Ethereum Down Under | Australian DeFi Panel | Immutable, Synthetix, Tracer, Maple
In this episode, we're going down under! Ethereum is global and some fascinating projects are being built by our friends in Australia. Hear from Kain Warwick—Founder of Synthetix, Robbie Ferguson—Co-Founder of Immutable, Pat McNab—Co-Founder of Mycelium & Tracer DAO, & Sid Powell, Co-Founder of Maple Finance.
Is Australia an ETH hub? What makes each of these founders and their respective projects successful? How are they building the future of space? And what does that future look like? Find out the answers to these questions and much more in the episode!
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Richard Turrin is the best selling author of Innovation Lab Excellence, and recently published his new book Cashless: China's Digital Currency Revolution. This new release covers the story and context of China’s new Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and the innovation happening in that space.
In this episode, Richard walks us through the efforts China has made to innovate within its Fintech platforms, and how it poses a long-term threat to US Dollar dominance. With smart contracts on the way, what does the world look like with a maximally successful Chinese CBDC? Listen in and find out.
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
9:30 Richard Turrin
12:03 Where The US Went Wrong
16:34 China’s Last 10 Years
23:10 Comparing the User Experience
30:00 A Cultural Divide
38:17 A Regulatory Divide
47:00 Central Bank Digital Currencies
57:43 Digitized vs Digital Currency
1:05:19 Benefits of a CBDC
1:14:48 The Design & Smart Contracts
1:25:00 Verification and KYC
1:30:57 China’s International Ambitions
1:35:43 The Impact on Crypto
1:39:13 When the West Wakes Up
1:42:03 Closing & Disclaimers
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Resources:
Richard on Twitter
https://twitter.com/richardturrin?s=20
Cashless: China's Digital Currency Revolution
https://www.amazon.com/Cashless-Chinas-Digital-Currency-Revolution/dp/1949642720/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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Arianna Simpson of a16z comes on the Bankless Podcast to explore the insane momentum we've seen around crypto gaming. The product-market fit between the gaming and crypto worlds is palpable. The scaling and maturation of the crypto economy make for a ripe inflection point for an explosion of cultural applications.
What does Play-To-Earn mean for the investor? Is ETH money for the metaverse? Arianna's takes offer a huge amount of insight as we dive into the future of both work and play.
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
5:00 Arianna Simpson
7:05 Crypto Gaming: Why Now?
10:06 How Big is This?
17:15 Building Infrastructure
20:29 Player Ownership
28:13 Eating the World
31:55 Progression to Play-To-Earn
37:30 Capturing Value
41:27 Isn’t it a Ponzi Game?
48:30 Working in Crypto Gaming
58:08 Consolidation of Resources
1:05:03 Impact on Culture & Industry
1:15:36 The Metaverse
1:20:17 ETH is Metaverse Money
1:27:10 Closing & Disclaimers
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Resources:
Arianna on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/AriannaSimpson?s=20
Masters of Doom:
https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Doom-Created-Transformed-Culture/dp/0812972155
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Eric Peters is the Founder and CEO of One River Digital Asset Management. In this episode, he joins the Bankless Podcast to bring the perspective of a traditional hedge fund manager into a crypto context. Spending his career in the markets, his insights to the macro environment are vast and inform his investing decisions, and he sees crypto as a pathway to a renaissance – but also to a dystopia.
Seeing a 'quantum' level change underway, Eric explores the bumpy road ahead with thoughtful views on generation gaps, income inequality, and the power of digital assets. Eric's approach is a pragmatic one, addressing the crypto revolution in realistic terms that makes these paradigm shifts feel simultaneously instant and drawn out.
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
6:00 Eric Peters of Greenwich, CT
12:45 Buying $600M of Crypto
16:25 Building a Team
23:55 A Macro History Lesson
32:19 A Quantum Change
40:20 Dystopia or Renaissance
49:16 Bumpy Road Ahead
55:12 Generational Stresses
1:03:25 Faith In Currency
1:10:52 Regulatory Wrestling Match
1:15:42 Young, Dumb, and Broke
1:24:48 DeFi Boomers
1:29:00 Money is an Illusion
1:37:49 One Grave at a Time
1:42:20 Predictions
1:46:39 Closing & Disclaimers
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Resources:
Weekend Notes:
https://www.oneriveram.com/wknd-notes
The Case for Digital Assets:
https://www.oneriveram.com/s/The-Case-for-Digital-Assets-One-River.pdf
The Crypto Renaissance:
https://youtu.be/karddOiv4ZA
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Santiago Siri—or santi.eth on Twitter—is building Universal Basic Income on Ethereum through Proof of Humanity, the project he co-founded. As a community leader in the Ethereum space, Santi comes from Argentina, a country with a rich history of culture, inflation, corruption, resilience, and now… crypto.
Recently touring Argentina with Vitalik, Santi reveals fascinating anecdotes from their travels and exemplifies how Argentina is ripe for a crypto revolution. An internet native country with a catastrophic economic past, Argentina is a perfect breeding ground for crypto innovation and adoption.
Santi tells the story of Argentina from the second half of the 20th century to today’s landscape, and explains why he’s optimistic that a history of corruption and capital control can blossom into a brighter society with the growth of crypto.
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Topics Covered:
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5:00 What Santi Cares About
9:43 Growing Up in Argentina
17:30 Inflation & Cascading Events
30:50 The Argentine Culture
39:50 The Crypto Bounce
53:00 Swinging into Collectivism
1:04:38 Vitalik
1:10:20 Argentine Crypto Utility
1:18:54 Proof of Humanity & UBI
1:34:08 Why Optimistic?
1:39:24 Closing
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Resources:
Santiago on Twitter
https://twitter.com/santisiri?s=20
Proof of Humanity
https://twitter.com/proofofhumanity?s=20
Democracy.Earth
https://democracy.earth/
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Friend.tech has dominated the crypto landscape as of late and it’s now breaking out into multiple mainstream non-crypto audiences. Should we pat ourselves on the back? Or do we need to more carefully reflect on the consequences of this new financialized social application?
Ryan and David give their raw thoughts on these questions and much more.
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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES
0:00 Intro
5:28 RSA’s survey
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1693799871197622344
6:15 Sassal’s take
https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1693803825747107973
9:00 How friend.tech works
13:00 Is anyone using friend.tech?
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15:10 Non-crypto influencers using friend.tech
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https://www.bankless.com/can-friend-tech-go-mainstream
17:00 Anti-friend.tech takes
https://twitter.com/AutismCapital/status/1693759402908815480
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1693977201618653260
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37:00 David’s friend.tech conclusion (as of today)
43:52 Market Maximization & Financialization
45:31 Net Good vs. Net Bad?
49:53 Meme of the episode
51:31 Sleeping Dragon
52:46 Closing & Disclosures
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