The Smart Economy Podcast: Real-World Blockchain Applications with Crypto, DeFi, NFTs, and DAOs

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, we speak with Sarah Thiam, a developer advocate for Filecoin VM at Protocol Labs. Topics discussed include lessons learned from her previous experience in both the government and enterprise, the significance of combining smart contracts with decentralized storage, supporting teams that are new to the ecosystem, and protocol agnosticism for the multi-chain future. To stay in the loop, subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us on Twitter and TikTok.Did you enjoy this episode? Check out these other great guests:Tomasz Stańczak - Ethereum FoundationDavid Hoffman - BanklessFisher Yu - Babylon LabsAlexei Zamyatin - BOBSid Powell - Maple FinanceAnd many others!ATTENTION all blockchain, crypto, and Web3 professionals! If you're a founder, CEO, or expert doing something innovative in this space, we're interested in speaking to you! Apply to be a guest on our platform and connect with our vibrant community of blockchain professionals:  https://bit.ly/SEP-guest

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, we speak with Sakhib Waseem, CTO of Astra Protocol. Topics discussed include how his background in banking impacted his perspective on blockchain, where the financial industry is today with regards to implementing blockchain technology into their tech architecture, and the role Astra plays in decentralized identity solutions. To stay in the loop, subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us on Twitter and TikTok.Did you enjoy this episode? Check out these other great guests:Tomasz Stańczak - Ethereum FoundationDavid Hoffman - BanklessFisher Yu - Babylon LabsAlexei Zamyatin - BOBSid Powell - Maple FinanceAnd many others!ATTENTION all blockchain, crypto, and Web3 professionals! If you're a founder, CEO, or expert doing something innovative in this space, we're interested in speaking to you! Apply to be a guest on our platform and connect with our vibrant community of blockchain professionals:  https://bit.ly/SEP-guest

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, we speak with Al Morris, founder of Koii Network. Topics discussed include empowering users by giving them control over their data, building a decentralized internet, rewarding users for contributing resources, the various iterations of the Koii Network, and upcoming releases. To stay in the loop, subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us on Twitter and TikTok.Did you enjoy this episode? Check out these other great guests:Tomasz Stańczak - Ethereum FoundationDavid Hoffman - BanklessFisher Yu - Babylon LabsAlexei Zamyatin - BOBSid Powell - Maple FinanceAnd many others!ATTENTION all blockchain, crypto, and Web3 professionals! If you're a founder, CEO, or expert doing something innovative in this space, we're interested in speaking to you! Apply to be a guest on our platform and connect with our vibrant community of blockchain professionals:  https://bit.ly/SEP-guest

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, we speak with Sid Powell, CEO and co-founder of Maple Finance. Topics discussed include his background in debt capital markets at a bank and conversely on the client side at a lending business, the conceptualization of Maple Finance to its 2021 launch, the types of institutional clients Maple Finance seeks, and offering loans backed on assets that aren’t correlated with crypto. To stay in the loop, subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us on Twitter and TikTok.Did you enjoy this episode? Check out these other great guests:Tomasz Stańczak - Ethereum FoundationDavid Hoffman - BanklessFisher Yu - Babylon LabsAlexei Zamyatin - BOBSid Powell - Maple FinanceAnd many others!ATTENTION all blockchain, crypto, and Web3 professionals! If you're a founder, CEO, or expert doing something innovative in this space, we're interested in speaking to you! Apply to be a guest on our platform and connect with our vibrant community of blockchain professionals:  https://bit.ly/SEP-guest

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, we speak with Seamus Donoghue, Chief Growth Officer at METACO. Topics discussed include lessons learned working for an exchange in 2017 and 2018 during the ICO craze, how well-defined regulations positively impact crypto companies, how banks are looking into blockchain-based solutions, the outlook institutions are developing for crypto’s future, and how METACO services its institutional clients.Did you enjoy this episode? Check out these other great guests:Tomasz Stańczak - Ethereum FoundationDavid Hoffman - BanklessFisher Yu - Babylon LabsAlexei Zamyatin - BOBSid Powell - Maple FinanceAnd many others!ATTENTION all blockchain, crypto, and Web3 professionals! If you're a founder, CEO, or expert doing something innovative in this space, we're interested in speaking to you! Apply to be a guest on our platform and connect with our vibrant community of blockchain professionals:  https://bit.ly/SEP-guest

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, we speak with Willy Ogorzaly, Head of Decentralization at Fox Foundation. Topics discussed include his first startup and how that parlayed into getting acquihired by the then centralized ShapeShift, what it was like working through a bear market while ShapeShift was also facing an existential and philosophical dilemma, how the new ShapeShift DAO operates, and building a community among decentralized builders.Did you enjoy this episode? Check out these other great guests:Tomasz Stańczak - Ethereum FoundationDavid Hoffman - BanklessFisher Yu - Babylon LabsAlexei Zamyatin - BOBSid Powell - Maple FinanceAnd many others!ATTENTION all blockchain, crypto, and Web3 professionals! If you're a founder, CEO, or expert doing something innovative in this space, we're interested in speaking to you! Apply to be a guest on our platform and connect with our vibrant community of blockchain professionals:  https://bit.ly/SEP-guest

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, we speak with Chad Barraford, a core developer at THORChain. Discussion topics include the importance of a decentralized multi-chain swapping protocol, the risks associated with blockchain-to-blockchain bridges, THORChain’s synthetic assets versus wrapped assets on other networks, and the protocol's economic security model. 51:48 - "Lending Design"Did you enjoy this episode? Check out these other great guests:Tomasz Stańczak - Ethereum FoundationDavid Hoffman - BanklessFisher Yu - Babylon LabsAlexei Zamyatin - BOBSid Powell - Maple FinanceAnd many others!ATTENTION all blockchain, crypto, and Web3 professionals! If you're a founder, CEO, or expert doing something innovative in this space, we're interested in speaking to you! Apply to be a guest on our platform and connect with our vibrant community of blockchain professionals:  https://bit.ly/SEP-guest

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, we speak with Graven Prest, a co-founder of GeoWeb. Discussion topics include non-technical roles in tech-oriented startups, how local blockchain communities can empower new industry entrants, GitCoin grants rounds, the melding of information sharing and open geospatial networks, how GeoWeb intends to evolve over time, and use cases for the platform.Did you enjoy this episode? Check out these other great guests:Tomasz Stańczak - Ethereum FoundationDavid Hoffman - BanklessFisher Yu - Babylon LabsAlexei Zamyatin - BOBSid Powell - Maple FinanceAnd many others!ATTENTION all blockchain, crypto, and Web3 professionals! If you're a founder, CEO, or expert doing something innovative in this space, we're interested in speaking to you! Apply to be a guest on our platform and connect with our vibrant community of blockchain professionals:  https://bit.ly/SEP-guest

Episode Notes In this special episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, we have compiled student thoughts from Neo's recent "Decoding Web3" US campus tour. Topics include the importance of blockchain clubs, what the students found particularly interesting about Neo, what they took away from presentations held by prominent Neo ecosystem representatives, and much more!Did you enjoy this episode? Check out these other great guests:Tomasz Stańczak - Ethereum FoundationDavid Hoffman - BanklessFisher Yu - Babylon LabsAlexei Zamyatin - BOBSid Powell - Maple FinanceAnd many others!ATTENTION all blockchain, crypto, and Web3 professionals! If you're a founder, CEO, or expert doing something innovative in this space, we're interested in speaking to you! Apply to be a guest on our platform and connect with our vibrant community of blockchain professionals:  https://bit.ly/SEP-guest

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, we speak with Derrek Coleman, a Community Steward at ETH Denver. Topics discussed include finding work in Web3, the types of positions that DAOs most often need to fill, the history of ETH Denver and the types of projects that have arisen from past events, the hackathon and prizes available, and more!Did you enjoy this episode? Check out these other great guests:Tomasz Stańczak - Ethereum FoundationDavid Hoffman - BanklessFisher Yu - Babylon LabsAlexei Zamyatin - BOBSid Powell - Maple FinanceAnd many others!ATTENTION all blockchain, crypto, and Web3 professionals! If you're a founder, CEO, or expert doing something innovative in this space, we're interested in speaking to you! Apply to be a guest on our platform and connect with our vibrant community of blockchain professionals:  https://bit.ly/SEP-guest