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Web3 NormiesETFs: The Future of Crypto?In this video, the normies discuss the latest news and trends in the cryptocurrency space, with a focus on exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
The normies discuss:
• Will banks adopt it if approved?
• Is the crypto ETF a net good for crypto?
• How could the ETF impact crypto exchanges?
PLUS: Why is investment moving away from the US?
Timestamps:
0:00-2:45: Prashanth's opinion on the market
3:38-7:33: What's up with the Crypto's macro space
7:34-14:28: Gary Gensler's controversial opinions
14:28-16:48: a16z moving to UK
16:49-25:50: Everything about the ETF
25:51- 28:56: ETF for Ethereum?
28:57-31:50: Crypto...2023-07-1139 minWeb3 NormiesFrom Gaming to Crypto & AI : A Wild Ride with Aakash, principal Matrix PartnersCrypto and AI. Everyone is talking about it. But do you know what connects crypto with AI? We'll give you a hint, we've all played this as kids.
(stop thinking of dirty things)
We're talking about – G A M I N G.
The normies chat about:
• Is Web3 Gaming all hype or is there some potential?
• Can Web3 gaming ever look as cool as Web2 gaming?
• How does a crypto founder go from 0-1, and from 10-100?
PLUS: Prashanth talks about his trip to London to watch Arsenal win the Premier League. Oh, wait...
Brought...2023-06-141h 18Web3 Normies#18: Building in Web3, Overcoming Challenges, and Future Plans w/ Harsh from Push ProtocolWhat kinda workout do you do? Push, pull, legs? That's too basic bro.
This dude just does PUSH. Meet Harsh Rajat, the founder of Push Protocol.
The normies talk to Harsh about why he started a push notification service for Web3 products, and why Push Protocol is so much more than a notification service.
• the genesis of Push Protocol
• how Harsh got Polygon to invest
• the next steps for Push Protocol
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0:00-5:14: How Harsh started Push Protocol
...2023-06-0347 minWeb3 Normies#17: Are Crypto Wallets The Only Gateway into Web3? ft. Ravindra Kumar of FrontierRoll out the red carpet because we've got some Crypto 👑 Royalty in the house. This dude has been in crypto longer than most crypto influencers have been alive. From Woodstock to ThorChain, to InstaDApp, and now Frontier. He's been making big ways in crypto since 2017.
He spoke to the Normies about:
- How to build a wallet company?
- Frontier's 3 pronged focus
- Is Uniswap mobile wallet a threat?
PLUS: Ravindra’s 🌶️ views on airdrops.
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0:00-12:10 Ravindra’s We...2023-05-121h 01Web3 Normies#16 The Future of Blockchain Data with Covalent ft. Ganesh SwaminathanIt might be too late to think about your future but it ain’t late to think about the future of the blockchains ⛓️
So that’s why the Normies are talking to Ganesh from Covalent.
We talked about:
• The journey of Covalent and the potential it holds for the future of blockchain data
• Activities in the blockchain space, the competition
• Why Covalent chooses demand over supply.
PLUS: We also discuss the CQT network and how it fits into the current market, as well as Covalent's future plans, including their India-specific initiatives
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Get smarter on crypto in 2-minut...2023-05-0754 minWeb3 Normies#15: Why do we need another L1 feat. Nischal and Greg from ShardeumSome blockchains are scalable some are not, but what about your portfolio anon? Is that scalable? 😂
In this episode, we discussed:
- Why L1’s are valued so high
- What went wrong w other blockchains
- How tf does Greg manage to go to every conference? (Is he a superhero?)
Plus: Nischal’s transition from WazirX to Shardeum
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2023-05-0257 minWeb3 Normies#14: How to beat the BOT ft. Yuri Kyparus from WallchainHave you ever been on the wrong side of a trade? Well, you’re a crypto bro. Your entire life is on the wrong side of a trade. 🤣
Turns out, the right side had bots. A lot of bots!
And turns out our guy Yuri has built a protocol to – give money back to the users (people like you and me) that would’ve gone to bots. He gives Prashanth a low-down of:
• How these bots work in the DeFi space
• MEV bots vs Flash Bots
• Wen Chrome extension
PLUS: What’s the big difference between a web2 vs web3 founder
Brou...2023-04-2048 minWeb3 Normies#13: Can we make Web3 Interoperable? ft. Ramani Ramachandran from Router and DFYNFor the first time in Web3 Normies history, everyone’s an Arsenal fan. So, this podcast is totally not about winning a Champion’s League.
Raghu and Prashanth are joined by Ramani Ramachandran from Router Protocol and DFYN Network.
They talk about:
• Can Web3 really be interoperable?
• Building on Ethereum vs Cosmos!
• Cross-chain swaps: Yay or Nay?
Plus: Guess where Sandeep Nailiwal made his podcast debut.
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Subscribe to Prashanth's Substack: htt...2023-04-131h 05Web3 Normies#12: Balaji Srinivasan’s $1 million Bitcoin BET and Arthur Hayes hot take$1 million is a lot of money. It can get you →
13 Rolexes,
4 Lamborghini or
69 million doodh bottles.
But according to this guy – Balaji Srinivasan – it can get you 1 (YES, JUST 1) Bitcoin in June 2023.
Balaji Srinivasn is:
ex-CTO of Coinbase
Author of the Network State
Future guest on the Web3 Normies pod 🤞
The normies discuss the WHY and the HOW of Balaji’s $1 million Bitcoin bet. And they answer the most important q...2023-04-0332 minWeb3 Normies#11: EMERGENCY POD: SVB, Silvergate, and USDC de-pegsThis weekend, the unthinkable happened – Chelsea finally won away from home. In smaller news – a major startup bank paused withdrawals causing the second-largest stablecoin to depeg. Told you the Chelsea news was waaayy bigger.
To make sense of wtf happened – our resident BIG BRAIN VC and OG TradFi bro Prashanth breaks down the situation.
Here’s what you can expect:
- What happened with SVB?
- Why did USDC depeg because of this?
- Does this make USDC stronger or weaker?2023-03-1342 minWeb3 Normies#10: All the juice from ETH DenverDenver was the place to be in Feb - March 2023. Not because weed is legal there 🍁. Lol no, but because one of the oldest + largest Ethereum Hackathons happened in Denver. And the Normie was there in the front row. 👀
Raghu, our resident CHAD BUIDLER, flew down to Denver for ETH Denver (not to cover it for the pod 🤦 ) – to organize a bunch of events around the Buildathon. There he met with hackers, venture capitalists, builders, and even non-EVM believers. 🫢
In this episode he drops the 🔥on:
- Are Ethereum devs...2023-03-1154 minWeb3 Normies#9: Why did this IIT-IIM dude get into Liquid Staking? ft. Amitej Gajjala from StaderWhy did this IIT-IIM dude get into Liquid Staking? ft. Amitej Gajjala from Stader
LSDs are quite popular in crypto. Wait, not that weird drug devs take to stay up all night. We’re talking about liquid staking derivatives. One company that’s doing a 🔥 job with LSDs across proof-of-stake blockchains is Stader Labs.
In this episode of the Web3 Normies podcast, Raghu and Prash talk to Amitej Gajjala, the Founder of Stader Labs.
They talk about:
• How Amitej went from IIT – IIM – Swiggy – Staking cryptos?
• Is staking meant to secure the net...2023-03-0156 minWeb3 Normies#8: Going from Wall Street to Ethereum ft. Vijay Krishnan from ConsensysOne of the most boring phrases in all of crypto is – “Enterprise Blockchain Technology.” 🥱
But we know someone who can make it fun and someone who’s been in the enterprise blockchain space since 2016. 😯
In this episode, the Normies talk with Vijay Krishnan, the director of technology at ConsenSys, a blockchain software company founded by a co-founder of Ethereum, Joseph Lubin.
They chat about:
- Cool use-cases for Metamask!
- What tf is Infura and how does it work?
- How Vijay set up a mining rig in THREE days...2023-02-2357 minWeb3 Normies#7: Bro, do you even METAVERSE? Ft. Sai Krishna from CopeStudioMetaverses are cool. In some of them, I can even have a real girlfriend. But how are metaverses built, why are they cool (besides the girlfriend part ofc), and what can they become?
To understand all of 👆the normies brought on Sai Krishna, from CopeStudio, Polygon-acquired company building tools for the metaverse.
He answers a very important question:
Can we really drink 2-day old doodh ❌
Does a metaverse really need a token ✅
Catch the Normies dropping some 🔥in English and in God’s favourite language.
By God we mean, the...2023-02-151h 10Web3 Normies#6: How to be a DeFi BRO ft. Karan AmbwaniDeFi is more complicated than my last girlfriend. And more useful than a swiss knife. Damn, that’s a weird combination.
To make sense of this weird combination, we’ve got Karan Ambwani (that’s Ambwani, not Ambani!!) the lead for dYdX India.
He joins the normies to talk about all things decentralized finance.
Karan does 3 things:
1. Make sense of DeFi (weird! but okay)
2. Is Interesting in DeFi (really weird)
3. Builds real things in DeFi (ok, weirdo confirmed)
Catching him dropping some knowledge bombs with the normies.2023-02-0852 minWeb3 Normies#5: From Polygon to Mantle, a Hustler’s Story ft. Arjun KalsyTrack pants and hoodies or a suit and tie. What would you rather wear?
Either, as long as there’s a doodh stain ofc.
Arjun Kalsy, however, has worn them both. He’s also worn a buncha hats, with Polygon, and now he’s with Mantle, a BitDAO incubated project.
He joins the normies to talk about his hustler story, the early days at Polygon, and the big things brewing at Mantle.
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Subscribe to...2023-02-011h 21Web3 Normies#4: Spotting Great Founders, Crypto Layoffs, and On-Chain TreasuriesFounders. Crypto is full of them. Some of them could be the next Sandeep Nailiwal, while others could be the next Sam Bankman. You know who you are. 👀
How can you tell the difference between them? 🤔
That’s 👆what Prashanth, the Big Brain VC gets into in this episode of the Web3 Normies.
Raghu also gives a lowdown of layoffs galore and some cool name drops on DeFi companies bringing real-world bond (read: boring) assets on-chain.
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So, the normies call in Akshay BD, the head of international expansion at the Solana Foundation to give them a lowdown of what’s up at the L1?
BD drops some 🔥stories about his days at Uber speaking to Arvind Kejriwal about surge pricing in Delhi, the early years at Solana, and the blockchain’s future as the Wall Street for Crypto.
Pareen besides hanging onto that beautiful lock of hair, probes into the aspects of hiring, web3 culture, and some other fun stuff.2023-01-231h 04Web3 Normies#2: 2023 Crypto Trends, Predictions and Why Web3 Gaming is Dishonest2022 sucked. But can 2023 be better?
A builder and a VC hash it out and deliver some spicy hot takes on everything from crypto gaming to "DeFi regulations." Let's hope newsletters are safe tho. 🤞
Oh, and if you wanna know how the big bad FED affects crypto, Prash drops some knowledge bombs. 💣
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2023-01-1851 min
Web3 Normies#1: The Genesis BlockThe first episode of Web3 Normies (aka the Genesis Block), where Raghu and Prashanth talk about current trends in the market heading into 2023.
Raghu gives the builders' perspective, having seen it first-hand from BuildersTribe, and Prash brings in the investor's thesis.
They close with some interesting thoughts on why this bear market is the best to BUIDL.
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Listen to the show on YouTube: https://www.y...2023-01-1145 min