Stellar Global Radio with Sam: Exploring the Stellar Blockchain and Beyond
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Stellar Global Radio with Sam: Exploring the Stellar Blockchain and Beyond Aug 11, 2022
Live with the Stellar Development Foundation's VP of Tech Strategy Tomer Weller
Soroban, the developer preview of the new SmartContract platform is NOW LIVE! It’s a unique opportunity for developers to influence the new platform in it's infancy! Stellar Development Foundation's VP of Tech Strategy Tomer Weller swings by to give us a quick breakdown on the new platform, the origin of the name Sorobon, what you can do and where you can get plugged in as you begin to explore potential use cases for smart contracts within your own projects.
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Live with World-renowned, Topps Licensed Artist Blake Jamieson
Sam and Fred Kyung-Jin Rezeau, CEO of the NFT Marketplace Litemint, sit for an open Twitter Space discussion with world-renowned and Topps Licensed Artist Blake Jamieson. We touch on his roots, how he got started as a professional artist and get insight into the mindset it takes to make it in this business as a professional artist.
About Blake:
During a trip to Las Vegas in 2017, while dropping off a portrait to Rick Harrison (Pawn Stars), Blake met former NFL player and current NFL manager Jarred Fayson. Jarred encouraged Blake to paint for professional athletes, introducing Blake to a few of his clients (CJ Anderson, Jahleel Addae, Corey Liuget). Blake has since leveraged those relationships to become the premier portrait artist for NFL athletes, and is quickly making a name for himself in other professional sports.
In 2020 Blake started working with Topps, redesigning 20 iconic baseball cards alongside 19 other artists for Project 2020. Since then he has launched a solo set, Topps 1951 by Blake Jamieson, and is currently working on Project70.
Blake's art is in the collections of Howie Mandel, Gary Vaynerchuk, Rick Harrison, and over 250 professional athletes in the NFL, NBA, MLS, MLB, NHL, and PLL. His art has also been purchased for international private collections, including in Spain, Canada, Dubai, Australia, and Switzerland.
Blake's Official Fugly NFT Page
Meet the Very First Artist to Mint on Litemint's NFT Marketplace: Arina Fonina
Sam sits down with Litemint's very first artist to mint an NFT on their marketplace, Arina Fonina. She joins in from the Volkhov River in the city of Veliky Novgorod to give us some background on herself, the inspiration behind her work and why she choose Litemint as the first home for her creations.
LITEMINT™ is a tech company that breaks barriers and creates innovative products to connect creators, collectors, crypto enthusiasts and gamers to unique experiences. Minting an NFT on Stellar costs about 3 XLM (0.33 USD) and transferring the NFT on Stellar costs 0.00001 XLM (0.0000011 USD). Litemint doesn't charge a commission for selling on their platform.
Live with Mobie CEO Brandon Burgason
Sam is LIVE with Mobie Network CEO Brandon Burgason who is using Stellar to redefine the world of payments and rewards. Mobie plans to redefine the way that users spend, send, shop, earn and give. Incentivizing users with cash back at retailers and other rewards for participating in the ecosystem.
Brandon Burgason is a for-purpose serial entrepreneur focused on creating technology and businesses that help people and solves problems. He founded MobieLabs, a venture studio that builds mainstream products utilizing blockchain technology that is focused on mass adoption through easy-to-use applications. Their flagship product Mobie App, is a global payments and rewards platform that allows for cryptocurrencies or cash to be used for everyday transactions, powering instant payments globally for individuals and businesses.
His mission is to make money and crypto simple and accessible for all people. Brandon’s lifelong passion has been building sustainable, ethical, and transparent organizations that fuel social good. He lives by the mantra, “do good things with good people”
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LIVE with OvaryIt who’s teamed up with StellarWomen and The Blue Marble to bring NFT for impact on Stellar
CEO Mary Kucek and COO Lissette Logan visit the studio to share the announcement of their NFT for Impact project. This is not your run-of-the-mill NFT Collection. No, this is far greater with a larger impact. The Hidden Faces of Domestic Violence collection is symbolic of those who must hide in plain sight for their safety.
What you get 90% Tax Deduction Receipt Beautiful digital Sir Cheesely art and thank you membership letter What we are fighting for:
Nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States.
1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner contact sexual violence, and/or intimate partner stalking with impacts such as injury, fearfulness, post-traumatic stress disorder, use of victim services, contraction of sexually transmitted diseases, etc.
72% of all murder-suicides involve an intimate partner and 94% of the victims of these murder-suicides are female.
Unintended pregnancy is 3.3x higher for women who experience both sexual and physical abuse. Unfortunately, a growing trend is trying to impregnate those trying to free themselves from their abuser. This way the abuser remains in control.
Over 45% of female rape victims were raped by an intimate partner.
90% of the funds for the NFT sale goes directly to the OvaryIt Foundation, the remaining 10% goes to the amazing Sir Cheesely (artist) and Blue Marble Platform. All proceeds that the Foundation receives goes directly to helping survivors get period products, pregnancy tests, and health services.
OvaryIt is a telehealth platform that was created for women by women. We believe that all women should have access to affordable and high-quality contraceptive options. Through the use of telehealth, we can now bring those options directly to the comfort of our patient's homes. Because each woman is unique and has a distinctive lifestyle and different goals, there can be no one-size-fits-all solution to birth control. Our proprietary technology works not only to ensure patient safety, but to assist physicians in finding patient's their contraceptive match, be it hormonal or non-hormonal. This ensures better patient compliance and contraceptive efficacy.
LIVE: Brian Barnier of Value Bridge Advisors and Think. Design.Cyber.
Let's face it! Despite all the hype and billions pouring in and out of the blockchain industry, we have yet to see a breakthrough in real-world adoption. Today we bring on Brian Barnier of Value Bridge Advisors and Think.Design.Cyber to discuss the industry and learn from his insights key areas that every blockchain organization should focus on to be successful:
1: Identifying your value proposition
2: Understanding the "Used Car Lot Problem
3: Product Management
4:Understaning your team and more...
About Brian Barnier
Member of Investopedia's Financial Review Board Head of Analytics at ValueBridge Advisors and Guest Professor at the Colin Powell School at City University of NY Previously taught finance and operations at the University of Detroit Mercy and economics at Western Michigan University. Author of The Operational Risk Handbook and contributor to Risk & Performance: A Guide for Government Decision-Makers and Risk Management in Finance Experience Brian Barnier, Director/Head of Analytics, ValueBridge Advisors (U.S.)/Burnt Oak Capital (UK), focuses on growing companies and investment funds. His analytical edge in risk management comes from systems analysis and advanced data visualization. His impact flows from his expertise in strategy, data analysis, and technology. He is co-founder and editor of economic and market site Fed Dashboard & Fundamentals, where he applies decision science analysis to bust market and economic myths. He serves on advisory boards for Blue Sky Capital, Disaster Technologies, Origo Financial, Orion Worldwide, and Boardwise. Guest professor at Colin Powell School @ City University of NY teaching a graduate seminar in data analytics for decision-making. Appreciating businesses through institutional investor eyes, he served as co-chair of the risk committee of the USD26T assets London-based ICGN institutional investor organization, where he catalyzed the “investment chain of implementation” analysis. He has been interviewed and writes widely, including from the floor of the NYSE, NASDAQ MarketSite, The Street, NY1, WSJ, CNBC, and Bloomberg Brief. Previously, he led innovation initiatives for IBM, Lucent (now Nokia), and Ameritech (now AT&T)—across which he led teams to 9 patents and launched a pioneering fintech product. He taught finance and operations at the University of Detroit Mercy and economics at Western Michigan University. He has guest lectured in Russia and Mexico.
LIVE! SDF Community Manager John aka Spintax, joins to discuss the Stellar Community
Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) Community Manager John aka @spintax2 joins the show! What initiatives is the SDF involved with to engage the community, how can we protect ourselves from scams, and we explore the current round of the Stellar Community Fund, an open-application grant program that allows developers, startups, and full-fledged companies that build on Stellar to receive support and funding based on input from the Stellar community.
Davos 2022 Special Live with Satya Das, Senior Fellow at The Digital Economist
As Davos 2022 kicks off Sam sits down with author, mentor and guru; writer and storyteller; champion of a just society and an economy that serves us all; Satya Das. Working with colleagues at the Center of Excellence on Human-centered Digital Economy, he developed a new way to approach our planetary crises. They call it their 6-D vision: Disarmament, Development, and Dignity, as a framework leading to Decarbonization, Decentralization, and Digitalization. The Digital Economist looks at the potential of this approach in meeting the climate challenge, and argue that a 6-D lens enables a more robust and global understanding of humankind’s mutual challenge in meeting the climate crisis.
The Digital Economist’s 6-D lens offers a means to align the similar, and often overlapping, goals of climate activists, The Paris Agreement, The Glasgow Climate Pact, and the business and investment communities as well as the climate pathways under the 2019 Marrakesh Partnership, which were updated in 2021 to further strengthen just transition, gender-responsiveness, resilience and circular economy. This alignment would ideally lead to coordinated implementation of inclusive climate resilience, particularly among the most vulnerable. It also offers the means to bolster the implementation of commitments under the overlapping vectors of these covenants, joining efforts to put the pledges into action.
Their key recommendations: Adopt the 6-D approach to enhance the implementation of the Glasgow Climate Pact Use the mechanisms presented by The Digital Economist — the global carbon levy, the 6-D lens and fiscal measures to swerve from militarism to development — to meet and exceed the adaptation and mitigation funding evoked in the Paris Agreement and reinforced in the Glasgow Climate Pact
Behind The Scenes: Stellar + Ledger Paris Hackathon
Stellar Global takes you to Paris and behind the scenes of the Hackathon hosted by The Stellar Development Foundation and Ledger, the smartest way to secure, buy, exchange and grow your crypto assets.
The Paris Hackathon challenge was to build a powerful and secure blockchain-powered app during the 20-hour Stellar x Ledger Community Hackathon! The Stellar Development Foundation and Ledger SAS collaborated to provide developers with an in-person opportunity to build solutions on both technologies. Devs poured in, in-person and online, to combine the power of the accessible Stellar network with the secure Ledger hardware wallet.
PRIZES
First place: €1000 worth of XLM (awarded to SmartRent)
Second place: €600 worth of XLM (awarded to StarZap)
Third place: €400 worth of XLM (awarded Carbon Emission Killer)
LIVE in Miami: AlfredPay and Shokworks bring digital payments (and water) to the #DominicanRepublic
Sam meets with Diego Yanez (CEO of AlfredPay) and Daniel Laplana (COO of Shokworks) to explore how they connected to set up a fintech business that would facilitate seamless and affordable remittances back-and-forth between the US, DR, and Haiti, all powered by the Stellar network. Additionally, we are introduced to Danny Rodriguez, CEO of Blue Missions, and learn how together with a planned commitment of shared profit from AlfredPay, they plan to continue their mission of improving public health in the Dominican Republic by providing families with clean water and sanitary environments.
What is Alfred Pay?
Alfred Pay first came about when Diego Yanez met with his eventual co-founder, Marino Marrero, in the Dominican Republic. Despite the pandemic, the DR still boasted a strong remittance market – the third-largest in LATAM. Haiti’s economy had not fared so well, and many Haitians immigrated to the DR, causing them to send money back to their home country in high volumes. Wanting to leverage the DR’s robust remittance infrastructure ($10.4 billion in 2021), Diego and Marino decided to set up a fintech business that would facilitate seamless and affordable remittances back-and-forth between the US, DR, and Haiti, all powered by the Stellar network. Alfred Pay plans to operate as both an anchor and as a consumer product on Stellar. As an anchor on the Stellar network, Alfred will set up payment corridors between the US, DR, and Haiti.
For the US specifically, Alfred has partnered with Wyre to build a fiat-to-crypto onramp that permits users to access USDC on Stellar. Alfred will then build a crypto-to-fiat off-ramp into the Dominican Republic and Haiti so that users will be able to exchange USDC for local fiat currencies. These on/off ramps will then plug into Alfred Pay’s consumer product: a wallet app that will let users send and receive remittances quickly and easily from their phones. With the wallet app, senders may choose to send money either to another Alfred wallet or directly to the recipient’s bank account; users will also be able to locate their nearest ATM to withdraw funds from their Alfred wallet.
LIVE with the Lila Harnett Executive Director of Art Table, Jessica Porter
Sam sits with Lila Harnett Executive Director of Art Table, Jessica Porter, a nonprofit supporting women professionals in the visual arts. The New York-based organization now has nine chapters across the US. ArtTable is the foremost professional organization dedicated to advancing the leadership of women in the visual arts. Through their membership network and community initiatives, they expand professional opportunities for women from diverse backgrounds and at all stages of their careers, supporting and fostering a stronger future for all women in the arts.
Iverson, the artist and co-founder of Alice Riot, created the original Mina collage and painting at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. As a representation of the monotonous, cyclical nature of quarantine – and of course, Kate’s love for her chihuahua – the piece is both sentimental and melancholy with a dash of humor and whimsy.
Kate and Alice Riot have granted original rights for the Mina artwork to ArtTable for this NFT drop. ArtTable receives 100% of the initial sale price of $50 per NFT and will additionally earn a permanent 50% royalty on all NFT secondary market/resales.
Utility: This is the first-ever NFT drop for ArtTable, the world’s foremost professional organization dedicated to advancing the leadership of women in the visual arts. Each time the Mina NFT is sold or resold it raises sustaining funds for ArtTable’s nonprofit programs, initiatives and more that benefit its members worldwide.
Licensing details: Original rights for the Mina artwork rest with ArtTable. The buyer/owner of a Mina NFT has rights to print and reproduce the NFT for personal use - e.g., framed print, poster, card, etc. Licensing or sale of the NFT for commercial use without strict authorization from ArtTable is prohibited. If ArtTable agrees to any commercial licensing use or sale of e NFT, the nonprofit will continue to receive a 50% royalty on any use into perpetuity.
LIVE with Torsten Stüber, CTO of Pendulum to discuss SmartContracts and advanced AMMs tailor made for Forex
Sam is LIVE with Torsten Stüber, CTO of Pendulum to discuss how Pendulum's interoperable blockchain brings together high-quality fiat tokens in a single, powerful DeFi network. Offering composable fiat solutions with 1000x performance.
Throughout the centuries, the tools of money have evolved to be evermore inclusive and accessible in an increasingly globalized and borderless world — from trading metal coins to investing in stocks or sending online bank transactions. However, the centralized traditional financial systems, which historically provided these tools, tend to be unable to deliver flexible and composable services. Global fiat transfers and interactions in traditional finance suffer from high fees, slow speeds and limited optionality. In contrast, the explosive growth in the world of decentralized finance (DeFi) has brought about tools for building innovative financial products for future generations. But to date, bridging compliant fiat fintech services over to DeFi ecosystems has been a struggle. Enter Pendulum.
Built on Parity’s Substrate framework, Pendulum establishes the missing link between fiat and DeFi with a sophisticated smart contract network. Pendulum chain aims to become the one-stop hub for the internet of fiat. Innovations that Pendulum will bring include:
- Cross-chain trust-minimized bridges
- A network optimized for a broad basket of fiat-pegged stable tokens
- Next-generation smart contract technology
- Opt-in compliance layer with privacy features
- Seamless on/offramps standards for integrations into local banking networks
LIVE with Yield Crowd: The world’s first diversified portfolio of U.S. Tokenized Realestate
Founders Obin and Amariah Olson visit to discuss their new platform Yield Crowd, a Stellar-based platform allowing the tokenization of US real estate at low minimum fees, capable of being globally traded with anyone at any time on the Stellar blockchain network.
Yield Crowd has just finished it's tokenization of a U.S. $50M portfolio of real estate as YIELD tokens on the Stellar blockchain. Commenting on Yield Crowd's ongoing momentum, Chief Executive Officer Amariah Olson stated:
"Being huge believers in technology and witnessing first-hand the transactional friction and liquidity issues in the incumbent real estate private equity sector, we are very excited to be bringing Blockchain technology to the real estate space and to offer the world's first portfolio of institutional assets tokenized on the blockchain. We are doubling down to become the leading tech pioneers in the blockchain real estate space with our Yield Crowd platform, where buyers and sellers can come together to transact real estate backed tokens on-chain and earn dividends daily."
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NFT Gaming: Father vs Son Legends Championship Final: Marlo vs 159P
Originally aired 8/13/21
Sam Conner hosts alongside Litemint's CEO, Frederic Kyung-Jin Rezeau. Get ready for an epic Litemint Legends Final as Father faces off against son: Marlo (Netherlands) vs 159P (Netherlands) Fire! All NFT and collectible prizes issued live on Stellar!
At the end of each season, Litemint.io runs a top-tier competition to determine the winners of exclusive seasonal cards and NFT Crypto rewards. Any player who has achieved Legend rank during the season is free to enter. LITEMINT.IO is a unique, fast paced, instant PvP card battle game with collectibles and non-fungible tokens tradable on the Stellar blockchain. The game will be available to play on the Litemint platform, web and mobile stores with tons of items, goodies and legendary artifacts to earn.
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SXSW Special Live From The SXSW Stellar Lounge: Sam sits with Justin Rice, VP of Ecosystem, at the Stellar Development Foundation
Sam broadcasts LIVE from SXSW at the Stellar Lounge to bring you insights from the leaders of the Stellar Development Foundation as well as leaders from the blockchain industry.
In this segment, he sits down with Justin Ric , VP of Ecosystem, at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) about how much SDF has grown in tandem with the ecosystem, how the ecosystem participates in Protocol Upgrades, and how these upgrades have directly contributed to the innovation on Stellar.
SXSW Special Live From The SXSW Stellar Lounge: Sam sits with Tomer Weller, VP of Tech Strategy at the Stellar Development Foundation
Sam broadcasts LIVE from SXSW at the Stellar Lounge to bring you insights from the leaders of the Stellar Development Foundation as well as leaders from the blockchain industry.
In this segment, he sits down with Tomer Weller, VP of Tech Strategy at the Stellar Development Foundation. They discuss Layer 1 smart contracts coming to Stellar and Project Jump Cannon.
SXSW Special Live From The SXSW Stellar Lounge: Sam sits with Louisa Bai, Business Development and Partnerships Manager at the Stellar Development Foundation
Sam broadcasts LIVE from SXSW at the Stellar Lounge to bring you insights from the leaders of the Stellar Development Foundation as well as leaders from the blockchain industry.
In this segment, Louisa Bai (Business Development and Partnerships Manager, SDF) also got the chance to catch up with Sam on how SDF engages with its partners and strategizing around the big question: beyond payments, what else can businesses do with Stellar-issued assets once they’ve on-ramped onto the Stellar network?
SXSW Special Live From The SXSW Stellar Lounge: Sam sits with Anke Liu Program Manager at Stellar Development Foundation
Sam broadcasts LIVE from SXSW at the Stellar Lounge to bring you insights from the leaders of the Stellar Development Foundation as well as leaders from the blockchain industry.
In this segment, Sam sits with Anke Liu Program Manager at Stellar Development Foundation and discusses at the Stellar Lounge at SXSW.
SXSW Special Live From The SXSW Stellar Lounge: Sam sits with Ben Grossman Senior Manager, Ecosystem Marketing at Stellar Development Foundation
Sam broadcasts LIVE from SXSW at the Stellar Lounge to bring you insights from the leaders of the Stellar Development Foundation as well as leaders from the blockchain industry.
In this segment, Ben Grossman (Senior Ecosystem Marketing Manager, SDF) chatted with Sam about the importance of evangelizing businesses and projects with the Stellar ecosystem, how marketing grants are being distributed by SDF to directly invest in companies’ user acquisition.
SXSW Special Live From The SXSW Stellar Lounge: Sam sits with Tyler van der Hoevan, Ecosystem Engineer
Sam broadcasts LIVE from SXSW at the Stellar Lounge to bring you insights from the leaders of the Stellar Development Foundation and as well as leaders from the blockchain industry.
In this segment he sits down with Tyler van der Hoevan, Ecosystem Engineer where he's fostering and growing the vibrant Stellar ecosystem of crypto enthusiasts, business developers and entrepreneurs. Writing docs, hosting events and a podcast, managing and designing funding.
SXSW Special Live From The SXSW Stellar Lounge: Sam sits with former Obama Appointee, Cleve Mesidor
Sam broadcasts LIVE from SXSW at the Stellar Lounge to bring you insights from the leaders of the Stellar Development Foundation and as well as leaders from the blockchain industry.
In this segment he sits down with Cleve Mesidor. Cleve Mesidor is the founder of the National Policy Network of Women of Color in Blockchain. A Washington insider, she served as an Obama Presidential Appointee, a senior staffer in Congress, and the leadership of national political campaigns. Cleve is a Howard University alumna and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. She regularly speaks at national conferences and has been featured in prominent publications and broadcast media outlets. Cleve was born in Haiti and raised in New York City. She currently resides in Washington, D.C.
SXSW Special Live From The SXSW Stellar Lounge: Sam sits with Rachel Wolfson, Senior Reporter of Cointelegraph
Sam broadcasts LIVE from SXSW at the Stellar Lounge to bring you insights from the leaders of the Stellar Development Foundation and as well as leaders from the blockchain industry.
In this segment he sits down with Rachel Wolfson, Senior Reporter of Cointelegraph. Rachel Wolfson is a journalist, author, public speaker, podcast host and social media influencer who has over 10 years of experience writing about technology. She has been covering the blockchain and cryptocurrency space since 2017, focusing primarily on enterprise blockchain.
SXSW Special Live From The SXSW Stellar Lounge: Sam sits with Morgan Berman, Senior Director of Growth at TechStars
Sam broadcasts LIVE from SXSW at the Stellar Lounge to bring you insights from the leaders of the Stellar Development Foundation and as well as leaders from the blockchain industry.
In this segment he sits down with Morgan Berman, Senior Director of Growth at Techstars where he leads Entrepreneurship, Venture Investment, Business Development and Partnership.
Here we discuss Techstars recent partnership with Moneygram and the Stellar Development Foundation:
The Stellar Development Foundation and MoneyGram International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI) today announced a new partnership with Techstars, a global investment business that provides access to capital, one-on-one mentorship, and customized programming for entrepreneurs. The program will recruit founders across the world who are focused on driving technological innovation in areas such as blockchain and digital payments to further streamline cross-border payments and support financial inclusion.
SXSW Special Live From The SXSW Stellar Lounge: Sam brings on SXSW attendee, Chris, to hear how the everyday person views blockchain
Sam broadcasts LIVE from SXSW at the Stellar Lounge to bring you insights from the leaders of the Stellar Development Foundation and as well as leaders from the blockchain industry.
In this segment he sits down with Chris who's attending the event and happened to swing by the Stellar Lounge to learn more. Its refreshing causual chat offering a glimpse into how the average person views blockchain
Road to SXSW: Meet Litemint CEO Fred Rezeau
Road to SXSW: Meet Litemint CEO Fred Rezeau
On our road to SXSW we sit down with Litemint CEO and developer Fred Rezeau. Prior to Litemint NFTs didn't have a platform to live on the network. Since the creation of Litemint we have seen an organic growth of users that until then hadn't been seen. In this quick chat Fred reflects and previews an brand new feature called "unlockable content" that allows artist the ability to attach additional features or promotions easily and effortlessly to their NFT. NFTs could now grant access to events or deliver the rights to a phsyical product.
Litemint charges no additional fee and is the premier NFT store on Stellar.
Road to SXSW Special: Meet Kickhouse and NFT artist Nettie Bella
We're on the Road to SXSW and I've got Kickhouse and Litemint artist Nettie Bella in the studio to discuss how they partnered up to leverage the power of Stellar and NFTs to connect with her clientele base at Kickhouse Studios.
"Birthed during the COVID-19 pandemic, KickHouse has resilience in its DNA and perseverance as a critical differentiator. We encourage our members to grow their strength and resilience through kickboxing.
We know changes don’t come easily so we don’t give up easily. There is fight in this family. The KickHouse family is passionate about constant improvement so if you’re ready to see results, we’re ready for you.
All of the KickHouse workouts are rooted in kickboxing with additional fitness flare in each class type. Kickboxing is accessible to all fitness levels. From beginners to advanced athletes, you’ll see that kickboxing classes torch calories and get you results quickly.
Whatever kickboxing class you take, you’ll leave KickHouse feeling empowered, confident and ready to take on the world!"
Road to SXSW Special: Meet Blue Marble
The team behind Task.io bring us their new innovation Blue Marble and show how they utilze Stellar to make an impact by utilizing Stellar Turrets to issue royalites and deliver funds directly to causes and artist on a trackable ledger.
Road to SXSW Special: Meet NFT artist Sir Cheesely
I've literally got Sir Cheesely in the "cheese" to share his thoughts on the NFT advantages of #Stellar. My first time speaking to a cartoon character....lets see how it goes.
Road to SXSW Special: Meeting Leaf Global and Learn how they leverage Stellar's Network to use NFTs for Impact
SXSW2022 is rolling along and I've got another highlight from a company by the name of Leaf Global that has been working with community orgs such as Litemint and The JPEGDAO to highlight NFT artist and provide needs to refugees in Africa.
Road to SXSW Special: Meet Litemint NFT Artist "The Lovely Lions"
#SXSW2022 continues and throughout the week NFT artist have been coming through to share thier jouney on Stellar! Today meet "The Lovely Lions" and learn how she uses the network to share her story!
LIVE YieldBlox is a DeFi protocol for lending and FX forwards built on Stellar! MarginsStaking MORE
Originating in 2018 in a cramped university apartment, Script3 sought to explore the possibilities of blockchain technology. Our team quickly focused on decentralized finance (before it had the catchy buzzword nickname DeFi). We gravitated toward it but also recognized its shortcomings: it was expensive and slow. Thus, it failed to realize its potential of providing equitable access to financial infrastructure. “The promise of DeFi is the promise of financial inclusion because the current financial ecosystem fails to serve much of the world.” This quote from our co-founder, Markus Paulson-Luna embodies what we believe at Script3. DeFi is a powerful tool for the masses if utilized correctly and ethically. We're trying to help the world's people, using the best technology available to the world's people. YieldBlox is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol for lending and FX forwards built on Stellar using Stellar Turrets. The protocol has functions for lending, borrowing, margin accounts, FX forwards, and staking. Users carry out all protocol functions using YieldBlox's smart contracts.
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LIVE with Fimi Market: The Next-Gen multi-chain #NFT Marketplace!
Fimi (pronounced “Fih-me”) is a Jamaican term that means "for me.” This pride in ownership is a thread that runs throughout the platform and is passed on to the burgeoning list of artists that have signed on. The Fimi Market NFT Platform exists to provide artists a space to showcase and sell their work as NFTs.
Whitepaper for the project: https://fimi.market/pdf/whitepaper.pdf Social Media Account (Main):
Twitter: @Fimi_Market
Website: https://fimi.market
Token Type: Utility Token Build: Stellar
Team: Miguel Adwin – CEO – Twitter: @migadwin Telegram: @cowrietrading
Hannah Hodge – CPO – Twitter: @Hannathema_
John Savoia – CBO – Twitter: @GiovaSavo Telegram: @GiovaNapoli
Diana O’Gilvie – Communications Manager
Rory Layne – Legal Advisor
Andre Diah – Senior Developer/DevOps
Mimi Lin – CMO
Profiles can be found at: https://fimi.market/About
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LIVE (10/28/21) with Brian Goldberg, Founder of The JPEG DAO!
Introducing the Jpeg Dao: The JPEG DAO was born out of a simple concept: People like NFTs. Let’s create a club where members receive free NFTs. The way our club is managed is the interesting, complex part. We are a DAO, or distributed autonomous organization, meaning we make decisions collaboratively and encode major decisions on public blockchains. DAOs are fairly common in the Ethereum ecosystem but they are new to Stellar. Stellar has all the tools needed for successful DAOs besides a “DAO Culture”. JPEG offers an opportunity to grow our DAO culture. We build in public. Members, supporters, and people performing tasks (there are no employees or equity) all work together to make decisions. Any code we produce, roadmaps we develop, or products we release will be built with very few details hidden from the public. Lastly, we will change. Our initial concept is simple. Become a member by buying 10,000 JPEG tokens on the Stellar DEX and receive free NFTs. If you would like to receive our first NFT, you must become a member by October 20th, 2021. Members will receive this first NFT on November 1st, 2021. However, this is only the beginning of our journey. We are working on a range of efforts including unique NFTs per member, a 3D NFT gallery, an innovation fund managed by new members, as well as iterative efforts to decentralize our treasury and utilize InstandDAO. If you want to join our club, I encourage you to buy 10,000 JPEG. If you want to participate in our evolving DAO, visit our Discord Server. Either way, we thank you for participating in our experiment, club, and community.
LIVE (12/8/21): Galaxe Hodl! Merging Crypto, Entertainment, fashion to create a new hybrid industry
About HODL Assets, Inc. HodlAssets.org (or, simply, HODL Assets) is a revolutionary NFT platform and marketplace that has led the way into the future by being the first to facilitate the creation, buying, and selling of non-fungible tokens on multiple blockchains. In contrast, most other NFT marketplaces support only Ethereum. HODL has also differentiated itself from its competitors by assessing no initial contract, listing, or auction settlement fees, but instead charging its users only a minting fee. The HODL platform is also the first NFT marketplace to offer Gaming and Social Networking components as part of its native ecosystem. With every new feature it adds to the platform, the HODL Assets team endeavors to further dispel the mystery and confusion that often surround these wonderfully innovative technologies by providing a safer, more user-friendly environment where people can come to learn, create, and confidently participate in blockchain-fueled e-commerce and networking. In short, HODL is a place where users are free to explore and enjoy the innovation of today's most sought-after technologies.
LIVE with Jordan Edelstein Chief Marketing Officer for the Stellar Development Foundation (filmed 3/31/21)
The CMO of The Stellar Development Foundation swings by the studio to bring the community an update and insight into their marketing strategy. Jordan comes from an extensive background that includes working with the famed video game franchise EA Madden Football.
Filmed 11/20 Craig McGregor, CEO of Dstoq, visits to discuss tokenization and digital asset issuance on Stellar
DSTOQ makes use of tokenization and digital asset issuance on Stellar to provide US-grade securities like Tesla, Google, and Apple stock on their consumer-facing app and B2B API integration to make investing accessible, affordable, and available to anyone with a mobile phone.
Cross-border investing remains costly and largely unavailable to emerging markets. Without the ability to hold best-in-class assets for growing, diversifying, or protecting wealth, many of these populations are left holding onto money whose value diminishes over time, especially in high-inflation countries. These populations simply haven’t had access to the same financial services as those in high-income economies.
DSTOQ identified this problem and offered their own answer: increasing worldwide access to high-quality securities via tokens on Stellar and transacting these tokens on a borderless digital interface. On top of tokenization, DSTOQ focused on building a user app for retail consumers and API-integration functionality for third-party partners.
To provide a global solution that allows for easy investing in world-class assets while cutting out the intermediaries, DSTOQ realized that blockchain technology would play a pivotal role. After exploring which blockchain to build their solution on top of, they settled on Stellar for the following reasons:
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Filmed 4/20/21 LIVE with Erik Kryski, CEO of Bidali to discuss Stablecoins, partnership with Rum company Gosling's and Stellar
Bidali is a new digital commerce experience that helps you keep more of your money. Businesses that use Bidali can increase sales, save on fees, get paid faster, and eliminate fraud. Bidali and Gilded Finance worked with Canada Stablecorp Inc to launch its Canadian Dollar stablecoin "QCAD" Gosling’s is working with Bidali, a Canadian fintech company, with support from the Bermuda Government’s fintech office and Penrose Partners, a Canadian and Bermudian technology consulting firm. The rum company will accept touchless payment through the Stellar network.
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Filmed 4/14/21: LIVE with the Founders of Task.io
Task is a mobile application with a Stellar wallet embedded providing the ability to track team and community activities with a flexible ramp on/off integrations. Let’s dig into what Task enables organizations and users to do.
1. Economic communities Connecting people through economic communities is central to what Task does. Payments can be made when an activity is completed, they can be standard user-to-user payments, or they can be sent as an “Award” with a message. We believe tokens can bring communities together - whether a stablecoin, a traded coin, or a private branded token with non-financial value, these exchanges between users create a place of reward and connectivity.
2. Token payments in exchange for verified activity Getting paid when an activity is completed has far-reaching ramifications - it allows funds and grants to “drip-feed” investment into projects, delivering micro-payments as work is done. Task allows optional verification of activity before payment is released to protect funds.
3. Blockchain ledger tracking of any event All the activity gathered using the Task mobile app uses a one-way hashing algorithm to represent this data in the Stellar transaction memo field. It means that data gathered via Task cannot be tampered with, and it increases the data veracity of the organizations using Task to gather and prove their impact. Let’s look at a use case . Our customer ACTAsia tracks vet activity across China, providing pain-free operations to animals. We can see: ACTAsia are using our IMPACT token to track and reward, and here we see the hashed data stored in the Stellar transaction history https://stellar.expert/explorer/public/tx/2adac78b558f1b8bf42406941d8c0d52ad8b7b75c7fe7ef56e7a4aa33ca83ea4 We use the blockchain to not only provide payments but also to build out the data story with critical proof points to see that the organizations and communities creating real impact are the ones who shine the most.
4. Donor visibility into fund usage We also support the provision of donations to projects - and for donors, we use the Blockchain ledger tracking to provide ongoing proof of how their funds are being used. They are able to log in to the Desktop version of Task and get a transaction history of how their donation money was utilized.
5. Crowd voting and awards Awards were mentioned earlier - but it's worth adding that these subjective Stellar payments against the activities tracked means Task can provide decision mechanisms, letting the community vote with their tokens.
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Filmed before the Ukrainian War: A look into the ambitious Smartlands project being built on Stellar in Ukraine
It's surreal to listen to this interview today as the beautiful country that is depicted is now in the midst of a bloody war. Filmed Sept. 2021, CEO Illia Obraztcov and Non-Executive Chairman Martin Birch sat down with me to discuss how their Smartlands Stellar-based token was on course to revolutionize tokenized investing forever.
Smartlands is the next-generation Stellar blockchain-based global investment and digital banking ecosystem. The Company's proprietary technological solutions allow asset owners to turn the ownership right to a share of any asset in any asset class into a tradable digital token attributing it almost unlimited liquidity. The President of Ukraine signed into law a decree that now allows the Ukrainian Central Bank, The National Bank of Ukraine, (NBU) to issue a CBDC or digital hryvnia. The law also enables the NBU to set up regulatory structures for testing payment services and other allied instruments based upon new and emerging technologies.
It is worth noting that the legislation requires the NBU to form a close collaboration with local start-ups in the digital asset space to ensure that the end product of the e-hryvnia takes into account the needs of the private sector. In a further positive for Smartlands, the NBU announced earlier this year that it had chosen the Stellar blockchain network as the platform on which it will build the hryvnia CBDC. So it is instantly compatible with all aspects of the Smartlands platform immediately after it is launched.
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Live w/Stephen Deng of DFSLab who launched a Blockchain Bootcamp for African startups with Stellar
Stephen is a co-founder and partner at DFS Lab, leading its investments in early-stage digital commerce startups in Africa. He has also spent time advising global clients on the growth of fintech and ecommerce in frontier markets such as those in Africa, China, and Indonesia. DFS Lab in collaboration with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has launched a call for applicants for a Blockchain Bootcamp, designed to give early to mid-stage startups in Africa an opportunity to build on Stellar, an open-source blockchain network for financial services and products. The bootcamp is a three-day design sprint allowing participating companies to answer critical business questions with hands-on technical support and guidance from DFS Lab and SDF. Companies will define a problem, storyboard a solution, and develop a rapid prototype of their innovation. This is an exciting opportunity to support the blockchain-oriented ideas of African developers and startups, equip them with practical tools and education, and provide support to create viable solutions that fit local needs. The most promising solutions will be awarded prizes from 5,000 to 20,000 USDC. There will be opportunities for follow-on funding for additional grants, including potential investment from SDF’s Enterprise Fund and other investors who will be present at the demo day. Interested fintech companies, blockchain native companies, and crypto-curious companies operating in Africa and looking to advance existing services or embed digital asset solutions into their models for the first time are all encouraged to apply
Live with 3 of the hottest NFT artist on Litemint, built on Stellar
Live with 3 of the hottest Litemint NFT artists on Stellar! @artbydixon, @NettieBella and @RavageUniverse alongside CEO of Litemint Fred Rezeau swing by to share their experience building on Stellar! Learn why Stellar is the hottest space right now for artists!
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Understanding Liquidity Pools on Stellar with Anthony Barker
Entrepreneur, Developer and experienced investor Anthony Barker visits the studio to break down:
- What is an AMM and Liquidity Pool
- What is a boundary curve and what does Stellar use
- What are the risks of trading on the Stellar Liquidity Pools
- How much money can you make trading Stellar Lps
- Limitations of Stellar AMM v1 vs Uniswap, Curve etc
- Benefits of Stellar vs Ethereum
Moneygram releases demo of Stellar Integrated Wallet
Moneygram CEO Alex Holmes and Stellar Development CEO Denelle Dixon premier the demo for the Moneygram integration with the Stellar protocol. MoneyGram International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI), the global leader in the evolution of digital P2P payments, today announced a partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports the development and growth of Stellar, an open-source public blockchain that allows money to be tokenized and transferred anywhere in the world. MoneyGram's network, integrated with the Stellar blockchain and facilitated through Circle's USD Coin (USDC), will enable cash funding and payout in local currency for consumers using USDC, as well as near-instant backend settlement capabilities.
For consumers, the partnership will provide the ability to seamlessly convert USDC to cash, or cash to USDC. This increases the utility and liquidity of digital assets while also enabling more consumers to participate in the digital economy. The impact of this partnership is expected to grow as more wallets and companies join the Stellar network.
LIVE with Denelle Dixon! CEO Stellar Development Foundation
I'm live with the CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation as we discuss some of the biggest Stellar events of the year. From their partnership with Tala to their integration with Moneygram. Join Stellar Global: www.Stellar-Global.org Follow Sam Conner on Twitter @samconnerone Follow Sam Conner on YouTube YouTube.com/c/samconner Follow Sam Conner on Twitch Twitch.tv/samconnerxlm Learn more about Stellar and the Stellar Development Foundation: www.Stellar.Org and on Twitter at @StellarOrg
LIVE with xBullWallet creator who has rapidly revolutionized the Stellar wallet experience!
A powerful but easy to use Stellar network wallet. xBull Wallet is a powerful but easy to use wallet and it's the last wallet you will ever need to handle your Stellar Assets! Our project is completely open source and should always be, you can check the code and audit it at https://github.com/Creit-Tech/xBull-W... and learn how to build it yourself at https://xbull.app/installation/. In the crypto space we need to be skeptical so we help you to have your own build if you want to. Check everything you need to know about our wallet in our official website: https://xbull.app but here is a quick list of the main features this wallet has: - Basic Wallet features (send, receive, add assets, etc). - Create multiple wallets and accounts, all of them created from Mnemonic phrases (24 words). Your keys, your coins. - Use your favorite hardware wallets: Ledger wallets and Trezor Wallets are supported. - Trade features: Place offers in the SDEX, make quick swaps and open limit orders. - Use the horizon API you want, by default we listed those from Stellar and Public node (which we are supporters) but you are free to use the one you prefer. - Set the default fee for your transactions - A built in laboratory for advanced users: Create operations chains or sign custom XDRs. - And many more! This versions is still in BETA (version 1.0.0) so keep in mind this, we are constantly updating the code and pushing new features/fixes every week. xBull Wallet is a product created by the Creit Tech's team and we are proud of it, if you have any question about it please reach us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/xBullWallet
LIVE with Artist, Developer, Creator and Founder @GnawBears #NFT
Live with NFT artist and creator GnawBears to discuss his creations and future plans as he leverages the Stellar Blockchain to bring a world of enchantment to the metaverse.
Music NFTs are now LIve on Stellar's #1 NFT Marketplace Litemint
The Stellar NFT store is relaunching with a new look and exciting new feature: #MusicNFTs!!. I'm live with Recording and Visual artist Shark Anthony alongside Litemint CEO Frederic Kyung-Jin Rezeau to unveil the new site alongside some new exclusive MusicNFTs from Shark Anthony Please follow and subscribe for more content!
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SEP-30: The only thing a user needs to log in is their phone number. That's it. No secret key, no password, just a phone number.
The only thing a user needs to log in to Vibrant is their phone number. That's it. No secret key, no password, just a phone number. That's because a SEP-30 wallet like Vibrant doesn't manage and backup a single master key. Instead, it manages device keys, and uses multi-sig and distributed servers to create new ones when necessary. It still does many of the same things other wallets do — it stores and protects a key; it helps a user sign transactions; it prevents loss — but the loss it prevents is different: it prevents users from losing their accounts, not their keys.
Head of Stellar Ecosystem, Justin Rice visits to discuss a new feature: Muxed Accounts
Muxed accounts, a new type of Stellar account that makes it easy to map a single Stellar address to multiple users, are now live.
At this point, all products and services built on Stellar need to make sure they can validate and send payments to muxed accounts. Additionally, products and services that use a pooled account model should come up with a plan to implement muxed accounts on the receive side to improve user experience and eliminate missing memo problems.
Before muxed accounts, exchanges and other custodial services that use pooled accounts required users to add memos to transactions in order to route payments to the correct account in their internal databases. The biggest problem with relying on memos: user error. People frequently forget to include required memos when submitting transactions, which resulted in lost funds or onerous support calls.
Muxed accounts eliminate the need for memos, and contain a checksum that can be validated like traditional Stellar addresses, so there is a reduced risk of typos. They also allow users or applications to apply memo-like functionality at the operation level, so they can bundle multiple payment operations to multiple muxed accounts into a single transaction, which may be beneficial to some applications.
Leaf Global Visits to Discuss their mention by CEO Denelle Dixon mention at the Congressional Hearing Dec. '21
Streamed live on Dec 9, 2021 • Whether you have a smartphone or a feature phone, you can send money to friends, store safely without banking fees, and cash in and out using mobile money. Leaf currently operates in Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya. Leaf works with all major mobile money providers in the countries where we’ve launched. That means that you can send and receive money across borders and Leaf to Leaf transactions are always free. Live in Rwanda but have family in Kenya? With Leaf, you can easily send money in one currency and have friends and family receive money in another currency.