DeFi Decoded with Alex Tapscott & Andrew Young

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Molly Mackinlay, Head of Engineering, Product, & Research Development at Protocol Labs. Listen in as they discuss Molly’s journey from working at Google to in Web3, Filecoin’s origin and where it stands today, core reasons why projects are using it, the provenance of data within artificial intelligence models, the structure of data DAOs and how they work, some consumer use cases, the importance of Filecoin Virtual Machine and its future, and more!

Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Hunter Horsley, Co-Founder and CEO of Bitwise Asset Management. Listen in as they discuss Hunter’s busy week with the Ethereum ETF decision deadline, the accelerating momentum of developing policy around digital assets, the broad bipartisan support for the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, embracing an opportunity mindset on innovative and emerging technologies, Hunter’s experience at Facebook and journey to founding Bitwise, incorporating digital asset exposure into traditional portfolios, Bitwise’s decision to disclose the Bitcoin holding addresses of its BITB Bitcoin ETF, and more!

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Jacquelyn Melinek, Co-Founder and CEO of Token Relations. Listen in as they discuss Jacquelyn’s experience as a crypto reporter, the craziest story she ever covered, why she left the world of journalism to become a founder, the current problem with projects' communications, how Token Relations help enhance relationships with token holders, how they are approaching business development and partnerships, the rise of key opinion leaders, the value arbitrage opportunity for great tech with lacking communication, the current best practices and what the future will look like, learning resources, and more!

Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Sarah Milby, Head of Policy at the Blockchain Association. Listen in as they discuss the Blockchain Association’s origin and the progress they’ve made, what good Web3 policy looks like, the current state of stablecoin legislation in the United States, crypto on the ballot with the upcoming election, whether this can become bipartisan again, the global Web3 regulatory situation, and more!

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi. Listen in as they discuss a crypto market roundup with this past month being the worst since the FTX collapse, simple explanations of staking and restaking, EigenLayer and its airdrop controversy, the evolution of token distribution models, ideas on how these could look in the future, and more!

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Bitcoin’s fourth-ever halving that occurred last Friday, gold’s considerable uptick in recent weeks, the geopolitical neutrality of Bitcoin and whether central banks will adopt it as a reserve asset, the impact of Bitcoin Runes and BRC-20 tokens on the network, the potential of ‘remining’ to launch applications leveraging Bitcoin’s hashing power, the prospect of a Bitcoin collateralized stablecoin, Coinbase’s upcoming earnings next week and how its layer 2 Base may surprise investors, the New York Stock Exchange’s poll on 24/7 trading, and more!