Podcasts by Base Layer

Base Layer Episode 185: Diane Dai, Co-Founder of DODO on Proactive vs Automated Market Makers & more from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Diane joins me to discuss one of the most talked about new projects in DeFi: DODO. After raising a round led by some of the biggest investors in Digital Assets DODO is working to build upon their n...

Base Layer Episode 184: Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder of Chainlink on the role of Smart Contracts and connecting real world data to them from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Sergey, the Co-Founder of Chainlink, joins me again for a tremendous conversation about the role smart contracts are beginning to play in society, helping unbanked people become banked, helping tho...

Base Layer Episode 183: Mounir Benchemled, Founder of Paraswap on creating gateways to DeFi from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Mounir joins us to discuss Paraswap, a new platform that aggregates multiple decentralized exchanges into one place so that the rates often beat the market price. We discuss the role that aggregato...

Base Layer Episode 182: Amrit Kumar, Co-Founder of Zilliqa on creating a high throughput blockchain from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Amrit joins me on Base Layer to provide insight into Zilliqa, a high-throughput public blockchain platform designed to scale to thousands of transactions per second. Zilliqa aims to drive the block...

Base Layer Episode 181: Artur Sychov from Somnium Space going deep into the Metaverse from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Artur joins me on the show from Somnium Space, an open and social virtual reality world built on the Ethereum blockchain. You can buy land, build or import objects, and instantly enjoy or monetize ...

Base Layer Episode 180: Devin Finzer, Co-Founder of Opensea on building the Amazon of NFT's from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Devin, the co-founder of Opensea, joins me on Base Layer for a great review of how they are building what I am calling the Amazon of NFT's. OpenSea is a marketplace for digital goods, including col...

Base Layer Episode 179: Matthew Edwards, CEO of Dalpha Capital on the Institutionalization of Digital Assets from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Matthew joins me on Base Layer for a great conversation about the furthering of the institutionalization of Digital Assets. Matthew spent a large percentage of his career at GCM Grosvenor, a global...

Base Layer Episode 178: JP Baric, CEO of Aurum Ventures on the state of Bitcoin mining in the United States from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

JP joins me for an excellent show in which we delve deep into the state of the state of Bitcoin mining, hitting on the health of mining here in the United States and also on the technological aspec...

Base Layer Episode 177: Andrew Steinwold from Sfermion on the world of NFT's from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Andrew, the Managing Partner at Sfermion, joins me for a comprehensive discussion on the entire world of NFT's and the "Metaverse". There has been a shift from all things DeFi to the world of NFT's...

Base Layer Episode 176: Alex Salnikov, Co-Founder of Rarible with a master class in NFT's from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alex joins me on Base Layer for what I can describe as a master class in NFT's. What is an NFT and why is everyone talking about it? Alex answers that and much more and tells us what Rarible is; on...

Base Layer Episode 175: Tor Bair from Secret on privacy's role in our Digital lives from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Tor rejoins us on Base Layer to discuss Secret Network, the first blockchain to allow privacy-preserving smart contracts. That means applications built on Secret can utilize encrypted data without ...

Base Layer Episode 174: Rich Rosenblum from GSR on narratives in the digital asset market during the summer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Rich joins me on Base Layer for a great conversation about some of the macro trends in Digital Assets throughout the summer; we discussed Bitcoin and spent a good amount of time on DeFi, what's hap...

Base Layer Episode 173: Tegan Kline from The Graph on their role in Web3 becoming a reality from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Tegan joins me for a great episode of Base Layer to discuss all the things The Graph are working on. The Graph Network is core infrastructure for Web3—a necessary component for delivering decentral...

Base Layer Episode 172: Nodar Janashia, Co-Founder of Zapper on abstracting away the complexities of DeFi from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Nodar joins me on Base Layer to talk about his exciting project, Zapper which aims to increase the GDP of DeFi by abstracting the complexities of accessing unique opportunities faced by retail inve...

Base Layer Episode 171: Sam Kazemian, from co-founder of Everipedia to looking to revolutionize Stablecoins from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Sam joins me on Base Layer and it's a really interesting chat! From his days at Everipedia all the way to Frax we discuss a full body of work in Digital Assets. Frax is the first stablecoin with an...

Base Layer Episode 170: Richard Byworth, CEO of Diginex on their future Nasdaq Listing & building Institutional grade Capital Markets Infrastructure from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Richard joins us on Base Layer for a great show! During the later part of a 17 year career at Nomura, Richard began to see the potentiality of Digital Assets and pursued multiple venues to particip...

Base Layer Episode 169: Camila Russo from The Defiant on the cold hard facts of DeFi from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Camila joins me on the show for one of the most truthful and sometimes raw takes on what's happening in DeFi. We talk about everything from yield farming and some of the blow up's that have happene...

Base Layer Episode 168: Jed McCaleb & Denelle Dixon on Stellar and it's role in the Digital Assets ecosystem from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jed and Denelle join us for a full review of Stellar; an open-source payments network that serves as a distributed intermediary blockchain for global financial systems and circulates a native asset...

Base Layer Episode 167: Garry Tan from Initialized Capital on Paradigm shifts in Tech & Digital Assets role in a new world from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Garry Tan is a legend...end of story. Listen why here. No seriously, Garry is a designer, engineer, and investor in early stage startups. Cofounder and managing partner of Initialized Capital, an ...

Base Layer Episode 166: Nate Maddrey from Coin Metrics on the Rise of Stablecoins from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Nate joins us for a great conversation on the work he took part in to analyze the stablecoin market (report found here). In this podcast we discuss the rise of stablecoins, their purpose in digital...

Base Layer Episode 165: Hart Lambur, Co-Founder at UMA; Can you create Synthetic Tokens that can Track Anything? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Hart joins me on Base Layer to discuss his journey from Goldman to start his company, UMA which is designed to power the financial innovations made possible by permissionless, public blockchains, l...

Base Layer Episode 164: Anton Bukov, Co-Founder of 1inch on what DEX aggregation is and it's importance in DeFi's explosion from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Anton joins me for a great episode of Base Layer as we learn all about 1inch after news of the $2.8M investment round closure with some significant investors in Digital Assets. For those unfamiliar...

Base Layer Episode 163: Tom Trowbridge on transitioning from traditional finance to the early day of Hedera Hashgraph from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Tom Trowbridge is former President of Hedera Hashgraph, a public distributed ledger based on the Hashgraph consensus algorithm. Mr. Trowbridge has been advising and investing in technology companie...

Base Layer Episode 162: Fernando Martinelli, CEO & Co-Founder of Balancer; is it an inverse ETF, what are Smart Pools & their role in DeFi from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Fernando joins me on Base Layer at such an amazing time in the growth of DeFi, where the total value locked (TVL) was $830M end of April 2020 to almost $5B as this podcast gets released. Balancer i...

Base Layer Episode 161: Kain Warwick, Founder @ Synthetix on from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Kain joins me on Base Layer for an amazing chat about Synthetix: a decentralised synthetic asset issuance protocol built on Ethereum. These synthetic assets are collateralized by the Synthetix Netw...

Base Layer Episode 160: Jesse Powell, CEO & Co-Founder of Kraken on strategic vision, M&A in Digital Assets and what the future for Kraken may be from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jesse joins me on Base Layer for an epic conversation from the Co-Founder and CEO of one of the biggest Digital Asset exchanges in the world. We discuss how it evolved and more importantly, what th...

Base Layer Episode 159: Alex Dreyfus, CEO of Socios & Chiliz on giving sports fans a way to participate in their favorite teams like never before from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alex joins me on Base Layer for an amazing episode discussing Socios and Chiliz; Socios.com, powered by chiliZ ($CHZ), is a Fintech Platform for Fan Engagement & Fan Monetization of Sports teams. I...

Base Layer Episode 158: Robert Leshner, Founder of Compound on Yield Farming & making Digital Assets more productive from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Robert joins us on Base Layer for a great conversation to learn about everything Compound is doing. For those unaware, Compound it is a decentralized protocol which establishes money markets with a...

Base Layer Episode 156: Alex Leishman, Founder of River Financial on building one of the best new onramps to Bitcoin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alex joins us for a powerhouse episode to discuss the work he and his team have done to build River Financial, a premier Bitcoin financial institution. River's focus is on helping clients accumulat...

Base Layer Episode 155: Max Boonen founder at B2C2 discusses going from Goldman to creating a dominant Digital Asset company from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Max joins me on Base Layer to discuss what he and his team have built at B2C2; a leading cryptocurrency market maker. Brokers, banks, exchanges, hedge funds and family offices around the world have...

Base Layer Episode 154: Michael Shaulov, Co-Founder of Fireblocks on building security solutions in the Digital Asset landscape from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Michael joins us on Base Layer for a very timely conversation about the maturing security solutions Fireblocks is creating in the Digital Asset ecosystem. From his days at Check Point Software Tech...

Base Layer Episode 153: Corey Petty from Status on striving to be a secure communication tool that upholds human rights. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Corey joins me on Base Layer to discuss Status which has a mission to "to be a secure communication tool that upholds human rights. Designed to enable the free flow of information, protect the righ...

Base Layer Episode 152: Dave Hendricks, CEO of Vertalo on the state of tokenizing the world & the future of Digital Assets from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Dave Hendricks, the CEO of Vertalo stops by Base Layer to discuss the work they are doing to better optimize cap tables, help tokenize assets such as real estate and give us a overview of the state...

Base Layer Episode 151: Mati Greenspan from Quantum Economics discusses USD as reserve currency, CBCD's, Bitcoin and COVID from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Mati, formerly the Senior Market Analyst at eToro joins me on Base Layer to talk about a multitude of issues in the global markets right now. First, based on some questions from Institutional Inves...

Base Layer Episode 150: Raghu Yarlagadda, CEO & Co-Founder at FalconX discusses "State of the Union" in Institutional Digital Asset trading from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Raghu joins me on Base Layer and it's a fantastic overview of the infrastructure of the capital markets in Digital Assets. Raghu tells a story of his beginnings which include being brought in by Su...

Base Layer Episode 149: Alex Wilson from the Giving Block on raising millions for non-profits with Bitcoin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alex, the Co-Founder of The Giving Block joins me for a special Base Layer. The Giving Block was founded in 2018 after seeing hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin being donated to the few non...

Base Layer Episode 148: Muneeb Ali from Blockstack and Steve Kokinos from Algorand join to discuss their joint project "Clarity" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Muneeb and Steve join me back on Base Layer to talk about a big joint venture. Blockstack and Algorand, have jointly announced an independent open-source project to support a first-of-its-kind smar...

Base Layer Episode 147: Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital) on learning from history, Robotics/AR post COVID, Digital Assets & more from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Josh Wolfe, co-founder Lux Capital which is one of the most inspiring venture capitalists firms supporting scientists and entrepreneurs who "pursue counter-conventional solutions to the most vexing...

Base Layer Episode 146: Jenny Q Ta discussing transition from traditional finance to Digital Assets & her new venture Coinlinked from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jenny Q. Ta joins me on Base Layer for a great conversation! Jenny is a seasoned entrepreneur with two highly successful early ventures to her credit. As Founder and CEO of Titan Securities, a full...

Base Layer Episode 145: Adam Jackson, Founder & CEO of Braintrust: From founder of one of the first Telemedicine co's to helping reinvent talent networks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Adam joins me on the show to delve into his very successful past, from co-founding Doctor on Demand which ushered in a whole new world of telemedicine to looking at talent networks like Toptal & Up...

Base Layer Episode 144: Jesse Proudman from Strix Leviathan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jesse from Strix Leviathan joins me for a great conversation about the use of technology and systematic approaches to in investing in digital assets. Jesse has over 20 years of experience as a tech...

Base Layer Episode 143: Jeff Morris Jr (ChapterOne) drops in to talk about his predictions on Face ID post COVID, Student Debt, Social 2.0 with Face Checking, Bitcoin and more from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jeff joins the show and my goodness is it a good one! Every year Jeff releases about 10 "predictions" in tech that based off his vast experience he feels are close to coming and without fail he ha...

Base Layer Episode 142 with Cody Willard from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Cody Willard, Hedge Fund Manager and writer, joins me on Base Layer to discuss the equity markets and Digital Asset Landscape. His analysis has been featured on CBS News, ABC’s 20/20, in the Financ...

Base Layer Episode 140: Jeff Booth on Technology being Deflationary, Global Inequality, Central Bankers response to COVID, Bitcoin and more from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jeff joins me for an amazing chat that covers a wide array of topics. Jeff is the co-founder of BuildDirect, an online marketplace for heavyweight home improvement products that connects buyers wit...

Base Layer Episode 138: Yan Pritzker from Swan Bitcoin discusses his book "Inventing Bitcoin" & working on a new onramp to Bitcoin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Yan joins us to discuss his great book "Inventing Bitcoin" which friend of the show Nic Carter from Castle Island Ventures was quoted as saying: "Having read virtually every Bitcoin explainer, I be...

Base Layer Episode 137: Adam Pokornicky, COO of DAIM: What has delayed Wall Street from reviewing Bitcoin, the importance of Paul Tudor Jones & Bitcoin and more from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Adam joins me on Base Layer for a straight up fire episode of Base Layer! Adam has spent years in the traditional finance world and has a wealth of experience seeing the sausage made in '08-'09 and...

Base Layer Episode 133 - Michael Anderson, Framework Ventures: DeFi becoming $3B Industry by end of 2020 & how they invest in it from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Michael joins us on Base Layer from Framework Ventures;  venture capital fund Framework Ventures is investing heavily in the decentralized finance industry, also known as DeFi. The San Francisco-ba...

Base Layer Episode 132 - Piers Ridyard, CEO of Radix: On Cerberus, a sharded Byzantine fault-tolerant (BFT) solution and more from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Piers joins us on Base Layer to give a full rundown on Radix and Cerberus, a sharded Byzantine fault-tolerant (BFT) solution to the state machine replication (SMR) problem. While classical SMR prot...

Base Layer Episode 131 - Dion Rabouin from Axios: How COVID-19 is affecting Farmers, Dissecting Bankrate Data, Oil and more. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Dion joins me on Base Layer to discuss the many narratives affecting our markets and society today.Dion Rabouin is the Axios Markets Editor and author of the Axios Markets newsletter. Prior to Axio...

Base Layer Episode 130: Stephanie Link from TIAA Investments Discusses Big Market Narratives like Re-Opening, Curve of Recovery, Oil and more. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Stephanie Link, known for her regular appearances on CNBC joins us on Base Layer to talk about the multitude of macro issues affecting the broad based markets today. Stephanie is a managing directo...

Base Layer Episode 129 - Billy Bailey (Saltstone Capital Management) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Billy joins us for an epic conversation about the oil markets and breaks down the last few weeks of unprecedented activity.Billy spent over six years analyzing energy companies and commodities for ...

Base Layer Episode 128: Thibaud Favre, CEO of Fairmint on the Continuous Securities Offering & a new model for Founders and Investors from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Thibauld Favre joins us on Base Layer to discuss Fairmint and the CSO; what it means for Founders and Investors. A Continuous Securities Offering (CSO) is a new, updated way for companies to raise ...

Base Layer Episode 127: Nick Neuman & Jameson Lopp discussing Key Management, Bitcoin for Institutional Investors, the Halving and more. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What a show! Nick Neuman, CEO of Casa Inc and the legendary OG Jameson Lopp, CTO at Casa, join Base Layer to discuss the innovations they are working on for key management of Bitcoin, some of the h...

Base Layer Episode 126 CEO of LGO, Hugo Renaudin: what has been learned from working with Institutional Investors around the world, "Black Thursday" and European vs American views on Digital Assets from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Hugo Renaudin, the CEO of LGO, a leading digital asset exchange that works with over 40 Institutional Investors around 15 countries, comes on to discuss the problems they are working to address in ...

Base Layer Episode 125 - Mike Maples Jr (Floodgate) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The legendary investor Mike Maples Jr joins me on Base Layer. Some of Mike’s investments include being one of the first investors in Twitter & Twitch.tv as well as early investor in Chegg, Bazaarvo...

Base Layer Episode 124 - Reuben Yap (Zcoin) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Reuben joins me on Base Layer and we discuss privacy in the time of corona: how is contact tracking, surveillance of those under quarantine, and even the proposed digital dollar impacting privacy? ...

Base Layer Episode 123 - Marco Streng (Genesis Group) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Marco joins us on Base Layer and it's a great episode! He started Genesis Group 7 years ago to focus on Bitcoin mining and has seen the evolution through very unique perspective. We discuss some bi...

Base Layer Episode 122 - Rene Reinsberg (Celo) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Rene, the co-founder of Celo joins me on Base Layer to discuss a multitude of topics including: plans to create finance solutions for the 5.6 billion smartphone owners around the world; the importa...

Base Layer Episode 121 - Dan Tapiero (DTAP Capital) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Dan joins us on Base Layer to give an amazing overview of the global macro environment as it relates to COVID-19, $2T economic packages, $1T in daily repo markets, Bitcoin, Gold and much more. Dan ...

Base Layer Episode 120 - Mark Yusko (Morgan Creek) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

An incredibly important episode with Mark Yusko, CEO and CIO at Morgan Creek about the current macro market landscape on what has shown to be a historic day. With the VIX near 2008 levels, with WTI...

Base Layer Episode 119 - Catherine Coley (Binance US) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The amazing Catherine Coley joins me on Base Layer to discuss the move from traditional finance, being on an fx trading desk and seeing the carnage in traditional markets, and relating it to the gr...

Base Layer Episode 118 - Matt Luongo (Thesis) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Matt joins me back on Base Layer to do a thorough explanation of tBTC. The goal of TBTC is to create a trustless system for using Bitcoin on Ethereum-based systems and could be seen as critical inf...

Base Layer Episode 117 - Rebecca Rettig (Fisher Broyles) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Rebecca joins me on Base Layer for one of my first discussions on the legal landscape of digital assets. We discuss a range of current cases and issues revolving around Ripple, Telegram and Kik. We...

Base Layer Episode 116 - Dan Gunsberg (HXRO) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Dan from HXRO joins Base Layer and it's a great one! Hxro is a cryptocurrency platform that offers perpetual, time-based digital derivatives products. Hxro offers a simplified way to interact with ...

Base Layer Episode 115 - Cedric Dahl (1000x) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Cedric joins us on Base Layer and wow it's a fascinating episode with someone consider an "OG" in digital assets. Cedric has been involved in Bitcoin and the overall space for well over 7 years and...

Base Layer Episode 114 - Evan Kuo (Ampleforth) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Evan joins us to discuss Ampleforth and the Ample; the Ample is a commodity-money, like Bitcoin or gold, but with near-perfect supply elasticity, like fiat. It is the first sound money with elastic...

Base Layer Episode 113 - Sam Bankman Fried (FTX) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Sam joins us on Base Layer to tell us what FTX is and why many people are talking about it. A piece of news that came out after the show recording was that FTX was in the middle of a raise at unico...

Base Layer Episode 112 - Simon Chamorro (Valiu) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Simon joins us on Base Layer to discuss the very important work he and Valiu are doing creating opportunities for people to send and receive money internationally, especially in areas hit by hyperi...

Base Layer Episode 111 - Muneeb Ali (Blockstack) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Muneeb comes back to Base Layer to talk all about version 2.0 of Blockstack's Stacks blockchain coming out because there's a significant change: miners on the network will need to post BTC to mine ...

Base Layer Episode 110 - Jack O'Holleran (Skale) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What an episode with Jack from Skale! The SKALE Network has been designed with the goal of resolving the technical scalability, user experience, and cost issues affiliated with decentralized networ...

Base Layer Episode 109 - Leighton Cusack (PoolTogether) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Leighton joins Base Layer to discuss one of the most talked about projects, PoolTogether which is a no loss lottery built on Ethereum. Their mission is to create financial security by offering a he...

Base Layer Episode 108 - Loi Luu (Kyber Network) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Loi joins us on Base Layer for a full breakdown on Kyber Network and it's a really good one! Kyber is an on-chain liquidity protocol that aggregates liquidity from a wide range of reserves, powerin...

Base Layer Episode 107 - Joe Lallouz (Bison Trails) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Joe joins us on Base Layer and it's an amazing episode which highlights how important I think Bison Trails is in the overall development and maturation of digital assets and distributed & decentral...

Base Layer Episode 106 - Jeremy Allaire (Circle) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jeremy joins us on Base Layer and it's a great conversation about everything from his early days in technology and seeing the diffusion of innovation and the curve of adoption; we talk about Web 1....

Base Layer Episode 105 - Kevin Sekniqi (Ava Labs) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Kevin joins us on Base Layer to give us a great breakdown on Ava Labs! AVA's mission is to democratize financial markets and bridges all blockchain platforms together into one interoperable ecosyst...

Base Layer Episode 103 - Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jalak joins us on Base Layer and it's an amazing discussion with an investor who has been active in the digital asset/blockchain world for over 6 years. We discuss the changing narratives from the ...

Base Layer Episode 102 - Alex Gluchowski (Matter Labs) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alex joins us on Base Layer to talk more about zero knowledge proofs and what they are doing at Matter Labs. Initially found by a tweet from Ari @ BlockTower, Matter Labs recently revealed their vi...

Base Layer Episode 101 - Zhuoxun Yin (dydx) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Zhuoxun joins us on Base Layer to tell us all about dydx. dydx is building a decentralized exchange for margin trading and eventually derivatives. With dYdX users can trade, borrow, and lend any su...

Base Layer Episode 099 - Alan Curtis (Radar) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alan joins us on Base Layer to give us a great in-depth overview of the happenings at Radar; going from Relay which the team believes is the most secure way to trade ERC20 tokens directly from your...

Base Layer Episode 097 - Sergey Nazarov (Chainlink) & Tom Gonser (Docusign) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What a show! The founder of Docusign, Tom Gonser, joins Sergey Nazarov for a follow up to our podcast about 2 months ago to further discuss smart contracts, the oracle problem and how Chainlink is ...

Base Layer Episode 094 - Max Demyan & Vadym Nesterenko (Geo Protocol) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Max and Vadym join us from Geo Protocol who's mission is to empower the Internet of Value by creating a universal value transfer ecosystem. GEO Protocol is an open-source base layer protocol for co...

Base Layer Episode 093 - Benny Giang & Brian Flynn (Dapper Labs) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Benny & Brian stop by Base Layer to have a great discussion on gaming to digital collectibles in the blockchain space. We touch on the popular rise of Cryptokitties to some digital collectibles goi...

Base Layer Episode 092 - Dave Balter (Flipside Crypto) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Dave, the CEO of Flipside Crypto, joins us on Base Layer to tell us all about what Flipside Crypto does. For those not familiar, Flipside provides analysis on project health (on protocols like Ethe...

Base Layer Episode 089 - Roneil Rumburg Part II (Audius) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Roneil joins us again to bring us up to speed on the beta launch of Audius over the last two months and the numbers they are seeing are very exciting! Thousands of artists joining the platform like...

Base Layer Episode 087 - Tomer Afek (Spacemesh) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Tomer from Spacemesh joins us today to give a great overview of the project. There are 3 problems Spacemesh is trying to solve:to be a fairly mined, permissionless and race free open source" progra...

Base Layer Episode 086 - Jake Yocom Piatt (Decred) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jake, project lead for community directed digital asset Decred, joins us for a special Friday episode to discuss why the crypto ecosystem was afire this past week with privacy talk in the wake of t...

Base Layer Episode 084 - Pascal Gauthier (CEO, Ledger) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The CEO of Ledger, Pascal Gauthier, joins us on Base Layer to discuss some breaking news and a general overview of the last 5 years of their existence. Pascal discusses the news that the Ledger Vau...

Base Layer Episode 083 - Haseeb Qureshi (Dragonfly Capital) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

An honor to have Haseeb, recorded live from San Francisco Blockchain Week; Haseeb is a highly respected investor in digital assets - we hone in on his past as a professional poker player, how his a...

Base Layer Episode 080 - Bill Laggner (Bearing Asset Management) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Bill joins us on Base Layer during my recent visit to Dallas for the Digital Asset Strategy Summit (DASS) to discuss his time in traditional finance over the last few decades and his most recent fo...

Base Layer Episode 079 - Claire Belmont (Celo) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Claire from Celo joins us on Base Layer to give a great overview of Celo: driven by purpose -- to solve real-world problems such as lack of access to sound currency, or friction for cash-transfer p...

Base Layer Episode 078 - Tuur Demeester & Dhruv Bansal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Tuur and Dhruv join Base Layer live from the Digital Asset Strategy Summit (DASS) that was recently hosted in Dallas, bringing together Institutional Investors, Family Offices and many great invest...

Base Layer Episode 077 - Zac Prince (BlockFi) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Zac joins us on Base Layer today to bring us up to speed on BlockFi, a project I've mentioned many times on the show when I discuss the emergence of Open Finance or #defi. Many participants in digi...

Base Layer Episode 075 - Stephane Gosselin (Numerai) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Stephane joins us in another live recording from Voices of Blockchain hosted in Chicago a few weeks back to talk to us about Numerai; a project in existence for a few years working to essentially r...

Base Layer Episode 074 - Sunayna Tuteja (TD Ameritrade) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Come join us for a live recording from Voice of Blockchain this past week in Chicago when I to sit with Sunayna from TD Ameritrade. The "Institutions are Coming"!! Remember that? Yes, Sunayna and h...

Base Layer Episode 073 - Gavin Gillas (YGC) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Gavin joins us on Base Layer today to talk family offices and crypto! Gavin and YGC spun out of Yeoman's Capital - a 100% crypto focused family office down in Texas -- that's right folks...they do ...

Base Layer Episode 072 - Jordan Clifford (Scalar Capital) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jordan joins us today on Base Layer for a heavy Bitcoin talk! We discuss everything from the new BIP's such as Schnorr signatures, MAST, Taproot and more to the new Institutional infrastructure bei...

Base Layer Episode 071 - Jutta Steiner (Parity Technologies) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jutta joins us on Base Layer to break down all that is happening at Parity and especially Polkadot; it's an amazing episode! Jutta is the co-founder and CEO of Parity Technologies. Parity Technolog...

Base Layer Episode 070 - Itamar Lesuisse (Argent) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Itamar joins us on Base Layer and it's a very exciting discussion with a founder of a project a lot of people are talking about. Argent has arguably built one of the simplest crypto wallets out the...

Base Layer Episode 069 - Seth Rubin (Market Protocol) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Seth joins us on Base Layer to tell us what Market Protocol is and why people are getting excited about it. MARKET Protocol, using Ethereum, allows users to trade the price of anything while levera...

Base Layer Episode 068 - Ed Felten (OffChain Labs) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Ed joins us on Base Layer and it's a great episode -- not often have we had the chance to talk with people who have advised the President of the United States and our government on technology like ...

Base Layer Episode 067 - Jeanine Hightower-Sellitto and Brian Kim Johnson (Gemini) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jeanine and Brian from Gemini Trust Co join us on Base Layer to discuss some of the recent work Gemini is doing to offer Institutional Investors more professional services to buy & sell digital ass...

Base Layer Episode 061 - Dean Tribble (Agoric) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Dean joins us on Base Layer for an in-depth discussion on Agoric and it's not to be missed. Dean designed the negotiation process and contract for the first smart contracting system, AMiX which dat...

Base Layer Episode 060 - Roneil Rumburg (Audius) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Roneil from Audius joins us on Base Layer for episode 60 and it's really a fun one! Aside from an exceptional career that has had stops at places like Kleiner and being early to the blockchain part...

Base Layer Episode 059 - Akin Sawyerr (Decred) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Akin from Decred joins us on Base Layer for a great overview of the project. Decred forked from the Bitcoin codebase when a proposal for new suite of features to be added to Bitcoin from Company 0 ...

Base Layer Episode 057 - Alexander Zaidelson (Beam) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alexander Zaidelson from Beam joins us on Base Layer for what I'm now calling "Privacy Week" after we had Monero on the episode prior. BEAM is a next generation confidential cryptocurrency based on...

Base Layer Episode 056 - Riccardo Spagni (Monero) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Riccardo Spagni, the man, myth and legend at Monero joins us on Base Layer and it's a massive show! Not only is this a crash course in what Monero is for beginners it's also got updates and some gr...

Base Layer Episode 054 - Doug Petkanics (Livepeer) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Doug Petkanics joins us on Base Layer for a great overview of Livepeer which ~3/4th's of my guests have brought up a project to pay attention to! Doug is a multi-time Founder with Wildcard and Hype...

Base Layer Episode 053 - Patrick Dai (Qtum) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Patrick, the Founder of Qtum ($300M Market Cap), joins us on Base Layer and there's a lot to unpack on this one. Qtum wants to harness the best attributes of the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains to...

Base Layer Episode 051 - Kyle Davies (Three Arrows) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Kyle Davies joins Base Layer to discuss the work being done at Three Arrows Capital, a Singapore-based fund specializing in emerging markets and crypto. Kyle used to work at Credit Suisse on the ex...

Base Layer Episode 050 - Hugh Karp (Nexus Mutual) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Hugh from Nexus Mutual joins Base Layer for it's 50th episode! Nexus Mutual is building a decentralized alternative to insurance. They are using blockchain (Ethereum) to build a mutual (a risk shar...

Base Layer Episode 049 - Xiaohan Zhu (Meter) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Xiaohan joins us on Base Layer to discuss Meter and the state of stablecoins. Xiaohan has years of experience in tech from Microsoft, Sony to Motorola, and he brings those years of experience to wo...

Base Layer Episode 048 - Brooke Pollack (Hutt Capital) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Brooke joins us on Base Layer to discuss the Fund of Fund landscape as it relates to venture capital focused funds. Brooke is the Founder & Managing Partner of Hutt Capital, a blockchain venture ca...

Base Layer Episode 046 - Tom Jessop (Fidelity Digital Assets) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Tom Jessop, the head of Fidelity Digital Assets, joins us on Base Layer for a special episode to discuss the over 5 year history of Fidelity's interest and experimentation in crypto and blockchain,...

Base Layer Episode 044 - Richard Muirhead & Max Mersch (Fabric Ventures) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Richard Muirhead & Max Mersch from Fabric Ventures join us on Base Layer. Richard is an accomplished founder and investor as well as Max; Fabric Ventures invest in Web 3.0 powering the shift toward...

Base Layer Episode 043 - Michael Zochowski (Logos Network) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Michael Zochowski from Logos Network joins Base Layer to discuss how they building a novel transaction network designed for high scalability while maintaining decentralization and trustlessness by ...

Base Layer Episode 042 - Pierre Rochard (Bitcoin Advisory) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Pierre Rochard joins Base Layer for an in-depth conversation about the state of Bitcoin. Pierre has researched and written about Bitcoin since February 2013. He co-founded the Satoshi Nakamoto Inst...

Base Layer Episode 040 - Tal Kol (Orbs) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Tal joins Base Layer today to discuss what Orbs is building in terms of a hybrid blockchain that could get enterprises big and small using public blockchains. We discuss Virtual Chains, Randomized ...

Base Layer Episode 039 - Michael Dunworth (Wyre) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Michael Dunworth, Wyre Co-Founder and CEO joins Base Layer to discuss what their 6 year old company is up to these days. For both individuals and enterprises alike, transferring money international...

Base Layer Episode 038 - Muneeb Ali (Blockstack) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Muneeb Ali joins us on Base Layer to break down why Internet 1.0 is "broken", how we got to where we are, what Blockstack is, how it can scale and be performant and much more. Muneeb earned a Bache...

Base Layer Episode 037 - Silvio Micali & Steven Kokinos (Algorand) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A special episode of Base Layer with Silvio Micali and Steven Kokinos from Algorand. Algorand removes the technical barriers that for years undermined mainstream blockchain adoption: decentralizati...

Base Layer Episode 036 - Marcos Veremis (Cambridge Associates) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In one of the most important episodes on Base Layer to date we speak with Marcos Veremis, Managing Director at Cambridge Associates. CA, as of 2018, had $389 billion in assets under advisement of s...

Base Layer Episode 034 - Joey Krug (Augur & Pantera) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A 2-1 episode with one of the most sought after founders and investors in crypto - Joey Krug. We discuss Augur first, the prediction marketplace he helped found that is providing a new way for peop...

Base Layer Episode 032 - Alexander Skidanov (NEAR) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alexander Skidanov from NEAR Protocol joins us on Base Layer for a not to miss episode. NEAR is a scalable smart contract platform that supports decentralized applications of almost any kind. Alexa...

Base Layer Episode 031 - Sky Guo (Cypherium) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Sky Guo joins us on Base Layer to discuss how Cypherium is a highly scalable and robust smart contract platform. Their hybrid design features a joint Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Practical Byzantine Fau...

Base Layer Episode 142: CEO of Atari, Fred Chesnais on bringing Atari back from bankruptcy: new vision, new console & their new Litecoin partnership from 2020-05-27T12:20:30

The CEO of Atari, Fred Chesnais joins me on Base Layer for an amazing episode from such an iconic brand that inspired me and many others into the world of technology. We discuss Fred and Atari's pa...

Base Layer Episode 141: Andy Edstrom on A Century of Debt, Inflation Storms and Bitcoin's role from 2020-05-22T16:47:12

Andy Edstrom, CFA, CFP is a financial advisor and a member of the investment committee at WESCAP Group, where he manages wealth and provides financial advice to clients.Andy is the author of the bo...

Base Layer Episode 141: Andy Edstrom on A Century of Debt, the Gathering Inflation Storm & Bitcoin's role from 2020-05-22T16:43:05

Andy Edstrom, CFA, CFP is a financial advisor and a member of the investment committee at WESCAP Group, where he manages wealth and provides financial advice to clients.Andy is the author of the bo...

Base Layer Episode 136: Kosala Hemachandra & Brian Norton from MEW from 2020-05-13T13:23:32

Kosala Hemachandra & Brian Norton from MEW joins Base Layer for a great chat. MEW offers a nexus point for transacting in the Ethereum ecosystem, providing unprecedented access, a secure wallet, an...

Base Layer Episode 135: Brian Kelly (BKCM) on the Global Macro backdrop, States Reopening, the role of Bitcoin & Digital Assets in Portfolio's and more from 2020-05-11T12:49:55

Brian Kelly joins me on Base Layer for a great, comprehensive chat about the global macro investing backdrop and the role Bitcoin and Digital Assets play in modern day, post COVID-19 portfolio cons...

Base Layer Episode 134 - Tyrone Ross from Altruist: How Financial Advisors can & will review Bitcoin & Digital Assets, how FA's roles have changed and more from 2020-05-05T20:22:23

Tyrone Ross Jr, Director of Community at Altruist and Financial Consultant with 401 comes to Base Layer and it's epic. Tyrone is an incredibly lively and passionate person who I've become friends w...

Base Layer Episode 104 - Stani Kulechov (Aave) from 2020-01-29T13:38:32

Stani joins us on Base Layer to discuss Aave - a project that everyone seems to be talking about right now. Aave is an Open Source and Non-Custodial protocol to earn interest on deposits & borrow a...

Base Layer Episode 100 - Bart Stephens (Blockchain Capital) from 2020-01-15T15:28:29

Bart joins us for the 100th episode of Base Layer and it's truly an amazing conversation to listen to. Bart has a storied career following early stage technology and he talks about how he and his b...

Base Layer Episode 098 - Angela Dalton (Signum Growth Capital) from 2020-01-09T13:31:35

Angela joins us on Base Layer today and it's one not to miss! We talk a lot about gaming, esports and this thesis about how over 2B people who play games could be the next wave of adopters of digit...

Base Layer Episode 096 - Harry Sudock (Griid) from 2019-12-30T17:15:53

Harry joins us on Base Layer for a fun and interesting conversation about everything relating to Bitcoin mining and the work they are doing at Griid; we talk about next generation equipment, valuat...

Base Layer Episode 095 - Eli Ben Sasson & Uri Kolodny (Starkware) from 2019-12-23T12:37:02

A great episode with Eli and Uri from Starkware! This is a special project focusing on cryptographic proofs using zero-knowledge, succinct, transparent and post-quantum secure processes. We had a r...

Base Layer Episode 091 - Luis Cuende (Aragon) from 2019-12-09T16:32:13

Luis, the co-founder of Aragon, joins us on Base Layer to talk all about Governance. Aragon is a project that many in the digital asset ecosystem are starting to look at for their unique governance...

Base Layer Episode 090 - Will Warren (0x) from 2019-12-04T18:24:21

Will joins us on Base Layer to give you great overview of 0x. When I began thinking about starting Base Layer over a year ago 0x was one of the projects that inspired me - helping build key infrast...

Base Layer Episode 088 - Guido Molinari (Prysm Group) from 2019-11-27T13:30:53

Guido joined us on Base Layer during San Francisco Blockchain Week to discuss the confluence of economics and differing models and blockchains. We discuss token economics and the differing socioeco...

Base Layer Episode 085 - Galen Danziger (Mousebelt) from 2019-11-20T11:40:49

Galen from Mousebelt joins us on Base Layer on a live recording during San Francisco Blockchain Week. MouseBelt is the world’s first full-service blockchain accelerator that goes beyond just seed c...

Base Layer Episode 082 - Sergey Nazarov (Chainlink) from 2019-11-11T01:40:47

Sergey, the co-founder of Chainlink joins us on Base Layer for an amazing episode from a project that has garnered a lot of attention this year after Google announced a partnership with them. Serge...

Base Layer Episode 081 - Mariano Conti (Maker Foundation) from 2019-11-07T17:24:55

Mariano joins us on Base Layer to give a fantastic overview of MakerDao and it’s stablecoin Dai. We discuss the evolution of stablecoins and their purpose in the digital asset ecosystem. Additional...

Base Layer Episode 076 - Thomas Chippas (ErisX) from 2019-10-14T11:48:23

Tom, the CEO of ErisX, joins us on Base Layer to discuss key milestones at ErisX and what role & function it plays in digital assets. This is one not to miss; ErisX has operated a designated contra...

Base Layer Episode 066 - Mike Alfred (Digital Assets Data) from 2019-08-26T02:40:09

Base Layer Episode 058 - Mike Belshe (BitGo) from 2019-08-12T20:30:12

Mike Belshe, the CEO and co-founder of BitGo, joins us for the next episode of Base Layer. BitGo, is one of the market leaders in institutional-grade cryptocurrency investment services. Mike is the...

Base Layer Episode 055 - Jamie Burke (Outlier Ventures) from 2019-07-31T12:43:43

Jamie Burke, CEO of Outlier Ventures, joins us on Base Layer for an amazing chat about Web 3.0 and much more. OV is an early stage investment firm who also advises some very early projects, having ...

Base Layer Episode 052 - Dan Elitzer & Ian Lee (IDEO CoLab) from 2019-07-22T12:40:26

We welcome Dan and Ian on Base Layer to discuss the work they are doing at IDEO CoLab and their new Start-Up Studio. IDEO CoLab works very closely with their startups and projects; from 4-day sprin...

Base Layer Episode 047 - Mike Dudas (TheBlock) from 2019-07-03T10:44:11

Mike Dudas joins Base Layer to talk about the early days of TheBlock to now becoming one of the "go-to" resources for news and research on crypto. We talk about the narratives that are currently di...

Base Layer Episode 045 - Tor Bair (Enigma) from 2019-06-28T11:18:41

Tor Bair joins us on Base Layer to discuss Enigma; Enigma is building a privacy layer for the decentralized web. First researched at MIT, Enigma’s network of “secret nodes” can perform computations...

Base Layer Episode 041 - Matt Luongo (Keep) from 2019-06-17T11:18:21

Matt Luongo from Keep joins Base Layer for our next episode and it's a great one! As Matt and the folks at Keep say: "Privacy and scalability are the two biggest hurdles to mainstream adoption of p...

Base Layer Episode 035 - Tim Ogilvie (Staked) from 2019-06-03T00:20:11

Tim joins Base Layer to discuss Staked and the state of the state of cryptoasset staking. Tim has spent 20 years starting and operating technology companies. Most recently, Tim founded Y-Combinator...

Base Layer Episode 033 - Uri Klarman (bloxRoute) from 2019-05-27T17:55:18

Base Layer Episode 030 - Tyler Spalding (Flexa) & Lasse Clausen (1KX) from 2019-05-13T09:32

On the 30th episode of Base Layer we have Tyler Spalding, Co-Founder of Flexa which aims to enable retailers to take control of their own payments by reducing costs, overhead, and fraud through fri...

Base Layer Episode 029 - Daniel Kim (SFOX) from 2019-05-11T21:32

Daniel Kim of SFOX joins Base Layer; SFOX, San Francisco Open Exchange, is the easiest way to access the digital currency market. There solution provides access to high liquidity and the ability to...

Base Layer Episode 028 - Zaki Manian (SkuChain, Cosmos, Tendermint) from 2019-05-06T20:38

Zaki Manian, founder of SkuChain, Head of Tendermint Labs and too many other things to put in notes here joins Base Layer today to discuss the state of the state of Cosmos and Tendermint and why th...

Base Layer Episode 027 - Steven McKie (Founding Partner, Amentum) from 2019-05-02T19:50

Steven McKie joins Base Layer to discuss the early days of crypto; making his own future via crypto and Bitcoin; starting his own fund Amentum which is investing in the new iterations of "the inter...

Base Layer Episode 026 - Diogo Monica (Co - Founder, Anchorage) from 2019-04-30T23:15

Diogo Monica, Co-Founder of Anchorage joins Base Layer to discuss their custody solution that has a lot of people in the ecosystem buzzing. Diogo spent years at Square before founding Anchorage, le...

Base Layer Episode 025 - Alex Adelman (Co - Founder, Lolli) from 2019-04-24T19:09

Alex Adelman, Co-Founder of Lolli joins us on Base Layer -- Lolli is an amazing on-ramp for the non-technical/finance folks; it's a rewards program with over 750 retailers like Walmart, Gap, CVS an...

Base Layer Episode 024 - David Sønstebø & Dominik Schiener (Founders Of IOTA) from 2019-04-22T17:54

David and Dominik, the founders of IOTA, join Base Layer to discuss IOTA, a cryptocurrency they designed for use in the internet of things, enabling secure sales and trading data streams, with no n...

Base Layer Episode 023 - Paul Veradittakit (Partner, Pantera Capital) from 2019-04-17T19:49

Paul Veradittakit, Partner at Pantera Capital joins Base Layer today to discuss the history and evolution of crypto infrastructure - from wallets and exchanges to much more robust financial tooling...

Base Layer Episode 022 - Jeremy Welch (Founder; Casa, Inc) from 2019-04-15T22:47

Jeremy Welch, the founder of Casa Inc joins us on Base Layer to discuss his companies growth, building and shipping nodes during "crypto winter", why he built Casa in the first place, "being your o...

Base Layer Episode 021 - Monica Quaintance (Kadena) from 2019-04-09T19:28

Monica joins us from Kadena today to give a master class (unintended) on the difference between public and private blockchains; her journey from aspiring opera singer to investment banking and then...

Base Layer Episode 020 - Avichal Garg (Electric Capital) from 2019-04-03T17:00

Avichal Garg joins us on Base Layer for Episode 20!! Avichal has so much experience in technology, coming from Google, Spool (a startup he co-founded) and Facebook. Recently he launched Electric Ca...

Base Layer Episode 019 - Lily Liu (Co - Founder, Earn.com) from 2019-04-01T21:14

Lily Liu, the Co-Founder of Earn.com joins us on Base Layer. Lily's past experience in traditional finance at firms like McKinsey & KKR-Capstone were discussed, her work helping build a hospital in...

Base Layer Episode 018 - Linda Xie (Scalar Capital) from 2019-03-27T16:00

Linda Xie, Co-Founder of Scalar Capital joins Base Layer. We discuss her roles in traditional finance at AIG in risk management, moving to Coinbase in the "early days" to starting Scalar Capital. L...

Base Layer Episode 017 - Ryan John King (Co - Founder, FOAM) from 2019-03-25T23:33

Ryan joins us on Base Layer to discuss his company, FOAM, a project we've been watching for some time. The team created the Proof of Location protocol which empowers a permissionless and autonomous...

Base Layer Episode 016 - Dan Held (Interchange) from 2019-03-19T21:47

Dan Held from Interchange joins us on Base Layer for our "Bitcoin Classic" edition. Dan has years of experience with Bitcoin and talks at length about it's history, it's evolution and it's importan...

Base Layer Episode 015 - Ryan Selkis (Founder & CEO, Messari) from 2019-03-12T22:36

Ryan Selkis joins us on Base Layer, an investor and builder in cryptoassets for the last 5 years. Ryan founded Messari which aims to provide Institutional Investors research, transparency and tools...

Base Layer Episode 014 - Sharon Goldberg (Co - Founder, Arwen) from 2019-03-04T20:53

Sharon brings over a decade of expertise in network security and cryptography. She is also an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at Boston University, where her research focuses...

Base Layer Episode 013 - Jake Brukhman (Founder, Coinfund) from 2019-02-18T23:57

Jake Brukhman, Founder at Coinfund joins us on Base Layer for our twelfth episode to discuss generalized mining, the scalability issues in blockchain, what a future Facebook on blockchain could loo...

Base Layer Episode 012 - Arianna Simpson (Autonomous Partners) from 2019-02-11T21:26

Arianna Simpson joins us on Base Layer today; formerly at Facebook and BitGo, Arianna is a powerhouse in crypto. She is incredibly sought after as someone with knowledge of networks and the technol...

Base Layer Episode 011 - Andy Bromberg (President, CoinList) from 2019-02-08T04:44

Andy Bromberg, President of CoinList, drops by Base Layer in this episode to discuss the state of token sales, governance, the evolution of private deals that look more like traditional venture but...

Base Layer Episode 010 - Craig Burel (Reciprocal Ventures) from 2019-02-05T09:40

Craig Burel from Reciprocal Ventures joins us for a conversation around the early days of investing in crypto infrastructure (0x, Radar Relay, Augur and much more) to STO's. He also shares with our...

Base Layer Episode 009 - Marc Bhargava And Kevin Johnson (Tagomi) from 2019-01-31T02:43

Marc & Kevin joined us on Base Layer, the founding team over at Tagomi which is building key infrastructure for the trading of digital assets. The team is incredibly strong which backgrounds from U...

Base Layer Episode 008 - Spencer Noon (DTC Capital) from 2019-01-25T08:44

Join us for Episode 8 with Spencer Noon, an investor at Doggie Tail Capital, a fund backed by a family office. Spencer is an impressive investor in crypto, highly knowledgeable about the technology...

Base Layer Episode 007 - Matthew Walsh (Partner, Castle Island Ventures) from 2019-01-11T22:42

Guest Matthew Walsh joins Base Layer on Episode 007. Matthew and his partner Nic Carter spent the last 4 years at Fidelity before launching Castle Island on a team tasked with doing scenario planni...

Base Layer Episode 006 - Matt Galligan (CEO & Co-founder, Picks & Shovels) from 2019-01-07T22:29

On Episode 6 of Base Layer we have Matt Galligan, CEO & Co-founder, Picks & Shovels which is building critical infrastructure in portfolio management of cryptoassets. We discuss data quality in cry...

Base Layer Episode 005 - Nathaniel Whittemore from 2019-01-03T03:17

Every Sunday folks in crypto are treated to the work of someone part man, part machine who curates all the weeks top news, research and thoughts from the cryptosphere - his name: Nathaniel Whittemo...

Base Layer Episode 004 - Will Peets from 2018-12-20T10:18

Episode 4 has Will Peets, CIO of Passport Digital, join Base Layer to discuss a host of topics including, but not limited to: portfolio risk management in the context of crypto, the global economy ...

Base Layer Episode 003 - Anatoly Yakovenko (Founder/CEO of Solana) from 2018-12-12T23:52

On episode 3 of Base Layer we had a great conversation with Anatoly Yakovenko, founder & CEO of Solana which is addressing the transactions per second issue in blockchain. Anatoly has an impressive...

Base Layer Ep 002 - Arianna Simpson, David Grider, Meltem Demirors, Nikhil Kalghatgi & Travis Kling from 2018-12-07T08:10

In our second episode we are lucky enough to air a special one hour discussion with some of the best investors and practitioners in crypto today. We discussed capitulation, macro trends, the regula...

Base Layer Episode 001 - Shawn Wilkinson (Founder of Storj) from 2018-11-30T21:41

Base Layer is a new podcast aimed at providing education to Family Offices/HNW and investors who are trying to understand cryptoassets and the underlying technology. We will be bringing founders wh...