The Crypto Conversation

Maxwell McKendry is Director of Business Development for Phi Labs, building out the Archway blockchain - an incentivized L1 blockchain that allows developers to capture the value their dapps create, enabling sustainable economic models. Mainnet launch is coming in July. Why you should listen Max McKendry, Director of Business Development for Phi Labs discusses Archway blockchain, which aims to incentivize developers by enabling them to capture the value that their dapps create and build sustainable economic models. The Archway Foundation held a public sale through Coin List where they distributed 5% of the total supply. The purpose was to distribute, supply, and decentralize the protocol, which sold out in under an hour. They plan on launching Mainnet in early July with user-facing applications as well as developer-facing tooling along with AWS-like interoperability with easy-to-use tools for web two developers and users who want to launch new business models on-chain easily while being intuitive at the same time. Supporting links Bitget VIP Link Archway 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 Frank is the CEO and Co-Founder of The Tie - a Premium Digital Asset Data provider for institutions. Why you should listen The Tie's core offering, The Tie Terminal, is the fastest and most comprehensive platform for institutional digital asset market participants. With its unmatched breadth and depth of data coverage, combined with a suite of powerful, customizable tools, The Terminal provides an all-in-one solution to stay on top of the crypto market. The Tie has a large range of datasets and dashboards, for example, the Tie Terminal Funds Screener provides a real-time feed of the most recent fundraises in the crypto space, with each fund's most recent amount raised, the number of new investors in that raise, as well as aggregated totals. The Funds Screener has advanced filtration capabilities that enable you to discover opportunities that meet specific criteria. For example, identify any firm that has raised $25M+ in aggregate, raised capital since January 1st, and has made investments in 10+ crypto projects. Clicking any fund within the Funds Screener will take you to a dedicated profile, where you'll find a breakout of the fund's investments, granular details around capital they've raised, as well as news, headcount growth, company descriptions, and other key metrics. The Tie's primary clientele includes traditional and crypto-native hedge funds, OTC desks, market makers, banks, and other institutional market participants. Supporting links Bitget VIP Link The Tie 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.

Arjun Kalsy is the Head of Ecosystem at Mantle, a modular layer two blockchain designed to help scale Ethereum and drive mass adoption of decentralized technologies. Why you should listen Arjun explains the unique features of Mantle's technology, including its modular architecture and data availability solution provided by EigenLayer. The rebranding from BitDao to Mantle signals a commitment to becoming a product-focused DAO with one brand and one token (MNT) across the entire ecosystem. The goal for Mantle is mass adoption of decentralized and token governed technologies through community ownership and governance. Main net launch for Mantle is scheduled for mid-July 2023. Supporting links Bitget VIP Link Mantle 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.

zondacrypto is one of the largest digital asset investment platforms in Europe with over 1 million users. The company was established in 2014 and is the leading crypto payments provider in central and eastern Europe. Why you should listen Long ago, people traded seashells. Then raw materials like copper and gold. Today, it's crypto. zondacrypto believe that everyone should have a place to buy and sell, just like we always have. Their exchange is a regulated platform where you can join 1 million+ people trading in cryptocurrencies. Zonda is the biggest crypto payments provider in central and eastern Europe and are iimplementing digital currency payments and driving the dynamic of crypto payments adoption in the EU. The upcoming zondacrypto token (ZND) will be introduced soon with an updated fee structure, featuring a tiered system, and an enhanced user experience. ZND is a utility token that will offer users unique benefits such as lower trading fees, staking, exclusive access to new projects, and the ability to participate in governance decisions. Supporting links Bitget VIP Link zondacrypto 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.

Abdul Osman is the founder and CEO of Goracle - a Decentralized Oracle Network built on the Algorand blockchain. With the new cross-chain compatibility feature, Goracle can import data from Ethereum and other blockchains, opening up new use cases. Why you should listen Goracle is a decentralized blockchain oracle solution built on the Algorand blockchain. It provides a secure and reliable way for smart contracts on the Algorand blockchain to access off-chain data. With the new cross-chain compatibility feature, Goracle can import data from Ethereum and other blockchains, opening up new use cases and opportunities for developers. Goracle is in Testnet and plans to launch to Mainnet this month. Goracle's features enable Algorand to act as a settlement layer for other blockchains, providing seamless access to data on other chains and facilitating cross-chain liquidity. This feature will enable developers to build a wide range of applications without building their own centralized oracles. For example, developers can now build DeFi apps that allow users to trade assets across multiple blockchains. Other use cases for cross-chain applications include supply chain management, gaming, and asset management. For example, developers can build applications that track the movement of goods across different blockchains, verify the ownership of virtual assets in games, or manage a portfolio of assets across different blockchains. Goracle is conducting an IDO for their $GORA token on June 28 via Tokensoft. Supporting links Bitget VIP Link Goracle $GORA IDO 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.

Brandon "Psifour" Conley is a Bitcoiner and cypherpunk and an enthusiastic proponent of the Bitcoin Ordinals Project. Why you should listen The Ordinal Theory Handbook explains that Ordinal theory concerns itself with satoshis, giving them individual identities and allowing them to be tracked, transferred, and imbued with meaning. Satoshis, not bitcoin, are the atomic, native currency of the Bitcoin network. One bitcoin can be sub-divided into 100,000,000 satoshis, but no further. Ordinal theory does not require a sidechain or token aside from Bitcoin, and can be used without any changes to the Bitcoin network. Ordinal theory imbues satoshis with numismatic value, allowing them to be collected and traded as curios. Individual satoshis can be inscribed with arbitrary content, creating unique Bitcoin-native digital artifacts that can be held in Bitcoin wallets and transferred using Bitcoin transactions. Inscriptions are as durable, immutable, secure, and decentralized as Bitcoin itself. Other, more unusual use-cases are possible: off-chain colored-coins, public key infrastructure with key rotation, a decentralized replacement for the DNS. For now though, such use-cases are speculative, and exist only in the minds of fringe ordinal theorists. Supporting links Bitget VIP Link Ordinal Theory Handbook Gamma A Cypherpunk's Manifesto 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, Head Of Research and Portfolio Manager at Valkyrie Investments, returns to the Crypto Conversation for a Crypto Market Update. Josh gives us the Valkyrie update and shares his views on the current market. Plus, hear Josh's thoughts on Ethereum, Bitcoin Ordinals, and his Bitcoin price targets for the peak of the next bull market. https://partner.bitget.com/bg/BraveNewCoin https://valkyrieinvest.com/

Winston Zhang is a co-founder at Cega, DeFi's Exotic Options Protocol - a platform that offers safer and more transparent yield strategies. Why you should listen Cega is building the next evolution in defi derivatives. Cega is the first protocol focused purely on exotic derivatives, a class of options products that combine basic options (e.g. call/put) with advanced options characteristics to create packaged offerings for investors which generate superior yield, provide downside protection, and express infinite views of the financial market. Supporting links Bitget VIP Link Cega 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.

Liam Bacon and Jacob Horgan are the co-founders of Aradena, a gaming platform that uses innovative gameplay developments and web3 to revolutionize competitive gaming. The token sale for the Aradena Gold token is happening soon. Why you should listen Aradena: Battlegrounds offers a unique, immersive and compelling battle system that is strategic and fun. A competitive strategy game that combines the deck-building mechanics of CCGs like Hearthstone, with the strategic moment-to-moment gameplay of the likes of Civilisation, Warhammer and XCOM - all this creates a new and exciting competitive strategy gameplay experience, set in the medieval fantasy Kingdom of Aradena. Liam and Jake discuss the principles behind creating a successful blockchain game, which includes creating gameplay that is fun and addictive. They explain their sustainable game economy design, which involves having more syncs than sources to control token emissions. They also introduce their dual economy system with silver and gold economies. In terms of user acquisition strategy, they focus on targeting both Web3 gamers and traditional gamers by removing barriers to entry for traditional gamers. Their ultimate goal is to onboard millions of traditional gamers into web3 gaming by providing an amazing game experience enhanced by Web3 technology. Finally, they talk about their Aradena Battlegrounds game which utilizes trading card game mechanics in a snappy gameplay format. Aradena will be launching its closed beta soon, which requires owning one of their Warrior NFTs; they will also launch their token sale shortly after the closed beta release date announcement. Supporting links Bitget VIP Link Aradena 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.

Harrison Hines is the CEO and co-founder of Fleek, the web3 development and infrastructure platform, and Fleek Network, the decentralized Edge network, and protocol. Why you should listen Fleek is a Web3 infrastructure platform that surfaces protocols like IPFS, Arweave, Filecoin, Akask, POKT, ENS, and more. Fleek lets developers use them independently or combine them together to create awesome new Web3 experiences. Harrison discusses his journey in the industry and how he was drawn to decentralizing the web. He explains that Fleek is a Web3 development platform that focuses on the non-smart contract side of DApps such as IPFS hosting and storage. Harrison also talks about the current state of Web3 developer culture and its potential for growth, but notes that there are still gaps to fill such as better tooling and more user-friendly experiences for developers using these protocols. He highlights the Fleek Network's ability to offer cost advantages without sacrificing performance or reliability when compared with traditional cloud providers in Web Two. Supporting links Bitget VIP Link Fleek 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.