Base Layer
Base Layer will be providing insights from founders and investors in the base layer of cryptoassets. Simplifying complex projects and the technology being developed, from interoperability to relayers and more - who is building the future, why are they and how are they doing it.
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Base Layer Episode 032 - Alexander Skidanov (NE...
Alexander Skidanov from NEAR Protocol joins us on Base Layer for a not to miss episode. NEAR is a scalable smart contract platform that supports decentralized applications of almost any kind. Alexander is a highly accomplished developer starting at Micro...
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Base Layer Episode 031 - Sky Guo (Cypherium)
Sky Guo joins us on Base Layer to discuss how Cypherium is a highly scalable and robust smart contract platform. Their hybrid design features a joint Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT) consensus mechanism that can ac...
37 min
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Base Layer Episode 030 - Tyler Spalding (Flexa)...
On the 30th episode of Base Layer we have Tyler Spalding, Co-Founder of Flexa which aims to enable retailers to take control of their own payments by reducing costs, overhead, and fraud through frictionless, instantaneous, and reliable blockchain-based s...
56 min
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Base Layer Episode 029 - Daniel Kim (SFOX)
Daniel Kim of SFOX joins Base Layer; SFOX, San Francisco Open Exchange, is the easiest way to access the digital currency market. There solution provides access to high liquidity and the ability to trade large volumes. We discuss the current liquid marke...
40 min
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Base Layer Episode 028 - Zaki Manian (SkuChain,...
Zaki Manian, founder of SkuChain, Head of Tendermint Labs and too many other things to put in notes here joins Base Layer today to discuss the state of the state of Cosmos and Tendermint and why they are so important to the growth of the crypto ecosystem...
56 min
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Base Layer Episode 027 - Steven McKie (Founding...
Steven McKie joins Base Layer to discuss the early days of crypto; making his own future via crypto and Bitcoin; starting his own fund Amentum which is investing in the new iterations of "the internet" via Handshake and Namebase and new models to incenti...
68 min
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Base Layer Episode 026 - Diogo Monica (Co - Fou...
Diogo Monica, Co-Founder of Anchorage joins Base Layer to discuss their custody solution that has a lot of people in the ecosystem buzzing. Diogo spent years at Square before founding Anchorage, leading the platform security team that was used to move ov...
50 min
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Base Layer Episode 025 - Alex Adelman (Co - Fou...
Alex Adelman, Co-Founder of Lolli joins us on Base Layer -- Lolli is an amazing on-ramp for the non-technical/finance folks; it's a rewards program with over 750 retailers like Walmart, Gap, CVS and more. We talk to Alex about building this company, why ...
50 min
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Base Layer Episode 024 - David Sønstebø & Domin...
David and Dominik, the founders of IOTA, join Base Layer to discuss IOTA, a cryptocurrency they designed for use in the internet of things, enabling secure sales and trading data streams, with no need of transaction fees and miners to maintain operations...
58 min
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Base Layer Episode 023 - Paul Veradittakit (Par...
Paul Veradittakit, Partner at Pantera Capital joins Base Layer today to discuss the history and evolution of crypto infrastructure - from wallets and exchanges to much more robust financial tooling projects. We also discuss new marketplaces being created...
53 min
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Base Layer Episode 022 - Jeremy Welch (Founder;...
Jeremy Welch, the founder of Casa Inc joins us on Base Layer to discuss his companies growth, building and shipping nodes during "crypto winter", why he built Casa in the first place, "being your own bank" narrative and much more. Additionally we do our ...
57 min
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Base Layer Episode 021 - Monica Quaintance (Kad...
Monica joins us from Kadena today to give a master class (unintended) on the difference between public and private blockchains; her journey from aspiring opera singer to investment banking and then working as one of the key engineers at Kadena which is w...
52 min
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Base Layer Episode 020 - Avichal Garg (Electric...
Avichal Garg joins us on Base Layer for Episode 20!! Avichal has so much experience in technology, coming from Google, Spool (a startup he co-founded) and Facebook. Recently he launched Electric Capital to invest in Programmable Money; we discussed the b...
54 min
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Base Layer Episode 019 - Lily Liu (Co - Founder...
Lily Liu, the Co-Founder of Earn.com joins us on Base Layer. Lily's past experience in traditional finance at firms like McKinsey & KKR-Capstone were discussed, her work helping build a hospital in China to her involvement in Earn.com which eventually go...
51 min
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Base Layer Episode 018 - Linda Xie (Scalar Capi...
Linda Xie, Co-Founder of Scalar Capital joins Base Layer. We discuss her roles in traditional finance at AIG in risk management, moving to Coinbase in the "early days" to starting Scalar Capital. Linda is one of the most sought after investors and though...
54 min
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Base Layer Episode 017 - Ryan John King (Co - F...
Ryan joins us on Base Layer to discuss his company, FOAM, a project we've been watching for some time. The team created the Proof of Location protocol which empowers a permissionless and autonomous network of radio beacons, offering secure location servi...
46 min
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Base Layer Episode 016 - Dan Held (Interchange)
Dan Held from Interchange joins us on Base Layer for our "Bitcoin Classic" edition. Dan has years of experience with Bitcoin and talks at length about it's history, it's evolution and it's importance. If you're trying to learn more about Bitcoin this one...
54 min
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Base Layer Episode 015 - Ryan Selkis (Founder &...
Ryan Selkis joins us on Base Layer, an investor and builder in cryptoassets for the last 5 years. Ryan founded Messari which aims to provide Institutional Investors research, transparency and tools to better understand crypto from a fundamental standpoin...
38 min
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Base Layer Episode 014 - Sharon Goldberg (Co - ...
Sharon brings over a decade of expertise in network security and cryptography. She is also an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at Boston University, where her research focuses on securing the protocols that provide many of the globa...
51 min
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Base Layer Episode 013 - Jake Brukhman (Founder...
Jake Brukhman, Founder at Coinfund joins us on Base Layer for our twelfth episode to discuss generalized mining, the scalability issues in blockchain, what a future Facebook on blockchain could look like and the infrastructure needed, staking as a servic...
50 min
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Base Layer Episode 012 - Arianna Simpson (Auton...
Arianna Simpson joins us on Base Layer today; formerly at Facebook and BitGo, Arianna is a powerhouse in crypto. She is incredibly sought after as someone with knowledge of networks and the technology as well as an investor who's been focusing on crypto ...
44 min
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Base Layer Episode 011 - Andy Bromberg (Preside...
Andy Bromberg, President of CoinList, drops by Base Layer in this episode to discuss the state of token sales, governance, the evolution of private deals that look more like traditional venture but also have tokeneconomics cooked in, STO's, his matrix fo...
41 min
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Base Layer Episode 010 - Craig Burel (Reciproca...
Craig Burel from Reciprocal Ventures joins us for a conversation around the early days of investing in crypto infrastructure (0x, Radar Relay, Augur and much more) to STO's. He also shares with our listeners his thoughts on valuation, a topic many people...
43 min
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Base Layer Episode 009 - Marc Bhargava And Kevi...
Marc & Kevin joined us on Base Layer, the founding team over at Tagomi which is building key infrastructure for the trading of digital assets. The team is incredibly strong which backgrounds from Union Square Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Citadel, Virtu and m...
41 min
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Base Layer Episode 008 - Spencer Noon (DTC Capi...
Join us for Episode 8 with Spencer Noon, an investor at Doggie Tail Capital, a fund backed by a family office. Spencer is an impressive investor in crypto, highly knowledgeable about the technology and especially Ethereum. We discuss ETH's current role, ...
48 min