Crucible: Blueprints for the Open Metaverse — Metaverse Musings Ep 10

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Tascha Pan, co-founder of Alpha Finance Lab, which aims to be a forefront DeFi lab through building and incubating a number of DeFi ecosystems and products that capture unaddressed demand in an innovative and user-friendly way. The two discuss the Alpha Launchpad (the first-ever DeFi incubator program), the Alpha Universe and Ecosystem, value accrual to $ALPHA, 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 video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to gain exclusive early access to every new interview before it's published. - Show Notes (1:37) – (First Question) – What is Alpha Finance. (4:40) – How Alpha Launchpad works / Alpha Launchpad applications. (8:10) – What Tascha looks for in a founder. (12:46) – Scaling with Alpha Launchpad incubator. (15:29) – $ALPHA token / token econ design and walkthrough. (21:10) – The value flow to $ALPHA stakers. (23:19) – Tascha's thoughts on the dichotomy between the project tokens and the $ALPHA token. (24:23) – How Alpha makes sure that the value flows are to $ALPHA stakers for 1, 5, 10 years. (27:01) – Tascha's thoughts on non-developer focused projects. (28:44) – Alpha Homora update. Resources: Tascha Punyaneramitdee (Pan Pan): Co-Founder of Alpha Finance Lab Alpha Finance 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 h

9 Juli 202130min

Host Piers Kicks, sits down for Episode 31 of Metaverse Musings with Artur Sychov, the Founder of Somnium Space, to cover his immensely exciting virtual reality project. It really feels as though Artur is already living in the future, as he constantly strives to push the boundaries of what virtual reality has to offer with his deep passion for the sector. Resources: Project Website: https://somniumspace.com/  Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ASychov   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 Juli 202155min

Guest Host and Research Analyst at Delphi Ventures Can Gurel sits down with John Wu, president of Ava Labs, the creators behind the 3rd generation blockchain platform Avalanche. Avalanche is built from the ground up as a platform to host interoperable blockchains and enable both permissionless and permissioned use cases to bring new financial primitives into crypto. 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 video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to gain exclusive early access to every new interview before it's published. - Show Notes (2:06) – (First Question) – John's Background and what brought him to crypto. (9:54) – Avalanche’s vision / what is a sub-net and how does it allow us to have permission and permission-less flows. (14:04) – Avalanche's security mechanisms. (16:08) – Enterprise use cases on Avalanche. (22:55) – John's thoughts on Layer 1s. (25:53) – Bridges to Avalanche and how to port over new liquids. (27:19) – Avalanche's advantages and its benefits for the community in the future. (31:23) – Avalanche main upgrades. (34:40) – John's thoughts on the regulatory environment in crypto how the space will evolve evolve over the next month. (37:39) – Price, Institutions, and smart people joining the crypto space. Resources: John Wu: President of Ava Labs Ava Labs Website Avalanche 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 <a href='h

6 Juli 202140min

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Barney Mannerings, co-founder of Vega, a protocol for creating and trading derivatives on a fully decentralized network. The two discuss the protocol’s ability to allow for any derivative contract to be built, dynamic incentives, 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 gain exclusive early access to every new interview before it's published. - Show Notes (1:37) – (First Question) – Barney's Background and what brought him to crypto. (8:33) – Vega's Elevator Pitch. (10:08) – Problems in the centralized financial system that Vega is attempting to solve. (12:46) – Where is Vega in its development timeline. (14:51) – How Vega works and use cases. (22:43) – Modularity of Vega / how easy it is to implement a derivatives contract on Vega. (27:01) – Vega's Competition. (30:19) – Why Vega chose to build its own chain. (39:29) – Incentivizing liquidity providers. (43:23) – Risks and initiatives. (46:44) – Vega's fee structure. (49:56) – What is "Wendy" / how it tackles the MEV problem. (55:35) – Barney's thoughts on inter-blockchain communication (IBC). (57:15) – Dealing with lag between moving collateral between chains or cascading liquidations. (59:18) – What’s keeping Barney up at night. Resources: Barney Mannerings: Co-founder of Vega Protocol Vega 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

30 Juni 20211h 1min

Hosts Piers Kicks, Anil Lulla, and Yan Liberman sit down for Episode 30 of Metaverse Musings with Gabby Dizon, Founder of Yield Guild, to talk through his groundbreaking project directly impacting the lives of thousands of people all over the world. Delphi backed Yield Guild early on and are proud to continue to support the journey. We couldn’t be more excited for what the future holds and firmly believe that the project will revolutionize the way we perceive work. Tune in for a glimpse of the future. Resources: Project Website: https://yieldguild.io/  Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo-BrASMHU4 Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/gabusch 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.

28 Juni 20211h 7min

The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Jean Miao, co-founder of MCDEX, a next-gen, fully permissionless protocol for decentralized perpetual swaps (perps). The two discuss the entire protocol from V2 to V3, the case for decentralized perps overtaking centralized perps 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 gain exclusive early access to every new interview before it's published. Show Notes (2:06) – (First Question) – Jean's Background and what brought her to MCDEX. (6:29) – MCDEX Overview. (7:56) – What is perpetual swap. (9:21) – How MCDEX works. (14:36) – Differences between V3 and V2. (17:10) – Thoughts on bootstrapping liquidity. (19:04) – MCDEX target / differences in attracting a different class of trader or investor. (22:57) – MCDEX's Competition. (26:48) – How the permissionless market creation works. (31:21) – What benefits does permissionless market creation give to the long tail of assets. (35:56) – MCDEX L2 launch. (38:52) – Lessons learned from halting V2 and going to V3 / why MCDEX switched from V2 to V3. (45:55) – $MCB, the token. (49:44) – MCDEX limit orders. (50:57) – Where to find MCDEX. Resources: Jean Miao: Co-Founder of MCDEX MCDEX 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 <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/b

25 Juni 202152min

Host Piers Kicks sits down for Episode 29 of Metaverse Musings with Alex Masmej, the Co-Founder of Showtime to talk through the future of social media in a world of Web 3.0 and NFTs. Alex has an awesome background and exploded into the crypto space by being the first person to ever tokenize themselves in order to finance his move to San Francisco... Resources: Game Website: https://twitter.com/tryShowtime  Guest’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/AlexMasmej  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.

19 Juni 202146min

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  <

18 Juni 20211h 36min