What a week! We recently partnered with Stellar and went to their annual conference in London
#Meridian2024
Some favorite moments 👇🙏
On Day 2, we managed to secure a nice room to do some long-form interviews with the production crew (shoutout to Josh, Toby, Jake, Kevin and
🚫Burnt by ICOs? Dumped on by VCs?🚫
In this episode, we explore decentralized funding, with
@web3kasper
, co-founder of
@PolimecProtocol
on
@Polkadot
& former
@Web3foundation
CFO.
Find out why crypto funding is broken & how it can work out better for both, founders & investors
🔥Exclusive Reveal🔥
We chat with
@JonPDunne
, co-founder of
@wearetalisman
, a user-centric multi-chain
#wallet
. 🪬
Discover what sets
#Talisman
apart in a crowded market and get an exclusive first look at its newest features. 🥵
Share&Follow 4 for more content like this ✅
We
How do you vote with your $DOT on
#Polkadot
governance proposals?🤔
This used to be hard, but is EASY now.
Use
@polk_gov
to give your
#DOT
coins a voice 📢
Explained in a MINUTE 🥹👇
1/ 🚀
#Polkadot
2.0 - The next big thing in the blockchain world? 🤔 Let’s take a peek into what's ahead, simplify it and chat about challenges.
If useful, share this with frens outside the
#DOT
ecosystem. 🧵
🔥 We just sat down with
@BillLaboon
from the
@Web3foundation
on our podcast!
We delved deep into
@Polkadot
2.0, simplifying the complex for everyone. From the recent OpenGov drama to improving treasury management, and the expansion of some ecosystem projects to other chains -
Why is
@PolimecProtocol
building on
#Polkadot
? 🤔
@web3kasper
unpacks the decision, highlighting the unmatched tech infrastructure and the ecosystem’s openness to collaboration 🤝👇
New Episode Out! 🎙️
Understanding the Hype around Data Availability
DA is one of the hottest narratives driving
#crypto
.
But what is it? Why does it matter?
@prabalbanerjee
, co-founder of
@AvailProject
, chats to us about it! Hear about
#Avail
's journey from
@0xPolygon
to a
Wish we had a protocol with remarkable
#Web3
capabilities AND a user experience similar to Web2..? 😣
@Pavel_Salas
says it‘s here 👀
Diving into
@gear_techs
&
@VaraNetwork
:
Modern gaming onchain, gas reservation, delayed & async messaging & more.
Fueled by the
#Polkadot
SDK.
Let‘s have a look into
#cosmos
🧐.
@jasbanza
shows us a handy visual representation of the ecosystem and the IBC connections between its chains ⛓️
Watch the space…literallly.
A short clip from our podcast 👇👇
The next 30 billion dollar crypto boom?!
It feels like everyone in crypto is talking about DePIN. The total market cap of
#DePIN
tokens has surpassed 30 billion dollars as of late. The majority of this is made up of projects focused on Compute, Storage and AI resources.
Is it
Astar has been an integral part of the
#Polkadot
ecosystem and continues to innovate!
But what is
@AstarNetwork
? Explained by
@henskensm
in 30 seconds! ⏰
👇👇
A look inside the Radix ecosystem with Ociswap
In this episode, we sit down with
@lu5st
, co-founder of
@ociswap
, to learn about
@radixdlt
- a layer-1
#blockchain
with a focus on
#DeFi
.
We discuss DeFi paradigms, Radix's approach & Ociswap.
Follow 4 more crypto deep dives,
In this episode, we welcome
@JamesABayly
, COO of
@SubQueryNetwork
.
We talk about data indexing in the
#blockchain
world. We discuss what data indexing is, why it's important, the challenges involved, the available solutions and the future of
#Subquery
.
Follow & share for more!
Ever wondered about Decentralized Identities and their role in the blockchain space? 🤔
This week on our podcast,
@PatX_20
from
@litentry
joins us to delve into their project built on
#Polkadot
, focusing on identity management, on-chain reputation & more.
Watch below 👇
1/ 🚨 The influencer curse for
#crypto
🚨
Ever got caught by 100x return promises from influencers? Felt silly for falling for it?
Let's discuss the cycle of hype & despair and how to spot bad actors and dodge bad information 🧵
New Episode Out! 🎙️
Turn Apps into
#web3
GIANTS with Stackr
Show Notes:
Today, we chat about
@0xStackr
with founder
@Kautukkundan
, focusing on their mission to scale
#Ethereum
through "micro-rollups."
Stackr just closed a $5.5 million seed round, where prominent VCs & angel
New Episode Out! 🎙️
We interview the founder of
@MoonbeamNetwork
,
@derekyoo
! 🔥
We discuss:
✅
#Moonbeam
‘s milestones & road ahead
✅ Impact of
#Polkadot
2.0
✅ What Polkadot is great at & what to improve
✅ Alpha 🔥 New projects & focus areas
Follow
@TEACHMEDEFI
for more.
Cross-chain Swaps in Seconds?! ⏲️
Ever been burnt bridging crypto or paid high fees? Sick of wrapped assets and bridge hacks?
In today’s episode, we are chatting about a new paradigm with
@squidrouter
on
@axelarnetwork
.
Fast cross-chain swaps, no wrapped assets and low fees.
What is THE most OVERLOOKED narrative for crypto in 2024?
👉 Trustless bridging.
@seunlanlege
from
@PolytopeLabs
explains why that is and why he loves
@Polkadot
.
Follow
@TEACHMEDEFI
and catch the full episode to learn more.
New Episode Out! 🎙️
How do VCs invest in crypto ⁉️
In this episode, we explore Venture Capital and DeFi.
We got
@ColtonFConley
on the show, who’s a principal at
@Arrington_Cap
, a large
#crypto
-focused VC with $1 BILLION under management and co-founder of
@prime_protocol
, an
NEAR explained in 60 seconds! ⏰
A unified account model across blockchains? 🤔
Layer2s and dApps on Ethereum using
@NEARProtocol
to host their front ends?
@Cameron_Dennis_
explains👇🎥
„We want to build those rails to make it easy for developers to come into the blockchain space.“
Onboarding devs is crucial! ✊
@kwok_phil
tells us in 1 minute what
@easya_app
is about and why we need to onboard more devs!🎙️
Follow
@TEACHMEDEFI
for more 🫶
The
@epicenterbtc
podcast has been delivering top notch
#crypto
content for the last 10 years, so we were super excited to connect with them and have host
@seb3point0
on our show! 🫡
Check out this short clip for a summary of their journey 🔥👇
👉 Liquid Staking & Restaking 👈
What is it? Why is it hot (looking at you
@eigenlayer
👁️)? How can you benefit?
A chat with LST pioneers from the $ATOM and $DOT ecosystems:
@PersistenceOne
@Bifrost
Dropping TOMORROW on Tuesday. 💣
Don‘t miss it, follow
@TEACHMEDEFI
🥰
What should YOU as a
#crypto
user be careful about when you use crypto & interact with protocols?
@prabalbanerjee
, co-founder of
@AvailProject
gives a simple explainer on the trade-off between cost & security 🚨
Follow
@TEACHMEDEFI
for more weekly crypto alpha from experts! 🔥
New Episode Out! 🎙️
Creating an Ocean of Liquidity in DeFi
More and more blockchains are popping up and this is creating liquidity fragmentation.
Today, we chat to
@CryptoMeina
, co-founder of
@native_fi
, which has facilitated almost 3 billion dollars in transaction volume thus
That moment when you ask a core dev of
#Polkadot
„what if number goes up?“ 😂
@shawntabrizi
on fads, memecoins, gambling & Warren Buffet.
Quick wins vs. The long game.
What are you looking for?? 👇
Is Crypto AI just some trendy hype or is it legit?
Progress on open-source models is fast, but hosting large models today can be expensive & painful. It’s not straight forward or cheap to run them!
@SubQueryNetwork
is working on changing that by offering a decentralized
“It’s not a pyramid scheme, it’s a reverse funnel system!”
Let’s look at 10
#redflags
and how to avoid apeing into the next 1000% APY infinitely scalable AI-Metaverse shibapupobamainu coin 👇
In most cases, it’s actually pretty obvious something is sketchy. You & I both know
1 minute breakdown of how you can use
@squidrouter
for cross-chain swaps and why 👇
Crypto UX overall still has a long way to go but it‘s great to see steps into the right direction.
Follow us
@TEACHMEDEFI
for more breakdowns like these.
New Episode Out! 🎙️
The Story of Epicenter: 10 Years in Crypto and the Road Ahead
Our guest today is a
#podcast
host himself!
@seb3point0
hosts the popular podcasts
@epicenterbtc
and
@TheInterop
. With over 8 million downloads and 10 years under its belt,
#Epicenter
is one of
New Episode Out! 🎙️
A New Era for
#Polkadot
: From Parachains to Coretime
In this episode of the
@TEACHMEDEFI
Podcast, we delve into the concept of blockspace within the
@Polkadot
ecosystem, featuring our guest
@ph_lux
, a long time contributor to Polkadot and co-founder of
You know Sony, right?
The company valued at over 100 BILLION USD?!
Hear about the partnerships that have been forged behind
@AstarNetwork
with
@Sony
and
@StartaleHQ
👀👇
Follow
@TEACHMEDEFI
for more alpha.
The crypto breakthrough for data access & RPCs?!
We chatted with
@lavanetxyz
’s co-founder
@yaircleper
.
They are creating a decentralized network for RPC Providers, and closed a $15 million seed funding round.
Tune in tomorrow.
Follow us
@TEACHMEDEFI
.
Web3 Infra is complex and not transparent. Are you trusting the shiny marketing of well-funded DA Layers without any real performance data? 🚫
This week, we got
@crestalnetwork
on the show, who are flipping things around:
No performance? No pay. 💸
We discuss helping
DePin: Is it all hype? Or will it bring mass crypto adoption?
The total market cap of
#DePin
tokens has surpassed 30 billion dollars as of late. 📈
Tomorrow, we drop our episode with Daniel, co-founder of
@hotspotty
to learn why DePin is such a hot narrative right now!
Follow
Building The World’s Decentralized Supercomputer
We got the great
@shawntabrizi
on the show and discuss airdrops, degens, disposable chains, number going up aaand…oh yeah, building a decentralized SUPERCOMPUTER.
#polkadot
ft. guest
@shawntabrizi
- long time core dev of
You like earning points on new crypto projects before they launch their mainnet, anon?
Check out this clip of
@lavanetxyz
co-founder
@yaircleper
, showing the
#LavaNetwork
decentralized RPC platform & how to earn points in their campaign.
A million wallets doing it already? 👀
Make Crypto Simple Again! 🥹
In this episode, we dive into ‘Intents’ with
@CadenceProtocol
. 🎙️ Think swapping ETH without worrying about all the tech—just state your intent, and let the solvers do the work.
@vivaldi0x
and
@mozartcadence
share how this will power perpetuals
Imagine trying to find specific content by browsing backward through a book; that’s what extracting data from the blockchain feels like.
@SubQueryNetwork
offers a faster method with data indexing.
@JamesABayly
explains it in this clip in under one minute ⏰
New Episode Out! 🎙️
Lava Network: The crypto breakthrough for data access & RPCs
ft.
@yaircleper
@lavanetxyz
host
@moeeinvest
In this episode, we chat to Lava Network’s co-founder Yair Cleper and we discuss Lava’s mission to overhaul blockchain RPC infrastructure!
They
The developer experience in
#crypto
&
#web3
is still YEARS behind the DevEx in web2 😔
@gosu128
from
@Apillon
explains what we need to take over and get ahead.
Calling all devs - What is the most important tooling missing right now? Comment!👇
👉 Follow
@TEACHMEDEFI
for weekly
Crypto mass adoption in Indonesia?
Did you know Indonesia has the 4th largest population in the world? And there is a
#crypto
project collaborating with the government to bring them onchain?
@MandalaChain
aims to onboard 100 million Indonesian users by bridging Indonesia's
Staking and Staking Yield are coming to Bitcoin! ↯
This week on the
@TEACHMEDEFI
Podcast, we chat about
#Bitcoin
Staking, what it is, how it works, where the yield comes from and how
@pStakeFinance
has launched liquid staking for $BTC.
Earn while you HODL? What do you think
🚨 New Podcast Episode on your FAV topic! 🚨
Crypto taxes 🥲
We chat with Nick Slettengren, Founder of
@countonsheep
, about everyone’s favourite topic.
We cover taking a LOSS, common tax pitfalls, optimizing obligations, tracking crypto activity & more!
w/ host
@moeeinvest
👉
New episode out with none other than DeFi OG
@kaiynne
, founder of
@synthetix_io
&
@infinex_app
! 🫡
We discuss how
#DeFi
can beat Binance, onchain UX, low float / high FDV coins AND we uncover the mystery of the meme investor hat. 🧢
w. host
@moeeinvest
Question remains: How
Many are clueless about crypto taxes. Most CPAs might rely solely on your 1099s, and that can actually cost you.
Nick from
@countonsheep
breaks down the
#1
tax mistake hurting crypto investors + how to avoid it 👎
Building something exciting & want to come on the show? DM us!📩
Can we build Web3 Instagram? Our guest today says YES.
@gosu128
is the CPO of
@Apillon
and is working on making the developer experience in crypto simple and fast. He explains in this episode why this is NOT the case today in
#crypto
&
#web3
and what needs to change.
Apillon
Decentralized AI Inference is the latest interesting narrative in crypto.
Show notes:
We sat down with
@JamesABayly
, COO of
@SubQueryNetwork
, to dive into AI & Web3.
We chat about open, affordable, and high-performance ways for devs to host AI models and cutting through the AI &
Bridging crypto can be suuuper painful.
How can we make it easy, safe and fast?! 🔄
@ecdsafu
, co-founder of
@squidrouter
, gives the answer tomorrow on our podcast!
Take a break from the
#crypto
meltdown and tune in tomorrow to catch the episode. 🥹
Vodafone & Polkadot: The Road To Mass Blockchain Adoption
🚀 We sat down with leaders from
@VodafoneGroup
and
@Polkadot
to dive into the future of blockchain and IoT. 🌐
What is Vodafone doing in Web3?!
How is Polkadot onboarding enterprises?
What’s needed for mass adoption and
“Build whatever, wherever.” What does that mean?
🚨Developer Experience in crypto! 🚨
@yaircleper
shares what’s hiding behind
@lavanetxyz
’s catchy tagline.
👉Follow us
@TEACHMEDEFI
to stay up to date on the newest crypto projects.
Projects, get in touch! 💌
We got the great
@shawntabrizi
on the show and discuss airdrops, degens, disposable chains, number going up aaand…oh yeah, building a decentralized SUPERCOMPUTER.
#polkadot
Dropping on Wednesday, 1pm CET. 🫡
Follow
@TEACHMEDEFI
& tune in.
Make Crypto Simple Again! 🥹
In our latest episode, we dive into ‘Intents’ with
@CadenceProtocol
🎙️
Think swapping ETH without worrying about all the tech—just state your intent, and let the Solvers do the work. Curious how?
Dropping Fri, 5pm CET! Set a reminder below.👇
We talk about
#rollups
a lot in
#crypto
, but what are they really?
@Kautukkundan
, founder of
@0xStackr
gives a 1 min explainer.
Could „micro-rollups“ be the next big thing?
How can you get involved?
Check out the comment for that 👇
Follow
@TEACHMEDEFI
4 more alpha!
Did you know you can off-ramp your crypto in seconds?
@Pendulumalex
, founder of
@pendulum_chain
, shares how banks told him that blockchain was for crime and drugs. But turns out: Blockchain is actually not too bad at fixing the broken international payment system.
#polkadot
We
Mix AI, Robotics, Metaverse, Blockchain, and 5G, and you've got a recipe for a new business era. 🍳
But who's crafting the winning strategy with them? Who’s winning the Tech Race?
@metaversebizz
, CPO of Pairpoint
@VodafoneGroup
sharing his thoughts!
👉 Please share this if you
The Expedia for Web3 Infrastructure (w.
@crestalnetwork
)
Web3 Infra is complex. Are you a dev and trusting the shiny marketing of well-funded DA Layers without any real performance data? 🚫
This week, we got
@crestalnetwork
on the show, who are flipping things around:
No
“Not just random degenerate DeFi” 👀
@shawntabrizi
on what kind of experimentation we want to see in
#web3
.
What sort of experiments do you want to see? Which projects are ahead of the curve?! Comment! 👇
Bridging crypto is SAFE now?!
Crypto bridges have been the number ONE vulnerability in the crypto space, with countless hacks and significant amounts of money lost!
That's why this episode is so crucial.
Long awaited project
#Snowbridge
@snowfork_inc
is live and we discuss and
Bye bye parachains, GM Coretime 🌟
@Polkadot
's new era of buying and trading blockspace is close.
Will this be a game changer in efficiency and flexibility for devs vs. the old parachain model??
Learn more in the episode below with
@ph_lux
from
@lastic_xyz
👇
Did you know you can off-ramp your crypto in seconds?
@Pendulumalex
, founder of
@pendulum_chain
, shares how banks told him blockchain was for crime & drugs. But turns out: It is also not too bad at fixing the broken international payment system.
#polkadot
Dropping Wed, 1pm CET.
We learned it the hard way: Let everyone do everything. But for mass adoption? Simplicity wins. ☑️
@davidhawig
on
@Polkadot
’s challenges and keeping the complex tech under the hood, so developers can focus on what matters—delivering solutions.
Catch the full ep. with
New Episode Out! 🎙️
Bullish $DOT Upgrades: The Past, Present & Future of Polkadot
We chat about rocket ships, bicycles, David Goggins…..oh and about the history of
#Polkadot
, from its early days to what it is now and what it will become with
@Polkadot
2.0 and JAM 🥰.
feat.
Will Bitcoin and $BTC Staking bring more security to other chains? Think Restaking with Eigenlayer but with $BTC. 🤔
@pStake
‘s
@mikhilpandey
on why Proof of Stake chains should be secured with $BTC 🎥
What do you think about this? 👇
Why Using Crypto Sucks
Bad user experience is a common PAIN point in the current state of crypto & web3.
We chat about it & showcase common pitfalls ❌ and recent improvements. ✅
We also discuss
@braille_wtf
's proposal for improving user experience on
#Polkadot
.
👉👉 Follow
A new era for one of the largest blockchains in crypto?!
We chat with
@ph_lux
about Polkadot 2.0, the switch from parachains to the groundbreaking coretime model, onboarding devs &
@lastic_xyz
.
What’s next for
#Polkadot
? Catch the episode releasing Thursday at 1pm EDT!
This project is
#Polkadot
treasury-funded, but not a KOL 👀
We chat about building Web3 Instagram, developer experience and how to make it easy to build web3 apps for mass adoption on
@Polkadot
.
With
@Apillon
CPO
@gosu128
.
Dropping tomorrow.
Follow
@TEACHMEDEFI
& tune in.
"If you build a chain today and you are not trying to bring $BTC to your chain, what are you even doing?!" 👀
@pStakeFinance
founder
@PandeyMikhil
on why $BTC is the most important asset in crypto.
What’s your take? Is the $ETH / $BTC flippening still a thing? 🍿🙃
Do you even earn yield while you HODL Bitcoin?
Bitcoin Staking is here. And it might even be liquid 💦
This week we chat about
#Bitcoin
Staking, what it is, how it works, where the yield comes from and how
@pStakeFinance
has launched liquid staking for $BTC.
w/
@pStakeFinance