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We managed to catch the very busy Ella Zhang, Head of Binance Labs, on the sidelines of a conference in Singapore to get all the scoop about Binance Labs, what her team has been up to and what they plan to achieve going forward.
Tune in to hear about:
Ella’s very interesting background and how she came to be a part of Binance Labs
Mandate of Binance Labs
Three key pillars - incubation, fellowship and direct investment
Fellowship - https://medium.com/binance-labs/introducing-the-binance-labs-fellowship-270521d2e99d
How does the incubation program work?
Season 1 of Binance Labs incubation: https://medium.com/binance-labs/season-1-binance-labs-incubation-program-buidlers-season-1-ec34b601ccd
Season 2 of Binance Labs Incubation: https://www.binance.com/en/blog/342988062870470656/Binance-Labs-Reveals-13-Startups-in-its-Incubation-Program
What is the investment focus and how has the team’s investment thesis evolved over a period of time
How does Ella think about overall portfolio construction
Drawing from the lessons of the popping of the 2000 internet bubble and outlook on the industry going forward -
Following our discussion with Matic Network, we speak to the CEO of Skale Labs which is also trying to build a layer 2 solution to solve the problem of Ethereum Scalability.
Tune in to hear about:
Evolution of enterprise software - on-premises > cloud > open-source
Importance of community for open-source software
Implications of AWS going down and how Blockchain technology plays in ensuring 100% uptime
Ethereum Scalability
Why Skale Labs chose to go down the side-chain path
What is a network of side chains and what are elastic side chains?
Consensus mechanism for each of the network of side chains
Interactions between the side chains and the main chain
DApps building on Skale Labs and Skale Innovator Program
Plans for Asia
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Following our discussion with the Zilliqa team, we decided to speak to another Blockchain Protocol that is trying to solve the problem of Scalability through Sharding. Hear Nick White, one of the co-founders of Harmony, tell us about what is unique about their Project as well as the IEO that took place recently on the Binance Launchpad.Tune in to hear about:What is sharding?Difference between Transaction Sharding and State ShardingHow does Harmony achieve State SharingHow does the overall Harmony Network look like?How does Staking work in the Harmony ecosystem, what are the rewards and what does it take to be validator?GovernanceWhat DApps are building on Harmony, what is the process to port over from Ethereum or another Blockchain to Harmony?Binance token sale and roadmapPlans for Asia
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We speak to Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar, CEO and co-founder of Rootstock or RSK (https://www.rsk.co/) and RIF Labs (https://www.rifos.org/). Rootstock, most famously, is known for putting smart contract functionality on the Bitcoin Blockchain.Tune in to hear about:Diego’s interesting background and how he got into cryptoWhat Rootstock is and the concept of Merge Mining?How Rootstock helps the Bitcoin miners by generating additional returns for them (related to the concept of Merge Mining)?Why should DApps build on RSK?What is RIFOS and how did it come about?Why is RIFOS important - note, it integrates things like storage, name service, data feeds, etc to make it easier to develop DAppsRootstock’s plans in AsiaDiego’s mantra for surviving in crypto - The rougher the weather is, the calmer you have to be
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We speak to Dan Shin, Co-founder of Terra (https://terra.money/). Prior to Terra, Dan is most notably known for being the Founder and Chairman of TMON (http://www.tmon.co.kr). TMON or Ticket Monster is a Unicorn out of South Korea which was started in 2010 and had a mobile first approach to e-commerce.
Now Dan is launching a stable coin that aims to drive adoption through his experience and networks in the e-commerce industry.
Tune in to hear about:
Going on the mainnet and what that’s like (funnily, we spoke a couple of hours after Terra hit mainnet)
Different kinds of stable coins why Terra took the algorithmic route
How Terra is trying to drive REAL ADOPTION
How Terra maintains price stability and the role that Luna token plays in that
What is Seigniorage and how Terra is benefiting from it
Go-to market strategy through Terra Alliance comprising Carousell (https://sg.carousell.com/), Qoo1o (https://www.qoo10.sg) etc. + incentives to use Terra
How the user journey for using Terra token would look like on e-commerce platforms
Tech aspects - Building on Tendermint (https://www.tendermint.com/), on boarding validators
Dealing with Regulatory aspects including the failed Basis project (https://www.basis.io/)
Partnerships with Tomochain (https://tomochain.com/), Klaytn (https://www.klaytn.com/) etc -
Given the recent conversations about the Government of India banning Crypto again (https://www.coindesk.com/indian-government-again-discussing-ban-on-cryptocurrencies-report), we decided to speak to the co-founders of Blockchained India (https://blockchainedindia.com/), an organisation trying to spread the word of crypto and drive conversations around crypto-regulations
Tune in to hear about:
How Blockchained India came about and how it’s structured
What are the chapters and what are their mandates
What is India DApp Fest and how that came about
Key projects based out India including Nuo (https://www.nuo.network/), InstaDApp (https://instadapp.io/), Matic (https://matic.network/)
Update on crypto regulations in India and the stance taken by the Government of India and Supreme Court of IndiaNotable things taking place in the Indian Crypto Ecosystem
FYI Blockchained India is also organising India Dapp Fest (https://www.indiadappfest.com/) which seems like a promising event -
In this episode, we speak top Sandeep Nailwal, Co-Founder and COO of Matic Network. Matic js one of the leading projects coming out of India and most notably, will be having its token sale on the Binance Launchpad (https://launchpad.binance.com/) in April 24, 2019
Tune in to hear about:
Sandeep’s story and how Matic came about
Digging into Scalability at the Layer 1 (Sharding) and Layer 2 solutions (state channels and sidechains/plasma)
Where does Matic fit into the picture? Digging deep into sidechains, plasma including the difference between the two
How does Matic’s consensus mechanism work
USABILITY - big focus for Matic and how they’ve leveraged Wallet Connect (https://walletconnect.org/) - open protocol for connecting Wallets to Dapps
Kind of DApps Matic foresees being built on their platform and some existing partnerships including with Decentraland (https://decentraland.org/)
The very frustrating and difficult journey of being one of the first few projects coming out of India especially from a fundraising perspective
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Following our interview with #Hashed from Korea, we speak to another Asian Fund Manager - Jason Fang from Sora Ventures who shuttles between Hong Kong and Shanghai. Fascinating insights about how he went about setting up his fund and what’s happening in China
Tune in to hear about:
His background and starting his career at Fenbushi Capital
Interest in crypto from Family Offices in Asia and fundraising efforts in crypto
Transition from primary into secondary markets in late 2018/2019
Structuring of the fund
Investment thesis and portfolio construction
Focus - Gaming, Entertainment, Incubation of one project every year
Concept of sidepockets in hedge funds to do illiquid investments
What’s happening in China?
What the brand Sora Ventures stands for?
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We record this episode in an empty locker room that we found on the sidelines of Deconomy 2019 (a Crypto and Blockchain conference in Seoul, South Korea). We speak to Baek Kim who is an Investor at one of the most widely known crypto funds globally, #Hashed.
In this episode, we are also joined by John Riggins who heads up BTC Media’s (https://b.tc/) Asia efforts and who will be a regular host on the Decrypt Asia podcasts.
Tune in to hear about:
Baek’s background, how he got into crypto and how Hashed came about
Involvement with Kakao’s Blockchain subsidiary called GroundX and their Blockchain called Klaytn (https://www.klaytn.com/)- note Kakao has 50m+ users for their banking, mobility, beauty verticals with more than 95% penetration rate in South Korea (total population of South Korea around 52m)
Involvement with the hugely successful messaging app Line’s Blockchain initiative called Link (https://link.network/)
Difference in #Hashed’s strategy in Asia and USA
Fund structure of #Hashed and investment strategy
Key priorities and goals of #Hashed in the near term
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In this week’s episode, we speak to Xinshu Dong, the CEO of much talked about Blockchain protocol Zilliqa. Tune in to hear about:
• Xinshu’s background, how Zilliqa came about and the backstory behind how the name came about
• What sharding is and why this method was chosen to solve the problem of scalability
• How Zilliqa stands relative to its competitors such as Ethereal, Dfinity and Algorand
• Zilliqa’s network design and sample transaction
• Discussions around the recent main net launch including performance, who is building on Zilliqa and how to port over to Zilliqa
• General outlook on the Blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystem -
Roger Lim is the Founding Partner at NEO Global Capital (NGC), one of the world’s largest and most successful cryptocurrency funds. He is advisor to some of the top crypto projects globally such as MultiVAC, Tomochain etc.
He was previously a VC and Angel Investor in the ‘traditional’ startup space before making the transition to crypto.
Tune in to hear about:
Roger’s background and how he got into crypto
How NGC came about
Details about the funds: fund structure, who are the LPs, time horizon, investment thesis
Portfolio construction for a crypto fund
Investment approach (including tackling a bear market)
Mental models and philosophies transferred from ‘traditional’ VC investing
Outlook for the crypto and blockchain ecosystem longer term
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In this episode, we speak to the co-founders of QCP Capital - Darius Sit and Joshua Ho. QCP Capital has quickly established itself as a leading prop trading shop and a go-to OTC agent for many in the Southeast Asian region and beyond.
Tune in to hear about:
Their varied backgrounds, how they got into crypto and how QCP capital came about (hint: it involves a lot of flying around the world to do arbitrage)
What is QCP Capital’s business and offering
Get a peek into some of the strategies that the smarter money is deploying (great for retail investors)
The huge uptick in OTC trades in 2018 despite the market going down 80-90%
How a crypto-banking layer has been formed on top of the traditional banking layer
Regulatory compliance
Impending Bakkt launch
Outlook on the crypto ecosystem and derivative instruments as a way to incentivise institutional players to build balance sheets in crypto
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Kai is the Founder and CEO of Digix Global, the company that is tokenising gold and putting it on the Blockchain. Kai was previously an FX trader on Wall Street before getting into crypto in 2014. Digix Global holds the distinction of being the first token sale on the Ethereum Protocol Tune in to hear about:Kai’s background and what made him get into crypto so early onWhat Digix Global is trying to doColoured coins and early days of DigixExperience of doing first token sale on EthereumDGX and DGD token including how the governance of the DAO would work Outlook on the crypto ecosystem including STOs and the #DeFi movementRAPID FIRE (thoughts on the 400k ETH locked up, Monetary Authority of Singapore, 1.25m Seed Funding)FOLLOW US!BLOG: https://decrypt.asiaINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/decryptasiaTWITTER: https://twitter.com/DecryptAsiaFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/decryptasia/
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We caught Ted Lin, the Chief Growth Officer at Binance, on the sidelines of the Binance Blockchain Week in Singapore recently. Prior to joining Binance, Ted has held several roles in sales and marketing across financial institutions and technology companies.
Tune in to hear about:
Background, how he got into crypto and Binance
His role as the Chief Growth Officer at Binance on the commercial, education and growth aspects
Thoughts on some key announcements from Binance - EUR, GBP fiat exchange, Binance DEX and Chain
Binance Academy
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Anthony is the Founder and Partner at Morgan Creek Digital. He also writes a popular daily newsletter analysing crypto news for institutional investors called Off The Chain (http://offthechain.substack.com)
Prior to founding his fund, Pomp spearheaded Growth and Product at Snapchat and Facebook respectively along with a 6 year stint as a Sergeant in the US army.
Tune in to hear about:
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Background, how he got into crypto and what that journey’s been like
About Morgan Creek Digital, who are LPs, fund structuring etc
Investment thesis - Bitcoin, tokenised securities, infrastructure
Lessons from 'traditional' for crypto-investing
Thoughts on Stablecoins
How he grew his Twitter following
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We speak to the former founder of TechCrunch and CrunchFund, Michael Arrington on the sidelines of the #BinanceBlockchainWeek in Singapore.Tune in to hear about:Background, how he got into crypto and what that journey’s been likeThoughts on Singapore!Investment thesisThoughts on different kinds of founders and what he looks out forThoughts on the dot-com bubble and lessons to be learnt for crypto-investments
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In this episode, we speak to Jonathan Kochmer, who is the Founder of RChain Asia. Beyond his fascinating life story and career trajectory, he has in his own words:helped create a new treatment for palliative care of mesothelioma (extending his father’s life several years);had two original songs reach the top 40 on US AAA broadcast radio;discovered a species; andhad the unusual honor of Jeff Bezos referring to him as “a genius… and a gentleman”.Tune in to hear about:His fascinating life story – he’s been an evolutionary biologist, helped to build out the internet, was one of the first 10 employees at Amazon.com, started a music record label and now works with a Blockchain projectWe go deeper into each of the different phases and work in his life –Parallels between Animal, Tech, Linguistic and Organizational behaviourWork with NSF (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Science_Foundation_Network)One of the last guides to the Internet written by Jonathan – https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0963528106How it was to work with Jeff Bezos in the early days of Amazon, what the recruitment process was likeParallels between the Internet and Blockchain technology in terms of user adoptionQuick note: Around the 42nd minute mark, Jonathan mentions that he thinks that mass Blockchain adoption is one month away. He meant one year away.
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In this episode, we speak to the co-founder of the very popular game and one of the top DApp on the Ethereum Network - Etheremon (https://www.etheremon.com/).
Tune in to hear about:
Nedrick’s background and how he got into Blockchain/Crypto
About Etheremon
End to end user journey for someone playing the game
Role of the EMont token
Integration with Decentraland (https://decentraland.org/) and how they’re leveraging Kyber Network (https://kyber.network/)
Etheremon’s business model
New game being developed called CubeGo (https://www.cubego.io/)
Issues with Ethereum Blockchain and how they’re dealing with it
EMont Alliance and longer term vision
Other games mentioned: MyCryptoHeroes (https://www.mycryptoheroes.net/), CryptoKitties (https://www.cryptokitties.co/), Gods Unchained (https://godsunchained.com/)
Other resources projects mentioned Dapp (https://www.dapp.com/), OpenSea (https://opensea.io/) -
In this episode, we speak to Czhang Lin who is the Managing Director at JRR Crypto. JRR Crypto is a Swiss Cryptocurrency/Blockchain Fund with a Chinese team which invests in both Crypto projects and the Crypto Ecosystem. They are the second biggest equity shareholder in the Crypto Exchange with one of the highest trading volumes - Binance!
Czhang is a Taiwanese Canadian who grew up in Poland and took his family business public on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. He is an alumnus of INSEAD and Tsinghua University.
Tune in to hear about:
Czhang's very interesting background and how he got involved in Crypto/Blockchain
JRR Crypto - structure of the fund, investment thesis, areas of focus etc
Crypto ecosystem investments (70% of portfolio): Incubation, Consultancy, Investment banks, Media, Exchanges, Wealth Management, Fund of Funds
Crypto projects reperesent 30% of portfolio
JRR is the 2nd biggest equity shareholder in Binance
Quick overview of the Chinese Crypto/Blockchain ecosystem
Reason for the success of the Chinese Exchanges (OKEx, Huobi etc)
JRR's acceleration arm: Super advisor (light involvement) and Co-founder (heavy involvement)
JRR's roadmap
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In our 3rd episode (Korean), we invited Yoon Kim, a founder of Starfeed, a blockchain content curation media in South Korea.Yoon shares about the importance of quality storytelling around the blockchain and cryptocurrency content publishing and his vision in building a trustworthy network of people and organizations in the industry.Key insights from this episode:Too many cryptocurrencies and blockchain content…how can I help curate the most useful content?About blockchain content curation mediaQuality storytelling, how can you define it?Now and the future; Collective expert knowledge-based curation, and data analysisHow do we monetize it?Our network bridging people and organizationsThanks for listening. For Korean interview enquiries, please email at [email protected] the host:Featured on Forbes and CNBC, Yuree is a growth-oriented visionary passionate about the future of decentralised network and alternative financing methodologies. She founded Ampliv, deep tech communications consultancy and SHE Blockchainers, the first women in blockchain initiative in Asia in 2017. Yuree has ten years of working experience in APAC and the US. Her key skillset covers tech startup marketing and communications, blockchain tech research and training, and tokenisation consulting. She founded SHE Blockchainers Asia in 2017 with her passion for female inclusion in the blockchain industry. Ampliv is where the deep tech involving blockchain meets alternative financing methodologies and currently has a multimedia knowledge sharing platform Ampliv.io and Ampliv TV, YouTube channel. She is passionate about working with tech startups, who can leverage her experiences from top brands to the ground. She worked at Korean Telecom, Brandtology (Microsoft, Citibank, Estee Lauder), Omnicom Media Group (Intel, Visa) and technology startups.She's born in South Korea and lived in Australia, UK & Singapore. She's a learning geek and very curious person.Follow her on Twitter @yureehong17
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