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 086 - Jake Yocom Piatt (Decr...
Jake, project lead for community directed digital asset Decred, joins us for a special Friday episode to discuss why the crypto ecosystem was afire this past week with privacy talk in the wake of the massive exposure on Grin’s Mimblewimble privacy implem...
29 min
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Base Layer Episode 085 - Galen Danziger (Mouseb...
Galen from Mousebelt joins us on Base Layer on a live recording during San Francisco Blockchain Week. MouseBelt is the world’s first full-service blockchain accelerator that goes beyond just seed capital, connections, and mentorship. The accelerator is u...
29 min
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Base Layer Episode 084 - Pascal Gauthier (CEO, ...
The CEO of Ledger, Pascal Gauthier, joins us on Base Layer to discuss some breaking news and a general overview of the last 5 years of their existence. Pascal discusses the news that the Ledger Vault platform now has a customized crime insurance program ...
34 min
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Base Layer Episode 083 - Haseeb Qureshi (Dragon...
An honor to have Haseeb, recorded live from San Francisco Blockchain Week; Haseeb is a highly respected investor in digital assets - we hone in on his past as a professional poker player, how his ability to discern risk and reward from those experiences ...
36 min
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Base Layer Episode 082 - Sergey Nazarov (Chainl...
Sergey, the co-founder of Chainlink joins us on Base Layer for an amazing episode from a project that has garnered a lot of attention this year after Google announced a partnership with them. Sergey has many years of experience in blockchains and we spen...
36 min
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Base Layer Episode 081 - Mariano Conti (Maker F...
Mariano joins us on Base Layer to give a fantastic overview of MakerDao and it’s stablecoin Dai. We discuss the evolution of stablecoins and their purpose in the digital asset ecosystem. Additionally, as Mariano lives in Argentina we discuss how digital ...
33 min
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Base Layer Episode 080 - Bill Laggner (Bearing ...
Bill joins us on Base Layer during my recent visit to Dallas for the Digital Asset Strategy Summit (DASS) to discuss his time in traditional finance over the last few decades and his most recent focus on Bitcoin and the revolution associated with distrib...
19 min
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Base Layer Episode 079 - Claire Belmont (Celo)
Claire from Celo joins us on Base Layer to give a great overview of Celo: driven by purpose -- to solve real-world problems such as lack of access to sound currency, or friction for cash-transfer programs aimed to alleviate poverty. Their mission is to b...
35 min
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Base Layer Episode 078 - Tuur Demeester & Dhruv...
Tuur and Dhruv join Base Layer live from the Digital Asset Strategy Summit (DASS) that was recently hosted in Dallas, bringing together Institutional Investors, Family Offices and many great investors and founders in digital assets together to share what...
42 min
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Base Layer Episode 077 - Zac Prince (BlockFi)
Zac joins us on Base Layer today to bring us up to speed on BlockFi, a project I've mentioned many times on the show when I discuss the emergence of Open Finance or #defi. Many participants in digital assets have been shut out of traditional finance (loa...
42 min
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Base Layer Episode 076 - Thomas Chippas (ErisX)
Tom, the CEO of ErisX, joins us on Base Layer to discuss key milestones at ErisX and what role & function it plays in digital assets. This is one not to miss; ErisX has operated a designated contract market for seven years and have used that expertise an...
46 min
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Base Layer Episode 075 - Stephane Gosselin (Num...
Stephane joins us in another live recording from Voices of Blockchain hosted in Chicago a few weeks back to talk to us about Numerai; a project in existence for a few years working to essentially re-invent the hedge fund. We talk about the tournaments th...
21 min
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Base Layer Episode 074 - Sunayna Tuteja (TD Ame...
Come join us for a live recording from Voice of Blockchain this past week in Chicago when I to sit with Sunayna from TD Ameritrade. The "Institutions are Coming"!! Remember that? Yes, Sunayna and her team are reviewing ways to provide access to digital a...
23 min
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Base Layer Episode 073 - Gavin Gillas (YGC)
Gavin joins us on Base Layer today to talk family offices and crypto! Gavin and YGC spun out of Yeoman's Capital - a 100% crypto focused family office down in Texas -- that's right folks...they do exist! We talk about their focus on hybrid blockchains - ...
42 min
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Base Layer Episode 072 - Jordan Clifford (Scala...
Jordan joins us today on Base Layer for a heavy Bitcoin talk! We discuss everything from the new BIP's such as Schnorr signatures, MAST, Taproot and more to the new Institutional infrastructure being provided by Bakkt which went live this week...how futu...
42 min
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Base Layer Episode 071 - Jutta Steiner (Parity ...
Jutta joins us on Base Layer to break down all that is happening at Parity and especially Polkadot; it's an amazing episode! Jutta is the co-founder and CEO of Parity Technologies. Parity Technologies has developed the most advanced Ethereum client and h...
39 min
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Base Layer Episode 070 - Itamar Lesuisse (Argent)
Itamar joins us on Base Layer and it's a very exciting discussion with a founder of a project a lot of people are talking about. Argent has arguably built one of the simplest crypto wallets out there and has really taken the notion of creating simple use...
38 min
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Base Layer Episode 069 - Seth Rubin (Market Pro...
Seth joins us on Base Layer to tell us what Market Protocol is and why people are getting excited about it. MARKET Protocol, using Ethereum, allows users to trade the price of anything while leveraging the benefits of the blockchain. Market Protocol enab...
37 min
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Base Layer Episode 068 - Ed Felten (OffChain La...
Ed joins us on Base Layer and it's a great episode -- not often have we had the chance to talk with people who have advised the President of the United States and our government on technology like Ed has in his not to recent past! Ed and I discuss Artbit...
39 min
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Base Layer Episode 067 - Jeanine Hightower-Sell...
Jeanine and Brian from Gemini Trust Co join us on Base Layer to discuss some of the recent work Gemini is doing to offer Institutional Investors more professional services to buy & sell digital assets in the most secure and compliant way possible. This e...
30 min
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Base Layer Episode 066 - Mike Alfred (Digital A...
40 min
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Base Layer Episode 061 - Dean Tribble (Agoric)
Dean joins us on Base Layer for an in-depth discussion on Agoric and it's not to be missed. Dean designed the negotiation process and contract for the first smart contracting system, AMiX which dates back to the 1980's. As a Principal Architect at Micros...
44 min
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Base Layer Episode 060 - Roneil Rumburg (Audius)
Roneil from Audius joins us on Base Layer for episode 60 and it's really a fun one! Aside from an exceptional career that has had stops at places like Kleiner and being early to the blockchain party, Roneil and team are focusing on a use case of blockcha...
45 min
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Base Layer Episode 059 - Akin Sawyerr (Decred)
Akin from Decred joins us on Base Layer for a great overview of the project. Decred forked from the Bitcoin codebase when a proposal for new suite of features to be added to Bitcoin from Company 0 was rejected by the Bitcoin core team. Named btcsuite, th...
34 min
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Base Layer Episode 058 - Mike Belshe (BitGo)
Mike Belshe, the CEO and co-founder of BitGo, joins us for the next episode of Base Layer. BitGo, is one of the market leaders in institutional-grade cryptocurrency investment services. Mike is the driving force behind BitGo’s product and business strate...
50 min