The Delphi Podcast

Chain Reaction Host Jose Maria Macedo hosts Glen Weyl, economist and Principal Researcher at Microsoft. Glen Weyl famously wrote Radical Markets, one of the most original and creative economic treatises of our time. One of the book’s most vocal fans was Vitalik himself, and Vitalik and Glen have since collaborated on multiple initiatives, including the original Quadratic Funding paper which later spawned Gitcoin. Glen has also founded a social movement called RadicalxChange Foundation which seeks to implement his ideas. In this conversation, Glen explores his novel economic ideas and how they can be used to create new social technologies that solve some of today’s hardest problems. - Show Notes: (1:08) – Basic Ideas – Capitalism and Central Planning. (2:10) – Factors that contribute to The Decline in Productivity, combined with the Inequality (Stagnant Quality). (4:07) – Inequality, a bigger problem than a feature. (7:11) – Insights about Property being Monopoly / Solutions. (12:55) – Quadratic Finance / How do we democratize Markets. (14:56) – Insights about Private Property as a core part of Capitalism. (19:24) – Bring Markets to Democracy. (22:59) – Quadratic Voting. (28:16) – Systems of Corporations vs Systems of Central Planning. (30:03) – Governance, the different systems that have existed in the US and UK. (33:07) – Implementations of Governance in the Crypto Space. (35:24) – Fund collect goods in order to make Taxation more efficient. (38:28) – Coercion, a part of supplying Public Goods. (40:40) – Insights about Data Monopoly / Crypto as a possible solution. (49:20) – iEmbrace Contradictions! (50:44) – A global social movement called RadicalxChange. (53:33) – Books that have influenced Glen Weyl the most. (54:11) – Favorite Film, Sorry to Bother You by Boots Riley. Resources: Guest’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/glenweyl Guest’s Website: https://twitter.com/Microsoft Jose’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/zemariamacedo Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi 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 or service. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

11 Des 202055min

Chain Reaction Host Tom Shaughnessy hosts Tascha of Alpha Finance. Alpha Finance Lab (Alpha) is a cross-chain DeFi lab that focuses on building an ecosystem of cross-chain DeFi products to capture unaddressed demand in an innovative and user friendly way. The two discuss leveraged yield farming, AlphaX (perpetuals) and much more in this dive into Alpha Finance. 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. Thank you to our sponsor LVL, which is launching the first free Bitcoin exchange in North America. Users buy and sell Bitcoin with no trading fees or hidden spreads. Visit them at lvl.co - Show Notes (1:51) – How Tascha started in Crypto (3:06) – Alpha Finance Launching (3:29) – Alpha, a suite of products (5:40) – Taking a leveraged Yield Farming position (9:42) – Attracting people to deposit ETH / Risks (14:09) – Will Alpha offer 10x leverage (15:24) – Insights about adding Pools (16:53) – Partnership with Ave (18:28) – How does Alpha handle security (23:11) – Alpha X Launching (26:16) – Alpha X Funding Rate and mechanics (29:47) – Anon manipulable Price Feed (30:44) – Alpha’s Token (34:27) – Alpha’s Competitors (36:48) – Where to follow Alpha Finance   Resources: Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/tascha_panpan Guest’s Website: https://alphafinance.io/ Tom’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi 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 or service. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

9 Des 202038min

Host Piers Kicks sits down for Episode 11 of Metaverse Musings with Colin Goltra, an avid Crypto Art collector and Head of Growth for Binance Philippines. Colin has a deeply considered passion for the space, and touches upon various interesting philosophical modes of interpretation. He provides commentary on the beating heart of blockchain gaming adoption, where games like Axie Infinity are providing emerging markets with rich economic opportunities for those alive to the possibilities. - Resources: Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Goltra  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.

7 Des 20201h 13min

Chain Reaction Host Tom Shaughnessy hosts Robbie Heeger, the CEO and President of Endaoment. Endaoment is a new Community Foundation & public charity offering Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) built atop the Ethereum blockchain, allowing you to donate to almost any U.S. nonprofit organization. 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: Broad Topics: Educate about DAFs and how they work. Share process of opening a DAF with Endaoment. Discuss why DAFs can be advantageous. Talk about Endaoment’s origin, mission and vision. Share about future roadmap and long term vision for the technology behind Endaoment. Discuss the charitable/philanthropic space inside of the crypto/defi industry.  Endaoment Background & Roadmap: Created by Robbie Heeger in 2019 originally as hacking project as I was teaching myself to code. Recieved 501(c)(3) – the first public charity on chain – in June 2020. Released MVP DAF product in October 2020, audited by Open Zeppelin. Built to be a DAF that is powered by smart contracts. Accepts over 135 different ethereum assets + ETH. Lowest cost, lowest donation minimum DAF provider in US. Built atop Uniswap’s open source front end, Gidestar API + USDC API. Enables giving to 1.5 million + US organizations. Consider our current DAF product an MVP of what’s possible using Ethereum/DeFi to power charitable giving  Down the road, User will choose either giving to Pooled Capital Community Fund (Endaoment Community Fund) or to an individual Endaoment DAF. Endaoment Community Fund to be the first DAO powered Community Foundation & Endowment Fund where token holders choose investment allocations across yield farming strategies in DeFi, grant awards to nonprofits and select Endaoment policies and board members using tokens.  Looking to bring those same investment options to the individual Endaoment DAF as well, without the same token based voting weights.  DAF History/Background: Donor Advised Funds are charitable accounts owned and managed by a public charity. Allows a donor to donate an asset to charity without selling it first. Over 750k DAFs in the US. Fastest-growing method to give to charity in the united states in 2019. Over 120 BN in DAF assets in the US. DAFs can be controversial … many people park assets there, take the deduction and let it sit. Many people think DAF capital should more quickly flow into communities. Crypto Giving Landscape Background: Several large DAF providers accept “blue chip” crypto, but no long tail of tokens. Most crypto giving platforms either are crowdfunding derivatives, public goods funding projects, or going one organization at a time to support giving.  Many community foundations in the US are still running off paper checks and desire to modernize their financial infrastructure but are intimidated by crypto. Many organizations are intrigued by crypto but scared away by the fluctuation in value and unknowns about custodianship…delivering grants in USD is prime concern.   Resources: Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/RobbieHeeger Guest’s Website: https://endaoment.org/ Tom’s Twitter: <a href='https://twitte

3 Des 202044min

Macro Matters host Kevin Kelly sits down with Sunayna Tuteja, Head of Digital Assets & DLT at TD Ameritrade. In this conversation, Sunayna and Kevin discuss: Consensus among traditional investors and sentiment towards Bitcoin and digital assets. The growing demand among RIAs to understand Bitcoin and its potential role in a multi-asset portfolio context. The rise of DeFi and digital assets as a kind of “Mayday” event. The importance of explaining the “how to” when it comes to education as crypto starts to seep into mainstream conversation. 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 (2:21)    –  TDA’s stance on Digital Assets (7:29)    –  The rise of Digital Assets and DeFi leading to the next Mayday event (13:23)    –  DeFi as a multidisciplinary ecosystem (15:20)    –  TD’s core client & the demographic of TD’s target audience (22:40)    –  TD’s Clients, struggles with Digital Assets Space concepts (27:47)    –  The growth in Bitcoin and digital asset interest among traditional investors (33:12)    –  The mainstream movement (39:09)    –  The biggest deterrents still holding investors back & the necessary tools still needed to accelerate widespread adoption (44:29)    –  Importance of education & what we in the crypto community can do to better inform traditional investors and RIAs of the opportunities and risks in this space (49:18)   –   Closing thoughts Resources: Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Sunayna?s=20 Guest’s Website: https://twitter.com/TDAmeritrade?s=20 Kevin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevin_kelly_II Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://youtu.be/fubeSokngY8 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 or service. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

30 Nov 202050min

Chain Reaction Host Tom Shaughnessy hosts Colin Evran (Ecosystem Lead at Protocol Labs) and ZX (Cryptoeconomics Lead At Protocol Labs) for a technical deep dive into the cryptoeconomics of Filecoin’s native token (FIL).  The trio discusses the use cases for Filecoin, the minting mechanism (simple and baseline minting), storage pledges (initial pledge and consensus pledges), issuance, reward locks, token distribution, FIP changes, and more.  View Full Transcript here: https://www.delphidigital.io/podcasts/colin-and-zx-a-technical-dive-into-filecoins-tokeneconomics-video-and-transcript/   We previously had Colin on to discuss Filecoin overall: https://www.delphidigital.io/podcasts/colin-evran-filecoin-ushers-in-a-new-generation-of-cloud-storage/ 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. - Resources: Colin’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/colinevran Zx’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/zixuanzh Guest’s Website: https://filecoin.io/ Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://youtu.be/fubeSokngY8 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 or service. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

27 Nov 202042min

Chain Reaction Host Tom Shaughnessy hosts Alex Miles and Zac McClure, the co-founders of TokenTax. The team answers our most nuanced crypto tax questions and get into detail on how the founders are scaling their tax software. This was a must-listen episode for anyone filling their crypto taxes. 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 (1:35)    –  (First Question)  Token Tax Background (3:39)    –  How hard it was to do Crypto Taxes in past years (6:28)    –  Main reasons people come to Token Tax (7:56)    –  Token Tax, does it reduce Audits (12:27)    –  Minimization, a new option to calculate tax burden (18:12)    –  Is a complex Tax Code good for business (24:10)    –  Insights about Tax Loss Harvesting going into New Year (28:52)    –  What’s behind integrating New DeFi Platforms (30:30)    –  Tax implications of staking ETH 2.0 (*) (33:27)    –  Inside Token Tax and Active Aggregators (36:00)    –  Rebasing coins (*) (37:57)    –  How are rug pulls accounted for (*) (39:58)    –  Implications on moving from BTC to WBTC (*) (41:09)    –  Biggest Mistakes that the average Crypto Investor makes with their Taxes (*)   (*) questions posed by our Delphi Twitter members Resources: Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/TokenTax Guest’s Website: https://tokentax.co/ Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://youtu.be/fubeSokngY8 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 or service. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

24 Nov 202045min

Chain Reaction Host Tom Shaughnessy hosts Frank Mong, the COO of Helium. The two discuss Helium’s plans to grow nodes from ~12K much higher and globally, HIP20 which will hard cap supply while allowing the network to run and future plans of WiFi and 5G. We previously covered Helium in a post in December 2019. 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. Thank you to our sponsor Delta Exchange! Delta Exchange is one of the leading crypto derivatives exchange; offering Futures, Perps, Interest Rate Swaps, Calendar Spreads and Options on Bitcoin and over 40 Altcoins. Start trading within 30 seconds: www.delta.exchange - Show Notes (1:38)   –  (First Question)  What is Helium Network (2:50)    –  Helium’s Incentive Structure (6:40)    –  Insights about Helium’s community (13:39)    –   HNT and crypto (21:10)    –   How do you think people will interact with Helium (24:28)    –   Helium now has 12000 nodes (28:20)    –   If you want to drive demand you need to have the network available (29:40)    –   Global wireless networks (30:52)    –   Status of HIP 20 (35:35)    –   Insights about Helium’s Usage (39:25)    –   Incentivizing the community (42:17)    –   Helium biggest Risks (46:42)    –   Helium, a network that could provide 5G network coverage around the world Resources: Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/fmong Guest’s Website: https://twitter.com/Helium Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119 Delphi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDelphi More Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://youtu.be/fubeSokngY8 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 or service. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

20 Nov 202049min