🎙️ METACAST: Top Crypto Podcasts of December 2020
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🎙️ METACAST: Top Crypto Podcasts of December 2020 Paradigm Follow Dec 26 · 9 min read

Here is a quick overview of what we’ve been listening to this month!

Rohan Grey, assistant professor at Willamette Law, talks about the STABLE Act, which would require stable coin issuers to obtain a banking charter, require approval from the Federal Reserve and require issuers to have FDIC insurance.

Jeremy Allaire of Circle Pay and Kristin Smith of the Blockchain Association explain the impact of and motivation behind Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s proposed FinCEN rule that targets “unhosted” wallets.

Andreas M. Antonopoulos featured on‘The Erica Show’.

‘Chain Reaction’ hosts Glen Weyl, economist and Principal Researcher at Microsoft. In this conversation, Glen explores his novel economic ideas and how they can be used to create new social technologies that solve some of today’s hardest problems.

Gavin Wood, founder of Polkadot, Kusama, and Parity, discusses what he calls the “meta-protocol,” Polkadot.

Koh Wei Jei from the Ethereum Foundation talks about the MACI or Minimum Anti-Collusion Infrastructure.

Eric Conner, Anthony Sassano, DC Investor featured on ‘Bankless’

Ryan Watkins and Wilson Withiam, senior research analysts at Messari, explain the nuts and bolts of Ethereum 2.0

James Slazas, founder and CEO of LiquidStake and DARMA Capital, describes their retail and institutional offerings for customers who want to stake on Ethereum 2.0 but still access the locked-up capital.

Diving deep into liquidity mining with Hasu and Kain Warwick.

1inch founders Sergei and Anton join ‘Blockcrunch’ to talk about one of the hottest projects in DeFi.

Matthew Finestone and Brecht Devos from Loopring talk about their zkrollup protocol, DEX and wallet.

Matic with Sandeep Nailwal.

Protocol Labs — IPFS, Filecoin and the vision for a Decentralized Web with Juan Benet.

Colin Evran and ZX of Protocol Labs give a technical deep dive into the cryptoeconomics of Filecoin’s native token.

Muneeb Ali, co-Founder of Blockstack explains Stacks 2.0, Proof of Transfer, and talks about the recent rebranding of Blockstack PBC.

Eduardo Antuñia Díez — co-founder of DaAppNode discusses the importance of running your own node, the roll out of ETH2 and the role DAppNode aims to play in the future.

And much more!

Unchained:

Why Is the Proposed FinCEN Rule for Unhosted Wallets Being Pushed So Quickly? Jeremy Allaire of Circle Pay and Kristin Smith of the Blockchain Association explain the impact of and motivation behind Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s proposed FinCEN rule that targets “unhosted” wallets.

All the Ways Crypto Can Make Gaming More Fun: Marguerite deCourcelle is co-founder and CEO of Blockade Games, which is releasing the role-playing game game Neon District the day this episode comes out.

Can Gavin Wood’s Polkadot ‘Make Blockchain Great Again’? Gavin Wood, founder of Polkadot, Kusama, and Parity, discusses what he calls the “meta-protocol,” Polkadot.

Ethereum 2.0: What You Need to Know: Ryan Watkins and Wilson Withiam, senior research analysts at Messari, explain the nuts and bolts of Ethereum 2.0, including how it will transform ETH as an asset and why they believe it will be Ethereum’s most ambitious upgrade yet.

Unconfirmed:

Beeple on How and Why He Raked In $3.5 Million: Mike Winkelmann, the digital artist also known as Beeple who has made an artwork every day for over 13 years, talks about the NFT auctions he held last weekend, after learning about crypto two months ago.

Why Rohan Grey Believes Stablecoin Issuers Need to Be Banks: Rohan Grey, assistant professor at Willamette Law, talks about the STABLE Act, which would require stable coin issuers to obtain a banking charter, require approval from the Federal Reserve and require issuers to have FDIC insurance.

How to Get Your ETH2 Yield and Take Out a Loan on It: James Slazas, founder and CEO of LiquidStake and DARMA Capital, describes their retail and institutional offerings for customers who want to stake on Ethereum 2.0 but still access the locked-up capital.

Episode 161: Loopring with Matt & Brecht: This week, Anna chats with Matthew Finestone and Brecht Devos from Loopring about their zkrollup protocol, DEX and wallet. They explored the evolution of Loopring, how their zkrollup works, how they are bringing AMMs to L2 and what’s next for the project.

Episode 160: DAppNode & the ETH2 kick off with Eduardo Antuña Díez: Last week, Anna chats with Eduardo Antuñia Díez — co-founder / project lead of DaAppNode — about the importance of running your own node, the roll out of ETH2 and the role DAppNode aims to play in the future.

Episode 159: MACI with Koh Wei Jie: Anna chats with Koh Wei Jei from the Ethereum Foundation about the MACI or Minimum Anti-Collusion Infrastructure. They chat about the challenges in voting digitally and in decentralised networks, how MACI uses zkps to solve this, and how it could be used in the context of quadratic voting.

Episode 158: Threshold Cryptography with Omer Shlomovits from ZenGo: In this episode, the hosts chat with Omer Shlomovits, co-founder of Zengo & Zengo X, about MPC, threshold cryptography and how the research around this topic can be used in a blockchain context.

The Erica Show EP12 — Muneeb Ali, Co-Founder, Blockstack: In this interview, they discuss Muneeb’s journey into crypto from a computer science PhD and how he became attracted to blockchain technology and bitcoin. Muneeb describes how he went through the rigorous process of getting funding from top VCs and working with the SEC on the first Reg A+ token offering. He also explains about Stacks 2.0, Proof of Transfer, and the recent rebranding of Blockstack PBC.

The Erica Show EP13 — Reuben Yap, Project Steward at Firo: In this episode, Reuben Yap of Firo describes Firo (previously Zcoin) and its latest Lelantus technology and how they differentiate from other privacy projects. Also, Reuben explains about the recent rebranding to Firo, why it happened and why the team named it Firo.

The Erica Show EP14 — Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Author, Coder, Entrepreneur: For the 14th episode, Erica has a very special guest — we learn from his books when learning about bitcoin and entering the blockchain industry. He is a renowned speaker, educator, and author of Mastering Bitcoin, Mastering Ethereum, Internet of Money — Andreas Antonopoulos.

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