The CLG Podcast

Jun 11 2024 21 ep. 75 mins 83
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Join Zach Rynes (ChainLinkGod) and The_Crypto_Oracle as they explore crypto from first principles and talk with founders, industry leaders, and domain experts from across the crypto industry. Opinions of the cohosts and guests are their own.

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Crypto in 2024: Memecoin Lottery Tickets vs Everything Else

Jun 11 2024 66 mins  
Crypto today is split between Bitcoin, the speculative memecoin casino, and everything else aiming to generate real value for society. In this podcast, Zach Rynes (ChainLinkGod) and The_Crypto_Oracle discuss the rise of rise of memecoin gambling and provide insights into how the onchain finance ecosystem is likely to evolve. Follow Zach Rynes | CLG: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkG

2024 Crypto Market Trends With Daniel Shapiro

Apr 26 2024 66 mins  
2024 saw the introduction of spot Bitcoin ETFs and the explosion of memecoins, creating a unique crypto market cycle of the likes we haven't seen before. In this podcast, Zach Rynes (ChainLinkGod) talks with Daniel Shapiro, founder of Abstraction Capital, about some of the recent market trends driven by Bitcoin ETF liquidity and some the ongoing technological trends around scal

Crypto in 2023: The Institutions Are Coming

Sep 27 2023 59 mins  
The recent collaboration between Swift, Chainlink, and 12+ of the largest financial institutions in the world on using CCIP for cross-chain interoperability has captured the attention of both the crypto and TradFi worlds. In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle discuss recent developments within the Chainlink and crypto ecosystems, as well as why institutional demand fo

Sergey Nazarov On Chainlink's Evolution

Mar 14 2023 91 mins  
Chainlink is the industry-standard Web3 services platform connecting the people, businesses, and data of today with the Web3 world of tomorrow. In this episode, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle talk with Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov and discuss a wide range of topics from Sergey’s background building Chainlink years ago to ongoing initiatives such as Chainlink Economics

Bringing Trillions Onchain With Ondo's Nathan Allman

Feb 16 2023 56 mins  
There are trillions of dollars worth of real world assets (RWAs) in the existing financial ecosystem ready to be tokenized and brought on-chain. In this episode, ChainLinkGod talks to Nathan Allman, founder and CEO of Ondo Finance—a project focused on tokenizing bonds and US treasuries on Ethereum blockchain, enabling stablecoin holders to put their assets to work with sustainabl

Crypto Contagion 2022: Run It Back Turbo

Dec 01 2022 57 mins  
When Celsius, Terra, Three Arrows Capital, BlockFi, Voyager, etc collapsed in early 2022, most people assumed that was the contagion event of the year. Now with the collapse of FTX and a missing $10B of customer assets, crypto is getting its second serving of pain and despair. In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle discuss the current state of the crypto ecosystem, fro

Chainlink Economics 2.0: A New Era of Value Capture

Oct 13 2022 62 mins  
Economics 2.0 is a new era of sustainable growth, cryptoeconomic security, and deeper value capture in the Chainlink Network. In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle explore Economics 2.0 and how the LINK token is evolving to become a productive asset. From the BUILD program enabling pre-revenue projects to pay for oracle services to the SCALE program enabling blockchai

Nick Almond on the Benefits and Trade-offs of DAOs

Aug 16 2022 80 mins  
Have DAOs solved governance once and for all or are there major roadblocks still to overcome? In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle talk with Factory DAO co-founder Nick Almond about the nuances around Decentralized Autonomous Organizations. We discuss the core benefits of DAOs over traditional governance structures and define their purpose, cover the current sentimen

The Modular Blockchain Thesis with Celestia's Mustafa Al-Bassam

Aug 02 2022 84 mins  
Blockchain scalability is the primary bottleneck preventing the crypto ecosystem from reaching global level and serving the 99% of society. In this podcast, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle talk to Mustafa Al-Bassam, Co-founder and CEO of Celestia Labs. We discuss the modular blockchain thesis, why Celestia is focused on data availability and consensus, define the various types o

Teej Ragsdale on MakerDAO Tokenizing $100M in RWAs

Jul 20 2022 90 mins  
Bringing Real-World Assets (RWAs) onto the blockchain is the next major step required for DeFi to scale to a global level. In this episode, ChainLinkGod and The_Crypto_Oracle talk to Teej Ragsdale, General Partner at Lupine Capital and Real World Finance Core Unit member at MakerDAO — the largest DeFi protocol by TVL and issuer of the decentralized stablecoin DAI. We discuss the