Podcast

Uri Klarman is the Co-Founder & CEO of BloXroute Labs. Backed by Dragonfly, Lightspeed Venture Partners, SoftBank, & more, BloXroute Labs has created the first and fastest blockchain distribution network—across transaction propagation (400-1000ms faster), block propagation (up to 2 seconds faster), mempool service (50-400 ms faster), and more. In this episode we discuss Uri’s journey into crypto from a Northwestern PhD program, how the future changes because of bloXroute’s work, what crypto is getting right and getting wrong in 2023, & much more.

Ivo Georgiev is the Co-Founder & CEO @ Ambire. Backed by LAUNCHub Ventures, MetaCartel Ventures, & more, Ambire is the Web3 wallet that makes self-custody easy and secure for everyone (built on account abstraction). Ambire Wallet is available on mobile and allows registering using email (while keeping full custody). In this episode we discuss the journey from AdEx to Ambire, the wallet market when they originally launched Wallet, the two distinct types of account abstraction, their process of progressive decentralization, the need for a return to the more anti-establishment roots of crypto, and much more.

Richard Ma is the Founder & CEO @ Quantstamp. With clients like Binance, SuperRare, Compound, Visa, Ethereum 2.0, & more, Quantstamp’s mission is to secure the decentralized internet, and has protected over $200B in digital asset risk from hackers. More than 500 startups, foundations, and enterprises work with Quantstamp to keep their innovative products safe. In this episode we chat about Richard’s path into crypto, what it’s like working with crypto-native projects vs. less crypto-native ones, what crypto looks like if it gets safer to engage with, the advice he wishes he could impart to his earlier self, & much more.

Alex Kahn is the Co-Founder & CEO @ Econia Labs. Backed by Dragonfly, Faction, Lightspeed, & more, Econia is a high-performance on-chain order book for the Aptos blockchain. Built for equitable, global market access and engineered for composability, Econia provides trading infrastructure for Aptos DeFi. In this episode we talk about their Aptos selection process, obstacles to mass crypto adoption, what crypto is getting right (and wrong) in 2023, the advice he most wishes he’d received early-on, and much more.

Itai Turbahn is the Co-Founder & CEO @ Dynamic. Backed by a16z Crypto, First Round Capital, Chapter One, & more, Dynamic is a web3-first authentication and authorization platform that lets developers harness the magic of wallet-based interactions in minutes. In this episode we discuss downstream possibilities from Dynamic for crypto at large, reaching early conviction on the authentication and authorization problems they’re tackling, what crypto’s getting right (and wrong) in 2023, & much more.