Podcast

Rohan Agarwal is the Co-Founder & CEO of Cypherock. Backed by ConsenSys Mesh, Orange DAO, GnosisDAO, and more, Cypherock is the world’s first hardware wallet without a seed phrase. In this episode we discuss the three years of R&D necessary to produce their innovative wallet, second-order effects of users having a 10x more secure wallet, what it was like getting audited by Keylabs (the security firm that hacked Ledger), and much more.

Laszlo Szabo is the Co-Founder & CEO of Kiln. Backed by Illuminate Financial, GSR, Kraken Ventures, and more, Kiln enables enterprise-grade staking made easy. In this episode we discuss their journey from the origins of Kiln to powering 2.1% of all ETH staked (thus far), including how they uncovered insights from their earliest customers to build out their offerings, the intricacies of staking (and why staking is the first “Internet bond”), and common misunderstandings about what they enable and how it works.

Shawn Douglass is the CEO of Amberdata. Backed by Coinbase, Amberdata delivers comprehensive digital asset data and insights into blockchain networks, crypto markets, and decentralized finance, empowering financial institutions with critical data for research, trading, risk, analytics, reporting, and compliance. In this episode we discuss the unique challenges associated with aggregating and providing data across chains and tokens, the financialization of the Internet, and unique advice for builders in web3.

Neil Zhang is the Co-Founder of Frontrunner. Frontrunner is the first zero gas fee, decentralized sports prediction market built on blockchain where you get the best odds with no house edge. No limits, no restrictions, just your bets and your profits. In this episode we dig into the exciting vision and possibilities of Frontrunner, building on the Injective protocol, and building resilience – in your team, in your company – through the bear market. WAGMI Ventures is an investor in Frontrunner.

Justin Gregorius is the Co-Founder & CEO of Pine Street Labs. Backed by Polychain, Coinbase Ventures, Figment, and others, Pine Street Labs is an enterprise software company that services crypto companies, building products to help businesses use blockchains – starting with their flagship product called WalletOS. In this episode we discuss their experience fundraising in the current market environment, what the future of enterprises in web3 may look like, and how they’re thinking about go-to-market for their flagship product (hint: focus on crypto-native businesses first).