Join Zach Rynes (ChainLinkGod) and The_Crypto_Oracle as they explore crypto from first principles and talk with founders, industry leaders, and domain experts from across the crypto industry. Opinions of the cohosts and guests are their own.
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Long form conversations with the sharpest minds in DeFi & Crypto. Hosted by Nick Drakon - https://twitter.com/NickDrakon Presented by Revelo Intel - https://www.revelointel.com Follow - https://twitter.com/DeFiSparks
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Crypto today is split between Bitcoin, the speculative memecoin casino, and everything else aiming to generate real value for society. In this podcast, Zach Rynes (ChainLinkGod) and The_Crypto_Oracle discuss the rise of rise of memecoin gambling and provide insights into how the onchain finance ecosystem is likely to evolve. Follow Zach Rynes | CLG…
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2024 saw the introduction of spot Bitcoin ETFs and the explosion of memecoins, creating a unique crypto market cycle of the likes we haven't seen before. In this podcast, Zach Rynes (ChainLinkGod) talks with Daniel Shapiro, founder of Abstraction Capital, about some of the recent market trends driven by Bitcoin ETF liquidity and some the ongoing te…
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Persistence provides staking, liquid staking, and now, restaking services for the Cosmos ecosystem. The protocol is comprised of two components, in pSTAKE, the liquid staked asset hub, and DEXTER, a DeFi application with LST and yield-bearing token use-cases. The Cosmos ecosystem surprised some when the likes of Celestia were introduced last year, …
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Aperture is an Intents-based architecture that helps users manage their Uniswap V3 LP positions. The protocol contains an auto-rebalance feature, automated liquidity management strategies, as well as the Aperture swap DEX on Manta network. This is all made possible through the power of Intents... Aperture is a long ways in the making; the team is r…
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Mantle may have the most opportunity of any chain currently. It is a L2 built on Ethereum and may benefit from $ETH's EIP-4844 upgrade. It also uses EigenLayer's DA, making it a potential candidate for airdrops. In this video, our CEO, Nick Drakon, sits down with Jordi Alexander, Chief Alchemist at Mantle, to discuss the chain's plans going forward…
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Thorchain is the first DEX to introduce a cross-chain native-to-native asset settlements in DeFi and has survived 3 bear-bull crypto cycles. Chad Barraford (Core Dev) & Nick Drakon discuss Thorchain's approach to solving liquidity fragmentation in DeFi, their potential to grow more, and the complex but efficient products and services they have made…
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Monad is new Layer 1 blockchain built for speed and high performance by utilising parallel execution and pipelining. Keone Hon (CEO & Founder) & Nick Drakon discuss Monad's approach to solving for high performance problem sets and the infrastructure choices they have made. On today's agenda, we discuss: 📌Monad's Overview 📌Parallel Execution/Pipelin…
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Welcome to another episode of DeFi Sparks with @NickDrakon and @ChainLinkGod! On today's agenda, we discuss: 📌Chainlink's Overview 📌Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol 📌Oracles 📌Chainlink's Business Model & Revenue Streams 📌Data Streams 📌Automation 📌Use Cases 📌$LINK Token 📌Chainlink's Market Dominance 📌Future of Chainlink Revelo Intel is now LIVE…
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Nick Drakon and Francesco Biviano discuss Arcton's overview, business model and pathways for potential adoption. Francesco also explains how advanced the Swiss regulatory framework is and if it is being talked about anywhere else in Europe. He also explains how will they facilitate high quality deal flows, and what are the reporting and disclosure …
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The recent collaboration between Swift, Chainlink, and 12+ of the largest financial institutions in the world on using CCIP for cross-chain interoperability has captured the attention of both the crypto and TradFi worlds. In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle discuss recent developments within the Chainlink and crypto ecosystems, as w…
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Nick Drakon and TN Lee discuss Pendle's overview, design and feature improvements. TN explains how they think when it comes to expanding into different verticals and blockchains. TN discusses his view on current on-chain t-bills activity. TN shares a high-level looping strategy using Pendle's products in order to maximize yield. He also gives a tea…
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Nick Drakon and Tiago Pratas discuss the potential use cases of LSTfi and its role in spurring consolidation. Tiago explains how Lido remains dominant in the liquid staking derivatives (LSD) market. Tiago discusses ANKR's B2B services for financial institutions and get insights into their exciting roadmap, the concept of flash loan staking, and Tia…
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Stader Labs is a well-known protocol specializing in liquid staking, with a multichain focus. The conversation in this episode centers on the upcoming launch of ETHx on the Ethereum network. ETHx is a liquid staking derivative designed to address several issues present in Ethereum staking. Currently, a significant amount of ETH is staked with a lim…
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ZKX: Derivatives & Perpetual Futures Trading in DeFi, Self Custody, & Governance w/ 0xEduardo
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With an uncertain regulatory environment and growing interest in DeFi solutions for trading after the collapse of multiple centralized exchanges, Founder of ZKX, Eduard, recognized a significant gap in the market. Eduard saw an emerging opportunity with the adopting of CEXs int eh global markets - where there was an ease of transferring funds from …
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Matt Blaine, a Respond Law partner, specializes in business law & litigation. In the past 12-18 months, he has focused on DeFi protocols, tackling legal structures and compliance best practices within the vague legal landscape of DeFi. BeethovenX and ByteMasons are some of the project he has consulted. In this episode, Matt and I dive into the cryp…
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Chainlink is the industry-standard Web3 services platform connecting the people, businesses, and data of today with the Web3 world of tomorrow. In this episode, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle talk with Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov and discuss a wide range of topics from Sergey’s background building Chainlink years ago to ongoing initiati…
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In this episode, I speak with Vasily Nikonov, the Founder & CEO of Velvet Capital, on the potential of passive investing through ETF funds on chain. Capital is a company that's building the infrastructure that allows individuals and institutions to create and manage ETF style funds in which individual investors can deploy capital into. With the suc…
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There are trillions of dollars worth of real world assets (RWAs) in the existing financial ecosystem ready to be tokenized and brought on-chain. In this episode, ChainLinkGod talks to Nathan Allman, founder and CEO of Ondo Finance—a project focused on tokenizing bonds and US treasuries on Ethereum blockchain, enabling stablecoin holders to put thei…
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Alluo is a products that allow users to earn on-chain yield on their crypto assets in a streamlined and simple way. There exist a vast majority of users who don't want to transact on chain and manage their funds to earn yield on their assets. There is a large and continuous growing market for products like these, but the products of the recent past…
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As we move into 2023 Nick Drakon predicts we are going to operate in a multichain world and that the infrastructure required to facilitate the transfer of value and information between these chains is going to be a huge business. In this episode, Nick and Atlas, CEO of Cryptolink, discuss the value of interoperability and the impact it has on infra…
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Join Nick Drakon and Darren Camas, CEO of IPOR Labs, as they discuss interest rates in DeFi and explore the history and importance of LIBOR, the cost of capital, and the role of trust in finance. Learn about the potential for DeFi to disrupt traditional finance and the future of interest rates in a decentralized world. IPOR Labs has developed and l…
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When Celsius, Terra, Three Arrows Capital, BlockFi, Voyager, etc collapsed in early 2022, most people assumed that was the contagion event of the year. Now with the collapse of FTX and a missing $10B of customer assets, crypto is getting its second serving of pain and despair. In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle discuss the current …
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Souvlaki is the Head of Financial Reporting at BeethovenX, a decentralized exchange that runs on both Fantom and Optimism. Before moving to DeFi, Souvlaki spent a decade working at two of the Big Four auditing firms, and another five years at one of the largest TradFi investment banks in the world. Souvlaki's experience makes him the perfect indivi…
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LandX is a protocol that allows users to directly invest in the Real Yield generated by real world farmlands and crops. LandX has found a way to bring real world productive assets onto the blockchain that are otherwise difficult to gain access to unless you physically buy farmland. In my chat with LandWalker, we discuss what opportunities lie in th…
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Polysynth Protocol is a DeFi Options Vault (DOV) protocol powered by Ethereum and Polygon, enabling you to express your views on the market and earn in all market conditions. Polysynth's Options Vaults turns complicated financial instruments and derivatives into simple, easy-to-use front end offerings for users. Polysynth aims to abstract away comp…
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DeFi Llama is a FREE platform that most active DeFi users use daily, providing relevant data across DeFi including TVL, statistics, fees, yields, rates, and more. DeFi Llama's unorthodox approach, in both traditional business and in crypto, make them extremely dangerous competitors in their category. I use DeFi Llama daily, and over time, I've gene…
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Economics 2.0 is a new era of sustainable growth, cryptoeconomic security, and deeper value capture in the Chainlink Network. In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle explore Economics 2.0 and how the LINK token is evolving to become a productive asset. From the BUILD program enabling pre-revenue projects to pay for oracle services to th…
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In this episode, I have Xavier Ekkel on the podcast. Xavier founded prePO, which is a decentralized protocol that aims to offer the unique ability of trading assets that haven't yet been listed in the equity and/or crypto markets. The platform can allow users to gain exposure to businesses like SpaceX, Stripe, MetaMask, and OpenSea. We discussed th…
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Have DAOs solved governance once and for all or are there major roadblocks still to overcome? In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle talk with Factory DAO co-founder Nick Almond about the nuances around Decentralized Autonomous Organizations. We discuss the core benefits of DAOs over traditional governance structures and define their p…
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Nick Drakon Twitter 👉 https://twitter.com/NickDrakon Revelo Intel Twitter 👉 https://twitter.com/ReveloIntel Defi Sparks Podcast Twitter 👉 https://twitter.com/DefiSparks Defi Sparks Podcast 👉 https://www.defisparks.com/ In this episode I have an open and honest discussion with Juan Angel. Juan is the Head of Marketing at The Fantom Foundation and a …
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Today I am talking to Eitan Katz who is the founder of Kima Finance, a utility specific blockchain that aims to act as a settlement layer in a chain agnostic world. Put simply, they are working on the DLT Interoperability problem set. Eitan has been working at the cutting edge of technological innovation for over 35 years. He is a pleasure to talk …
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Nick Drakon Twitter 👉 https://twitter.com/NickDrakon Defi Sparks Podcast Twitter 👉 https://twitter.com/DefiSparks Defi Sparks Podcast 👉 https://www.defisparks.com/ Samy Karim has a unique vantage point of the state of DeFi from his position within the Binance organisation. In our discussion, I ask him about changes he has seen post the change in ma…
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Blockchain scalability is the primary bottleneck preventing the crypto ecosystem from reaching global level and serving the 99% of society. In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle talk to Mustafa Al-Bassam, Co-founder and CEO of Celestia Labs. We discuss the modular blockchain thesis, why Celestia is focused on data availability and con…
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Nick Drakon Twitter 👉 https://twitter.com/NickDrakon Defi Sparks Podcast Twitter 👉 https://twitter.com/DefiSparks Defi Sparks Podcast 👉 https://www.defisparks.com/ ICHI Protocol 👉 https://ichi.org/ Bryan Gross is the founder of the ICHI suite of DeFi products and has worked at both Amazon & IBM in the last decade. In this episode we aim to give an …
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Bringing Real-World Assets (RWAs) onto the blockchain is the next major step required for DeFi to scale to a global level. In this episode, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle talk to Teej Ragsdale, General Partner at Lupine Capital and Real World Finance Core Unit member at MakerDAO — the largest DeFi protocol by TVL and issuer of the decentralized…
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Nick Drakon Twitter 👉 https://twitter.com/NickDrakon Defi Sparks Podcast Twitter 👉 https://twitter.com/DefiSparks Defi Sparks Podcast 👉 https://www.defisparks.com/ Today I am excited to have an in depth conversation with Chad Barraford who is part of the core team, and the technical lead for Thorchain. Thorchain has been in development for almost 4…
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The crypto industry is feeling the pain as token valuations are down 80-90% from all-time-highs. Is the Federal Reserve raising interest rates solely to blame or are we witnessing what happens to token economics that only work when number goes up in an environment where number goes down, bad. In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle talk…
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Welcome to Episode 3 of the DeFi Sparks Podcast. I created this podcast to facilitate conversations with some of the sharpest minds in DeFi around topics that I am curious about. Today I am talking to Rob Montgomery, who is the founder of Revest Finance. Revest builds technology and solutions around using NFTs to unlock value in real assets. They h…
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The DeFi Sparks podcast, hosted by Nick Drakon, involves long form conversations with the sharpest minds in DeFi. In this inaugural episode we talk to Daniel & Mr Kind from the Beethoven X protocol on Fantom. We discuss a wide range of topics which you can see a summary of in the chapters section. Both Daniel & Mr Kind demonstrate a depth of unders…
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Today I will be talking with "Safe Ratios" who operates the cross chain DeFi protocol called Growth Defi. They are active on Fantom $FTM, Binance Smart Chain $BSC & Avalanche $AVAX. Growth Defi issues an over collateralized stable coin called MOR using the CDP design.They are also innovating with products and solutions that allow users to earn the …
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In this episode, ChainLinkGod talks with Stefan Rust, the founder of Truflation, to discuss how his project is producing unbiased inflation rate datasets, how this information is brought on-chain via Chainlink, and the many use cases that are enabled as a result. The conversation ends with a deeper discussion about the current and future evolution …
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Has the cryptocurrency ecosystem achieved the goal of creating a more fair, transparent, and trust-minimized society or is it just a digital casino that exists to print new money in the form of tokens? In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle discuss the current state of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, how we foresee the ecosystem evolving…
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In this episode, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle explore the concept of trust-minimized off-chain computation in decentralized oracle networks and how it extends the capabilities of blockchains. Additionally, we dive into the spectrum of computation ranging from traditional centralized servers to blockchain computation, and how oracle computatio…
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In this episode, ChainLinkGod explores Chainlink Price Feeds, the most widely adopted price oracle solution across the blockchain ecosystem, which actively help secure tens of billions of dollars in value across hundreds of smart contract applications. Chainlink Price Feeds: https://chain.link/data-feeds Follow ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/Cha…
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In this episode, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle talk with Pmcgoohan, the analyst who first discovered the Miner Extractable Value (MEV) problem in Ethereum pre-genesis in 2014. We define what MEV is, the various types of activity that do and don't fall under MEV, why MEV Auctions do not solve MEV, as well as how front-running, back-running, and…
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In this episode, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle explore how the widely used Chainlink oracle network generates cryptoeconomic security through direct rewards and penalties. This includes implicit incentives with financial exposure to a native token, explicit super-linear staking with slashing, on-chain reputation with an immutable performance h…
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In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle explore the concept of cryptoeconomic security in decentralized computation networks, how it is applied to the Bitcoin Proof of Work (PoW) and Ethereum 2.0 Proof of Stake (PoS) networks, and the various technical nuances that make these networks operate at a global scale. Follow ChainLinkGod: http…
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In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle explore the wide range of oracle services provided by Chainlink, the industry-leading decentralized oracle network. This includes Price Feeds (real-time financial market data), Proof of Reserves (on-chain audits of tokens backed by off-chain collateral), Any API (bringing all the world's data-chai…
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