In this episode, we talk to Willy Ogorzaly, head of decentralization at the ShapeShift DAO, governing one of the oldest non-custodial exchanges, which allows users to trade crypto. ShapeShift gives you zero-commission crypto trading, and you always stay in control of your crypto private keys. Willy’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/WillyOgo) We spoke to Willy about Shapeshift, and: DAO's & memes CEX vs. DEX DeFi & financial sovereignty Community, values & market cycles Fox chain, airdrop & the interchain MLE, MVP & progressive decentralization Motivation, values & goals Staking, yield & laser eyes Maximalism, the best day ever & bounties The projects and people that have been mentioned in this episode: | Tendermint (https://tendermint.com/) | Cosmos (https://cosmos.network/) | IBC (https://ibcprotocol.org/) | ShapeShift (https://shapeshift.com/) | Thorchain (https://thorchain.org/) | Ethereum (https://www.ethereum.org/) | BTC (https://www.bitcoin.org/) | Gitcoin (https://gitcoin.co/) | Giveth (https://giveth.io/) | Mt. Gox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Gox) | If you like what we do at Citizen Cosmos: Stake with Citizen Cosmos validator (https://www.citizencosmos.space/staking) Help support the project via Gitcoin Grants (https://gitcoin.co/grants/1113/citizen-cosmos-podcast) Listen to the YouTube version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTuE0cDQo0U) Read our blog (https://citizen-cosmos.github.io/blog/) Check out our GitHub (https://github.com/citizen-cosmos/Citizen-Cosmos) Join our Telegram (https://t.me/citizen_cosmos) Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/cosmos_voice) Sign up to the RSS feed (https://www.citizencosmos.space/rss) Special Guest: Willy Ogorzaly.