#385: Vugar Usi Zade, COO Of Bitget, On The Current State And Future Of Crypto In Canada CryptoNews podcast

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Leah Wald is CEO of SOL Strategies (CSE: HODL), a publicly traded Canadian company actively investing in, supporting, and providing infrastructure for the Solana blockchain ecosystem. Prior to Sol Strategies, Leah co-founded and was the CEO of Valkyrie Investments, leading the firm to over $1.3 billion in AUM through cryptocurrency trusts, hedge funds, and ETFs. Valkyrie’s advisory business was acquired by CoinShares, and its private trust division by Abra Capital in 2024. Previously, Leah worked at the World Bank Group in the sub-Saharan African region and served as a Partner at Lucid Investment Strategies, one of the first RIAs to allocate GBTC for their clients. Ms. Wald is a contributing writer for Forbes and co-authored the book Hyperwave Theory: The Rogue Waves of Financial Markets . In this conversation, we discuss: - Becoming more than the MicroStrategy of Solana - Acquiring OrangeFin Ventures + Laine Validators (Stakewiz) - The difference between SOL Strategies and SOL ETFs - Investing in ETFs vs companies - Why investment advisors don’t push public crypto companies + ETFs - Partnership with Pudgy Penguins - The future of the Solana ecosystem - Pudgy penguins securing a SOL validator - Investing in crypto via publicly traded companies - Launching a Solana staking mobile app - Bridging consumer brands with institutional blockchain infrastructure: - Branded validators SOL Strategies Website: solstrategies.io X: @solstrategies_ LinkedIn: SOL Strategies Inc. Leah Wald X: @LeahWald LinkedIn: Leah Wald --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50…

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#432: John Lilic, CEO of Telos, on Quantum Money and Quantum Computing’s Threat (and Opportunity) to Crypto 37:43

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John Lilic, CEO of Telos, is a technology entrepreneur and investor focused on blockchain, cryptography, and quantum infrastructure. A leading angel VC, he has taken the Q pill and believes the quantum threat and opportunity are arriving much sooner and more profoundly than most in the blockchain ecosystem realize. In this conversation, we discuss: - The quantum pill - Quantum vs Blockchain Security - Quantum money - Post-Quantum money vision - PQC - Concepts for quantum-native financial infrastructure - Crypto has serious competition coming with quantum on the rise - Why blockchain is an important step but not the final destination - Why the quantum threat is arriving sooner and with greater impact than most expect - The disconnect between popular discourse and real quantum progress - How to get involved in quantum computing today? Telos Website: www.telos.net X: @HelloTelos Telegram: t.me/HelloTelos John Lilic X: @LilicJohn LinkedIn: John Lilic --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by Treehouse . Treehouse features two powerful innovations: tAssets, a new class of liquid staking primitives, designed to generate enhanced yields through interest rate arbitrage, and DOR, short for Decentralized Offered Rates, a transparent and reliable consensus-driven benchmark rate for digital assets. Together, they tackle some of DeFi’s biggest problems: fragmented interest rates and the lack of unified benchmarks. So whether you’re after stable yields or helping shape the future of on-chain finance, Treehouse has the infrastructure to power your journey. They’re also running their GoNuts rewards program, simply hold tAssets to earn Nuts, and stand to be rewarded at the end of the campaign. Head over to their website at treehouse.finance to explore more, and follow them on X @TreehouseFi to stay updated. The future of decentralized fixed income is being built, and it's being built by Treehouse.…

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#431: Jag Sidhu, Core Developer at Syscoin, on Scaling Bitcoin's Utility and Creating AI-Ready Infrastructure for Crypto 28:06

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Jagdeep (Jag) Sidhu is the core developer at Syscoin and part of the management team at SYS Labs, Building Bitcoin’s only modular network. Jag has a strong background in software engineering and is a pioneer in the crypto industry. As a core developer, Jagdeep has marshalled the world’s fifth-oldest surviving cryptocurrency into its second decade, creating tools, technologies, and services that enhance the functionality and usability of the Syscoin platform. In this conversation, we discuss: - Trump’s tariffs tantrums and it’s market implications - Will crypto decouple from trad-fi? - Building on Bitcoin - The founding story and history of Syscoin - AI-Ready infrastructure for crypto - Human observation in the development of AGI - Supporting AI-driven decentralized applications - Scaling Bitcoin’s utility - Launching mainnet for zkSYS - Merge-Mining with Bitcoin - Proof-of-Data Availability (PoDA) Syscoin Website: syscoin.org X: @syscoin Telegram: t.me/Syscoin_Official Jag Sidhu X: @realSidhuJag LinkedIn: Jagdeep Sidhu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by Treehouse . Treehouse features two powerful innovations: tAssets, a new class of liquid staking primitives, designed to generate enhanced yields through interest rate arbitrage, and DOR, short for Decentralized Offered Rates, a transparent and reliable consensus-driven benchmark rate for digital assets. Together, they tackle some of DeFi’s biggest problems: fragmented interest rates and the lack of unified benchmarks. So whether you’re after stable yields or helping shape the future of on-chain finance, Treehouse has the infrastructure to power your journey. They’re also running their GoNuts rewards program, simply hold tAssets to earn Nuts, and stand to be rewarded at the end of the campaign. Head over to their website at treehouse.finance to explore more, and follow them on X @TreehouseFi to stay updated. The future of decentralized fixed income is being built, and it's being built by Treehouse.…

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#430: Chris Chung, Co-Founder of Titan, on Solana DeFi, DEX Aggregators and Stablecoins 29:13

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Chris Chung is the CEO & Co-Founder of Titan, Solana’s first Meta DEX Aggregator. In addition, Chris is very active in the Toronto Solana ecosystem as the local ambassador for MonkeDao in Toronto, as well as a Superteam Canada member. Chris previously served as the CTO of a cryptocurrency and US equity hedge fund building out low latency analytics, back office reporting, and trading systems. In this conversation, we discuss: - Crypto in Canada - Living in Toronto - Talented Canadians moving to USA - Solana DEX landscape and why it's ripe for disruption - What exactly is a “Meta DEX Aggregator? - Live-streaming price updates - SOL vs. ETH - Titan's role in the Solana DeFi stack - One-Click Spot Swaps = bread and butter - Amazing time to buy $SOL - Next growth catalyst = payments & stablecoins Titan Website: titandex.io X: @Titan_Exchange Telegram: t.me/TitanDexSol Chris Chung X: @realRockyChung LinkedIn: Chris Chung --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by Treehouse . Treehouse features two powerful innovations: tAssets, a new class of liquid staking primitives, designed to generate enhanced yields through interest rate arbitrage, and DOR, short for Decentralized Offered Rates, a transparent and reliable consensus-driven benchmark rate for digital assets. Together, they tackle some of DeFi’s biggest problems: fragmented interest rates and the lack of unified benchmarks. So whether you’re after stable yields or helping shape the future of on-chain finance, Treehouse has the infrastructure to power your journey. They’re also running their GoNuts rewards program, simply hold tAssets to earn Nuts, and stand to be rewarded at the end of the campaign. Head over to their website at treehouse.finance to explore more, and follow them on X @TreehouseFi to stay updated. The future of decentralized fixed income is being built, and it's being built by Treehouse.…

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#429: Willem Shroé, CEO of Botanix Labs, on Building a Bitcoin EVM L2, The Future of Bitcoin, and Spiderchain 27:01

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Willem Schroé is the CEO and Co-Founder of Botanix Labs, the team behind Spiderchain, the on-chain home of Bitcoin Finance. Willem is an engineer and lifelong entrepreneur from Belgium, where he researched authenticated encryption and macroeconomics, and was a national mathematics medalist. He formed the thesis of the Spiderchain whiteboarding in the halls of Spangler while doing his MBA at Harvard, and continues to be a menace to whiteboards across the world with his cryptographic scribbles. In this conversation, we discuss: - Bitcoin EVM outperforming BitVM - ZKrollups don't work on Bitcoin - Bitcoin isn't digital gold; it's digital money - Using Bitcoin for day-to-day transactions - Bitcoin finance adoption - Fully programmable Bitcoin without compromising decentralization - The importance of unlocking Bitcoin’s $1T+ market cap for on-chain finance - How Spiderchain differs from other Bitcoin Layer 2s - Earning yield from your bitcoin without selling - The importance of decentralization - The magic of whiteboards Botanix Labs Website: botanixlabs.xyz X: @BotanixLabs Discord: discord.gg/botanixlabs Willem Schroé X: @WillemSchroe LinkedIn: Willem Schroé --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50…

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#428: Vikram Arun, CEO of Superform, on The Future of DeFi, High-yield Stablecoins, and Why The Market Is Down 25:49

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Vikram Arun is the Co-Founder of Superform, an on-chain wealth app to grow your crypto portfolio. With a background in engineering and finance, Vikram has been building in the crypto space since 2017. Prior to Superform, he co-founded Ledger Capital, a crypto research firm, and worked on Wall Street conducting biotech equity research and analyzing high-growth technologies. At BlockTower Capital, Vikram co-led a $100m DeFi and Yield Fund, building scalable trading strategies across 15 chains with a focus on statistical arbitrage. Seeing the need for scalable DeFi products, he left BlockTower in 2021 to launch Superform. Vikram holds a Bachelor’s in Engineering and a Master’s in Finance from Washington University in St. Louis. In this conversation, we discuss: - Why the market is down right now - Current market cycle - The founding story of Superform - Stablecoin indexes - High-yield stablecoins are becoming crypto’s killer app - Bringing users on-chain without the on-chain feeling - Superform V2 shows where DeFi is headed - DeFi is finally breaking past the power user bubble - Capital efficiency is the next frontier - What will bring DeFi to the masses? - Next wave of DeFi Applications - Are memecoins actually dead? Superform Website: www.superform.xyz X: @superformxyz Discord: discord.gg/superform Vikram Arun X: @vik_runa LinkedIn: Vikram Arun --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50…

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#427: Joanna Zeng, CEO of SOON Network, on Being an ETH L2 Using SVM, The Future of High-performance L2s, and Community Centric Building 28:04

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Joanna Zeng is the co-founder and CEO of SOON Network, before establishing SOON (Solana Optimistic Network), Joanna used to be a currency trader on Wall Street, and has since held roles in business development and product management at Aleo , Optimism , and Coinbase . She also served as a founding board member of CryptoNYC and is an active angel investor. SOON is a Layer 2 (L2) blockchain built on Solana's Virtual Machine (SVM). It uses Optimistic Rollups to take Solana’s already impressive speed and low costs to a whole new level. Under Joanna’s leadership, SOON has rapidly progressed, launching its DevNet within six months and positioning itself as a key player in the next wave of blockchain innovation. Her journey from traditional finance to blockchain exemplifies her vision and commitment to creating sustainable, real-world solutions that push the boundaries of decentralization. In this conversation, we discuss: - SOON is an ETH L2 using the SVM - Saratoga Water going viral - Community-Centric Building - SOON led a ‘co-builder’ funding round in 2024 with no VC involvement, allowing community to have stake in the project - High-Performance L2s - Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) - SOON’s decoupled SVM separates execution from consensus - Kaito yaps - Key benefits of using SVMs compared to EVMs - The future of L2s - Ethereum L2 fragmentation SOON Network Website: soo.network X: @soon_svm Discord: discord.gg/soon-svm Joanna Zeng X: @justsayuluvjo LinkedIn: Joanna Zeng --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50…

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#426: Darius Tabai, CEO of Vertex Protocol, on Perpetual Trading, DeFi Infrastructure, and UX Improvements 23:57

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Darius Tabai is the CEO and co-founder of Vertex Protocol, a leading decentralized exchange built on Arbitrum. Darius is an experienced trader with a history of working in FX, Commodities, and Crypto. Darius’ previous roles include the Head of Trading at JST Digital, Head of Trading at CrossTower, Global Head of Metals Trading at Merrill Lynch, and the Global Head of Precious Metals Trading at Credit Suisse. In this conversation, we discuss: - The story behind founding Vertex Protocol - What is a perp DEX? - Arbitrum's speed, low fees, and EVM compatibility - DeFi Infrastructure & UX Improvements - The competitive landscape of DEXs - What Makes Vertex Unique? - Tokenomics & Protocol Incentives - The rise and fall of memecoins - Liquidity across blockchains - Partnership with Berachain and SONIC Vertex Website: vertexprotocol.io X: @vertex_protocol Telegram: t.me/LiquidityLounge Darius Tabai X: @DariusTabai --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50…

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#425: Ian Smith, CEO & CTO at Quantum EVM, on Quantum Computing Risks to Blockchain and The Future of Web3 Security 35:30

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Ian Smith is the CEO & CTO at Quantum EVM. He’s a seasoned technologist with 21+ years of experience spanning blockchain, cryptography, cloud microservices, and AI-driven solutions. Proficient in 20+ languages, including Golang, Python, and C++, he has led groundbreaking projects across industries. Ian has worked with major organizations like NASA, Oracle, VISA, and Boeing, contributing to secure, scalable systems in finance, IoT, and blockchain. With deep expertise in cryptography and post-quantum security, Ian has designed advanced blockchain architectures and smart contract platforms. His blend of technical depth and leadership makes him a key innovator in next-generation digital ecosystems. In this conversation, we discuss: - The Quantum Threat to Cryptography - Quantum Computing Risks to Blockchain - Why existing cryptographic systems are vulnerable and how to prepare - Quantum-Safe Solutions - Practical steps to secure blockchain infrastructure and decentralized applications - The Future of Web3 Security - How post-quantum cryptography will transform the blockchain landscape - The Timeline and Race for Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) - What’s next for Quantum EVM? - Quantum safe crypto addresses Quantum EVM Website: quantumevm.com X: @quantumevm Telegram: t.me/quantumevm Ian Smith X: @IanSmith_HSA LinkedIn: Ian Smith --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50…

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#424: Yves La Rose, CEO of EOS Network, on The History EOS Network, EOS Rebranding to Vaulta, and Scaling Bitcoin 31:31

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Yves La Rose is a global technology entrepreneur who founded the EOS Network and currently serves as its CEO. Yves is a long-standing, well-respected leader within the EOS community, known particularly for the pivotal role he has played in the ecosystem’s resurgence. In this conversation, we discuss: - The history and future of EOS Network - Blockchains need to upgrade themselves - EOS Rebrand to Vaulta - The New Era of Finance - How Web3 is Poised to Dramatically Disrupt Finance - Vaulta Banking Advisory Council - Creating the Financial Operating System for Web3 Banking - Innovation is shifting back to Bitcoin - The future of Bitcoin DeFi - Canada and USA relationship - The Four Pillars: Wealth management, consumer payments, portfolio management, insurance EOS Network Website: eosnetwork.com X: @EOSNetworkFDN Telegram: t.me/EOS_global Yves La Rose X: @BigBeardSamurai --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50…

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#423: Kyle Reidhead, Co-Owner of Milk Road, on The Current Crypto Market, "The Fat App" Thesis, and Coinbase Becoming a Trillion Dollar Company by 2030 38:34

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Kyle Reidhead is Co-Owner & Head of Research at Milk Road, a leading crypto investing media company, and Founder of Impact3, a crypto-native marketing agency helping top protocols and brands in crypto grow. In this conversation, we discuss: - Current market sentiment - short-term pain for long-term gain - The market isn’t as bad as it seems - The USA needs to refinance their trillions of debt and they want lower interest rates - Trump is trying to cause a fake recession - "The Fat App" thesis - All the L1s are lowering their prices - Analyzing the business cycle - Kyle’s thesis around Coinbase becoming a trillion-dollar company by 2030 - DeFI - AI agents Milk Road Website: milkroad.com X: @MilkRoadDaily Instagram: @milkroaddaily Kyle Reidhead X: @KyleReidhead LinkedIn: Kyle Reidhead --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50…

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#422: Seb, CEO of Sophon, on The Secret for Mass Adoption, High-quality Sticky Apps, AI Agents, and Sophon’s Curation Model 32:21

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Seb is the founder and CEO of Sophon, the Consumer chain bridging Web2 to Web3 and the largest blockchain node sale, raising $65 million. He also serves as VP of Paper Ventures. He was previously at Matter Labs, the creators of ZKsync. In this conversation, we discuss: - Why is the market down bad? Trump trying to cut rates - US Bitcoin reserve - won’t be buying Bitcoin anytime soon - Mass adoption won’t happen by convincing people to use crypto - Mass adoption = better internet products, powered by the benefits of having an onchain backend - Gaming, social, AI, prediction markets = crypto goes mainstream - Why the current crypto UX is broken - Sophon’s curation model - focuses on high-quality, sticky applications - The financialization of culture - Data drives our modern economies - Sophon Intelligence Agency - $5M for on-chain AI agents - The social oracle - Sophon’s data hub Sophon Website: sophon.xyz X: @sophon Discord: discord.gg/sophonhub Seb X: @0xsebastiena --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50…

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#421: Frederik Gregaard, CEO of the Cardano Foundation, on Identity Layers, Current Market Insights, Regulatory Landscape, and the Future of Cardano 38:50

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Frederik Gregaard is CEO of the Cardano Foundation, the Swiss-based non-profit organization which exists to ensure the advancement of the Cardano protocol, while also contributing to the positive advancement of blockchain as a world-changing technology. A leader in fintech and blockchain, Gregaard previously served as Director and Head of Digital in PwC's Financial Services Advisory practice and as Director and Head of Institutional Business at Saxo Bank Switzerland. Whilst at the Cardano Foundation, Gregaard has overseen the advanced integration of state-of-the-art blockchain technology in a variety of fields that address real-world problems through collaborations with Switzerland for UNHCR, veritree, and University of Zurich among others. In this conversation, we discuss: - Cardano's Inclusion in the U.S. Crypto Strategic Reserve - Current market insights - Vision for Cardano's Institutional Adoption - Views on regulatory landscape - Foundation's role in Cardano ecosystem growth - Cardano future roadmap and priorities - Cardano is the world’s largest DAO - Respecting borders and nationalism - Adding 2 billion people to the market - Bank’s superpower is the direction of capital - Midnight - spinning up blockchains and give up ownership of the chain - Creating something that’s decentralized from Day 1 - Cardano’s roadmap: Expanding bitcoin, RWAs, data provenance - AI Agents Cardano Foundation Website: cardanofoundation.org X: @Cardano_CF Telegram: t.me/CardanoAnnouncements Frederik Gregaard X: @F_Gregaard LinkedIn: Frederik Gregaard --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50…

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#420: Aryan Sheikhalian, Head of Research at CMT Digital, on The State of Crypto VC, Stablecoins, AI Agents, and The Solana Ecosystem 35:23

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Aryan Sheikhalian is the Head of Research and helps with deal sourcing and due diligence at CMT Digital. Aryan joined CMT Digital in the summer of 2021 during Fund II to focus on blockchain research and venture. Aryan started his career at Accenture prior to starting college as part of the "Horizons scholar" program. He then worked and published research throughout his time at college with the Blockchain Research Institute under the leadership of Don Tapscott. He graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a B.A in Economics and Mathematics, where he also co-founded the Blockchain Club in the Fall of 2017. In this conversation, we discuss: - The US will continue it’s dollar supremacy via stablecoins - CMT Digital Fund 4 & Investment Strategy - CMT Digital views blockchain as the "Everything Technology" - Emerging Investment Opportunities - State of Crypto VC - Fintech & Stablecoins Convergence - AI Agents & Blockchain - Scaling Infrastructure - Solana Ecosystem - Self-ownership is still an untapped area of crypto - Regulatory environment is great, but new developers aren’t here yet - Tariff implications CMT Digital Website: cmt.digital X: @CMT_Digital LinkedIn: CMT Digital Aryan Sheikhalian X: @Aryonchain LinkedIn: Aryan S. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT. PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers. PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions. Code: CRYPTONEWS50 This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below: PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50…

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#419: George Bousis, CEO of Raise, Web3 Gift Cards Industry, Spending to Earn, Raising an Additional $63M, and Customer Loyalty Programs 34:04

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