Vincent Gramoli is the founder and CTO of the Redbelly Network, a public purpose-built Real-World Asset Tokenisation Network.

Redbelly was born at the University of Sydney when Prof. Vincent Gramoli set out to see if he could build a fork-proof blockchain. Through a rigorous scientific development process and in partnership with CSIRO, the Redbelly Network was commercialised in 2021 with Mainnet launch scheduled for late 2024.

Redbelly's Compliant Asset Tokenisation solution is the bridge between the regulated Web2 economy of today and the Web3 economy of the future.

Redbelly is the only open and purpose-built accountable RWA network. Open, fast, scalable, cost-effective and natively compatible with assets in regulated markets.

Redbelly Network is a revolutionary solution for Compliant Asset Tokenisation, built on an open finance platform that embeds distributed ledger technology into the heart of financial relationships. This eliminates information asymmetry and dramatically increases efficiency, helping to build a fairer financial system for all. With a novel leaderless consensus mechanism, democratic byzantine fault tolerant (DBFT) consensus developed with The University of Sydney and CSIRO’s Data61, they are able to achieve high performance and guarantee the impossibility of forking and mitigate double spending with near-instant finality.

Redbelly Network is designed to focus on accountability. Accountability is enforced at a protocol level through a novel mechanism that constructs undeniable proofs of fraud -Polygraph; and at the functional level through an innovative identity layer that ensures all network participants are known.

Redbelly is projected to be #1 in Global RWA TVL by late 2024.

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Felipe Argento is co-founder at Cartesi and an advisor at the Cartesi Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the Cartesi technology and the decentralization of the Cartesi ecosystem.

​​Cartesi is a blockchain platform designed to bridge the gap between traditional software development and blockchain technology. It introduces a Linux runtime environment directly on the blockchain, which allows developers to utilize a vast array of mainstream software stacks and programming languages that are familiar and widely used. This capability makes the development of decentralized applications (dApps) more accessible and efficient by avoiding the need to rewrite or adapt existing codebases to blockchain-specific languages like Solidity.

One of the core features of Cartesi is its application-specific rollups, termed Cartesi Rollups. These rollups provide a dedicated computational layer for each dApp, which significantly enhances performance and scalability by handling complex computations off-chain while still securing them on the blockchain. This approach reduces the transaction costs associated with smart contracts and avoids blockchain constraints like gas limits.

Cartesi aims to foster a wide range of applications across various fields such as finance, gaming, and social networks by leveraging its scalable and developer-friendly platform. It supports a diverse ecosystem where developers can create more sophisticated and computationally intensive applications than those typically associated with traditional blockchain environments.

The platform also emphasizes community and governance, providing a framework where stakeholders can participate in decision-making processes and contribute to the development of the ecosystem. Cartesi offers various resources and tools for developers, including comprehensive documentation, developer hubs, and community forums to assist with dApp development and deployment on its platform​.

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Nikita Ovchinnik is the co-founder of Barter DeFi, a prominent swap system handling on-chain volume of over 5 billion.

Barter is a decentralized protocol and solver system that provides transparent trade routes across liquidity providers like CoW Swap and UniswapX, minimizing costs and maximizing efficiency. Barter has over $5 billion processed on Ethereum.

Nikita Ovchinnik, co-founder of Bater DeFi, discusses the importance of decentralized finance (DeFi) and the role of intent-based exchange engines in improving user experience. He explains that intent-based systems, like Barter, offer more flexibility and better user rates compared to traditional centralized exchanges. Nikita also highlights the need for transparency and efficiency in DeFi and discusses the future of the industry. He believes that DeFi will continue to evolve and become more user-friendly, with improved liquidity and a wider range of assets. Nikita emphasizes the importance of standardizing the regulatory framework and the role of solvers in facilitating efficient trading across different platforms.

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Reagan Cook is an Accounting Subject Matter Expert at TaxBit, the leading enterprise provider for digital assets tax and accounting technology.

TaxBit is a premium end-to-end compliance and reporting solution for the Digital Economy. Their single API-powered platform for tax and accounting reduces manual work improving operational efficiency and more.

Reagan Cook, an accounting subject matter expert at Taxbit, discusses the company's tax and accounting solutions for the digital economy. Taxbit offers software solutions to create more efficient back-office processes and modernize reporting and accounting for companies transacting in crypto or digital assets. Their clients range from individual taxpayers to large enterprises like PayPal, Google, and the IRS. Cook highlights the unique accounting challenges in the crypto space, such as price volatility and evolving accounting guidance. She also emphasizes the importance of staying educated and getting ahead of accounting and reporting requirements in the crypto industry.

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Chris Feng is a co-founder and COO of Chainbase, the world’s largest omnichain data network designed to integrate all blockchain data into a unified ecosystem. Chainbase is building a decentralized data economy with advanced AI capabilities where anyone can participate, contribute, and be incentivized.

Chris Feng, co-founder and COO of Chainbase, discusses the importance of data in the blockchain era and the role of Chainbase as a data protocol. He explains that Chainbase aims to create a new data stack for the next generation of blockchain, where all data is interconnected and accessible.

The Chainbase mission is to become developers’ interface for interacting with on-chain data, offering reliability, accuracy, and openness.

Currently, Chainbase attracts over 15,000 developers and 8,000 project partners, managing over 500 billion data calls within the network. Now growing beyond Series A funding, they are backed by prominent funds including Tencent Investment Group, Matrix Partners, Hash Global, Folius Ventures, JSquare, DFG, Mask Network, Bonfire Union Ventures, and BODL Ventures. Chris highlights the key use cases of Chainbase, including providing real-time on-chain data, offering a comprehensive structure for developers, and enabling easier interaction with on-chain data for end users.

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Ezra Strauss, the Head of Partnerships at Portal, has a background in technology and gaming, previously working at Immutable and focusing on partnerships and business development. He joins Andy to discuss Portal, Portal Coin and the new Portal Pay payment solution.

Portal Pay, developed by Portal, is a new payment solution aimed at enhancing the blockchain gaming experience, empowering developers, and impacting the broader Web3 ecosystem. It is part of a broader product roadmap with transaction fees used to purchase the token.

Portal Pay offers unprecedented interoperability by allowing seamless transactions of any token from any chain within games. This improves asset management and the gaming experience by enabling easy transfers and purchases without leaving the game.

Developers benefit from the ability to receive payments in their preferred currency and the support for multiple blockchain networks. This reduces friction and broadens market reach, while also supporting NFT integration and management.

Portal Pay promotes interoperability and decentralization, facilitating seamless transactions across different blockchain networks. This contributes to the growth of decentralized applications (dApps) and services.

The platform uses smart contracts for secure and private transactions, supporting complex workflows and automated management of digital assets.

Portal aims to be the distribution layer for Web3, connecting users with top dApps, especially in gaming, and facilitating a unified ecosystem through innovative solutions and a liquidity layer.

Portal has just announced a partnership with Futureverse, one of the most influential players in AI and metaverse technology, to integrate Portal Pay—Portal’s cutting-edge crypto payment solution—across Futureverse’s expansive ecosystem.

The first four experiences to benefit from this integration include Reebok Impact, JenMusicAI, The Third Kingdom, and Apes Unleashed, bringing secure and seamless crypto payments to millions of users.

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James Bayly is COO and a cofounder at SubQuery, building fast, flexible, and scalable web3 infrastructure. Subquery is an infrastructure company that started as a data index and has now expanded to include RPCs and AI inference hosting.

Subquery is expanding its infrastructure services to include AI inference hosting, aiming to bring decentralization to the AI space. The Subquery network incentivizes node operators and delegators to participate in hosting AI models.

In 10 years, blockchain technology will be seamlessly integrated into applications, providing censorship resistance and privacy protection.

SubQuery is developing the next generation of Web3 applications for a global user base, with decentralization at its heart. At the core of this initiative is the SubQuery Network, an advanced infrastructure layer that supports decentralized data indexers and RPCs—essential tools for anyone developing decentralized applications (dApps). This network marks SubQuery as a contender against traditional centralized services by providing an open platform for node operators and delegators to contribute.

The potential for AI to reshape industries, including Web3, has caught SubQuery's attention. The company is actively integrating AI functionalities into its decentralized framework. SubQuery's focus lies primarily on AI inference—utilizing pre-trained models to analyze new data, rather than training new models. “While there are commercial platforms that host inference for custom models, similar offerings are sparse in the Web3 realm,” James explained. “Our decentralized network is for trustworthy, enduring AI model hosting.”

Currently, the AI inference market is controlled by centralized cloud services, which charge steep fees and utilize customer data to refine their proprietary models. “Big players like OpenAI and Google Cloud AI are not just costly; they also use your data to bolster their private solutions,” James pointed out. In contrast, SubQuery is dedicated to offering an affordable, open-source option for hosting production AI models. “Our aim is to enable users to deploy a production-ready LLM model on our network within just 10 minutes,” he added. Through the SubQuery Network, cutting-edge hosting for the latest open-source AI models will be available, providing scalable and accessible AI services for Web3. By adopting a community-based strategy, SubQuery aims to facilitate decentralized AI inference on a large scale, empowering a global community of independent Node Operators.

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Carrie Kellar is the co-founder and CTO of BAXUS, a global marketplace for the world’s most collectible spirits.

Collectible wines and spirits are one of the most rapidly expanding and lucrative asset classes with the global luxury wines and spirits market forecasted to surge from $250 billion to $470 billion by 2032.

However, being predominantly localized, disconnected, and auction-based, the collectible spirits market is illiquid, inefficient, and opaque creating countless challenges for collectors in pricing and sourcing specific, coveted bottles.

BAXUS modernizes the collectible spirits market by bringing it online and constructing a liquid marketplace that seamlessly connects buyers and sellers.

Built on Solana, the BAXUS Marketplace harnesses open Web3 payment infrastructure to reduce costs, increase transparency, and infuse liquidity into what has historically been a fragmented, offline market. Leveraging blockchain technology, BAXUS ensures unparalleled transparency and access, enabling real-time authentication, storage, and trading.

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