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The Weekly Recap is where The Defiant reporters discuss the week's hottest news and share further insights from our reports. It goes live on our YouTube channel every Friday at 1200 ET. Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep up with our latest videos!

25 Maalis 20231h 4min

This week on The Defiant Podcast, Camila Russo chats with Dan Finlay, the co-founder of MetaMask - one of the leading Web3 wallets. In our conversation, we dive into Dan’s background prior to co-founding MetaMask, where Dan sees MetaMask heading in the upcoming years, their privacy policies, a potential MASK token, and much more. Dan shares his hopes and dreams for the next bull run. But first, Dan tells us the origin story of MetaMask. Thanking our podcast sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Silo Finance, the risk-isolated lending market on Ethereum and Arbitrum. Lend and Borrow your favorite crypto without compromising on security. Learn more: https://silopedia.silo.finance/welcome/what-is-silo-finance web3 with a16z is a chart-topping podcast about the next generation of the internet, from a16z crypto. Click here to listen now. This episode is brought to you by Orbs Layer-3. Trade DeFi like a pro using decentralized TWAP order type on SpookySwap, SpiritSwap, and Pangolin. Learn more: https://www.orbs.com/dtwap/

23 Maalis 202349min

The Weekly Recap is where The Defiant reporters discuss the week's hottest news and share further insights from our reports. It goes live on our YouTube channel every Friday at 1200 ET. Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep up with our latest videos!

18 Maalis 20231h 4min

This week on The Defiant podcast, Tegan Kline hosts Jesse Pollak, senior director of Engineering at Coinbase, Eva Beylin, the director of the Graph Foundation, and Ben Jones, the director of the Optimism Foundation, to give us a deep dive into the launch of Base, Coinbase's recently-launched Layer 2 blockchain. Base is an Ethereum Layer two that offers a secure, low-cost, developer-friendly way for anyone anywhere to build decentralized applications. In this episode, we talk about the evolution of Base from inside a Fortune 500 company, the importance of decentralized tools like the Graph and Optimism, and the importance of thinking positive sum, not zero-sum. Jesse discusses decentralization inside a centralized company and how Coinbase plans to onboard millions of dapps and a billion users. Thanking our podcast sponsors: web3 with a16z is a chart-topping podcast about the next generation of the internet, from a16z crypto. Click here to listen now. This episode is brought to you by Orbs Layer-3. Trade DeFi like a pro using decentralized TWAP order type on SpookySwap, SpiritSwap, and Pangolin. Learn more: https://www.orbs.com/dtwap/

16 Maalis 202358min

The Weekly Recap is where The Defiant reporters discuss the week's hottest news and share further insights from our reports. It goes live on our YouTube channel every Friday at 1230 ET. Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep up with our latest videos!

13 Maalis 202358min

This week on The Defiant Podcast, Tegan Kline chats with Sreeram Kannan, the founder of Eigen Layer and the director of the University of Washington's Blockchain Lab. His research at UW focuses on distributed computing, information theory, queuing theory, networking, coding theory, and game theory of blockchain systems. Eigen Layer is a proof of stake validation marketplace that reuses state capital and existing validation infrastructure. With Eigen Layer. Ethereum can enable permissionless and modular innovation across all blockchain layers. Today, we dive into Sreeram's background in academia, how the blockchain space piqued his interest, and the hype around Eigen Layer. But first, Sreeram is going to tell us exactly what he's up to at Eigen Layer and how he merges both a data availability layer and a restaking platform. Thanking our podcast sponsors: MetaMask Learn is an educational and entertaining platform designed to immerse you in the world of web3: what it is, why it matters, and how to get started. You will learn core concepts in visually engaging lessons from the world’s leading self-custodial wallet. web3 with a16z is a chart-topping podcast about the next generation of the internet, from a16z crypto. Click here to listen now.

10 Maalis 20231h 7min

This week on The Defiant Podcast, Camila Russo chats with Matthew Gould, the founder and CEO of Unstoppable Domains. Unstoppable Domains is a service that facilitates the creation of blockchain-based domains that users own to build and verify their digital identity and login into applications, games, metaverses, and much more. In our conversation, we unpack the concept of digital identity in Web3 and discuss where the market is headed. But first, Matthew explains the importance of having a blockchain-based domain name service. This episode is brought to you by: MetaMask Learn : an educational and entertaining platform designed to immerse you in the world of web3: what it is, why it matters, and how to get started. You will learn core concepts in visually engaging lessons from the world’s leading self-custodial wallet.

3 Maalis 202348min

The Weekly Recap is where The Defiant reporters discuss the week's hottest news and share further insights from our reports. It goes live on our YouTube channel every Friday at 1230 ET. Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep up with our latest videos!

26 Helmi 20231h 1min