Kernel DeFi Podcast

Hate Discord? Then look no further than this episode as we speak with Chris Castiglione, co-founder of Console.xyz about web3-native alternatives to Discord for web3 communities. Chris is also a GM at Trust Machines, and we cover the Bitcoin dapp economy and opportunities for DeFi builders to build on this new smart contract layer for the OG blockchain & cryptocurrency. Note that this episode was recorded in October 2022.

The Kernel DeFi podcast is the official podcast of the Kernel DeFi Guild and is hosted by Shawn Dimantha.

Kernel is a custom web3 educational community. We are building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo.

Get a whirlwind intro to the world of institutional crypto with David Martin, Head of Institutional Coverage at FalconX, a prime brokerage for institutions looking to enter the crypto space. The institutional crypto world may be less talked about than retail protocols in crypto, but there is a lot of money sitting on the sidelines looking to invest in the space, and David paints a picture of the typical pain points and opportunities for builders in this space given his background in both the institutional finance and crypto spaces. Note that this episode was recorded in October 2022.

The Kernel DeFi podcast is the official podcast of the Kernel DeFi Guild and is hosted by Shawn Dimantha.

Kernel is a custom web3 educational community. We are building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo.

Check out this episode as we dive deep into all things NFT Finance with Kevin Seagraves & Zach Herring, co-founders of Nifty Apes. We spoke about their backgrounds, how they met working at early crypto companies like Consensys and Gitcoin, Nifty Apes, NFT Finance overall and their predictions about the growth of the space. Note that this episode was recorded in August 2022.

The Kernel DeFi podcast is the official podcast of the Kernel DeFi Guild and is hosted by Shawn Dimantha.

Kernel is a custom web3 educational community. We are building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo.

If you are curious about the world of automated market makers (AMMs) and liquidity providers (LPs), you would be hard pressed to find anyone more knowledgeable on this space than Mario Romero Zavala, former Kernel Fellow and founder of Revert Finance. We spoke about all things AMMs, analytics that LPs can use to better understand and adjust their positions, and automated tools that help LPs earn even more with auto-compounding fee revenue among other features.

The Kernel DeFi podcast is the official podcast of the Kernel DeFi Guild and is hosted by Shawn Dimantha.

Kernel is a custom web3 educational community. We are building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo.

If you are curious about how design in web3 you won't get too many more experienced designers than Tian Zhao, a Kernel KB4 Fellow and design lead in web3 since 2015 across a number of web3 projects. Tian has a particular passion for ReFi projects and good web3 design, and shares valuable tips about how to approach design in your web3 project and how to get involved if you're a designer curious to dive full-time into web3.

The Kernel DeFi podcast is the official podcast of the Kernel DeFi Guild and is hosted by Shawn Dimantha.

Kernel is a custom web3 educational community. We are building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo.

If you are wondering how to turn your idea into a winning web3 hackathon submission and a real business, you don't want to miss this episode with Dawson Botsford Founder of Earnifi and web3 / Ethereum developer. Dawson shares tips on how to win web3 hackathons like those organized by ETHGlobal, and how to turn winning ideas into real businesses without having to raise outside venture capital. He also shares his vast knowledge about web3 airdrops, how to earn them, and what protocols can do to use them as strategic user acquisition tools.

The Kernel DeFi podcast is the official podcast of the Kernel DeFi Guild and is hosted by Shawn Dimantha.

Kernel is a custom web3 educational community. We are building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo.

The web3 world is abuzz with excitement about the Move ecosystem, Mysten Labs and Sui and in this episode we dive into each of those topics and more with Mysten Labs co-founder and CTO, and Move language creator Sam Blackshear. Sam talks about his journey from building developer tools to working on blockchain projects at Facebook, his thoughts on how Move could create a more secure web3 ecosystem and what opportunities exist for builders looking to build on Sui (the L1 blockchain Mysten Labs has created) and with Move.

The Kernel DeFi podcast is the official podcast of the Kernel DeFi Guild and is hosted by Shawn Dimantha.

Kernel is a custom web3 educational community. We are building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo.

If you are curious about how web3 could provide positive social impact you don't want to miss this episode where we spoke with Dana Gibber, Co-Founder & CEO at Flowcarbon and Nick Chen, Head of Carbon Finance at Flowcarbon. Dana & Nick are tokenizing the voluntary carbon credit market at Flowcarbon and are part of the burgeoning Regenerative Finance (ReFi) movement to use the power of web3 technologies to combat climate change. We discuss what the voluntary carbon credit market is and who the key stakeholders (investors, buyers, projects) are, how representing carbon credits on the blockchain unlocks greater liquidity & applications beyond the current market, and where Flowcarbon will go in the future beyond carbon credit markets. 

The Kernel DeFi podcast is the official podcast of the Kernel DeFi Guild and is hosted by Shawn Dimantha.

Kernel is a custom web3 educational community. We are building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo.

This is a recording of our very first live episode which we recorded on August 6th 2022 with Kernel DeFi co-leads Shawn Dimantha, Danny Gattas, Julian Traversa, Greg Bateman, and Gabriel Fior! We go into all the latest news and happenings in DeFi on hacks, metrics like TVL, new narratives around NFT financialization and more. 

If you want to catch the video recording you can find us on YouTube and subscribe to our channel for more video versions of past and future podcasts that we will release over the coming weeks.

Kernel is a custom web3 educational community. We are building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo.

In today's episode we speak with Rex Hygate, CEO & Founder of DeFi Safety. Rex has an extensive background in risk and quality control from his time spent in the aerospace industry and is bringing many of those principles to the DeFi industry having reviewed over 250+ protocols, across 15+ chains and 25,000+ smart contracts. Hacks and scams are holding back the industry and the work Rex and DeFi Safety team are doing will help the industry mature and grow beyond its current footprint.

The Kernel DeFi podcast is the official podcast of the Kernel DeFi Guild and is hosted by Shawn Dimantha.

Rex was also a Kernel KB2 fellow, and in this podcast we talk about how the fellowship helped him sharpen his focus for DeFi Saftey. Kernel is a custom web3 educational community. We are building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo. Applications for KB7 are open, apply today at https://www.kernel.community/.

In today's episode we speak with pet3rpan, General Partner at 1kx and venture DAO trailblazer. pet3rpan was one of the creators of the investment DAO ecosystem and imparts a full-on masterclass on starting & running investment DAOs, and how to unbundle venture capital via DAOs. He summoned MetaCartel Ventures, the world's first on-chain investment DAO paired with a legal entity, and Hydra Ventures DAO, the world's first investment DAO fund of funds growing the entire investment DAO ecosystem. As a bonus, we also discuss Peter's efforts to grow the NFT financialization space with Goblin Sax, and research game economies with MetaPortal DAO.

The Kernel DeFi podcast is the official podcast of the Kernel DeFi Guild and is hosted by Shawn Dimantha.

Kernel is a custom web3 educational community. We are building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo. Applications for KB7 are open, apply today at https://www.kernel.community/.

In today's episode we speak with Spirals Protocol CEO & founder Helena Merk. Helena shares about the unique model that Spirals uses to allow Celo stakers to convert block rewards into funds that help support climate projects. She also has a special offer for listeners of the Kernel podcast at the end that you don't want to miss :)

The Kernel DeFi podcast is the official podcast of the Kernel DeFi Guild and is hosted by Shawn Dimantha.

Kernel is a custom web3 educational community. We are building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo. Applications for KB7 are open, apply today at https://www.kernel.community/.

In today's episode we speak with Molecule Chief Product Officer and VitaDAO core team member Vincent Weisser. Vincent talks about what the emerging industry of Decentralized Science (DeSci) is, how Molecule helps researchers & investors form DAOs around specific disease verticals to fund early stage translational life sciences research, and how researchers can fund their research by selling rights via a new kind of NFT called the IP-NFT.

The Kernel DeFi podcast is the official podcast of the Kernel DeFi Guild and is hosted by Shawn Dimantha.

Kernel is a custom web3 educational community. We are building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo. Applications for KB7 are open through July 15th, apply today at https://www.kernel.community/.

A special thanks to Adam Lieber for help with audio editing for this episode.

In today's episode we speak with Kernel KB5 fellow & Billions Health / HashSpace co-founder Ali Rizvi. Ali talks about how to use DeFi yields to incentivize walking and healthy behaviors, how PlayFi can be applied to many industries like healthcare, and self-sovereignty of data is so important in the healthcare industry to empower consumers.

The Kernel DeFi podcast is the official podcast of the Kernel DeFi Guild and is hosted by Shawn Dimantha.

Kernel is a custom web3 educational community. We are building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo. Applications for KB7 are open, apply today at https://www.kernel.community/.

In today's episode we speak with Kernel Stewards Andy Tudhope and Vivek Singh and we dive into Signature Economies, a new paradigm for the web3/crypto space that introduces concepts of collective meaning, sustainability, reciprocity, and multidimensional definitions of value among other areas. In addition to listening to the podcast, we encourage you to read the Signature Economies essay, sign the essay with, mint your favorite part of the essay as a custom NFT and/or mint a special seal NFT.

The Kernel DeFi podcast is the official podcast of the Kernel DeFi Guild and is hosted by Shawn Dimantha.

Kernel is a custom web3 educational community. We are building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo. Applications for KB7 are open, apply today at https://www.kernel.community/.

In today's episode we dive into the NEAR ecosystem, one of the top competitors to Ethereum in the L1 battle, and the leading protocol on NEAR, Ref Finance with Didier Pironi, Ref's product manager and a former DeFi entrepreneur. There is a NEAR and Ref Finance explainer intro at the 0:50 mark and the interview with Didier starts at the 3:10 mark.

The Kernel DeFi podcast is the official podcast of the Kernel DeFi Guild and is hosted by Shawn Dimantha.

Kernel is a custom web3 educational community. We are building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo. Applications for KB7 are open, apply today at https://www.kernel.community/.

A special thanks to Michael Gattas for putting together the cover & episode art designs for the podcast!

In today's episode we investigate what happened to the Terra ecosystem and the $55B collapse of market value affecting millions of people, the initial promise of the ecosystem and the future for builders in the ecosystem with Ed Weng, who is a DeFi builder with significant experience building in the Terra ecosystem.

The Kernel DeFi podcast is the official podcast of the Kernel DeFi Guild and is hosted by Shawn Dimantha. 

Kernel is a custom web3 educational community. We are building an open, peer-to-peer, lifelong network of awesome humans, one block at a time. Each block accommodates 250 individuals and runs for 8 weeks. It is a unique experience. Together, we are joyfully subverting the status quo. Applications for KB7 open in June '22.