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Stevie Cline: Decoding Crypto's Regulatory Puzzle - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.72]
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Stevie Cline. Guests on this show usually have unique backgrounds, but having gone from dairy farming to ear...
Jessica Neer McDonald: An IP Lawyer on NFTs and AI - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.71]
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Jessica Neer McDonald, an attorney focused on intellectual property rights and the head of global trademark ...
Jordi Alexander: Trading, Fundamentals, and Balaji's Bet - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.70]
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Jordi Alexander. Jordi is a poker player turned quantitative trader. While Jordi was trained in high-frequen...
Eric Koziel: Gaming and Web3 - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.69]
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Eric Koziel, better known as Omnigamer in the gaming world. I was debating Web3 gaming as a use case, and my...
Frank Chaparro: A Peek into Web3 Journalism - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.68]
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Frank Chaparro. Frank is Editor-at-large at The Block and host of The Scoop podcast. Many of you know him as...
Quarterly Market Recap: Q1 2023 - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.67]
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back, a year after our first quarterly recap, to talk through the big ticket items from the past three months. We go in depth on the banking p...
Christian Dittmeier: NFTs for the Masses - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.66]
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Christian Dittmeier. A former financial analyst, Christian was pulled into the crypto world after the wild and unexpected success of...
Itai Turbahn: The Evolution of Online Identity - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.65]
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Itai Turbahn. MIT, BCG, Harvard - Itai has had the pick of blue chip institutions in his career; throughout it all, he has been pass...
Kevin Miao: Crypto and Credit - Moving a Trillion Dollar Market On-Chain - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.64]
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest this week is Kevin Miao, Partner and Head of Credit at BlockTower Capital. I’ve been excited for this conversation ...
Keone Hon: How Blockchains Work: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.63]
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and today we’re going to break down the mechanics behind three major blockchains: Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana. Blockchain is a ...
Avery Akkineni: Brand Building in Web3 - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.62]
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Avery Akkineni. As President of Vayner3, Avery has been at the forefront of guiding CMOs, brands, and corpo...
Austin Campbell: A Primer on Stablecoins - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.61]
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Austin Campbell. Between my time working at Fidelity on money market funds and my passion for blockchain tec...
Dan Finlay: MetaMask and the Future of Crypto Wallets - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.60]
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Dan Finlay, the co-founder of MetaMask and Chief Web3 Ethos Officer at ConsenSys. MetaMask is a crypto wall...
Andrew Parish: The DCG, Genesis, Gemini Saga and Operation Chokepoint - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.59]
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest this week is Andrew Parish. Andrew's Twitter account @AP_Abacus has grown based on his access to rumors and informat...
Will Weinraub: A Toy Company From The Future - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.58]
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Will Weinraub. Will is the CEO and co-founder of OnChain studios, which is building Cryptoys. Cryptoys is a...
Nikolai Yakovenko: Algorithms We Live By - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.57]
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Nikolai Yakovenko. Nikolai is the founder and CEO of DeepNFTValue, which uses machine learning to price blu...
Mike Dudas: Apprentice to Entrepreneur to Investor - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.56]
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest this week is Mike Dudas. Mike started his career at Disney, helped build Google’s payment business, and worked at V...
Magdalena “Mags” Kala: Hot Takes on Consumer Culture - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.55]
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Magdalena Kala, or "Mags" as she's better known. Mags has an incredible back story, which involves immigrati...
Matt Walsh: Crypto Needs Higher Standards - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.54]
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden, and my guest today is Matt Walsh. Before we start, in addition to our opening disclaimer, I wanted to share that I have known Mat...
Quarterly Market Recap: Q4 2022 - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.53]
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our final quarterly recap to close what’s been an eventful year in the crypto industry. We thought Q2 was full of carnage but Q4 may have topped it....
Jared Klee: Web3 Insurance - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.52]
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Jared Klee. Jared is Director of Web3 at Vouch Insurance and was previously blockchain project manager at IB...
GMoney: Status Games at Scale - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.51]
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is gmoney. Gmoney is an influential builder, collector, and investor in the NFT community. He shot to fame with...
Jay Stolar: The Future of Songwriting - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.50]
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Jay Stolar. Jay is a musician, songwriter, and producer whose songs have been streamed over 200 million time...
Adam Brotman: Web3 Loyalty Programs - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.49]
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Adam Brotman. Adam was the former Chief Digital Officer of Starbucks, where he built out their immensely suc...
Sergio Silva: Institutional Custody and Payments - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.48]
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Sergio Silva. Sergio is a Senior Director of Web3 at Fireblocks, a platform that helps institutions custody ...
Nick Cannon: Risk Management in DeFi - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.47]
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Nick Cannon. Nick is the Head of Growth at Gauntlet, a simulation and financial modeling platform for DeFi p...
EG Galano: Decentralized Infrastructure - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.46]
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is EG Galano, co-founder of Infura. EG launched Infura out of ConsenSys in 2016 to meet a growing need for bloc...
Jai Ramaswamy: Crypto Regulation and Enforcement - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.45]
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Jai Ramaswamy. Jai is the Chief Legal Officer at Andreessen Horowitz and we recorded this interview at the M...
0xfoobar: Crypto Culture and Convention - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.44]
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is 0xfoobar. Foobar is a developer and investor who writes a must-read newsletter called The Variable. We discu...
Jared Grey: Leading a Decentralized Exchange - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.43]
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Jared Grey. Jared was recently elected Head Chef of SushiSwap, one of the most recognized decentralized exc...
Matthew Graham: Bringing Crypto to Emerging Markets - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.42]
15 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Matthew Graham. Matt is the co-founder and CEO of Sino Global Capital, a venture firm that made early inves...
Quarterly Market Recap: Q3 2022 - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.41]
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Matt Reustle and it's that time again - our 3Q 2022 quarterly recap. If you listened to our second quarter episode, that was a recap of carnag...
Michael Safai: High Frequency Crypto Trading - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.40]
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden, and my guest today is Michael Safai. Michael is the managing partner at Dexterity Capital, a high-frequency trading firm that tra...
Tom McLeod: Genius of the Commons - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.39]
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Tom McLeod. Tom is the founder and executive director of Arkive, the first ever decentralized museum. We dis...
Lex Sokolin: Explaining the Ethereum Merge - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.38]
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Lex Sokolin. Lex is the Head Economist at ConsenSys, a major Ethereum development company that built MetaMas...
Gabriel Leydon - How Web3 Onboards a Billion Users - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.37]
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Gabe Leydon, who’s episode last year was one of our most popular ever. Gabe has spent the last 20 years designing video games and...
Alex Taub: Building Crypto Communities - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.36]
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Alex Taub. Alex is the co-founder and CEO of Upstream, a no-code DAO platform, as well as the co-founder of ...
Avi Felman: Finding Edge in Crypto - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.35]
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Avi Felman. Avi is young but he has already had a successful career as a crypto investor. Earlier this year...
Andrew Steinwold: Investing in NFTs - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.34]
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Andrew Steinwold. Andrew is the managing partner at Sfermion, an NFT-focused investment firm where he makes ...
Yanni Giannaros: Crypto’s Payment Stack - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.33]
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Yanni Giannaros. Yanni is the co-founder and CEO of Wyre, which provides payment infrastructure for Web3 com...
Algod: Numbers over Narratives - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.32]
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Algod. Algod is a popular crypto investor, who is probably best known for predicting Luna’s demise ahead o...
Tokenproof: Crypto’s Gatekeeper - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.31]
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Fonz. Fonz is the founder of Tokenproof, which lets NFT owners prove their ownership online and at events wi...
Quarterly Market Recap: Q2 2022 - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.30]
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Matt Reustle and I'm back with Eric for our second quarterly recap. As you can imagine, the tone is slightly different to our first one of th...
Jarrod Dicker: Investing in Passion - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.29]
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Jarrod Dicker. Jarrod is a Partner at The Chernin Group, a consumer-focused investment firm, where he invest...
Alex Danco: Tokengated Commerce - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.28]
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Alex Danco from Shopify. Alex is our first triple crown guest, having first appeared on Invest Like the Best in 2019, Business Break...
OSF: Wall Street Trader Turned Creator - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.27]
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Ovie Faruq, or as I know him, OSF. Ovie spent the best part of 9 years at Barclays as a distressed credit t...
Bored Elon Musk: A Parody that Became a Company - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.26]
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Bored Elon. Bored began as a parody account of Elon Musk on Twitter and has turned into a widely followed p...
Commissioner Hester Peirce: A Regulator’s View of Crypto - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.25]
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce. Commissioner Peirce was sworn into the SEC in 2018. During her tenure, she h...
Laura Shin: Uncovering Ethereum’s Founding - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.24]
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Laura Shin. Laura is a crypto journalist, host of the Unchained podcast, and author of the book The Cryptop...
CMS Holdings: Hot Ball of Money - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.23]
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Dan Matuszewski, co-founder of CMS Holdings. If you follow Dan on Twitter, you’ll recognize him as one of...
Stytch: The Passport of the Internet - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.22]
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Reed McGinley-Stempel. Reed is the co-founder and CEO of Stytch, which is on a mission to eliminate friction...
Ryan Selkis: The Crypto Research Platform - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.21]
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Ryan Selkis of Messari. If you have spent any time in the crypto markets - you are likely familiar with Ryan...
Dune: Crypto’s Data Dashboard - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.20]
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and today I am hosting Fredrik Haga - co-founder and CEO of Dune. For anyone involved in the crypto markets, you have likely come ...
Quarterly Market Recap - Q1 2022 - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP. 19]
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are trying something a little different. We’re going to do a quarterly recap. Similar to investor letters that are so common in traditional...
Justin Waldron: The Past, Present, and Future of Game Companies - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP. 18]
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Justin Waldron, co-founder and President of Playco. Justin is a pioneer of the social gaming industry, havin...
GaryVee: The Future of NFTs - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP. 17]
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk, better known as GaryVee. This conversation covers why Gary has so much ...
round21: Helping Athletes & Artists Build Brands - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP. 16]
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Jasmine Maietta, founder of round21. Our conversation is a masterclass in brand building and collaboration. ...
How Crypto Offers 10% Yields - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP. 15]
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I’m Eric Golden and my guest today is Matt Ballensweig, Co-Head of Trading and Lending at Genesis where he’s responsible for trading, origination ...
Fidelity Digital Assets: A TradFi Journey into Crypto - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP. 14]
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Tom Jessop. As President of Fidelity Digital Assets, Tom leads Fidelity’s effort to build a crypto custody...
Jenkins the Valet - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP. 13]
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Jenkins, creator of Jenkins the Valet. For those unfamiliar, Jenkins was one of the first creators to explor...
Anchorage Digital: Serving Institutional Crypto Needs - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP. 12]
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Diogo Monica, co-founder and President of Anchorage Digital. Diogo started Anchorage in 2017 to meet the growing institutional need ...
A New Future for IP - Aku Dreams - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP. 11]
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden, and my guest today is Micah Johnson the creator and artist behind Aku Dreams. Micah’s story as a pro baseball player turned fam...
Sustaining a Play-to-Earn Economy - Axie Infinity - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP. 10]
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Axie Infinity co-founder, Jeff "Jiho" Zirlin. The Colossus team covered the Axie origin story through Business Breakdowns in Septem...
The Week Crypto Bid for The Constitution - ConstitutionDAO - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP. 09]
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In November 2021, Graham Novak texted his friend Austin Cain with an idea. He wanted to buy the US Constitution. Little did they know, the next week o...
Transporting Talent in Web3 - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP. 08]
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Tina He. Tina is currently building Station.Express, a new blockchain-based labor marketplace. We discuss Tina’s personal journey...
The Evolution of Crypto Investing - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP. 07]
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I am joined by Ari Paul, co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of BlockTower; a crypto hedge fund started in 2017. Before founding BlockTower...
An Overview of Crypto Mining - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP. 06]
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I am joined by Mike Colyer, the Chief Executive Officer of Foundry, one of the largest players in crypto mining, staking, and financing. For ...
ZenLedger: A Framework for Crypto Taxes - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.05]
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, this is Eric Golden and my guest today is Dan Hannum, the Chief Operating Officer of ZenLedger, a crypto tax software similar to TurboTax. Dan ...
ENS: Ethereum Name Service - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.04]
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is Eric Golden, and today I'm covering Ethereum Name Service, also known as ENS. In non-technical terms, a naming service allows you to map human...
OpenSea: An Everything Store for Digital Assets - [Founder’s Field Guide, Replay]
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are re-sharing our conversation with Devin Finzer, CEO and co-founder of OpenSea, from October this year. OpenSea is the world’s largest ...
Discord: Building the Third Place - [Founder’s Field Guide, Replay]
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are re-sharing our conversation with Jason Citron, CEO and founder of Discord, from October last year. Discord is one of the largest and fa...
A Primer on DAOs - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.03]
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are breaking down DAOs. Our new host Eric Golden is joined by Aaron Wright, a law professor at Cardozo School of Law and founder of Tribute ...
Solana: Faster, Cheaper, More Scalable - [Business Breakdowns, Replay]
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are re-sharing our September Breakdown on Solana with Kyle Samani. Founded in 2017 by an ex-wireless engineer from Qualcomm, Solana is a...
Sky Mavis: The Builders Behind Axie Infinity - [Business Breakdowns, Replay]
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are re-sharing our Business Breakdown from September 2021 on Axie Infinity and its creator, Sky Mavis. Sky Mavis is the company behind the NF...
Ethereum: Into the Ether - [Business Breakdowns, Replay]
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are re-sharing our Business Breakdown on Ethereum. This episode was originally released in May 2021 and became the inspiration for Web3 Break...
A Primer on NFTs - Jesse Walden - [Invest Like the Best, Replay]
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are re-sharing my Invest Like the Best conversation with Jesse Walden from March 2021. Jesse is the founder of Variant, an early-stage ven...
The Potential of Blockchain Technology - Chris Dixon - [Invest Like the Best, Replay]
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are re-sharing our Invest Like the Best episode with Chris Dixon from April 2021. Chris is one of the leading minds in Web3 and a must-follow...
Bitwise - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.02]
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re breaking down Bitwise. Founded in 2017, Bitwise is known for managing the world’s largest crypto index funds with over $1.2bn in asse...
Hash Power Ep.3 - Funding, Forking, and a Creative Future [Invest Like the Best, Replay]
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are re-sharing our Hash Power documentary. This series was originally released in September 2017 when 1 Bitcoin hovered around $4000 US Dolla...
Hash Power Ep.2 - Investing in Cryptocurrencies [Invest Like the Best, Replay]
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are re-sharing our Hash Power documentary. This series was originally released in September 2017 when 1 Bitcoin hovered around $4000 US Dolla...
Hash Power Ep.1 - Understanding Blockchains [Invest Like the Best, Replay]
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are re-sharing our Hash Power documentary. This series was originally released in September 2017 when 1 Bitcoin hovered around $4000 US Dolla...
Bored Ape Yacht Club - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP. 1]
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our new show, Web3 Breakdowns. We want to be your on ramp into this new decentralized world, and through conversations with builders, creat...
Welcome to Web3 Breakdowns
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Web3 Breakdowns is a series of conversations exploring innovation in the decentralized internet. Each episode will focus on a different topic - we wil...