Podcast

Griff Green has been a respected leader within the Ethereum community since 2015 and received a masters degree in Digital Currency in 2016 (as the first holder of its kind). As community manager for Slock.it and TheDAO, he led every angle of the crisis response effort following TheDAO Hack. He co-founded the White Hat Group, which secured the at-risk funds (10% of the total supply of ETH) during TheDAO hack and one year later rescued $210 million dollars worth of crypto assets following the Parity Multisig Hack. Griff and the WHG also audited Aragon and MakerDAO systems. Griff then founded Giveth, a crypto donation platform that radically empowers individuals and communities to affect real change in a transparent, decentralized way, and also founded Commons Stack, the natural progression of Giveth’s efforts to build the future of giving with the goal of turning any non-profit cause into an impact investment.In this episode we discuss micro-economy governance possibilities, public and social goods funding, his best advice for those new to web3, and much more.

Andrew Choi is the Founder & CEO of SuperNormal& General Partner @ Factorial Funds. SuperNormal is the #1 top-selling web3 brand in Korea with >$100m in volume traded, and with celebrity holders like Eva Longoria, Paris Hilton, Mark Cuban, Sergi Roberto, Android founder, and more. Factorial Funds has invested in top companies like Consensys, Coinbase, Robinhood, Affirm, and more. Andrew’s past work includes Tech Lead at Coinbase, Microsoft, Linkedin, & Snapchat. In this episode we discuss what SuperNormal understands about IP in 2023 that others don’t, the evolution from initial concept to a more expansive vision, the primacy of engaging one’s community in a cyclical loop, the investment thesis of Factorial Funds during the bear market, and much more.

Tyler Williams is the Head of Policy at Galaxy Digital. Galaxy is a company that offers solutions to the digital asset and blockchain industry, such as global markets, asset management, and digital infrastructure. In this episode, we discuss the posture of market regulators and the executive branch toward crypto, key legislative battles on the horizon (and how crypto fits), whether crypto self-defeats in policy discussions, what material progress could look like for policy related to the crypto space, and much more.

Alex Salnikov is the Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Rarible. Backed by Coinbase Ventures, CoinFund, & more, Rarible is a leading blue-chip NFT company that powers both established and emerging brands and creators. Through a multi-chain, aggregated marketplace for NFTs, a self-serve marketplace builder tool, and a white-glove service for custom marketplaces, their products help brands and creators achieve success at every stage of their NFT journey. In this episode, we cover the verticalization of NFT marketplaces, their experience decentralizing Rarible, the NFT royalties debate, & much, much more.

Ismael Hishon-Rezaizadeh is the Co-Founder & CEO at Lagrange Labs. Backed by 1kx, Daedalus, Maven 11 Capital, & more, Lagrange Labs enables seamless interaction between chains with cryptographically secure state proofs, not opaque intermediaries. Developers can now run expressive and dynamic distributed ZK computation at a Big Data scale on top of multi-chain contract states. In this episode we chat through what they’re building (in its fullness), their recent collaboration with EigenLayer, biggest surprises thus far in creating Lagrange Labs, best advice for crypto founders, & much more.