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Onchain Media is a storytelling platform spotlighting the people, projects, and ideas shaping the future of the internet. Hosted by Rachel Onchain, each episode dives into the heart of the onchain space—exploring culture, innovation, and what it means to build onchain. Whether you’re a founder, creator, or curious listener, this show is for you. If you enjoy the podcast, please subscribe to our YouTube channel and watch full episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/@OnchainMediaCo

  1. FEB 3

    Onchain Media Ep #025 | Onchain Car Culture with DRVN Labo | Hosted by Rachel Onchain

    In this episode of the Onchain Media Podcast, Rachel Onchain sits down with Rex Tracer from DRVN Labo to explore how automotive culture and crypto are coming together in a new way. Rex shares his journey in crypto (dating back to 2013), his lifelong passion for cars, and the vision behind DRVN Labo. We dive into how the project is using onchain tools to unlock fractional ownership of iconic vehicles, empower community participation, and create real-world experiences tied to digital ownership. The conversation also covers upcoming IRL activations, community-led monetization, and the charitable mission inspired by the legacy of Paul Walker. This episode is a deep look at how culture, community, and onchain infrastructure can work together to onboard the next wave of users, while connecting a global community of car culture enthusiasts. ──────────────────────────────────────────── 🧠 Key Takeaways • DRVN Labo bridges automotive culture and crypto through community ownership • Rex Tracer has been building in crypto since 2013 • Fractional ownership enables broader access to iconic cars • Community members help shape monetization decisions • Media, education, and onboarding are core to DRVN’s mission • Charity and sustainability are built into the project’s long-term vision • Upcoming activations include ETHDenver and Slush Motorsports Festival ──────────────────────────────────────────── ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Introduction to DRVN Labo & Rex Tracer 01:20 Rex’s Journey in Crypto and Car Culture 04:43 DRVN Labo’s Vision & Community Engagement 07:10 Exploring the DRVN App & RWAs 09:55 Fractional Ownership of Iconic Cars 12:17 Monetization Strategies for Collector Cars 14:28 Upcoming Events & Community Activations 17:43 The Legacy of Paul Walker 19:21 Charitable Efforts & Sustainability 21:17 Milestones & Future Developments 25:01 Partnerships & Collaborations 28:13 Community Engagement & Involvement ──────────────────────────────────────────── Want to get involved with DRVN Labo? Here’s everything you need 👇 🔔 Subscribe to the DRVN Culture Newsletter www.drvnculture.xyz 🌐 Official Website drvnlabo.xyz 🚀 Become a DRVN Ambassador drvnlabo.xyz/drvn-labo-ambassador-program 🐦 Follow DRVN Labo on X x.com/DRVNlabo 💬 Join the Community (Discord) discord.gg/aDYEcX4a ──────────────────────────────────────────── Onchain Media Resources 🔔 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/@OnchainMediaCo 📩 Subscrible to our Newsletter: paragraph.com/@onchainmedia ✖️ Follow us on X: x.com/Onchainmedia ✈️ Join our Telegram Community: t.me/onchainmediaco ──────────────────────────────────────────── ⚠️ Disclosure & Disclaimer This episode contains sponsored content in partnership with DRVN Labo. All views expressed are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute financial advice. Always do your own research before participating in any onchain projects. This media is not an offer to buy or sell securities, simply for entertainment purposes. This disclosure is in compliance with Section 17(b) of the United States Securities Act of 1933.

    34 min
  2. JAN 13

    Onchain Media Ep #024 | DeFi for Good with Azos | Hosted by Rachel Onchain

    In this episode of the Onchain Media Podcast, Rachel Onchain hosts Joshua Lapidus and Penguin from the Azos team. They discuss their backgrounds in crypto, the evolution of public goods, and the mission of Azos to bring real-world assets (RWAs) to decentralized finance (DeFi). The conversation covers their strategic decision to build on the Base platform, the partnerships they are forming, and how they are designing positive feedback loops to encourage sustainable practices. They also delve into their rewards program, SEEDS, and share their philosophical views on creating better money for a better planet. _____________________________________________________________________ Takeaways: - Joshua Lapidus and Penguin have extensive backgrounds in crypto and public goods. - Azos aims to solve the climate finance trilemma by integrating RWAs into DeFi. - The team emphasizes the importance of community and collaboration in the crypto space. - Building on Base provides a trusted environment for their project. Azos is focused on creating positive flywheels that reinforce good actions and sustainability. - The SEEDS program incentivizes user engagement and participation in the ecosystem. - The founders believe in the potential of blockchain to solve significant global issues. - They aim to make DeFi accessible and fun for users through gamification. Partnerships with established organizations enhance Azos's credibility and reach. - The future of money and sustainability is promising with improved tooling and frameworks. _____________________________________________________________________ Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to the Onchain Media Podcast 03:06 Guest Introductions and Backgrounds 09:37 Diving into Azos and Its Mission 11:23 Understanding Azos's Approach to Climate Finance 16:03 Why Azos Chose to Build on Base 20:38 Future Assets and Partnerships for Azos 21:53 The Power of Partnerships 22:30 Gamification and Positive Flywheels 23:58 Creating an Account and Referral Codes 24:00 Achievements and Gamification in Azos 24:08 The Philosophy Behind Better Money for a Better Planet 29:14 Future of Money and Sustainability 31:05 Calls to Action and Community Engagement _____________________________________________________________________ Disclaimer: This media is NOT an offer to buy or sell securities, simply for entertainment purposes Please be advised that I own a diverse portfolio of cryptocurrency assets, and anything written or discussed in connection to cryptocurrencies – regardless of the subject matter’s content – may represent a potential conflict of interest. I wish to always remain transparent and impartial to the cryptocurrency community, and therefore, the content of my media is intended FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. Nothing that I write or discuss should be construed, or relied upon, such as investment, financial, legal, regulatory, accounting, tax or similar advice. Nothing should be interpreted as a solicitation to invest in any cryptocurrency, and nothing herein should be construed as a recommendation to engage in any investment strategy or transaction. Please be advised that it is in your own best interests to consult with investment, legal, tax or similar professionals regarding any specific situations and any prospective transaction decisions. This channel is not responsible for the performance of actions of any sponsors, partners or affiliates. All information is found publicly on the internet and could change or be doctored now or any time in the future. This channel is for entertainment purposes ONLY and does not intend to slander or harm anyone. _____________________________________________________________________ Please Note: In consideration for producing content, the company made a generous contribution to support the “Onchain Media” socials channel. This disclosure is in compliance with Section 17(b) of the United States Securities Act of 1933. #DeFi #Crypto #Blockchain #Onchain #Base #Cryptocurrency

    33 min
  3. 12/04/2025

    Onchain Media Ep #023 | The Evolution of Gaming with Blockchain & AI | Ft. Chuckstock of Remix

    In this episode of the Onchain Media podcast, Rachel Onchain interviews Chuckstock, the CTO and co-founder of Remix. They discuss Chuck's journey into the crypto space, the evolution of gaming through AI and decentralized social media, and the importance of community and in-person events. Chuck shares insights on the development of Remix, the concept of vibe coding, and the future of gaming in the crypto ecosystem. The conversation highlights the rapid changes in the industry and the opportunities available for creators and builders. __________________________________________ Takeaways 💡 - Chuck's journey into crypto began with a loss in Bitcoin. - The importance of community and in-person events in building relationships. - Farcaster represents a new era of decentralized social media. - Remix is focused on empowering users to create games through vibe coding. - The rapid growth of Remix showcases the potential of innovative ideas. - AI is transforming the gaming landscape, making game creation accessible. - Building genuine connections can lead to unexpected opportunities. - The gaming industry is evolving with the integration of blockchain technology. - Remix's game jams encourage creativity and collaboration among users. - The future of gaming is bright with endless possibilities for creators. - From Finance to Gaming: Chuckstock's Journey - The Future of Gaming with Remix __________________________________________ This media is NOT an offer to buy or sell securities, simply for entertainment purposes Disclaimer: Please be advised that I own a diverse portfolio of cryptocurrency assets, and anything written or discussed in connection to cryptocurrencies– regardless of the subject matter’s content– may represent a potential conflict of interest. I wish to always remain transparent and impartial to the cryptocurrency community, and therefore, the content of my media is intended FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. Nothing that I write or discuss should be construed, or relied upon, such as investment, financial, legal, regulatory, accounting, tax or similar advice. Nothing should be interpreted as a solicitation to invest in any cryptocurrency, and nothing herein should be construed as a recommendation to engage in any investment strategy or transaction. Please be advised that it is in your own best interests to consult with investment, legal, tax or similar professionals regarding any specific situations and any prospective transaction decisions. This channel is not responsible for the performance of actions of any sponsors, partners or affiliates. All information is found publicly on the internet and could change or be doctored now or any time in the future. This channel is for entertainment purposes ONLY and does not intend to slander or harm anyone. __________________________________________ Resources & Links 🔗 🔔 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: / @onchainmediaco 📩 Subscrible to our Newsletter: paragraph.com/@onchainmedia 👉 Follow Ben Bartlett: x.com/benbartlettberk 👉 Follow Rachel Onchain: x.com/RachelOnchain 👉 Follow Onchain Media: x.com/OnchainMediaCo 👉 Follow Remix: x.com/RemixGG_ 👉 Follow Chuck: x.com/0xChuckstock

    38 min
  4. 11/22/2025

    Onchain Media Ep #022 | Blockchain in Government | Ft. Vice Mayor Ben Bartlett of Berkeley

    In this episode of the Onchain Media Podcast, Rachel Onchain sits down with Ben Bartlett, the Vice Mayor of Berkeley, a long-time champion of blockchain innovation and social impact policy.   __________________________________________   They dive into: 🌉 Blockchain at the Municipal Level Ben reflects on his decade of public service and his early support for blockchain initiatives in Berkeley, including the city’s pioneering municipal bond tokenization program. 🏘️ Step Up Housing We explore the multi-year journey behind Step Up Housing, the program Ben helped bring to life to address homelessness, mental health, and housing in the Bay Area — celebrated in a ribbon-cutting cermony which was covered by the news. ⚖️ Crypto Policy & Public Innovation Rachel discusses her own role in advancing blockchain policy as a legislative aide for Ben, and how those early efforts aligned with Ben’s forward-thinking vision for civic tech.   If you care about blockchain, public policy, innovation, or the future of cities — this episode is for you.   __________________________________________   Resources & Links 🔔 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/@OnchainMediaCo 📩 Subscrible to our Newsletter: paragraph.com/@onchainmedia 👉 Follow Ben Bartlett: x.com/benbartlettberk 👉 Follow Rachel Onchain: x.com/RachelOnchain 👉 Follow Onchain Media: x.com/OnchainMediaCo

    9 min
  5. 10/28/2025

    Onchain Media Ep #021 | Crosschain DeFi With Folks Finance | Hosted by Rachel Onchain

    In this episode, Rachel sits down with Ibu Karel at Onchain Summit 2025. Ibu is the CMO of Folks Finance — a cross-chain DeFi protocol active in ecosystems like Algorand and Base.   Ibu shares his journey from content creator in the Algorand community to becoming a key leader driving cross-chain innovation and DeFi accessibility.   Together, Rachel and Ibu explore: 🌉 The vision behind Folks Finance and its multi-chain expansion 🤝 Lending opportunities through Folks 🧠 Ibu’s evolution from creator to CMO 💡 Rachel’s role as an ambassador and the power of community-driven marketing 🪙 The future of cross-chain liquidity and DeFi interoperability 🟦 Folks Finance's involvement with Base   Whether you’re a DeFi builder, creator, or community member, this episode is packed with insights on how collaboration across chains is shaping the future of crypto.   __________________________________________   Resources & Links 👉 Explore Folks Finance: https://folks.finance 👉 Follow Ibu Karel: https://x.com/ibuprod 👉 Follow Rachel Onchain: https://x.com/RachelOnchain 👉 Follow Onchain Media: https://x.com/OnchainMediaCo   __________________________________________   This media is NOT an offer to buy or sell securities, simply for entertainment purposes   Disclaimer: Please be advised that I own a diverse portfolio of cryptocurrency assets, and anything written or discussed in connection to cryptocurrencies– regardless of the subject matter’s content– may represent a potential conflict of interest. I wish to always remain transparent and impartial to the cryptocurrency community, and therefore, the content of my media is intended FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. Nothing that I write or discuss should be construed, or relied upon, such as investment, financial, legal, regulatory, accounting, tax or similar advice. Nothing should be interpreted as a solicitation to invest in any cryptocurrency, and nothing herein should be construed as a recommendation to engage in any investment strategy or transaction. Please be advised that it is in your own best interests to consult with investment, legal, tax or similar professionals regarding any specific situations and any prospective transaction decisions. This channel is not responsible for the performance of actions of any sponsors, partners or affiliates. All information is found publicly on the internet and could change or be doctored now or any time in the future. This channel is for entertainment purposes ONLY and does not intend to slander or harm anyone.   PLEASE NOTE: In consideration for producing content the company, made a generous contribution to support the “Onchain Media” socials channel. This disclosure is in compliance with Section 17(b) of the United States Securities Act of 1933.   __________________________________________   #DeFi #Crypto #FolksFinance #Base #Algorand #OnchainMedia #RachelOnchain

    21 min
  6. 09/22/2025

    Onchain Media Ep #019 | Brian on Base at Onchain Summit | Hosted by Rachel Onchain

    ✨ At Onchain Summit, I had the chance to sit with the Brian on Base team to dive into their memecoin project on Base. The Brian on Base team has shown up in a truly special way for the Base community, creating culture, connection, and memes while helping bring more people onchain. Memes are more than jokes. They’re the language of the internet, and on Base, they’re fueling a movement: To bring the world onchain. Huge thank you to the Brian on Base team for being an unforgettable part of this journey 💚 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 Check them out here: https://x.com/OnBaseBrian https://linktr.ee/brianxbase https://www.onbasebrian.com/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ Subscribe to Onchain Media on YouTube https://youtube.com/@onchainmediaco 📰 Subscribe to The Onchain Drop Newsletter https://paragraph.xyz/@onchainmedia 🐦 Follow us on X (Twitter) Rachel Onchain: https://x.com/RachelOnchain Onchain Media: https://x.com/OnchainMediaCo 🎙️ Listen to the Podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/xyz Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 🌐 Visit our Website https://onchainmedia.co ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💡 Don’t miss more conversations, livestreams, and stories amplifying the builders and communities shaping our onchain future. Hit Subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode! 🔔 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚠️ Disclaimer: This media is NOT an offer to buy or sell securities, simply for entertainment purposes Please be advised that I own a diverse portfolio of cryptocurrency assets, and anything written or discussed in connection to cryptocurrencies– regardless of the subject matter’s content– may represent a potential conflict of interest. I wish to always remain transparent and impartial to the cryptocurrency community, and therefore, the content of my media is intended FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. Nothing that I write or discuss should be construed, or relied upon, such as investment, financial, legal, regulatory, accounting, tax or similar advice. Nothing should be interpreted as a solicitation to invest in any cryptocurrency, and nothing herein should be construed as a recommendation to engage in any investment strategy or transaction. Please be advised that it is in your own best interests to consult with investment, legal, tax or similar professionals regarding any specific situations and any prospective transaction decisions. This channel is not responsible for the performance of actions of any sponsors, partners or affiliates. All information is found publicly on the internet and could change or be doctored now or any time in the future. This channel is for entertainment purposes ONLY and does not intend to slander or harm anyone. PLEASE NOTE: In consideration for producing content, the company made a generous contribution to support the “Onchain Media” socials channel. This disclosure is in compliance with Section 17(b) of the United States Securities Act of 1933.

    15 min
  7. 09/20/2025

    Onchain Media Ep #018 | Launching the Base App with Jesse Pollak of Base | Hosted by Rachel Onchain

    ✨ To celebrate the 1-year anniversary of Onchain Media, I’m excited to share this full circle moment with the very first guest we ever had on the show. That same guest and our earliest supporter returns: Jesse Pollak, creator of Base 🙏 Thank you Jesse for all you do for Base and the broader onchain movement. Your support since day one has meant so much, and it’s an honor to bring this moment full circle. 💙   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━   ✨ Subscribe to Onchain Media on YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@OnchainMediaCo 📰 Subscribe to The Onchain Drop Newsletter https://paragraph.xyz/@onchainmedia 🐦 Follow us on X (Twitter) - Rachel Onchain: https://x.com/RachelOnchain - Onchain Media: https://x.com/OnchainMediaCo 🎙️ Listen to the Podcast - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/xyz - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/xyz 🌐 Visit our Website https://onchainmedia.co   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━   💡 Don’t miss more conversations, livestreams, and stories amplifying the builders shaping our onchain future. Hit Subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode! 🔔   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━   ⚠️ Disclaimer This content is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing shared should be considered financial, investment, legal, or tax advice. Nothing in this video is an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Always do your own research.   #crypto #blockchain #web3 #onchain #onchainmedia #jessepollak #base #coinbase #baseapp

    3 min

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Onchain Media is a storytelling platform spotlighting the people, projects, and ideas shaping the future of the internet. Hosted by Rachel Onchain, each episode dives into the heart of the onchain space—exploring culture, innovation, and what it means to build onchain. Whether you’re a founder, creator, or curious listener, this show is for you. If you enjoy the podcast, please subscribe to our YouTube channel and watch full episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/@OnchainMediaCo