Super Excited with Stefan Rust

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Tim Frost.Tim Frost is the CEO of Yield App, a global FinTech company managed by a team of experienced capital markets, FinTech, cybersecurity and digital asset professionals, that enables anyone to invest in decentralized finance with the touch of a button. Tim Frost worked for BlockVerify, Wirex, and was the CEO of Torus Solutions.In this episode, Stefan and Tim discuss yield opportunities, Decentralized vs. Centralized, Investments Stereotypes, and Corruption in the Space.Tim Frost: Twitter | Yield App TwitterStefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Alex McDougall.Prior to joining Stablecorp as its CEO, Alex McDougall was Managing Director at 3iQ, responsible for their venture and digital asset yield initiatives. He co-founded Bicameral Ventures, a venture platform focused on "Interconnected Investing", blockchain, interoperability, data and identity self-sovereignty, personalized AI, and Web 3.0.In this episode, Stefan and Alex discuss the Many opportunities in crypto, Transparency vs. Legalese, and Smaller banks in tune with communities.Alex McDougall: Linkedin | Stablecorp TwitterStefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Amaury Séchet.Amaury Séchet made his first big splash in cryptoland as a lead developer on Bitcoin Cash, and then as a lead on Bitcoin ABC which morphed into Ecash, his current project. Realizing the vision of the legendary Milton Friedman, eCash is taking financial freedom to a level never before seen. With eCash, sending money is now as simple as sending an email.In this episode, Stefan and Amaury discuss p2p Electronic Cash, DeFi & Financial Innovation, the Lack of Financial Education, and Building in Bear Markets.Amaury Séchet: Twitter | Ecash TwitterStefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Miles Austin.Miles Austin is the CEO of Hyphen, which gathers environment data to put it on-chain, enabling immediate, dynamic and well-informed actions to address climate change.In this episode, Stefan and Miles discuss crypto and climate, how to verify data, and how to Incentivize Good Actors.Miles Austin and Hyphen: TwitterStefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Omar Yehia. Omar Yehia is a Research Partner at C² Ventures, a company that takes a chain-agnostic approach, making early-stage investments across all major layer 1 and layer 2 ecosystems. He is also managing partner and co-founder of Prudentia Digital with previous stints at Arrington Capital, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories, and Princeton-ExxonMobil E-ffiliates at Princeton University. In this episode, Stefan and Omar discuss structural inflation, better government models and axioms to live by. Omar Yehia: Twitter | C² Ventures Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Yosef Shaftal. Yosef Shaftal is Executive Director at Israeli Blockchain Association where he helps businesses of all types and sizes with understanding, implementing and taking advantage of Blockchain. In this episode, Stefan and Yosef discuss the natural selection of the bear market, that reputation is everything, L1s and tokenization. Enjoy this episode! Yosef Shaftal: Linkedin | Israeli Blockchain Association Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Mirko Schmiedl. Mirko Schmiedl is founder of StakingRewards.com, and was named to the 2022 class of Forbes 30 Under 30. He co-founded Staking Rewards in 2017 with his brother. It now has a staff of over half a dozen employees, and looks to double that number soon. Staking Rewards is a leading information hub for the crypto staking industry, and its data is used by the likes of Coinbase and Bitcoin Suisse. Staking Rewards has already generated more than $1 million in revenue in 2022. In this episode, Stefan and Mirko discuss the genesis of Staking Rewards.com, Decision making and gut feeling, Staking rewards and the goals of UBI. Mirko Schmiedl: Twitter | StakingRewards.com Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Ron Bodkin. Rod Bodkin is founder and CEO of ChainML. He's also a self-described tech optimist. He was interested in artificial intelligence and machine learning way before it was cool, having spent a decade and a half in the industries. His CV includes stints at C-Bridge, Quantcast, Think Big, Google Cloud, and Vector. In this episode, Stefan and Ron discuss the importance of data and the need for decentralized models in web3. Ron Bodkin: Twitter | ChainML Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Tom Trowbridge. Tom Trowbridge is a co-founder of Fluence Labs, and Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR), a board member of Stronghold Digital Mining, and is an active investor in the distributed ledger sector. He's an advocate for decentralized systems and distributed ledger/blockchain technology and believes these open source tools provide the best opportunity to build fairer, more transparent, and higher-functioning societies, government, and business ecosystems. Fluence Labs has developed and launched a peer-to-peer compute protocol that allows the creation of applications free of proprietary cloud providers or centralized APIs. In this episode, Stefan and Tom discuss finding a way into crypto through a more traditional background, how to attract good developers and how Web3 decentralized adoption breaks cartelization. Tom Trowbridge: Twitter | Fluence Labs Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Paul Puey. Paul Puey is the CEO and co-founder of Edge Wallet, and is a mild-mannered contrarian. He's been in the wallet app space for nearly a decade, and his Edge is considered by many to be an industry standard. His background is in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, low-level 3D graphics engineering, and development of custom web CMS systems. His professional life includes stints at Nvidia and Chromatic Research. In this episode, Stefan and Paul discuss how disruption is a key motivator, transparency's significance, skin-in-the-game evangelists, and the bitcoin standard. Paul Puey: Twitter | Edge Wallet Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Danish Chaudhry. Danish Chaudhry is a man of the world, truly global. Born in Pakistan, moved to the US when he was young. He went on to graduate from UC Berkeley, and then from the London School of Economics. His career is diverse as well, including working at BlackRock and Bitcoin.com. In 2020, he paneled at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. More recently, he's co-founder and CEO of the exchange, FMFW.io (“Free the Money, Free the World,” a spinoff from Bitcoin.com exchange). In this episode, Stefan and Danish discuss the state of the market from an insider, interest rates and crypto markets, fostering growth and innovation, and network nations. Danish Chaudhry: Twitter Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Sherry Jiang. Sherry Jiang is an ex-googler and the co-founder of Bluejay Finance, making her a financial tech payments veteran who has spent most of her working life on inclusion. She believes that cryptocurrency emerged as a borderless, efficient, programmable way to meet her longtime professional goals. The task now is to bring emerging markets into the decentralized world, and it will take a herculean effort involving lots of failure and iteration. In this episode, Stefan and Sherry discuss how financial tech leapfrogs in The East, currencies, CBDCs, stablecoins and regulations, and the importance of decentralization & adoption. Sherry Jiang: Twitter Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Vin Armani. Vin Armani, now Cyprian, has lived many lives: DJ, radical, coder, entrepreneur, gigolo, reality television star, liberty movement icon, and more. He is now building in crypto and developing new systems on the island of Saipan where he currently resides. In this episode, Stefan and Vin discuss the nomadic life, how incentives matter, scaling as a multi-generational project, and Walled gardens vs open source. Vin Armani: Twitter Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Rob Wolff, founder of Digital Asset News, and while his work is under the news heading, Rob is really a teacher, helping viewers better understand crypto investing and trading. In this episode, Stefan and Rob discuss Taxes in crypto, How real inflation data changed Rob's strategy, a recession in 2022, Stablecoin adoption and UX, and CBDCs . Rob Wolff: Youtube | Twitter Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Jeffrey Tucker, founder of the Brownstone Institute, which looks to influence a post-lockdown world by generating new ideas in public health, philosophy, science, and economics. He is also currently a columnist for The Epoch Times. In this episode, Stefan and Jeffrey discuss The incentive for governments not to change course, Separating money and state, how the Coming recession will have profound employment consequences and the Birth of a new world. Jeffrey Tucker: Twitter | Brownstone Institute Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Jamie Bartlett, a UK-based investigative reporter who spent more than a year physically tracking Ruja, known as the Missing Cryptoqueen, and he documented his findings in a serialized hit podcast on the BBC of the same name. For more than a year, every couple of weeks, listeners of The Missing Cryptoqueen could follow Bartlett's findings almost in real time. In this episode, Stefan and Jamie discuss the story of the Missing Cryptoqueen, crypto scams, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and what is next for the Missing Cryptoqueen's story. Jamie Bartlett: Twitter | Missing Cryptoqueen Book | Missing Cryptoqueen Podcast Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Economiser, who examines DeFi and crypto from an econ angle, as an anon economist with a PhD who claims to follow “the data, not the rumours.” In this episode, Stefan and Economiser delve deep into the problems facing the mixed economies of cryptocurrency and fiat. They also talk about how Institutional and VC investments are subject to FOMO, how Protocol innovation might be key, and about the Great Divorce where fiat & crypto economies go their own ways. Economiser: Twitter Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with David Johnston. David Johnston started his first multi million dollar company at the age of 19 in the biofuels industry, and then went on to co-found 7 tech startups before the age of 30. His work in crypto/blockchain includes co-founding BitAngels in 2013, the dApp Fund in 2014, and a venture studio in 2018. In this episode, Stefan and David discuss funding space exploration, the Inflation Reduction Act, when England legalized innovation and building in a Bear Market. David Johnston: Twitter Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with David Gerard. David Gerard is a UK-based writer, blogger, probably best known for being one of crypto's great haters. He documents the foibles and scams and even otherwise legitimate crypto projects as all part of the same grand illusion of easy money and con-men. He's sought out for quotes by the press when anything goes wrong in crypto, and his work has appeared in venerable journals such as Foreign Policy. He's also the author of two books on crypto, Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain and Libra Shrugged. In this episode, Stefan and David discuss Bitcoin, Celsius and Voyager, regulation in crypto and CBDCs. David Gerard: Twitter Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Salim Ismail, Founder of OpenExO, a consulting company helping to transition businesses and governments into the age of abundance. He is also the Founding Executive Director of Singularity University and lead author of the book, Exponential Organizations. In this episode, Stefan and Salim discuss OpenExO and city nations, how money is no longer money, scarcity vs abundance, and how The Future Is Better Than You Think. Salim Ismail: Twitter | OpenExO Twitter | Exponential Organizations Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Scott Dykstra, CTO & Co-Founder of Space and Time. They discuss the difficulties of linking on-chain and off-chain data, Truflation use cases, and what Space and Time offers the market as a decentralized data platform! Space & Time DB: Website | Twitter Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Gabriel Cardona, developer at Avalanche. They discuss Avalanche & Formula E, consensus, stable coins, and how this is the BEST time to be alive! Gabriel Cardona on Twitter Avalanche: Website | Twitter Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan talks with Sam Kazemian, founder of Frax Finance. They discuss inflation resistant stable coins, Fed rate hikes, and how it's the time to build based on fundamentals. Sam Kazemian on Twitter Frax Finance: Website | Twitter Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan talks to Josh Ellithorpe, CTO at Pixelated Ink. They discuss going local in a global world, inflation & over consumption, and the regulatory issues between governments and crypto with p2p cash. Josh Ellithorpe on Twitter Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan talks to Henry Love, managing partner at Fundamental Labs. They discuss a new bread of VCs, how to identify the new-new thing, and how Mobile phone tech & crypto are rocking incumbents. Henry Love on Twitter Fundamental Labs on Twitter Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with David Post, Managing Director at Chainlink Labs. They discuss the growth of Web3, building a multichain world with Chainlink, data DAOs, and the freedom for individuals to innovate. David Post on Linkedin Chainlink Labs: Twitter | Website Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin Truflation: https://truflation.com/

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Vahid Toosi, founder & CEO of HODL SPAC. They discuss moving from TradFi to HyFi, genius of the name "Web3", going hyperlocal with crypto, inflation, and gambling with millions of dollars. Vahid Toosi on Twitter HODL SPAC: Twitter | https://hodlspac.se/en Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin Truflation: https://truflation.com/ & Trusted Node: https://trustednode.io/

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with Chiyoko Osborne and Faiz Nazarali from Highvibe Network. They discuss the work life mesh in a decentralized 24 hour world, crypto, DeFi, and meditation and spiritual health. The Highvibe Network: highvibe.network Chiyoko Osborne: Mandala Method | Linkedin Faiz Nazarali: Website | Twitter | Linkedin Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this first episode, or rather episode 0, Mike talks with Stefan Rust, the host of the Super Excited podcast. Stefan is a serial entrepreneur who bought his first bitcoin at $5 back in April 2012 he has now expanded his investment and advisory portfolio across the blockchain industry. Shortly after buying his first bitcoin and using it to pay developers directly, he realised the enormous potential of this global decentralized currency. This, combined with his knack for entrepreneurship, further fueled his passion to launch 8+ companies by building strategies, raising funds and creating business development partnerships as a foundation for successful ecosystems and business growth. He is now the founder and CEO of Laguna Labs and host of the Super Excited podcast. Stefan Rust profiles: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin