Nov 24, 2020

dYdX wants to become the largest crypto exchange - period. Can DeFi challenge centralized exchange giants? 2 years since our first conversation, founder Antonio (@AntonioMJuliano) joins us to talk:

• Why is dYdX focusing on perpetual swaps
• Uniswap vs. dYdX vs. Synthetix
• Building on Layer 2 vs. building on other...

Nov 17, 2020

Within a few years, USDC ballooned from an experiment to a $3 billion dollar phenomenon - but this is just the beginning. CEO and founder of Circle, Jeremy Allaire (@jerallaire) joins us in revealing:

• His experience taking 2 tech companies public in the 90s 
• How Circle grew USDC in the early days
• US vs. Asia in the...

Nov 11, 2020

Can investors find alpha by looking at blockchain data? Companies have been built around the idea of aggregating onchain transaction data into investable insights - do they work? Host Jason Choi speaks with Brian and Dino from crypto analytics company, Santiment (@santimentfeed). We discuss:

• What are the most reliable...

Nov 4, 2020

IDEX is taking a unique approach to scaling decentralized exchanges by combining centralized elements with non-custodial features. Can this work? We speak with founder Alex Wearn (@AlexWearn) on:

• Uniswap vs. order book exchanges
• Why dex's need to move to layer 2
• Is some centralization ok for dex's?
• Trust assumptions...

Oct 14, 2020

It's no news that DeFi needs to scale - but will it happen on layer 2, or will projects move to other layer 1s?

Serum's Sam Bankman-Fried (@SBF_Alameda) and Synthetix's Kain Warwick (@kaiynne) join us in discussing their opposite views on scaling

• Serum vs. Synthetix 
• Solana vs. Optimistic Rollups
• Is Layer 2 enough to...