Episodes

  • DeFi Decoded - Building the Fastest Ethereum Layer 2 Using Solana with Terry and Ren of Eclipse Labs
    Jul 25 2024

    Join Andrew Young as he decodes the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guests Terry Chung, Head of Strategy, and Ren Yu Kong, Growth Marketer, of Eclipse. Listen in as they discuss their backgrounds and journeys into the space, Eclipse in simple terms and how it stands out from other layer 2 networks, a comparison of the Solana Virtual Machine and the Ethereum Virtual Machine, Eclipse’s approach to community building and its scaling strategy, SX Network’s decision to move to its own chain, Eclipse’s business model and potential unique incentive plans, key trends and exciting sectors to watch in the year ahead, and more!

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    52 mins
  • DeFi Decoded - Would a Trump 2nd Term REALLY Help Crypto? Alex and Andrew Debate
    Jul 19 2024

    Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi. Listen in as they discuss the “Trump Pump” in the crypto markets this past week following the assassination attempt last weekend, the authenticity of Trump’s promises to support and embrace the crypto industry in America, the differing views that Democrats and Republicans have on big and little tech, how successful the imminent ETH ETF launch in the U.S. could be, the recent strength and influx of net flows into the BTC ETFs, Grayscale’s new Decentralized AI Fund, and more!

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    26 mins
  • DeFi Decoded - Why Market Strategist Tom Dunleavy Sees Bitcoin Hitting $150,000 This Cycle
    Jul 11 2024

    Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 with special guest Tom Dunleavy, Managing Partner at MV Capital. Listen in as they discuss the impact of BTC selling from Mt. Gox and the German government, the potential buying pressure when FTX claim holders are repaid in Q4, the current market dynamics and future outlook, MV Capital and Tom’s management of their VC Web3 fund, Tom’s focus areas within Web3 and what he’s excited about, the state of DeFi, Tom’s fund positioning throughout various market phases and cycles, the soon launch of ETH ETFs and their potential inflows, Tom’s reasoning for believing Solana would outperform Bitcoin and Ethereum this year, and more!

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    41 mins
  • DeFi Decoded - How Web3 Prediction Markets Outsmarted the Experts This Election Season
    Jul 5 2024

    Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3. Listen in as they discuss the large disparity in U.S. presidential election odds between general pundits in the mainstream media and peer-to-peer prediction markets, its connection to James Surowiecki’s ‘The Wisdom of Crowds’ novel, SX Network’s recent quarterly report and major updates, USDC’s official compliance with the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulatory framework and its implications for the broader stablecoin landscape, Circle Internet Financial’s comeback story and potential IPO on the horizon, the overlooked value of Coinbase Ventures’ investment portfolio, and more!

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    34 mins
  • DeFi Decoded - Why Web3 Mass Adoption is Closer Than We Think with Kendall Cole of Proximity Labs
    Jun 28 2024

    Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Kendall Cole, Founder of Proximity Labs. Listen in as they discuss Kendall’s journey into the space, his key learnings from working at Consensys, Proximity Labs' purpose and mission, NEAR's unique value proposition and its main types of dApps, creating an open internet of value, the state of DeFi in the NEAR ecosystem, Kendall's conversations with institutions interested in coming onchain, the future of NEAR and its scaling roadmap, the evolution of the NEAR Virtual Machine, breaking through to the next stage of Web3 adoption, and more!

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    43 mins
  • DeFi Decoded - Wall Street Goes All in on Ethereum, Plus Is Token Dispersion Killing Alt SZN?
    Jun 21 2024

    Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Alex’s key takeaways from Coinbase’s Institutional Summit in New York last week, the evolution of Wall Street’s thinking on Web3, the early days of crypto versus airdrops today, whether an institutional L2 frenzy is on the horizon as Coinbase’s Base continues to shine, the idea of altcoin dispersion and its relevance to the current market environment, the emergence of politifi memecoins ahead of the upcoming U.S. election in November, and more!

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    33 mins
  • DeFi Decoded - What the Dot Com Era Can Teach Us About the Future of AI, Crypto and More
    Jun 13 2024

    Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi. Listen in as they discuss what’s going on in the broader market, NVIDIA’s ever-growing dominance and its comparison to Cisco Systems during the dot com era, the pendulum moving from infrastructure to applications with all these newly announced grant programs, which adoption phase we're likely in, Telegram's TON layer 1 blockchain, the latest on crypto's increasing spotlight in U.S. politics, Alex's Toronto Star article on Canada's once global lead in Web3, the current innovation problem in Canada and why startups are moving elsewhere, and more!

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    38 mins
  • DeFi Decoded - Is the Ethereum ETF Bad for ETH?
    Jun 6 2024

    Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi. Listen in as they discuss the growing political spotlight on crypto ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential election in November, how this may influence Canada’s approach on the industry, the net impact that the Ethereum ETFs might have, the strong fundamentals of the Ethereum network, whether layer 2s are good or bad for Ethereum, why ETH has underperformed and its potential revenge rally, the value capture of infrastructure versus applications throughout the history of the internet, and more!

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    35 mins