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Tomer Weller is the VP of Product at Stellar, one of the earliest alternative Layer 1 chains that existed before Ethereum. Stellar recently launched Soroban, its smart contract platform, designed to enhance the blockchain's functionality with efficient, developer-friendly tools for building sophisticated applications. In today's conversation, we dive deep into Stellar, overview their fundamentals, reflect on its decade long journey as a Layer 1 blockchain, and have a closer look into the current use cases. Thanks to Stellar for supporting independent journalism. 0:00 Intro 0:58 Stellar Overview 2:01 Tomer Weller 3:48 Stellar Fundamentals 8:49 Being Early 12:06 Smart Contracts 17:26 Attracting Developers 23:09 Use Cases 29:52 Argentina 33:10 Franklin Templeton 36:49 Censorship Resistance 39:30 Scaling 55:17 Stellar Validators 1:00:58 What's Next? ✨ Check out our new website ✨ https://thedefiant.io/ 🚀 Sign up to our newsletter 🚀 https://thedefiant.io/go-premium#pricing?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signup 🤑 Find DeFi investment opportunities & educational primers here https://thedefiant.io/promo?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alpha ✊ Follow The Defiant Twitter: https://twitter.com/defiantnews Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3SdRdEs5ag Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedefiant.io/ Telegram: https://t.me/DefiantNews 📬 Contact our Newsroom editorial@thedefiant.io 🤝 Sponsorships & Partnerships sponsors@thedefiant.io #TheDefiant​ #DeFi​ #Decentralized​ #Finance​ #Blockchain #Web3

Erica Kang is the CEO and founder of KryptoSeoul, a leading community building team in South Korea that focuses on blockchain projects. Erica has been a bridge between the East and the West for a very long time, and today we get to dive deep into her journey. She grew up in Korea, then moved to the United States and did a stint in Vietnam. She has not only reshaped the blockchain landscape, but she's also championed a new era of community driven empowerment. Before we dive into all of that, Erica will share a little bit about how she first got involved in the crypto community. 0:00 Intro 0:48 Community in Crypto 5:16 Erika Kang's Personal Journey 8:03 Differences in Culture 13:12 BUIDL Asia + ETH Seoul 15:47 Crypto Projects in Korea 20:30 Kimchi Premium 22:20 Information Flow 26:55 BTC as SOV 30:09 Terra's Implosion 33:00 KryptoSeoul Community 38:17 Events in Asia 40:50 How are you defiant? ✨ Check out our new website ✨ https://thedefiant.io/ 🚀 Sign up to our newsletter 🚀 https://thedefiant.io/go-premium#pricing?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signup 🤑 Find DeFi investment opportunities & educational primers here https://thedefiant.io/promo?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alpha ✊ Follow The Defiant Twitter: https://twitter.com/defiantnews Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3SdRdEs5ag Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedefiant.io/ Telegram: https://t.me/DefiantNews 📬 Contact our Newsroom editorial@thedefiant.io 🤝 Sponsorships & Partnerships sponsors@thedefiant.io #TheDefiant​ #DeFi​ #Decentralized​ #Finance​ #Blockchain #Web3

Gitcoin founders discuss onchain funding models like quadratic and retroactive funding, the benefits of onchain capital allocation, and the Allo Protocol for transparent pooled capital distribution

In this podcast, they discuss the development of Sui Network by a former Apple engineer, the challenges of Web2, comparisons with other blockchains, potential use cases, the future of DeFi, and a glimpse into the bull market of 2024. They also touch on the incentivization program on Sui and the future of blockchain technology.

Founder of Ethena Labs discusses innovative stablecoin model USDe, off-exchange risks, ETH short positions, insurance fund, scalability, new collateral, depegged ETH, use cases, airdrop, biggest risk, success, and revenue potential in DeFi landscape.

Discussing the unique features of Aptos, including Dynamic Parallelism and VC funding. Exploring current and future use cases, like Aptos Phone. Addressing concerns and success factors for Aptos. Focusing on scalability, content verification, and mass adoption in blockchain technology.

Brendan Farmer, Co-founder of Polygon, discusses scaling technologies within Polygon's framework, ZK technology benefits, Aggregation Layer, and future blockchain efficiency. Topics include ZKP vs Optimistic Rollup, AggLayer benefits, non-EVM chains, and Polygon's 2024 outlook.

Alex Blania, cofounder of Worldcoin, discusses the controversial aspect of the project aiming to become the largest digital identity and financial network. Topics include the $WLD token, the Orb, scanned data storage, bribing with crypto, UBI, use cases of Worldcoin, decentralization, and potential risks.

⚠️IMPORTANT NOTICE ⚠️ Today we're joined by Chris Amani, who's the CEO of Terraform Labs. Our conversation with Chris unfolds in two parts. Initially recorded on January 17th, we begin by catching up on the latest developments and the new strategic direction of the Terra ecosystem following its collapse in May 2022. Intriguingly, just days after our initial dialogue, Terraform Labs announced its filing for bankruptcy. In the latter part of our discussion, we delve into the intricacies of this voluntary decision to explore the potential implications and expected outcomes stemming from the bankruptcy filing. Chapters 0:00 Important Notice 0:49 Podcast Intro 1:50 Terra Reborn 5:55 The Day of the Crash 18:58 Terra Recap 31:20 The SEC Trial 36:30 Terra Classic vs Terra 2.0 41:04 Terra 2.0 Vision 54:02 TFL Treasury 58:00 Lessons from Building in Crypto 1:13:00 Terra 2.0 Roadmap 1:15:28 EXTENSION: Terraform Labs Files for Bankruptcy 1:22:54 Ideal outcome 1:26:13 Impacts on Roadmap ✨ Check out our new website ✨ https://thedefiant.io/ 🚀 Sign up to our newsletter 🚀 https://thedefiant.io/go-premium#pricing?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signup 🤑 Find DeFi investment opportunities & educational primers here https://thedefiant.io/promo?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alpha ✊ Follow The Defiant Twitter: https://twitter.com/defiantnews Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3SdRdEs5ag Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedefiant.io/ Telegram: https://t.me/DefiantNews 📬 Contact our Newsroom editorial@thedefiant.io 🤝 Sponsorships & Partnerships sponsors@thedefiant.io #TheDefiant​ #DeFi​ #Decentralized​ #Finance​ #Blockchain #Web3

Mustafa Al-Bassam, CEO and Co-Founder of Celestia Labs, discusses how Celestia provides data availability and acts as a bulletin board for computers. They talk about building Celestia, challenges faced, and its role within the blockchain ecosystem. Mustafa also shares his expertise in ethical hacking and his focus on decentralized stablecoins. The conversation touches on developer experience, advice for teams launching a network, and Celestia's culture of high-quality work.