A weekly podcast with in-depth interviews featuring the people building web3 and The Graph (GRT). Available everywhere you listen to podcasts. Not financial advice. No giveaways!
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Max Scruffur - Head of Research at WWVentures
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Max Scruffur, Head of Research at WWVentures, a venture capital firm with a unique focus on social capital and Web3 investments. Max has a diverse background, having started as an entrepreneur with various side hustles in his youth, and later moving into the world of venture capital and crypto. During this i…
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Garvit Goel, Co-Founder at Electron Labs, a web3 solution focused on solving the final bottleneck in Ethereum's scaling roadmap using zero-knowledge proofs. Garvit has an interesting background, having grown up in New Delhi, India, and his early fascination with technology that led him to study chemical engi…
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Emily Lin - Developer Relations at Scroll
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Emily Lin, Developer Relations at Scroll, an innovative layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum. Scroll aims to provide a more efficient and scalable platform for Ethereum transactions, enabling greater adoption and usability. During this interview, Emily shares her journey into the tech and web3 space. We fir…
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Danny Zuckerman - Co-Founder at 3Box Labs, the team behind Ceramic Network
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Danny Zuckerman, Co-Founder at 3Box Labs, a web3 studio dedicated to advancing a more open, safe, and composable web3. As many of you may already know, 3Box Labs is also the team behind Ceramic Network, a decentralized data network for web3 applications. During our interview, Danny shares his journey into we…
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Aki Balogh - Co-Founder & CEO at DLC.Link
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Aki Balogh, Co-Founder and CEO at DLC.Link, a platform that facilitates trust-minimized Bitcoin smart contracts and DeFi applications using Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs). Aki is a brilliant entrepreneur with a wealth of knowledge about web3, the Bitcoin community, and DeFi. In our conversation, Aki shares hi…
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Goncalo Sa - ConsenSys, Creed, & Ethereal Ventures
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Goncalo Sa, Co-founder & Security Researcher at ConsenSys Diligence, a comprehensive smart contract audit service that helps everyone from startups to enterprises launch and maintain their Ethereum blockchain applications. Goncalo is also a Co-founder at Creed, a collective of security professionals that wor…
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John Belizaire - CEO at Soluna Holdings
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with John Belizaire, CEO of Soluna Holdings, a pioneering developer of green data centers designed for batchable computing, utilizing wasted renewable energy. That’s a mouthful - Soluna is essentially using unused energy or wasted energy from renewable energy, like solar power, to power AI servers. During our con…
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Eliott Teissonniere - Co-Founder & CTO at Nodle
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Leave feedback! Today I’m speaking with Eliott Teissonniere, Co-Founder and CTO at Nodle, a web3 network that harnesses smartphones as nodes to establish a digital trust network for societal benefit. If you’ve wondered about web3’s potential to solve problems like authenticating real-world events or facilitating reliable reporting and social posts,…
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Emmi Aguilar - GrapHER Podcast & Graphtronauts
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Leave feedback! Today I’m speaking with Emmi Aguilar, a member of the Graphtronauts and host of the GrapHER Podcast. The Graphtronauts represent one of the largest communities of Delegators and passionate contributors within The Graph ecosystem, and under Emmi's leadership, they've launched a new podcast spotlighting women in web3. During our conve…
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Charlie Hu - Co-founder at Bitlayer
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Leave feedback! Today I'm speaking with Charlie Hu, Co-founder at Bitlayer, a pioneering Bitcoin Layer 2 solution based on the BitVM paradigm. Before launching Bitlayer, Charlie made significant contributions in other notable projects, such as Polkadot and Polygon. I've been eager to interview Charlie for several compelling reasons. First, his insi…
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John Paller - Founder at ETHDenver & Opolis
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Leave feedback! Today I'm speaking with John Paller, Founder and Steward at ETHDenver, and Founder of Opolis. I have been wanting to speak with John for a long time - and this interview did not disappoint. In 2018, John launched ETHDenver, the world's largest and most influential gathering in the web3 industry. Yet, his contributions extend far bey…
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Raullen Chai - Co-founder & CEO at IoTex and MachineFi
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Leave feedback! Today, I'm speaking with Raullen Chai, CEO and Co-founder of IoTeX and MachineFi. IoTeX is a decentralized blockchain platform tailored for the Internet of Things (IoT), aiming to enhance the security, privacy, and efficiency of IoT device interactions and data exchange. MachineFi, an innovative concept introduced by IoTeX, merges d…
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Leave feedback! Today, I'm speaking with Dan French, a real estate expert who, working as CEO at ResProp, is at the forefront of exploring how blockchain and cryptocurrencies can revolutionize the future of real estate investment, purchase, and management. During our conversation, Dan talks about his early interest in real estate, how he got starte…
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Dr. James Hendler - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute & Pioneer of the Semantic Web
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Leave feedback! Today I’m speaking with Dr. James Hendler, the Director and professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a pioneer of the Semantic Web. For those in the tech and academic circles, Jim Hendler is a name synonymous with transformative changes in how we interact with and understand the web. This is a truly enlightening conversatio…
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Anirudh (Ani) Patel - The Graph as AI Infrastructure
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Leave feedback! On May 28, 2024, Semiotic Labs, a core developer team working on The Graph, released an exciting new white paper titled "The Graph as AI Infrastructure." This paper details the upcoming launch of two new AI services to be built on The Graph: the Inference Service and the Agent Service. The paper also explores what makes The Graph th…
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Joe Vezzani - Co-founder and CEO at LunarCrush
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Leave feedback! Today I’m speaking with Joe Vezzani, Co-founder and CEO at LunarCrush, a leading platform that leverages social media analytics to provide actionable insights for across many markets, including cryptocurrencies. I’m willing to bet every listener today has seen or interacted with LunarCrush. This is a very insightful interview with J…
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Meina Zhou - Co-Founder & CEO at Native
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Leave feedback! Today I’m speaking with Meina Zhou, Co-founder and CEO at Native, an innovative DeFi solution for web3, that combines bridges, assets, and pricing into one offering. This interview with Meina was a lot of fun. She’s a brilliant entrepreneur with a fun story to tell. During our conversation, Meina discusses her upbringing in Shanghai…
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Kean Birch - Director of the Institute for Technoscience & Society & Professor in Science and Technology Studies
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Leave feedback! Today I’m speaking with Kean Birch, Director of the Institute for Technoscience & Society and Professor in the Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies at York University, Canada. In July 2024, I will take up the Ontario Research Chair in Science Policy. Kean is an accomplished and thought-provoking scholar in many importa…
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Marian Walter - The Sunrise Upgrade Program
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Leave feedback! This is a special release of the GRTiQ Podcast. On May 2, 2024, The Graph launched a new program called the Sunrise Upgrade Program. As part of the larger initiative called The Sunrise of Decentralized Data, the Sunrise Upgrade Program features a series of missions with the change for program participants to earn GRT - The Graph Fou…
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Shermin Voshmgir - Author of Token Economy and Founder of Token Kitchen
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Leave feedback! Today I’m speaking with Shermin Voshmgir, the author of the best-selling book Token Economy and Founder of Token Kitchen. Shermin also founded the BlockchainHub Berlin and was the Director of the Research Institute for Cryptoeconomics at the Vienna University of Economics which she also co-founded. In an effort to broaden the educat…
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Leave feedback! Today I’m speaking with Connor Howe, Founder at Enso Finance, a platform providing financial infrastructure for developers seeking to integrate DeFi interactions into their dapps. Enso equips developers with tools to execute and retrieve all relevant metadata of DeFi protocols, empowering them to create the next generation of financ…
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Meher Roy - Co-Founder & CTO at Chorus One and Show Host at Epicenter.tv
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Leave feedback! Today I’m speaking with Meher Roy, CTO and Co-Founder at Chorus One and show host at Epicenter.tv. The opportunity to meet and interview Meher was an incredible honor - as you’ll hear, he’s one of the most thoughtful and insightful people ever to be featured on this podcast. Whether for his work on Epicenter or the amazing growth of…
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Matthieu Di Mercurio - The Graph, AI, & Geo
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Matthieu Di Mercurio, VP of Product and Strategy at StreamingFast. In a recent blog post released on April 15, 2024, Matthieu and his team, alongside collaborators Yaniv Tal from Geo and Sam Green from Semiotic, explored the intersection of The Graph, AI, and Geo. In this special episode, I invited Mat to di…
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Ariel Barmat - VP of Engineering at Edge & Node
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Ariel Barmat, Vice President of Engineering at Edge & Node. Ari has been featured on the podcast before during Ep. 105 where he joined as a panelist to talk about The Graph’s move to Arbitrum. I first asked Ari to come onto the podcast two years ago! At the time, I noticed that the depth and intellect behind…
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Zubin Pratap - Software Engineer & Developer Relations Engineer at Chainlink Labs
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Zubin Pratap, Software Engineer and Developer Relations Engineer at Chainlink Labs. Chainlink is renowned for pioneering how blockchains connect with the real world! Ever since launching the podcast, I have sought to have someone from the Chainlink community on, and I am very happy it was Zubin! During our d…
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Red Sheehan - Protocol Research Analyst at Messari
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Red Sheehan, Protocol Research Analyst at Messari. If you’re a long-time listener of the podcast, then you know that I have featured several other members of the Messari team on the podcast, including CEO and Founder Ryan Selkis, Engineer Manager, Vincent Wen, and Director of Research, Mihai Grigore. During …
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Kirsten Pomales - Co-Founder at TalentLayer
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Leave feedback! Today I'm speaking with Kirsten Pomales, Co-Founder of TalentLayer, an innovative open protocol and developer toolkit revolutionizing service marketplaces. Kirsten and the TalentLayer team have received a lot of attention in The Graph community recently because of what they’ve built and how it leverages The Graph. During our convers…
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Daniel Keyes, Co-founder and CEO at Pinax, one of the core dev teams working on The Graph. If you’re a long-time listener of the podcast, then you know that I interviewed Matthew Darwin from Pinax last year, but I am excited to welcome Daniel to the podcast and learn more about his background and the Pinax t…
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Leave feedback! Today I'm speaking with Baki Er, Co-founder of Clave, an innovative new wallet garnering attention for its novel approach to enhancing the user experience with crypto wallets. As you're about to discover, Clave aims to streamline wallet usage through features like account abstraction and biometric authentication. During our conversa…
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Leave feedback! Today I'm speaking with Chris Were, CEO and Co-Founder of Verida, a team pioneering a new era of hyper-personalization, where user data is utilized privately and consensually to innovate products and services. During our conversation, Chris shares insights into his early fascination with technology and coding, his entrepreneurial jo…
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Ayoola "AJ" John - CEO & Co-Founder at Astronaut
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Leave feedback! Today I'm speaking with Ayoola John, or "AJ" for short, the CEO and Co-Founder of Astronaut, an innovative AI assistant designed specifically for community managers. In addition to introducing this powerful AI tool for enhancing community engagement and insight, AJ brings a diverse professional background, having worked for multinat…
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Pablo Carranza Velez - Principal Software Engineer at Edge & Node
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Pablo Carranza Velez, Principal Software Engineer at Edge & Node. Pablo previously joined the podcast in February 2023 for a panel discussion on The Graph's transition to Arbitrum One during Episode 105. In this episode, we take a more in-depth look into Pablo's personal journey, tracing his educational purs…
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Juan Manuel Rodriguez Defago - Blockchain Developer at GraphOps
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Juan Manuel Rodriguez Defago, Blockchain Developer at GraphOps. Long-time listeners of the GRTiQ Podcast may recall Juan's insightful conversation back in April 2021 for Episode 4, where he provided a glimpse into his personal background and journey into web3 and The Graph. Since then, Juan has embarked on a…
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Rodrigo Coelho (Part 2) - Chief Spirit Officer at Edge & Node
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Rodrigo Coelho, Chief Spirit Officer at Edge & Node. This is Part 2 of our captivating two-part series, recorded at The House of Web3 in San Francisco, California, during The Graph's recent 3rd birthday celebration. For those interested, a video recording of this interview is available on The House of Web3’s…
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Rodrigo Coelho (Part 1) - Chief Spirit Officer at Edge & Node
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Rodrigo Coelho, Chief Spirit Officer at Edge & Node. This is Part 1 of an intriguing two-part series recorded at The House of Web3 in San Francisco, California, during The Graph’s recent 3rd birthday celebration. For those interested, a video recording of this interview is available on The House of Web3’s Yo…
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Uri Kolodny, Co-Founder at StarkWare, the pioneering team behind Starknet, a Layer 2 solution designed to tackle Ethereum's scalability challenges. Starknet is a Validity Rollup that offers boundless scalability while upholding Ethereum's security and decentralization principles. It's important to note that …
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Maarten Henskens - Head of Astar Foundation
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Maarten Henskens, Head at the Astar Foundation, Japan’s leading blockchain, renowned for its robust support for EVM, Substrate, WebAssembly, and ink! environments, which collectively form a scalable, cross-layer, and cross-machine protocol. Exciting news awaits as Astar has embarked on a journey using The Gr…
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Leave feedback! Episode 150: This episode is The Best from 2023 (Part 2), where we're featuring highlights from Episodes 123-148. The GRTiQ Podcast takes listeners inside The Graph (GRT) by interviewing members of The Graph's community and ecosystem. Please help support this project and build the community by subscribing and leaving a review. Twitt…
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Leave feedback! Episode 149: This episode is The Best from 2023 (Part 1), where we're featuring highlights from Episodes 98-122. https://www.grtiq.com/grtiq-podcast-149-the-best-of-2023-part-1/ The GRTiQ Podcast takes listeners inside The Graph (GRT) by interviewing members of The Graph's community and ecosystem. Please help support this project an…
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Zac Burns - Principal System Architect at Edge & Node
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Zac Burns, Principal System Architect at Edge & Node, one of the core dev teams working on The Graph. Long-time listeners of this podcast will likely recognize Zac from a comprehensive interview we conducted during Episode 9 back in May 2021. In this episode, we welcome Zac back for an fascinating conversati…
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Mujtaba Idrees - Blockchain Solutions Engineer at Deutsche Telekom
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Mujtaba Idrees, Blockchain Solutions Architect at Deutsche Telekom. As you may already know, Deutsche Telekom is a leading global telecommunications giant, connecting millions through mobile, fixed-network, internet, and ICT solutions, known through brands like T-Mobile and T-Systems. Mujtaba is a key member…
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Anthony Zhang - Community Manager with The Graph Foundation
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Anthony Zhang, a Community Manager at The Graph Foundation with a specific focus on nurturing and expanding The Graph's community in Asia. Anthony's journey into this role followed a working at StreamingFast, one of The Graph's core development teams. In this interview, Anthony's enthusiasm for music takes c…
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Slava, the Founder of Stake Machine, an Indexer at The Graph. Slava has been participating in The Graph since Mission Control, the initial testnet program that launched the network, and is well-known throughout the Indexer community. During this interview, Slava talks about his background in web2, working as…
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Anirudh Patel - Sr. Research Scientist at Semiotic Labs
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Aniurdh “Ani” Patel, Senior Research Scientist at Semiotic Labs. Long-time listeners might recognize Ani from a previous appearance on our podcast, Ep. 106, where he, alongside his colleagues Sam and Tomasz, explored into the intriguing crossroads of AI, web3, and The Graph I am delighted to welcome Ani back…
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Michaela (Mickey) Negus - Engineer Manager at Edge & Node
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Michaela (Mickey) Negus, Engineering Manager at Edge & Node, a core dev team working on The Graph. Mickey is actively engaged with multiple teams within Edge & Node that are making a significant impact on The Graph protocol. Her role involves helping to tackle several complex challenges, such as introducing …
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Tegan Kline - CEO & Co-Founder at Edge & Node
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Tegan Kline, the new CEO and a Co-Founder at Edge & Node, a core dev team working on The Graph. Tegan's impressive career began on Wall Street working in investment banking, at such notable firms as Barclays and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. However, she left Wall Street in 2017 and went to work full-time i…
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Esther Woo - Graph Advocates, AdvocatesDAO, & CryptoPols
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Esther Woo, a Graph Advocate and member of Graph AdvocatesDAO. Esther's journey serves as another shining example of what's possibilities in web3. She transitioned from a conventional job to immerse herself in the world of web3, joined The Graph community, and became an Graph Advocate and member of Advocates…
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Colson - Graph Advocate & Graph AdvocatesDAO
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Colson, a Graph Advocate and member of Graph AdvocatesDAO. Colson's name is likely familiar to many of you, as he has been an active and recognizable presence within The Graph community. He's made notable contributions, including representing The Graph at various events and hosting the Advocate's community c…
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Antoine "Chav" Chaveron - CEO & Co-Founder of UNCX Network
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Antoine "Chav" Chaveron, CEO and Co-founder of UNCX Network, a pioneering provider of DeFi services known for its innovative and automated token solutions. During this interview, Antoine shares insights from his diverse background, which includes early experiences as a young entrepreneur selling scooter part…
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Isaac Prada - Director of Communications and Project Management at Radiant Capital
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Leave feedback! Today I am speaking with Isaac Prada, the Director of Communications and Project Management at Radiant Capital. Radiant Capital is a pioneering DeFi solution, facilitating cross-chain lending and borrowing of assets, with the ambitious mission of becoming the first omnichain money market. Their vision is to allow users to deposit ma…
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