 12:50-20:50 Financial Crisis and SecDB 20:50-32:10 GenAI's impact 32:10-36:15 AI and biotech 36:15-37:06 OutroBy a16z

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In the Vault: Placing Multiple Bets on a ‘Mosaic of Solutions’ With Former Global Payments CEO Jeff Sloan 32:14

6d ago32:14

32:14

0-1:40 Intro 1:40-8:15 Joining Global Payments 8:15-19:30 Placing many bets 19:30-26:10 Deal integration and scale advantage 26:10-31:35 GenAI sea change 31:35-32:19 OutroBy a16z

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Harnessing Ecosystem-Led Growth with Bob Moore of Crossbeam 34:32

27d ago34:32

34:32

In this SaaS era, partnering with no one means competing with everyone. How the best companies take advantage of ecosystem-led growth—or where they sit in the SaaS ecosystem to improve acquisition, expansion, and access to new markets, as discussed by a16z general partner Sarah Wang and Crossbeam CEO Bob Moore. [00:01:43] The birth of ecosystem-led…

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Bringing AI to the Masses with Adam D'Angelo of Quora 29:43

2M ago29:43

29:43

CEO of Quora Adam D’Angelo discusses how building infrastructure for creators can democratize AI, in conversation with a16z’s David George. [01:07] Social networks as compliment to AI [03:59] Poe: bringing AI to the masses [05:51] The future of AI is multi-model and multimodal [08:11] Is the model the product? [11:31] Building AI infrastructure for…

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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent 41:08

3M ago41:08

41:08

Hiring the right executives at the right time is the key to scaling your company. But to many founders, the executive search and hiring process can feel like a black box. a16z talent partner Matt Oberhardt dives deep into the executive search process with Kelli Dragovich and Nolan Church on the HR Heretics podcast. [00:01:21] How a16z talent partne…

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Building Better Communities with Flock Safety 23:30

4M ago23:30

23:30

Respecting privacy and building trust with communities is essential to effectively integrate technology into public safety. a16z general partner David Ulevitch, Flock Safety’s Garrett Langley, and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill discuss how to build and implement products that communities can trust. [00:01:22] Flock …

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My First 16: Launching a New Category with Modern Treasury's Dimitri Dadiomov 35:28

5M ago35:28

35:28

0:00 - 1:20 Intro 1:20 - 8:55 The founding of Modern Treasury 8:55 - 15:28 First customers 15:28 - 20:07 Building trust 20:07 - 32:00 Creating a category 32:00 - 35:28 Advice for founders/OutroBy a16z

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My First 16: Creating a Supportive Builder Community with Plaid's Zach Perret 33:01

5M ago33:01

33:01

0 - 1:09 Intro 1:09 - 9:57 Plaid history 9:57 - 16:39 First customers 16:39 - 26:45 Pricing philosophy 26:45 - 29:27 Boring as a brand 29:27 - 33:01 Advice for founders/OutroBy a16z

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My First 16: Welding Yourself to Early Customers with Marqeta's Jason Gardner 32:18

5M ago32:18

32:18

0:00-1:10 Intro 1:10-6:01 Marqeta's beginning 6:01-9:15 First customers 9:15-16:25 "Magic" product market fit 16:25-24:58 Building customer relationships/Pricing 24:58-32:18 Advice for foundersBy a16z

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My First 16: Doubling Down on Founder-Led Sales with Pilot's Waseem Daher 27:58

6M ago27:58

27:58

0:00 - 1:45 Intro 1:45 - 6:36 Pilot's beginning 6:36 - 13:25 First customers 13:25 - 18:02 Pricing 18:02 - 25:29 Building a GTM team 25:29 - 27:58 Advice for founders/OutroBy a16z

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Sales–Product Tension, the Secret to Segment’s Success 32:19

6M ago32:19

32:19

Sales wants more features. Product gets bogged down with one-off requests. Progress and growth grinds to a halt. It's a familiar story. How Segment turned the sales-product tension into a successful $3.2B acquisition, as told by the former CRO Joe Morrissey and former chief product development officer Tido Carriero. [00:01:29] Joe's start as CRO [0…

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My First 16: Competing in a Crowd of Incumbents with Mercury's Immad Akhund 31:37

6M ago31:37

31:37

0:00 - 1:28 Introduction 1:28 - 9:14 History of Mercury 9:14 - 19:07 Mercury's first customers 19:07 - 22:15 Scaling up 22:15 - 25:48 Pricing journey 25:48 - 31:37 Lessons and adviceBy a16z

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Autumn Moss Penaloza - Head of Community, Algorand Foundation 28:14

7M ago28:14

28:14

On this episode of the Women in Web3 podcast, we have special guest Autumn Moss Penaloza. Autumn is the Head of Community at Algorand Foundation, whose mission is to enable an inclusive, decentralized, and borderless global economy - at scale - based on the Algorand blockchain technology. Throughout this episode, Autumn shares how she got into web3…

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AI Revolution: Leveling Up with Roblox's David Baszucki 23:42

8M ago23:42

23:42

Roblox cofounder and CEO David Baszucki and a16z's Jonathan Lai discuss the ways AI is changing games and virtual worlds, as well as how we create them. [1:00] Generative AI in games [4:56] Fully personalized playthroughs [7:50] Roblox's generative model [11:28] Future of interfaces [13:25] impact on creators [16:36] NPCs as copilots [18:49] VR & s…

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AI Revolution: Digital Biology with insitro's Daphne Koller 22:28

8M ago22:28

22:28

Daphne Koller is the founder and CEO of insitro, a company using AI and machine learning to engineer drug discovery. In this conversation with a16z's Vijay Pande, she discusses how an LLM for cells could revolutionize drug discovery and how to bridge the technological and cultural divide between building with atoms and building with bits. [0:59] Wh…

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AI Revolution: Food Fights in the Enterprise with Databricks' Ali Ghodsi 25:00

8M ago25:00

25:00

Ali Ghodsi, CEO and cofounder of Databricks, and Ben Horowitz, cofounder of a16z, explain the data wars happening inside and outside enterprises and how they could impact the evolution of LLMs. [0:59] Why is it so hard for enterprises to adopt AI? [3:29] Data wars [4:49] Big vs. small LLMs [8:35] Finetuning [14:14] Open source AI [18:13] Benchmarks…

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AI Revolution: Universally Accessible Intelligence with Character.ai's Noam Shazeer 18:35

8M ago18:35

18:35

Noam Shazeer, Character.ai CEO and cofounder, talks to a16z's Sarah Wang about the dawn of universally accessible intelligence, the compute it will take to power it, and his pursuit of AGI's first use... [0:59] Real Noam vs. AI Noam [6:14] Next unlocks [8:11] First use case for AGI [11:06] Building a full-stack LLM [13:33] Noam calculates global co…

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AI Revolution: Improving AI with Anthropic's Dario Amodei 21:11

8M ago21:11

21:11

Cofounder and CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei unpacks how far can scaling laws take us and how can AI be used to improve AI, in conversation with a16z's Anjney Midha. [0:59] Dario's background [2:45] GPT-2's emergent capabilities [5:16] Scaling laws [8:55] Why are there so many physicists in AI? [11:58] Constitutional AI [18:29] Anthropic's Roadmap T…

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AI Revolution: Democratizing Design with Figma's Dylan Field 18:03

8M ago18:03

18:03

Will AI take all the design jobs? Dylan Field, founder and CEO of Figma, looks at the relationship between designers, developers, and AI, in conversation with a16z's David George. [0:58] Will AI replace designers? [4:13] Human vs. AI creativity [8:38] Applying AI to design [11:35] Startups vs. incumbents This conversation is part of our AI Revoluti…

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AI Revolution: Where We Go From Here with OpenAI's Mira Murati 26:18

8M ago26:18

26:18

As CTO of OpenAI, Mira Murati oversaw the development and release of GPT-4 and ChatGPT. Here she tells Martin Casado the story behind the release of ChatGPT—and what it tells us about the future of AI and human-machine interactions. [0:59] Mira's background [4:55] Math, physics, and AI [7:31] Natural language interfaces [10:51] OpenAI Roadmap [17:4…

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AI Revolution: Copilots and the Future of Knowledge Work with Microsoft's Kevin Scott 23:44

8M ago23:44

23:44

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, in conversation with a16z's Bob Swan, explains how AI copilots are keeping developers longer in a flow state and why AI copilots more broadly could be the start of an industrial revolution for knowledge work. [0:59] Microsoft's approach to AI [6:15] The next Industrial Revolution [10:47] Developer productivity & flow stat…

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Episode 13: Annea Robinson 23:13

12M ago23:13

23:13

Annea Robinson is the Senior Vice President of Business Development at Apex Group, a global financial services provider. With offices in over 50 countries worldwide and 12,000 employees upon the close of announced acquisitions, Apex delivers an extensive range of services to asset managers, capital markets, private clients and family offices. Annea…

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Episode 12: Jacob Berman 34:33

1y ago34:33

34:33

Jacob Berman has over 12 years of experience in the entertainment and tech industries, working across marketing, business development, sales, and innovation. Jacob is the founder of Rising Tide, a web3 focused agency that helps brands and creators launch projects within the NFT, metaverse, and cryptocurrency verticals. He is a Former Account Execut…

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Episode 11: Zack Sabban 36:00

1y ago36:00

36:00

Zack Sabban is a web3 angel investor and the co-founder of RLTY, the "Metaverse Experience Company." Zack is building the infrastructure of events in the metaverse with RLTY, offering easy-to-use tools to create, customize and launch immersive experiences for any community. Blockchain IRL interviews leading experts across blockchain and emerging te…

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Lincoln Murr 20:19

1y ago20:19

20:19

On this episode of Women in Web3, we have special guest Lincoln Murr. Lincoln is the blockchain product manager for Prescryptive Health, a health care company whose main goal is to rewrite the script. This means that they aim to empower individuals with their health care information, specifically prescriptions. It functions as a digital medicine ca…

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Episode 10: Jordan Fried 24:53

1y ago24:53

24:53

Jordan Fried has been "building businesses online since 1999." He is the Chairman and CEO of Immutable Holdings, a collection of businesses within the digital assets ecosystem. Jordan's mission is to build businesses and products that increase the awareness, access, and adoption of digital assets. His current businesses include: NFT.com, Immutable …

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Episode 9: Andrew Quinn 50:44

1y ago50:44

50:44

Andrew Quinn is a Management Consultant in Slalom's Strategy & Operations practice helping clients incorporate emerging technology into their business strategy. With ten years of experience working with executive leadership across Fortune 500 firms, Andrew has built GTM frameworks for Generative AI; advised PE-acquired marketing firms on reducing c…

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Paul Bradley 25:17

1y ago25:17

25:17

Paul Bradley is the COO and Co-Founder of GetHedge, a crypto payment processing platform that automatically converts pay into Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum. Paul joins the Women in Web3 podcast to discuss what GetHedge is; how people can use the service to easily get paid in crypto -- and why they'd want to, given the need he saw in the market; h…

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Episode 8: Ryan Kenny 23:13

1y ago23:13

23:13

Ryan Kenny is building the future of web3 ticketing and fan engagement. He is the CEO of Seatlab, a white label event ticketing and seat reservation software that employs blockchain technology; as well as Seatlab NFT, an adjacent platform allows complete control over the secondary marketplace so you can capitalize on all secondary ticket sales via …

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Masha Vyazemskaya 20:12

1y ago20:12

20:12

Masha Vyazemskaya is the Head of Marketing & Communications at Rarible, an NFT marketplace with built-in rewards. Masha joins the Women in Web3 podcast to share her journey into the web3 world; how she got her start in the entertainment industry working for labels and companies such as Gibson, and how that led her to discover Rarible. She chats abo…

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Episode 7: Joe Argiro 20:32

1y ago20:32

20:32

Joe Argiro is a product leader and web3 builder. Joe has created and helped scale multiple businesses and products from 0 to 1; ideation through go-to-market launch and scaling. He's performed over 15,000+ hours of digital asset investment research in the last 6 years within ICOs, enterprise blockchain, DeFi, NFT infrastructure, and more; and he cu…

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Sandy Carter 33:49

1y ago33:49

33:49

Sandy Carter is the COO and Head of Business Development at Unstoppable Domains, a digital identity company. Sandy joins the Women in Web3 podcast to share what a 'digital identity' is, and the value of having one. She also shares her journey into the web3 community, starting at Amazon Web Services, and how that led her to Unstoppable Domains. The …

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Episode 6: Chris Martin 19:50

1y ago19:50

19:50

Chris Martin is a partnership expert. Over the last ten years, he's established partnerships with Fortune 500 companies, as well as global brands, guiding them through the ever-expanding world of adtech, data, analytics, and now -- web3. Chris currently works on business development and partnerships for Parachute x Jump, a community for brand marke…

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Tiki Mike (Mike Audi) 14:06

1y ago14:06

14:06

Mike Audi is the co-founder of TIKI, an infrastructure for consumer data licensing. Mike joins the Women in Web3 podcast to share how TIKI works and the importance of what they're building; the last two years of his entrepreneurship journey; how the company ended up in Nashville; and how the concept of TIKI was first planted in his mind nearly a de…

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Episode 5: Chen Zur 19:49

1y ago19:49

19:49

Chen Zur is a technologist, a leader, and a principal in Ersnt & Young's (EY) Technology Consulting Organization. Chen strongly believes web3 and public blockchain technology is going to allow us to build a more fair and open world, and will fundamentally change the way we (individuals and organizations alike) manage our digital identity, store dig…

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TJ Chang 30:40

1y ago30:40

30:40

TJ Chang is the president of Shopx, a web3 commerce platform. TJ joins the Women in Web3 podcast to talk about his entrepreneurial journey, which started about 7 years ago as he was trying to solve a lot of the problems in the e-commerce landscape; how he got into web3; what led him to move to Tennessee; and more! The Women in Web3 podcast shares t…

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Episode 4: Garrison Yang 18:55

1y ago18:55

18:55

Garrison Yang is an engineer-turned-marketer with over 15 years of business strategy, marketing, and growth product experience. He currently leads marketing and growth at Ava Labs as the Vice President of Growth and Strategy, with a focus on both their consumer verticals (NFTs, Gaming, Enterprise, Institutions, DeFi) and product business units (Cor…

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Episode 3: Carolyn Rogers 23:52

1y ago23:52

23:52

Carolyn Rogers is the Head of Marketing at Blockhaus, a marketing agency and product lab born in web3, with a focus on emerging tech. Carolyn talks about her team's 'Guide to web3' that was just released, and how they help brands stay relevant in the age of constant innovation. You can find the guide here: https://web3report.blokhaus.io/ Blockchain…

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Episode 2: Dylan Barahona 19:21

1y ago19:21

19:21

Dylan Barahona and Morgan Fiorino are the co-founders of Connecting Roads, a travel and experience membership that rewards you for accomplishing bucket-list-worthy experiences and quests. Dylan and Morgan's journey began years ago when they first met working VIP programs at a music festival. Since 2017, they have been building up to the Connecting …

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Episode 1: Freddie Hickman 18:54

1+ y ago18:54

18:54

Freddie Hickman is the founder of HyperSQ, a web3 company with the mission to create the Movement Economy -- one that monetizes everyday movement and rewards people for getting out of their homes to explore the world. Blockchain IRL interviews leading experts across blockchain and emerging technologies, exploring how they are applying emerging tech…

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Normalizing and the world of Web3, a journey into the Web3 space, and the ways in which NFTs can support artists and fans Stephanie McDermott 23:44

1+ y ago23:44

23:44

Stephanie McDermott is the Program Strategy and Delivery manager at Sweet, an experience-driven NFT platform that connects the world’s biggest brands with enthusiastic fans. She explains that this position at Sweet allows her to work with the projects for themselves to make sure they are developed. She also gets to dive more deep with the brands an…

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Gen Z’s embracement of the Metaverse, how virtual behavior impacts your personal brand in everyday life, and the new era of decentralized communication with Maha Abouelenein 25:36

1+ y ago25:36

25:36

Managing Director and Founder of Digital and Savvy, Maha Abouelenein joins the podcast to discusses her work in communications and helping to develop personal brand, including her intro to Web3 through her branding and communications work with heavy hitter Gary Vee. She also touches on the importance of self study and education in personal success,…

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Pioneering new uses of NFTs, a bear market, and supporting the next generation of Web3 founders with Amanda Archer 27:18

1+ y ago27:18

27:18

Amanda Archer, the founder of Women of the Metaverse (WOTM), discusses the journey from her work in PR and entertainment, to diving headfirst into the world of Web3. Amanda also talks about piecing together an understanding of this new frontier firsthand, through taking risks and experiencing the benefits and the challenges Web3 offers. As a propon…

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How Companies Can Decentralize, Transacting Across Borders, and The Differences Between TradFi, CeFi and DeFi with Blockchain Association’s Sarah Milby 22:58

1+ y ago22:58

22:58

Sarah Milby, now a Senior Policy Manager at Blockchain Association, began her Web3 journey when she saw the need to transact across borders. Sarah shares a personal story about how she realized friends and family members across the world were facing countless obstacles to support each other financially. So, she dove into crypto research and has beg…

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Bringing LimeWire Back From The 90s, PR at BitPanda, and Digital Asset Ownership in the Times of Web3 with Sara Moric 22:28

1+ y ago22:28

22:28

Sara Moric works in communications and PR for the Web3 industry, with stints at BitPanda, one of the biggest European exchanges, and LimeWire, a music NFT space that was created with the intent to make NFTs go mainstream. Sara visits the Women in Web3 podcast to discuss the evolution and possibilities of NFTs. She describes how the public’s definit…

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The NFT Studio That Brought DC Comics Into Web3, Creating with Damien Hirst, and Reducing the Friction of Entry with Palm’s Straith Schreder 23:41

1+ y ago23:41

23:41

Straith Schreder came from VICE Media and BitTorrent to take on her current role as the Executive Creative Director at Palm NFT Studio, where she is focused on developing projects with artists, IP owners, NFT marketplaces and content platforms running on Palm. Palm's founding team includes former General Manager of protocols at ConsenSys, Dan Heyma…

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Working with Warner Records, NFT Education for Brands like CNN, + Jumping Into the Web3 Space with Probably Nothing’s Jenny Kleinknecht 25:35

1+ y ago25:35

25:35

Jenny Kleinknecht worked in fashion, PR and marketing for multiple years before she partnered with two lifelong friends to launch Probably Nothing, where she is now the Director of Creative Strategy and Project Development. Probably Nothing is a leading media brand that aims to bridge the gap between early adopters of NFTs and the metaverse with th…

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The One Where Two Decrypt Reporters Dish On Their Favorite Articles + Interviews, Journalism In The Times Of Web3, And Demystifying Metaverse Lingo 29:18

1+ y ago29:18

29:18

Stacy Elliot and Kate Irwin, journalists on all things crypto at Decrypt, come on the Women in Web3 podcast this week to tell us what it’s like to keep up with the rapidly changing world of Web3, and how they manage to report it to the public in a way that everyone can understand. Between Stacy covering institutional investing, and Kate covering th…

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Making Others Ask Permission for Your Data, Time, or Attention; Money as a Technology; and Getting Curious About Web3 with Lauren Griewski 24:18

1+ y ago24:18

24:18

Lauren Griewski is the Chief Revenue Officer at Permission.io, a Web3 advertising business that is connecting brands and consumers through crypto rewards so that you can reclaim your data, time and attention. Permission.io currently partners with companies like Google, Unstoppable Domains, Metamask, Polygon and Messari, amongst others. Lauren's bac…

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