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Rune Christensen - MakerDAO's Past, Present, and Future
Sep 20, 2022
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Hasu - The Current State of DAO Governance
Jun 29, 2022
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Rune Christensen - The MakerDAO Endgame Plan
Rune Christensen - The MakerDAO Endgame Plan
In this episode, we chat with Rune Christensen, the founder of MakerDAO.
May 24, 2023
Diogo Monica and Nathan McCauley - The Story Behind Anchorage Digital and Crypto's Leading Custodian
Diogo Monica and Nathan McCauley - The Story Behind Anchorage Digital and Crypto's Leading Custodian
In this episode, we chat with Diogo Monica and Nathan McCauley, the co-founders of Anchorage Digital.
May 15, 2023
Christopher Goes - Anoma, Namada, and the State of Privacy in Crypto
Christopher Goes - Anoma, Namada, and the State of Privacy in Crypto
In this episodes, we chat with Christopher Goes, the co-founder of Anoma and Namada.
May 2, 2023
Matteo Leibowitz - The Strategy Behind Crypto's Leading Decentralized Marketplace
Matteo Leibowitz - The Strategy Behind Crypto's Leading Decentralized Marketplace
In this episode, Larry and I chat with Matteo Leibowitz, Ventures Lead and former Strategy Lead at Uniswap.
March 30, 2023
Dev Ohja and Barry Plunkett - Osmosis MEV Landscape
Dev Ohja and Barry Plunkett - Osmosis MEV Landscape
In this episode, we chat about the MEV landscape in Osmosis with Dev Ohja, founder of Osmosis, and Barry Plunkett, founder of Skip.
March 16, 2023
Lakshman Sankar - The Intersection of Zero-Knowledge Tech and DAOs
Lakshman Sankar - The Intersection of Zero-Knowledge Tech and DAOs
In this episode, we chat with Lakshman Sankar, contributor to Personae Labs, an R&D lab focused on applying zero-knowledge technology to advance digital identity.
February 13, 2023
Travis Scher - Lessons From a Longtime Crypto Investor
Travis Scher - Lessons From a Longtime Crypto Investor
In this episode, we chat with Travis Scher, founder of North Island Ventures. Travis has been investing in crypto startups since 2015, and has a wealth of experience across many market cycles.
January 23, 2023
Stani Kulechov - Aave's Past, Present, and Future
Stani Kulechov - Aave's Past, Present, and Future
In this episode, we chat with Stani Kulechov, the founder of Aave. We cover the history of Aave, from the transition of ETHLend to Aave, to its current positioning as the leading lending project in DeFi.
January 9, 2023
Mike Ippolito and Jason Yanowitz - The Blockworks Story
Mike Ippolito and Jason Yanowitz - The Blockworks Story
In this episode, we chat with Mike Ippolito and Jason Yanowitz, the founders of Blockworks. We dive into the early history, various product lines today, and where they see Blockworks in the future.
December 22, 2022
Sam Hart - Cosmos Governance and ATOM 2.0
Sam Hart - Cosmos Governance and ATOM 2.0
In this episode, we chat with Sam Hart, longtime contributor to the Cosmos hub and author of the ATOM 2.0 whitepaper. We talk about the history of Cosmos and how its governance has evolved since inception.
December 5, 2022
Joe Lallouz - Crypto Infrastructure, Bison Trails, and Coinbase Cloud
Joe Lallouz - Crypto Infrastructure, Bison Trails, and Coinbase Cloud
In this episode, we chat with Joe Lallouz, the head of Coinbase Cloud and founder of Bison Trails. We cover the history of Bison Trails from early inception to acquisition by Coinbase, as well as broader thoughts on the crypto infrastructure landscape.
November 9, 2022
Esteban Castaño - A Deep Dive into TRM Labs
Esteban Castaño - A Deep Dive into TRM Labs
In this episode, we chat with Esteban Castaño, co-founder of TRM Labs. TRM is a crypto compliance company working with some of the leading exchanges and protocols in Crypto including FTX, Binance, Uniswap and more.
October 18, 2022
Hasu and Sam Kozin - Lido Governance
Hasu and Sam Kozin - Lido Governance
In this episode, we chat with Hasu and Sam Kozin (Lido) about Lido governance and the stETH Dual Governance proposal.
October 6, 2022
Rune Christensen - MakerDAO's Past, Present, and Future
Rune Christensen - MakerDAO's Past, Present, and Future
In this episode, we chat with Rune Christensen, the founder of MakerDAO. We cover the original history behind MakerDAO, Rune's transition out of MakerDAO, and his recent return.
September 20, 2022
Fredrik Haga - Dune Analytics and Building a Community-First Data Platform
Fredrik Haga - Dune Analytics and Building a Community-First Data Platform
In this episode, we chat with Fredrik Haga, founder and CEO of Dune Analytics. We cover the complete history behind Dune, their community and brand-building strategy, and the journey to finding product-market fit.
September 2, 2022
Tarun Chitra - Lessons From Building Gauntlet
Tarun Chitra - Lessons From Building Gauntlet
In this episode, we chat with Tarun Chitra, founder and CEO of Gauntlet. Tarun shares the inspiration behind starting Gauntlet, how it has evolved over time, and what they'll build in the future.
August 9, 2022
punk4156, Noun40, and Noun22 - The Great NounsDAO Experiment
punk4156, Noun40, and Noun22 - The Great NounsDAO Experiment
In this episode, we catch up with punk4156, Noun40, and Noun44 about all things Nouns. This is a 201-level podcast, with Nounders and project insiders who go deep on why the project is thriving.
July 31, 2022
MonetSupply - Perspectives on MakerDAO Governance
MonetSupply - Perspectives on MakerDAO Governance
In this episode, we catch up with MonetSupply about MakerDAO. As one of the first DeFi protocols, MakerDAO is a great case study on progressive decentralization, the working group model, and DAO governance broadly.
July 12, 2022
Hasu - The Current State of DAO Governance
Hasu - The Current State of DAO Governance
In this episode, we catch up with Hasu about the current challenges of DAO governance and how it can be improved.
June 29, 2022
Trent Van Epps and Tim Beiko - Funding Ethereum Core Development and the Protocol Guild
Trent Van Epps and Tim Beiko - Funding Ethereum Core Development and the Protocol Guild
In this episode, we chat with Trent Van Epps and Tim Beiko, long-time contributors to Ethereum about governance, funding L1 development, and more.
June 20, 2022
Evgeny Gaevoy - Diving into Wintermute, DeFi, and Governance
Evgeny Gaevoy - Diving into Wintermute, DeFi, and Governance
In this episode, we chat with Evgeny Gaevoy, the co-founder and CEO of Wintermute.
June 14, 2022
Exploring the VectorDAO Vision, with Jon Yan and Yitong Zhang
Exploring the VectorDAO Vision, with Jon Yan and Yitong Zhang
In this episode, we explore VectorDAO, a new group of artists, creators, and designers focused on the web3 ecosystem.
June 7, 2022
Gnosis: The Quintessential DAO Tool, featuring Stefan George
Gnosis: The Quintessential DAO Tool, featuring Stefan George
In this episode, I chat with Stefan George, the Co-Founder and CTO of Gnosis, the quintessential DAO tool.
May 30, 2022
Tina He on Station's mission to fix the DAO Contributor Experience
Tina He on Station's mission to fix the DAO Contributor Experience
In this episode, Larry and I talk with Tina He from Station, a new platform meant to transform the DAO contributor experience.
May 19, 2022
B2DAO: Aave + BGD Labs, featuring Emilio, Ernesto, and Andrey
B2DAO: Aave + BGD Labs, featuring Emilio, Ernesto, and Andrey
This week Larry and I chat with Bored Ghost Development (BGD) Labs about their Aave development proposal.
May 9, 2022
Crypto M&A, with Sam Bronstein and Jordan Stastny
Crypto M&A, with Sam Bronstein and Jordan Stastny
In this episode Larry and I chat about M&A in Crypto, and how it compares to traditional markets.
April 28, 2022
Protocol Governance, with A16z's Jeff Amico
Protocol Governance, with A16z's Jeff Amico
In this episode Larry and I chat with A16z's Jeff Amico about all things protocol governance.
April 14, 2022
Getty Hill on whether Uniswap should turn on Protocol Fees
Getty Hill on whether Uniswap should turn on Protocol Fees
In this episode Larry and I chat with Getty Hill about Uniswap Protocol's fee switch with Getty Hill from GFX Labs.
March 28, 2022
Voting Markets, with Paladin's Romain Figuereo
Voting Markets, with Paladin's Romain Figuereo
In this week's episode, we discuss voting markets with the founder of Paladin, Romain Figuereo.
March 15, 2022
The Osmosis Bridging Proposals, featuring Sunny Aggarwal (Osmosis) and Sergey Gorbunov (Axelar)
The Osmosis Bridging Proposals, featuring Sunny Aggarwal (Osmosis) and Sergey Gorbunov (Axelar)
This week, we chat about Osmosis' unique approach to bridge selection. Unlike other projects which have used many bridges, Osmosis underwent a "canonical bridge selection" process to choose one provider, with the intention of providing a superior UX for end users.
March 13, 2022
Voltz and the UNI v3 license, with Simon Jones
Voltz and the UNI v3 license, with Simon Jones
This week, we chat with Simon Jones, the co-founder of Voltz Protocol. We discuss Voltz's recent governance proposal to allow them to use the UNI v3 license, in order to build their own interest-rate swaps AMM
March 7, 2022
Council: The Element Finance Governance System, with Charles St. Louis and Paul Vienhage
Council: The Element Finance Governance System, with Charles St. Louis and Paul Vienhage
Today's guests are Charles St. Louis and Paul Vienhage from Element Finance. In this episode we go deep on Council, the Element Finance governance framework, which features a few key innovations: Voting Vaults, the Governance Steering Council, and Optimistic Rewards.
March 2, 2022
Navigating the Legal Landscape in Crypto, with Marc Boiron and Jake Chervinsky
Navigating the Legal Landscape in Crypto, with Marc Boiron and Jake Chervinsky
In this episode of I Pledge Allegiance, Larry and I chat about the legal landscape in Crypto with Marc Boiron, General Counsel of dYdX, and Jake Chervinsky, Head of Policy at the Blockchain Association and formerly the General Counsel at Compound.
February 22, 2022
MetaGovernance, with Brian Flynn (Rabbithole) and mel.eth (IndexCoop)
MetaGovernance, with Brian Flynn (Rabbithole) and mel.eth (IndexCoop)
In this episode of I Pledge Allegiance, we chat about MetaGovernance with Brian Flynn, the founder of Rabbithole, and mel.eth, long-time contributor at Index Co-Op.
February 14, 2022
Compound Governor Frameworks, with arr00 and Alex Kroeger
Compound Governor Frameworks, with arr00 and Alex Kroeger
In this episode of I Pledge Allegiance, hosts Derek Hsue and Larry Sukernik chat about Governance Frameworks with arr00, the creator of Compound Governor Bravo.
February 1, 2022
B2DAO, with John Morrow
B2DAO, with John Morrow
In this episode of I Pledge Allegiance, host Derek Hsue chats about B2DAO with John Morrow (COO of Gauntlet) and Larry Sukernik, co-founder of Reverie
December 22, 2021
The Fei <> Rari Merger, with Joey Santoro, Jai Bhavnani, and Jason Choi
The Fei <> Rari Merger, with Joey Santoro, Jai Bhavnani, and Jason Choi
In this special episode of I Pledge Allegiance, hosts Derek Hsue and Jason Choi chats about the proposed Fei <> Rari merger with Joey Santoro and Jai Bhavnani.
December 1, 2021
DeFi Treasuries, with Hasu, MonetSupply, and Larry Sukernik
DeFi Treasuries, with Hasu, MonetSupply, and Larry Sukernik
In this episode of I Pledge Allegiance, host Derek Hsue chats about DeFi Treasuries with Hasu, MonetSupply, and Larry Sukernik.
November 16, 2021
Aave Arc, with Michael Shaulov and Roshun Patel
Aave Arc, with Michael Shaulov and Roshun Patel
In this episode of I Pledge Allegiance, host Derek Hsue chats with Michael Shaulov from Fireblocks and Roshun Patel from Genesis. Michael is the CEO and Founder of Fireblocks, and Ro is VP of Lending at Genesis.
November 3, 2021
DeFi Risk Monitoring, featuring Gauntlet and Getty Hill
DeFi Risk Monitoring, featuring Gauntlet and Getty Hill
In the inaugural episode of I Pledge Allegiance, a podcast about crypto governance, host Derek Hsue chats with Nick Cannon from Gauntlet and Getty Hill from GFX Labs.
September 24, 2021