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Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news  Bitcoin is up slightly at $103,032 Eth is down half a percent at $3,920 XRP, down 1% at $2.38 Bitcoin crosses $100k. Rep French Hill to investigate debanking Mt. Gox moves BTC HAWK under fire Adidas x Stepn to release limited edition sneakers WikiLeaks to use Ordinals to inscribe Afghan War Logs on BTC ledger.  Xion launches its mainnet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In questa puntata di CryptoShot esploriamo il miglior settembre di sempre per Bitcoin, il rilascio di CZ, ex CEO di Binance, e la nuova collezione NFT di Adidas in collaborazione con StepN. Inoltre, parliamo delle prospettive di un possibile token nativo di Polymarket. ❤️ Seguici sui canali social: >> https://twitter.com/Cryptoland_ita >> https://www.instagram.com/cryptolandpodcast/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cryptoland/support

Sandy Peng is the co-founder of Scroll. In this episode, Peng discusses scaling Ethereum and particularly emphasizes the importance of business insight and experience outside of crypto in driving application-level innovation. OUTLINE 00:00 Intro 01:07 Peng's Journey to Scroll 04:27 Peng's Regulatory Background 07:52 Industry Headwinds 10:31 Ethereum Scaling Competition 15:00 Consumer Crypto Apps 16:49 Improving Crypto UX 23:06 Stepn's Success 26:11 ZK Advantages 29:45 Scroll's Roadmap 34:14 Closing Thoughts This episode is brought to you by our sponsor Polkadot Polkadot is the blockspace ecosystem for boundless innovation. To discover more, head to polkadot.network The Block Community The Block is launching a new community experience for fans of The Scoop! Follow us on Lens to stay in the loop: hey.xyz/u/theblockcommunity The Block Newsletters The Block's newsletters bring you the latest news and analysis of the fast-moving crypto and DeFi markets. To subscribe, visit theblock.co/newsletters

Welcome to another episode of Hot Topics on Edge of NFT! In this segment, Richard Carthon and Josh Kriger dive into the latest developments in Web3, blockchain, and digital assets. In this episode, they are joined by guest co-host Michael Turpin, founder and CEO of Transform Ventures and author of "Bitcoin Supercycle, How the Crypto Calendar Can Make You Rich."In this episode, they discuss:Stepin and Steve Aoki gamifying the $1.5 trillion wellness industryThe resolution of the SEC case against RippleThe approval of Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs and their impact on the marketDetails on Michael Turpin's new book available for pre-orderTune in to hear their insights, analysis, and predictions on these hot topics in the crypto space. Don't miss out on this action-packed episode filled with valuable information and exciting developments!

Significant developments are unfolding as the industry braces for the upcoming Bitcoin halving. Miner CEOs remain optimistic, forecasting mergers and acquisitions to strengthen their market presence. However, regulatory pressures in Norway are pushing Bitcoin miners out due to a new data center law, illustrating the challenges of environmental concerns intertwined with crypto mining. Solana is implementing crucial updates to address its persistent network congestion issues, aiming for enhanced stability and performance. Meanwhile, in the entertainment and technology industries, actors have achieved a landmark AI agreement to limit voice replication, protecting their vocal likenesses in the burgeoning field of synthetic media. Additionally, the fashion and tech worlds collide as Adidas and STEPN roll out a collaborative NFT sneaker project, tapping into the growing trend of digital collectibles and wearable tech in the sports apparel market. These stories collectively spotlight the ongoing evolution and integration of technology in finance, regulation, and creative industries.________https://substack.com/@dcndailycryptonewshttps://www.udio.comNews Links

16th April: Crypto & Coffee at 8

幻冬舎の暗号資産（仮想通貨）/ブロックチェーンなどweb3領域の専門メディア「あたらしい経済 https://www.neweconomy.jp/ 」がおくる、Podcast番組です。 ーーーーー ・香港SFC、ビットコインとイーサリアムの現物ETFを承認 ・STEPNがアディダスと提携、1000個限定のコラボNFTスニーカー発売へ ・独連邦銀行LBBW、暗号資産カストディ事業に参入へ ・お好み焼専門店「千房」がLINE NEXTと提携、クーポン等をNFTで販売へ ・アスターの「Astar zkEVM」が問題解決で正常稼働、「Polygon CDK」に原因と報告 ・モジュール型ブロックチェーン「Avail」がエアドロップ実施か、X匿名アカウントがリーク ・ブエノスアイレス当局がワールドコイン（WLD）提訴、ユーザー保護法違反で1.7億円の罰金可能性も ーーーーー 【関連リンク】 ニュースの詳細や、アーカイブやその他の記事はこちらから https://www.neweconomy.jp/

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is down 1% at $65,916 Eth is down 1% at $3,233 Binance Coin, is down 1% at $579 Those are your leaders by market cap, top gainers in the last 24 hours: Render up 20% Arbitrum up 15%  LBBW partners with Bitpanda to offer crypto custody solutions. Dormant address moves $33M in BTC. Adidas partners with STEPN for digital/physical release. Crypto & sports! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bitcoin is up slightly at $69,031 Eth is up slightly at $3,516 Binance Coin, is down slightly at $587 Google Cloud and Coinbase Cloud join EigenLayer as operators Stepn airdropping $30M in bonus points Former Ethereum advisor Steven Nerayoff suing US govt. Monad labs raises $225M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matty Taylor is the Co-founder of Colosseum. Previously, Matty was the Head of Growth at the Solana Foundation, where he kickstarted the Solana hackathon program in 2020. Over the past three years, that program cumulatively resulted in over 60,000 participants, 4,000 projects launched, and $600 million in venture funding for winners. Top Solana ecosystem founders from Tensor, Squads, StepN, Jito, and dozens of other leading projects got their start through Solana Foundation hackathons. Matty previously worked at 0x Labs and Square (now Block).In this conversation, we discuss:- Solana ecosystem- Creating the Y-Combinator of Solana- 3 pillars of Colosseum: hackathon, accelerator and venture fund- Bonk DAO- Bonk bot- Solana hackathons- Working at Square and 0x- Sphere - the on-chain version of stripe- The rise + fall + rise of Solana- DePIN + AI on Solana- Creating markets around social mediaColosseumWebsite: www.colosseum.orgX: @ColosseumOrgLinkedIn: ColosseumMatty TaylorX: @mattytayLinkedIn: Matty Taylor  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  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 

Matty is the man behind some of the biggest hackathons in all of crypto (such as Grizzlython and Hyperdrive among many others). He recently left his role as Head of Growth at Solana Foundation to build Colosseum, an organization dedicated to running Solana-centric hackathons with a built-in accelerator for select winners. Throughout this episode, we get into the nitty gritty of why hackathons have historically produced some of Solana's best projects (Tensor and STEPN for example) and how aspiring founders can best position themselves for success. -        - Time Stamps (0:00) - What is Colosseum? (6:11) - IRL vs online hackathons (12:00) - Why YC was superior to incubators (15:27) - Matty's journey before Colosseum (18:53) - Solana projects that got their start in hackathons (22:21) - Selecting Hackathon winners (28:15) - Finding world changing ideas (39:50) - Rising focus on mobile (44:14) - Advice to builders -        - Podcast Resources Follow Sal: https://twitter.com/salxyz Follow Dave: https://twitter.com/SolBeachBum Follow Unlayered: https://twitter.com/UnlayeredPod Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or Google: https://unlayered.io/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnlayeredPod -        - Episode Resources Follow Matty : https://Twitter.com/MattyTay Follow Colosseum : https://Twitter.com/ColosseumOrg

Discover the unexpected parallels between Taylor Swift's fan engagement mastery and the decentralized dreams of Web 3.0, even as she steers clear of the tech itself. Our journey through the pop icon's strategy reveals how her direct connections with Swifties and a firm grip on her artistic domain resonate with Web3's core values. We're not just talking about fan ownership and community involvement here; we're dissecting how Swift's very actions, from democratizing music access to her handling of the Ticketmaster fiasco, could be heralding a new era for the music industry. With the expertise of Sandy Carter from Unstoppable Domains, this episode promises to be a treasure trove of insights on the potential for Web3 concepts to revolutionize the way artists and fans interact.Then, we turn our attention to Reddit's retreat from cryptocurrency points, investigating whether scalability was the real culprit or if a deeper narrative lurks behind the decision. While Reddit might be folding one project, their flirtation with NFTs and avatars suggests their Web3 waltz is far from over. Rounding off our episode, we examine how DJ Steve Aoki's partnership with fitness app Stepn and his NFT ventures are setting a new precedent for celebrity engagement in digital realms. Through these narratives, we're painting a picture of a future where the fusion of branding and technology creates unparalleled fan experiences, much like a digital mosaic of loyalty and community. Strap in for an episode that's as forward-thinking as it is grounded in today's technological zeitgeist.You can follow Nick Casares on TwitterToday's News:Taylor Swift's Direct-To-Fan Engagement Embraces Web3 PrinciplesReddit to Retire Its Crypto Project, Community Points, Due to Scalability IssuesSteve Aoki Launches Exclusive Digital Sneakers as NFTs on Stepn's Move-to-Earn PlatformThis content is for informational purposes only. Do check our sponsor Step3 if you want to learn more about how Web3 can help companies create better communities for their users.

Check out Jon's daily Substack at https://gamestx.substack.com/ In BCGW #147, Jon Jordan talks to Find Satoshi Lab's COO Shiti Manghani about what it was like to experience the rapid success of move-to-earn game STEPN in early 2022, why the company has built out an ecosystem including a DEX and NFT marketplace, and what's next including new social mobile game Gas Hero.

A wave of optimism is sweeping through the crypto markets. On Friday, October 27, the multi-billion-dollar asset fund VanEck provided valuable insights into Solana's potential valuation for 2030. According to the asset fund manager, Solana is poised to reach $3,200 by the end of this decade. On this episode, we're diving into the latest Solana updates from its event Breakpoint 2023.00:00 intro00:14 VanEck Ridiculous Prediction01:32 Breakpoint 2023 Begins01:49 Raoul Pal on Solana02:51 Firedancer Coming03:59 Helius Streaming Payments04:23 Teleport Launches05:09 Solana Pay05:41 Playbands for Payments06:30 USDC on Solana08:17 USDC to Cash08:40 TipLink at Breakpoint09:36 Raoul Pal on NFTs11:15 Backpack xNFTs11:33 Phantom Camera Mint12:08 Claynosaurz12:52 NFT Ticketing13:29 Taylor Swift14:35 Jim Cramer One Year Later15:39 SOL Flipping XRP?16:15 outro#Solana #Crypto #Breakpoint2023~Solana To $3,000!?

My crypto adventures (STEPN, Solana)

Matty is one of the world's foremost experts on tokenomics, having led token design efforts for Status.im and advising 50+ projects on their token design to-date. Throughout this episode, we unpack various topics within Matty's open-source guide "Tokenomics for Builders" and ask him to elaborate on some of the key Dos and Don'ts of incentivizing user behavior with tokens. We also cover why historical examples like STEPN and Steemit failed and chat about the importance of sybil resistance in making any design work. This episode is a great primer into the world of tokenomics and is an incredibly useful resource for builders, investors, researchers, and anyone in-between. -        - Time Stamps 0:00 - What are tokenomics 5:27 - Defensibility of web3 network effects 9:30 - Uniswap and Unibot as token models 16:21 - Has Friendtech solved social model 20:57 - Incentivising low vs high frequency activity 26:44 - Overcoming the cold start problem 33:11 - What Stepn got right and wrong 39:53 - Is holder governance a good idea 42:50 - Matty's current projects 51:06 - Are tokenomics held back by regulation 55:22 - Achieving Sybil resistance 1:00:07 - Are bull runs driven by new tokenomic models 1:04:30 - Which projects have innovated 1:15:23 - What is Matty bearish on 1:17:38 - Tokenomics Design Canvas for builders -        - Podcast Resources Follow Sal: https://twitter.com/Sal_The_Bull Follow Dave: https://twitter.com/SolBeachBum Follow Unlayered: https://twitter.com/UnlayeredPod Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or Google: https://unlayered.io/ Clips on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UnlayeredPod -        - Episode Resources Follow Matty Tokenomics : https://twitter.com/MattyTokenomics Tokenomics For Builders :  https://tr.ee/8sTcnRLPTZ Tokenomics Design Canvas : https://tr.ee/fcCeSk9smS Tokenomics Design Playlist : https://tr.ee/Bj9NbTkuQg Multicoin DePIN Tokenomics : https://multicoin.capital/2023/09/21/exploring-the-design-space-of-deping-networks/

Should Sam Bankman Fried have just performed a rug pull? Why is it so hard to get details into USDT issuer Tether?Zeke Faux, author of 'Number Go Up,' shares his findings after making a deep dive into the world of crypto. From skepticism to a full-blown investigation, Faux recounts his journey that led him to the heart of crypto, meeting some of the most eccentric characters in the industry. As a Bloomberg investigative reporter, Faux brings a critical eye to the crypto sphere, unearthing the bizarre, the risky, and the downright astonishing facets of what the crypto community calls a financial revolution.Show highlights | What the book 'Number Go Up' is about?Zeke's background as an investigative reporter for Bloomberg.Whether Zeke is skeptical about crypto. Why Zeke thought it was a big deal to investigate Tether, the issuer of USDT.Whether he had a conclusion on the fact that he couldn't find anything big about Tether.Why Zeke says that Sam Bankman-Fried had a sloppy approach to risk managemen.tWhy Zeke believes that SBF did not give so much money to charity even though he's an effective altruist.Wow projects like STEPN and Axie Infinity are 'clearly not the future of finance,' according to ZekeHow SBF had such an open relationship with the media that helped him when the FTX collapse happenedWhat Zeke found out investigating pig butchering scams in CambodiaHow Zeke's attempt to buy a Mutant Ape to get into an Ape Fest in New York City taught him about crypto's bad user experienceThank you to our sponsors!Crypto.com | Arbitrum Foundation | Toku | LayerZeroGuest | Zeke Faux, author of ‘Number Go Up'Bloomberg: 11 Hours With Sam Bankman-Fried: Inside the Bahamian Penthouse After FTX's FallLinks | Tether - Unchained: Is Tether a Fraud? Its Bank Says It's Not Tether, the Multibillion-Dollar Stablecoin at the Heart of the Crypto EcosystemSam Bankman-Fried and FTX - Unchained: Sam Bankman-Fried on How to Prevent the Next Terra and 3ACSBF Behind Bars: Why Revoked Bail Is a Big Deal for Crypto's Biggest TrialPig butchering scams - Unchained: How This Prosecutor Is Spearheading the Fight Against Crypto ‘Pig Butchering' ScamsCrypto in developing countriesBitcoin in El Salvador: Why Would Cypherpunks Support Government-Mandated Bitcoin Adoption?Anita Posch on Why ‘Bitcoin Is a Tool for Freedom' – Especially in AfricaUnchained Podcast is Produced by Laura Shin Media, LLC. Distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Michele Musso and Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Zeke Faux, author of 'Number Go Up,' shares his findings after making a deep dive into the world of crypto. From skepticism to a full-blown investigation, Faux recounts his journey that led him to the heart of crypto, meeting some of the most eccentric characters in the industry. As a Bloomberg investigative reporter, Faux brings a critical eye to the crypto sphere, unearthing the bizarre, the risky, and the downright astonishing facets of what the crypto community calls a financial revolution. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. Show highlights: what the book 'Number Go Up' is about Zeke's background as an investigative reporter for Bloomberg whether Zeke is skeptical about crypto  why Zeke thought it was a big deal to investigate Tether, the issuer of USDT whether he had a conclusion on the fact that he couldn't find anything big about Tether why Zeke says that Sam Bankman-Fried had a sloppy approach to risk management why Zeke believes that SBF did not give so much money to charity even though he's an effective altruist how projects like STEPN and Axie Infinity are 'clearly not the future of finance,' according to Zeke how SBF had such an open relationship with the media that helped him when the FTX collapse happened what Zeke found out investigating pig butchering scams in Cambodia how Zeke's attempt to buy a Mutant Ape to get into an Ape Fest in New York City taught him about crypto's bad user experience Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com Arbitrum Foundation Toku LayerZero Guest: Zeke Faux, author of ‘Number Go Up' Bloomberg: 11 Hours With Sam Bankman-Fried: Inside the Bahamian Penthouse After FTX's Fall Links Tether Unchained:  Is Tether a Fraud? Its Bank Says It's Not  Tether, the Multibillion-Dollar Stablecoin at the Heart of the Crypto Ecosystem Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX Unchained:  Sam Bankman-Fried on How to Prevent the Next Terra and 3AC SBF Behind Bars: Why Revoked Bail Is a Big Deal for Crypto's Biggest Trial Pig butchering scams Unchained: How This Prosecutor Is Spearheading the Fight Against Crypto ‘Pig Butchering' Scams Crypto in developing countries Bitcoin in El Salvador: Why Would Cypherpunks Support Government-Mandated Bitcoin Adoption? Anita Posch on Why ‘Bitcoin Is a Tool for Freedom' – Especially in Africa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's Tech Talks Daily episode, we dive deep into the exhilarating world of Web3, NFTs, and innovative gaming. Joining us is Shiti Manghani, the dynamic COO of Find Satoshi Lab (FSL) and an award-winning business leader with a formidable track record spanning 14 years and 11 countries. Find Satoshi Lab began its exciting journey with the introduction of STEPN, a revolutionary Web3 application that marries fitness with crypto rewards. Imagine being rewarded for your every step, jog, or run with the help of a virtual NFT sneaker. That's the innovation of STEPN, and Shiti offers a behind-the-scenes look at its inception during the height of COVID-19 and its subsequent impressive growth trajectory. But why would a digital sneaker hold more appeal than its physical counterpart in our current era? We delve into this intriguing topic, understanding the strategic confluence of health awareness and technological allure. The future of Web3 is vast and promising. Shiti offers her perspectives on the trailblazing projects in this domain that aren't just innovating but also turning profitable. Find Satoshi Lab, the genius team behind STEPN, has recently unveiled GNT, an AI-powered NFT generator. This unique platform is a boon for creators, founders, and startups, offering them the prowess to craft distinctive digital art pieces that can be instantly minted as NFTs. And there's more. Awaiting launch is the online multiplayer game, Gas Hero. This game, accessible via web browsers and mobile phones, promises a tantalizing mix of power, fame, and money, accentuating the importance of player interaction. Shiti shares her insights on the psychological intricacies of game development, emphasizing the meticulous care FSL is putting into refining Gas Hero's UX and UI. Shiti's journey is nothing short of inspiring. With an academic foundation in Electronics Engineering and an MBA in Marketing, she's donned several esteemed hats. From founding a top-ranked computer vision-based AI start-up in the UK to launching the Wall Street Journal's digital arm in India and building influential brands for PepsiCo US, Shiti's story is one of innovation, tenacity, and global impact. So, gear up for an episode replete with insights on Web3, the explosive potential of NFTs, and the future of immersive gaming. Dive into the world of Find Satoshi Lab and the brilliant mind of Shiti Manghani.

Today I am speaking with Mable Jiang, Chief Revenue Officer at Find Satoshi Lab, a rapidly growing web3 product development studio renowned for its impressive lineup of dapps, including STEPN, one of the most widely used dapps in the Solana ecosystem. In addition to her pivotal role at Find Satoshi Lab, Mable has recently been announced as a new member of The Graph Council. The GRTiQ Podcast feels incredibly fortunate to introduce our listeners to Mable today, following our recent introduction to the other new Council member, Julien Genestoux.During this interview, Mable takes us on a journey through her unique background, which encompasses degrees in Art History and Statistics. She shares her firsthand experience of when she first discovered crypto and her subsequent venture into the industry. Mable also reflects on her time at Multicoin, providing valuable insights into her professional trajectory.We then dive into an in-depth discussion about The Graph, where Mable offers her perspective on the protocol and its significance. She shares her captivating insights into joining The Graph Council, shedding light on the responsibilities and opportunities that come with this role. Along the way, Mable provides us with remarkable insights into Asia's role in the industry and her vision for its future in that part of the world.Show NotesThe GRTiQ Podcast takes listeners inside web3 and The Graph (GRT) by interviewing members of the ecosystem.  Please help support this project and build the community by subscribing and leaving a review.Twitter: GRT_iQwww.GRTiQ.com

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is up slightly at $30,399 Eth is down slightly at $1,867 Binance Coin is down slightly at $245 Creator of Stepn, is giving away over 2 million GMT tokens  Rodeo Finance Exploited for $800k+ Ryan Salame former executive at FTX, is under investigation for campaign finance contributions Bank of International Settlements tells G20 finance ministers that cryptocurrencies are not suitable as a form of money  Republicans call for an investigation by the Justice Department and (SEC) into digital asset firm Prometheum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Move-to-earn” pioneer Stepn exploded in popularity in the first half of 2022, peaking at 3 million MAU and 800,000 DAU while generating $123 million in Q2 2022 profit alone. The mobile app, which rewards users who “wear” the company's NFT sneakers, was a major driver in onboarding users into web3, but growth has stalled during the current crypto winter. In this episode, host Niko Vuori talks to Stepn COO Shiti Manghani about what's next for the company, their ambitions to build an entire ecosystem around $GMT, the native Stepn cryptocurrency, and why Stepn views itself as a game rather than a fitness or lifestyle app.To learn more, make sure to visit https://stepn.com/. You can also find Shiti Manghani on LinkedIn.If you like the episode, please help others find us by leaving a 5-star rating or review! And if you have any comments, requests, or feedback shoot us a note at podcast@naavik.co. Watch the episode: YouTube ChannelFor more episodes and details: Podcast WebsiteFree newsletter: Naavik DigestFollow us: Twitter | LinkedIn | WebsiteSound design by Gavin Mc Cabe.

Games are a force for fun, but what if they could be a force for good, too? We sit down with Laura Carter, the founder of Longleaf Valley developer TreesPlease Games,  and Jenny Xu, founder of Run Legends developer Talofa Games, to discuss launching and fundraising for studios with corporate social responsibility missions. Are green games sustainable, and which business models work when you have a “third” actor sharing the bottom line? STEPN created a craze for running games, but how does the fitness gaming industry move forward with a “lighter web3 touch” or move away from it entirely? What learnings have both founders had in their early soft launches and alphas, and how did they tackle early user acquisition on mobile? We also discuss a variety of social initiatives that AAA and mainstream gaming could do to make the world a better place.To learn more, make sure to download Run Legends and Longleaf Valley from either the App Store or Google Play. You can also find Jenny Xu and Laura Carter on LinkedIn.If you like the episode, please help others find us by leaving a 5-star rating or review! And if you have any comments, requests, or feedback shoot us a note at podcast@naavik.co. Watch the episode: YouTube ChannelFor more episodes and details: Podcast WebsiteFree newsletter: Naavik DigestFollow us: Twitter | LinkedIn | WebsiteSound design by Gavin Mc Cabe.

Drop 1: BC divulga nomes para o piloto do RDhttps://www.bcb.gov.br/estabilidadefinanceira/real-digital-pilotoDrop 2: Stablecoin em BTC https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/05/25/bitcoins-hot-ordinals-economy-is-getting-a-dollar-backed-stablecoin/Drop 3: GTA6 com Play-to-Earnhttps://www.coinspeaker.com/gta-6-play-to-earn-model-crypto/ .. More: SWIAT network emite titulos de 3 bancos alemães https://www.ledgerinsights.com/deka-blockchain-savings-bank-bond/Stepn passa a oferecer trading no app mobilehttps://www.theblock.co/post/231646/apples-crypto-policy-softens-as-stepn-offers-in-app-digital-asset-tradingSwift testa interoperabilidade de eBL com duas blockchains diferenteshttps://www.ledgerinsights.com/swift-electronic-bill-of-lading-interoperability-ebl/Winklevoss visitam UK numa campanha para reduzir o atrito regulatório entre paíseshttps://www.cityam.com/winklevoss-twins-warn-uk-not-to-politicise-crypto-rules-amid-us-regulators-warpathIOSCO publica diretrizes para regulação criptohttps://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7066714947581296640Coinbase firma parceria com BitPanda Technology Solutions https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7067433311786143744-XN1u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_androidNovo artigo do WEF, caminhos para regulação de criptoativos https://www.weforum.org/whitepapers/pathways-to-crypto-asset-regulation-a-global-approachRipple compra participação do Pantera na Bitstamphttps://cointelegraph.com/news/ripple-acquires-pantera-s-stake-in-bitstampStarbucks Odyssey: mais airdops em Junho https://blockworks.co/news/starbucks-airdropping-more-nfts Meu conteúdo em inglês https://bi.11fs.com/Me sigam em blockdrops.lens e na newsletter do linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7056680685142454272 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blockdropspodcast/message

StepN app integrates Apple Pay (first ppp to enable buying NFTs in app), Pudgy Penguins smash Amazon debut selling over 20,000 toys, Bitcoin Miami highlights, can MetaMask withhold your taxes, Game Wallet - A hardware wallet with ho firmware updates on your old Game Boy, cool stuff happening on Avalanche, VeeCon highlights & much, much more web3 news!

Welcome to NerdFT Radio, the podcast that brings you the latest updates and discussions on NFTs, crypto, and gaming. In this episode, we delve into two exciting topics that have made headlines in the industry. First, we explore the long-awaited news that Apple has finally allowed Axie Infinity and Stepn onto its app store. We discuss the significance of this development for the NFT and gaming communities, as it opens up new avenues for accessibility and exposure for these popular projects on iOS devices. We analyze the potential impact on user adoption, market growth, and the broader landscape of mobile gaming and NFTs. Next, we focus on Epic Games and their upcoming "Pokemon Inspired" Web3 Game called Defimon. We discuss the details surrounding this highly anticipated release, including its gameplay mechanics, the integration of blockchain technology, and the potential for unique and tradable in-game assets. We explore how this game could bridge the gap between traditional gaming and the emerging Web3 metaverse, and its potential to captivate players and collectors alike. Join us on NerdFT Radio as we dive deep into the exciting worlds of NFTs, crypto, and gaming. Stay informed about the latest developments, trends, and innovations shaping the future of these industries. Whether you're an avid gamer, a blockchain enthusiast, or simply curious about the possibilities of this new frontier, this podcast is for you. Let us know what you think. Questions? Comments? https://twitter.com/NerdFTRadio Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Crypto_Crier https://twitter.com/RedsoxguyEth Follow us on Instagram @NerdFT_Radio! DISCLAIMER: All of the information discussed in our podcast is for entertainment purposes only. As with any financial endeavor, do your own research. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nerdftradio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nerdftradio/support

The most valuable crypto stories for Monday, May 22, 2023.This episode is sponsored by Ciphertrace."The Hash" hosts weigh in on the top stories shaping the crypto world day, including a closer look at why the Tornado Cash token (TORN) is higher, after a proposal submitted by a wallet address linked to a recent attack on the decentralized autonomous organization's (DAO) governance state looks to reverse the malicious changes. Meanwhile, move-to-earn game STEPN is integrating Apple Pay. Plus, Bitcoin Pizza Day has taken a negative turn, as rug pulls dampen the anniversary of what's thought to be the first commercial bitcoin transaction.See also:Tornado Cash's TORN Token Up 10% as Attacker Submits Proposal to Undo AttackAttacker Takes Over Tornado Cash DAO With Vote Fraud, Token Slumps 40%Web3 Move-to-Earn App STEPN Integrates Apple Pay for In-Game PurchasesCelebrating Bitcoin Pizza Day: the Time a Bitcoin User Bought 2 Pizzas for 10,000 BTCBitcoin Pizza Day Turns Sour as Meme Coin Shysters Profit Over $200K in Rug Pulls-Ciphertrace, a Mastercard company, helps banks, governments, regulators, exchanges and VASPs to trace the movement and risk of crypto funds, uncover illicit activity, and help comply with global regulations. Get in touch today to find out more at Ciphertrace.com.-This episode has been edited by senior producer Michele Musso and the executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The most valuable crypto stories for Monday, May 22, 2023.This episode is sponsored by Ciphertrace."The Hash" hosts weigh in on the top stories shaping the crypto world day, including a closer look at why the Tornado Cash token (TORN) is higher, after a proposal submitted by a wallet address linked to a recent attack on the decentralized autonomous organization's (DAO) governance state looks to reverse the malicious changes. Meanwhile, move-to-earn game STEPN is integrating Apple Pay. Plus, Bitcoin Pizza Day has taken a negative turn, as rug pulls dampen the anniversary of what's thought to be the first commercial bitcoin transaction.See also:Tornado Cash's TORN Token Up 10% as Attacker Submits Proposal to Undo AttackAttacker Takes Over Tornado Cash DAO With Vote Fraud, Token Slumps 40%Web3 Move-to-Earn App STEPN Integrates Apple Pay for In-Game PurchasesCelebrating Bitcoin Pizza Day: the Time a Bitcoin User Bought 2 Pizzas for 10,000 BTCBitcoin Pizza Day Turns Sour as Meme Coin Shysters Profit Over $200K in Rug Pulls-Ciphertrace, a Mastercard company, helps banks, governments, regulators, exchanges and VASPs to trace the movement and risk of crypto funds, uncover illicit activity, and help comply with global regulations. Get in touch today to find out more at Ciphertrace.com.-This episode has been edited by senior producer Michele Musso and the executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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With over 80% developer growth the past year, the Solana ecosystem has never been stronger. Chase Barker, Head of Developer Ecosystem at The Solana Foundation joins Brian Friel to talk about the current initiatives happening on Solana that excite him the most, along with the biggest opportunities he sees for Developers on Solana in episode 20 of The Zeitgeist. Show Notes:00:05 - Intro                            01:56 - Background / Start with Solana                        11:49 - Highlights from last year with the developer ecosystem16:13 - Latest exciting initiatives in Solana                  20:56 - Opportunities for devs in Solana 25:03 - Opportunities to build a project on Solana27:36 - Solana plays Pokemon" game           30:43 - Where will Solana be in 5 years                          32:55 - A builder he admires Full Transcript:Brian Friel (00:00):Hey, everyone and welcome to The Zeitgeist, the show where we highlight the founders, developers, and designers who are pushing the web 3.0 space forward. I'm Brian Friel, developer relations at Phantom and I'm super excited to introduce none other than the man, the myth, the legend, Chase Barker of Solana Foundation. Chase, welcome to the show.Chase barker (00:24):Hey man, thanks for having me.Brian Friel (00:26):This has been a long time coming. For those who don't know, Chase is the head of developer ecosystem at Solana Foundation. He's one of the earliest guys you could have seen if you were a developer coming into Solana. And it's special for me personally because Chase was the first person I reached out to on Solana. We actually did an episode on your old podcast, Chewing Glass at one point. It's great to be on the other side of the mic though, but officially welcome to the show, Chase.Chase barker (00:49):Thanks man. Yeah, it was super cool and it's also wild for me to be on this other side because we met in some interesting circumstances, you trying to dive into the whole ecosystem and I had no idea what I was doing and I needed help. And you wrote some really cool shit for me for the Solana Cookbook and here you are, leading Phantom. So anyways, I won't dive into that too much. Maybe we'll talk about it later, but it's super cool to be here, so thanks for having me.Brian Friel (01:15):Yeah, thanks for coming on. No, I couldn't agree more. Probably a good place to start, is maybe rewinding time a little bit, going back to some of those early days. Solana's pretty unique from a developer perspective. There was always, having worked in the industry pre-2018, it was always... If you're doing something development wise, solidity is the only game in town you got to be working in EVM. And Solana basically struck it out on its own and completely changed that narrative and you were around to see pretty much that whole evolution. Can you talk a little bit about your journey to finding Solana? Who are you, what were you doing, and what have you seen evolve in Solana since you've been there?Chase barker (01:56):Yeah, for sure. So I've told this story a lot and I'm going to keep this one shorter than I normally do, but I was an engineer for 12 years and then started trading crypto in 2017, made a bunch of money, lost it all in 2018, like most people. And then along that journey I found this project, Kin, who now exists on Solana, but they had their own fork of Stellar and I was into crypto and the bear market in 2018 and they had this hackathon thing and I built a tip bot with a group of other people to be able to tip on Reddit, discord, Twitter and Telegram. And I was like, okay, this is really cool. I really sort of hate my web2 job right now. I'm doing this government contracting work working on legacy Spring VC systems. It was miserable and I've talked about this a lot before and I just got everybody's email addresses and started saying, give me a job.(02:47):And they told me that all the jobs were based in Tel Aviv, but they have this developer relations role for Kin. And I was like, okay, that sounds great. What the hell is that? I had no idea what developer relations was at the time. So did a little bit of research, ended up taking the role and really just started working. They had an SDK, but documentation tried to grow a community. It's a little bit different. I'll get into this from Solana because Kin was like, this is the ICO days. Nobody really gave a shit about use cases. It was just like how am I going to be the most degenerate thing here. It was way ahead of its time, but eventually flash forward after a couple years of really loving what I was doing, traveling around the world, speaking at conferences, and helping people learn how to build in crypto.(03:31):And I heard, and it's March or April 2020 way early, and I'm talking, nobody that I knew, knew about Solana. So they were like, we're going to migrate to Solana this new blockchain. Nobody knows about it, but it's going to be super fast. Our tech team says it's great. So I followed along. Around December, I was involved in the migration process and I had spoken with Dan Albert, who's now the head of the Solana Foundation, and Raj and I engaged with a bunch of these guys but didn't really know them, but I was part of that migration. And then a little bit later into 2021, early 2021, people don't know this, but actually I was leaving Kin and I was looking for another role and I got hired by Circle for one week as a developer advocate. And then I saw Solana had a developer relations role, applied.(04:21):So I actually had an awkward situation where I had to tell Circle that “I know I just started, but I'm going to go work at Solana.” But the reason I worked at Solana is because I just DMed the shit out of Raj and Dan until they finally submitted into saying, okay, finally we're we're going to let you take this role. And at that time all that existed was the core documentation and the PaulX Escrow tutorial, aka the Solana Bible. And that was the start. May 5th, the day after my birthday of 2021, I joined Solana as the first sort of developer advocate and that's sort of the entry point.Brian Friel (05:01):Wow. So yeah, it's not really that long in calendar days. Chase barker (05:07):It's been 20 years. It's been 20 years.Brian Friel (05:09):Yeah, exactly. 20 years in crypto years for sure. A lot has changed since then. Maybe the only thing that hasn't changed is the strategy of just spam DMing somebody to try to get a job. I definitely tried to employ that with you back in the day. I know a few other people who have successfully deployed that strategy as well. But yeah, it's been crazy. There's a lot to talk about here. Maybe we just focus on the last year in particular because you mentioned 2021, it's a pretty crazy year. There was just the public tutorial on the docs and then all these people come in, you get anchor that gets built around that time. Solana takes off, a bunch of independent teams.Chase barker (05:49):Actually, let's go a little bit before that because I think this is just a really interesting thing and I like telling this part because when I started at Kin I was begging people to build on it because nobody was really building on blockchain except Ethereum at the time. And then I started with Solana and I had the exact opposite problem. You had a ton of people that were like, hell yeah, this sounds really awesome, but how the hell do you build on this thing? What the hell is rust? There's no documentation. You go into the Discord and the cord devs are just “go read the tests, that teaches you how to build on Solana.” And that's literally the world that we lived in at the time. And then started putting together this sort of part-time dev advocate team, if you want to call it that. I just skimmed Discord and looked for people who were helping others and be like, hey, come over here into this private discord with me.(06:39):And I'm like, help me scale myself. Because I was starting to write some example code and there was none of that. And then luckily I met Donnie and then Jacob and a couple other guys that are now full-time at Solana Foundation and they were helping in dev support. Jacob was working on the Java STK with Skynet Cap, if any of you guys know him. He was really one of the early OGs there. And then this whole group formed and they were writing content and then you reached out and contributed to the Solana cookbook and this whole thing just came out of nowhere. And I was literally sinking. The demand for Solana was so high because the tech was so new and the sort of hardcore engineers just really wanted to build, and the Dafi's and the Max's and the Armani's just figured the shit out.(07:28):But everybody else was like, let me, let me. And I could not do that on my own. I didn't even have the brain big enough to supply the knowledge to all these people. And then long story short, or maybe long story long is that you and I started talking and you wanted to be part of it and you wrote some really important stuff for the Solana Cookbook, I think retries, possibly PDAs and some of these other things. And it's like, thank you. And I do remember you being like, hey, can I work at Solana? And I didn't have any approval of power at the time and you left me and probably a month later I got approval to hire somebody else, but by that time you were at Phantom, but it seems like it worked out. So it is what it is.Brian Friel (08:12):I think you're right about the demands being so strong for people to figure it out that you just saw people coming together. A lot of times, you look at people who are evangelizing new tech and they're like, hey, here's this awesome thing. Try to explain it. And the first reaction of everyone is like, okay, cool, but then they just move on. And I feel like Solana was one of the few cases where that was the opposite, where everybody was like, this is incredible. How do I use this thing? How do I build this thing? And it was just this hive mind of people coming out of the woodwork to try to make it happen.Chase barker (08:43):Even me leading into Solana, and I say this a lot too because it's true in my mind, and I was like, listen to Anatoli and all this stuff, and I'm one of two things. This is the giant scam, or this is actually really fucking awesome. And luckily my instincts were right on that one and everything sort of worked out. And when I met you and then we started doing this part-time DevRel team that you were a part of for a while, first Solana Foundation.(09:09):And the next thing, my Twitter account became this thing where people would create content and I would share it and then somebody else would be like, oh, I want my shit shared. And then they would make content and I would share it. And this was this huge flywheel and that's really what turned into my account was this person who, you do cool shit, I'm going to share it. And then I became this other guy where I'm also, I do stupid shit and then I also share good shit. So it's this perfect mix of this idiot and then this guy who knows where the good stuff is.Brian Friel (09:46):You either die a developer or you live long enough to be a Twitter celebrity, I guess in your case?Chase barker (09:52):Yeah, I mean I don't necessarily love the celebrity side, but I do love getting DMs from people to say, Hey, all the things that you shared, and you probably hear some of the same like, hey, I got a job here because of this tweet that you made or this thread because I started making threads, who's looking for a job or who's whatever. And in the early days that's all we had, was Twitter. There was no other way to connect. I made a Twitter developer list and I added 300 people to it so that not everybody had to come into Solana Twitter and be like, follow each individual person and these were such manual, weird, really hard... I had no idea what I was doing. Luckily people showed up and were there and then just ran with it. I mean, looking back, dude, it's just awesome to look and see what's happened since then.Brian Friel (10:40):Yeah, no, I couldn't agree more. Lots of connections made in those early days, like you said too, where people get jobs, all this kind of stuff happens and it's crazy how little interactions like that go really far.Chase barker (10:49):Yeah, exactly.Brian Friel (10:50):So I guess taking it now to this past year, so we're recording this January 2023. The past year in particular, if you were just an outside observer looking at crypto, you're like, wow, prices are way down, everything's dead. And there's a report that comes out just the other day, Electric Capitalist Developer Report, which says Solana developers grew over 80% in the year. You and I... I had an intuition for this, I'm sure you did too. It was just developer activity.Chase barker (11:20):I didn't have intuition. I actually knew.Brian Friel (11:23):Yeah, you knew. But other people I'm sure had intuition if you're around the developer ecosystem, it's not stopping. Developer activities keeps picking up, summarize a little bit in your words over the last year, what has stood up to you? What are some of the highlights? You mentioned you started this thing and it's just you and DMing people on Twitter and getting this thing going. Now it's a serious operation of a developer ecosystem here going. What are some of the things you're most proud of that stood out to you?Chase barker (11:50):Yeah, so I think the start of the year in January of 2022, we're all sitting there, and the crypto markets nuke, and the blockchain literally is devastated. And that was any sort of pre any sort of ideas about what is wrong, what is it? Basically it was all these sort of liquidators, spamming to try to liquidate people and that just turned into this thing. And I think by that point in time though, we had some really high conviction developers that were already super invested themselves in Solana. So they stuck around and I think that's very unique for that to happen. Everybody's like, when are you going to fix this? But it literally took two to three months before they even identified what those solutions might be and those solutions to many of you, the devs out there were quick and fee-markets and some of these other things that improved.(12:45):But even though these solutions were being built, that shit takes time. So during that same time, Solana NFTs were going through the roof and these bots were spamming the network. Luckily we're flash forward briefly to right now all of those things have been implemented, but the work is never complete. But we've been pretty battle tested and recently, but I think to your original question, what I'm most proud of is being able to keep that morale up, being able to really build out this sticky community and I'm focused on devs, but it's not just the devs. Without that normal diehard community, without the Dev community, without the NFT community, we would've failed miserably like every other blockchain that tried to do what we did failed.(13:33):But I think a lot of this really comes down to personal relationships and when you come into Solana and you get involved, people really cheer you on and there's that sort of camaraderie there that kept people here, even in the darkest of times. I'm just really happy. Like I said, I knew that those numbers were high and to be honest, a lot of the reason while I've been memeing about the 75 developer ridiculous reports that have been coming out, I was memeing it so hard in the last couple weeks because we crawled GitHub internally and we know where our dev numbers are and we always make sure that we know where those things are. So it was sort of funny to me to just keep memeing that and then knowing Electric Capital was going to put out a report that sort of reflected... at least they have some pretty strict rules around what they constitute a dev. Our numbers are slightly higher, but their rules are strict. As a full-time dev, you have to commit code X amount of days per month or whatever that is.(14:32):I'm sure they have that somewhere and the way that they do it, but yeah man, it takes a village to do this and there's not one person you can point to, but there's obviously some champions out there that really made people inspired to continue building. The proudest thing I can think of is all the shit we took this year and we're still here and now we just have been pretty much named and given the silver medal of the second strongest developer community in crypto and you got to give a shout-out to Eat the Kings, fully open source and putting up numbers for devs, so you got to give them credit.Brian Friel (15:06):Yeah, we mentioned a little bit early on about how it was a narrative violation for Solana to have a completely different programming paradigm to not be using Solidity to get into an account model lower level dealing with Rust.Chase barker (15:20):There was FUD that was like “Solana's using Rust? Good luck. You guys are basically screwed.” Nobody's ever going to build on Rust. So that was false.Brian Friel (15:29):Yeah, most loved GitHub developer language though I'm pretty sure that's another narrative violation for you there. So talking a little bit more about what you guys have been up to you, you mentioned you guys have been crawling the GitHubs and you've seen this dev activity, you now have a full-time team like you said that, that you're working with, but it's not just you guys at Solana Foundation, there's all these other ecosystem teams now. There's people like Super Team Dao who are doing their own thing, coordinating devs and building devs. I'd say there's stuff on the community side getting devs and raising awareness there. There's Lamport DAO, I might be giving you too many answers here, but the community side and the tech side, what are some of the initiatives that are happening right now in Solana that have you most excited?Chase barker (16:14):I think one of the most important things to note about Solana Foundation and Labs in general is the headcount stays low. This sounds weird to a lot of people, but our job is to make ourselves irrelevant in the next five to 10 years as an organization, the super team and the Lamort DAOs and Meta Camp and Singapore in these different groups, a lot of them will get grants from the foundation to get themselves up and running. But after that they basically become these sort of miniature Solana foundations where they start growing their community from the inside out and giving out grants and doing all these really cool things. But you think of Solana as this giant bubble and every time one of these new miniature groups spins out, the Solana Foundation bubble gets smaller, and then these other bubbles start getting more and plentiful to eventually you reach a point where Solana Foundation bubble was the size of the rest of these small groups.(17:08):This is the antithesis of Web 2.0, hiring as many people in as much headcount as you can and trying to own everything. I don't want to own everything. I want to find Mertz, I want to find Super Teams. I want to find Meta Camps and I don't want to just go find them and ask them. I want to find these guys that just put everything they have into Solana the blockchain and they're just so passionate about it, that it's like this is the team that we want to put our energy behind. In the beginning it really was a lot of us at Foundation and Labs doing a lot of the talking, but now you have these stronger voices and I'm not going to lie, it makes my life a lot easier to not have to be doing all that talking online anymore, but I still do it.(17:53):And I think the important point here is that if we're going to become a decentralized blockchain, we also want to become a decentralized organization itself and that means nobody has to get our permission. I think one of the greatest examples of no permission is Hacker House was kicked off, everybody's like, when my city and MTN DAO was like, fuck this, I'm just going to make my own thing. And they actually built the best thing that's really happened out of our community to date and they produced multiple, clockwork previously, Kronos, mtnPay, all these guys won hackathons.(18:33):Because T.J. Littlejohn literally came up with mtnPay at MTN DAO and a food line being like, Solana Pay just came out. Oh shit, maybe I should just build a payment thing with this new thing. And then he set up the system and people were paying with USD right there. So if that trajectory keeps happening through Solana, and I know other blockchains are trying to emulate what we do, but there's no way to emulate this unless you actually do this organically and it's happening. And anytime I just find somebody like a TJ or a  MERT or whoever or a Brian or whatever, I'm going to put all my time and energy behind them and that's literally my philosophy and the foundation's philosophy in general, I think.Brian Friel (19:15):Yeah, for sure. No, I've seen that too. It feels like there's more... Solana is the only ecosystem I know outside of Ethereum really is there are these factions not the best word, but it's these unofficial groups of people that... Maybe it started as simple as we like to ski in February and we want to get together and hack. MTN DAO, but it's becoming an official collective now. People are identifying with it. And it has influence in the community. I mean I totally see what you're saying too about the Hacker House is I know we had our own last summer, we kind of piloted the Summer Camp Hackathon fan of Sponsor [inaudible 00:19:51]. But I just see that model continuing to go and more and more teams coalescing around certain regions and sponsoring their own thing.Chase barker (19:57):And for everybody listening here, don't ask for permission, don't ask when, just literally do it. And if you do it and you do it well, the attention will get drawn onto you and then I'll come find you and I'll knock on your door and ask you how I can help. So that's really the sort of mentality that I personally have.Brian Friel (20:15):Yeah, I couldn't agree more with that. That was my approach trying to work in this space, just do it and then ask for help or permission. Someone will find you. That's so much better than trying to ask somebody for permission to do something. So I guess that's a good transition to, let's put ourselves in the shoes of a developer who's looking at Solana right now. There's a lot of devs out there that might see Solana and they still think, oh, Rust and scary. That's probably not true. We can talk about that. But there's also probably a lot of devs who maybe know a little bit about Solana, they're kind of like right on the cusp, because they want to jump in. What do you want to say to these devs? What are some of the biggest opportunities that these devs should be looking at right now in Solana?Chase barker (20:56):Yeah, I think there's a couple things here. I think it depends on your demographic and age range. I mostly meant age range. So if you're in college right now, look up solanau.org and it's @SolanaUni on Twitter because Dana is our university relations person who is absolutely crushing it, sponsoring and participating in hackathons, doing workshops, just really bringing in my opinion, the next generation, the most risk averse group of people are students who are still funded by their parents that can make some sort of mistakes early on. So they're the next generation that's going to take this forward and luckily they have some really tech heavy guys out there that are just so dedicated to this, the Solana core engineers and the Jito team and all these different groups that are there to mentor them when they're ready to get in this. But I think SolanaU is probably a really high leverage thing.(21:54):We spend a lot of time working with Build Space who's built Solana Build Space Core, which is an amazing program. Things are getting easier. We're still in that place where new things are coming around the corner and I get a lot of shit for this, especially from Rust maxi's, but there's Seahorse Lang where you can build smart contracts on Python right now, not fully ready for production. There's a version of this in typescript coming. We're doing whatever we can to make it easier because the Chewing Glass thing is true and it's mainly true not because of Rust, not because of Solana, it's because learning Rust and Solana and all those concepts at the same time, is literally painful as hell. But content and all these other things combined put together right now and all of the sort of tooling that different groups are building like indexers and all these things are making the lives easier because as adapt dev you want to deal with “get program accounts and all that stuff”, it's not...(22:56):We're getting to a better place and it's coming right now there's a couple places, I mean solana.com/developers we're curating our own list, but I cannot negate what ELO from SOL Dev has done at soldev.app and the whole entire thing that he's built out. So I'm super bullish on a lot of the stuff they're doing. I think there's just too many things to name of how many independent contributors are out there just building shit. I said this the other day on Twitter, I know when things are getting really good when I can't even keep up with the retweets of the things that are being built that I have no idea about. And then you have this other guy that most people don't really know yet. His name's Jonas and I think it's Soul Play Jonas on Twitter,Brian Friel (23:40):He's our hackathon winner.Chase barker (23:41):Is he?Brian Friel (23:42):Yeah. So when we hosted the Summer Camp Hackathon last summer, we had a Deep Links prize and he won as the best use of Deep Links because he was the first to build a Unity game on Solana using it.Chase barker (23:53):I'm not going to dox his location, but I'm going to tell you this mfr is legend and really going to try to push the gaming world forward on Solana, which I think is the blockchain that has the best ability to actually scale. And I want to give credit where it's due, zk-Tech is going to be fucking amazing, but Solana as is right now, has the best chance to scale if a big top tier sort of gaming company hits and decides to leverage that tag.Brian Friel (24:24):Yeah, let's talk about that a little bit because I had Anatoly on as the first guest and he always talked about how his dream was blockchain at Nasdaq speed and it was like “it's DeFi all the way". Then you and I are both around for the 2021 craze where it was just all of a sudden it's the world's greatest JPEG trading machine, it's all NFTs. Now we're seeing stuff about gaming. Is there a certain type of developers interested in something they should come to Solana? It's just like everybody... It's not necessarily specialization here, but what are some of the biggest opportunities maybe if you're looking to start a company on Solana, build a project on Solana?Chase barker (25:03):Yeah, I think we're being honest here. If your use case does not necessarily require high throughput, then the options are pretty unlimited in blockchain. But if you want to be able to have fully on chain games.. And not to say that we both know this, when you're building a game on any blockchain, not everything has to be on chain and it's almost like not necessary to the extent, but DeFi, we need to reignite that on Solana. There's been a series of unfortunate events that–whatever, but I think there's a really strong group of people that are working on this open book DEX and this massive amazing thing that came true. But for me personally, I think that the big unlock comes in gaming and the real original use case of crypto that has never actually been solved, which is payments. I mean it's been solved but not in a usable way. If you're going to bring payments to new and emerging markets, the fees and stuff are important because the fees on some of these different chains is more money than is-Brian Friel (26:12):Not feasible. It's a non-starter.Chase barker (26:13):It's not feasible. And Solana Pay and a lot of these other payment options are starting to enable that. And I think it honestly just has the potential to change a lot of lives, JPEGs and all these other things. That's cool. And I love that people are having fun on blockchain also. Solana is definitely the funnest chain by the way, but payments, man payments, we have to do it. We have to get payments, remittances done on chain and Solana's the most equipped to do it, especially related to fees.Brian Friel (26:45):Yeah, I love you said it too about it being the most fun chain, priding yourselves with that because for a while, and I think you noticed this, with every new blockchain, something that starts, the first thing everyone does is copy what worked before. We're going to have an AMM, we're going to do some DeFi thing, we're going to have an NFT marketplace. But I'm starting to see now on Solana things that are uniquely Solana and just couldn't be done elsewhere. And it definitely feels like there's a unique culture. And I'll shout out too, one, we talked about T.J. Littlejohn and you mentioned payments, the Solana pay spec. Yeah, you can send payments to anyone, but you could send any transaction. So he built that NFT photo booth. You take a photo, scan it, and it mints as an NFT using the payment protocol. It's pretty cool. There's another one though, we just had him on as a guest, which will launch fairly soon on this podcast. Have you seen the “Solana Plays Pokémon” game?Chase barker (27:37):Yeah, I have briefly, but I don't know a ton about it.Brian Friel (27:40):I don't know. It's a game like that... It's like you said, it doesn't have to be crazy. It's not everything on chain, but it's almost like a new genre of game because here you have this emulator that's sitting off chain, it's playing Pokémon and it's like anyone can permissionlessly show up and just start voting to say, press this button, press up, press down. And Solana's so fast that it's basically processing these very quickly and all of a sudden you have people warring over, should we train a Squirtle? Should we release the Squirtle? Should we fight this gym leader? It's a toy today, but you can kind of see how wow, this could become kind of a new game genre where it's multiplayer and, you don't know who you're even playing with or against and it's all real time. It's all being coordinated. It's pretty wild.Chase barker (28:22):I think a lot, and I'm a big advocate of looking at the Web2 world and seeing what is possible on Solana, and also what makes sense because not every use case makes sense, but for example, like I said, I mentioned Shek earlier and Wordcel Club, which is the blogging platform and they're doing some other cool social primitives and it's like they're starting to open source those primitives, but why would you do something on web 3.0 that you could do on Web 2.0? And the answer is sort of incentives. And you look at some of these bigger social platforms that absorb 99.9% of the value and there's a way to distribute that value on web 3.0 that there never was in web 2.0. So I think that's an important one. There might be some disagreement here, but I think the group that really got closest to some sort of web 2.0 success was Stepn, because they went product first instead of... You see a lot of stuff in web 3.0 of it's like, developers first developing for developers, they're developing for things like that.(29:27):But Stepn was like, what does everybody do that we could reward them for and get this on chain? And that was working out, this is an incentive mechanism. Obviously it didn't fully work out and I think there's probably... They're working on that, but at the same time, we need to start thinking what in the web 2.0 world is working, how can we do that on web 3.0, and why would that app make sense in web 3.0? And then usually it's incentive mechanisms that give the user a reason to use it, but they're not going to do that with massive delays or lag times or all this stuff. It better work just like web 2.0 if not better if you're going to do that. So really focusing on things that Solana can do that other blockchains can't at this current moment is probably going to be some of the highest rate of success or at least some more of the higher impact things I think.Brian Friel (30:21):Yeah, I agree. It's got to be seamless in the background. There's people in crypto who care, but the vast majority of people don't want to sit around and wait for something to load. So we talked a lot about the state of Solana today, what you're excited about all these different people building. You alluded to this a little bit, but paint a picture for us. What do you see the Solana ecosystem five years from now?Chase barker (30:43):Five years from now, I see myself not having a job anymore, and I'm okay with that because I've said this since day one. If I do my job the way that I'm supposed to do my job by empowering, enabling others, then there's no need for a me anymore. And any true ecosystem that has a foundation or a labs, whatever, there should be a point that they're looking towards. The North Star is literally being able to walk away and that community in those small groups that you've sort of empowered and sort of distributed out, you can walk away and that shit just runs itself forever.(31:19):That's not just the blockchain that's actually distributed community, not just the distributed blockchain. So that's the North Star. Five years, probably not likely, but I do think in the next five years that it's going to be about as easy to build on Solana as it is to build on React. That's what I have in my mind. And we have the firepower in the ecosystem and the dedicated people that I already see completely just trying to push with Seahorse and all these other things. People are just thinking, how can I make this easier for people if we're already there two to three years in from [inaudible 00:31:59] Beta Solana, we're progressing rapidly right now and if we keep that rate in the next five years, it's going to be insane.Brian Friel (32:09):Love that. And yeah, the beta tag, I'm sure given all the trials and tribulations, we will be shedding that beta tag soon.Chase barker (32:17):I haven't seen the Bernie meme in a while and if anybody listening to this doesn't know, Anatoly said that we're going to drop the beta tag after one year from the Bernie meme that he posts about validators.Brian Friel (32:27):Zero days since last Bernie meme. Really? Okay.Chase barker (32:31):I mean who knows if that happens, but I haven't seen him post that Bernie meme in a while, so we'll see. We'll see.Brian Friel (32:36):Yeah, I'll miss that Bernie meme. We'll put some pit vipers on Bernie again, just for all time sake. Well Chase, this has been an awesome discussion, really great having you on, and it's been a long time coming. One closing question we ask all of our guests, I want to hear it from you, is who is a builder that you admire in the Solana ecosystem?Chase barker (32:55):So my initial sort of instinct is to probably mention somebody that's never been really mentioned before, but I can't not just talk about Armani because he was part of the first wallet. He was part of the framework that made Solana better in terms of developer experience with Anchor. And I mean I know he's now building another wallet and it's just the truth. Armani, his whole sort of ethos and what he is trying to do is just trying to make crypto usable and better for a lot of people.(33:34):And I think that's just an important thing for me and I really respect that about him. So I truly think that Armani is one of the people that I really respect the most in the space for what he's done and transparently and just like everybody who has a very large voice gets a lot of shit. And for people like that to stick around, it's incredible. We all deal with it. You work at Phantom, I work at Solana Foundation. Armani has worked at various groups or whatever and we have to just continue what we're doing and just deal with all the that shit we get and you just got to respect that, man. So that's pretty much my answer.Brian Friel (34:17):That's Awesome. I couldn't agree more. Well, Chase, it has been awesome having you on. Thank you so much for your time. Where can developers go to get started with Solana?Chase barker (34:27):Solana.com/developers or I'll also not show our own stuff and you can go to soldev.app as well. We have different offerings like soldev.app has a lot more, solana.com/developers has a little more curated smaller list, but both are very good options. So yeah man, that's the place. So check it out and let's get going.Brian Friel (34:53):Love it. Chase Barker, head of developer ecosystem at Solana Foundation. Thank you so much.

How can crypto be dead when we still have outstanding teams building amidst this bear market? STEPN took the world by storm when it introduced the idea of earning through movement - at its peak, there were more than a million daily active users using STEPN. Since then, Find Satoshi Labs (team behind STEPN) has made further strides and verticalized to launch its own decentralized exchange DOOAR and more recently, their NFT marketplace MOOAR.  Today on Blockcrunch we have Mable Jiang, Chief Revenue Officer at Find Satoshi Labs to share with us: How is STEPN performing in a bear market  Decision to verticalization Enforcing royalties on DOOAR Trading vs subscription fee on DOOAR Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.   ------------ Timestamps ------------- (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:39) – Introduction to STEPN (00:04:41) – Motivation for playing STEPN in a bear market (00:09:07) – STEPN's new dual reward system (00:14:19) – Cutting Orca off and creating own DEX (DOOAR) (00:20:41) – Building their own NFT marketplace (MOOAR) (00:29:02) – Synergies between MOOAR and STEPN (00:31:50) – Managing STEPN, DOOAR & MOOAR all at once (00:35:58) – Decision behind MOOAR's subscription fee (00:43:54) – Status and roadmap on all the developments   ----------- Sponsors ------------- dYdX is the Leading Decentralized Exchange for trading perpetual contracts. Users enjoy low fees, deep liquidity, up to 20x more buying power and even earn $DYDX from trading. Trade on dYdX today at: https://trade.dydx.exchange   ----------- More Resources --------- Guest Mable's Twitter:https://twitter.com/Mable_Jiang Find Satoshi Lab's Twitter: https://twitter.com/fslweb3 Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi   ------------ Disclosures ------------- Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.

Latif Peracha is a General Partner at M13, a venture capital firm with over $900 AUM focused on early-stage consumer technology companies. Latif leads the Web3 strategy for the firm which has invested in Lightning Labs, Stepn, and Nori among many other companies and networks. The broader M13 portfolio includes Lyft, Daily Harvest and Ring. Latif previously worked as the Managing Director of Virgin Group in the Americas and his portfolio included Slack, Ring, Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit. Mark Grace is an investor at M13. An early member of the firm, Mark has invested across the early stage consumer technology landscape, and he now focuses primarily on helping co-manage the firm's Web3 investment strategy. You can learn more about: 1. The overall landscape of Web3 investing 2. Trends and sectors to look at in Web3 3. Exciting companies and business models to watch    

Scott Dunlap, the VP of Mobile at Adidas and the GM of Runtastic, a subsidiary of Adidas where he is creating the future of the quote un quote connected athlete. In this conversation, we talk about:being an early voice in the ultrarunning media contributing to the blogging wave of the late 2000s and early 2010s a few of his popular articles including his idea for the Strava GOAT program and whether endurance sports are a luxury goodthe role that technology companies play in promoting and facilitating more outdoor activitythe application of web 3 technologies to the trail and ultra world and how athletes and creators stand to benefitthe state of trail and ultrarunning Sponsors:Kodiak Cakes - use code Singletrack15 at checkout on their website (https://kodiakcakes.com/)  to get 15% off your next orderGnarly Nutrition - use code Singletrack20 at checkout on their website (https://gognarly.com/) to get 20% off your next orderTimestamps:(1:54) - background in trail and ultrarunning(7:42) - being an early voice in the ultrarunning media(16:08) - the idea of the Strava “GOAT” program(22:54) - the confluence of trail running and Silicon Valley influences(28:01) - explaining the Adidas Runtastic App(34:19) - how essential community and gamification will be to future outdoor activity(41:46) - other important influences in the technology community on outdoor activity (45:43) - speculating on shifts in consciousness when 1 billion athletes are connected worldwide(52:09) - understanding the application of web3 technology to the trail and ultra running world (61:10) - understanding move2earn, STEPN(70:31) - how professional athletes and creators in trail and ultra could benefit from these new technologies, platforms(78:20) - thoughts on the state of trail and ultrarunning (82:48) - final thoughtsLinks:Connect with Scott on LinkedInFollow Scott on TwitterAdidas RuntasticArticle - Strava GOAT ProgramArticle - Are endurance sports a luxury good?Book - EcotopiaSTEPNAdditional Episodes You May Enjoy:131 - Jonathan Levitt | For The Long Run Podcast, State of Running Content, Athlete-Sponsorship Landscape130 - Robin Thurston | MapMyRun, Connected Fitness, Outerverse, Future Of The Outdoor Media IndustrySupport the show

A couple months ago I wrote about my experience with the Web3 app known as StepN, which pioneered the move-to-earn concept. It's been an interesting journey, and today a listener calls in to request an update. Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week. Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com Email: team@sidehustleschool.com Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions Connect on Twitter: @chrisguillebeau Connect on Instagram: @193countries Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes.

Web3 is pushing forward whether we are ready for it or not. Digital assets and NFT's are changing the game and crypto is becoming the new currency. STEPN is an amazing fitness Web3 app and arguably the best of its kind. That does not mean it does not have its flaws though. In this quick update video, Bryan describes his experiences and what he expects next.

In this video, we will discuss the top Metaverse crypto coins. We'll take a look at NFT land floor price markets, play to earn games and the latest Web3 news.

Web3 is a world of uncharted waters that we are still exploring. Expect big companies like STEPN to make mistakes. The only way to profit from projects like these is to stay ahead of the game and keep your expectations level. Too much greed can cause you to have dramatic losses if you are not careful. Here at Meta Money we will try to help you navigate the waters of the Metaverse so you can weather the storm and come out on the other side with some gains. Many participating in STEPN have been having a rough time as of late, but it's time to pick yourself up, wipe the dirt from your wallet, and get to work. In today's video, Bryan goes over the recent happenings with STEPN, how it has affected him, and what the future of STEPN may look like.

STEPN latest update Is making waves in the Web3 community. Some people are loving the changes while others are feeling the pain of their long term P2E strategy crushed. In this video we unpack the three main things you need to know about this update and our strategy going forward. At this current time it looks like it's more profitable to burn than it is to mint. It looks like most people should be able to get UC shoes which is good to level out the community. I feel like this update favors the new user and the smaller fish. I think it out a hurting on the bigger whales and they are a little salty.

The most valuable crypto stories for Monday, June 6, 2022. The ‘Hash' hosts discuss Stepn suffering multiple distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks following a recent upgrade. Plus, Elon Musk threatens to terminate his $44 billion Twitter deal over a "clear material breach" of the social media company's obligations.-This episode has been edited by Michele Musso. Our Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Crypto markets move quickly. One day you are up, the next you are down. With the rise in popularity of the 2-Earn models, staying on top of trends and profitability can be tricky. We have you covered though. On today's livestream, Justin and Bryan chat about the future of STEPN in their opinion. The guys will also be chatting about the next couple weeks as conference season is in full swing.

From Kim Kardashian to the NYT bestseller list, there's a lot to talk about in today's episode. But what Matt and Doug are most excited about discussing is a new NFT project called STEPN, which pays you to exercise. Is this the future of fitness or a terrible idea that will quickly fizzle out?

Is a big mergers and acquisition wave about to hit the tech industry. I make the case from several different angles. AMD releases its next generation Ryzen chips. And a super interesting new startup in the Web 3 space. Is it game? Is it a fitness app? Can you earn money for moving? Yes.Sponsors:Zapier.com/rideLCX.com/rideLinks:Broadcom in Talks to Acquire Cloud Company VMware (Bloomberg)Report: EA Looking To Sell Or Merge (Kotaku)Big Tech Is Getting Clobbered on Wall Street. It's a Good Time for Them. (NYTimes)AMD Ryzen 7000 Announced (AnandTech)'Move-to-earn' Solana app StepN is latest crypto gaming craze (TechCrunch)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The everyday person is earning Massive Crypto gains with the STEPN App. This Move to Earn game, similar to P2E, is disrupting the fitness industry with its Web3 Tech. In this video, we talk with STEPN USA Ambassador 'KTrain'. STEPN is a new, Move to Earn NFT that allows you to walk, jog, or run to earn crypto. If you're looking to get some “active” income, this is a fun project to get involved with!

Will STEPN be the next Web3 Crypto app that can still grow in the bear market? In this video we sit down with the guys from "Token Metrics" to discuss sustainability and future profitability in the STEPN Ecosystem. Analyzing tokenomics and other vital data can make or break your portfolio. These guys know their data and we can all learn a lot from them. So hang out and let us know in the comments below something you learned today.

Crypto is struggling today. Bitcoin and all altcoins are getting crushed.. but we have some STEPN Codes to give away! Come join Morgan, Bryan & JChains as they chat from the office for what will be an interesting conversation.

STEPN is a new, Move to Earn NFT, that allows you to walk, jog or run and earn crypto. Web3 is disrupting the fitness space with this new app in the Apple App Store. In this video we will give you the top 3 strategies to get started off on the right foot and ROI the fastest. We will give you estimated starting cost for 3 different kind of budgets. Also some basic tips and tricks to help you pick the right shoes.

STEPN is the newest and hottest move to earn app that is changing the fitness industry forever. Crypto and Blockchain play a big part in Web3 and will be vital for these NFT ecosystems to exist. On todays live stream we will answer some questions from the community. We will also talk about the sustainability of this project long team. Also we will give you some quick tips and tricks if you want to get started and what to avoid so you don't make early mistakes. Make sure you check out Bitcoin Daily's content on YouTube for more in depth guides on STEPN and a lot more. Also his socials are below.

The Metaverse and Web3 are shaking the nation. NFT shoes are all the new craze, with this new app on the apple store called, STEPN. People can buy a pair of NFT shoes and earn crypto tokens for their efforts. Today we sit down with a leading ambassador of the project to get some questions answered and chat about what the future will look like. Barndog is well versed in the Solana gaming ecosystem and has a ton of knowledge on blockchain gaming. Make sure to go over and follow him on Youtube for more in depth content and a good time.

Move to Earn is similar to Play to Earn and today we start our journey in this new Crypto project called STEPN. Everyday you walk, jog or run to earn GST token which can be converted into real world cash every single day. NFT shoes are connecting Web 3.0 and the real world for a new amazing experience. This project and team look like they have what it takes to go the distance. In this video we tell you are goals and plans for the future plus how to get started yourself.