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Talking Tokens

Jacquelyn Melinek, Token Relations

Talking Tokens is a podcast focused on interviewing the best crypto leaders, startups, market players and up-and-coming founders that are changing the industry. Join Jacquelyn Melinek, an award-nominated host and seasoned crypto journalist-turned-entrepreneur, to dive into the best talks in crypto in an easy-to-understand way. The episodes will air every Tuesday and Thursday on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, X and more. For more updates, subscribe to the Talking Tokens newsletter here:

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00:47:16

Nate Holiday | Building a Decentralized Data Warehouse

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2024/12/05

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Nate Holiday, the co-founder, president and CEO at Space and Time. We discuss Space and Time’s role in indexing data across a number of blockchains like Ethereum, Bitcoin, Polygon, Avalanche, Sei and Aptos. We also dive into why AI integration into blockchain technology is important, how Nate sees the sector evolving and more.==================== Follow Nate: https://x.com/holiday_nate Follow Space and Time: https://x.com/SpaceandTimeDB

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00:23:12

Brad Garlinghouse | Ripple CEO On Why XRP Is Taking Over

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2024/12/03

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, we're sharing a fireside chat with Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse. Jacquelyn recorded this conversation with Brad on stage at Korea Blockchain Week about 3 months ago. But, we thought it would still be timely since Ripple’s XRP token is the talk of the town right now, as it is up over 80% in the past seven days and 440% in the last month. Although the crypto market moves fast, a lot of this is still relevant. We discuss XRP, the SEC, crypto market trends and regional

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00:36:30

Jason Zhao | Story is Building A Blockchain To...

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2024/11/26

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Jason Zhao, co-founder of Story. They discuss the origin of Story, why IP is so important for content creators, users and businesses to own, how the blockchain plans to play a role in that post-mainnet and more.======================= Follow Jason: https://x.com/jasonjzha Follow Story: https://x.com/storyprotocol Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens Follow Token

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00:48:06

Antonio Juliano | DYDX Founder: DeFi Will Rule The World

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2024/11/21

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Antonio Juliano, the CEO of dYdX. They dive into Antonio’s journey as a founder and CEO, how the DeFi and crypto derivatives market has changed since 2017, what the US election means for traders, his outlook for 2025 and more. ====================== Follow Antonio: https://x.com/AntonioMJuliano Follow dYdX: https://x.com/dYdX Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens

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00:38:55

Adrian Brink | Building a Blockchain to Survive WWIII

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2024/11/19

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Adrian Brink, co-founder ofAnoma and Namada. They discuss building decentralized technology that can withstand catostrophic disasters, the importance of privacy through blockchain technology and the impact it has on national defense.======================= Follow Adrian: https://x.com/adrianbrink Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens Follow Token Relations:

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00:51:27

Mert Mumtaz | Why Developers Choose Solana

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2024/11/14

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Mert Mumtaz, CEO of Helius Labs. They discuss why Mert left Coinbase to start a Solana-focused developer platform, how he looks at Solana compared to other blockchains, the impact of the US Presidential Election on crypto, founder life and more. ======================= Follow Mert: https://x.com/0xmert_ Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens Follow Token Relations:

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00:38:02

Vijay Chetty | Eclipse Launches Mainnet: The First...

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2024/11/12

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Vijay Chetty, Eclipse CEO. They talk about Eclipse’s recent mainnet launch, how it’s bringing Solana and Ethereum together, the types of builders coming into its ecosystem, DeFi opportunities and more.======================= Follow Vijay: https://x.com/0xLitquidity Follow Eclipse: https://x.com/EclipseFND Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens Follow Token

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00:33:48

Rebecca Rettig | Post Election: Polygon Exec Talks...

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2024/11/07

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Polygon’s Chief Legal and Policy Officer Rebecca Rettig. They dive into the current state of policymaking in crypto, the impact the US Presidential Election has on the industry, her regulatory and policy outlook after President Trump retakes office, the SEC and more. ======================= Follow Rebecca: https://x.com/RebeccaRettig1 Follow Polygon: https://x.com/0xPolygon Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow

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00:43:23

Hayden Adams & Hart Lambur | Unichain Wants To Unite...

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2024/11/05

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sat down with Hayden Adams, CEO of Uniswap Labs, and Hart Lambur, co-founder and CEO of Across. They dive into Unichain, Uniswap’s new L2 chain built on the OP stack, Across being a bridging partner for the chain and why it’s important to have easy access for cross-chain swaps, scaling Ethereum, DeFi and more.======================= Follow Hayden: https://x.com/haydenzadams Follow Hart: https://x.com/hal2001 Follow Jacquelyn:

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00:38:30

Tristan Frizza | Zeta Markets Wants To Make Solana...

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2024/10/31

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Tristan Frizza, founder of Zeta Markets. They talk about what traders want more of on DeFi trading platforms, why Zeta is building a layer-2 on top of Solana, how it will scale the network and more.======================= Follow Tristan: https://x.com/tristan0x Follow Zeta Markets: https://x.com/ZetaMarkets Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek - Follow Talking Tokens: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens Follow Token

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00:29:57

Stani Kulechov | The Future of Stablecoins and...

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2024/10/29

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, we're sharing a fireside chat Jacquelyn moderated with Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Avara (formerly Aave), in Buenos Aires, Argentina. While on stage at the Avalanche Summit LATAM, they discuss the current state of stablecoins, tokenization of real world assets (RWAs), and opportunities to drive mass adoption through Latin America and other regions.======================= Follow Stani: https://x.com/StaniKulechov Follow Avara: https://x.com/Avara Follow

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00:48:02

Michael Martin, Marc Villafuerte, Anish Lathker,...

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2024/10/24

For this week’s Thursday's episode, we’re sharing an episode I recorded last week in a podcast studio near the Avalanche Summit, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Our guests include Michael Martin, director of Codebase at Ava Labs, and Inertia co-founders Marc Villafuerte, Anish Lathker and Kainoa Kanter. Codebase is an Avalanche-focused web3 accelerator program and Inertia is a community-led predictions market. We discuss what accelerator programs are like into today’s market, why Inertia chose to build

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00:35:41

Emin Gün Sirer | AVAX Breakthroughs: Avalanche9000,...

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2024/10/22

On today's talking tokens episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Ava Labs co-founder and CEO Emin Gün Sirer. We recorded this during the Avalanche Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They dive into the latest developments on Avalanche in the past quarter, the Avalanche-based Off The Grid game seeing explosive success, what the Avalanche9000 upgrade really means, his outlook on Latin America, institutional adoption and more.======================= Follow Emin: https://x.com/el33th4xor Folow Avalanche:

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00:43:50

Raza Zaidi & Sandy Peng | A Blockchain For Fast Finality

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2024/10/17

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Scroll’s Co-founder Sandy Peng and Head of Growth Raza Zaidi. They talk about building an L2 in a competitive landscape, growth metrics and how the chain has evolved since its mainnet in 2023, ZK technology’s role in the broader ecosystem and more. ======================= Follow Sandy: https://x.com/sandyzkp Follow Raza: https://x.com/razacodes Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens:

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00:38:32

Asher Genoot | The Future of Bitcoin Mining

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2024/10/15

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Asher Genoot, CEO of Hut 8.They talk about Hut 8 being publicly traded, IPOs, bitcoin mining needing a new name, data centers and the role AI can play in them, among other topics.======================= Follow Asher: https://x.com/ashergenoot Follow Hut 8: https://x.com/Hut8Corp Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens Follow Token Relations:

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00:52:55

David Nage | Crypto Investing In 2024 Market and Beyond

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2024/10/10

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn interviewed David Nage, venture capital PM at Arca and the host of the Base Layer Podcast. They talk about David’s extensive career in the digital asset world, his VC outlook, how he views the market as a long-term investor, whether or not AI is overhyped, how NFTs can be useful in the future and more. ======================= Follow David: https://x.com/DavidNage Follow Arca: https://x.com/arca Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek

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00:43:36

Alexei Zamyatin | The Case For Building On Bitcoin

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2024/10/08

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Alexei Zamyatin, cofounder of Build on Bitcoin (BOB). They talk about hybrid layer-2 blockchains, BoB using the OP Stack, what role the chain wants to play in merging Ethereum and Bitcoin ecosystems, the current state of DeFi on Bitcoin and more. ======================= Follow Alexei: https://x.com/alexeizamyatin Follow BoB: https://x.com/build_on_bob Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens:

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00:34:47

Chiente Hsu | Here's What It's Like To Build a...

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2024/10/03

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Chiente Hsu, co-founder and CEO of Alex, a Bitcoin DeFi-focused platform. They talk about her journey from TradFi to DeFi, building a Bitcoin-focused DEX, how institutions and traditional market players are entering the space and more.======================= Follow Chiente: https://x.com/RuleBasedInvest Follow ALEX: https://x.com/ALEXLabBTC Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens:

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00:19:04

Michael Sonnenshein | Former Grayscale CEO on Bitcoin...

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2024/10/01

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, we’re sharing a fireside chat Jacquelyn moderated with Michael Sonnenshein, former CEO of Grayscale and long-time crypto veteran, at Messari Mainnet. They discuss his 10+ years at Grayscale, his outlook on spot bitcoin ETFs, institutional adoption, the IPO market for crypto, and what he’s up to now.===================== Follow Michael: https://x.com/sonnenshein Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens:

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00:38:27

Philip Martin | Coinbase Plans To Keep Your Crypto Safe

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2024/09/26

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Coinbase Chief Security Officer Philip Martin. Jacquelyn and Philip talk about security in crypto, the most common – and uncommon – scams and how to avoid them, what Coinbase is doing to stay safe and more. ======================= Follow Philip: https://x.com/securityguyphil Follow Coinbase: https://x.com/coinbase Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens Follow

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