The Decentralised.co Podcast

In this episode, Pacman, founder of Blur and Blast, explores the evolution of NFT marketplaces and Layer 2 solutions in crypto. He begins by reflecting on his startup journey, including his early days at Teespring and launching Namebase. Pacman shares how Blur, launched in 2022, quickly rose to prominence by catering to high-volume traders. It filled a gap left by platforms like Op

Hello!In the latest episode, we dive deep into the mind of Tomasz Tunguz. He is a venture capitalist who’s been in the game for over 15 years. As a General Partner at Theory Ventures and former Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures, Tomasz has witnessed the evolution of venture capital firsthand. From his early days at Google trying to monetise social media to his current focus

We are joined by Matt Luongo from Thesis for today’s issue. Thesis is a Bitcoin oriented venture studio that is behind the likes of Fold, Acre and tBTC. Our episode, recorded last week, is an unfiltered look into the world of Bitcoin from someone who’s seen it all from the ground up.We explore the projects that Matt’s team at Thesis is spearheading, like tBTC or Threshold Net

Before we begin… Last week, we announced the launch of DCo.build. As our publication grew, it was time to create a single hub for founders looking to collaborate with us on advisory, distribution and go-to-market strategies. The newsletter will continue to be the place where we showcase our research. DCo.build, will be where we put it to practice through our portfolio of compani

Robert Drost is the CEO of @eigenfoundation, research partner at Ethereal Ventures and the former head of R&D at ConsenSys. Prior to jumping into crypto, he was an accomplished engineer with a 159 patents to his name.Our conversation delves into▪ Parallels between Web2 and Web3 infrastructure development▪ Issues in Web2 that are the biggest opportunities in Web3▪ What EigenLa

Have you ever made an impulse purchase on Instagram? Our guest today may have a role to play in it. Antonio García Martínez was part of the team that helped Facebook build its ad engine.He is also the author of Chaos Monkeys—a beautiful memoir of how the startup ecosystem used to be in the early 2010s and what it took to survive it. He was also a former advisor to Twitter.Anton

Gin Chao from No Limit Holdings joins us today to draw parallels with the evolution of the web and the state of crypto. No Limit Holdings is a venture investment firm that was early to back the likes of Ethena (now valued at $7.5 Billion) and Wynd. Gin's journey into crypto started a decade back with a poker game involving CZ. Prior to starting No Limit Holdings, he was the Chief S

Today, we’re joined by Mike Silagadze, the CEO and founder of EtherFi. Before EtherFi, he was the founder and CEO of Top Hat, a dynamic courseware company for educators. He scaled that to over 500 employees and $60 million in revenue before switching his focus to crypto.Mike was also early to Bitcoin. His first Bitcoin purchase was at 80 cents in 2011, and he has been closely fol

Today, we are joined by one of our portfolio founders, Prasanna Sankar. We have been huge fans and investors in what he has been building with 0xppl. The product helps users know what their friends are doing on-chain. Think of it as Facebook, but for user wallets. Prior to founding 0xppl, Prasanna was involved with building Rippling - a company currently valued at $10 billion. He h

Monad was in the news in April 2024 for raising a little over $225 million. As of publishing, it is the largest venture round round in crypto for the year. But what even justifies that amount of money going into a new network? Why is it even needed?Our latest episode is an hour long conversation with Keone Hon. Prior to building Monad, he spent a decade as a quant working on high f