The Delphi Podcast

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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The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy hosts Gmoney to discuss his journey from spending $150K on a cryptopunk to launching Delphi INFINFT, an on-chain NFT fund with us at @Delphi_Digital. 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: (2:11) – First Question: GMoney’s Background and what brought him to Crypto. (8:00) – Thoughts on Punks with the proliferation of a million different types of NFTs today. (10:31) – Punk’s utility within the Metaverse / Use Cases. (14:46) – Thoughts on the traditional world understanding the benefits of NFTs. (19:12) – Other types of NFTs or tokens more interesting / less interesting. (22:14) – How to educate people on the merits of NFTs. (26:18) – How to judge the strength and longevity of a community around an NFT. (29:42) –  Punk’s Risk factors. (33:29) – Thoughts on launching NFTs and other chains. (35:25) – What is GMoney looking for in deals/ NFT fund with Delphi Digital / Why on syndicate. (46:58) – The worst NFT trade. (48:42) – Pricing issue for NFTs. (54:35) – How important are L2s to the NFT market. (01:00:04) – Thoughts on the creator economy / What are people doing right and wrong. Resources: GMoney: https://twitter.com/gmoneyNFT DELPHI INFINFT: https://www.syndicateprotocol.org/syndicate/delphi_infinft 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

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Host Piers Kicks and sits down for Episode 26 of Metaverse Musings with Mark Laursen, the founder and CEO of Bright Star Studios who are building a game called EmberSword. Mark has a deep background in video games, having spent much of his life playing them professionally as well as creating them. From as early as 2016 he had a strong vision of how crypto could infuse with game economies to liberate the evident demand for open, unrestricted trade.    Resources: Game Website: https://embersword.com/  Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/MarkLaursen    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 a galaxy brain group of leading Cosmos builders to discuss the Cosmos Network, value accrual, IBC, comparisons to other Layer-1s and much more.  Zaki Manian: Co-Founder of IqLusion and SommFinance Sunny Aggarwal: Co-Founder of SikkaTech Jelena: Working on InformalInc and Cosmos Joe Dirtay: Communications at Cosmos  Ethan: CEO of Informal and Co-Founder of Cosmos Jack Zampolin: Co-Founder of SommFinance and Pylon Validator 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: (1:41) - (First Question) Joe's Intro. (2:23) - Jelena's Intro. (3:08) - Zaki's Intro. (3:18) - Jack's Intro. (3:29) - Sunny's Intro. (3:48) - Ethan's Intro. (4:43) - Cosmos Elevator Pitch. (5:02) - What is different about Cosmos. (8:19) - Insights about Cosmos Security / Benefits / Overpay. (20:30) - How does the Validator side work. (24:37) - What is the Inter-Blockchain Communications (IBC) protocol /  How does it further the ecosystem of application-specific blockchains built on Cosmos. (30:38) - Thoughts on handling a supreme ccale to run a decentralized exchange on Cosmos. (33:59) - Why is Cosmos designed the way it is. (36:19) - Does it really matter if people or app chains have to choose their security to pay less if they could just pay such a small amount on Ethereum. (46:30) - Thoughts on the Value Accrual side with Cosmos and ATOM. (53:18) - Who is Jack. (53:55) - Who is Ethan. (54:43) - Who is Jelena. (54:53) - Who is Zaki. (55:48) - Who is Sunny. (56:25) - Who is Joe. Resources: Zaki Manian: Co-Founder of IqLusion and SommFinance Sunny Aggarwal: Co-Founder of SikkaTech Jelena: Working on InformalInc and Cosmos Joe Dirtay: Communications at Cosmos  Ethan: CEO of Informal and Co-Founder of Cosmos Jack Zampolin: Co-Founder of SommFinance and Pylon Validator Tom’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter:<a href='https://twitter.com/Podcast

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The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy hosts Antonio Juliano, the founder of dYdX, the decentralized derivatives exchange for perpetual swaps and margin trading. We talk scaling on Starkware to the sheer size of this market to economic attack vectors and everything in between. 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: (1:40) - (First Question) Antonio's Background. (2:40) - David's Background. (3:45) - Rob's Background. (3:52) - Why The Perpetuals Market / Market sizing. (5:01) - dYdX Overview. (6:00) - What is a Perpetual Contract. (8:51) - Thoughts on PERPs target. (11:06) - How the funding rate allows the perpetual swaps to trade in line with index price. (18:45) - Why ZK-rollups. (26:49) - Thoughts on dYdX risks / Attack vectors. (37:16) - How has the community received the new PERPs product / dYdX traction. (40:38) - Differences in costs from L1 and L2. (41:38) - Insights into recent crash / the unwinding of a lot of liquidations / How did dYdX perform during that time period. (43:55) - Thoughts on cross margining / benefits. (49:10) - Thoughts on cross-chain. (50:40) - dYdX fees. (52:00) - Thoughts on the world transitioning from centralized exchanges to decentralized platforms. (55:00) - Thoughts on Coinbase offering perpetuals. Resources: Antonio’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/AntonioMJuliano dYdX’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/dydxprotocol Tom’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi Tom’s Clubhouse: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@toms119 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

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The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy hosts an all star crew of all of the leading Ethereum Layer 2 Rollup scaling projects for an in-depth debate. See the transcript on our site as well. Ed Felten, Fo-Founder of Off-chain Labs (Arbitrum) Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-Founder of Starkware Alex Gluchowski Founder of zkSync Liam Horne, Contributor to Optimism  Mark Tyneway, Systems Lead at Optimism  Ben Simon, Investment Analyst at Mechanism Capital 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: 2:00) - (First Question) Eli's Intro. (2:26) - Alex's Intro. (2:43) - Mark's Intro (2:57) - Liam's Intro. (3:17) - Ed's Intro. (3:40) - Ben's Intro. (4:30) - Optimistic roll-ups. (5:42) - Key differences between Arbitrum and Optimism. (8:13) - What is Starkware doing compared to Optimism. (11:20) - Optimistic vs ZK roll ups. (20:19) - Differences between fraud proofs and validity proofs. (29:07) - What would happen if the network splits and two parties propose progress in different directions? (21:18) - Mark thoughts on fraud proofs. (28:34) - Thoughts on attacks on Ethereum. (40:02) - Optimism and Arbitrum plans to reach high scale / Signatures / Price feeds (57:55) - Optimism progressing into production on Ethereum. (01:01:00) - Thoughts on bootstrapping usage and adoption - Starkware/zkSync/Optimism. (01:11:57) - Is the roll-up ecosystem going to be sort of a winner take all? (01:20:10) - Where to find Starkware. (01:20:55) - Where to find zkSync. (01:21:57) - Where to find Optimism. (01:22:43) - Where to find Arbitrum. (01:23:25) - Where to find Ben Simon.   Resources: Ed Felten, Fo-Founder of Off-chain Labs (Arbitrum) Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-Founder of Starkware Alex Gluchowski Founder of zkSync Liam Horne, Contributor to Optimism  Mark Tyneway, Contributor to Optimism Ben Simon, Investment Analyst at Mechanism Capital Tom’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi Tom’s Clubhouse: <a href='https://www.joinclubhous

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