🎙 Interviews with web3 leaders to make crypto more transparent for the next generation of founders, investors, designers, and builders.
Steve Jang on world-class founders, venture investing, and NFT marketplaces
This post is based on a conversation between Steve Jang and Aryan Bhasin as part of the show web3 for gen z. Steve is the managing partner of Kindred Ventures and co-founder of Bitski, an NFT wallet platform. He’s invested in notable web3 companies like Coinbase, dYdX, Messari, and Magic Eden. We talk about world-class web3 founders, investing in early-stage startups, and the landscape for NFT marketplaces. Just as a reminder, Steve is not giving financial, legal, investment, or tax advice. P...
Steve Jang on world-class founders, venture investing, and NFT marketplaces
This post is based on a conversation between Steve Jang and Aryan Bhasin as part of the show web3 for gen z. Steve is the managing partner of Kindred Ventures and co-founder of Bitski, an NFT wallet platform. He’s invested in notable web3 companies like Coinbase, dYdX, Messari, and Magic Eden. We talk about world-class web3 founders, investing in early-stage startups, and the landscape for NFT marketplaces. Just as a reminder, Steve is not giving financial, legal, investment, or tax advice. P...
Pioneering Privacy in DeFi with Alex Shipp
This post is based on a conversation between Alex Shipp and Aryan Bhasin as part of the show web3 for gen z. Alex is the Chief Strategy Officer at Offshift, which is an ecosystem on Ethereum L1 that bakes privacy into DeFi applications. We talk about the flaws of credit systems, commoditizing data, and how private decentralized finance, or PriFi, works. Just as a reminder, Alex is not giving financial, legal, investment, or tax advice. Please do your own research. subscribe://The merits and d...
Pioneering Privacy in DeFi with Alex Shipp
This post is based on a conversation between Alex Shipp and Aryan Bhasin as part of the show web3 for gen z. Alex is the Chief Strategy Officer at Offshift, which is an ecosystem on Ethereum L1 that bakes privacy into DeFi applications. We talk about the flaws of credit systems, commoditizing data, and how private decentralized finance, or PriFi, works. Just as a reminder, Alex is not giving financial, legal, investment, or tax advice. Please do your own research. subscribe://The merits and d...
Building the Lightest Blockchain with Brian Mokoro
This post is based on a conversation between Brian Mokoro and Aryan Bhasin as part of the show web3 for gen z. Brian is the Head of Finance at Mina Foundation, the company supporting the world’s lightest blockchain, Mina Protocol. We talk about zero-knowledge technology, how protocols like email and Mina create “superhighways” of value for the Internet, and what the role of finance in web3 looks like. Just as a reminder, Brian is not giving financial, legal, investment, or tax advice. Please ...
Building the Lightest Blockchain with Brian Mokoro
This post is based on a conversation between Brian Mokoro and Aryan Bhasin as part of the show web3 for gen z. Brian is the Head of Finance at Mina Foundation, the company supporting the world’s lightest blockchain, Mina Protocol. We talk about zero-knowledge technology, how protocols like email and Mina create “superhighways” of value for the Internet, and what the role of finance in web3 looks like. Just as a reminder, Brian is not giving financial, legal, investment, or tax advice. Please ...
Reforming Music Making with Arpeggi Labs
This post is based on a conversation between James Pastan and Aryan Bhasin as part of the show web3 for gen z. James is the co-founder of Arpeggi Labs, a web3 company using blockchains to reimagine the way people create music. Their music studio lets you compose a song, mint it as an NFT, and automatically attribute any creators whose sounds were used in your song. We discuss the problems with music collaboration and attribution in web2, and how Arpeggi uses web3 technology to fix those probl...
Reforming Music Making with Arpeggi Labs
This post is based on a conversation between James Pastan and Aryan Bhasin as part of the show web3 for gen z. James is the co-founder of Arpeggi Labs, a web3 company using blockchains to reimagine the way people create music. Their music studio lets you compose a song, mint it as an NFT, and automatically attribute any creators whose sounds were used in your song. We discuss the problems with music collaboration and attribution in web2, and how Arpeggi uses web3 technology to fix those probl...
Venture Investing at Uniswap with Teo Leibowitz
This post is based on a conversation between Teo Leibowitz and Aryan Bhasin as part of the show web3 for gen z. Teo runs Uniswap Labs Ventures, the venture arm of the company behind the Uniswap Protocol. At Ventures, he focuses on investments in early-stage web3 companies and protocols. We discuss crypto metrics, mistakes new web3 founders make, and how to set valuations. We also talk about Uniswap, particularly Uniswap Labs Ventures’ goals, their acquisition of Genie, and the story behind Un...
Venture Investing at Uniswap with Teo Leibowitz
This post is based on a conversation between Teo Leibowitz and Aryan Bhasin as part of the show web3 for gen z. Teo runs Uniswap Labs Ventures, the venture arm of the company behind the Uniswap Protocol. At Ventures, he focuses on investments in early-stage web3 companies and protocols. We discuss crypto metrics, mistakes new web3 founders make, and how to set valuations. We also talk about Uniswap, particularly Uniswap Labs Ventures’ goals, their acquisition of Genie, and the story behind Un...
