The Web3 Podcast

When it comes to the crypto markets, few people can claim to predict the future. On this episode, Callum is joined by two gentlemen who may be able to do just that....

AlgoDynamix is an innovative risk analytics company that detects disruptive events in global financial markets and anticipates price movements hours or days in advance of the event.

They enable asset managers to preserve their assets under management and improve multiple portfolio metrics including lower volatility and higher returns.

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Let's face it, Web3 is at an all time low. VCs aren't funding, HODLers aren't HODLing and BUIDLers... well, to be fair, they're still building.

So, given we are Europe's premier Web3 podcast, we thought it only right to try and shine some sunlight on what is a stubbornly bearish market by showing some real world Web3 use cases.

In this episode, Callum is joined by Connor Kelley, the CEO and Co-Founder of Flaunt. Flaunt is an enterprise loyalty management platform that serves as a single entry point into web3 for brands and their customers.

Innovation is critical to driving repeat purchases, improving customer engagement, and unlocking new revenue streams. But today's web3 solutions are too complex and send customers all over the internet. Flaunt enables brands to: 1. Create invested fans by giving customers ownership of branded digital assets 2. Foster community by connecting customers and giving them a voice 3. Generate rich customer experiences across mediums With Flaunt, you can: 1. Create, manage, and integrate web3-powered programs 2. Sell or distribute tokens and reward your customers 3. Support unique benefits, community engagement, and a branded marketplace 4. Analyze performance and ROI impact 5. Test, learn, and scale

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Since the birth of the internet, shady characters have been seeking to piggyback off well known brands by squatting on domains, creating phishing websites, and infringing upon trade marks and copyright. In the often pseudonymous world of Web3, this problem is amplified.

In this episode, we talk to Daniel Greenberg and Scott Kenna of Lexsynergy. Lexsynergy guide brands through both traditional and Web3 spaces, providing strategic policy, streamlined domain management and world class assistance with domain recoveries and online brand protection.

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What do worldwide brands and personalities like Katy Perry, Sony, Samsung, Google, American Idol and World Poker Tour have in common? Well, they have all partnered with Theta Labs. Theta Labs is the company behind Theta Network, the leading chain for media and entertainment.

Our guest, Wes Levitt, has led the strategy for this groundbreaking time in Theta’s history. Callum and Wes discuss how Web3 can unlock value for existing content creators and platforms and how the future of digital entertainment lies in Web3.

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As if trading crypto wasn't hard enough anyway, investors often find themselves hunting around for the best prices. In this episode, Callum speaks to Jaimin Patel. Jaimin is the CEO and Founder of Caddi, a crypto-super app that that finds the best prices available for any token and allows users to execute trades from any web page in a click.

Callum and Jaimin talk crypto, building in a bear market and what it's like to live in a house with four other Web3 builders.

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Social tokens are digital tokens (on a blockchain, obv) that allow creators to monetize experiences and services. In this episode, Callum welcome Ellie Li to the podcast. Ellie is an exited founder who now serves as the VP of Product and Operations at Roll. Roll allows users to create, earn, redeem, send and trade social tokens across the internet -- whether in Web 2.0 or Web3. It seems the future looks bright for content creators...

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On 11th November 2022, FTX, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, filed for bankruptcy. Overnight, CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (then a 30-year old billionaire) went from crypto's darling to public enemy number one. Bizarrely, 'SBF' (as Sam was universally known) made the somewhat dubious decision to live Tweet the collapse of his company. 

In SBF's own words: W H A T H A P P E N E D.

In an atmosphere of media and Twittersphere speculation, The Web3 Podcast brings back two of its most popular guests, Neal Rushton-King and Paddy Vance, to deep dive on what happened and what we can learn from it.

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In Web3, the metaphor of being 'pilled' refers to experiencing an epiphany of Web3's potential, and the burning desire to contribute to the development of this ecosystem. This epiphany is what led today's guests, Neal Rushton-King and Paddy Vance, to turn their backs on multi-decade careers at some of the world's most prestigious blue-chip companies.

Instead, Neal and Paddy are using a wealth of experience to build MIN3, a Web3 native consultancy disrupting outdated industries with new technology. Callum, Neal and Paddy discuss everything from the problems that Web3 tech solves to the threats, opportunities and potential that this space contains.

Neal and Paddy's Recommendations

If it feels like Scandinavians are over-represented in the Web3 space, then you may have Filip Martinsson to thank/blame. Filip's company, Moralis, provides everything developers need to create, connect, and scale blockchain applications cross-chain. Essentially, they take care of the back end so you can focus on the front — reducing development time, cost and complexity.

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Dash ('Digital Cash') is one of the world's best known cryptocurrencies, famously forked from Bitcoin in 2014. Since then, the Dash ecosystem has matured, allowing users to pay everyone from their Grandma to their phone bill in Dash. Open-source, and run by a DAO, Dash represents the essence of Web3. In this episode, Callum catches up with Ivan Shumkov, Dash's Head of Engineering, to hear how the ecosystem has (and is) evolving.

Ivan's Recommendations

1. Visit the communities of the most active networks (Ivan recommends Polkadot and Substrate).  

In this episode, Callum catches up with an old friend from university, Xavier 'Xav' Parkhouse-Parker. Since leaving Cambridge, Xav has co-founded Cambridge Future Tech, a deep tech venture builder that helps turn academic inventions into thriving businesses.

Xav offers a fascinating perspective on where the Web3 space is headed, and what untapped opportunities exist for would-be Web3 entrepreneurs.

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Few entrepreneurs have had such an interesting and diverse background as Jason Noronha. Having moved from financial consulting into running hostels, coffee shops and bars, into his own SaaS company and now putting time-based inventory on the blockchain, Jason shows no signs of slowing down.

In this episode, Callum sits down with Jason to hear his fascinating story, his philosophy for life and why he is so excited about Web3.

We've all been there. You find out about a new DAO or a new Web3 project, get excited and dive into the Discord to find out more. For all but the most dedicated Web3 adventurer, that's where the fun largely stops. Immediately, you are bombarded by information by people using pseudonyms. Every DAO has a different structure, different terminology and different rules. Getting up to speed can be overwhelming.

In this episode, Callum sits down with Mendes. Mendes is a Web3 veteran with five years of experience in the space, who has lately co-founded a new venture called Avenue. Avenue is a DAO collaboration and communication platform designed to rectify the disconnect between DAOs and their members, and solve many of the problems inherent to Discord.

Mendes' Recommendations 

For many of us, gaming offers us entertainment, fulfilment and an escape from reality. Web3 promises to make the experience of gaming more immersive than ever before. In this episode, Callum sits down with Niko Vuroi and Craig Dalrymple, two of the minds behind the iconic Facebook game FarmVille and now of Blockstars, a management simulation game powered by the Solana blockchain.  

About Niko Vuori and Craig Dalrymple

Niko and Craig are respectively the Founder/CEO and Head of Community of Blockstars, a management simulation game on the Solana blockchain.  Powered by a dual token economy, $ROC and $ROL, Blockstars gives you the chance to manage your band of Blockstars and build up your epic music empire.

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Listening to a podcast about podcasting is pretty meta if you ask me, but that is exactly what this fascinating episode is about. Alexander Zwerner walks Callum through the evolution of the podcast landscape in Web3, and why we are headed towards a more equitable world for listeners and creators alike.

About Alexander Zwerner

Alexander is the Founder of Kickback.fm, a podcast-centric Web3 platform where you can fund, connect, & listen to earn. He’s spent five years in the audio industry, and most recently has helped build Bankless DAO's podcast hatchery.

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If Web3 itself is controversial, no topic is more controversial than the concept of Crypto-Anarchism. Decentralization and enhanced privacy permit journalists, victims of oppressive regimes and whistleblowers to act without fear of reprisal, but also allow criminals and other bad actors to do the same.

In this thought provoking episode, Callum sits down with AlexAnarcho to talk Monero, crypto-anarchy and why we need to adapt the way we think about freedom and technology.

About AlexAnarcho

#BUILDing in a bear market can be a nerve-wracking time for any founder. In this episode, Giuseppe talks to Callum about what makes a Web3 business investable, how to create a scalable commercial model and why now is the best time to build.

About Giuseppe Stuto

Giuseppe is a successful entrepreneur, who has recently been responsible for the rise of 186 Ventures. 186 are a venture capital company invested in talented Web3 founders building world-class, fast growing businesses. Giuseppe was raised in Boston, and comes from an Italian immigrant family.

Decentralized Finance, or 'DeFi', is one of the most interesting facets of Web3 -- and arguably the most disruptive. In this episode, Kamil and Callum run through some core DeFi concepts, and how Kamil bet his wedding savings on crypto... and won big.

About Kamil Jura

Kamil is the founder of Optical.Finance, a DeFi tracking and discovery platform that helps users monitor their portfolios and discover new yields.

Kamil's Recommendations

If you follow Web3 influencers on Twitter, you know our community is very proud to refer to itself as 'the nice corner of the internet'. On this episode, Lauren and Callum discuss how we can we truly make Web3 a truly nicer, more inclusive place to be.

Imagine being paid for learning a new skill. Well, that is reality in Web3, at least according to our incredible guest Eleftherios Laliotis. In this episode, Lef and Callum discuss the 'learn-to-earn' landscape, discuss comparisons across the ecosystem and take a look into the future

About Lef Laliotis

For the first episode of Season 2, we answer a question that many of our listeners have been asking: 'is it possible to freelance in Web3?'

To answer this question, I'm delighted to welcome DAO technical writer, Twitter personality and all-round good guy @DappaDanDev. Dan shares his own experience of freelancing in Web3, what it takes to get started in technical writing and why the space is so hungry for talent.

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One of the common criticisms of Web3 is that new technologies like blockchains, smart contracts and NFTs have no real world applications. In this episode, Jacek gives us a dozen reasons why this way of thinking is so wrong. Tune in to find out why.

About Jacek Artymiak

For this episode, we're ecstatic to welcome Jordan Gray of Codame and AstroDAO. Jordan and I talk about NFTs -- what they are, and what their past, present and future applications are.

About Jordan Gray

For this episode, we're very happy to welcome Murat Akdeniz of Blocknative. Murat will be telling us about the ins and outs of crypto, and all of its applications.

About Murat Akdeniz

For the first episode of The Web3 Podcast, we are delighted to welcome Hadley Harris of ENIAC Ventures. On this episode, we define what Web3 is, discuss the Web3 landscape from an investment perspective, and shine a light on the ongoing evolution of the space.

About Hadley Harris

Hadley is a successful venture capitalist, entrepreneur and Twitter personality. As a founding partner of ENIAC Ventures, he has been a seed-stage investor to 11 unicorns.