The Smart Economy Podcast: Real-World Blockchain Applications with Crypto, DeFi, NFTs, and DAOs

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The Smart Economy Podcast: Real-World Blockchain Applications with Crypto, DeFi, NFTs, and DAOs

The Smart Economy Podcast features interviews with some of the most interesting people within the blockchain industry, working to make the new smart economy a reality.

  1. The Pseudonymous Team That Saved THORChain: Aaluxx Myth on Maya Protocol and the TCY Rescue

    2 DAYS AGO

    The Pseudonymous Team That Saved THORChain: Aaluxx Myth on Maya Protocol and the TCY Rescue

    In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Aaluxx Myth, co-founder of Maya Protocol, a decentralized liquidity solution enabling native L1-to-L1 token swaps. Together, they discuss building decentralized liquidity solutions, the creation of the TCY token following the THORFi crisis, and the importance of permissionless finance in emerging economies.

    54 min
  2. From Wall Street to Web3: How Plaza Finance is Bringing TradFi Sophistication to DeFi

    5 JUN

    From Wall Street to Web3: How Plaza Finance is Bringing TradFi Sophistication to DeFi

    In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Ryan Galvankar, the founder of Plaza Finance, a platform built on Base that is specializing in programmable derivatives. Together, they discuss how Plaza's innovative bond and leverage products are making sophisticated financial instruments accessible on-chain.

    55 min
  3. Scaling Stablecoins Without Banks: Inside M0’s Complexity Abstraction Machine

    22 MAY

    Scaling Stablecoins Without Banks: Inside M0’s Complexity Abstraction Machine

    In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Gregory Di Prisco, co-founder and Chief Architect at M0, the stablecoin infrastructure that seeks to enable developers and businesses to build and integrate programmable, interoperable, and secure digitized dollars.

    57 min
  4. Are Stablecoins the Future of Money? Telcoin’s eUSD and becoming a Digital Bank with Paul Neuner

    8 MAY

    Are Stablecoins the Future of Money? Telcoin’s eUSD and becoming a Digital Bank with Paul Neuner

    In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Paul Neuner, the Founder and CEO of Telcoin, acompany leveraging blockchain technology to provide low-cost DeFi products for mobile phone users globally, to explore how their Nebraska-based digital asset bank charter is reshaping the future of payments, stablecoins, and digital banking infrastructure.

    51 min
  5. Are Stablecoins Crypto's Achilles' Heel? Quai Network's Energy-Backed Alternative with Alan Orwick

    24 APR

    Are Stablecoins Crypto's Achilles' Heel? Quai Network's Energy-Backed Alternative with Alan Orwick

    In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Alan Orwick, the CEO of Dominant Strategies, a development entity creating tooling and applications on the Quai Network. Together, they discuss the future of stablecoins, PoW innovation, and how the Quai Network is developing a new type of energy-backed cryptocurrency system.

    1 hr
  6. Trust vs. Truth: Redesigning Digital Identity for the Decentralized Web with Ingo Ruebe

    10 APR

    Trust vs. Truth: Redesigning Digital Identity for the Decentralized Web with Ingo Ruebe

    In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Ingo Ruebe, the founder of Kilt Protocol, a decentralized digital identity solution serving enterprises, governments, and consumers, to explore the critical yet often overlooked world of decentralized digital identity.

    53 min
  7. Media, Money, and Misunderstandings: Bankless Sets the Record Straight with David Hoffman

    27 MAR

    Media, Money, and Misunderstandings: Bankless Sets the Record Straight with David Hoffman

    In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by David Hoffman, the co-founder and host of Bankless, a cryptocurrency media brand and community that focuses on educating and empowering individuals to navigate the decentralized financial landscape. Together, they discuss the evolution of crypto media, the challenges of maintaining editorial independence, and the misconceptions surrounding the intersection of for-profit media and venture capital in the blockchain space.

    55 min
  8. Building Web3's Community Infrastructure: Galxe's Vision for Digital Identity with Patrick Young

    13 MAR

    Building Web3's Community Infrastructure: Galxe's Vision for Digital Identity with Patrick Young

    In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski sits down with Patrick Young, Head of Go-to-Market at Galxe, a leading platform for Web3 community growth and engagement. From their Quest system that's processed over 1.1 billion completions to their Galxe Passport identity solution, discover how Galxe is bridging the gap between Web2 and Web3 while preparing for the future of AI integration. Whether you're a blockchain project looking to build sticky communities or a developer interested in identity solutions, this conversation offers valuable insights into the evolution of Web3 engagement and the upcoming Gravity blockchain. Tune in to learn how Galxe's suite of tools is helping onboard the first billion users to Web3.

    58 min
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