Podcast

Justin Gregorius is the Co-Founder & CEO of Pine Street Labs. Backed by Polychain, Coinbase Ventures, Figment, and others, Pine Street Labs is an enterprise software company that services crypto companies, building products to help businesses use blockchains – starting with their flagship product called WalletOS. In this episode we discuss their experience fundraising in the current market environment, what the future of enterprises in web3 may look like, and how they’re thinking about go-to-market for their flagship product (hint: focus on crypto-native businesses first).

Mike Lopez is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cinder. Backed by Animoca Brands, Cinder is a blockchain-native gaming metaverse created by game industry veterans –as a crypto-native social hub, creative commons, and free-form MMO community, it’s evolving rapidly and empowering players in innovative new ways. In this episode we discuss why they minted on Solana, advice for blockchain gaming builders, and the bigger picture of where blockchain gaming has been – and where it’s going.

Ben Simpson is the Founder & CEO of Collective Shift. Collective Shift’s mission is to democratize wealth and freedom through crypto to millions by giving investors and traders access to a suite of tools, expert daily insights, opportunity alerts, and a thriving community. In this episode we discuss Collective Shift’s unique insights underlying their education offerings, what’s been missing for crypto education, and how they’ve addressed the challenges associated with their commitment to transparency and credibility.

Chinmay Patel is the CEO of PERCS. PERCS supercharges communities with NFTs. In this episode we discuss the recent announcement about Starbucks Odyssey (their NFT-powered loyalty program), what most companies get wrong about implementing token-gating, how PERCS helps companies like Playboy and Superplastic think about NFTs, and the upcoming launch of “degen.deals” (an exciting Black Friday/Cyber Monday online experience powered by PERCS). WAGMI Ventures is an investor in PERCS.

Mriganka Pattnaik is the Co-Founder and CEO of Merkle Science. Backed by Kraken Ventures, Beco Capital, and others, Merkle Science is a predictive Web3 risk & intelligence platform offering risk mitigation, compliance, and forensics for crypto-native businesses, DeFi participants, financial institutions & government agencies. In this episode we discuss some of the history of risk mitigation in crypto, the possibilities for risk mitigation in the future, and the tradeoffs between privacy and KYC (“know your client”) as part of the bigger conversation about what mainstream adoption of crypto may require (from a regulatory standpoint).