Podcast

Antoine Scalia is the Founder & CEO of Cryptio. Backed by Draper Associates, Point Nine, & more, Cryptio offers enterprise-grade accounting, audit, and tax software for your digital assets. They work with top organizations like Aave, SuperRare, Bankless, Metamask, & more. In this episode, we discuss the importance of their work for broader institutional adoption, what insights made the biggest product difference, what they’re excited about in the pipeline, and much more.

This episode is with Amit Gajjala (Founder & CEO) and Antonio Morales (Head of Ecosystem + Community) at Stader Labs. Backed by Pantera, Coinbase Ventures, Jump Capital, Accel, & more, Stader Labs is a multichain liquid staking platform. In this episode we discuss their earliest insights about the market that led to Stader Labs, their product roadmap (and how they continue to evolve), what it was like getting $150m TVL on day one of launch, the Terra/Luna collapse (and how they worked past it), comments on Coinbase’s recently-announced liquidity staking derivative cbETH, & much more.

Harrison Wang is the Co-Founder & CEO at Unblocked. Backed by Tiger Global, Marcy Venture Partners (Jay-Z’s venture fund), Dapper Labs, and more, Unblocked is at the forefront of producing blockchain-backed collectibles for your favorite communities. In this episode we discuss the virtues of “digital collectibles” vs. “NFTs” (in terms of name approachability), what’s attracting major brands/artists to the digital collectible space (and how Unblocked powers that work), and what FTX means for the broader space over the coming months (in terms of funding availability and mainstream perception/adoption).

Chris Georgen is the Founder & Managing Director of Topl. Backed by Mercury Fund, Mercy Corps Ventures, & more, Topl is building an impact technology economy that enables digital and sustainable transformation across value chains and empowers the monetization of impact verified on the Topl Blockchain. In this episode we discuss the impact space (broadly construed), how blockchain technology can enable a greater impact on causes people care about, Topl’s unique discoveries about impact-driven blockchain building in 2023, and the possibilities for Topl over the next several years (plus much more).Check out more about Topl’s work below:

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‍Topl's Twitter: topl_protocol
‍Chris’ Twitter: c_georgen

Vincent Ghossoub is the Founder and CEO of NiftyCraft. NiftyCraft is a blockchain RPG with a player-driven economy. In this episode, we cover Vincent’s work building up the gaming industry in the Middle-East, the intricacies of game design in web3, the ultimate trajectories they’re building toward (technologically-speaking), and much more.