decentralized finance

Henry Elder is the Head of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) at Wave Financial. 

If you're unclear about what DeFi is and how it's different from its opposite CFi, this is definitely a podcast you'll want to listen to as Henry breaks it down in a way that anyone can understand. 

During our talk, Henry gives us a broad overview of the current crisis in crypto, explaining why movements in the broader market are felt more acutely in the crypto space and why a lot of Wave's clients are sitting on the sidelines and waiting things out. 

Then we talk about the contagion effect and unpack the misfortunes of Celcius and what's driving its growing insolvency risk.

We then discuss the margin call on bitcoin-backed Microstrategy's loan from Silvergate and what's happening with Axie Infinity, and the future of play-to-earn gaming. 

Back for another episode of GoodWill Yunting, Bew, and I sit down with the legendary Andy and Deeze to talk all things Fractional and NFTs. We begin by diving into the core functions and use cases of Fractional as a platform. We discuss how DAOs and communities have formed from the product, then dive into alpha on how Fractional V2 will increase the use cases of the platform. Andy and Deeze hint at how V2 will allow fractional owners to benefit from the utility of the NFTs held. Alongside that, Andy mentions how they want to build emotion around owning these fractional shares. We move into more broad NFT talk to discuss how NFTs will fair during this bear market, what the future of NFT utility looks like, how Deeze wants to hang DickButts in his living room, and if NFT communities should take over projects with troubled histories as well as some of the drama around NFT creators. This is an episode filled with insights, laughs, and alpha so don’t sleep!

If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe, rate, and share so we can continue to get amazing, alpha dropping guests. We plan to release episodes bi-weekly, so don't sleep!
 
Big thank you to Andy, Deeze, and Bew for taking the time out of their day to talk crypto with us. Feel free to tweet or message me @TheRogueItachi. You can find the pod on Twitter @GoodWillYunting

As always, Yunt Hard, Yunt Fast, Yunt Capital.
 
 Disclaimer: Nothing said on this podcast is advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or tokens. We may, and often because we’re passionate about the projects we bring on, hold investments in the project and even work in their communities. None of this is financial advice, please do your own research. This is a risky field. 

Alexander Amartei is the producer of 'Antara', a Hollywood epic that is the first major movie in history to be funded via NFTs. The Antara Movie NFT by Arabian Camels has ushered in a new paradigm shift that is setting a whole new culture in the world of Hollywood, finance, NFTs and DeFi.

This is a bonus chat in Clubhouse where we dove into character development and other juicy details

Catch my 100th episode with Alexander! 

https://culturefactor.simplecast.com/episodes/alexander-amartei-antara-the-first-hollywood-movie-funded-by-nfts

Website for Antara Movie

Twitter for Antara Movie 

Instagram for Antara Movie NFT

Discord for Antara Movie 

Holly Shannon’s Website

Zero To Podcast on Amazon

Holly Shannon, Linkedin

Holly Shannon, Instagram

Holly Shannon, Clubhouse

https://youtu.be/PKCND4FqGLc

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On this week’s episode of Match Volume, Contributor Halee Anderson sits down with Taylor Hill-Miles, Logan Norman, and Ryan Driver to talk about her trepidation after doom scrolling TikTok, and why Black Americans need to explore opportunities in the Metaverse. Hill-Miles is a biomedical engineering major. As the chair of the campus NSBE Pre-Collegiate Initiative (PCI),  she is helping to advance Game Change 25, a national strategy to increase the pool of Black engineers. Norman, a computer science major and an NSBE member, entered the blockchain/web3/NFT space recently and describes how Black Americans are already making waves with these new technologies. Driver is a business major at Marshall. He’s a “veteran” in the NFT space, with some early success leveraging the unique non-fungibles. He explains how the community aspect of the metaverse makes it extremely accessible and primed for  growth.

Henry Elder is portfolio manager for all of Wave Financial's decentralized finance investment products and manages $250 million in stable coin and crypto-asset investment strategies. 

That means he’s perfectly placed to explain the crypto story that everyone's talking about—the implosion of crypto coin Terra Luna and the $41 billion that got vaporized overnight. 

Henry does a masterful job of setting the scene that led up to this crypto crisis. He lays out what stable coins are, explains the difference between collateralized stable coins and algorithmic stable coins like UST, and describes the relationship between UST and Luna. 

Henry then takes us through the crisis that developed in the past week and how a paradoxical announcement by the Luna Foundation Guard—think of it as centra bank to UST—broke the stable coin's peg to the dollar. 

We talk about how won and lost in the crisis' wake, how Luna's collapse is reflected in the pricing of bitcoin and Ethereum, and the prospect of a comeback for Luna. We then zoom out and talk about the timing of this crisis, coming as it does during a recession, a war in Europe, and a lull in enthusiasm for crypto generally. Henry tells us why he remains bullish on crypto generally and describes how the US can establish dollar dominance in crypto via US dollar-pegged stable coins.

In the latest episode of GoodWill Yunting, JaLa makes his long awaited return to talk with 0xMurloc and I about the protocol building as much and as hard as just about anyone out there, TraderJoe. We get into a whole range of topics such as how TVL might actually be a liability in some cases, decision making on how to make protocol’s profitable, and how people will ape into just about anything in irresponsible ways. Along with that, we got into some TraderJoe specific features like their unique take on ve tokenomics with veJoe, BankerJoe their lending platform, RocketJoe their liquidity bootstrapping platform, and alpha on their upcoming NFT platform and its release. We get into the nitty gritty of some broader topics such as governance on a chain where people are yield hunting and if it’s smart to pay people to vote. The episode ends talking about the beef with Wonderland and how TraderJoe takes down names of all the haters. This is a killer episode that you don’t want to miss.
 
 If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe, rate, and share so we can continue to get amazing, alpha dropping guests. We plan to release episodes bi-weekly, so don't sleep!
 
  Big thank you to JaLa, and 0xMurloc for taking the time out of their day to talk crypto with us. Feel free to tweet or message me @TheRogueItachi. You can find the pod on Twitter @GoodWillYunting
 
 As always, Yunt Hard, Yunt Fast, Yunt Capital.
 
 Disclaimer: Nothing said on this podcast is advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or tokens. We may, and often because we’re passionate about the projects we bring on, hold investments in the project and even work in their communities. None of this is financial advice, please do your own research; this is a risky field.

Alexander Amartei is the producer of 'Antara', a Hollywood epic that is the first major movie in history to be funded via NFTs. The Antara Movie NFT by Arabian Camels has ushered in a new paradigm shift that is setting a whole new culture in the world of Hollywood, finance, NFTs and DeFi.

Questions:

Let’s talk about that paradigm shift!

Starting with Hollywood and the making of a movie, can you share the difference between the classical model of making a movie and the NFT model. And would this be considered fractional NFT’s?

Will this provide both democratization, making it available to all, and decentralization, making it accessible to all? And possibly explain DeFi here too!

I believe the magic is in the utility and the roadmaps for projects. How did you build out these features and perks? According to your road map, you have utilities like Ferrari’s and gold bars, how are you able to do this?

Are you single-handedly building the Discord community and fundraising?

What measures are you taking for those not interested in discord

Will you be acting in the movie as I noticed from your profile you love fencing, horses and horseback archery?

Left field question: Could an AI model replicate your movements and have it played out in the movie?

Character development, hero, victory and poetry is discussed. 

Influencers and A-Listers

Speed of innovation and cost of creating a movie.

Is there a goal date to begin production? And will you only begin once all NFT’s have been sold?

Website for Antara Movie

Twitter for Antara Movie 

Instagram for Antara Movie NFT

Discord for Antara Movie 

Holly Shannon’s Website

Zero To Podcast on Amazon

Holly Shannon, Linkedin

Holly Shannon, Instagram

Holly Shannon, Clubhouse

https://youtu.be/PKCND4FqGLc

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In the latest episode of GoodWill Yunting, I’m joined by Sath to talk to the two big brains Ruvaag and Snarks from the soon™ to be released, under-collateralized borrowing protocol Sentiment. As a disclosure, Yunt is a seed investor in Sentiment, and we couldn’t be more bullish on them. The conversation begins with talk of how degens can use the protocol’s under-collateralized vaults for leveraged longs, shorts, yield farming, and more. Snarks and Ruvaag mention the protocol’s goal to be a composability and infrastructure layer for users, devs and protocols across DeFi. We discuss how Sentiment allows for very simple to very complex degen strategies for every part of the bell curve, strats that can include yield bearing tokens, LP tokens, and option strats. Snarks speaks to their vision of allowing for devs to build strategies on top of Sentiment and use the margin accounts to source liquidity and use Sentiment as a distribution channel. Sath remarks on how they’re forwarding thinking in many ways including using ERC 4626 standard for their vaults and all the interesting compossibility possibilities that offers. Finally, in regard to Sentiment, we dive into cross-marginalization in vaults using interest-bearing tokens like yDAI and stETH as collateral to earn while you borrow. We end by talking about market sentiment and the all-important topic of the bobba physics of Anata NFTs, and how a paper should be written about it.

If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe, rate, and share so we can continue to get amazing, alpha dropping guests. We plan to release episodes bi-weekly, so don't sleep!
 
 Big thank you to Snarks, Ruvaag, and Sath for taking the time out of their day to talk crypto with us. You can find them on Twitter @ruvaag, @0xSnarks and @Sathematical. Feel free to tweet or message me @TheRogueItachi. You can find the pod on Twitter @GoodWillYunting

As always, Yunt Hard, Yunt Fast, Yunt Capital.
 
 Disclaimer: Nothing said on this podcast is advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or tokens. We may, and often because we’re passionate about the projects we bring on, hold investments in the project and even work in their communities. None of this is financial advice, please do your own research; this is a risky field. 

Back for another episode of your favorite crypto podcast with a special Yunts of The Round table episode to help you navigate this crazy market. I’m joined by the incredible Yunts Sath, BEW, and GetBigOrDie. We start with everyone’s favorite topic: is this a bull, bear, or crab market? Spoiler, we don’t think this Do Kwon pump will last long term. Continuing that thread, we discuss what a macro recession might look like for both the global economy and crypto specifically. Next we dive into the attention economy and how it’s leveraged in crypto for both good and bad. To inject some hopium into our, and the listener’s brains, we dive into what projects and tech we are excited about that are being built right now. After that we dive into Sath’s favorite topic, governance tokens—and if any of them should exist. Naturally, the conversation flows into ideal governance structures and what role the community should play in governance. Finally, we end on the topic of NFTs and how they could continue to bring mass adoption of crypto in the way we’ve all been waiting for.

If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe, rate, and share so we can continue to get amazing, alpha dropping guests. We plan to release episodes bi-weekly, so don't sleep!
 
Thank you to Sath, GetBigOrDie and 0xBEW for talking crypto with me. You can find them on Twitter @Sathematical, @GetBigOrDie and @0xBEW. Feel free to tweet or message me @TheRogueItachi. You can find the pod on Twitter @GoodWillYunting

 As always, Yunt Hard, Yunt Fast, Yunt Capital.
 
 Disclaimer: Nothing said on this podcast is advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or tokens. We may, and often because we’re passionate about the projects we bring on, hold investments in the project and even work in their communities. None of this is financial advice, please do your own research; this is a risky field. 

In this episode, Laide chats with Mashiat Mutmainnah about her conviction on blockchain/Web3, what DeFi is, what Celo enables for countries in emerging markets, and her involvement with Boys Club.
Mashiat is a product partner and NFT Lead Contributor at Celo. Celo is an open platform that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Celo focuses on mobile-first and its Ethereum-compatible blockchain is optimized for peer-to-peer payments using only a mobile number.
Mashiat is also a leader and active contributor for Boys Club, a community that aims to be a no bro zone for the crypto curious by making crypto and web3 accessible to everyone else. The community hosts dinners, educational sessions and is designed for women and non-binary people but welcoming to all.
 

Topics & Timeline

• 2:25 - Mashiat's background & interest in Web3/Blockchain
• 6:42 - Mashiat's conviction about blockchain & microfinance for emerging Markets
• 8:35 - What DeFi enables
• 13:30 - About Celo
• 18:53 - Boys Club & Mashiat's involvement with the community
• 23:25 - What needs to change about the ecosystem today
• 25:09 - Mashiat's advice for folks interested in this space
• 27:18 - What's next for Celo, BoysClub

Links from this Episode

• Celo
• Boys Club
• Rabbit Hole

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• Celo
• Boys Club 
• Laide
• Onchain Medley Podcast

This episode is truly a treat as we have on two crypto giga-brains to talk about the value, functions, and future (or lack thereof) of VCs in crypto. The episode begins by us getting into both guest's backgrounds. Dan mentions that in the early days in crypto weren't a constant bombardment and at times he worried that crypto might be a flash in the pan. To set the background to the episode we discuss what the function of a VC is, and Jason drops some interesting history and goals of past and current VCs. We dive into the idea that if capital is abundant in crypto, why should projects raise from VCs and not retail in one way or another? Jason talks about how in the early days Spartan had trouble raising capital for now billion dollar, blue-chip protocols. Jason and Dan discuss how the current narrative of VCs always playing  on easy mode isn't going to last as looking at the past many VCs died in 2017-2018 and many will die if we hit another bear. Next we get into the SEC vs. crypto theories of keeping all markets open vs. some level of gatekeeping, and which is actually better for retail. Of course we discuss the current markets and what in god's name is happening there. I bring up the Pantera report of which me and Dan are a bit skeptical of some of their deductions. Finally, we get to the shill yo bag section where Jason drops his must-buy crypto and Dan's audio recording unfortunately drops out at the very end. Overall all this episode will give you a completely different perspective on the future of VCs in crypto, surviving in the markets, the history of crypto, and how to make it in this crazy game. 

If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe, rate, and share so we can continue to get amazing, alpha dropping guests. We plan to release episodes bi-weekly, so don't sleep!
 
 Big thank you to Dan, Jason Choi and 0xBEW for taking the time out of their day to talk crypto with us. You can find them on Twitter @cmsholdings, @mrjasonchoi and @0xBEW. Feel free to tweet or message me @TheRogueItachi. You can find the pod on Twitter @GoodWillYunting
 
 As always, Yunt Hard, Yunt Fast, Yunt Capital.
 
 Disclaimer: Nothing said on this podcast is advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or tokens. We may, and often because we’re passionate about the projects we bring on, hold investments in the project and even work in their communities. None of this is financial advice, please do your own research; this is a risky field.

This wonderful episode was a long time coming as Parallel OG Berg and I sit down with Kalos from Parallel to talk all things Parallel, Echelon, and gamefi. Kalos gives us his unique backstory and how Parallel went from a childhood dream to a reality. We get into all the details of Parallel including how everyone will be able to play regardless of finances, a smooth normie onramp, building out the Parallel universe, card art and functions, and Kalos leaks there will be a Parallel superbowl commercial next year (okay maybe I said that not him). Of course, we don't shy away from the thick of things on GoodWill Yunting, so we discuss the most important aspects of the Prime Paper and Echelon Foundation Paper, along with how the Echelon Foundation fits into the future of not only Parallel but gamefi in general. Finally, we end on why Kalos has a giant Berg head watching over him at all times. This episode is full of knowledge, alpha, and laughs for a project that has the potential to take the world by storm.

If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe, rate, and share so we can continue to get amazing, alpha dropping guests. We release episodes bi-weekly, so don't sleep!
 
 Big thank you to Kalos and Berg for taking the time to talk Parallel with me. You can find them on Twitter @templecrash and @DeFiBerg. Feel free to tweet or message me @TheRogueItachi
 
 As always, Yunt Hard, Yunt Fast, Yunt Capital.
 
 Disclaimer: Nothing said on this podcast is advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or tokens. We may, and often because we’re passionate about the projects we bring on, hold investments in the project and even work in their communities. None of this is financial advice, please do your own research; this is a risky field. 

In this illuminating episode, we talk to the brilliant Alex Svanevik, CEO of Nansen, about the data-driven analytics tool and what it can tell us about the crypto market. Coming off their amazing end-of-year crypto report (which you can read here: https://www.nansen.ai/post/nansens-state-of-the-crypto-industry-report-2021), we dive into the data to figure out what is really happening in crypto and how we can stay a step ahead of the market. Alex truly knows his stuff, never failing to drop alpha and big-brained takes as we jump from DeFi, to NFTs, to usage on other L1s and L2s, GameFi, institutions entering crypto and so much more. We also get into what exactly Nansen is, what its goals are as a platform, and how users can utilize it to outpace the general market. This episode combines cerebral ideas and on-chain data to create a podcast episode that you'd truly be remiss to miss. 

If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe, rate, and share so we can continue to get amazing, alpha dropping guests. We plan to release episodes bi-weekly, so don't sleep!
 
 Big thank you to Alex Svanevik and Bew for taking the time out of their day to talk crypto with me. You can find them on Twitter @ASvanevik and @0xBEW. Follow the pod on Twitter @GoodWillYunting. Feel free to tweet or message me @TheRogueItachi
 
 As always, Yunt Hard, Yunt Fast, Yunt Capital.
 
 Disclaimer: Nothing said on this podcast is advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or tokens. We may, and often because we’re passionate about the projects we bring on, hold investments in the project and even work in their communities. None of this is financial advice, please do your own research; this is a risky field.

You have thoughts on cryptocurrency. Whether your opinion is bullish or bearish, it’s undeniable that the concept of DeFi (decentralized finance) is causing quite a ruckus in the media. How will cryptocurrency impact travel? To find out, we invited Ben Rogers on the show. Ben is the Chief Marketing Officer at Travala, a travel booking website that operates much like Expedia or Booking.com, with one major difference – its customers can pay in crypto.

Ben discusses how cryptocurrency will play a big role in the future of travel, and why Travala and other companies are poised to reshape the industry. But before all that, he breaks down what exactly cryptocurrency and Web3 are, in a manner that even Tim and Eben can understand – so no matter your level of experience with Bitcoin, you’re sure to gain a fresh perspective on one of the most widely misunderstood (and sometimes controversial) topics in modern discourse. You may even be convinced to open a “crypto wallet,” and if so, maybe you can guide Eben through the process.

In Hot Takes, Tim and Eben discuss online travel agencies like Booking and Expedia more broadly, curious as to whether it’s worth it to book through them or through a hotel website directly. Also on the docket are horror movies and the pair’s utter avoidance of them and whether or not pizza can cut it on a fine dining menu.

News of the day:

• This influencer’s advice on what to avoid in Paris is spot on, with a few exceptions
• Why you should rethink going on a Yosemite trip this summer

Relevant links:

• Travala
• Web 3 is the future, a scam, or both – a great take from Vox
• Travala Instagram
• Tim’s Instagram
• Eben’s Instagram

In the latest installment of GoodWill Yunting, we sit down with all three members of Not3Lau Capital in an alpha dropping episode you don’t want to miss. In this episode, we get into each of their backgrounds in the space and how Not3Lau Capital came into existence. We discuss the goals of Not3Lau and how they want to use platforms like The Daily Ape to continue education for all levels of DeFi users to grow adoption. Of course, we couldn’t go this whole episode without diving into The Great Sifu Scandal of 2022; we get into what happened and how it will negatively impact the space in more ways than one would imagine. Moving onto more fundamental DeFi talk, the Laus give insight into what they look for in a good DeFi project and what projects are currently impressing them. Next, we get into market sentiment and what bull or bear catalysts could affect the general crypto markets this year. Finally, we end with the Shill Yo Bag segment where they break the rules by shilling not one, but five bags, each of which is a must watch project though. This episode is full of laughs, insight, and crazy alpha from some of the most knowledgeable degens in the space.

If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe, rate, and share so we can continue to get amazing, alpha dropping guests. We plan to release episodes weekly now, so don't sleep!
 
 Big thank you to Daryl, Darren, and Zach for taking the time out of their day to talk crypto with me. You can find them on Twitter @Not3Lau_Capital, @DarrenLautf and @DarylLautk. Follow the pod on Twitter @GoodWillYunting. Feel free to tweet or message me @TheRogueItachi
 
 As always, Yunt Hard, Yunt Fast, Yunt Capital.
 
 Disclaimer: Nothing said on this podcast is advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or tokens. We may, and often because we’re passionate about the projects we bring on, hold investments in the project and even work in their communities. None of this is financial advice, please do your own research; this is a risky field.