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Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies Epicenter Media Ltd.
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Epicenter brings you in-depth conversations about the technical, economic and social implications of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. Every week, we interview business leaders, engineers academics and entrepreneurs, and bring you a diverse spectrum of opinions and points of view.
Epicenter is hosted by Sebastien Couture, Brian Fabian Crain, Friederike Ernst, Meher Roy and Felix Lutsch. Since 2014, our episodes have been downloaded over 8 million times.
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PsyDAO: Decentralising Psychedelic Research - Dima Buterin & Paul Kohlhaas
We were joined by Dima Buterin & Paul Kohlhaas, to discuss psychedelics (especially in relationship to trauma), how research has progressed and how decentralisation pushes the field forward (DeSci).
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Crypto ETFs: Trojan Horse or Big Win? - Austin Griffith, Mona El Isa, Peter Van Valkenburgh
We were joined at DappCon 2024 by Austin Griffith, Mona El Isa and Peter Van Valkenburgh, to discuss the recent regulatory shift from US policymakers and its effect on Web3's mission and values.
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Alluvial: Institutional Liquid Staking and Spot Ethereum ETF - Mara Schmiedt
We were joined by Mara Schmiedt, CEO of Alluvial, to discuss how institutional players regard liquid staking and how infrastructure evolved since the early days of ETH POS.
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Quadratic Funding and How Gitcoin Raised $60M for Public Goods - Kevin Owocki
We were joined by Kevin Owocki, co-founder of Gitcoin, to discuss their quadratic funding model which raised over $60M for public goods funding, and how Gitcoin 2.0 further decentralises crowd-funding
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Near Protocol: 'Blockchains Cannot Scale Without Sharding!' - Illia Polosukhin & Alex Skidanov
We were joined by Illia Polosukhin & Alex Skidanov, co-founders of Near Protocol, to discuss why rollups are inefficient at scaling blockchains and how Near’s sharding fixes this bottleneck.
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'Is Tether's USDT Safe?' - Paolo Ardoino
We were joined by Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, to discuss how crypto evolved over the past 10 years, and what role Tether played in shaping both crypto, as well as emerging markets and developing economies.