Web3 & Whiskey Gary Liu

Web3 & Whiskey is a podcast about how the decentralized internet will change our lives. This episode was recorded on Jan 5 and features Gary Liu, Suresh Balaji, and Malcolm Ong.In this episode, we discussed what a decentralized Twitter would look like, whether gatekeeping of information is necessary, and the value of decentralizing the influential platform.Chapters:00:00 Intro00:55 Whiskeys08:06 Discussion: Should Twitter be decentralized?12:02 What does Twitter actually mean to each of y...

Web3 & Whiskey is a podcast about how the decentralized internet will change our lives. This episode was recorded on Feb 2 and features Gary Liu, Suresh Balaji, and Malcolm Ong. In this episode, we discuss a hack that happened in January to a pseudonymous crypto collector and influencer known as NFT God. How did such an important influencer the crypto community get hacked, and what does that mean for web3? Is this a web3 problem, and who could possibly be done about it? Listen to th...

Web3 & Whiskey is a podcast about how the decentralized internet will change our lives. This episode was recorded on Jan 12—before Microsoft launched its ChatGPT-powered Bing—and features Gary Liu, Suresh Balaji, and Malcolm Ong. If AI is helping machines become more human-like so that we can fulfill our potential, can web3 help make the internet more like the real world through ownership, control, and security—and enrich our digital lives? Does AI prevent us from controlling our as...

This is Web3 & Whiskey Reactions. Every week, we talk about some of the most interesting news stories in web3. This episode was recorded on Jan 19 and features Gary Liu and Suresh Balaji.Chapters: 00:00 Intro00:19 MoonPay partners with TIME06:01 Seoul launches a metaverse replica09:20 Avalanche partners with AWS 13:06 Crypto lender Genesis files for bankruptcy19:27 HSBC subsidiary Hang Seng Bank becomes the first bank in Hong Kong to launch an "NFT wallet"You can fin...

Web3 & Whiskey is a podcast about how the decentralized internet will change our lives. This episode was recorded on Dec 22 and features Gary Liu, Suresh Balaji, and Malcolm Ong. In this episode, we look back on an eventful 2022, from the Ethereum Merge to the collapse of LUNA, Three Arrows Capital, and FTX—and the subsequent crypto deep freeze. More important, we look toward 2023 and talk about developments in web3 that truly excite us, from mass adoption driven by established cons...

This is Web3 & Whiskey Reactions. Every week, we talk about some of the most interesting news stories in web3. This episode was recorded on Jan 5 and features Gary Liu, Suresh Balaji, and Malcolm Ong. Chapters:00:00 Intro00:29 NEWS: BMW partners with Coinweb to develop a blockchain-based financing and loyalty program in Thailand05:30 NEWS: A tax-loss harvesting platform is building “the world's largest collection of worthless NFTs”11:43 NEWS: Web3 startups raised $7.1B in funding dur...