Season 1
Staking Mondays is a weekly show to share specific knowledge from the staking industry leaders with our community. Powered by StakingRewards.com At Staking Rewards, we are helping investors to navigate the landscape of yield-generating digital assets and finding the best opportunities to earn interest on your crypto. Visit our Website: https://www.stakingrewards.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StakingRewards Subscribe to our Youtube: https://www.stakingrewards.com/youtube Join the discussion on Telegram: http://t.me/StakingRewards NEAR Profile: https://www.stakingrewards.com/earn/n... Illia Polosukhin is the CTO and co-founder of NEAR Protocol, a platform that wants to give the power of programming to everyone through enabling entrepreneurs, researchers and every other professional to upload their sketches, which will be rendered into designs, receiving a fully functioning mobile app in return. Illia has more than 10 years of industry experience, including 3 years at Google where he was a major TensorFlow contributor, author of multiple impactful research papers and a manager of the team building question-answering capabilities for the core Google search. First Question: 1. Which crypto project spiked your interest first outside of BTC and ETH? And why? 2. What do you think is the biggest challenge to bootstrap a layer 1 proof of stake network? And how are you addressing it? 3. How important do you think is the initial token distribution for the success of a layer 1 network? 4. NEAR has such a beautiful incentives design where inflation is offset by transaction fees. Which project inspired you the most when you designed the economics and incentives for NEAR? 5. What is your go-to-market strategy for NEAR? And are you planning to focus on one specific niche? Like e.g. being “the blockchain for NFTs” or “the blockchain for DeFi” 6. Why should some choose to build a dApp on NEAR instead of on Ethereum? 7. What is your personal relationship (and team relationship) with the Proof of Stake Validators on NEAR? Is a close relationship good or prone to further centralization of the platform? 8. For you as the team behind NEAR, do you see it as a business to make NEAR successful? How are you internally structured? And what are your KPIs 9. What are the best staking / passive income opportunities with Near Protocol?
Staking Mondays is a weekly show to share specific knowledge from the staking industry leaders with our community. Powered by StakingRewards.com About Staking Rewards: At Staking Rewards, we are helping investors to navigate the landscape of yield-generating digital assets and finding the best opportunities to earn interest on your crypto. Visit our Website: https://www.stakingrewards.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StakingRewards Subscribe to our Youtube: https://www.stakingrewards.com/youtube Join the discussion on Telegram: http://t.me/StakingRewards John Patrick Mullin is a FinTech entrepreneur, tokenization expert, and educator living in Hong Kong. He started his career in investment banking having worked at Guotai Junan Securities in Shanghai, China. He then was a founding team member and Managing Director of trade.io a cryptocurrency exchange and advisory firm based in Hong Kong. As an educator, he has spoken at leading universities across the world, including Harvard, London Business School, and Peking University. Additionally, John is a mentor for Entrepreneur First, a leading, deep-tech accelerator and LongHash, a global blockchain accelerator. He has now built one of the first cross-chain DeFi platforms with MANTRA DAO. MANTRA DAO profile on Staking Rewards: https://www.stakingrewards.com/saving... MANTRA DAO Website: https://mantradao.com/ MANTRA DAO Twitter: https://twitter.com/MANTRADAO JP's Twitter:https://twitter.com/jp_mullin888
This week our guest is Jack Lu of Wanchain. Originally from China, Jack has been living in the United States for quite a while now. He is a graduate of Peking University, worked in the financial industry for several years in China before he came to study Economics and Computer Science at The Ohio State University. In 2016, he started incubating the idea of Wanchain to solve the interoperability challenge. He did a proof-of-concept and built a platform with Ethereum as the base with cross-chain and privacy added. Then they launched Wanchain in 2017, and the main net launched in January 2018. About Staking Rewards: At Staking Rewards, we are helping investors to navigate the landscape of yield-generating digital assets and finding the best opportunities to earn interest on your crypto. Visit our Website: https://www.stakingrewards.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StakingRewards Subscribe to our Youtube: https://www.stakingrewards.com/youtube Join the discussion on Telegram: http://t.me/StakingRewards Timestamps: 03:38 Wanchain was announced in the mid of 2017 ICO Hype as one of the first Proof of Stake Blockchains. What are some of the most memorable moments for you during the launch phase of Wanchain? And how did Wanchain profit from the hype back then? 08:49 Do you think the crypto hype cycles, fast-shifting sentiments (like ICO hype, DeFi Hype, NFT Hype) in crypto are dangerous or net positive for the industry overall? 12:22 How do you think can users differentiate between short-term hype and long-term innovation? 15:47 What role does community sentiment play for you in making development decisions for Wanchain in particular? Do you get valuable indicators for where the core team should focus on? 18:48 What significance does Staking have for you to build a community? Could Proof of Stake be an enabler for Community Engagement? 25:15 What are the best opportunities to earn passive income and returns in the Wanchain ecosystem right now? Cross chain staking mechanism. Version 2 of WenLend just launched today, tell us about this project 28:49 Community Questions Wanchain profile on Staking Rewards: https://www.stakingrewards.com/earn/w... Wanchain Website: wanchain.org Wanchain Twitter: https://twitter.com/wanchain_org Jack's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackLu_WAN
This week on Staking Mondays, we are joined by Qiao Wang of DeFi Alliance. Qiao graduated from University of Waterloo before working as a Quant Trader. He then jumped into crypto, helped to build out Messari, and is now on a mission to support crypto projects with the DeFi Alliance. He thinks aging is a disease, and we are sure he will find ways to live forever. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:03 First interesting crypto outside of BTC? 2:55 What role does staking play in fascinating 1B people into crypto? 5.45 Will investors in 10 years still invest in the underlying crypto? 7:04 What is the biggest challenge for DeFi to become mainstream? 9:55 Regulation in DeFi 11:53 Is it even possible for 1B people to get into DeFi? 14:03 Is yield farming a real innovation that is here to stay? 16:24 Do you think our whole economy (stock market) could switch to truly owned, transparent, and real-time profit distribution via Staking mechanisms as such? 20:03 What is the most sophisticated token design (incl. Staking incentives) you have encountered so far? Any projects that are super innovative or underrated maybe? About DeFi Alliance The DeFi Alliance is the leading decentralized finance accelerator. We help startups source liquidity and support from a broad industry network — the DeFi Alliance Network — that includes trading firms, founders, and investors. Together, we will grow DeFi to one billion users by 2025. DeF Alliance Website: https://www.defialliance.co/ DeFi Alliance Twitter: https://twitter.com/defialliance Qiao Wang Twitter: https://twitter.com/QwQiao About Staking Rewards: At Staking Rewards, we are helping investors to navigate the landscape of yield-generating digital assets and finding the best opportunities to earn interest on your crypto. Visit our Website: https://www.stakingrewards.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StakingRewards Subscribe to our Youtube: https://www.stakingrewards.com/youtube Join the discussion on Telegram: http://t.me/StakingRewards
This episode of Staking Mondays is with Arthur Breitman. Arthur is the Founder of Tezos ($XTZ). Arthur Breitman is an early architect of the Tezos protocol. Prior to becoming involved in Tezos full time, he worked at X and Waymo on self-driving cars. In his earlier career, he worked as a quantitative analyst at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Arthur graduated from the École Polytechnique and holds an MS in financial mathematics from the Courant Institute at NYU. He published the Tezos Whitepaper in 2014. Left his corporate career in 2016 to work full-time on Tezos, which is the first Liquid Proof of Stake Protocol ever running in production. Now since over two years already. A true pioneer of Proof of Stake. Ken Garofalo of Staking Rewards interviews Arthur on the topic of Proof of Stake vs Proof of Work and many more exciting items. Learn about Tezos and staking options on Staking Rewards: https://www.stakingrewards.com/earn/t... About Tezos: Tezos is a decentralized, open-source energy efficient Proof of Stake blockchain network that can execute peer-to-peer transactions and serve as a platform for deploying smart contracts. The native cryptocurrency for the Tezos blockchain is the Tez which has the symbol XTZ. Tezos Website: https://tezos.com/ Tezos Twitter: https://twitter.com/tezos About Staking Rewards: At Staking Rewards, we are helping investors to navigate the landscape of yield-generating digital assets and finding the best opportunities to earn interest on your crypto. Visit our Website: https://www.stakingrewards.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StakingRewards Subscribe to our Youtube: https://www.stakingrewards.com/youtube Join the discussion on Telegram: http://t.me/StakingRewards
This episode of Staking Mondays is with Stani Kulechov. Stani is the Founder and CEO of Aave Aave Website: https://aave.com/ Aave Twitter: https://twitter.com/AaveAave SR Website: https://www.stakingrewards.com/ SR Twitter: https://twitter.com/StakingRewards SR YouTube: https://www.stakingrewards.com/youtube SR Telegram: http://t.me/StakingRewards
This episode of Staking Mondays is with Zaki Manian. Zaki is a leading engineer in the Cosmos ecosystem and co-founder of both iqlusion & Sommelier Finance. iqlusion Website: iqlusion.io iqlusion Twitter: https://twitter.com/iqlusioninc sommfinance Website: sommelier.finance sommfinance Twitter: https://twitter.com/sommfinance SR Website: https://www.stakingrewards.com/ SR Twitter: https://twitter.com/StakingRewards SR YouTube: https://www.stakingrewards.com/youtube SR Telegram: http://t.me/StakingRewards
This week we are joined by Do Kwon, leader of Terra/ $LUNA ecosystem👀 Staking Rewards is an independent data aggregator and research platform for crypto interest rates with a core focus on Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Protocols. We are the leading data provider for staking and crypto-growth tools. We currently track 200+ yield-bearing assets with an average reward rate of 14.95% offered by 11,000+ qualified providers. We are a team of professionals, exceedingly passionate about a decentralized, open, and transparent financial community. Follow us for research, trends, and insights on all things staking, DeFi and crypto. Terra Website: https://www.terra.money/ Terra Twitter: https://twitter.com/terra_money Terra Telegram: https://t.me/TerraLunaChat Terra Staking Rewards: https://www.stakingrewards.com/earn/t... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: https://www.stakingrewards.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/StakingRewards YouTube: https://www.stakingrewards.com/youtube Staking Rewards Telegram: http://t.me/StakingRewards
Staking Mondays is a new show by Staking Rewards where we will invite industry leaders to talk to us about their specialty, their projects, and their passion. Episodes will be weekly on Mondays and we will live stream across all of our channels. The first-ever guest is Tor Bair of Secret Network. Tune in to watch and keep an eye out for giveaways during the video. Website: https://www.stakingrewards.com/ Twitter: @StakingRewards Telegram: t.me/StakingRewards YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/StakingRewards SN Website: www.secretnetwork.com SN Twitter: https://twitter.com/SecretNetwork SN Telegram: https://t.me/SCRTCommunity