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Web3 with Sam Kamani

"Web 3.0 with Sam Kamani" is all about Web 3 and how it is going to change the world. If you are interested in learning more about the 4th Industrial revolution then this podcast is for you. Web 3.0 or Web 3 is often hailed as the technology that will usher in the 4th industrial revolution. This revolution is going to affect every industry, business, government and person on this planet. Web 3.0 is a collection of technologies that are going to change how we collaborate with each other and interact

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00:39:02

311: Midnight, Dust & the Future of Private...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/10/22

What if privacy wasn’t a barrier but the key to blockchain’s mass adoption?In this episode, I speak with Fahmi Syed, a financial industry veteran turned Web3 leader, now driving innovation at Midnight—a privacy-first blockchain backed by Charles Hoskinson. Fahmi shares how his journey from hedge funds to Parity, then to Midnight, shaped his belief that rational privacy is not just important, but essential for the next wave of blockchain adoption.We talk about Midnight’s unique dual-token model, why

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00:29:04

310: Why Institutional Investors Are Finally Warming...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/10/20

What happens when you combine 15+ years of JP Morgan institutional sales experience with a vision to disrupt European real estate? You get Mihai from MetaWealth, and a masterclass in how to bridge the gap between traditional finance and Web3.In this episode, recorded live at Token2049 in Singapore, Mihai breaks down how MetaWealth is tackling the world's largest yet least liquid asset class, real estate, and making it accessible through a dual-rail system: Web2 and Web3. He shares why

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00:34:03

309: Building a Platform for Life: How Sunil Raina’s...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/10/17

In this episode, I sit down with Sunil Raina, founder of CereBree, a groundbreaking AI + Web3 platform designed to make life’s essential services come to you—proactively. Sunil shares his journey from working at Ferrari and Microsoft to creating CereBree, a “platform for life” that combines blockchain, AI agents, and decentralized data to solve real-world problems.From personalized AI agents that can book your travel in seconds to systems that detect when your child might be in danger, Sunil paints

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00:35:38

308: Simplifying DeFi: One Click, Institutional-Grade...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/10/15

How do you take the chaos of DeFi and turn it into a simple, secure, one-click experience for both retail and institutional users?In this episode recorded live at Token2049, I talk with Steven Pack, co-founder of RockSolid. Steven’s journey from high-frequency trading to leading product at Mina Protocol to now simplifying DeFi is nothing short of inspiring.We dive into how RockSolid is helping protocols like Rocket Pool offer real yield through vaults, how they’re solving “DeFi complexity” for

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00:26:44

307: Tokenizing Gold: Why DeFi Needs This $200B Market

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/10/13

Is gold ready for Web3?In this episode, I chat with Cole from Global Gold, who’s building a decentralized ecosystem for tokenized gold. Cole reveals how the U.S. is fast becoming the center of global gold flows, and why tokenizing U.S.-vaulted gold is the next big move in real-world assets (RWAs). From gold-backed stablecoins to a decentralized gold exchange, Cole breaks down how Global Gold is putting one of humanity’s oldest assets to work on-chain — creating liquidity, yield, and new DeFi

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00:37:50

306: Real-World Energy, On-Chain: KW₳RXS, Cardano &...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/10/12

Sandro, founder of KW₳RXS, shares how his team is bringing utility-scale solar to chain via NFT membership passes that let anyone participate in project returns—without the usual high minimums. We cover: why Cardano (sustainability, security, decentralization), what on-chain access actually looks like (claimable pools, 10-year participation), and the nuts & bolts of real projects (e.g., a 51 MW Netherlands solar park with 20 MW battery storage powering ~35,000 homes). Sandro explains the surge

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00:40:05

304: Dana Love (PoobahAI) — “The future of Web3 is...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/10/03

Dana Love, founder of PoobahAI (exited 5 companies, PhD in economics), breaks down why Web3 lags mainstream adoption and how AI-built software can unlock the space: “the future of Web3 is coding without coders.” We cover: the zero→one grind, macro shifts (globalization → nationalization), inflation realities, and why blockchains need to drop the barrier to projects, devs, and users. Dana shares Poobah’s approach—virtual co-founder, multi-chain no/low-code, pre-audited on-chain digital objects, and

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00:33:07

305: Liquid-Yield Stablecoins & Sierra’s Diversified...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/10/01

Mitchell, cofounder of Sierra Protocol, explains why most stablecoin yield goes to issuers—and how liquid-yield tokens can pass that yield to holders. We dig into where yield actually comes from (perp basis funding, over-collateralized lending, Pendle PTs, MM vaults), Sierra’s diversified reserve management and risk framework, and why utility (CeFi collateral, DeFi integrations, payments) matters as much as APR. We cover DeFi maturity (institutional UX, token value accrual), composability trends,

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00:31:34

303: Adam from Wolf Coin on Curated Token Baskets,...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/10/01

Adam (advisor at Byrrgis, fka Wolf Coin) breaks down how the team is building a vetted DeFi investing platform on Solana: curated, whitelist-only “Packs” (think crypto index baskets) that include audited tokens across chains—plus fees that buy back & burn the Wolf token.We cover:Why most microcaps are risky, and how contract + team audits can filter the junkPacks: curated baskets by risk profile; Wolf token included to create structural demandFees, buybacks & burns, staking, PnL automation,

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00:43:21

302: Scaling trustlessness — John from Horizen Labs...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/09/29

John, VP of Product at Horizen Labs, breaks down how Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) shift us from “trust” to “zero doubt.” We cover what ZK is (with an intuitive cave/password analogy), why ZK rollups matter, and how ZK Verify aims to be a dedicated, hyper-efficient proof-verification blockchain (think “B2B chain” living behind apps). We discuss tradeoffs (security/decentralization/throughput), SNARKs vs STARKs, real use cases (logins, proof of personhood, high-frequency trading privacy), why some

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00:40:20

301: From Microsoft China to Pundi AI — David Kay on...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/09/27

David Kay (Chief Legal Officer, Pundi AI) brings four decades of experience at the intersection of law, technology, and Asia — from drafting China’s first copyright laws to advising Ethereum’s early board and now building tokenized data marketplaces at Pundi AI. We cover how AI, IP, and blockchain collide: data ownership, regulation gaps, China’s AI priorities, lessons from Web3 adoption cycles, and why Pundi AI wants data annotators fairly rewarded. David also explains legal landmines in AI

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00:40:22

300: From Auditing Cardano to Shipping at Scale —...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/09/24

Wesley Crook (CEO, FP Block) has been shipping hard tech since 1985 and rescuing Web3 builds for years. His team audited Cardano early, served as the public auditor for Hedera for 7 years, and has delivered 110+ projects: L1s, oracles, DeFi, games, and more. We dig into why ~70% of FP Block’s work is “rescues,” what enterprise-grade really means (security, throughput, reliability), why many teams pick the wrong chain, and how FP Block’s chain-agnostic framework Kolme lets founders treat the

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00:31:49

299: Beating the Data Centers — Confidential,...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/09/22

Today’s “cloud” is concentrated in a handful of mega data centers. Acurast is flipping that model by turning smartphones into a confidential, verifiable compute network—made for Web3 and AI. Founder Dr. Christian Killer explains how they verify hardware, encrypt workloads end-to-end, and deliver trust-minimized compute for price feeds, bridging, LLM inference, web scraping, residential proxy/VPN, and even distributed agent indexing (MIT NANDA).Timestamps[00:00] Intro & the problem: compute is

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00:28:08

298: Synthetic Dollars, Stablecoins & Yield — Andrei...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/09/20

Andrei from Falcon Finance and DWF Labs joins Sam to share how Falcon Finance is building universal collateralization infrastructure—where users can deposit crypto blue chips like BTC, ETH, SOL, stablecoins, and select altcoins, or tokenized U.S. Treasuries to mint USDf, a synthetic dollar that can be staked to generate sustainable yield.He explains how Falcon combines basis trading, arbitrage, and cross-asset liquidity to power competitive yield, why it’s different from fiat-backed models, and how

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00:43:33

297: HumaTek — Turning Humanitarian Aid from Black...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/09/19

The HumaTek team—Tommy (CEO), Daniel (CMO), Michael (CSO), and Ruhul (CTO)—shares how they’re building a full-stack ecosystem to bring transparency and efficiency to humanitarian aid. From Huma Coin (their dual-impact cryptocurrency) to HumaDash (their AI-powered, on-chain transparency dashboard) and Huma Club (a global platform for donors, NGOs, and communities), HumaTek is tackling fraud, inefficiency, and outdated systems in the $800B global aid industry.We discuss their upcoming Binance ICO

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00:40:30

296: Runwago — Get Paid to Hit Your Running Goals...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/09/17

Runwago wants to make running pay—without ponzinomics. Founder Martin explains how their SportsFi app lets everyday runners monetize realistic goals using a transparent “challenge pool” model: everyone joins a challenge, finishers get 100% of their stake back plus rewards funded by those who don’t finish. No shoe NFTs, no inflationary reward token.Timestamps[00:00] Opening & why SportsFi still matters[00:03] Martin’s crypto OG journey (since 2012)[00:05] The problem: 300M daily runners, almost

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00:38:31

295: Futr.network — AI Agents That Pay You for Your Data

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/09/15

Alex (ex-BMO investment banker turned founder) shares how Futr.network is flipping the ad/data model with AI agents that pay you for training them. We dig into why the Web2 barter economy (free services for your data) is collapsing, how zero-party data and a data supply chain can route value back to consumers and data contributors (think: mortgage brokers, lenders), and why agentic advertising will disrupt Google/Meta style targeting.Timestamps[00:00] “Time for a new data model” — agents that pay

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00:38:37

294: Intuition Systems — Trust, Attestations & AI’s...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/09/12

Billy, founder of Intuition Systems (ex–VC/early crypto), digs into the biggest risk in AI: models trained on garbage, regurgitated data and algorithm-shaped behavior. We unpack how attestations, signed data, and web-of-trust reputation can give both humans and AI better intuition at decision time — from picking a chair to routing agentic AI across platforms.Timestamps[00:00] We’re being shaped by algorithms; slop-in → slop-out AI [00:02] Billy’s path: distributed systems, fintech, game bots, early

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00:40:09

293: Federated Identity, Real Consent & Bot-Free...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/09/10

Patrick (Tracer Labs) breaks down Trust ID, a consent + identity layer that replaces cookie pop-ups with a portable, user-owned identity (and embedded wallet). We dig into how Tracer helps brands unify siloed data without storing PII, verify real humans amid AI traffic, and enable one-click privacy that travels site-to-site.Timestamps[00:00] AI = most traffic; attribution is broken [00:01] Intro — Patrick, Tracer Labs & Trust ID [00:02] Patrick’s crypto origin story & prior ventures [00:05]

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00:23:21

292: Building AxonDAO — From Wearables to Research...

Web3 with Sam Kamani ·

2025/09/05

Jay from AxonDAO breaks down decentralized science in plain English: giving people ownership of health data, enabling ethical AI insights, and funding research via a governed community. We cover live use cases like A+Voice (voice biomarkers for early Alzheimer’s/dementia signals) and CureRING+CureOS (a data vault + wearable), plus how AxonDAO supports external researchers and projects (e.g., LymeDAO). Jay also shares a sharp playbook for storytelling, positioning, and growth in frontier tech—who to

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