🎙️ METACAST: Top Crypto Podcasts of August 2022
Here is a quick overview of what we’ve been listening to last month!
TL;DR
Vitalik Buterin on ideas for things worth building.
In the latest episode of Around the Block, Vitalik and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong discuss Coinbase’s responsibility as an infrastructure operator, maintaining a credibly neutral Ethereum network, and why Ethereum leaves privacy up to the builders.
Visa Head of CBDC, Catherine Gu explores what the future of stablecoins and CBDCs may look like.
With Tornado Cash sanctioning news making waves, the crypto community is asking a big question: Is censorship on Ethereum possible? The Bankless hosts brought on Ethereum researcher Justin Drake to explore this question in detail.
Andrew Hinkes, partner at K&L Gates and adjunct professor at NYU, and Martin Koeppelman, cofounder of Gnosis, talk about the sanctions on Tornado Cash, how they will impact Ethereum on the base layer, and the likelihood of having two chains.
Ari Redbord, Head of Legal and Government Affairs at TRM Labs, talks about the sanctions on Tornado Cash, and the role of blockchain analytics tools in crypto.
Jerry Brito, executive director of Coin Center, talks about Tornado Cash, why it was sanctioned, and what this means for privacy in crypto.
Ethereum’s Progression with Hudson Jameson.
Layne Haber, Co-founder of Connext Network, discusses the Nomad bridge hack, how it happened, and what can be done to prevent these exploits.
With 3 different teams recently announcing their zkEVM, the Bankless hosts are joined by Alex Gluchowski of zkSync and Ye Zhang of Scroll. Optimism’s Ben Jones co-hosts as they explore why zkEVM is such a big deal, and the respective roadmaps to mainnet.
Continuing the Green Pill series on Sybil resistance, Kevin Owoki is speaking with Victor from Humanode, which is working on a decentralized biometric approach to building a regenerative society.
Creating Sybil Resistance with Upala Founder Petr Porobov.
BrightID with Adam Stallard.
0x Founder & CEO Will Warren on the future of DEXs and building through the bear market blues.
Grayscale CEO, Michael Sonnenshein discusses the state of regulated crypto investment products.
Castle Island VC’s Nic Carter, gets to the heart of what is driving the Bitcoin mining debate.
Stephane Gosselin, the founder of Flashbots, dives into what his team is doing to make MEV less of a potential weak point, how MEV works, and what the industry would look like if Flashbots didn’t exist.
Shumo Chu, a co-founder of Manta Network, discusses the origin story of the project and how they aim to bring privacy to web3.
CosmWasm — the smart contracting platform for Cosmos — with Ethan Frey.
River CEO Alex Leishman talks about what makes Bitcoin special and what keeps him dedicated to it.
Deconstructing bridges with Vaibhav Chellani, a bridge builder and the co-founder of Socket.
The Unstoppable Podcast hosts are talking to Jiho, Co-Founder of Axie Infinity, an NFT-based video game.
Proving ownership of your NFTs with Fonz from Tokenproof.
Cryptographer David Chaum on Layer Zero.
Polynya’s Crypto Thesis.
ETHMexico and BUIDL ASIA videos are out.
And much more!
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