Reimagining Work and Community: Unveiling the Cabin Lifestyle and Polycentric Governance

Today we're joined by the driving force behind a venture that has redefined the concept of modern travel and community: Jon Hillis, the founder of Cabin, a network city for remote workers in nature, who is actively working to grow a global network of neighborhoods for people interested in community centric living and working. Cabin exists today and they have many different locations around the world. Cabin is a great example of merging the digital with the physical and using Web 3 tools in real life. We delve into the purpose behind Cabin, how the COVID lockdowns inspired and allowed room for a Cabin to emerge, the shift in the remote work mindset, the different governance structures that exist within the DAO ecosystem, why Cabin chose polycentric governance, the best DAO practices, how you can get involved in Cabin communities and so much more. But first, Jon will introduce us to Cabin.

The Rise & Fall of Decentralized Finance

Is DeFi dead? With dwindling trading volumes, disappearing users, and declining value deposited in DeFi apps, it's a question many are asking. By the end of today’s video, you’ll be better equipped than MOST to answer it.

We’ve come a long way since the DeFi summer of 2020 and there’s a lot to cover from nostalgia-inducing valuations to the stomach churning nose dives. So today, on the third anniversary of DeFi summer, we're diving deep into the sensational events, the groundbreaking innovations, and the rollercoaster of DeFi to figure out if it's dead, dying, or on the mend?

🌞It’s Onchain Summer - getting started with Base

We recently interviewed Jesse Pollak, the head of protocols at Coinbase, in Paris who was ecstatic about the upcoming launch of Base. Tomorrow marks August 9th, the official public launch of Coinbase’s ‘Base Mainnet’. So let’s catch up with onchain summer, the key details of Base mainnet, and dive into a tutorial on how to bridge, and how to access the grants, drops, and prizes!

Revealing ONE Secret for Crypto Adoption: Art Blocks Founder Erick Calderon

Today we are joined by Erick Calderon, founder of Art Blocks. You may also know him as Snowfro. Erick is not only a talented artist, but also a tech innovator and entrepreneur who has redefined the limits of artistic expression in the digital era. Today we get into how Art Blocks fosters creativity and community via the platform, how they differ from other projects, Erick's views on why you should even buy art in the first place, as well as his passion around generative art and decentralization. We also get into his views on the NFT market fluctuations and he shares a bit about the community of curators that are curating art on Art Blocks and how you can get involved there. But first, Erick will begin by telling us about his crypto origin story and early involvement in the Crypto Punks community.

💔 Richard 'Heart'broken by SEC - is HEX in trouble?

You’ve likely seen Richard Heart sharing his lavish life with luxury cars and designer clothes on social media. That may all be about to stop, because the SEC has charged Richard Heart with ‘’illegally raising over null billion, and defrauding investors out of $12.1 million. The case argues he did this to buy luxuries including the world's largest black diamond. So, did the SEC get it right?

💊 Red Pilling Institutions: Raising in the Bear Market and How CeFi implosions grew DeFi

Aya Kantorovich is the co-CEO and co-founder of Fractal, which is an infrastructure provider enabling institutions to clear, settle, and margin digital asset trades onchain. In today's podcast Aya shares her founder journey at Fractal, the impact of the FTX collapse on institutional players, DeFi growth since many CeFi companies imploded, how Fractal is red pilling institutions, as well as her prediction on how many institutions will be cosseting crypto and having tokens on the balance sheet in 5 to 10 years time and so much more. But first, Aya tells us about her crypto journey thus far.

Linea is a new ZK Rollup from Consensys - but how is it different from the others?

Nicolas Liochon is the Global Lead for Linea, which is a new zkEVM rollup by Consensys. Rollups play a crucial role in scaling Ethereum as they reduce computational load on the main network by processing transactions off chain. The two prominent rollups currently available on Ethereum are ZK Rollups and Optimistic Rollups, and Linea is the latest ZK Rollup to launch. In our conversation we will explore how Linea sets itself apart in the already highly competitive Ethereum Layer 2 landscape. But first, we will begin our conversation with an introduction to Linea by Nicolas.