Mint Podcast by Adam Levy Adam Levy

The episode welcomes Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Avara, and Alex Gluchowski, Co-Founder & CEO of Matter Labs, the team behind the zkSync network. The key focus of this conversation covers the newly announced Lens Network built on zkSync. Throughout the hour we explore: The key benefits of the Lens Network for creators.How zkSync ensures user data control and ownership.New monetization opportunities compared to traditional social media.Addressing censorship and freedo...

Join us in this episode as we sit down with Alex Masmej, the brain behind Drakula and a key player in the farcaster ecosystem. From his early days of conceptualizing Showtime as the 'Instagram of NFTs' to pioneering Drakula, Alex's journey is nothing short of remarkable. Drakula, now making waves as the 'TikTok of Web3', has seen an explosive start with over $30M in transactions in just two weeks, introducing a new and engaging way for fans to support video creators.Alex returns to the podcas...

In this episode of the Mint Podcast, we're joined by Coinbase Wallet's Lead Engineer, Chintan Turakhia, and discuss the world of wallets, building onchain audiences, solving the challenges of wallet onboarding, and the need for simplification.Chintan breaks down his hot take on why wallets are becoming "super apps" that integrate various onchain actions, with wallet-to-wallet messaging being a core use case.I hope you enjoy this jam-packed conversation.

This bonus episode welcomes Jesse Pollak, contributor #001 at Base Protocol—a layer two Ethereum solution from Coinbase. They discuss their initial meeting at a music NFT event in Denver and trace Jesse's path in the crypto realm: from early startups, being the 70th employee at Coinbase, to crypto advocacy roles in D.C.Jesse sheds light on Base's aspirations, aiming to position it as more than just another L2, but rather a key player in the evolving web3 creator economy, with an ambitious goa...

In this episode, I’m joined by Shane Mac, the CEO and Co-founder of XMTP.We had an intimate conversation about Shane’s entrepreneurial history where we took a detailed glimpse into his previous startups, multi-million dollar acquisitions, and his vision for the XMTP protocol.The motivation behind this episode was to capture a core pillar of web3 growth networks and why communication is the bedrock of any thriving project or company. Their recent partnership announcement with Coinbase Wal...

GM, Mint Podcast listeners! First off — thanks for being patient with me. If you've been following my newsletter, you may recall my mention of a short break due to Bello's acceptance into a16z's crypto startup school. During this time, my focus was dedicated to building Bello's team and enhancing our services as the premier onchain analytics solution for web3 brands and enterprises.On top of that, the bear market took a turn and my plans for executing Mint Season 8 had to pause temporari...