Deep Dive Podcast

Rachel Wolfson sat down with Evan Shapiro, chief executive officer of Mina Foundation and o(1) Labs to discuss how zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) can be leveraged to make Web3 applications more private and secure. This week's guests: Evan Shapiro is chief executive officer of Mina Foundation and o(1) Labs. Evan graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a BS in computer science. He then obtained his research MS while working in the CMU Personal Robotics Lab, where he did research for the HERB robotics

Rachel Wolfson and co-host Deanna Wursta sat down with Shira Lazar, founder of the emmy-nominated media brand "What's Trending" to discuss the importance of mental health. In this episode, Shira explains how non-fungible tokens (NFTs) can be leveraged to raise awareness for mental health, detailing her new “JOMO Effect” NFT collection. Shira also opens up about her mental health journey. This week's guests: Shira Lazar is the founder of the emmy-nominated media brand

Format: Rachel Wolfson sat down with Casey Craig, Head of Global Communications at CoinDesk, and Sam Ewen, Head of CoinDesk Studios and Web3, to discuss Consensus 2023, the Consensus NFT pass and the importance of NFT tickets for Web3 adoption. This week's guests: Casey Craig is the Global Head of Communications at CoinDesk, overseeing all communications & public relations. Sam Ewen heads up CoinDesk Studios, is the host of CoinDesk's Generation Crypto (Gen C) Podcast and leads most

Rachel Wolfson sat down with Zack Guzman, Founder of Trustless Media and Host of Coinage, to discuss the benefits and challenges of Web3 models for the media industry. This week's guest: Zack Guzman is a crypto journalist and the founder of Web3 media company Trustless Media. Zack is also the host of a community-owned crypto show "Coinage." Additionally, Zack was the creator of Yahoo Finance's "Crypto Corner" and founding host of Yahoo Finance's millennial money

Rachel Wolfson sat down with Juan Pablo Lafosse, CEO and co-founder, of TravelX to discuss how non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are being leveraged for airline tickets. This week's guest: Juan Pablo Lafosse is the CEO and co-founder of TravelX. Lafosse is a serial entrepreneur who founded Almundo, one of the largest travel companies in Latin America. In addition, Lafosse is the COO of Argentina's main airline, Flybondi. Flybondi has recently started integrating NFT-based tickets for

Rachel Wolfson sat down with David Kemmerer, CEO and co-founder of CoinLedger, to discuss cryptocurrency and taxes in the United States and how crypto tax laws are defined –- and should be defined moving forward –- in the U.S. This week's guest: David Kemmerer is the CEO and co-founder of the cryptocurrency tax software platform, CoinLedger. David is a serial entrepreneur who became involved in the Web3 space early in his career, launching the first version of CoinLedger in the spring of

Rachel Wolfson sat down with Brittany Kaiser at The WRST Collabs Studio in Austin, Texas to discuss crypto regulations in the United States, how crypto is becoming politicized and how this may impact Web3 innovation within the U.S. This week's guest: Brittany Kaiser is a data rights activist who is the co-founder of The Own Your Data Foundation, an organization that pushes forward digital intelligence. Kaiser also serves as the chair of the board at Gryphon Digital Mining, a firm that runs

Rachel Wolfson sat down with Chelsea Manning at The Grit Daily House during South by Southwest 2023 to discuss Web3, AI, privacy, cryptocurrency and the fall of Silicon Valley Bank. 🎙️ This week's guest: Chelsea Manning is a former United States Army soldier who gained international attention in 2010 when she leaked classified military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks. Manning was arrested and charged with multiple offenses, including violations of the Espionage Act, and sentenced to 35