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The DeFi Download

“The DeFi Download” with Piers Ridyard, CEO of Radix DLT. Join the leaders of the Decentralised Finance industry as they discuss all things DeFi: Its workings, user acquisition and go-to-market strategies while simultaneously re-inventing one of the world’s most important industries.

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The DeFi Download
Metaversal - NFTs are much cooler than you think. from 2022-02-11T19:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard and Yossi Hasson of Metaversal talk about NFTs representing the ownership layer of the metaverse, why not all NFTs are created equally, and Ke...

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Vega Protocol - getting serious about DeFi derivatives. from 2022-01-29T14:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard interviews Barney Mannerings, co-founder of the Vega protocol. Vega is a protocol for creating and trading margin finance products on a fully ...

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Harmony - creating massive social change through scaling and DAOs from 2022-01-21T05:00

Piers Ridyard interviews Samuel Harrison, Harmony ONE’s Head of Ecosystem Growth, in this episode of the DeFi Download. Solving the Blockchain Trilemma, radical social change through DAOs, and H...

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DeFi savings with deposit insurance included. Plus a little something for the DeFi degens. from 2021-12-17T11:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard interviews Hannes Graah, founder of the Gro Protocol. Their conversation focuses on the inner workings of Gro and its products, PWRD, Vault an...

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Let's Debate: Is the future of DeFi single chain? Chad (THORChain) vs Piers (Radix DLT) from 2021-11-26T17:00

Today’s episode of the DeFi Download podcast is a little different. Instead of our customary interview, we are holding an informal debate. Joining Piers is Chad Barraford, core developer on the ...

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Bancor: the original DeFi project on Ethereum from 2021-11-12T12:00

Bancor: the original DeFi project on Ethereum

With Mark Richardson, Head of Research 

Piers Ridyard talks with Mark Richardson, the Bancor Protocol's Head of Res...

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DAOHaus: the borderless social movement of DAO governance from 2021-10-29T17:00

Join Piers Ridyard and Spencer Graham, Project Lead of DAOhaus, in this episode of the DeFi Download, to find out what a DAO is and how to summon one.

Spencer Graham is the Project Lead of...

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BiFi: bridging all DeFi together, regardless where it lives from 2021-10-17T15:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard and Dohyun Pak, delve into the details of Bifrost and BiFi, the multichain future of the blockchain space, and the role that DeFi can play in ...

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Telos: the best bits of EOS and Ethereum, without the compromise from 2021-10-01T14:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download podcast. Piers Ridyard interviews Douglas Horn, the Chief Architect of Telos.

Douglas is the founder of GoodBlock and the Chief Architect at Telos. He ...

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Immunefi: hack DeFi the ethical way from 2021-08-20T21:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard interviews Travin Keith, co-founder of Immunefi. Immunefi is the leading bug bounty platform in crypto, currently protecting over $25 billion ...

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Alliance Block: making DeFi work for institutions from 2021-08-13T15:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard interviews Amber Ghaddar, one of the founders of Alliance Block.  Alliance Block is working to create the world's first globally complian...

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UMA - build DeFi without developing smart contracts from 2021-07-23T13:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard interviews Clayton Roche,  Head of Community Development at UMA. They discuss how UMA works, the Optimistic Oracle system and how it solves th...

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Alpha Labs: Automatically finding you the best opportunities in DeFi from 2021-07-16T20:00

In this episode of the DeFi DownloadPiers Ridyard interviews Tascha Punyaneramitdee, Co-Founder of Alpha Finance Lab's.

Tascha provides an in-depth examination of Alpha Finance La...

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Figment: Making crypto infrastructure run smoothly from 2021-07-09T15:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard interviews Lorien Gabel, CEO of Figment.io. Figment offers complete solutions that make it simple for token holders and developers to use and ...

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InsurAce. Making DeFi safer for everyone. from 2021-07-02T18:00

InsurAce. Making DeFi safer for everyone.

With Oliver Xie, Founder & Project Lead

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard interviews Oliver ...

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Notoros: Build ANYTHING on Radix DLT from 2021-06-25T15:00

Build ANYTHING on Radix DLT

With Andrew Brick and Brendan Laiben, Founders of Notoros DLT 

Join Piers Ridyard in this episode of the DeFi Download as he int...

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Harvest Finance: Maximise your DeFi yield the easy way from 2021-06-18T14:00

Harvest Finance: Maximise your DeFi yield the easy way

With Red, Community Foreman at Harvest Finance, 

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard ...

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Amber Group: Your Gateway to Crypto Finance from 2021-06-04T16:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard interviews Annabelle Huang, partner at Amber Group, a global financial services provider that aspires to become the Goldman Sachs of crypto. <...

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How to market a crypto company with Jeremy Epstein. from 2021-05-21T12:00

This week's DeFi Download episode features a conversation between the CEO of Radix DLT Piers Ridyard, and Jeremy Epstein, founder of Never Stop Marketing and Co-Chief Investment Officer of ...

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Terra - a complete ecosystem for the future of finance from 2021-05-12T17:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard interviews Do Kwon, the CEO of Terra. Their conversation delves into Do Kwon’s background, which influenced the Terra platform's concepti...

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BrightID - Decentralised Identity, Governance and Universal Basic Income from 2021-05-06T17:00

BrightID - Decentralised Identity, Governance and Universal Basic Income

With Philip Silva, founding advisor, BrightID 

Join Piers Ridyard, in this DeFi Dow...

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dApp.com - building a dApp guide for the world from 2021-04-29T17:00

dApp.com - building a dApp guide for the world
With Kyle Lu, CEO & Founder, dapp.com 

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard discusses with K...

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Tellor: Decentralising data oracles to increase trust. from 2021-04-22T17:00

Join Piers Ridyard in this episode of the DeFi Download, where he interviews Nicholas Fett, co-founder, and CTO of Tellor.io, a decentralised Oracle Network. 

Tellor is a decentr...

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StormX - Spend Money, Earn Crypto from 2021-04-15T18:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard discusses with Simon Yu about StormX and its products, Play, which allows you to earn crypto by completing microtasks and Shop, a browser e...

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Pokt Network - Giving Blockchain Devs a Serious Helping Hand! from 2021-04-01T12:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard interviews Michael O'Rourke, co-founder and CEO of the Pocket Network. During this interview, Michael describes how Pocket supports Block...

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Potion.Finance: a new decentralised model for pricing risk from 2021-03-25T17:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard explores risk management solutions in DeFi with Potion.Finance contributors Alfablok and Buendia.

Potion is a risk management ...

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Paymobil: Venmo for the world from 2021-03-18T17:00

Join Piers Ridyard and the creator of Paymobil, Daniel Nordh, for a discussion on cross-border money transfers using stablecoins.  

Daniel, who previously worked at Coinbase, founded...

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Deus Finance - Decentralised share trading - bringing Tesla, Apple and GameStop to the party! from 2021-03-11T17:00

Deus Finance - Decentralised share trading - bringing Tesla, Apple, and GameStop to the party!

With Lafayette, founder of DEUS Finance

In this episode of th...

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Crypto Birb: What moves a market? Fundamental vs Technical analysis from 2021-03-04T12:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download Piers Ridyard interviews CryptoBirb, the Founder and CEO of The Birb Nest. 

They explore technical analysis, investigate the driving forces behin...

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StakerDAO: Building the Vanguard of crypto from 2021-02-25T00:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard talks with Jonas Lamis, founder of StakerDAO and CEO of Staker Services Ltd. They discuss the vision of StakerDAO, their cross-chain approa...

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Sovryn: Making your bitcoin do DeFi. from 2021-02-11T12:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard interviews Edan Yago and Ororo Munroe. Ororo and Edan are contributors to the Sovryn.app, a decentralised Bitcoin trading and lending platf...

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Democracy Earth: Voting Without Identity? Governance and Democracy in the Digital Age. from 2021-01-28T12:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard interviews Santiago Siri, founder of Democracy Earth Foundation. Their discussion revolves around the concept of democracy, identity, and new ...

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dHedge: Advanced DeFi trading made easy from 2021-01-14T12:00

Join Piers Ridyard in this episode of the DeFi Download, where he talks with Henrik Andersson, co-founder of dHEDGE. They discuss copy trading with synthetic assets, breaking barriers to entry i...

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Quantstamp: Code, sleep, audit, repeat! from 2020-12-31T12:00

In this episode of the DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard interviews Krishna Sriram, the Managing Director of Quantstamp. Piers and Krishna explore the smart contracts' lifecycle and state of com...

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mStable - make money make money from 2020-12-17T16:00

Join Piers Ridyard, CEO of Radix, in his conversation with James Simpson, co-founder of mStable. This episode of the DeFi Download podcast focuses on unwrapping how the mStable protocol works by...

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Aragon: Let's build a new country! from 2020-12-03T12:00

In this episode of DeFi Download, Piers interviews Luis Cuente, Co-Founder & Core Contributor of the Aragon project, which gives internet communities unprecedented power to organise around s...

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Messari: Show me the token lockup! from 2020-11-19T12:00

In this episode of DeFi Download, Piers talks with Jack Purdy, Research Analyst at Messari. Jack and Piers discuss Messari's initiative to create the Bloomberg of crypto and dive into emerg...

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Nexus Mutual: Cover me, Im going in! from 2020-11-05T12:00

In this episode of DeFi Download, listen to Piers and Hugh Karp, the founder of Nexus Mutual, as they delve into insurance’s decentralised alternatives. They address risk-sharing and the use of ...

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Polymath: Regulated securities on public ledger - its happening! from 2020-10-29T12:00

In this episode of DeFi Download, join Piers and Trevor Koverko, founder of Polymath, as they explore the realm of digital securities on the blockchain. They discuss security tokens and their co...

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IDEX: Supercharging Decentralised Exchanges from 2020-10-22T12:00

In this episode of DeFi Download, Alex Wearn, co-founder and CEO of IDEX, joins our host and CEO of Radix, Piers Ridyard. Listen to their talk as they discuss centralised and decentralised excha...

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Balancer: How to auto-balance your crypto portfolio from 2020-10-15T12:00

In this DeFi Download episode Piers Ridyard talks with Fernando Martinelli, co-founder and CEO of Balancer, a protocol for programmable liquidity. Piers and Fernando discuss concepts such as por...

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Ren Protocol: bringing Bitcoin and DeFi together with trustless crypto magic. from 2020-09-24T12:00

Join Piers Ridyard as he talks to Ren CEO, Loong Wang to uncover the magic behind integrating with DeFi protocols, wrapping-free!

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Solving crypto's problem with people! from 2020-08-27T12:00

On this episode of The DeFi Download, Piers speaks with Matthew Wright of Argent about how Argent are seeking to make DeFi accessible to anyone, and bringing a user experience to the non-custodi...

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Debt IS money. Really. from 2020-08-13T12:00

Join Piers Ridyard on the DeFi Download talking to Greg Diprisco of MakerDAO about lending, debt and the future of both.

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DeFi Roundtable: The Path to Decentralisation from 2020-08-01T16:00

Our exclusive roundtable with leading members of the DeFi community, discussing various aspects down the path to decentralization. 

Our guests include: Stani Kulechov, CEO at Aave; ...

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Bringing Funds to Cryptoland: DeFi edition. from 2020-07-16T12:00

In this episode of The Defi Download Piers Ridyard talks with Mona El Isa, co-founder of Melon Protocol and founder of Avantgarde Finance about the expansion of DeFi and asset management on chai...

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Vitalik Buterin walks into a room... from 2020-07-02T00:00

In this episode of Defi Download Piers Ridyard speaks with David Johnston, managing director of Yeoman's Capital and the person who coined the term Dapp about the growth of the cryptocurren...

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Hashgraph vs Bitcoin: A battle of Governance&Decentralisation from 2020-06-18T12:00

In this episode of Defi Download, Piers Ridyard speaks with Tom Trowbridge, co-founder of the Fluence Project and former president of Hedera Hashgraph about governance models in decentralised sy...

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$72k Bitcoin with Willy Woo from 2020-06-03T12:00

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