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Web3 Transitions SummitThe Web3 Transitions Summit, taking place alongside Token2049 in Singapore, brought together thought leaders across the verticals of cross-chain, scalability, modularity, zero-knowledge, restaking, gaming, social, and the intersection of web3 and artificial intelligence. It was a one-day summit to inspire a vision of what the…

In this podcast, we are featuring Vitalik Buterin, Co-founder of Ethereum.About LongHash VenturesLongHash Ventures is a Web 3 investment fund and accelerator collaborating with founders to build their Web 3 model and tap into the vast potential of Asia. In January 2021, we launched a DeFi-focused fund and invested in projects such as Balancer, Acal…

Web3 Transitions SummitThe Web3 Transitions Summit, taking place alongside Token2049 in Singapore, brought together thought leaders across the verticals of cross-chain, scalability, modularity, zero-knowledge, restaking, gaming, social, and the intersection of web3 and artificial intelligence. It was a one-day summit to inspire a vision of what the…

Web3 Transitions SummitThe Web3 Transitions Summit, taking place alongside Token2049 in Singapore, brought together thought leaders across the verticals of cross-chain, scalability, modularity, zero-knowledge, restaking, gaming, social, and the intersection of web3 and artificial intelligence. It was a one-day summit to inspire a vision of what the…

Deep dive into decentralized key management with David Sneider, the Co-founder of Lit Protocol. The podcast goes over topics that include programmable keys and domain wallets. David also delves deeper into how we are moving into an open network era and what that means.Af LongHash Ventures

Join us on the Safe Podcast as we delve deep into the transformative world of account abstraction (AA) with Lukas Schor from Safe. Unravel discussions around the intricacies of multichain strategies, the evolving significance of privacy in the Web3 domain, and the latest standout app launches. This episode also resonates with our earlier conversati…

Join us on the Web3 Native podcast as we explore more about Neutron, the pioneering partner chain that is expected to bootstrap a Cambrian explosion of cross-chain dApps in Atom Economic Zone (AEZ). Discover insights from @Spaydh on the urgent call for innovation in Cosmos, distinctions in security and chains, and Neutron's role in simplifying dApp…

Timour Kosters, a Partner at Seed Club Ventures shares why Seed Club Ventures existed, his position on why they're big on Internet-Native Organizations (his own term for DAOs), and key exciting narratives like the unfolding intersection of AI and Web3.13:55 Mission20:27 Why be a Venture DAO44:07 SCV Being Stack-Agnostic47:25 SCV Investments: Machin…

In this podcast, we're featuring Astar Network Founder Sota Watanabe about Astar's steps towards a multichain future. Sota shared that they're currently building XCMP, a messaging protocol that enables tokens to be truly interoperable not just within Polkadot ecosystem but also to other L0 and L1 blockchains. Sota emphasized the three important fac…

Building Cross-Chain dApps: The Next Generation of dApps with José Macedo, Partner at Delphi Digital by LongHash VenturesAf LongHash Ventures

Our GP Shi Khai spoke with Ethan Buchman, co-founder of Cosmos, CEO of Informal Systems, and President of the Interchain Foundation, about Atom 2.0, Cosmos’ interchain vision, and the recent Prop 82 vote.Af LongHash Ventures

This episode features Rebecca Liao, co-founder and CEO of Saga, a chain for launching chains.For Web3 builders considering launching their own dedicated chains, Saga’s selling proposition is its ability to allow developers to set up their own dedicated blockchain, known as “chainlets”, as easily as deploying smart contracts, and then scale in a “pa…

Zaki Manian, former director of Tendermint Labs and cofounder of Sommerlier Protocol and Iqclusion, talks about the history of Cosmos, his own projects Sommerlier and Iqclusion, and his advice to Web3 builders about the key considerations when choosing a chain.Af LongHash Ventures

In the final episode of our DAO Mini Series, Shi Khai speaks with Eyal Eithcowich, founder of DeepDAO, a discovery and analytics platform for DAOs.Eyal shares how he transitioned from activism to DAOs, what qualifies to be a DAO, why voter apathy might not be as serious as you think, and finally, Eyal walks us through the DeepDAO platform and share…

Coinshift Founder and CEO Tarun Gupta shares why Coinshift positions itself as a Layer 0.5, new features of Coinshift V2, and his conviction about future proofing DAOs. He emphasized that builders should have interoperability and composability in mind as we experiment our way to a DAO-rich future.00:00 Introduction00:30 Coinshift as a DAO Layer 0.5…

Parcel founder Anubhav Girdhar disproves some myths about the DAOs and provides some nuances on the pros and cons of DAO compensation models.He introduces new feature of tags, which increases the efficiency of people working in multiple pods and subDAOs. He also discussed the interdependency of DAO tooling products in a DAO-rich future.00:10 Introd…

Snapshot provides a secured transition to a decentralized voting system for organizations. With their next big move to introduce the fully on-chain SnapshotX, voting becomes truly trustless and immutable. Led by LongHash Ventures’ very own Shi Khai Wei, we’re discussing the following topics with Nathan of Snapshot:- Importance of DAOs- Inception of…

As one of the OG projects of Web 3, Gnosis has had vast experience in finding product market fit, rapidly iterating, and decentralizing into a DAO. In this episode, LongHash Ventures General Partner Shi Khai chats with Stefan George, Co-Founder of Gnosis, to cover: —------------------------------------------------ What is a DAO- The journey of Gnos…

Grape Protocol has evolved to be more than a toolkit, but the heartbeat of the Solana community. As guest Dean Pappas describes, Grape’s mission is to “accelerate the growth of Solana”. How the protocol does so is unique, featuring:------------------------------------------------ Radical transparency between the core team and the DAO- Hands-on supp…

Potentially the final project to occupy Polkadot’s first batch of parachain slots, Manta Network is developing the building blocks to a fully private DeFi ecosystem. Its canary net, Calamari Network, is a parachain on the Kusama Network, and it has built a fully-private payments mechanism and a fully-private DEX. In this podcast, we discuss: -Why p…

Bradley Miles from Roll is hell-bent on empowering creators. His project, Roll, a social token issuer, aims to increase the GDP of the creator economy, shifting power & ownership from Web 2 platforms to Web 3 creators themselves. In this Asia DeFi Network podcast episode, Bradley Miles shares:- How social tokens empower creators to own their econom…

Excited about a multichain world? Polkadot will turbo-charge it and Moonbeam will play a prominent role. LongHash Ventures’ GP Shi Khai returns to speak with Derek Yoo, co-founder of Moonbeam on Polkadot and Moonriver on Kusama. We’ll discuss the immense potential that Polkadot’s cross-chain interactions will unlock, before diving into the parachai…

Go to 00:20:05 to skip the Polkadot & Kusama overview and straight into Astar & Shiden.Polkadot could serve as the backbone of the future multichain ecosystem, but today, its relay chain only connects blockchains built on Substrate and does not inherently support smart contracts. Astar Network addresses this urgent need by building a smart contract…

DAOs represent a potential paradigm shift in how we organize work and meet similarly-minded people. At the forefront of this revolution is Coopahtroopah, a member of more than 100 DAOs across DeFi, NFTs, and Social. Shi Khai and Cooper discuss how Social DAOs are manifesting communities incentivised less by financial gain, but by culture, socializa…

With the gazillion projects ongoing on Polygon at the moment, it's hard to keep up. On top of the Hermez merger and the launch of the Polygon DAO, massive funds have been dedicated for projects building across DeFi and NFTs on Polygon. In this episode, however, Arjun & Ishan condense these initiatives and dive into how they will provide 360 support…

“I see Etherscan as an encyclopedia and Nansen as a newspaper.” We speak with Alex, CEO and Co-Founder of Nansen. Nansen is a platform that helps inform crypto investors on their investment decisions with simplified on-chain analytics and wallet labels. We discuss the company's decentralization plans, role in the crypto data landscape, and where Na…

As gas prices continue to be an obstacle for Ethereum adoption, Arbitrum represents a state-of-the-art Layer 2 solution that could improve user experience in DeFi, NFTs, and more in the long run. During SCB10x’s DeFi Virtual Summit, we sat down with Steven (CEO of Offchain Labs & Arbitrum) to discuss his story transitioning from academia to Arbitru…

As Axie Infinity continues to break records, we speak with Gabby Dizon, CEO and Co-Founder of Yield Guild Games. Together, we discuss the incredible growth of play-to-earn models while outlining how we can sustain such growth. We also dive deep into YGG: the roles of its scholars and investors, and the power of its community mining program and sub-…

In this episode, we explore Tranchess: a tokenised asset management protocol. Tranchess features various structured, chess-themed products catered for investors of varying risk appetites: Queen, Bishop, and Rook. Co-founder Danny walks us through these products, how Tranchess fills the gaps of DeFi, and explains the mechanics behind the protocol.03…

We chat with Instadapp founder Sowmay Jain to talk about Instadapp's newly-distributed, airdropped INST token dedicated to decentralizing the protocol. Learn how Instadapp incentivised and distributed INST to lower-net-worth individuals to participate in governance, why it was distributed to Aave/Compound/MakerDAO users, and Sowmay's vision for Ins…

This segment from our Web 3.0 Governance Roundtable is a must-listen for protocols decentralising governance! Anjan from ParaFi explains the best practices from protocols like Maker DAO and Indexcoop/Set Protocol, and suggests ways in which governance can improve moving forward, with delegation, automation, data-driven proposals.-------------------…

We all share a common goal to decentralise, but how do you actually do it? We gathered an all-star DeFi cast to answer that question in Web 3.0 Governance: Roadmap to Decentralization.03:05 Stani: Aave's Road to Decentralisation28:04 Jordan: Synthetix's Road to Decentralisation48:32 Anjan from ParaFi Capital: How Governance can Develop1:04:46 Arthu…

Shi Khai sits down with Seb Audet, CEO of Zapper, to discuss the startup’s past, present and future. Since Seb’s creation of DefiSnap, Zapper has grown leaps and bounds, most recently raising a $15m Series A round to build its decentralised “App Store” of DeFi dApps. In this episode, learn how Zapper has become a key pillar in DeFi, from its single…

$130m worth of KSM has been locked (at the time of posting) just within days of Karura Network's Crowdloan. In this backdrop, Acala/Karura Network's Ruitao Su breaks down the basics of Polkadot, parachains, and crowdloans with our host and General Partner Shi Khai, before diving into Karura's token distribution, crowdloan mechanics, and the vision …

After the launch of Balancer V2, we collected questions from the Balancer China community for Fernando (CEO of Balancer), Martin (CEO of Gnosis), and Marta (Head of Community at Balancer). We talk about how Balancer V2 enables trading at the best price, lowers gas fees, and enhances capital efficiency. Then, we dive into the long-term future of Bal…

Starting or growing a community in Asia? Learn practical tips and insights from the people who are operating on the ground in Asia, investing and overseeing the projects who have successfully penetrated the region. Host: Shi Khai Wei, COO of LongHash VenturesGuests: From China, Mable Jiang of Multicoin CapitalFrom Singapore, Arthur Cheong of DeFian…

Our host and COO at LongHash Ventures, Shi Khai Wei, introduces the LongHash Ventures Podcast.Af LongHash Ventures