The Avax Podcast

Arpit is one of the founders of Hubble Exchange (https://hubble.exchange/). Hubble Exchange is a perpetual futures exchange on the Avalanche network's test net, and will soon be launched on main net. In this conversation, we discuss Hubble Exchange, perpetual futures, funding rates, insurance funds, liquidation mechanisms, Arpit's journey into crypto, and a whole lot more.This episode is brought to you by AVentures DAO and This Week in AvalancheAVentures DAO is an investment DAO established and managed by OG Avalanche community members. AVentures DAO's goal is to support the ecosystem through seed and private round investments; provide advisory and marketing support to new Avalanche projects; incubate new projects; and publish technical analysis on Defi projects. I'm a  member. If you're  a project launching on Avalanche that needs seed or private round investments, flip me an e-mail at avaxpodcast@aventuresdao.ioThis Week in Avalanche is a weekly newsletter describing news and events in the Avalanche ecosystem. It's a tremendously useful summary of the weekly news for the Avalanche blockchain community.  I read it every week. I hope you do as well. Check it out at https://weavax.substack.com/If you enjoyed the podcast, visit the Giving Block (https://www.thegivingblock.com/) and donate some crypto to your favourite charity.

Elena Obukhova is one of the founders of Flashback One (https://flashback.one). Flashback One is a bespoke ticketing experience platform that uses NFTs to represent tickets for events and is live on the Avalanche Blockchain. In this conversation, we discuss Flashback, NFTs, the many advantages of using NFTs for tickets, how Elena and I eventually intend to party at Burning Man, and a whole lot more. This episode is brought to you by AVentures DAO and This Week in Avalanche AVentures DAO is an investment DAO established and managed by OG Avalanche community members. AVentures DAO's goal is to support the ecosystem through seed and private round investments; provide advisory and marketing support to new Avalanche projects; incubate new projects; and publish technical analysis on Defi projects. I'm a  member. If you're  a project launching on Avalanche that needs seed or private round investments, flip me an e-mail at avaxpodcast@aventuresdao.ioThis Week in Avalanche is a weekly newsletter describing news and events in the Avalanche ecosystem. It's a tremendously useful summary of the weekly news for the Avalanche blockchain community.  I read it every week. I hope you do as well. Check it out at https://weavax.substack.com/If you enjoyed the podcast, visit the Giving Block (https://www.thegivingblock.com/) and donate some crypto to your favourite charity.

In this conversation, Cryptofish (one of the founders of Trader Joe) and I discuss decentralized exchanges, the strategic moves made by Trader Joe to accrue TVL, issues relating to anonymity, Cryptofish's book recommendations, and a whole lot more. By way of note, this conversation was recorded before Trader Joe's lending platform went live. This episode is brought to you by This Week in Avalanche (https://weavax.substack.com/).This Week in Avalanche is a weekly newsletter describing news and events in the Avalanche ecosystem. It's a tremendously useful summary of the weekly news for the Avalanche blockchain community.  I read it every week, and I hope you do as well. Check it out at https://weavax.substack.com/If you enjoyed the podcast, visit the Giving Block (https://www.thegivingblock.com/) and donate some crypto to your favourite charity.

In this conversation, Sols (one of the founders of Hatchy Pocket) and I discuss the inspiration for Hatchy Pockets, Hatchy Pockets' development process, the upcoming staking token, generation 2 Hatchy Pockets, those wonderful high resolution printable versions of Hatchy Pockets, book recommendations, and a whole lot more.This episode is brought to you by This Week in Avalanche (https://weavax.substack.com/).This Week in Avalanche is a weekly newsletter describing news and events in the Avalanche ecosystem. It's a tremendously useful summary of the weekly news for the Avalanche blockchain community.  I read it every week. I hope you do as well. Check it out at https://weavax.substack.com/If you enjoyed the podcast, visit the Giving Block (https://www.thegivingblock.com/) and donate some crypto to your favourite charity.

In this conversation, Potter Li and Jack Xu (two of the co-founders of EthSign) and I discuss EthSign, EthSign's future direction, the tech stack used to build EthSign, design choices made by the team, the future direction of crypto, book recommendations, and a whole lot more.This episode is brought to you by This Week in Avalanche (https://weavax.substack.com/).This Week in Avalanche is a weekly newsletter describing news and events in the Avalanche ecosystem. It's a tremendously useful summary of the weekly news for the Avalanche blockchain community.  I read it every week. I hope you do as well. Check it out at https://weavax.substack.com/If you enjoyed the podcast, visit the Giving Block (https://www.thegivingblock.com/) and donate some crypto to your favourite charity.

In this conversation, the Pangolin Exchange Core Team and I discuss Pangolin Exchange, Pangolin Exchange's recent road map, the Gnosis multisig tool created by Pangolin Exchange as a public service, book recommendations, and the future direction of Pangolin Exchange. This episode is brought to you by This Week in Avalanche (https://weavax.substack.com/).This Week in Avalanche is a weekly newsletter describing news and events in the Avalanche ecosystem. It's a tremendously useful summary of the weekly news for the Avalanche blockchain community.  I read it every week. I hope you do as well. Check it out at https://weavax.substack.com/If you enjoyed the podcast, visit the Giving Block (https://www.thegivingblock.com/) and donate some crypto to your favourite charity.

Tyler Smith is one of the contributors to Sherpa Cash (https://sherpa.cash/). Sherpa Cash is a soon to be released fully decentralized protocol for private transactions on the Avalanche Blockchain. In this conversation, we discuss Sherpa Cash, zk-snarks, the relationship between bitcoin cash and avalanche, the Mina blockchain, Tyler's book recommendations, and a whole lot more. By way of note, this conversation was recorded on June 3, 2021.This episode is brought to you by This Week in Avalanche (https://weavax.substack.com/), and Hatchy Pockets (https://hatchypocket.com/). This Week in Avalanche is a weekly newsletter describing news and events in the Avalanche ecosystem. It's a tremendously useful summary of the weekly news for the Avalanche blockchain community.  I read it every week. I hope you do as well. Check it out at https://weavax.substack.com/ This episode is also brought to you by Hatchy Pocket Digital Collectables (https://hatchypocket.com/). Hatchy Pockets are an exclusive  exclusive NFT collection of animated, high fidelity pixel art monsters on the Avalanche blockchain. I love the art, I love the sounds, and the future direction of the project looks fantastic. Staking, a Hatchy Token currency, and new monsters are all coming down the pipeline. Full disclosure, I  own a lot of Hatchy Pockets. If you enjoyed the podcast, visit the Giving Block (https://www.thegivingblock.com/) and donate some crypto to your favourite charity.

Jomari Peterson is one of the contributors to Snowball (https://snowball.network/), which is a  platform that combines multiple DeFi protocols to create an interconnected experience, allowing users to swap stablecoins, deposit liquidity, or auto-compound liquidity rewards. In this conversation, we discuss Snowball, Snowball's token, Snowball's governance model, the tools used to construct Snowball, the team's implementation of quadratic voting, Jomari's journey into crypto, and a whole lot more.This episode is brought to you by This Week in Avalanche, a weekly newsletter describing news and events in the Avalanche ecosystem. Check it out at https://weavax.substack.com/ and subscribe to it! If you enjoyed the podcast, visit the Giving Block (https://www.thegivingblock.com/) and donate some crypto to your favourite charity.

Mark Stanwyck is one of the founders of Avalaunch (https://avalaunch.app/), which is a launchpad built exclusively for the Avalanche Network, with the aim of offering promising and innovative projects a fast, secure, and efficient platform for decentralized fundraising. In this conversation, we discuss Avalaunch, its unique staking mechanism, Avalaunch's native token,  the tools used to build Avalaunch, Mark's journey into crypto, and a whole lot more. If you enjoyed the podcast, visit the Giving Block (https://www.thegivingblock.com/) and donate some crypto to your favourite charity.

Hasan Karahan is the creator of Notex (https://notex.ch), which is a  a global censorship resistant blogging and intellectual property (IP) platform that harnesses the power of IPFS and blockchains to allow you to freely express yourself and protect your thoughts or ideas.In this conversation, we discuss Notex, Notex's future direction, the tools used to build Notex, resources and books that Hasan recommends, and a whole lot more. If you enjoyed the podcast, visit the Giving Block (https://www.thegivingblock.com/) and donate some crypto to your favourite charity.

Tito Titov is one of the founders of Jelly Swap (https://jelly.market), which is a decentralized exchange allowing cross chain transactions and powered by atomic swap technology. In this conversation, we discuss Jelly Swap, Jelly Swap's future direction, the notion of atomic swaps, the tools used to build Jelly Swap, and resources and books that Tito recommends with respect to cryptocurrencies.If you enjoyed the podcast, visit the Giving Block (https://www.thegivingblock.com/) and donate some crypto to your favourite charity.

Hari Seldon is one of the founders of Crypt (https://0xcryptfi.gitbook.io/the-crypt/), which is a decentralized estate planning application, presently in development,  that will run on the Avalanche Blockchain. In this conversation, we discuss Crypt, Crypt's future direction, the tokenomics of Crypt's governance token (cleverly named RIP), the tools used to build Crypt, and resources and books that Hari recommends with respect to cryptocurrencies and the Avalanche blockchain. If you enjoyed the podcast, visit the Giving Block (https://www.thegivingblock.com/) and donate some crypto to your favourite charity.