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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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00:51:02

Dan Reecer & Robinson Burkey | Wormhole’s Era3...

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2024/09/24

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Wormhole Foundation cofounders Dan Reecer and Robinson Burkey. They talk about Wormhole’s focus on interoperability, its latest Era3 upgrade and what it means for developers, enterprise businesses, institutions and DeFi, as well as the team’s long term road map.======================= Follow Dan: https://x.com/danreecer_ Follow Robinson: https://x.com/RobinsonBurkey Follow Wormhole: https://x.com/wormhole Follow Jacquelyn:

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00:16:46

Avery Ching on Tips To Scale Blockchains & 2025 Aptos...

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2024/09/19

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, we’re resharing an in-person fireside chat Jacquelyn Melinek did with Avery Ching, the co-founder and CTO of Aptos Labs. During the Aptos Experience event in Seoul, South Korea, Jacquelyn and Avery talked about what infrastructure is important when building and scaling a blockchain, creating and finding new use cases within the Aptos ecosystem and its future outlook for 2025, among other things. ======================= Follow Avery: https://x.com/AveryChing

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00:39:56

Michael Kong on Sonic Labs’ Big Bet on Airdrop &...

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2024/09/17

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Michael Kong, CEO and CIO of Sonic Labs (previously Fantom). Jacquelyn and Michael talk about Sonic’s rebrand and upcoming chain launch, what developers want, how it plans to bring in more users, its upcoming airdrop and more.======================= Follow Michael: https://x.com/michaelfkong Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens Follow Token Relations:

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00:20:58

Rushi Manche | Movement Labs Wants Facebook's Move...

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2024/09/12

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Rushi Manche, the co-founder of Movement Labs.Jacquelyn and Rushi talk about his journey into the crypto space, what it’s like to operate as a younger founder, Movement’s integration into Aptos, the AggLayer and other ecosystems, as well as its future plans.======================= Follow Rushi: https://x.com/rushimanche Follow Movement Labs: https://x.com/movementlabsxyz Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow

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00:54:06

John Nahas & Luigi D'Onorio DeMeo on Avalanche's...

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2024/09/10

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, we’re sharing the Avalanche quarterly webinar with Token Relations and Ava Labs Chief Business Officer John Nahas and COO Luigi D’Onorio DeMeo. They discuss developments within the Avalanche ecosystem this past quarter, the Avalanche9000 network upgrade, stablecoins, institutional adoption and future outlooks.======================= Follow John: https://x.com/JohnNahas84 Follow Luigi: https://x.com/luigidemeo Follow Avalanche: https://x.com/avax Follow

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00:43:11

Alisia Painter | Building on Bitcoin & DeFi Evolution

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2024/09/05

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Alisia Painter, Botanix Labs co-founder and COO. Jacquelyn and Alisia talk about building on Bitcoin and the type of users its bringing in, the evolution of DeFi and other sectors on the network, how Bitcoin L2s differ from other blockchains and more.======================= - Follow Alisia: https://x.com/alipaints - Follow Botanix Labs: https://x.com/botanixlabs - Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek - Follow Talking

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00:57:55

Paolo Ardoino on USDT’s EXPLOSIVE Year, Tether, &...

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2024/09/03

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether and CTO at Bitfinex. Jacquelyn and Paolo talk about USDT’s explosive growth YTD, Tether and Bitfinex’s growth over the years, stablecoins use cases for retail and institutional users, demand for stablecoins backed by other non-USD currencies and more.======================= Follow Paolo: https://x.com/paoloardoino Follow Tether: https://x.com/tether_to Follow Bitfinex: https://x.com/bitfinex Follow

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00:56:35

Anthony Scaramucci on Bitcoin, Institutional...

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2024/08/29

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Anthony Scaramucci, founder and managing partner of SkyBridge and founder and chairman of SALT. Jacquelyn and Anthony talk about bitcoin, institutional interest in digital assets, SALT’s recent Wyoming Blockchain Symposium, the policy and regulatory situation over the crypto industry and more.======================= Follow Anthony: https://x.com/Scaramucci Follow SkyBridge: https://x.com/SkyBridge Follow Jacquelyn:

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00:45:43

Ben Rubin | The New Digital Town Square

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2024/08/27

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Ben Rubin, CEO and co-founder of Here Not There Labs and Towns, an onchain messaging platform. Jacquelyn and Ben talk about building online communities, the launch of Towns, how onchain messaging can change the way people communicate and more.======================= Follow Ben: https://x.com/benrbn Follow Towns: https://x.com/townsxyz Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens:

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00:50:48

Steven Goldfeder | Offchain Labs CEO on Growing...

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2024/08/22

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Steven Goldfeder, CEO and co-founder of Offchain Labs (the team building Arbitrum and Prysm). Jacquelyn and Steven talk about the evolution of Arbitrum and its role in scaling Ethereum, the recently launched Tandem incubation program, the proliferation of layer-2 blockchains this market cycle and more.======================= - Follow Steven: https://x.com/sgoldfed - Follow Offchain Labs: https://x.com/OffchainLabs - Follow Jacquelyn:

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00:45:04

Superchain Update | Decentralization, Scaling...

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2024/08/20

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, we’re sharing the second quarterly Superchain webinar with Token Relations that Jacquelyn Melinek hosted. She was joined by Optimism Co-Founder and OP Labs CEO Karl Floersch and Skeletor, the co-founder of Wonderland, a core development group for web3. They talk about unifying the Superchain, scaling the ecosystem, interoperability, ZK tech, future outlooks for the Optimism Collective and more.======================= Follow Karl: https://x.com/karl_dot_tech

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00:41:31

Anand Iyer | Investors Outlook on Crypto and AI

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2024/08/15

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Anand Iyer, founder and managing partner of Canonical Crypto and venture partner at Lightspeed. Jacquelyn and Anand talk a lot about Crypto x AI and opportunities he sees in the sector as well as his view on the overall web3 VC space, the type of founder he likes to invest in, how to scale a company and more. ======================= Follow Anand: https://x.com/ai Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow

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00:56:24

Yat Siu on The Future Of Content Ownership

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2024/08/13

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Yat Siu, chairman and co-founder of Animoca Brands. Jacquelyn and Yat talk about intellectual property rights, owning your content online and how social media inhibits that, the future of web3 and how Animoca’s Mocaverse will play a role in that.======================= Follow Yat: https://x.com/ysiu Follow Animoca Brands: Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens:

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00:45:07

Tom Schmidt | Evaluating & Finding Opportunities in...

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2024/08/08

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly Capital. Jacquelyn and Tom talk about the current market cycle’s array of crypto startups, sectors he’s watching and interested in investing in, the state of crypto VC, his best investments, advice and more.======================= Follow Tom: https://x.com/tomhschmidt Follow Dragonfly: https://x.com/dragonfly_xyz Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens:

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00:41:19

Alena Shmalko | TON’s Betting on Telegram’s 950M Users

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2024/08/06

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Alena Shmalko, ecosystem lead at TON Foundation. Jacquelyn and Alena talk about TON’s explosive growth in 2024, ecosystem developments for tap-to-earn, DeFi and gaming sectors as well as Telegram’s partnership with the chain long term.======================= Follow Alena: https://x.com/alenka_w3 Follow TON: https://x.com/ton_blockchain Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens:

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00:45:08

Vance Spencer & Michael Anderson | Masterclass on...

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2024/08/01

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson, co-founders of Framework Ventures. Jacquelyn, Vance and Michael talk about how the crypto VC landscape has changed, what deals they’re most proud of, the crypto and AI sector, new blockchains this cycle and how the spot ETH ETF can impact the broader ecosystem.======================= Follow Michael: https://x.com/im_manderson Follow Vance: https://x.com/pythianism Follow Framework:

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00:50:57

Jesse Pollak | Base Creator on Bringing Billions of...

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2024/07/30

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Jesse Pollak, creator of Base. Jacquelyn and Jesse talk about Base nearing its one-year anniversary, the chain migrating to decentralization, the role Coinbase and Optimism’s Superchain play in growing Base, his goal to bring billions of people onchain and more.======================= Follow Jesse: https://x.com/jessepollak/ Follow Base: https://x.com/base Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens:

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00:35:39

Rich Rines | Core’s Big Bet on Bitcoin Yield

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2024/07/25

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Rich Rines, initial contributor at Core DAO. Jacquelyn and Rich talk about Core Foundation’s new dual staking model, the growth of BTCfi, scaling the Bitcoin ecosystem and more.======================= Follow Rich: https://x.com/richrines Follow Core DAO: https://x.com/coredao_org Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens: https://twitter.com/_TalkingTokens Follow Token Relations:

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00:37:21

John Linden | Mythical Games CEO Reveals Web3 Gaming...

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2024/07/23

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by John Linden, CEO of Mythical Games. Jacquelyn and John talk about the state of web3 gaming, how it has evolved over the years, NFL Rivals bringing in millions of traditional gamers and Mythical Games’ partnering with Pudgy Penguins to launch a new game.======================= Follow John: https://x.com/johnwastaken Follow Mythical Games: https://x.com/playmythical Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking

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00:36:59

Deana Burke | Making Crypto Easy To Understand

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2024/07/18

On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn Melinek is joined by Deana Burke, the co-founder of Boys Club. Jacquelyn and Deana talk about the evolution of Boys Club, onboarding non-web3 people, building communities with intention and the vibes at EthCC.======================= Follow Deana: https://x.com/medeana Follow Natasha: https://x.com/natashaghoskins Follow Boys Club: https://x.com/boysclubworld Follow Jacquelyn: https://twitter.com/jacqmelinek Follow Talking Tokens:

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