Episodes

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.

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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.

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with Dr. Wendy Charles, CSO of BurstIQ. Topics include her background in health policy and compliance, how blockchain technology improves health industry practices, the increasing rights individuals have over their health data, how COVID changed healthcare appointments, the growing changes in how organizations and governments view blockchain, and more!

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with Danielle Wall Elliott, COO of Nayms. Topics include her background and time at ShapeShift, the decentralization of ShapeShift as a corporation, how the cryptocurrency space has changed since 2014, the insurance industry becoming more digital, the types of clients Nayms seeks to insure first, the inclusivity cryptocurrency inherently offers, and more!

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with Odd Røland and Adrian Fjellberg, lead maintainers of Flamingo Finance. Topics include their background in Web 2, the shifting mindsets people have in their relationships with finance, cross-chain and other features on Flamingo's roadmap, the FLUND staking token, how meme coins can activate an ecosystem, and more!

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with Psykeeper, the founder of Saffron Finance. Discussion topics include trade-offs of being an anonymous founder, his outlook on DeFi's opportunities and constraints, preferences for building in bear markets, multi-asset tranching systems, using stablecoin yield for insurance funds, and more!

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with Snake Plissken, the Chief Administrative Officer at Elk Finance. Discussion topics include how the DeFi platform achieves cross-chain interoperability, Elk Finance’s impermanent loss protection, the types of contracts it deploys, using NFTs for access to cross-chain proxy token services, and more!

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with William Song, founder of Lyrebird. Topics discussed include Terra’s collapse and how it changed his perception of “defending the peg,” how Lyrebird will adapt and potentially move forward with a fractionally backed stablecoin, the importance of using yield-generating assets for collateral in the Bowerbird lending protocol, using Neo’s native oracle network, and more!

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with Andrew Redden, a founding member of PleasrDAO. Discussion topics include his background as a developer in the ETH ecosystem, his perspective on what DAOs are, what one should consider when championing a proposal in a DAO, the process and emotions of purchasing items at auction, and more!

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with Yev Muchnik, founder of Launch Legal. The pair discuss her journey into the legal field and blockchain, the differences between projects in bull and bear markets, the various types of DAOs Yev has advised, participating in DAOs related to humanitarian efforts and employee services, DAO tooling, the future of DAOs, and more!

Episode Notes In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with Claude Müller and Guil Machado, Senior Software Engineers at AxLabs. The trio discussed their open-source code philosophy, the thought processes that went into the development of the GrantShares DAO, how individuals can propose projects for DAO funding, the project proposal life cycle, and more!

Episode Notes In the inaugural episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with Jon ShapeShift, co-founder and former COO of the ShapeShift exchange. The pair discuss ShapeShift's decision to shut down as a corporate entity and migrate entirely to a DAO model.