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Dave Balter is a serial entrepreneur with a distinguished track record of impacting various industries. He founded BzzAgent, which was acquired by Dunnhumby, and Smarterer, which was acquired by Pluralsight. His current venture, Flipside Crypto, leads the way in providing indexes and investment vehicles for cryptocurrencies.Dave's career includes executive roles at prominent global organizations and venture investments as a partner at Boston Seed. In 2024, he was honored as one of The Boston Globe's Top 50 Tech Power Players. He is also the author of several influential books, including The Humility Imperative. Dave has been an engaged 3i Member since 2023. Listen to the episode to hear: * Revolutionizing industries with data: Insights from his work with BzzAgent and Flipside Crypto * Leadership and innovation: Key lessons from his book The Humility Imperative  * The future of blockchain and cryptocurrency: Dave's Predictions and strategic outlookLearn more about 3i Members and follow us on LinkedIn for updates. 

Dave Balter is the Founder & CEO @ Flipside Crypto (https://flipsidecrypto.xyz). Backed by HashKey Capital, Dapper Labs, M13, & more, Flipside Crypto offers decoded blockchain data for querying and building in its Studio. Users can also earn as an analyst by making dashboards and boards for various Web3 projects and networks. In this episode we talk about their journey through the bear market (as told via his open Medium letter to his team), what's been different building Flipside Crypto (relative to other companies he's founded), what we're getting right (and wrong) in crypto here in 2024, and much more.Recorded Monday February 12, 2024.

Jim Myers, CTO & Co-Founder of Flipside Crypto Jim Myers is an engineer, early-stage investor, and the CTO & Co-Founder of Flipside Crypto, a leading blockchain data analytics and business intelligence platform. Prior to co-founding Flipside, Jim developed the core technology that took products from 0 to 1 at companies such as Mylestone, Pluralsight, and Smarterer. Jim's journey into the crypto industry began in 2015, eventually co-founding Flipside Crypto in 2017 to help empower crypto communities to create and share data-driven insights on the projects they care most about. Jim's passion for building extends to the broader startup community via his developer event series, Stack Dive, and as an angel investor to several local Boston-area startups, including AdHawk and LinkSquares. In a previous life, Jim developed advanced models to quantify risk and abnormal returns in the market for Financial Transmission Rights, a type of energy derivative. About Flipside Crypto Flipside Crypto is a leading on-chain data analytics and business intelligence platform, that empowers the web3 community to build with and leverage accurate, reliable data across 20+ blockchains. Our data is labeled with proprietary algorithms for developers and analysts to query, create, and build. The Flipside product suite provides everyone from individuals to enterprises with flexibility on how and where they access on-chain data. Founded in 2017, Flipside has grown to be one of the world's foremost blockchain analytics providers with over 50,000 analysts and key partnerships with L1 & L2 ecosystems including Solana, NEAR, Flow, and Avalanche. Flipside is backed by leading investors including Republic Capital, True Ventures, Galaxy Digital, M13, and more. Profile Links:  Website: https://flipsidecrypto.xyz  Blog: https://blog.flipsidecrypto.com  Flipside Crypto on Twitter: https://twitter.com/flipsidecrypto Jim Myers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JimMyersTech Jim Myers on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jfmyers/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crypto-hipster-podcast/support

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Jim Myers is the CTO and co-founder of Flipside Crypto. Prior to Flipside, Jim developed the core technology that took products from 0 to 1 at companies such as Mylestone, Pluralsight (IPO), and Smarterer (acquisition). Jim joined Pluralsight in 2014, following the acquisition of Smarterer, a machine learning-based skill assessment company. At Smarterer, Jim was an early engineer that built advanced machine learning technology and enterprise software adopted by Fortune 100 companies.Jim's introduction to crypto began shortly before the public launch of Ethereum in 2015 when a group he was part of began tinkering with smart contracts. He co-founded Flipside Crypto in 2017 to help empower crypto communities to create and share data-driven insights on the projects they care most about.Jim's passion for building extends to the broader startup community as an angel investor to several local startups, including Broadlume (formerly Adhawk) and LinkSquares. Jim attended Gettysburg College receiving a B.S. in economics.In this conversation, we discuss:- Growing successful startups- Why is open access to data so important to the future of blockchain?- Tips and tricks for growing during crypto winter- AI bandwagon- Incentive design- Web3 = human behaviour + software- SchroomDKFlipsideWebsite: flipsidecrypto.xyz Twitter: @flipsidecryptoDiscord: discord.gg/ZmU3jQuu6WJim MyersWebsite: jimmyerstech.comTwitter: @JimMyersTechLinkedIn: Jim Myers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.  PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50 

Lex chats with Dave Balter about the complexities of building data products on the blockchain and the importance of understanding human relationships and reality when building startups. They also discuss Flipside Crypto – a platform that builds business intelligence via a suite of analytics tools that provide insights into user behaviors, developer activities, and financial health, to crypto organizations – and MetricsDAO – a community of Web3 data analysts who provide blockchain projects with on-demand data insights and tooling. Additionally, they touch on replacing Excel with ChatGPT and on-chain  smart contract data, and how to evaluate Web3 projects, as well as the future of how the value chain stacks on top of data and analytics to actually drive decisions and potentially drive automated decisions MENTIONED IN THE CONVERSATION Flipside Crypto's website: https://bit.ly/3KhgCPTMetricDAO's website: https://bit.ly/3MqYOESDave's LinkedIn profile: https://bit.ly/43iT5qKDave's Twitter profile: https://bit.ly/3zE4rYv Topics: crypto, blockchain, analytics, data, AI, DAO, decentralized autonomous organizations Companies: MetricsDAO, Flipside, Flipside crypto, ChatGPT, Excel ABOUT THE FINTECH BLUEPRINT 

In this episode of Crypto 101 we talk to Dave Balter of Flipside Crypto where you get paid to learn about protocols and chains while you start you can either start or continue your Blockchain Education journey.  On top of talking about Flipside we cover how the web3 space is showing its resiliency with innovation continuing to lead the way out of the bear market and close out with the next evolution of yield farming. Guest Links:https://flipsidecrypto.xyz/https://twitter.com/flipsidecryptohttps://twitter.com/DaveBalterYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@crypto101podcastShow Links:https://CRYPTO101podcast.com Social Media:https://twitter.com/Crypto101Podhttps://twitter.com/BrycePaul101https://instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Cryptohttps://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE**© Copyright 2022 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofrCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported  — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZAROMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today on the Ether we have Flipside Crypto hosting a space chatting about how to build a better web3, and the CBDC apocalypse. You'll hear from MetricsDAO, Jess, k2rbpz, Stackie Robinson, Joseph, David Alexander II, Jack The Guy, Kit Baroness, Conrad Zen, The Money Mom, Neal, and more! Recorded on December 12th 2022. If you enjoy the music at the end of the episodes, you can find the albums streaming on Spotify, and the rest of your favorite streaming platforms. Check out Project Survival, Virus Diaries, and Plan B wherever you get your music. Thank you to everyone in the community who supports TerraSpaces.

The Boardroom Breakdown is a series of live discussions where we dive into delegates and projects pushing the frontier of DAO governance Join us as we sit down and learn from the leaders and innovators in this rapidly emerging space In this episode, Fig and Avi from Flipside join us to discuss their delegate values, using data to improve governance, and what's next for Flipside. Follow & Delegate to Flipside

Dave Balter and Jim Myers, the founders of Flipside Crypto join the show. In this episode we discuss: The early insights that led to the launch of Flipside Crypto Current market conditions and how Dave compares that to the dot com era The proliferation of NFTs and how the SaaS market will change as a result of this technology How Flipside prioritizes new blockchains ShroomDK, Flipside's latest product release   To learn more visit www.flipsidecrypto.xyz

Angela Minster, Data Scientist at Flipside Crypto, talks about creating the FCAS rating, how Flipside Crypto is providing historical blockchain data, and explains decentralized exchanges. Links https://flipsidecrypto.xyz (https://flipsidecrypto.xyz/) https://mobile.twitter.com/angelaminster https://app.flipsidecrypto.com (https://app.flipsidecrypto.com/) https://twitter.com/theericstone https://discord.com/invite/ZmU3jQuu6W Review us Reviews are what help us grow and tailor our content to what you want to hear. Give us a review here (https://ratethispodcast.com/podrocket). Contact us https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us @PodRocketpod (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod) What does LogRocket do? LogRocket combines frontend monitoring, product analytics, and session replay to help software teams deliver the ideal product experience. Try LogRocket for free today (https://logrocket.com/signup/?pdr). Special Guest: Angela Minster.

Dave Balter is the CEO of Flipside Crypto, the platform lets users get paid to learn about protocols and chains, and level up to become a crypto-SQL superstar. Why you should listen Flipside enables growth and strategic business insights for the blockchain industry through actionable market intelligence obtained from a community of highly skilled, highly motivated analysts. Flipside's free-to-use platform gives analysts access to an unparalleled variety of bounty programs, distributing token incentives to users for answering questions and performing tasks in campaigns tailored to their skill, experience and knowledge level. Supporting links Masterworks Flipside Andy on Twitter  Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Today on the Ether we have the THORChain data space jam hosted by Flipside Crypto. You'll hear from GJ Flannery, Kblum.sol, Orion, and more! Recorded on April 13th 2022. Make sure to check out our sponsors, Orbital Command, Luart, Talis, and Intern Capital! We appreciate their support.

*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* 00:00 Intro 2:09 Columbus-5 successful launch 4:54 Apollo DAO, Valkyrie Protocol, Validator raffle 9:45 Kash, Shade Protocol, Stader Labs 13:15 Loop airdrop coming 15:15 White Whale, StarTerra, and Evans vision for Terra TV 18:43 Nexus Protocol, Halborn, Kado, TefiApp 24:57 Spectrum Protocol, Sigma Protocol, LearnTerra 32:08 Mirrors multiple front ends, Mars Protocol, Prism, 39:06 Binance staking, Levana 45:25 NFT projects exploding on Terra 47:00 LunArt, Galactic Punks 50:40 Luna Bull, Space apes 53:01 Spar Protocol, Orion Money, Flipside Crypto, Axelar Network *** Stay up to date with Terra Bites, the place to get news, interviews, and explainers on the Terra DeFi Crypto Ecosystem. Reach out to hello@terrabit.es or @TerraBitesPod on Telegram. Vote for the Terra Bites validator using Terra Station or https://station.terra.money​ Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TerraBitesPod​ and add Terra Bites to your favorite podcast app at http://terrabit.es​ *Disclaimer: Terra Bites is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing on this show is advice - no financial, tax, legal, or any other kind of advice. Nothing we say is an inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy. Anything you invest in is at your own risk; do your own research and consult with professionals.*

*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* Evan sits down with Dave Balter (CEO) and GJ Flannery (Product Manager) at Flipside Crypto to chat about the platform that's connecting deep insights from the community with projects building on Terra. Learn more about the bounties here: https://www.flipsidecrypto.com/bounty... See current bounties here: https://www.notion.so/teamflipside/Fl... *** Stay up to date with Terra Bites, the place to get news, interviews, and explainers on the Terra DeFi Crypto Ecosystem. Reach out to hello@terrabit.es or @TerraBitesPod on Telegram. Vote for the Terra Bites validator using Terra Station or https://station.terra.money Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TerraBitesPod​ and add Terra Bites to your favorite podcast app at http://terrabit.es​ *Disclaimer: Terra Bites is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing on this show is advice - no financial, tax, legal, or any other kind of advice. Nothing we say is an inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy. Anything you invest in is at your own risk; do your own research and consult with professionals.*

James Mission shares insights on how his new company is providing an analytics platform for crypto currencies and his journey to a director of data analytics. Connect with James: COMPANY WEBSITE: https://www.flipsidecrypto.com/ FLIPSIDE CRYPTO VELOCITY APP: https://app.flipsidecrypto.com/velocity FLIPSIDE CRYPTO DISCROD COMMUNITY: https://discord.gg/p792zukG Learn data skills at our academy and elevate your career. Start for free at https://ftdacademy.com/pod --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ftdacademy/message

The languages you learn as a data scientist are important to the path your career will take. In this interview Eric Stone (head of Data Science at Flipside Crypto) shares his insights into what languages are popular and you should consider for your data science career. How to Connect with Eric: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/flipsidecrypto and https://twitter.com/theericstone COMPANY WEBSITE: https://www.flipsidecrypto.com/ Learn data skills at our academy and elevate your career. Start for free at https://ftdacademy.com/pod --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ftdacademy/message

Matteo Leibowitz of Uniswap and Eric Stone of Flipside Crypto join the show. In this episode we discuss: Uniswap v3 and how it differs from v2 and other AMMs Broader implications of Uniswap v3 for DeFi Uniswap v3 metrics and how the system is being used today Uniswap treasury and grant program How Flipside is engaging with Uniswap and other DeFi communities Follow Teo on Twitter @teo_leibowitz and learn more about Uniswap at Uniswap.org. Follow Eric on Twitter @theericstone and learn more about Flipside Crypto at flipsidecrypto.com.   Sponsor notes: Copper is transforming how institutional investors engage with digital assets by developing award-winning custody and next-gen trading infrastructure. Headquartered in London, the firm is scaling rapidly across Asia and North America to bring its suite of products to a wider pool of institutional investors. To learn more visit copper.co or reach out on Twitter, @CopperHQ Aave is a decentralized, open source, and non-custodial protocol where users can deposits and borrow digital assets, and earn interest on those assets. Head over to aave.com to experience and learn more about DeFi.  

Dave Balter is CEO at Flipside Crypto. Listen to more at pillar.vc/playlist/

Dave Balter is CEO at Flipside Crypto. Listen to more at pillar.vc/playlist/

Dave Balter is CEO at Flipside Crypto. Listen to more at pillar.vc/playlist/

Dave Balter is CEO at Flipside Crypto. Listen to more at pillar.vc/playlist/

Dave Balter is CEO at Flipside Crypto. Listen to more at pillar.vc/playlist/

In episode 11 of Unstack's Zero to a Million, CEO Grant Deken and VP of Sales and Marketing Zach Rego talk with the CEO of Flipside Crypto, Dave Balter, about how to lead a startup.Dave Balter is the author of The Humility Imperative, and the original article featured in Inc. by the same name.Currently, dave is CEO of Flipside Crypto, which provides business intelligence to blockchain organizations.Previously, Dave was co-founder and CEO of Smarterer, a skills assessment company acquired by Pluralsight (NASDAQ: PS) in 2014. Post-acquisition, Dave was Head of Transactions at Pluralsight and served as a Board Observer.In 2001, Dave founded and was CEO of BzzAgent, a social media marketing company, which was acquired by dunnhumby, a division of Tesco, in 2011. From 2011 to 2014, Dave sat on the Global Executive Team at dunnhumby, where he led all M&A activity and founded and led their investment arm, dunnhumby Ventures.Dave is Venture Partner Emeritus at Boston Seed Capital; personally, he is an investor or advisor to more than 75 technology organizations. A lifelong fan of the arts, Dave sits on the advisory board at Berklee Music Online, and is Vice Chair for Boston's Boch Center for the Performing Arts.Connect with Dave on LinkedIn and visit https://flipsidecrypto.com/.This episode is brought to you by Unstack.

Recently I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dave Balter of Flipside Crypto to discuss the range of data analytics he has built a business around. He & his team now supply data analytics to everyone from cryptocurrency investment funds to individual investors looking to get an edge in this narrative driven markets. https://twitter.com/DaveBalter https://flipsidecrypto.com/ Thanks to our sponsorship partner FTX, you can double your discount on trading fees by using our link: https://ftx.com/#a=Nugget . With FTX you can access the best range of cryptocurrency trading products built by former wall street quant traders. Date of Recording: 11th August 2020 ---

Dan Elitzer, investor at IDEO CoLab Ventures, and Will Price, data scientist at Flipside Crypto, discuss the yield farming craze. In this episode, we cover: the goals of protocols offering liquidity mining the goals of users yield farming right now whether users of Compound will have much awareness of COMP in the future how Compound is trying to dampen inorganic activity and properly align incentives  how incentives in one DeFi protocol can screw up another's such as changes in Compound's liquidity mining program causing Dai to lose its peg whether the activity created by liquidity mining is sustainable and how whether Compound is overvalued and how to determine valuations for DeFi tokens the security risks that come with trying yield farming how teams can keep their protocols safe given the composability of DeFi and the growing number of developments in the space whether the yield farming craze will cause the price of ETH to rise and why the prevalence of stablecoins might prevent that whether new DeFi tokens could push flagging layer 1s out of the top 10 what will happen if even more Bitcoin comes to DeFi how the next big thing in DeFi might be trying to stack yield across protocols and eventually prime brokerage protocols Thank you to our sponsor! Crypto.com: https://www.crypto.com   Episode links:  Dan Elitzer: https://twitter.com/delitzer IDEO CoLab Ventures: https://www.ideocolab.com/ventures/ Will Price: https://twitter.com/will__price Flipside Crypto: https://flipsidecrypto.com   Total value locked in Compound: https://defipulse.com/compound   What liquidity bootstrapping pools are: https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/building-liquidity-into-token-distribution-a49d4286e0d4    Dan on earning more from borrowing USDT than lending it on Compound: https://twitter.com/delitzer/status/1272642107128164354    Tony Sheng on how yield farming works and how much you can earn from it: https://twitter.com/tonysheng/status/1274393189231689728   And his followup on the risks of yield farming: https://twitter.com/tonysheng/status/1274780457729617920   The purpose of COMP for governance: https://medium.com/compound-finance/compound-community-ownership-ee0ed1252cc3  https://medium.com/compound-finance/expanding-compound-governance-ce13fcd4fe36   Risks of so much BAT being held in Compound: https://twitter.com/spencernoon/status/1276897377446776832?s=20 https://twitter.com/defiprime/status/1277026665952980992?s=20 https://twitter.com/devops199fan/status/1274732220192829441?s=20   Cyrus of MakerDAO concerned about the risks COMP poses to the Dai peg: https://forum.makerdao.com/t/upcoming-comp-farming-change-could-impact-the-dai-peg/2965   Dan Guido and Taylor Monahan on Unchained discussing DeFi security: https://unchainedpodcast.com/defi-security-with-so-many-hacks-will-it-ever-be-safe/   Twitter discussion on whether ETH price will rise due to yield farming: https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1274781676875452421   What will happen to other Layer 1s? https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119/status/1274376237239189504?s=20  Aquaponic yield farming: https://bankless.substack.com/p/aquaponic-yield-farming

Dan Elitzer, investor at IDEO CoLab Ventures, and Will Price, data scientist at Flipside Crypto, discuss the yield farming craze. In this episode, we cover: the goals of protocols offering liquidity mining the goals of users yield farming right now whether users of Compound will have much awareness of COMP in the future how Compound is trying to dampen inorganic activity and properly align incentives  how incentives in one DeFi protocol can screw up another's such as changes in Compound's liquidity mining program causing Dai to lose its peg whether the activity created by liquidity mining is sustainable and how whether Compound is overvalued and how to determine valuations for DeFi tokens the security risks that come with trying yield farming how teams can keep their protocols safe given the composability of DeFi and the growing number of developments in the space whether the yield farming craze will cause the price of ETH to rise and why the prevalence of stablecoins might prevent that whether new DeFi tokens could push flagging layer 1s out of the top 10 what will happen if even more Bitcoin comes to DeFi how the next big thing in DeFi might be trying to stack yield across protocols and eventually prime brokerage protocols Thank you to our sponsor! Crypto.com: https://www.crypto.com   Episode links:  Dan Elitzer: https://twitter.com/delitzer IDEO CoLab Ventures: https://www.ideocolab.com/ventures/ Will Price: https://twitter.com/will__price Flipside Crypto: https://flipsidecrypto.com   Total value locked in Compound: https://defipulse.com/compound   What liquidity bootstrapping pools are: https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/building-liquidity-into-token-distribution-a49d4286e0d4    Dan on earning more from borrowing USDT than lending it on Compound: https://twitter.com/delitzer/status/1272642107128164354    Tony Sheng on how yield farming works and how much you can earn from it: https://twitter.com/tonysheng/status/1274393189231689728   And his followup on the risks of yield farming: https://twitter.com/tonysheng/status/1274780457729617920   The purpose of COMP for governance: https://medium.com/compound-finance/compound-community-ownership-ee0ed1252cc3  https://medium.com/compound-finance/expanding-compound-governance-ce13fcd4fe36   Risks of so much BAT being held in Compound: https://twitter.com/spencernoon/status/1276897377446776832?s=20 https://twitter.com/defiprime/status/1277026665952980992?s=20 https://twitter.com/devops199fan/status/1274732220192829441?s=20   Cyrus of MakerDAO concerned about the risks COMP poses to the Dai peg: https://forum.makerdao.com/t/upcoming-comp-farming-change-could-impact-the-dai-peg/2965   Dan Guido and Taylor Monahan on Unchained discussing DeFi security: https://unchainedpodcast.com/defi-security-with-so-many-hacks-will-it-ever-be-safe/   Twitter discussion on whether ETH price will rise due to yield farming: https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1274781676875452421   What will happen to other Layer 1s? https://twitter.com/Shaughnessy119/status/1274376237239189504?s=20  Aquaponic yield farming: https://bankless.substack.com/p/aquaponic-yield-farming

In this audio interview, CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen and Blockade Games co-founder Marguerite deCourcelle talk about bitcoin’s impact on artistic careers. From collecting unique, interactive pieces to designing video games, Cuen and deCourcelle explore how crypto could redefine modern art.Bitcoin is money but blockchain technology can also be used in a wide variety of art projects. Perhaps the best known variety of blockchain-based visual art is non-fungible tokens (NFTs). For example, Blockade Games co-founder Marguerite deCourcelle said her startup sold $160,000 worth of crypto assets, like NFTs, with most of the profits from two editions of their first game Neon District. “Blockade has minted over 850,000 assets to blockchain game players,” eCourcelle said.She initially broke onto the scene with paintings that included clues to hidden bitcoin prizes, then started creating interactive, digital art coupled with written roleplaying folklore as well. “Instead of the idea of running through the digital treasure hunt and possibly getting bitcoin at the end, the design is now that you start at the beginning, there’s no barriers to you can just start playing,” she said, describing her video games. “Earning tokens in the background and you’re notified once you’ve created something that’s unique.” In short, the artist can now co-create with the audience in a way that scales individual experiences. Although DeCourcelle still paints, she’s become fascinated with the creative and artistic potential of blockchain technology.Since the first wave of so-called decentralized applications (dapps) in 2017, non-fungible tokens (NFTS) have earned gamers more than $20 million through trading and startups roughly $13.6 million for selling the digital assets, according to blockchain analytics firm Flipside Crypto. Most of that traction was in 2017, when the collectibles game CryptoKitties was the season’s hottest trend and briefly surged to more than 14,000 users. Yet Flipside Crypto CEO David Balter said observers should not dismiss blockchains like Celo and the CryptoKitties creators’ upcoming Flow. Other gaming dapps like Gods Unchained and My Crypto Heroes garnered $4.2 million and $1.5 million, respectively, selling digital assets. “There are a number of chains that are working to establish dapps that are participants on the chain. Celo, for example, is doing a good job,” Balter said, listing the above-mentioned gaming projects as well. “We’re talking about customer acquisition costs and lifetime value...these are real businesses.”Flipside Crypto data scientist Angela Minster added most of these games so far see a surge during the first year then struggle to retain users. In 2020, she expects to see improvement in that department. In addition to niche gaming fans, investors’ interest in NFTs hasn’t wavered yet. The “Bitcoin Billionaire '' twins, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss of the Gemini crypto, are also bullish on NFTs. They acquired the NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway in 2019, which opened for business in March 2020 with digital pieces from artists like doodle-master Jon Burgerman and painter Kenny Scharf. A Nifty Gateway spokesperson said the platform has partnered with 16 brands and artists so far, with one Nifty selling for $1,500.“Kenny Scharf sold out his collection around two and a half minutes,” the spokeswoman added. Very earlyBarely anybody uses crypto games these days and even Ethereum fans love to diss them, but some aficionados say a few startups show potential. It’s a long shot, to be sure. Critics may argue these efforts are merely a small group of people trading software trinkets between friends. If so, that is also still true of the broader industry. Balter estimated that by May 2020 roughly 2.13% of bitcoin wallets held 95% of bitcoin in circulation. This is still an industry with thousands of people holding most of the assets, betting broader demand from millions will drive value. “This is actually the lowest concentration of [bitcoin] wealth since March 2016,” Balter said, as a crypto optimist himself. “Developer behavior rating is superb, over the past year the [diversity and contributions] rating has been trending up.” According to a survey of 15,000 crypto fans by the startup Crypto.com, 73% of users believe cryptocurrency needs to be used as a currency to qualify for “mass adoption,” which 92% of respondents said could happen in the next 5 years. To some, this may seem as optimistic as betting on artistic crypto collectibles. Companies like Nifty Gateway are exploring how users might display them IRL, while video game creators like deCourcelle focus on interactive features. “We try to keep a heavy focus on art and [the] story,” she said, speaking to how her characters can involve many interchangeable, tokenized parts. “When you compose them all into this one character, it’s a pretty unique item you’ve created, both in its story and legacy and also in terms of what it can do in the game application itself.” She said she’s excited to explore what it means for a bitcoiner to develop her career as an artist, using software as a medium. If bitcoin is significant, and we accept its slow growing usage after a decade, then perhaps the fact the CryptoKitties trend of 2017 now has less than 100 daily users isn’t enough to dismiss all NFT experiments. Flipside Crypto’s analytics showed the top CryptoKitties user earned $698,887 and the median user earnings hovered around $53. Earning pocket money through relatively short gameplay, compared to Minecraft or Animal Crossing, may be an attractive factor for some avid gamers. Balter said it’s “still very early.” If a niche app needs around 500,000 daily users to be successful, then there’s still a long way to go before anyone can claim crypto games are a significant niche within the gaming sector. “You will see glimmers of better models and outcomes in 2020,” Balter said. “The more that the user is able to monetize, the more the company will succeed.”

Dave Balter's new book, "The Humility Imperative," was a great read for me for many reasons. First, Dave is a successful leader who has started and exited several business start-ups. Second, I first met him during one of his previous acquisitions and found him to be entirely grounded and fun to be around -- despite his success. Third, his candor and vulnerability are helpful in a leadership book that dispenses advice to others.  Dave is the CEO of Flipside Crypto, which provides business intelligence to crypto organizations. Dave is Venture Partner Emeritus at Boston Seed Capital; personally, he is an investor or advisor to more than fifty technology organizations. Wise leaders (yes, even the successful ones), can learn from the lessons shared here. I hope you will enjoy both this conversation and the book!  

Dave Balter, the cofounder and CEO of Flipside Crypto, a business intelligence company focused on public blockchains, joins the show. In this episode we discuss: Dave’s new book, The Humility Imperative, and the lessons he has learned from seven startups His POV on leadership in an emerging market like cryptoassets/blockchain Reflections on fundraising, remote working, personal relationships and more. To learn more about Flipside Crypto visit their website and follow Dave @DaveBalter

Horizen is integrated with the Flipside Data Cooperative, a transparency initiative that allows everyone to explore the network activity of a project in real-time and compare performance against benchmarks. This partnership augments Horizen’s dedication to our core values of transparency. Flipside uses its proprietary Chainwalking process to help provide unparalleled insights about Horizen’s network to our community via the Flipside Data Cooperative’s Horizen Dashboard https://app.flipsidecrypto.com/cooperative/horizen ZEN is among the top projects listed by Flipside Crypto with an 'A' rating and an FCAS score between 750-899. Some of these A rating projects are Bitcoin, Ripple, Monero, and Dash. Horizen is an exciting cryptocurrency with a solid technological foundation, unique capabilities, an active and capable team, ongoing funding for improvements, and a large, positive, encouraging community. ZEN is available and trading now on Bittrex, Binance, Changelly, and more, has wallets available that implement advanced private transaction and messaging capability and has a strong roadmap. The goal of Horizen is to create a usable private cryptocurrency operating on a resilient system for people and businesses worldwide, enabling the daily use of private transactions, messaging, and publishing everywhere, all the time. Store: https://store.horizen.global Merchant Directory: https://horizen.global/merchants Horizen Nodes: https://horizen.global/zennodes Horizen Academy: https://academy.horizen.global/ Reference: Horizen Website – https://www.horizen.global Horizen Blog – https://blog.zencash.com Horizen Discord - https://discord.gg/SuaMBTb Horizen Github – https://github.com/ZencashOfficial Horizen Forum – https://forum.horizen.global/ Horizen Twitter – https://twitter.com/horizenglobal Horizen Telegram – https://t.me/zencash Horizen on Bitcointalk – https://goo.gl/5vicqP Horizen YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/c/Horizen/ Horizen Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/horizenglobal/ Horizen Blog on Medium – https://medium.com/zencash Buy or Sell Horizen Horizen on CoinMarketCap – https://goo.gl/4bKmRz

Update from Horizen team hosted by: Co-founder and Team Lead - Rob Viglione (@finpunk), Rolf Versluis (@blockops), Rosario Pabst (@zench1ck) Weekly Insider detailed chat channel in Discord: https://bit.ly/WeeklyInsider41 May 21, 2020, Weekly team updates from the following divisions: * Engineering * Node network * Product/UX * Customer service/Helpdesk * Legal * Business development * Marketing * CEO closing thoughts * 5 mins Q&A New core software (zend 2.0.21) released; Current core software - zend 2.0.20 deprecation for June 2nd; ZEN getting integrated with games! The first game integrated with ZEN will be Blox Jump: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blox-jump/id1381435615 Horizen blockchain user activity project utilization metric is at S level (924) on Flipside Crypto; Integration with Flipside Data Cooperative went live on May 18th; New Sphere by Horizen release for May 25th; New Swing Wallet release by the end of May; Horizen is an exciting cryptocurrency with a solid technological foundation, unique capabilities, an active and capable team, ongoing funding for improvements, and a large, positive, encouraging community. ZEN is available and trading now on Bittrex, Binance, Changelly, and more, has wallets available that implement advanced private transaction and messaging capability and has a strong roadmap. The goal of Horizen is to create a usable private cryptocurrency operating on a resilient system for people and businesses worldwide, enabling the daily use of private transactions, messaging, and publishing everywhere, all the time. Store: https://store.horizen.global Merchant Directory: https://horizen.global/merchants Horizen Nodes: https://horizen.global/zennodes Horizen Academy: https://academy.horizen.global/ Reference: Horizen Website – https://www.horizen.global Horizen Blog – https://blog.zencash.com Horizen Discord - https://discord.gg/SuaMBTb Horizen Github – https://github.com/ZencashOfficial Horizen Forum – https://forum.horizen.global/ Horizen Twitter – https://twitter.com/horizenglobal Horizen Telegram – https://t.me/zencash Horizen on Bitcointalk – https://goo.gl/5vicqP Horizen YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/c/Horizen/ Horizen Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/horizenglobal/ Horizen Blog on Medium – https://medium.com/zencash Buy or Sell Horizen Horizen on CoinMarketCap – https://goo.gl/4bKmRz

Update from Horizen team hosted by: Co-founder and Team Lead - Rob Viglione (@finpunk), Rolf Versluis (@blockops), Rosario Pabst (@zench1ck) Weekly Insider detailed chat channel in Discord: https://bit.ly/WeeklyInsider40 May 14, 2020, Weekly team updates from the following divisions: * Engineering * Node network * Product/UX * Customer service/Helpdesk * Legal * Business development * Marketing * CEO closing thoughts * 5 mins Q&A Horizen blockchain user activity project utilization metric is at S level (924) on Flipside Crypto; Integration with Flipside Data Cooperative going live on May 18th; New core software (zend) release for May 18th; Current core software - zend 2.0.20 deprecation for June 2nd; New Sphere by Horizen release for May 25th; New Swing Wallet release by the end of May; Horizen is an exciting cryptocurrency with a solid technological foundation, unique capabilities, an active and capable team, ongoing funding for improvements, and a large, positive, encouraging community. ZEN is available and trading now on Bittrex, Binance, Changelly, and more, has wallets available that implement advanced private transaction and messaging capability and has a strong roadmap. The goal of Horizen is to create a usable private cryptocurrency operating on a resilient system for people and businesses worldwide, enabling the daily use of private transactions, messaging, and publishing everywhere, all the time. Store: https://store.horizen.global Merchant Directory: https://horizen.global/merchants Horizen Nodes: https://horizen.global/zennodes Horizen Academy: https://academy.horizen.global/ Reference: Horizen Website – https://www.horizen.global Horizen Blog – https://blog.zencash.com Horizen Discord - https://discord.gg/SuaMBTb Horizen Github – https://github.com/ZencashOfficial Horizen Forum – https://forum.horizen.global/ Horizen Twitter – https://twitter.com/horizenglobal Horizen Telegram – https://t.me/zencash Horizen on Bitcointalk – https://goo.gl/5vicqP Horizen YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/c/Horizen/ Horizen Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/horizenglobal/ Horizen Blog on Medium – https://medium.com/zencash Buy or Sell Horizen Horizen on CoinMarketCap – https://goo.gl/4bKmRz

Dave Balter, CEO of MergeLane-backed Flipside Crypto, has built three previous startups in the midst of economic downturns. He believes that recessions are the greatest time to launch into successful models. In this Fund81 podcast episode, Dave shares his thoughts on why these eras drive opportunity. Dave is the first guest to make a second appearance on the podcast. You can hear more from Dave in Episode #9 - Cryptocurrency Venture Investing: The Questions Every VC Should Ask Before Making a Crypto Investment.

Episode Summary: In our final episode we bring together Jana Eggers, CEO of Nara Logics, Scott Kirsner, Boston Globe columnist and CEO of Innovation Leader, and Dave Balter, CEO of Flipside Crypto, to discuss the question on every Boston entrepreneur's mind: to build in Boston or Silicon Valley? This episode is a fun and enjoyable listen where you'll get to hear each guest's opinions and theories.Uncovered in this episode: The biggest differences between the two coasts when it comes to starting a businessScott's take on why so many people who start to build in Boston end up leaving to go out West  Strategies for how to keep talented entrepreneurs in Boston The misconception that big companies aren't made in BostonWhy we should stop overthinking things in Boston and “just dance”List of resources mentioned in episode:Articles written by Scott Kirsner: https://muckrack.com/scottkirsner/articlesNara Logics website: https://naralogics.com/Flipside Crypto website: https://flipsidecrypto.com/About Jana Eggers: Jana brings over 25 years of technology and leadership experience to Nara Logics from Intuit, Lycos, American Airlines, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and startups that you've never heard of. Jana is a frequent speaker, writer, and mentor on AI and startups. She is also a marathoner (most recently completing Boston) and an Ironman.About Scott Kirsner: Scott Kirsner has written a weekly column for the Boston Globe since 2000, and before that helped the Globe launch its digital publishing division with Scott Cohen and Frank Hertz, his co-founders at Innovation Leader.Scott has also been a contributing writer for Wired Magazine, Fast Company, Variety, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, and other publications. He is the author of several books on innovation and technology, including “Inventing the Movies,” which explores the challenge of bringing new ideas to a century-old, change-resistant industry: Hollywood.Scott has presented leadership strategies to corporate leaders, technologists and entrepreneurs at Harvard Business School, the MIT R&D Conference, South by Southwest, the Consumer Electronics Show, HubSpot Inbound, Tijuana Inovadora, the Connected Health Symposium, and the NAB Futures Summit. Scott has also appeared on NBC's Today Show, NPR's Science Friday, the Discovery Channel, and WBUR's Radio Boston.About Dave Balter: Dave has been active in the cryptocurrency space for years, and has learned invaluable lessons from not buying during crypto winters and at least one wallet loss.Previously, Dave was the CEO and co-founder of Smarterer, a machine-learning skills assessment company acquired by Pluralsight in 2014. Post-acquisition, Dave was the Head of Transactions at Pluralsight, while also serving as a Board Observer.Before co-founding Smarterer in 2010, Dave founded and was CEO of BzzAgent, a social media marketing company, which was acquired by dunnhumby, a division of Tesco(PLC) in 2011. From 2011 - 2014 Dave sat on the Global Executive Team at dunnhumby, where he led all venture investments and M&A activity.Dave sits on the Board of AdHawk, is an investor and/or advisor to more than 50 startups and is Vice Chairman of Boch Center for the Performing Arts, a nonprofit steward of iconic venues, providing arts, entertainment, cultural, and educational experiences to the greater Boston community.

Dave Balter, co-founder and CEO of Flipside Crypto joins the show. In this episode we discuss:  - Dave's entrepreneurial journey to starting Flipside Crypto, his seventh company - His perspective on the public blockchains that are attracting meaningful users - His stance that many of these so-called protocols are actually companies And much more.  Learn more about Flipside Crypto at: https://flipsidecrypto.com/

Dave, the CEO of Flipside Crypto, joins us on Base Layer to tell us all about what Flipside Crypto does. For those not familiar, Flipside provides analysis on project health (on protocols like Ethereum, Tezos, etc) and created a rating system called FCAS. We also discuss how behavioral analysis goes into something called Chainwalkers and much more. Dave has done 7 different start up's and has successfully sold some of them - amazing hearing such a successful founder talk about his entry into digital assets and build key infrastructure in it. 

Matt and Nic from Castle Island Ventures review the top stories of the week in the cryptoasset industry. This week's topics include:  - Deals - Bitwise ETF Ruling - IRS Tax Guidance - Ripple - Xapo hire - Flipside Crypto and Placeholder VC - State Street

Flipside Crypto is a business intelligence firm that is pioneering fundamental analysis of crypto assets. Their Fundamental Crypto Asset Scoring (FCAS) data can be accessed through Coinmarketcap, Messari, Marketwatch, StockTwits, and TheStreet. They bark back at Bitcoin maximalists, defending the position that Bitcoin might not be the #1 crypto today. Tune in to find out why they think this, as Dave Balter, CEO and Founder of Flipside Crypto joins us for an episode that dives deep into what makes a sound crypto project. Guest Links: https://www.flipsidecrypto.com/ https://twitter.com/flipsidecrypto Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: twitter.com/Crypto101Pod twitter.com/BrycePaul101 twitter.com/PizzaMind www.instagram.com/crypto_101 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofr Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZARO Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2019 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights ReservedAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Flipside Crypto is a business intelligence firm that is pioneering fundamental analysis of crypto assets. Their Fundamental Crypto Asset Scoring (FCAS) data can be accessed through Coinmarketcap, Messari, Marketwatch, StockTwits, and TheStreet. They bark back at Bitcoin maximalists, defending the position that Bitcoin might not be the #1 crypto today. Tune in to find out why they think this, as Dave Balter, CEO and Founder of Flipside Crypto joins us for an episode that dives deep into what makes a sound crypto project. Guest Links: https://www.flipsidecrypto.com/ https://twitter.com/flipsidecrypto Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: twitter.com/Crypto101Pod twitter.com/BrycePaul101 twitter.com/PizzaMind www.instagram.com/crypto_101 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofr Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZARO Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2019 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved

Evaluating crypto from the business perspective is essential in order blockchain sphere to prosper. Recently, BlockRabbit has been exploring those companies who are providing fundamentals to learn more about them and the emerging rating market as a whole. We spoke with CEO of Flipside Crypto, Dave Balter.

Hosts John Palumbo and Cynthia Stuckey talk to Dave Balter managing partner at Flipside Crypto about his management approach. The importance of creating a culture of openness, being each other’s clients, the challenges of maintaining that start-up energy as you grow, and why he hired an artist in residence.

Today’s episode of The Steemit Podcast is an interview with the CEO of Flipside Crypto, Dave Balter. Dave is a serial entrepreneur who has started 7 companies including Flipside, the crypto rating company which issues the Fundamental Crypto Asset Score, or FCAS. FCAS is a comparative metric used to assess the fundamental health of crypto projects.

In this Fund81 podcast interview, Dave Balter, the CEO of one of our MergeLane portfolio companies, Flipside Crypto, shared his perspective on investing in the cryptocurrency space. I invited Dave to join us for four reasons: He is one of the most engaging and entertaining speakers I know. He has the ability to explain complex things in an easy-to-understand way - something I have found rare in the cryptocurrency space. He is obsessed with and extremely knowledgeable about cryptocurrency. Because he is both a serial entrepreneur and a venture investor, he has an interesting perspective from both sides of the table. About Flipside Crypto Flipside Crypto has developed algorithms to track cryptocurrency performance indicators. Flipside licenses this data and uses its technology to provide investment opportunities for accredited investors via its indexes. The company also manages the process of acquiring and storing cryptocurrency to alleviate the headache of potentially confusing things like encryption and digital wallets. Flipside closed a $3.4 million financing round led by True Ventures three months after MergeLane’s investment. Coinvestors include the Chernin Group, Resolute Ventures, Boston Seed Capital, Converge, and Founder Collective. About Dave Balter Dave Balter is the founder and CEO of Flipside Crypto, a provider of data solutions and investment vehicles for cryptocurrencies. Dave has spent most of his career as an innovation‐obsessed builder of companies, most often as a founder and CEO, but occasionally as a board member, advisor or investor. Dave is also an active venture investor and M&A professional. As an operator, Dave is probably best known for Smaterer, which he founded, led, and sold to Pluralsight in 2014 and BzzAgent, which he founded, led, and sold to dunnhumby in 2011. Post BzzAgent acquisition, Dave acted as Global Head of Investments for dunnhumby and founded dunnhumby Ventures. Dave is also an independent angel and venture partner at Boston Seed Capital. Dave’s investments have included DraftKings, Promoboxx, FitnessKeeper, and Help Scout. Dave was named one of the 30 most disruptive people in Boston tech by Boston Magazine in 2016, was a finalist for the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year, and was recognized as a future legend by the Ad Club. He cofounded the Word of Mouth Marketing Association and authored two books on the subject including Grapevine and the Word of Mouth Manual Volume II. A long time Techstars mentor, Dave also co-founded Intelligent.ly, a classroom space that helps star employees become managers with his wife, Sarah Hodges, and sits on the Board of Directors for the Boch Center for the Performing Arts. Enjoy!

Welcome to Episode 44 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast of your most-trusted source for startup and tech jobs, news, and insights in Boston and NYC! For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Dave Balter, Co-Founder & CEO of Flipside Crypto. Dave is a serial entrepreneur having founded two companies in the Boston tech scene that have been acquired. BzzAgent was acquired by dunnhumby and then, Smarterer was acquired by Pluralsight, a company that went public back in May of this year and is aggressively growing their team in Boston. His current company, Flipside Crypto, is a venture backed startup that is providing indexes and investment vehicles for cryptocurrencies. Not only has Dave's impact been felt as an entrepreneur, but he is also an investor and advocate for the Boston tech scene. In this episode of our podcast, we cover: * The legendary Dave Balter tech prom - yes that did happen * The details behind BzzAgent, plus a fun story involving Jason Calacanis * Smarterer's pivot that led to an acquisition * A simple description on cryptocurrency and blockchain, plus what Flipside Crypto is up to and how they are helping people build a diversified portfolio * How he got into angel investing, including being one of the first investors at Runkeeper * Plus, a lot more. Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!

I have an incredible interview coming at you with Ethan Bernstein, Co-Founder & CEO of Freebird, who, with his growing team, is trying to solve a $60 billion pain point. Flight disruptions cause a huge amount of economic loss, and business trips can cost upwards of 10% to 15% more than their original price tags because of the extra costs associated with accommodating unplanned interruptions. Travel managers at big companies can activate Freebird for their most important travelers so when disruptions happen, the traveler receives a text message to their phone with the best new flight options from any airline. In three taps of the phone they are off to their new gate, minutes, hours, or days before everyone else on their flight. Isn't that how the flight experience should be today? Freebird is making it a reality. Before we dive into my chat with Ethan, you're being treated to the next installment of #InnoSprint with Bostinno Tech Writer Dylan Martin. We touch on Milestoned, Flipside Crypto, MIT spin-off Lightelligence, MIT $100K winner Lightmatter, and industrial IoT startup MachineMetrics. Enoy!

My guest this week is Dave Balter, Founder and Partner of Flipside Crypto, a data solutions and investment club for cryptocurrencies. Dave really is a pillar of the Boston startup community… an innovation‐obsessed builder of companies, often as a Founder/CEO but also as a Board Member, advisor, or investor. As an operator Dave’s probably best known for Smarterer, which he founded, led, and sold to Pluralsight for $75 Million in 2014, and BzzAgent, which he founded, led, and sold to dunnhumby for $60 Million in 2011. Dave was named one of 30 Most Disruptive People in Boston Tech by Boston Magazine in 2016, was a Finalist for E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year, and was recognized as a Future Legend by the Ad Club. He co‐founded the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA), and authored two books on the subject including Grapevine and The Word of Mouth Manual: Volume II.  As both an independent angel and Venture Partner in Boston Seed Capital, Dave’s investments have included Draft Kings, Promoboxx, FitnessKeeper. and HelpScout. A longtime TechStars mentor, Dave also co-founded Intelligent.ly — a classroom space that helps star employees become managers — with his wife Sarah Hodges back in in 2011, and sits on the Board of Directors of Boch Center for the Performing Arts.

FLAGSHIP 76 - 6/14/19 Brent is back on the show just in time to get hacked. Binance is coming to the US, but weren't they already there? Facebook announces more plans for the Libra and announces the help of some serious tech giants. Giants that gave them $10M of course. There's a lot more news to cover on this edition of the flagship. Rapid Fire r/CryptoCurrency - Uber, MasterCard, Visa and other big companies have reportedly signed on to Facebook's blockchain efforts https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-enlists-uber-mastercard-visa-back-cryptocurrency-2019-6?utm_source=reddit.com Uber, MasterCard, Stripe, Visa, and Booking.com have been persuaded to support it's new crypto. Binance Says It's Launching a US Exchange With FinCEN-Registered Partner - CoinDesk Binance is launching a US exchange with a FinCEN registered partner called BAM Trading Service Reuters & Bloomberg to add a Crypto Index to the terminal Reuters and Bloomberg will soon provide cryptocurrency data and will be able to access the top 100 performing cryptocurrencies. adoption of crypto indices into conventional trading terminals is definitely positive BULLISH OR BULLSHIT - Google will integrate Chainlink in their approach to smart contract adoption. We always like to hear Google and Blockchain together, so what gives here Quick version - they're using Chainlink as a Decentralized Oracle on an Ethereum Smart Contract. They haven't implemented anything, just used it. Quick explanation of an oracle. Use cases google thinks this provides - Prediction Markets Hedging Against Blockchain Platform Risk Enabling commit/reveals across Ethereum using submarine sends (huh?) Basically this is a pseudo privacy option. One of the things that happens on DEXs is that you can take advantage of the fact that transactions have to go on a blockchain in a certain order. If you know an order was filled you can put in a bigger order later and it would get moved to the top, or even bump that order off. Especially problematic during ICO releases. I really like this quote "The decentralized finance movement is rapidly gaining adoption due to its successful reinvention of the existing financial system in blockchain environments which, on a technical basis, are more trustworthy and transparent than current systems." Retail Giant Target Is Quietly Working on a Blockchain for Supply Chains -Target has been quiet regarding blockchain. In 2016 they hired Aarthi Srinivasan as director of product management for machine learning and blockchain. So clearly they are being secretive about what they are doing. Target has pledged to support IBM's Hyperledger Grid which is a supply chain framework. They are currently seeking a blockchain engineer and a systems developer on their career page. incorporating identity verification tech "investing in supply chain improvements" BULLISH OR BULLSHIT - A Bank in Liechtenstein Grew its Traffic by 900% by Selling Currencies Lets first talk about Liechtenstein - It's a German Speaking country that's between Austria and Switzerland Takes up a total area of 61.78 Square Miles and has 37,000 people. That's about 1/20th the size of Rhode Island. They have a lot of castles. One of the highest GDPs per person in the world. They're a member of the UN They use the Swiss Franc So the company's name is "Bank Frick" march of last year they started offering crypto for professional traders and financial consultant customers BTC, BCH, ETH, XRP, LTC, ETC, NEM, QTUM, and XLM They can only make one transaction per day They hold all reserves in cold storage. They're even creating a subsidiary that will allow trading called DLT Markets So here's the 900% part - They basically had more website visits. They went from 120 impressions on their website to 1250/month at their peak. Coinmarketcap Launches Data Accountability and Transparency alliance - DATA Remember Bitcoin2 from last week? Basically they were on 2 super shitty exchanges and had some fake volume and popped up into the top 100 of CMC. This probably isn't a direct response, but should be a step in mitigating that problem on CMC in the future. So far the following have joined - Binance, Bittrex, Liquid, IDEX, OKEX, Huobi, HitBTC, Upbit, Kucoin, Bitfinex, OceanEX, bithumb, Bancor, Gate.io, Bibox, Hacken, Exmo, Coinfloor, Bitrue, Switcheo, Midas protocol, Crypto Briefing, Flipside Crypto. They want to use a standard API across all platforms - CoinMarket Cap's of course. Twice yearly round table on suggested updates to transparency policy. Funding for proof of concept prototypes. That's all we know, but I think this is a result of competition. OnChainFX has been doing something similar with a really much better source of people to be a part of it.