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The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy hosts Simon Harman, the founder of Chainflip, a cross chain native AMM.  In this episode we discuss Simon’s journey, the need for a cross-chain native exchange, competitive differences, timelines, economic security, value accrual for FLIP, concentrated liquidity, signature schemes, and much more. We also cover why Delphi Ventures is such an excited investor in Chainflip. We would like to thank Cosmos for making this podcast possible through their sponsorship! Cosmos is on a mission, link one million blockchains. Name brand projects like Terra, Band, Kava, and Secret use Cosmos and the Cosmos Hub to connect to every other chain in our network. The Cosmos Hub is the port city that delivers Inter-Blockchain Communication today. Learn more at cosmos.network. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as an audio interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first. - Show Notes (2:21) – (First Question) – Simon’s Background and what brought him to Crypto. (15:00) – What is Chainflip. (26:12) – Chainflip Usability / User Experience. (29:27) – How Chainflip works. (37:33) – Chainflip’s signing schemes / Security / Economic attack factors. (50:20) – How hard is it to get control over a majority of the nodes in a vault. (1:00:20) – Thoughts on Multi-Chain AMMs. (1:03:26) – What is the timeline for Chainflip. (1:04:44) – Why build on Substrate. (1:07:53) – How hard would it be to run a validator for Chainflip. (1:09:38) – Thoughts about the risks of upgrading. (1:12:10) – Flip Token / fees / model for value accrual. (1:25:14) – Thoughts on Impermanent Loss. (1:33:40) – Where to find Chainflip. Resources: Simon Harman, Founder of Chainflip Chainflip Site More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.   Music Attribution: Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US  <

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Yan Liberman and Paul Burlage of Delphi Digital host Ulysse, Gaspard and Antoine of ApWine to discuss how the project allows you to speculate on the evolution of the yield generated by different DeFi protocols. ApWine also allows you to hedge your risk on your passive revenue, converting it into futures. Disclosure: Delphi Ventures is an investor in ApWine. We would like to thank Cosmos for making this podcast possible through their sponsorship! Cosmos is on a mission, link one million blockchains. Name brand projects like Terra, Band, Kava, and Secret use Cosmos and the Cosmos Hub to connect to every other chain in our network. The Cosmos Hub is the port city that delivers Inter-Blockchain Communication today. Learn more at cosmos.network. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first. - Show Notes (1:31) – (First Question) - Antoine's Intro. (2:16) – Gaspard's Intro. (2:37) – Ulysse's Intro. (3:05) – APWine's Elevator Pitch. (4:48) – How does APWine work / components. (6:25) – APWine's target. (9:15) – Thoughts on Liquidity / envisioning the APY and AMM / plan to bootstrap the particular markets. (14:00) – Tokenizing future yield on different products. (22:12) – APWine's Design / What's different from APWine competitors. (28:43) – APWine's Token / functionality. (33:40) – Future plans / integrations. (40:31) – Thoughts on cross-chain or multi-chain plans. (43:18) – Why an LBP. (47:44) – Where to find APWine. Resources: Ulysse Ramage: Co-Founder of APWine Gaspard Peduzzi: Co-Founder of APWine Antoine Mouran: Co-Founder of APWine https://www.apwine.fi/ More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.   Music Attribution: Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative

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Host Piers Kicks and sits down for Episode 28 of Metaverse Musings with Mark Donovan, the founder and CEO of Epics.gg who are operating a next-generation NFT infrastructure stack focused on the mainstream consumer. Beyond their esports and streaming focus with Epics.gg, they have rolled out a brand called Kolectiv which pays homage to the cultural heritage of crypto with beautiful thematic artwork of notable events from the industry’s leading artists. Mark intends to leverage this infrastructure stack for future projects, one of which is just around the corner... Resources: Game Website: https://epics.gg/  Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/markdono  Piers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/pierskicks  Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://tinyurl.com/ycvsp75h  Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for The Delphi Podcast. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

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The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy hosts Jess Sloss, the instigator of Seed Club. We discuss the creator economy, social tokens, seed club’s vision and much more! We would like to thank Cosmos for making this podcast possible through their sponsorship! Cosmos is on a mission, link one million blockchains. Name brand projects like Terra, Band, Kava, and Secret use Cosmos and the Cosmos Hub to connect to every other chain in our network. The Cosmos Hub is the port city that delivers Inter-Blockchain Communication today. Learn more at cosmos.network. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as an audio interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first. - Show Notes: (2:07) – First Question: Seed Club's Elevator Pitch. (3:18) – The Creator Economy. (5:53) – Web 3.0 gig economy vs. Individual Creator. (11:38) – Thoughts on artists releasing NFTs. (17:58) – What BitClout got right / wrong about the creator economy. (22:56) – Thoughts on the traditional value drivers vs. Web 3.0 native movement. (25:56) – Seed Club's most tangible value drivers. (33:08) – Thoughts on speculation. (36:26) – How does Jess scale his time given the number of creators that want to come to Seed Club. (40:47) – What does Seed Club look like in a year from today. Resources: Jess Sloss: https://twitter.com/thattallguy Seed Club's Website: https://seedclub.io/Seed Club’s Website More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.   Music Attribution: Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

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The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy hosts Kevin Owocki, The founder of Gitcoin who covers the entire Gitcoin story, from quadratic funding to the future of public goods. Kevin also dives into GTC, its use and decentralizing the project 🦄 We would like to thank Cosmos for making this podcast possible through their sponsorship! Cosmos is on a mission, link one million blockchains. Name brand projects like Terra, Band, Kava, and Secret use Cosmos and the Cosmos Hub to connect to every other chain in our network. The Cosmos Hub is the port city that delivers Inter-Blockchain Communication today. Learn more at cosmos.network. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as an audio interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first. - Show Notes: (1:39) – First Question: Kevin, an EVM whisperer. (2:15) – Gitcoin’s Elevator Pitch. (5:32) – Gitcoin’s Mission. (6:45) – Funding public goods on Gitcoin / Going from bounties to grants. (9:12) – Gitoin’s digital infrastructure / Quadratic Funding. (15:06) – Thoughts on how to get the feedback loop going. (17:18) – Gitcoin and dApps. (19:09) – Kevin’s favorite grants that had been funded historically by GitCoin. (22:00) – Gitcoin’s stats. (23:54) – Gitcoin’s Governance Token (GTC). (30:00) – Thoughts on governing Gitcoin. (32:09) – Will the community take over Gitcoin / Will Gitcoin expand beyond Ethereum. (38:00) – Gitcoin’s biggest issues / Biggest hurdles to get people to fund grants. (40:20) – Thoughts on centralized companies thwarting Kevin’s growth and success. (45:39) – Where to find Gitcoin. Resources: Kevin Owocki – Founder of Gitcoin: https://twitter.com/owocki Gitcoin’s Website: https://gitcoin.co More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.   Music Attribution: Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

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The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy hosts Andy, the founder of Fractional, the project leading the charge on Fractionalizing NFTs. The two discuss Andy’s journey from MakerDAO, to being an early NBA top shots collector to creating Fractional. They dive into the Fractional project on the reasons behind breaking an NFT into pieces, the process, putting the puzzle back together and much more. Delphi Ventures is a proud investor in Fractional.  We would like to thank Cosmos for making this podcast possible through their sponsorship! Cosmos is on a mission, link one million blockchains. Name brand projects like Terra, Band, Kava, and Secret use Cosmos and the Cosmos Hub to connect to every other chain in our network. The Cosmos Hub is the port city that delivers Inter-Blockchain Communication today. Learn more at cosmos.network. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as an audio interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first. - Show Notes: (3:12) - First Question: Andy's Background. (10:44) - Top Shots Elevator Pitch. (19:07) - Where did the idea of Fractional come from. (23:04) - Benefits of fractionalizing an NFT / Differences for different types of NFTs. (26:36) - Thoughts on people sharing a part of a NFT. (30:51) - Fractionalization Walkthrough. (34:16) - The Curation Fee. (41:30) - Fractional buyout structure / Forms of fractionalization. (48:19) - Fractional plans for the community. (49:56) - What’s on the horizon for Fractional. (51:25) - Fractional's Team. (52:15) - Risks to fractionalizing NFTs. (54:43) - Thoughts on fractionalized shards through Fractional trading on other blockchains / L2. (57:03) - Where to find Fractional.   Resources: Andy Chorlian: https://twitter.com/andy8052 Fractional: https://twitter.com/fractional_art More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.   Music Attribution: Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License h

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The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy hosts Ganesh Swami the CEO and Founder of Covalent. The two discuss how Covalent is enabling traditional and crypto developers to leverage data from any blockchain through a no code implementation that plans to decentralize over time. We would like to thank Cosmos for making this podcast possible through their sponsorship! Cosmos is on a mission, link one million blockchains. Name brand projects like Terra, Band, Kava, and Secret use Cosmos and the Cosmos Hub to connect to every other chain in our network. The Cosmos Hub is the port city that delivers Inter-Blockchain Communication today. Learn more at cosmos.network. Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as an audio interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first. - Show Notes: (1:52) - First Question: Ganesh's Background. (3:18) - Covalent Elevator Pitch. (10:35) - How easy is it to use Covalent. (14:13) - Thoughts on Traditional Companies /  Fin Tech creating apps to integrate with Crypto. (15:47) - Covalent's technical capabilities. (20:45) - How does Covalent differentiate The Graph. (29:18) - Thoughts on Attack Factors. (31:58) - Covalent's end goal on the decentralization side. (35:50) - How much traction does Covalent have right now / Projects / Metrics. (38:00) - The long-term plans for the Covalent query token. (41:27) - Where to find Covalent. Resources: Ganesh Swami: https://twitter.com/gane5h Covalent: https://twitter.com/Covalent_HQ More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.   Music Attribution: Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

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Host Piers Kicks and sits down for Episode 27 of Metaverse Musings with Nick Emmons, the founder and CEO of Upshot who are building a protocol that leverages peer prediction to incentivise people to answer subjective questions honestly. Upshot’s early application is around NFT appraisals, generating price feeds for esoteric, low velocity assets. The protocol is an incredibly powerful primitive, and has some compelling longer-term use cases. Nick is a true gigabrain and it’s a privilege to get a deeper understanding of how he is thinking about this space. Resources: Game Website: https://upshot.io/ Guest's Twitter: https://twitter.com/nick_emmons Piers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/pierskicks  Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://tinyurl.com/ycvsp75h  Access Delphi's Research Here: https://www.delphidigital.io/ Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for The Delphi Podcast. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

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