Tristan Frizza is the Founder of Zeta Markets. Tristan’s curiosity for crypto was ignited in 2017 when he traded his first cryptocurrency, spurring him to finish his Computer Science degree with an emphasis on distributed systems and PoW blockchain technology. He then worked in AI research and as a data scientist in Silicon Valley, eventually writing his thesis on Generative Adversarial Network for Image Super-Resolution for which he received First Class Honours.

Motivated by a passion for open-source software and the potential to democratize finance, Tristan co-founded Zeta. His venture aimed to introduce transparency and accessibility to the financial sector, drawing on his deep technological expertise and vision for the future of global markets. The turning point came in 2021 when Tristan and his team triumphed in a Solana hackathon, outshining over 13,000 participants, which catalyzed the transformation of their proof of concept into a prominent decentralized exchange.

Today, Zeta is a testament to Tristan’s ambition and innovation, having processed over $5 billion in trading volume. His journey from a crypto enthusiast to a trailblazer in decentralized finance illustrates the impact of perseverance, hard work, and conviction in blockchain technology in reshaping the financial landscape.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Perpetual trading
- Solana’s DeFi Layer 2 plans & Ecosystem
- 2024 DeFi summer
- $Z token
-New $5M Strategic Round led by @ElectricCapital
- The future trajectory of DeFi
- The role of enhanced staking mechanisms
- Fostering a robust and secure trading environment
- Innovative tokenomics
- Solana congestion issues
- Ethereum vs. Solana

Zeta Markets
Website: www.zeta.markets
X: @ZetaMarkets
Discord: discord.gg/Xn9HCJaDZd

Tristan Frizza
X: @Tristan0x
LinkedIn: Tristan Frizza

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Tomer Pascal is the CEO and co-founder of OwnPlay, a web3 mobile gaming ecosystem that has developed CityVerse Tycoon, a PWA game allowing players to trade, buy, and sell tokenized replicas of real buildings in New York City. Tomer has extensive multi-disciplinary experience in delivering products to their appropriate markets, working with early-stage companies, businesses with new products, and well-established organizations. He combines his tech mindset, ability to create effective marketing technology platforms, and business capabilities to help companies monetize their products and achieve growth.

Before founding OwnPlay, Tomer held several positions, including Chief Revenue Officer at Mohawk Group, Inc., where he focused on driving revenue and holistic growth; Chief Executive Officer at OMG Studios, where he served as a corporate strategist and worked on digital media and customer engagement; and General Manager of the Perion Lightspeed Division at Perion, overseeing the GrowMobile mobile advertising platform. With his diverse skill set and experience, Tomer leads OwnPlay in its mission to innovate in the mobile gaming industry using web3 technology.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- What is a PWA game?
- CityVerse Tycoon = Monopoly GO + Zillow
- Trade, buy, and sell tokenized replicas of real buildings
- The opportunity that mobile offers for web3 gaming
- Challenges of creating and operating a mobile web3 game
- Mobile offering unparalleled accessibility
- The "David and Goliath" struggle between crypto apps and centralized app stores
- Apple and Google’s Appstore Duopoly
- Building the game as a PWA rather than a traditional mobile app
- PWA’s influence on distribution and monetization for mobile gaming

CityVerse Tycoon
Website: cityversetycoon.com
X: @CityVerseTycoon
Discord: discord.gg/cityversetycoon

Tomer Pascal
X: @TomerPascal
LinkedIn: Tomer Pascal

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Spencer Farrar is a Partner at Theory Ventures. Spencer was a two-sport athlete at Berkeley (swimming and water polo). He then worked at a Web3 startup, Velocity, which processed more than $150m of volume per day, before joining Bienville, a $4b asset investing in early-stage blockchain companies.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- The state of Web3 funding
- Web3 startups
- Venture strategy and liquid strategy in crypto
- AI-based Web3/blockchain companies
- Go-to-market strategy
- Influencers becoming VCs
- Swimming and water polo
- Working in trad-fi
- Similarities between VC and PE
- Supporting portfolio companies
- Web2 vs. Web3 sales

Theory Ventures
Website: theory.ventures
X: @Theoryvc
LinkedIn: Theory Ventures

Spencer Farrar
X: @SpencerFarrar
LinkedIn: Spencer Farrar

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