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 Len Sir, Investment Lead at MEXC M-Ventures and Labs. Topics discussed include the vast roles a VC plays in the incubation of ideas and projects, the focus areas of M-Ventures and Labs, his insights into Neo's recent "Decoding Web3" university tour, 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

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, we speak with Chase Devens, a Research Analyst at Messari. Topics include his philosophy on garnering the next wave of Web3 businesses, how the ethos of decentralization shapes Messari's principles, the process of creating content and information for Messari's clients, the multi-chain thesis, the role regulations will have in the Web3 space, 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

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, we speak with James Weybourne, Chief Design Officer of COZ. Topics include his background and industry awards for design in the health technology space, the psychology behind good UX design, how collaborative processes with various stakeholders make for successful UX design, his outlook on blockchain’s mainstream adoption, 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

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, we speak with Writing Coach Chris Sowers. Topics include how his side hustle has evolved and grown to coaching more than a dozen writers, how blockchain can be used to reduce friction in remote working and traditional industry, how people in this industry working for the betterment of society positively changed his perceptions of the technology, 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

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with Joshua McDougall, President of Slow Ninja. Topics include his journey developing across blockchains, the philosophy of building fun games and how they can unknowingly onboard new users to Web3, building a gaming protocol that integrates the composability of other dApps in the Cosmos ecosystem, 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

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with Andrew Jekimochev, Community Lead of Blockchain Cuties Universe. Topics include the nuances between traditional and blockchain-based game development, the origin of BCU, how the community shapes the project, how the blockchain-gaming space has evolved over time, 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

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with Nicolas Choukroun, CEO of Metaisland. Topics include the various ways blockchain will be implemented in the game, his extensive background in the gaming space, what it was like to stumble upon cryptocurrency in the early days of the internet, 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

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with Ace, co-founder of UFO Gaming. Topics include the role UFO Gaming's community has with the direction of the project, airdrop events for NFTs and utility tokens, how UFO Gaming seeks to become the Steam platform for blockchain games, 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, Dylan speaks with Grace Gui, CMO of Jsquare. Topics include her background in the legal field, the international appeal cryptocurrency offers, how broader macro trends impact cryptocurrency markets, the differences between market cycles, current and future trends she’s monitoring, philosophical differences of different VC firms, 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

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with Jessica Levesque, Executive Director of C4. Topics include her background in education, where blockchain education gets it right and improvements that can be made, the community development aspects of blockchain ecosystems, how C4's certifications are created and updated, how the blockchain industry has become more diverse in the past couple of years but still has room to grow, 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