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Samantha Yap is Founder + CEO of YAP Global. With a background in broadcast journalism, Samantha discovered crypto in 2017 and quickly fell down the rabbit hole. After chatting with founders and realizing most struggled to communicate what they were building, Samantha launched YAP Global in 2018 with the goal of translating crypto jargon and helping projects effectively tell their stories.--Follow Samantha on X: @samanthawyapFollow YAP Global on X: @YAPGlobalTeam--  Follow us on the socials:  X: @showcryptoTikTok: @showmethecryptoInstagram: @showmethecryptopodcast--*Any financial compensation we directly receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Cecilia Hsueh is Co-Founder and CEO of Morph. Over the past 13 years, Cecilia has founded five startups and sold services and products to more than five million users. Cecilia entered the crypto space in 2019 and founded Morph in 2023. Morph enables real consumer applications, powering everyday transactions for everyday people.--Follow Cecilia on X: @ceciliahsuehFollow Morph on X: @MorphLayer--  Follow us on the socials:  X: @showcryptoTikTok: @showmethecryptoInstagram: @showmethecryptopodcast--*Any financial compensation we directly receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Jason Goldberg is Founder and CEO of Airstack, which is responsible for developing the Moxie Protocol. Jason has been an entrepreneur for more than two decades, but his career started when he dropped out of college to work on Bill Clinton's campaign before going on to work at the White House for six years. Jason's first company, Social Median, created the first social media newsfeed. Today, his focus is on Moxie, which is a community-governed economic engine, with a mission to help creators and fans prosper.--Follow Jason on X: @betashopFollow Moxie on X: @moxie_xyz--  Follow us on the socials:  X: @showcryptoTikTok: @showmethecryptoInstagram: @showmethecryptopodcast--*While this is not a sponsored episode, the Moxie team may be adding $MOXIE as a reward incentive for those who choose to mint via pods.media.*Any financial compensation we directly receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Jake Gallen is CEO of Emblem Vault. Born and raised in Las Vegas, and with a decade of experience working in the club scene on the strip, Jake discovered crypto in 2016 and made a bunch of money. But then, perhaps with the Vegas influence, he put it all into an ICO at the peak of the market in early 2018 and lost everything. Despite that setback, Jake's crypto conviction never wavered. Today, Jake leads Emblem Vault, which is an innovative platform that brings seamless interoperability to the world of digital assets.--Follow Jake on X: @jakegallen_Follow Emblem Vault on X: @EmblemVault--  Follow us on the socials:  X: @showcryptoTikTok: @showmethecryptoInstagram: @showmethecryptopodcast--*Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Cooper Scanlon is co-founder of Movement Labs. Cooper and his co-founder, Rushi, launched Movement Labs from their college dorm room in late 2022. From selling his car to afford engineer salaries to raising more than $45 Million in private venture funding for Movement builders, Cooper has accomplished a lot in a short timeframe. In December 2024 the team successfully launched Movement Mainnet Beta and the $MOVE Token. -- Follow Cooper on X: @coopsmoves Follow Movement Labs on X: @movementlabsxyz --   Follow us on the socials:   X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

With a background building products in the crypto space for nine years, Ejaaz decided to go back to his crypto roots of degen research and investing about a year ago, which led him to set up a liquid fund focused on investing in tokens with an edge on emerging sectors. Since then, he has been in the weeds understanding the intersection of AI and crypto, and he currently educates the Bankless audience on the recurring AI Rollup. -- Follow Ejaaz on X: @cryptopunk7213 -- Ejaaz mentions "Infinite Backrooms" in this conversation: https://dreams-of-an-electric-mind.webflow.io/ --   Follow us on the socials:   X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

David Sneider is Co-Founder of Lit Protocol. What started as a teenage passion for astronomy led David onto a website called Hacker News, which, in turn, educated David on the concept of Bitcoin. In 2013, David began building a SaaS company that eventually got acquired by LinkedIn, but he simultaneously kept an eye on developments in the blockchain space. Lit Protocol is a key management network for decentralized signing and encryption. -- Follow David on X: @davidlsneider Follow Lit Protocol on X: @LitProtocol --   Follow us on the socials:   X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

On this special year-end episode of Show Me The Crypto, co-hosts Wade and Ulf give their 2025 Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and Doge price predictions, as well as the month they predict each will peak. Who do you think will win!? Let us know... --   Follow us on the socials:   X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Wade and Ulf are holders of the coins mentioned on this episode. None of this is financial advice. *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Jasper Zhang is CEO and Co-founder of Hyperbolic. Jasper completed his PhD in mathematics at UC Berkeley in just two years, making him the fastest person to finish a PhD in Berkeley's history. He's won multiple gold medals in international math competitions and previously worked at Citadel Securities and Ava Labs. Today, he's building what he calls an "open-access AI cloud" through Hyperbolic, which aims to democratize access to AI computing resources. -- Follow Jasper on X: @zjasper666 Follow Hyperbolic on X: @hyperbolic_labs --   Follow us on the socials:   X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Karel Vuong is Co-Founder of Treasure, which is striving to build the decentralized Nintendo. Karel is a lifelong gamer whose passion blossomed while waiting for games to download on LimeWire in the early days of dial-up internet. With an eagerness to build, Karel dropped out in his third year of Computer Science at the University of Toronto. His early love for gaming, eagerness to build and background in venture capital has led him to the forefront of Web3 gaming innovation. Treasure's goal is to bring games and IP born out of Web3 into the mainstream. -- Follow Karel on X: @karelvuong Follow Treasure on X: @Treasure_DAO --   Follow us on the socials:   X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Vugar Usi Zade is Chief Operating Officer at Bitget. Prior to joining Bitget, Vugar held senior positions at notable companies such as Facebook, Carlsberg, Sony and BeInCrypto. With 25 million registered users, Bitget empowers the future of finance by ensuring secure, efficient and smart digital transactions. -- Follow Vugar on X: @usithetalk Follow Bitget on X: @bitgetglobal --   Follow us on the socials:   X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Matt Katz is CEO and Co-Founder of Caldera. Matt is a self-proclaimed “Crypto OG without the net worth to show for it.” Perhaps that has to do with the fact he discovered Bitcoin at the age of 12, while in Middle School. Matt's interest in technology led him to study Computer Science at Stanford before he dropped out to Co-Found Caldera. Caldera is a rollup deployment platform that allows developers to launch high performance, customizable, application-specific rollups. -- Follow Caldera on X: @Calderaxyz --   Follow us on the socials:   X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Dr. Steven Waterhouse (aka Seven) is Co-Founder and CEO of Orchid Labs. With multiple Stevens on the team in Orchid's early days, Steven dropped the “t” and the nickname “Seven” was born. Beyond being a strong advocate for internet privacy and decentralization, Seven has been involved in the crypto scene since 2013. Orchid's vision is to enable secure access to the internet for everyone, everywhere. -- Follow Seven on X: @deseventral Follow Orchid on X: @OrchidProtocol --   Follow us on the socials:   X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Rachel Lin is Co-Founder and CEO of SynFutures. With a career that has spanned from traditional finance to Fintech to CeFi to DeFi, Rachel began her journey with Deutsche Bank's global markets division, specializing in derivatives. In 2020, Rachel co-founded SynFutures, which is a decentralized platform that aims to make crypto derivatives more accessible by allowing permissionless listing and trading of futures contracts on any assets. -- Follow Rachel on Twitter: @RachelLin_SF Follow SynFutures on Twitter: @SynFuturesDefi --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter/X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Returning guest Alex Masmej was the first person to tokenize himself in 2020 (with the $ALEX token). He then launched Showtime in 2021, which was a social platform for displaying NFTs. If Showtime was the Instagram for NFTs, Alex's current focus is building the TikTok for onchain social, which is a platform that goes by the name of Drakula. -- Follow Alex on Twitter: @AlexMasmej Follow Alex on Drakula: @alexmasmej.eth --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter/X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Returning guest Cooper Turley is the founder of Coop records, which is a hybrid between a Web3 venture fund, a record label and an incubator. Cooper is focused on revolutionizing the music industry by bringing artists onchain and empowering them to keep control and ownership of their work. His bio currently reads: onchain is the new online. -- This episode of Show Me The Crypto is brought to you by Ballet: Making Crypto Easy. Check out Ballet's REAL Series cold storage: https://bit.ly/3KNNX5G Check out Ballet's Physical Bitcoin: https://bitcoin.ballet.com/?utm_source=showmethecryptopodcast&utm_campaign=kol -- Follow Cooper on Twitter: @Cooopahtroopa Follow Cooper on Warpcast: @coopahtroopa.eth --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter/X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Sean Ren is CEO and Co-Founder of Sahara AI. An Associate Professor at USC's Computer Science Department, Sean has received several awards recognizing his research and innovation in the AI space, including Samsung AI Researcher of the Year, MIT TR Innovators Under 35 and Forbes Asia 30 Under 30. Sahara is a decentralized AI network that unlocks fair and universal success to global knowledge capital. -- Follow Sean on Twitter: @xiangrenNLP Follow Sahara AI on Twitter: @SaharaLabsAI --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter/X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Tess Rinearson is Head of Emerging Products with OP Labs. Tess got into crypto backwards. While most start as hobbyists before migrating their careers to the space, Tess made crypto her career straight away by landing a job with a Bitcoin API company called Chain in 2015. Tess went on to work with Interstellar, Cosmos and lead Twitter's Crypto team before joining OP Labs in February 2023. Optimism is a Collective of companies, communities and citizens working together to reward public goods and build a sustainable future for Ethereum. -- Follow Tess on Twitter: @_tessr Follow OP Labs on Twitter: @OPLabsPBC --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter/X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Anthony Sassano is our first guest to make a 3rd appearance on Show Me The Crypto. Almost every single day, Anthony creates a 30-minute video/podcast called The Daily Gwei to help educate the masses about the latest happenings in the Ethereum ecosystem. When he's not busy researching or producing educational content, he enjoys shitposting and calling out haters on Twitter. -- Follow Anthony on Twitter: @sassal0x Follow The Daily Gwei on Twitter: @thedailygwei --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Bobby Lee is Founder/CEO of Ballet. Born in Ivory Coast, Bobby's early tech career intertwined with IBM, Microsoft, Yahoo! and Dell before he first discovered Bitcoin in early 2011. Later, Bobby went on to Co-Found China's first Bitcoin exchange, BTCChina. Today, Bobby is driving global adoption of Bitcoin through his company, Ballet, his book, “The Promise of Bitcoin,” as well as his role as a Member of the Bitcoin Foundation Board of Directors. -- Follow Bobby on Twitter: @bobbyclee Follow Ballet on Twitter: @balletcrypto --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Sonali Giovino is Global Head of Ecosystems at De.Fi. Born and raised in Toronto, Sonali discovered the crypto space in 2017 and became fascinated by the technology. She began hosting her own crypto workshops in Vancouver before joining DeFiYield in early 2022. De.Fi is on a mission to make the DeFi space safer for everyone through its fully automated smart contract security scanner and unique crypto asset management dashboard. -- Follow Sonali on Twitter: @SonaliGio Follow De.Fi on Twitter: @DeFi --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

For this special year-end episode of Show Me The Crypto, Wade and Ulf compete in a 2024 Alt Coin Portfolio Challenge. The rules: Pick 5 coins to spend $100 each on (two have to be top 50 cap; two have to be 51-100 cap; one is a low cap gem). The better performing portfolio as of Dec. 31, 2024 wins! Who do you think will win? Let us know. --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Wade and Ulf are (obviously) holders of the coins mentioned on this episode. None of this is financial advice. *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Kenny Li is Co-Founder of Manta Network. Kenny is a serial entrepreneur who has started, advised and invested in startups for more than a decade. While running a company in the cloud computing space in 2013, Kenny discovered Bitcoin mining as a way to offset server costs. In 2014 he held an advisory role for a Bitcoin options trading platform in 2014 and went on to be a teaching assistant for blockchain courses at MIT. Manta Network is the multi-modular ecosystem for Zero Knowledge Applications. -- Follow Kenny on Twitter: @superanonymousk Follow Manta Network on Twitter: @MantaNetwork --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Joël Valenzuela is a libertarian content creator who has been living solely on crypto for the past eight years. From being brought up on a cattle farm to working at the White House to moving to New Hampshire for the Free State Project, Joël's diverse background led him to the blockchain space where he has become a respected journalist and educator. Through this conversation we're hoping to understand what it takes to truly live off of crypto. -- Follow Joël on Twitter: @TheDesertLynx --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Sicco Naets is Director of Technical Operations with Moonbeam Foundation. Sicco is an experienced software development leader with a background in tech, politics, history and sociology. His technical expertise includes blockchain, distributed microservices architecture, messaging middleware and cloud deployments. Moonbeam is a smart contract platform for cross-chain connected applications that unites functionality from Ethereum, Polkadot and beyond. -- Follow Sicco on Twitter: @sicconaets Follow Moonbeam on Twitter: @MoonbeamNetwork --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Toby Cunningham is a Nazaré Big Wave Surfer and Co-Host of Crypto Tips. If riding waves is the commonality on the Venn Diagram of surfing and crypto, Toby has been doing so expertly for many years. In the water, Toby began surfing big waves at the age of 16 and earned the XXL Biggest Paddle Award in 2003 for successfully taking on a 56ft swell. On the blockchain, Toby got orange-pilled in 2012 and has successfully ridden through waves of FUD and “We're All Gonna Make It” rhetoric to survive the last three bull markets and two (or maybe even three) bear markets. -- Follow Toby on Twitter: @sircryptotips Follow Heidi on Twitter: @blockchainchick --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Alan Scott is Co-Founder of Railgun. Dubbed by the Railgun DAO as “the janitor,” based on his ability to tackle any non-code-writing tasks, Alan has worked in the financial sectors of Tokyo and the US, and considers himself a staunch advocate of privacy. Railgun is a smart contract system that enables zero-knowledge privacy for Ethereum and EVMs. -- Follow Alan on Twitter: @tsu_kareta Follow Railgun on Twitter: @RAILGUN_Project Follow Web3 Privacy Now: @web3privacy Blockchain Privacy Paper referenced by Alan : https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4563364 --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Ishan Bhaidani is Chief Revenue Officer and Co-Founder of Web3 Marketing Agency, Scrib3. A year ago, long before most had concerns about Sam Bankman-Fried, Ishan Tweeted: "I'm taking all of my capital out of FTX and going to short $FTT… something shady is going on at FTX." Now, with the SBF trial under way, we figured the timing was perfect to chat with the guy who called the chaos early. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100⁠ -- Follow Ishan on Twitter: @Ishanb22 Follow Scrib3 on Twitter: @scrib3_co --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Mathew Sweezey is Chief Strategy Officer of Smart Token Labs. A pioneer of the marketing automation space, Sweezey is author of several books including The Context Marketing Revolution. With more than a decade of experience at Salesforce, he co-founded Salesforce Web3 Studio in 2021 before going on to join Smart Token Labs in May of this year. Outside of Web3, Sweezey describes himself as an adventurer, trend spotter and “good” furniture maker. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100⁠ -- Follow Sweezey on Twitter: @msweezey Follow Smart Token Labs on Twitter: @SmartLayer --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Mauricio Di Bartolomeo is Co-Founder and CSO at Ledn Inc. Born and raised in Venezuela, Mauricio experienced double-digit inflation throughout his entire life, but discovered Bitcoin thanks to his younger brother. Once Mauricio understood how Bitcoin could transact in a hostile environment, he immediately grasped the use case. Mauricio co-founded Ledn in 2017 with the conviction that digital assets have the power to democratize access to the global economy. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100⁠ -- Follow Mauricio on Twitter: @cryptonomista Follow Ledn on Twitter: @hodlwithLedn --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Brandon Da Silva is CEO of AI Arena; Wei Xie is COO of AI Arena. Wade + Ulf recently caught up with Brandon and Wei at the Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto, Canada. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100⁠ -- Follow Brandon on Twitter: @sihing_guppy Follow Wei on Twitter: @Eeazy_Weezy Follow AI Arena on Twitter: @aiarena_ --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Dean Skurka is President + CEO of WonderFi. Wade + Ulf recently caught up with Dean at the Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto, Canada. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100⁠ -- Follow Dean on Twitter: @bitbuy_dean Follow WonderFi on Twitter: @WonderFi --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Michele Romanow is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Clearco, as well as a Dragon on Canada's Dragons' Den. Wade + Ulf recently caught up with Michele at the Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto, Canada. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100⁠ -- Follow Michele on Twitter: @MicheleRomanow Follow Clearco on Twitter: @getclearco --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

(*Note: Wade's + Ulf's audio isn't the best in this episode... we were having mic issues. Our apologies! Thankfully, our guest, Mark, sounds great!) Mark Greenberg is Kraken's Managing Director for Canada. Wade + Ulf recently caught up with Mark at the Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto, Canada. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100 -- Follow Mark on Twitter: @marklg Follow Kraken on Twitter: @krakenfx --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Dan Kim is VP of Business Development and Head of Listings with Coinbase. Wade + Ulf recently caught up with Dan at the Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto, Canada. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100 -- Follow Dan on Twitter: @DANKIMdigital Follow Coinbase on Twitter: @coinbase --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

*Note: The audio is poor for the first couple minutes, but it gets better! Our mic was temporarily off... sorry! Scot Johnson is President and CEO of Digital Shovel, which helps businesses scale crypto-mining operations with turn-key mobile units. Wade + Ulf recently caught up with Scot at the Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto, Canada. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100 -- Follow Digital Shovel on Twitter: @Digital_Shovel --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Anthony Di Iorio is the Founder of Andiami, Decentral and Jaxx, as well as the Co-Founder of Ethereum. Wade + Ulf recently caught up with Anthony at the Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto, Canada. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100 -- Follow Anthony on Twitter: @diiorioanthony Follow Andiami on Twitter: @ANDIAMIproject --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Navin Vethanayagam is Chief Brain at IQ.wiki. Hailing from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Navin graduated from the Ivey Business School at Western University before joining Everipedia in 2016 as the company's sixth team member. Everipedia has since evolved into IQ.wiki, which is the world's largest blockchain and cryptocurrency encyclopedia. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100 -- Follow Navin on Twitter: @NavV96 Follow IQ.wiki on Twitter: @IQWIKI --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Joan Westenberg is a tech writer and founder of Studio Self. Joan's creative life and career began at the age of 15 as a self-described punk rock emo kid who found an opportunity helping brands understand how to leverage Myspace. Studio Self is a Sydney-based marketing agency, product lab and community that excels in effective communication through PR, content, brand strategy, marketing and production across emerging technology. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100 -- Follow Joan on Twitter: @Joanwestenberg --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Khori Whittaker is Executive Director of ENS. Hailing from Jamaica, Khori is a corporate governance expert with 20 years of experience in executive management. In late 2017, Khori discovered Ethereum and eventually joined ENS in 2022. Earlier this year, Khori published an opinion article in which he wrote: “People are waking up to the fact that they don't own the profiles they have created of themselves online, and it's causing a digital identity crisis.” Ethereum Name Service, which maps human-readable names and masks complex hexadecimal Ethereum addresses, aims to help users reclaim their digital sovereignty. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100 -- Follow Khori on Twitter: @KhoriWhittaker Follow ENS on Twitter: @ensdomains --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Hailey Lennon is a Partner at Brown Rudnick and a returning guest of Show Me The Crypto. In July 2022, Hailey wrote a Forbes article titled: “Coinbase is Ready to Challenge the SEC.” Eleven months and a significant lawsuit later, Hailey is returning to our show to breakdown all the latest in the SEC drama. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100 -- Follow Hailey on Twitter: @HaileyLennonBTC --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

On this special, mid-year review episode of Show Me The Crypto, Wade and Ulf look back at the five bold 2023 predictions they made last January to see if they're on the right track. The SMTC hosts also discuss some of the top stories we've seen in the crypto space so far this year. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100 --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Betty is Co-Founder of Deadfellaz. Born in the Northern England county of Yorkshire, Betty's parents encouraged and nurtured her creativity from a young age. That creativity carried forward into Betty's career as she has worked in community engagement, marketing and creative production professionally for more than a decade. With diversity and inclusion in mind, Deadfellaz launched on Friday the 13th in August 2021, and sold out the entire collection of 10,000 generative NFTs within 20 minutes. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100 -- Follow Betty on Twitter: @betty_nft Follow Deadfellaz on Twitter: @deadfellaz --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

You may know Roger Ver as “Bitcoin Jesus,” but he didn't give himself that nickname… and to be honest, he doesn't really like it. Roger is a Bitcoin pioneer who is the world's first investor in many Bitcoin startups including blockchain.com, Ripple, Z-Cash, BitPay and Kraken. Roger wants peer-to-peer cash that enables more economic freedom for the world, regardless of what the name of the coin is. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100 -- Follow Roger on Twitter: @rogerkver --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Elena Nadolinski is Founder + CEO of Iron Fish. Elena's parents, both software engineers, told her not to become a software engineer; however, reverse psychology came into play as Elena ignored their advice and began her career at Microsoft before joining the start-up world and eventually discovering crypto in 2017. Iron fish is a censorship resistant, privacy-enabled platform for everyday crypto transactions. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100 -- Follow Elena on Twitter: @leanthebean Follow Iron Fish on Twitter: @ironfishcrypto --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Anthony Rose is Head of Engineering at Matter Labs. Prior to joining Matter Labs, Anthony led engineering teams at SpaceX for several years, building software for Dragon and Starlink. Anthony then joined Matter Labs in March 2022 to build zkSync, with the goal of scaling Ethereum to billions of users. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100 -- Follow Anthony on Twitter: @anthonykrose Follow Matter Labs on Twitter: @the_matter_labs Follow zkSync on Twitter: @zksync --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Aaron Kong is Growth & Strategy Lead at Osmosis Labs, which is the core team responsible for developing Osmosis: an appchain and decentralized exchange that serves as the DeFi hub for the Cosmos ecosystem. Outside of crypto, Aaron is also passionate about video games, and he, along with his team, was once ranked number 1 in the world at World of Warcraft. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100 -- Follow Aaron on Twitter: @aaronxkong Follow Osmosis Labs on Twitter: @osmolabs Follow Osmosis on Twitter: @osmosiszone --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Anjali Young is Co-Founder and Chief Community Officer of Abridged Inc, which is the maker of Collab.Land. Built during the depths of the 2018 bear market, Abridged started as a social contract wallet with the mission of mass adoption. Today, Collab.Land has 8.2 million wallet connections and is used by more than 41,000 registered communities. Anjali has been passionate about online communities for 30 years, and is focused on onboarding tokenized project/partners, while sharing Web3 values. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100 -- Follow Anjali on Twitter: @damaderoca Follow Collab.Land on Twitter: @Collab_Land_ --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Matt Leising is a former Bloomberg reporter and the Co-Founder of DeCential. Bitcoin landed on Matt's radar in 2013, but he shrugged off interest until 2015, when he began to understand the power of blockchain technology more fully. In 2020, Matt published Out of the Ether, which documents Ethereum's history and the $55 Million heist that almost destroyed it all. DeCential is focused on humanizing the people who are at the forefront of the crypto industry through films, a documentary series and journalism. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection, "The First 100," has launched! Official Secondary Link: ⁠https://opensea.io/collection/show-me-the-crypto-the-first-100 -- Follow Matt on Twitter: @mattleising Follow DeCential on Twitter: @DecentialMedia --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Sara Phillips is an LA-based Singer/Songwriter. After graduating college in her hometown of Montreal, Sara moved to New York to pursue her love of music. During her time in New York, Sara wrote and produced her first, self-titled EP before moving to LA in 2015. Today, Sara is quickly becoming one of the most popular artists innovating in the Web3 Music scene. -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection "The First 100" is now minting! This collection celebrates our first 100 episodes! Official mint site: ⁠https://showmethecryptopodcast.com/⁠ -200 total supply (100 set aside for guests; 100 for general sale) -0.04 ETH each -Mint closes March 31, 2023 -- Follow Sara on Twitter: @Sara_JPhillips --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.

Lucas Campbell is head of Web3 Strategy at Bankless. Lucas has been in and out of crypto since high school, but he fell deep down the rabbit hole in 2017 during his junior year at the University of Colorado Boulder. It was around that time he met (friend of the podcast) Cooper Turley, and the pair worked together on several initiatives including a blog called DeFi Rate and a newsletter called Token Tuesdays. Beyond his current role at Bankless, Lucas is an advocate of content collectibles in the form of NFTs.    -- Our first Podcast NFT Collection "The First 100" is now minting! This collection celebrates our first 100 episodes! Official mint site: https://showmethecryptopodcast.com/ -200 total supply (100 set aside for guests; 100 for general sale) -0.04 ETH each -Mint closes March 31, 2023 -- Follow Lucas on Twitter: @0x_Lucas --   Follow us on the socials:   Twitter: @showcrypto TikTok: @showmethecrypto Instagram: @showmethecryptopodcast   --   *Any financial compensation we receive will always be clearly identified as an advertisement or sponsored content. We don't accept payment to feature guests, and we don't accept payment to influence the coins/projects we discuss on Show Me The Crypto. Any ads will be clearly identified during the show, and information on our partners will be featured in the show notes.