Into the Ether

Evgeny Yurtaev, CEO and Founder of Zerion, joins the podcast to discuss his team’s progress in building a trustless digital bank on Ethereum. Zerion is an easy to use dashboard that allows users to interact with decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. On top of traditional wallet functionality, users are able to seamlessly borrow, lend and trade all types of crypto assets. We also discuss the future vision and their mobile app Tokenary

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss the imminent EthHub merch store, Facebook names their coin GlobalCoin, FINRA approved the Grayscale Ethereum Trust, Compound v2 goes live with interest earning tokens, Ethereum Foundation releases their Spring 2019 update, CDP 3228 finally closes, Ethereum gas use spiking, David Hoffman bre

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss Eric’s trip to NYC Blockchain Week, Built on Ethereum branding kit up on EthHub, Facebook registers its blockchain product in Switzerland, EIP deadline for Istanbul hits, Dapper Labs new game Cheeze Wizards launches, Flexa network launches the SPEDN application, talking about on-chain metrics and why devs decide to build on Ethereum.

Itamar Lesuisse, co-founder and CEO of Argent, joins the podcast to talk about his team’s product. Argent is a smart contract based cryptocurrency wallet built on Ethereum. Smart contract wallets can solve many user experience issues and headaches that come with traditional mobile wallets. We discuss what these unique features are including the hiding of seed phases and replacing them with “guardians”, ENS integration, 2FA on transactions, withdrawal limits, white

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss the first EthHub community call, Moloch DAO gets prominent new members, EF pledging $30mn to projects over the next 12 months, Devcon 5 in Osaka, Eric headed to NYC, Binance hacked for $40mn, FinCEN guidance for projects, MetaCartel DAO is born, PryLabs testnet goes live, RealT launched for tokenized re

Shaun Djie, co-founder and COO of Digix joins the podcast to discuss DGX and DGD. We talk about the history of Digix and how the platform enables people to buy fully audited, tokenized gold. Then we transition into talking about DGD which is the token that enables the governance side of Digix. They’ve recently launched their governance portal for DGD holders which allows users to participate in proposals and voting. We discuss some of the struggles faced so far and the

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss Eric joining the Gnosis team, never ending Bitfinex drama, some details around Facebook’s crypto experiment, Ethereum.org finally gets updated, Metacash wallet launched with using Dai for gas, CDP Saver tool, Elon tweets about Ethereum and a great post

Rick Dudley has been around Ethereum since the beginning, advised many great projects and has some pragmatic takes on where Ethereum is today and where we are going. Rick is a blockchain architect who is working at his own firm Vulcanize. We discuss what Vulcanize is building with VulcanizeDB and then dive into Ethereum. We start with the state of Ethereum today and then talk about current funding demands on the chain. From ther

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss ongoing Tether drama, Samsung announcing they are building on Ethereum, Uniswap gets funding to hire people and build out new features, Eth 2.0 is moving along with great updates, EIP-1559 gets a working group, Dai stability fee raised again and why you shouldn’t sleep on Ethereum.

Austin Griffith, director of research at Gitcoin and founder of the Burner Wallet joins Into the Ether to discuss xDai and the Burner Wallet. We discuss how the Burner Wallet functions and the benefits it gains via speed and cost by running on the xDai POA Network sidechain. Austin discusses some of the latest features and future plans for the wallet including modules. We then talk briefly about funding and what the ecosystem can do better to help fund projects like the Burner Wallet.

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss the upcoming Ethereal Hackathon, the EthHub community forum launch and upcoming call, EIP-1559 progress in Berlin, big news about EY Nightfall, ConsenSys looking to raise $200mn, proposed Eth 2.0 validator reward increases, ENS upgrading and will they help fund grants, Dharm's ReFi with DeFi movement, Dai stability fee goes

Ryan John King, co-founder and CEO of FOAM, joins me to discuss FOAM. We talk about what proof of location is and how it's enabled through the use of zone anchors. We discuss how a map is being built out from users of the protocol by defining points of interest. This all comes together to create the ability for proof of location. The future use cases of this are vast and we dive into what those are. 

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss Eric becoming a mod of /r/ethereum, Anthony's trip to EDCON, China bans Bitcoin (again), major 0x update around token economics, Augur v2 announced, trade derivatives around startups via Flex, stability fee flying up again, Dharma seeing nice growth and EIP discussion for Istanbul coming up in Berlin. Get on t

On the EthHub Weekly Recap we cover topics from the EthHub Weekly Newsletter. In this episode we discuss Anthony going to EDCON and being on a governance panel, Eric's blog post on Ethereum 2.0 economics, EthHub's near term roadmap, SEC's no action letter and guidance on ICOs, Sigma Prime's Eth 2.0 client, TrustToken introduces a GDP stablecoin, LoanScan launching a nice DeFi rate table, Maker dominance waning a bit in DeFi and needing t

Mo Dong, Co-Founder of Celer Network, joins Into the Ether to discuss Ethereum. Celer Network is a layer-2 scaling platform that enables fast, easy and secure off-chain transactions for not only payment transactions, but also generalized off-chain smart contracts. It enables everyone to quickly build, operate, and use highly scalable decentralized applications through innovations in off-chain scaling techniques and incentive-aligned cryptoeconomics. Get on the email list at