The Crypto Conversation

Chandra Duggirala is the CEO at Portal Finance, a bridgeless interoperability protocol on Bitcoin aiming to to accelerate the arrival of hyperbitcoinization. Why you should listen Portal Finance brings Native BTC, BRC20s, Ordinals and atomic swaps to any chain. Portal is fostering the Bitcoin Renaissance by building the tools for global financial self sovereignty. Their web scale, serverless, peer-to-peer infrastructure and ecosystem of tools financially empower individuals around the globe. Portal is live on testnet, and users can earn points toward the airdrop for participating. Supporting links Portal Finance Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Peko Wan is co-CEO of Pundi X, which has been deploying their blockchain-based point-of-sale (POS) solution and solidifying partnerships with governments, payment companies, and retailers around the world. Why you should listen Pundi X is a blockchain payments ecosystem. XPOS is the leading blockchain-based Point-of-Sale solution, enabling merchants to accept crypto payments or sell cryptocurrency in a physical shop. Running on the Android operating system, XPOS equips merchants with the capability to capture data in QR codes, as well as support NFC applications. Verified merchants can allocate funds between cashier and sales account as well as monitor their transactions via the merchant portal. The solution integrates Ethereum and BNB smart chain, TRON, and Bitcoin Lightning networks and supports popular blockchain wallets, including Muun Wallet, Metamask, Trust, f(x)Wallet, and more. Pundi X Chain is a dedicated payment-focused blockchain in the Function X network. It is specially designed to perform high throughput transactions with low latency and low transaction fees. In addition, it provides room for future compliance requirement upgrades, hardware (XPOS) integration, and Point-of-Sales compatibility, with tokenonomics that offer incentives to merchants and payment processors. The consensus mechanism for processing transactions and creating new blocks in Pundi X Chain is proof of stake. Holders can delegate PUNDIX coins to receive PURSE as block reward and PUNDIX reward generated by the network transaction fees. Supporting links Pundi X Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Alvin Kan is the Chief Operating Officer at Bitget Wallet, a comprehensive Web3 ecosystem platform. Why you should listen In just six years, Bitget Wallet has evolved from a simple wallet to a comprehensive Web3 ecosystem platform. Bitget Wallet is the ultimate Web3 multi-chain wallet, offering a comprehensive platform with wallet, Swap, NFT Market, DApp Browser, and Launchpad functionality. Supporting 100+ public chains, Bitget Wallet aggregates top DEXes and NFT markets to provide users with the best trading prices. Their mission is to create a world-class decentralized Web3 crypto wallet that offers a secure and convenient trading experience for all crypto users. The NFT Market of Bitget Wallet is one of the largest marketplaces on BNB Chain and Polygon, with 220,000+ NFT collections and US$40+ million in trading volume. It utilizes a unique DESM encryption algorithm and shares a US$300 million Protection Fund with the Bitget Exchange, ensuring the security of user assets and transactions. With its user-friendly features, the Bitget Web3 Wallet empowers users to engage with decentralized applications and digital assets, making it easier than ever to embrace the opportunities offered by the Web3 ecosystem. Bitget Wallet's on-chain layer is the future roadmap and blueprint of Bitget Wallet, and includes a $10 million BWB Ecosystem Fund to invest in and incubate emerging projects to build on the Bitget Onchain Layer. BWB will serve as the system token for the Bitget Onchain Layer, integrating deeply with the Bitget ecosystem. Supporting links Bitget Wallet Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Samir Kerbage is the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Products at Hashdex, a global pioneer in crypto asset management, with ETFs and crypto indexes worldwide. Why you should listen Founded in 2018, Hashdex is a global pioneer in crypto asset management. They are building pathways to prosperity by opening the crypto ecosystem to the world. With extensive experience in digital assets, Hashdex is a global leader that has launched numerous innovative products across Latin America, Europe and North America, aligning with relevant regulatory environments. Dedicated to bringing crypto opportunities to the mainstream, Hashdex partnered with Nasdaq to develop the Nasdaq Crypto Index (NCI) and Nasdaq Crypto Index Europe (NCIE) to provide global investors with a reliable benchmark for this dynamic asset class. In 2021, Hashdex introduced the world's first crypto index ETF, enabling many investors to allocate to crypto for the first time. Hashdex serves as the digital asset advisor for the Hashdex Bitcoin ETF. As one of the 13 asset managers approved for a spot Bitcoin ETF in the United States, Hashdex is further solidifying its global presence. Supporting links Hashdex Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Greg Siourounis is the managing director of the Sui Foundation, advancing and supporting Sui, the layer 1 blockchain designed to make Web3 fast, private, secure, and accessible to everyone. Why you should listen Mysten Labs' objective is to provide the basic architecture for Web3, creating tools for the future of Web3 to make it secure, dependable, and ready for widespread adoption. The Sui Blockchain was established to overcome common blockchain limitations and create a new blockchain with horizontal scalability. This unique approach aims to maintain low gas fees and high transaction processing capacity, offering improved security, scalability, and a user-friendly experience at a low cost. Mysten Labs, the creator of the Sui blockchain, closed a $300 million Series B funding round, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, and Binance Labs. The Sui Foundation is an independent organization with a mission to onboard the next billion users to web3 by advancing the global adoption of the Sui blockchain. The Sui Foundation exists in service of the Sui community and is committed to decentralization. The Sui Foundation marshals financial and personnel resources to fulfill its mission, including by educating, activating, funding, and promoting builders and creators working on Sui-based projects. It administers a few key programs including the Developer Grant Program, the Delegation Program, and the Ambassador Program. Supporting links Sui Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Meina Zhou is co-founder and CEO at Native. Native's mission is to improve the web3 user experience by solving fragmented liquidity and capital inefficiency in DeFi. They've built a unified, cross-chain liquidity layer combining on and off-chain liquidity sources using RFQ architecture. Why you should listen Native Labs is building Web3's Liquidity Layer, a protocol built to unify crypto's fragmented liquidity and radically enhance capital efficiency for PMMs. Via their RFQ System, Native's platform aggregates and connects order flow to PMMs for efficient off-chain pricing and on-chain execution. Since launching in April 2023, Native has onboarded over $100M in PMM liquidity and executed $2.2B+ in trading volume. Supporting links Native Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

William Simonin is the c-founder of Ta-da - a data platform for AI. Projected to reach $109B by 2032, the data collection market is primed for disruption. Ta-da offers high-quality data at lower costs, outperforming outsourcing and micro-tasking companies with a hybrid model that ensures quality, cost-effectiveness and scalability. Why you should listen Data is the new oil. Several growth factors are present in the data market, one of them being artificial intelligence, a big consumer of data. By 2032, the data collection market will experience a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 25%, meaning that the market will grow from $63 billion to $109 billion dollars. Ta-da is innovating an old data collection technique, crowdsourcing, to collect and validate data through their community, at a price you choose. Ta-da specializes in Voice Recordings, Images, Videos, Text, and labeling to cater to user data collection needs. Companies can get more accurate AI models with custom datasets at a fair price. Although the data collection market is promising, it still relies on mechanisms and technologies that can be improved. There is a market with great potential which is still based on outdated processes. In this context, Ta-da aims to become the first decentralized web3 micro-tasking data collection platform on the blockchain. Ta-da is a solution that enables cost-effective, high-quality, and diversified data collection. Their web and mobile application allows users to provide data that meets precise criteria through our clients. Ta-da offers flexibility by enabling companies to specify and customize their requirements in detail. The Ta-da platform promises traceability of the production and verification process, as well as fair remuneration of the community via its TADA token. Their goal is to establish Ta-da as the standard for data collection. Supporting links Ta-da Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Josh Olszewicz, renowned crypto trader and technical analyst, joins Andy to celebrate the 500th episode of the Crypto Conversation. Why you should listen Andy and Josh discuss Bitcoin, alts, American politics, memecoins, and Josh explains why he is serious about his $333k by July 2025 Bitcoin price target. It's the 500th Episode of Crypto Conversation, thank-you so much for listening! Supporting links Josh on Twitter Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Rossen is a core contributor at Azuro, an infrastructure/liquidity layer for on-chain predictions. It utilizes a new Liquidity Pool design, the Liquidity Tree, which creates and maintains market liquidity. Why you should listen Azuro is an infrastructure/liquidity layer for on-chain predictions. It utilizes a Liquidity Pool design, the Liquidity Tree to create and maintain market liquidity. The Azuro Protocol is a decentralized protocol that enables peer-to-pool prediction markets without intermediaries. It's built on EVM-compatible blockchains and consists of several smart contracts that handle different aspects of the prediction process, such as liquidity pools, odds, live betting, and payouts. The protocol uses a hybrid oracle/ automated market maker solution to determine the odds of different outcomes and to ensure that the process is fair and transparent. Azuro supports thousands of sports markets and other games, plus a rich feature set, which can be utilized by anyone permissionlessly for the creation of apps, embedded integrations or derivative products. The human desire to take risk for a gain is more widespread than ever. A generation of degens within and outside of crypto is here. A bet was one of the first forms of contract used by ancient people. Azuro enters the space with the mission to break down the barriers, creating a protocol dependent on community participation and ownership. A piece of critical on-chain infrastructure which acts as a black hole for liquidity for decentralized predictions and gaming. Azuro's approach to concentrating liquidity can deliver much deeper liquidity vs any centralized options. Azuro's tooling and oracle solutions can be utilized by any blockchain, starting with EVM-compatible ones. Azuro's open design will allow anyone to launch a prediction site/app with no upfront costs and zero risk management capacity needed. Supporting links Azuro Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Farzam Ehsani is co-founder and CEO of VALR, a South African crypto exchange headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. With regulatory approval to operate in Europe, VALR has 1000 corporate and institutional clients, more than half a million users, and now is expanding globally. Why you should listen VALR has raised $55 million in equity funding from leading investors such as Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital, and Avon Ventures. Inspired by the adage "it is expensive to be poor," they're committed to creating a financial ecosystem that is accessible to all, challenging the status quo and reducing the frictions imposed by outdated systems. The VALR platform is a testament to their belief in a socio-financial evolution. They envision a future where the global community is not defined by national boundaries but united by a shared vision of justice and prosperity. VALR caters to the specific needs of professional traders with a high-performance trading platform that boasts one of the industry's most advanced API systems. Their commitment to professional traders is matched by their dedication to making crypto trading accessible to everyone, ensuring a comprehensive, inclusive financial ecosystem. VALR's platform combines professional-grade tools with an intuitive interface, making it the ideal choice for traders at every level of expertise. Supporting links VALR Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.