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The 10th episode of the Chorus One Podcast S2 welcomes Morgan Krupetsky from Ava Labs, the team behind Avalanche.

Avalanche's mission, as stated often, is to "tokenize all the world's assets." In this engaging conversation, Morgan chats with hosts Erwin Torreao Dassen and Alexis Tabak, unpacking how Avalanche aims to achieve this ambitious goal and discussing the incredible initiatives undertaken by Avalanche around the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA).
Additionally, the conversation touches on what makes the structure of the Avalanche blockchain so appealing to institutions and how Ava Labs operates in terms of business development and growth, highlighting the unique approach taken by Layer 1 blockchains.

In episode 9 of the Chorus One Podcast S2, we are thrilled to welcome a special guest: Sreeram Kannan, the founder of EigenLayer! 

Sreeram joins our podcast to delve into restaking and the AVS economy, covering topics ranging from optimal strategies for restakers and node operators respectively, through to the sophisticated design decisions behind the recently launched EIGEN token.

Throughout the conversation, Sreeram and host Yannick also explore upcoming slashing and payment mechanisms on EigenLayer, discuss distinctions between objective and intersubjective attributable faults, and outline EigenLayer's overarching long-term vision. 

Resources mentioned in the discussion:
1. Chorus One's AVS Selection Framework (21:20): https://chorus.one/articles/the-chorus-one-approach-to-avs-selection
2. EIGEN Whitepaper (28:40): https://docs.eigenlayer.xyz/assets/files/EIGEN_Token_Whitepaper-0df8e17b7efa052fd2a22e1ade9c6f69.pdf
3. EigenLayer's blog on LRT Risks (56:25) https://www.blog.eigenlayer.xyz/liquid-restaking/

Host: Yannick Socolov, Ventures Lead at Chorus One

The current growing interest in Bitcoin Layer 2 solutions is remarkable, and Babylon Chain is at the forefront, setting the standard for empowering the Bitcoin ecosystem with innovative staking and timestamping features.
 In this episode of the Chorus One podcast, we're thrilled to welcome David Tse, co-founder of Babylon, who shares the fascinating story behind Babylon's origins, the evolution of their timestamping protocol alongside Bitcoin staking, integration with Cosmos Hub, comparisons between Ethereum and Bitcoin L2s and more.
In addition, David also dives into how Bitcoin staking exactly works, its complexities anbroader implications for the crypto space. 
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About Chorus One One is one of the biggest institutional staking providers globally, operating infrastructure for 50+ Proof-of-Stake networks, including Ethereum, Cosmos, Solana, Avalanche, and Near, amongst others. Since 2018, we have been at the forefront of the PoS industry and now offer easy enterprise-grade staking solutions, industry-leading research, and also invest in some of the most cutting-edge protocols through Chorus Ventures. We are a team of over 50 passionate individuals spread throughout the globe who believe in the transformative power of blockchain technology.

In episode #7, we're thrilled to have Yair Cleper from Lava Network joining us. Your hosts for this episode are Thalita Franklin and Luis Clavijo.

Lava Network uses a novel mechanism called Incentivized Public RPC which allows chains/rollups to permissionlessly bootstrap and subsidize infrastructure for dapp developers. This means free, performant and decentralized infrastructure for dapp developers and users.
During this episode, we'll explore: 
- The fundamentals of RPC,
- Yair’s creative analogies of Lava as the "Uber for blockchain data," and “a a “Permissionless Amazon”
- The significance of the #LAVA token for stakers,
- Lava’s incentivised Public RPC
- The final steps to Mainnet
… and more!
 
 

In Episode 6, we're excited to welcome Kerem Ozkan, the Founder of Soarchain, and Deniz Kalaslioglu, the Co-founder and CTO, as they dive into Soarchain's pivotal role in harnessing the full capabilities of its Layer 1 DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network) built on the Cosmos SDK. 
They shed light on how Soarchain simplifies the complexities of vehicular connectivity, offering a groundbreaking platform for applications that range from real-time insurance adjustments to AI-driven diagnostics and safety enhancements. 
Read our comprehensive article on Soarchain: https://chorus.one/articles/how-soarchain-unlocks-depins-potential
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About Chorus One Chorus One is one of the biggest institutional staking providers globally operating infrastructure for 50+ Proof-of-Stake networks, including Ethereum, Cosmos, Solana, Avalanche, and Near, amongst others. Since 2018, we have been at the forefront of the PoS industry and now offer easy enterprise-grade staking solutions, industry-leading research, and also invest in some of the most cutting-edge protocols through Chorus Ventures.

Welcome to the S2 Ep 5 of the Chorus One Podcast!

Every quarter, Chorus One releases an ecosystem review of a chosen protocol we support and have confidence in. In the third quarter of 2023, our spotlight was on NEAR Protocol, and now we're thrilled to welcome Altan Tutar, Senior Technical BD at NEAR Protocol, on the Chorus One Podcast to provide further insights into the protocol's intricacies. You can read the NEAR Ecosystem Review at https://chorus.one/articles/ecosystem-review-near or peruse the complete quarterly report at https://chorus.one/reports-research/quarterly-network-insights-q3-2023-2024.

In this conversation, Altan, and our host Thalita Franklin, Research Analyst at Chorus One, delve into NEAR's strategic direction for 2024 and a succinct exploration of its technical architecture. The discussion expands to the unique challenges and approaches in business development for a Layer 1 protocol, contrasting it with the strategies employed by infrastructure providers and other entities.

Altan and Thalita share insights into how projects like KaiKai incorporate NEAR into their frameworks. Additionally, they explore the intricacies of NEAR's collaborations with major protocols and conclude with an in-depth exploration of NEAR's core thesis and vision for the future. 

Watch the video-version at https://youtu.be/vf9u35ypr50 

About NEAR Protocol
Website: https://near.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NEARProtocol
Discord: http://near.chat/
Blog: https://near.org/blog

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