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BlackRock's BUIDL | Creating The Largest Tokenized Treasury Fund With Securitize

Carlos Domingo is the founder and CEO of Securitize, a platform for issuing and trading security tokens or digital securities on the blockchain. Securitize aims to modernize the traditional financial markets by leveraging blockchain technology to provide greater accessibility, efficiency, and transparency in securities trading. Securitize recently partnered up with BlackRock to explore innovations in tokenizing assets and broadening access to the private capital markets. In today's podcast, we uncover all the details behind this collaboration and explore what the future holds for tokenized innovation.

Aave, Lens, and Avara: Stani Kulechov's Journey Through DeFi and Web3 Social

Stani Kulechov is the founder of Aave, which has become the largest lending protocol in DeFi. In this podcast, we start with a refreshener on Stani and his journey, then dive into the specifics of the protocols he has developed.

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Aave, Lens, and Avara: Stani Kulechov's Journey Through DeFi and Web3 Social

How Blockchains and Tokens Are Powering the Next Internet Revolution

"Really Crazy Stuff Will Happen With AVSs", ether.fi Founder Mike Silagadze

How Ethena's Growth Divided Opinions in DeFi

Videos

BlackRock's BUIDL | Creating The Largest Tokenized Treasury Fund With Securitize

Aave, Lens, and Avara: Stani Kulechov's Journey Through DeFi and Web3 Social

How Blockchains and Tokens Are Powering the Next Internet Revolution

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BlackRock's BUIDL | Creating The Largest Tokenized Treasury Fund With Securitize

Aave, Lens, and Avara: Stani Kulechov's Journey Through DeFi and Web3 Social

How Blockchains and Tokens Are Powering the Next Internet Revolution

Hello Defiers! Today, I'm bringing you a very special episode from a session I moderated at SXSW, where I had the opportunity of leading a session with Chris Dixon, a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where we focused on his recent publication, "Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet." This book is an essential read for anyone looking to grasp the essence of the Web3 movement. Let's dive in!

"Really Crazy Stuff Will Happen With AVSs", ether.fi Founder Mike Silagadze

In today's podcast we host Mike Silagadze, founder of ether.fi, an Ethereum restaking protocol, and Nikhil Raghuveera, co-founder of Aethos, a decentralized policy engine being built on EigenLayer. We dive into the use cases that restaking unlocks via Active Validating Services (AVSs) through EigenLayer, shedding light on how this innovation is shaping the ecosystem.

How Ethena's Growth Divided Opinions in DeFi

Welcome to Crypto With Cami, your concise guide to the week's most significant developments in DeFi and Web3, all in 30 minutes or less.

Pendle Finance Deep Dive With Founder TN Lee

TN Lee is the founder of Pendle Finance - a DeFi platform that enables users to tokenize and trade future yield on Ethereum assets. In this podcast, we explore the fundamentals of Pendle Finance, providing a comprehensive understanding of one of DeFi's most complex and innovative products.

Reflecting on a Decade | Stellar's Evolution in 2024

Tomer Weller is the VP of Product at Stellar, one of the earliest alternative Layer 1 chains that existed before Ethereum. Stellar recently launched Soroban, its smart contract platform, designed to enhance the blockchain's functionality with efficient, developer-friendly tools for building sophisticated applications. In today's conversation, we dive deep into Stellar, review its fundamentals, reflect on its decade long journey as a Layer 1 blockchain, and have a closer look into the current use cases.

Bridging East and West in Crypto | Erica Kang of KryptoSeoul

Erica Kang is the CEO and founder of KryptoSeoul, a leading community building team in South Korea that focuses on blockchain projects. Erica has been a bridge between the East and the West for a very long time. Before we dive into all of that, Erica will share a little bit about how she first got involved in the crypto community.

Funding the Future Onchain: Empowering Open Source & Public Goods with Gitcoin

In today's podcast we host two guests: Kevin Owocki, co-founder of Gitcoin, and Meg Lister, GM at Gitcoin Grants Labs. Gitcoin is a platform that connects developers with open-source projects for funding, collaboration, and building digital public goods through various forms of contribution like coding, design, and more.

Exploring the Ex-Apple Engineer Led Sui Network

Evan Cheng is the Co-founder & CEO at Mysten Labs, which is the team behind Sui Network. In their words, Sui is a Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform "designed to make digital asset ownership fast, private, secure, and accessible". In our conversation we explore the potential of this up and coming Layer 1 by learning about the underlying motivation of the founder, what makes it different from other blockchains, in particular Aptos, the current main uses cases, and more.