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Alex Kim, BNB Chain's Business Development Manager, joins the podcast to chat all things BNB Chain. See on CoinJournal here . Reach out to us on Twitter: @DanniiAshmore & @CoinJournal Listen to the podcast on various platforms here Find BNB Chain on Twitter: @BNBChain Find out more at www.bnbchain.org…

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Has Avalanche solved the blockchain trilemma? 29:51

2 years ago29:51

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Avalanche is a newcomer even within the young industry of crypto, having been launched in late 2020. Despite this, it is already among the biggest projects in the space. John Nahas, Vice President of Business Development at Ava Labs, the creator behind Avalanche, joins the podcast to discuss why he thinks Avalanche has solved the blockchain trilemma, regulation, launching amid the bull market, the subsequent bear market and more. Head over to Dan's article on CoinJournal here Reach out to us on Twitter: @DanniiAshmore & @CoinJournal Listen to the podcast on various platforms here Find Avalanche on Twitter: @AvalancheAvax Find Ava Labs on Twitter: @AvaLabsOfficial Find out more at www.avax.network/community Find John on Twitter: @SJohn_Nahas…

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Leaving 7 years at Goldman Sachs for crypto 27:13

2 years ago27:13

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Elijah Tan worked in trad-fi for years. On this episode, he talks leaving Goldman Sachs for crypto after 7 years, where he worked for Binance and is now the VP of Operations at Philippines-based exchange Coins.ph Head over to Dan's article on CoinJournal here Reach out to us on Twitter: @DanniiAshmore & @CoinJournal Listen to the podcast on various platforms here Follow Coins.ph: @Coinsph Find out more at www.coins.ph Follow Eli on LinkedIn here…

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What is the future of DAI post-BUSD? MakerDAO join the podcast 25:17

2 years ago25:17

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Our host Dan Ashmore interviews Sam MacPherson of MakerDAO, the DAO behind the world's largest decentralised stablecoin, DAI. The duo chat about its future, and the stablecoin market as a whole, following the shocking story that BUSD will be gradually shut down amid an SEC crackdown. Head over to Dan's article on CoinJournal here Reach out to us on Twitter: @DanniiAshmore & @CoinJournal Listen to the podcast on various platforms here Follow @MakerDAO on Twitter Find out more at www.makerdao.com Find Sam MacPherson on Twitter: @hexonaut…

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Working at a crypto exchange amid the bear market, Gracy Chen of Bitget 26:51

2 years ago26:51

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Crypto has pulled back massively recently, with mass layoffs and cratering volumes in the industry. Despite this crypto exchange Bitget is not only avoiding redundancies, but it is hiring. We chat with Managing Director Gracy Chen on how this is the case, her journey into crypto, the bear market, the future and more. Listen on Spotify here Other platforms and podcast homepage here Reach out to Dan on Twitter: @DanniiAshmore Follow Gracy's Twitter: @GracyBitget Get the latest on Bitget: www.bitget.com Follow Bitget on Twitter: @bitgetglobal…

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Crypto entrepreneur - Corey Wilton tells his story 30:12

2 years ago30:12

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A serial entrepreneur, Corey Wilton tells me his story. A kid from the Gold Coast in Australia, he failed to get into University. Today, he runs a metaverse company, Mirai Labs, out of Vietnam with 75 employees, and has some great tales from the hysteria of the last few years. Head over to Dan's article on CoinJournal here Watch on YouTube here Reach out to Dan on Twitter here: @DanniiAshmore and @CoinJournal Follow Corey on Twitter @RealCoreyWilton Get the latest on Mirai Labs: @TheMiraiLabs Get the latest on Pegaxy: @PegaxyOfficial…

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DeFi & Polygon / Ethereum, with Polygon's Hamzah Khan 34:05

3 years ago34:05

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We chat all things DeFi, Polygon and Ethereum with Polygon's Head of DeFi & Labs, Hamzah Khan. Read up on Polygon: https://polygon.technology/ Head over to Dan's article on CoinJournal here Watch on YouTube here Reach out to Dan on Twitter here: @DanniiAshmore and @CoinJournal Read more on Polygon: https://polygon.technology/…

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All things IOTA (& DeFi) - w/ Christian Saur of IOTA 26:44

3 years ago26:44

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IOTA has been around quite a while in cryptocurrency terms. They do things a little differently than most, the self-proclaimed "blockchainless blockchain". CoinJournal's Dan Ashmore sits down with IOTA's Christian Saur this week to chat all things IOTA, following the launch of the Shimmer network. Beyond Shimmer, the duo also chat DeFi, the bear market, the contagion that toppled so much of CeFi this summer, and more. Head over to Dan's article on CoinJournal here: https://coinjournal.net/news/podcast-chatting-all-things-iota-with-iotas-christian-saur/ Watch on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/NRHDdMCWd74 Reach out to Dan on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/DanniiAshmore Get the latest on IOTA's Twitter: https://twitter.com/iota Get started with IOTA: https://www.iota.org/…

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Crypto Venture Capitalism - David Siemer, CEO of Wave Financial 29:27

3 years ago29:27

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Venture capitalism and crypto are a pair who have not been married for long, but the results have been explosive. Of course, like everything, it has taken a turn for the worst this week. Dan speaks with longtime VC David Siemer, CEO of Wave Financial, about all things VC and crypto. David was a VC for the dot com bubble and the GFC in 2008, so he has seen these scenes before in the trad-fi market. Having been sent 50 bitcoins in 2010, and being a self-proclaimed risk-taker, he is now in the crypto space - so how is VC getting on through all this? Is there a dark side to VC in crypto? Where is the bear market going? Why could now be an interesting time to invest? What about the macro situation? This and a lot more on this week's episode. Head over to Dan's article on CoinJournal here Watch on YouTube Read up on Wave Financial…

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Is undercollaterised crypto lending possible? Rafael Cosman, CEO of TrustToken / TrueFi 33:32

3 years ago33:32

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The phrase "crypto lending" is seen as a dirty one now in the post-Celsius world, as a wave of contagion spreading through the industry caused many firms to go under in a very high-profile manner. Today Dan speaks with Rafael Cosman, the co-founder and CEO of TrustToken, the firm behind the world's fifth biggest stablecoin, TrueUSD, and also the pioneers in uncollaterised lending. So, is uncollaterised lending really possible, having seen what happened the last few months? Or is the capital inefficiency that overcollaterised lending brings just a necessary evil? We also discuss the Tether reserves situation and how it compares to USDC and TrueUSD, compare CeFi vs DeFi and much more. Head over to the article on CoinJournal here . Watch on YouTube here . Get started with TrueFi: https://TrueFi.io Read the Litepaper: https://bit.ly/truefiblog Get the latest on Twitter: https://Twitter.com/TrueFiDAO Join the community on Discord: http://bit.ly/truefichat…

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Charmyn Ho, Head of Crypto Insights at Bybit, on the Last Month in the Markets 26:04

3 years ago26:04

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Charmyn Ho used to be a pre-school teacher who liked gaming. Then she came across a game called Axie Infinity, sporting a curious feature of earning while you play. Today, she's Head of Crypto Insights at Bybit, having been bitten by the crypto bug. And she joins Dan on this week's episode of the CoinJournal podcast. She works on a monthly report in conjunction with Nansen on the state of the market, and today she discussed some of her findings in her latest report. We talk about the state of the NFT market, whether it was all a bubble and dig into the hysteria of profile-picture NFTs that took the space by storm last year. We also chat GameFi, a clear passion area for Charmyn, as well as Ethereum on-chain flows - including a particularly interesting discussion on the stETH - ETH relationship and current arbitrage opportunities available both there, and in the wider crypto market. CoinJournal write-up is here . Read Charmyn's July market report here (and keep an eye out for her future reports!). As always, reach out to us on www.coinjournal.net , @CoinJournal or @DanniiAshmore on Twitter.…

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The Future is Interoperability - Ram Ramachandran, CEO of Router Protocol 37:17

3 years ago37:17

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What blockchain will win? A common question in the world of cryptocurrency. But in truth, the future is likely one of interoperability. Certain blockchains will be bigger than others, but many will exist. I sat down with Ram Ramachandran on the latest episode of the CoinJournal podcast to discuss this issue and more. Ram is the CEO of the Router Protocol, an infrastructure layer which aims to enable communication between blockchains. Ram has been in crypto for the best part of a decade, meaning he has some good perspective on the recent bear turn and how it compares to what else we have seen. Previously working in the traditional capital markets, Ram even worked for the rating agency Moody’s during the Great Financial Crisis, meaning he has a unique perspective from his time at the heart of the storm. We discuss the bear market, why Ram believes Ethereum will remain King, the current economy, inflation, interoperability, running a start-up in the current turbulent times and a lot more. See Dan's article on CoinJournal here Router Protocol website: www.routerprotocol.com Twitter: @routerprotocol Flagship Dapp: app.thevoyager.io/swap Telegram: routerprotocol Discord: here…

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Crypto Academic - Omid Malekan, Columbia Business School Professor and Crypto Writer 41:21

3 years ago41:21

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Cryptocurrency can be intimidating. Even to people with a good understanding of the financial markets or technology, wrapping their heads around blockchain can be a challenge. I sat down on the latest episode of the CoinJournal podcast with someone who can be described as a “crypto academic”, who aims to bridge that gap for people. Omid Malekan lectures at Columbia University, and has also written several books, the latest of which has just been released, called “ Re-Architecting Trust: The Curse of History and the Crypto Cure for Money, Markets, and Platforms”. Our discussion meandered around a whole bunch of topics, but the theme was what Omid tries to do best: educate people about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, which is more challenging than it sounds. I enjoyed this one! For more on Omid, see our article on CoinJournal here Omid’s new book can be bought here , titled “ Re-Architecting Trust: The Curse of History and the Crypto Cure for Money, Markets, and Platforms” . It digs into the “why” of crypto more so than the “what” – but if you want the latter, he’s got you covered too. Check him out here .…

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Jeremy Koven, COO of Publicly-Listed Canadian exchange CoinSmart 32:56

3 years ago32:56

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There are hundreds of cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, with more popping up every single day. With the industry still only a few years old, however, most of these are private companies. Coinbase led the way in changing this, however, going public last year to much furore. North of the border, Canadian platform Coinsmart followed suit not long after, officially going public in November 2021. Jeremy Koven, COO of Coinsmart, jumped on the CoinJournal Podcast to discuss why they decided to go public, and whether the trend of a private-company dominated industry will change going forward. We talked about the bear market too, and how it has affected CoinSmart - remember, the exchange went public in Nov-21 around the same time Bitcoin was trading at its all-time high of $68,000. We also discussed the fascinating impasse of the Canadian trucker protests earlier this year, when the government moved to freeze the assets of anyone who was involved. This led to many pulling their bitcoin and other crypto off exchanges, tucking it into cold storage to keep it secure. That’s just a flavour of the very enjoyable conversation with Jeremy, a well-spoken and informative guy who gives the sense that he really enjoys what he does. Visit CoinSmart here -> CoinSmart See Dan's article on CoinJournal here…

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This Meme was Worth $800 Million But After a 99% Crash is Pivoting to DeFi - Podcast with the Director, Mark Basa, HOKK Finance 43:03

3 years ago43:03