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The Cove
The Cove is a Solana focused podcast where we go behind the scenes with the builders and creators in the Solana ecosystem to see what they’re working on.
Dear Cove listeners, wishing you a merry christmas, happy holidays and happy new year from all of us at the Cove.
Welcome to a very special, holiday season, double episode. I wanted to keep you stocked up with some bullish and big brained discussions so I’ve got Kel, analyst at Messari on first. You can think of it like an extended Crypto Twitter conversation, we go deep on a bunch of the main topics around Solana and Ethereum as well as the general Alt-L1 lineup.
After that Joe comes on for a sponsored interview to share what the Composable team is working on, Composable is laying the pipes to power a cross-chain IBC ecosystem and they’re connecting Solana soon.
I want to thank you for listening to the Cove in 2023, we had the best of times, we had the worst of times and I’m pleased to let you know that the Cove will be bigger and better in 2024. We have a rebrand coming up soon as well as a couple exciting sponsors that are going to allow us to take things to the next level.
So without further ado, enjoy the pod and see you in 2024.
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Dive deep into the exciting waves of innovation with us as we explore the Kamino 2.0! In this episode, we're thrilled to unravel the mysteries of the brand new Borrow/Lend market that's making waves in the DeFi landscape. Join us as we navigate the currents of Solana's financial ecosystem and discover how Kamino 2.0 is redefining the borrowing and lending experience on this high-performance blockchain. Enjoy
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WelcomeUnderdog is a protocol that helps users manage all of their NFTs in one place. With gas-free minting, all-in-one APIs, and easy-to-follow templates users can mint, manage, and index all of their Solana NFTs.In this episode, we'll discuss all things NFTs, NFT's APIs, and much much more.Enjoy!
WelcomeWe are thrilled to have Michael, a core contributor from Marinade, joining us today. Strap in, folks, because on this episode, we're going to dive deep into the fascinating world of LSTs. Yes, that's right, LSTs! We'll be covering everything you ever wanted to know about LSTs, Marinade, and the dynamic environment on Solana.But we won't stop at Solana – we'll also venture into Ethereum and chat about Lido. And, of course, we can't forget to discuss the MND token, the heart and soul of Marinade. Enjoy!
Welcome to the latest episode of The Cove Podcast! We're absolutely thrilled to have Tommy, the co-founder of PsyFi, a groundbreaking ecosystem of financial products built on Solana. Not only is he a true Solana OG, but he's also spearheading Armada, a visionary initiative designed to propel the next generation of token ecosystems within the Solana network. Today, our conversation is set to explore the intricacies of token launching and delve into the vast landscape of the Solana ecosystem. So, fasten your seatbelts and get ready for an insightful journey through the world of blockchain innovation with Tommy as your guide.Enjoy🌐 Make sure to check our Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCovePodcast
Welcome!
Ethermail is a Web 3.0 Email Solution setting the standard for anonymous and encrypted wallet-to-wallet communication.
Traditional Email is showing its inadequacy to Web3 customers with regards to communication.
In order to solve this, EtherMail allows fully anonymous and encrypted P2P communication and rewards its users for reading relevant content in their inbox.
Enjoy
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Welcome listener,
Unlike other payment apps, Code can be used with anyone, anywhere.
We talk with Tanner Philp about how Code runs on sophisticated blockchain technology, so anyone can use it.
You can pull out a bill for any amount and hand it to someone just like cash or send it through any messenger. Tune in and learn how CODE is the simplest way to send money.
Enjoy
Welcome listener
What would happen if you embarked on the ambitious task of building a web3 game from the ground up in space?
How do you craft a vibrant incentive aligned in space economy?
How does a web3 enable the Triple-A game to differ from regular Triple A's?
How do you keep the community engaged along the development cycle?
Today we're heading into space to chat about Star Atlas with the one and only Michael Wagner.
Enjoy!
Welcome listeners!Today we've got Thomas the founder of Zen Republic on the show and we're chatting about web3, GameFi, VR, metaverse, is play to earn dead, will virtual lands be worth something, are NFT is purely hype and some other fun tangents.Enjoy!
Social is havinga moment in crypto right now, and perhaps unsurprisingly Solana is turning out to be a great base to build social apps on.
Today I'm chatting with Connor and Frank,two co-founders of an exciting new social project on Solana called Kivo.
We delve deep into what experiencing crypto in a group chat designed from the ground up looks like, the importance of having a strong product-driven approach when building in social, the current state of the market and the role social crypto consumer apps can play.
What would it look like if today you remade the EVM from the ground up with a focus on performance and speed? What kind of TPS can the EVM do when pushed to the limit?
How might the EVM still constrain you? Why is composability so exciting?
All that and a few more spicy takes atthe end are coming up right now as I interview Kevin G in developer relations at Monad.
Enjoy
It does seem like we're hitting an inflection point for user experience around key management, wallet payments, and much more.
Today I've got Ben from Meso on to chat about keys, account abstraction, user intent, the importance of seamlesson and off ramps, and many other things.
We have some exciting changes coming to The Cove very soon to refresh many parts of the show and create more exciting in-depth content for you, covering all things crypto.
In case you haven't noticed yet, we are now also uploading to YouTube, so if you'd like to see the video format, head over to The Cove Podcast on YouTube.
Lastly, if you're a longtime listener, I would really love to get a review from you in your podcast app of choice or on YouTube, if you're watching on YouTube.
Enjoy!
Today we have Austin Federa from the Solana Foundation chat all things Solana, we talk about what Austin is excited for, what it's like being the face of the foundation on Twitter, what the role of the foundation is versus Labs and a ton more.
Enjoy!
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Today I got something a bit different for you. what are bitcoin NFTs? What is an inscription, what are BRC 20s taproot wizards?
If you've been hearing some buzz around Bitcoin this year this is the episode for you to understand what's actually happening.
Today I've got Elizabeth the head of growth at Xverse on to dive deep into the evolving world of Bitcoin, we also chat about why these changes are controversial in the Bitcoin world as well as about Xverse, which if you're a heavy Solana user you can imagine as the Phantom of Bitcoin.
Today I'm chatting with Gui from Latitude a bare metal provider. This is definitely an episode suited to folks who are interested in hardware, and how Celina runs particularly with regard to validators.
We cover a number of topics including the difference between hyperscalers and bare metal providers, is Solana the most demanding blockchain to validate, what does it cost and what are the economics of running a validator today, what are the current hardware requirements to run a validator as well as liquid stake tokens on Solana, and what Gui is excited about in their ecosystem.
Enjoy!
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What is the true potential of NFTs? How can they cross the chasm to the general public? What role can Solana and compressed NFTs play? What can crypto Nfts learn from modern live action gaming?
Today I have Vibhu from Drip Haus on to go deep on these topics. I came away incredibly excited about the new direction Vibhu and his team are pursuing and bullish that this is one of the highest probability paths towards major adoption.
Enjoy!
MEV is a topic that keeps on coming up in recent episodes so I thought it was high time to do an episode covering it. Naturally, Lucas from Jito Labs came to mind since Jito Labs has built the first MEV-enabled Solana validator client and are a Solana expert.
In this episode we chat about robots taking over in the world of construction, unpack what MEV is, contrast the MEV environment on Solana versus Ethereum, what is a searcher, should bot transactions be counted when calculating network usage, what is Firedancer and how will Firedancer impact Jito, what are we excited for on Solana this year and much more!
Enjoy
Today I have something very special for you, we've got the one and only Solana legend on The Cove!
We have a fun wide-ranging conversation about crypto adoption, legends North Star investing thesis moving forward, why Solana is that perfect simple approach that can bridge the gap to mainstream adoption, Solana as an asset vs ETH as an asset, what he's pumped up for currently in the crypto space, reconceptualizing NFTs into a wider use case, and is crypto heading for a winner take all or a multichain future and of course much much more.
Enjoy!
Today we've got Matthias from Asset Dash on to chat about building a platform for tracking investments and earning rewards.
We talk about rethinking the American Express experience in a crypto-native way, how we can supercharge loyalty programs and rewards using crypto and what will it take to hit mainstream crypto adoption.
I also get Matthias's advice for new builders about how they can get involved in the crypto space.
Today we got Wayne from Penguin Finance on to chat about DeFi a bonding tool on Solana. We also touch on some of the key challenges for teams building Defi products on Solana currently. I also get Wayne's take on the best resources for newcomers to Solana and crypto.
🎙️ In this new episode we chat with Dhrumil from Root Protocol about building an Automated Market Maker (AMM) on Solana.Root combines club and AMM together in a flexible and highly configurable way.If you're fascinated by innovations in the AMM space, you'll want to give this one a listen 🎧
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Root Protocol
rootprotocol.org
@roothq_
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Today we’ve got Nick on the pod. Nick is a full stack developer who handles Docs and DevRel at the Solana Foundation and hosts the Solfate Pod. We seem to have an information gap between the Solana community and the rest of crypto. This podcast is an attempt to go over what is fact and fiction about the network in 2023. We go over some of the most common FUD levelled at Solana as well as what we are excited for.
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Solfate
solfate.com
@SolfatePod
Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is not intended as investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Speak to an accountant and always do your own research.
Today we’ve got Shek, founder of Gum on the show. Gum is a collection of Legos for building Social, Sticky apps that users love. 2023 is the year of finding product market fit and getting users, Shek and his team are laser focused on creating the primitives to enable teams to do just that. Shek’s vision for the future of social apps is compelling and well worth the listen!
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Gum
https://gum.fun/
@gumisfunn
Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is not intended as investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Speak to an accountant and always do your own research.
Today we’ve got Illmoi and Richard, co-founders of Tensor on the show. With Tensor claiming a rapidly rising percentage of NFT trading on Solana and an innovative new lootbox airdrop mechanic - all eyes have been on Tensor. We chat all about how they built Tensor, what a pro NFT trading experience looks like, where NFTs are headed, how to build for Product Market Fit and much more.
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Tensor
https://www.tensor.trade/
@tensor_hq
Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is not intended as investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Speak to an accountant and always do your own research.
Today we’ve got Scott co-founder of Decaf on the show. We are talking crypto payments. Decaf has big ideas around the possibilities of crypto payments on top of Solana. We chat the benefits of Solana Pay, how crypto payments unleash a new level of loyalty points and how Decaf is bringing zero fee physical cash off ramps to 175 countries around the world.
Note: We mistakenly refer to 197 countries, it's actually 175.
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Dialect
www.dialect.so/wallet
@Decaf_so
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Today we’ve got Chris the founder of Dialect on the show to tell us all about Smart Messaging and the exciting new unlocks we get when messaging is built crypto first from the ground up. This discussion is a long time coming and I’m pumped to catch up with Chris, we also discuss how "Solana is an incredible non-consensus bet right now" in the words of Chris as well as the Solana Mobile effort and much more.
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Dialect
www.dialect.to
@saydialect
Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is not intended as investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Speak to an accountant and always do your own research.
Launching a new series: Portside! A bi-weekly, casual roundup of what's been happening in the Solana ecosystem. Enjoy!
Today we chat about:
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SBF_FTX?
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Apple tax
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stripe fiat onramp
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phantom on Eth
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DeFi reopening
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openbookdex
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Chat GPT3
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@lui1of1
@win_andhelp_win
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Today we are coming to you from sunny Lisbon during Breakpoint and we are talking Solana Mobile with Andrew from Solana Labs. Solana Mobile is a huge initiative from Solana Labs to make a bold push into mobile - encompassing the Saga phone and the Solana Mobile Stack known as SMS. In this conversation we unpack all things SMS and consider the thesis behind Solana’s mobile push.
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Solana Mobile
solanamobile.com
@solanamobile
Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is not intended as investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Speak to an accountant and always do your own research.
Today we are talking hyper-efficient commerce using multiway swaps on Solana with John Ennis, founder of NeoSwap. NeoSwap is innovating a new way of performing complex, multiway swaps to massively increase efficiency. This has been a passion of John’s since he was a kid and he’s found that crypto provides the perfect economic and technical base for real world application.
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NeoSwap
neoswap.ai
@NeoSwap_ai
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Today we are talking Incentive Liquidity Infrastructure for Web3 Communities on Solana with John Kramer, founder of Dual Finance. Dual Finance is innovating on the Decentralized Option Vault (DOV) with their new Dual Investment Pools (DIPS) and Staking Option (SO) products. Dual Finance took out first place in the DeFi track of the recent Solana Summer Hackathon and were shouted out by Ben Sparango in our recent episode surveying the DeFi space on Solana.
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Dual Finance
dual.finance
@DualFinance
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Today we are exploring the DeFi ecosystem on Solana with Ben Sparango (Head of BD and DeFi at Solana Labs). We compare Solana DeFi today vs 1 year ago, see what QUIC, program specific fee markets and Saga as well as the Solana Mobile Stack can unlock for DeFi and adoption, understand why Solana has outperformed other L1 competitors and much more.
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Solana Labs
solana.com
@solana
Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is not intended as investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Speak to an accountant and always do your own research.
Today we are talking about rethinking the Solana Explorer from the ground up with Nick co-founder at Solana FM. Solana transactions are notoriously difficult to parse, Solana FM is focused on making the data accessible. We chat about all things data on Solana, catering to specific users, his take on Solana Mobile, showing the true TPS of Solana and much more.
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SolanaFM
solana.fm
@solanafm
Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is not intended as investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Speak to an accountant and always do your own research.
Today we are talking cross margining and a game changing vault on Solana brought to you by the team at marginfi. marginfi has been making waves lately with their much anticipated new vault so I had to have Anders from the team on to find out more details. Not to bury the lead, in their tests their vault was returning triple digit non incentivized returns. If that perks your ears up, listen on!
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marginfi
marginfi.com
@mrgntrade
@marginfi
Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is not intended as investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Speak to an accountant and always do your own research.
Today we are talking privacy technology with Nico from Elusiv. Given the recent news of Tornado Cash being sanctioned privacy tech has never been under more pressure so I wanted to speak with Nico to hear his take on what Elusiv is doing to be compliant and provide users with strong privacy as well as to see how he envisions the brewing privacy battle playing out moving forward.
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Elusiv
elusiv.io
@elusivprivacy
Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is not intended as investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Speak to an accountant and always do your own research.
I’ve got something a bit different for you today, I’m having a conversation with Phil from FRAKT. FRAKT is a unique project on Solana focused on borrowing and lending NFTs, making illiquid jpegs much more liquid. It was a pleasure to have Phil to dive into a world where I haven’t had the chance to look into much previously.
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FRAKT
frakt.xyz
@FRAKT_HQ
Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is not intended as investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Speak to an accountant and always do your own research.
This week we are deploying into the AMM space with Durden from Lifinity. Lifinity is a DEX that takes a fresh approach almost at every step. In this episode, we go over the fundamentals of an automated market maker, the innovations that Lifinity brings to the table by owning their own liquidity, pricing based on an oracle and much more. If you’ve used an AMM or a Dex Aggregator like Jupiter before and want to go under the hood to understand better how it works, this is the episode for you.
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LIFINITY
https://lifinity.io
@Lifinity_io
Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is not intended as investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Speak to an accountant and always do your own research.
This week we are sliding into the world of Multisig management with Stepan, co-founder of Squads. Squads is a Multisig management protocol for web3 native teams. Squads is looking to provide secure multisig tooling, allowing teams to manage their treasury, secure their funds and much much more. We start from the basics of what a multisig is and then go further into the state of DAO tooling on Solana, the topic of program upgradeability, and Stepans take on the recently announced Solana Mobile Stack
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SQUADS
🐦 @SquadsProtocol
📄 squads.so
Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is not intended as investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Speak to an accountant and always do your own research.
This week we dive into the jungle of liquid farming and staking with David Holt (@IDrawCharts) - who’s leading Jungle Defi - an exciting new project on Solana that is promising to split up tokens allowing you to, for example, sell your future yield while maintaining spot exposure - unlocking an additional level of capital efficiency.
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JUNGLE DEFI
🐦 @JungleDeFi
📄 jungledefi.io
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Today we have a conversation with Michael from Laine | Stakewiz around the Solana network issues and the solutions that are being worked on. If you've had trouble following along with the issues and found it a bit confusing, I hope this will be a definitive guide that's accessible for everyone!
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LAINE | STAKEWIZ
🐦 @laine_sa_
📄 stakewiz.com
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Today I’m keen to learn about on-chain banking on Solana with Tempest from the Neptune project. We talk about what it means to be an on chain bank, how Neptune intends to build revenue sustainably and some key learnings that Tempest took away from the Luna collapse alongside much more.
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NEPTUNE
🐦 @nep_so
📄 nep.so
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Today we catch up with the Torab from Marinade. Marinade is a liquid staking solution on Solana. We dive deep on liquid staking, some details about the validator network, how Marinade is governed as well as some thoughts on the recent Luna crash. Was a real treat to catch up with Torab and head all things liquid staking!
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MARINADE
🐦 @MarinadeFinance
📄 marinade.finance
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Today we catch up with the guys from Kana, a team building a DeFi Super App on Solana and interestingly, Neon EVM. Kana is the first project we've had on building on Neon and it was fascinating to hear how their experience has been, the challenges of building a DeFi aggregator as well as developer interest for building on Solana in India and more!
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KANA
🐦 @kana99sol
📄 kanaswap.com
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Today we map privacy on Solana with Swen from Light Protocol. Light Protocol is bringing shielded transactions to Solana using Zero Knowledge Proofs. We talk about whether we need privacy, the importance of opt-out privacy by default, the UX-Liquidity flywheel and much more!
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LIGHT PROTOCOL
🐦 @LightProtocol
📄 lightprotocol.com
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Today we go deep with Jonathan from Aleph.im to learn about the cloud computing infrastructure that they're building to support DeFi and Web3 projects building across the ecosystem. Aleph.im works with many of the major L1s which gives them a unique perspective on the space. We wrap up by discussing what trends Jonathan sees from his unique vantage point!
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ALEPH.IM
🐦 @aleph_im
📄 aleph.im
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I’m super pumped to dive deep into the Shadows with Frank as we explore the Shadow Drive and Shadow Net, two fascinating new infrastructure pieces coming out of the GenesysGo team. Make sure you listen through till the end, the Shadow Net alpha Frank drops is very exciting stuff.
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GENESYSGO
🐦 @GenesysGo
📄 www.genesysgo.com
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Today we have Max from Unstoppable Finance on to chat about their new wallet, that's looking to be that easy to use, consumer friendly entry point into DeFi for the world. I really enjoyed hearing Max's take on why existing wallets have failed to crack into the main stream and hear Unstoppable Finance's solutions to those problems. Perhaps the true next step for DeFi is one of UX and approachability? Enjoy! 🔥
🐦 @UnstoppableDeFi
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Today we have Alex Coffman from Saber on to chat about an emerging narrative which is being called #SaberWars - if you’re familiar with #CurveWars you might have an idea where this is going. We go deep on how Saber Wars will work, the role that Saber, Sunny and Tribeca will play and much much more. Make sure you listen in at the 35 minute mark to hear Alex tell you why you’re not bullish enough on Solana. 🔥
🐦 @AlexCoffmanSol
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Welcome to another episode of Solana Cove I’m Lui your host. If you haven’t please subscribe and share Solana Cove with your friends. Today I’m chatting with pemulis who is drinking your milkshake at SinoGlobalCap and we are chatting about the bull case for Serum. Enjoy!
🐦 @0xPemulis
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Today I’m chatting with Pencilflip from Mycoverse and Formfunction. Pencilflip is the builder behind Mycoverse an NFT project and Formfunction, a 1/1 NFT marketplace for independent creators. We have a fun chat about the state of Solana, what we’re excited about in 2022 and make some predictions at the end. Enjoy!
🔗 formfunction.xyz
🐦 @pencilflip
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Today I’m chatting with Rooter from Solend. Rooter and his team have built the largest borrow lend platform on Solana and they're looking to continue innovating with some exciting new features such as isolated lending pools. I really enjoyed catching up with Rooter to chat with him about how Solend started, his background, why they have medieval lithography art, his spicy memes and much more!
🔗 https://solend.fi
🐦 @solendprotocol
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Today I have a conversation with Uddhav from the Friktion team about building a DeFi portfolio manager on Solana! Friktion has onboarded 96 million in TVL and is now the 3rd largest options protocol in all of DeFi by TVL. And it took them just 3 weeks to do it. Find out how they've built so effectively and what's coming next in this deep dive.
🔗 https://app.friktion.fi/
🐦 @friktion_labs
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Today I’m chatting with Barrett from Cypher. Barrett and his team are building expiratory futures on Solana, looking to bring pre IPO and IDO tokens to the space so that we can trade the token before its live. I met Barrett at Breakpoint and it was such a pleasure to chat with him then and it was blast to hear from him again this time. If you’re a bit intimidated by DeFi don’t worry, we lay the financial foundation for you to understand Cypher.
🔗 https://cypher.trade/
🐦 @cypher_protocol
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Today I’m chatting with Sam and Shimon from Ratio Finance who are on a mission to de-risk DeFi. We chat about how Ratio’s risk ratings will protect DeFi users, the challenge of gradually decentralizing governance, their experience building on Solana and what the teams rollout looks like in the next months. Both Sam and Shimon share a lazer focus and hunger that characterizes builders on Solana and our interview left me very eager to take Ratio Protocol for a test run. Enjoy!
🔗 https://ratio.finance/
🐦 @RatioFinance
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Today I interview Ben from Jupiter. Jupiter is the first fully fledged DEX Aggregator on Solana. Jupiter has been live on Solana for about a month and recently did 78 million in swap value in just 24 hours. I chat with Ben about how Jupiter started, where the team wants to take the product, what features are around the corner, the benefits and challenges of building on Solana and much more.
Note: Apologies for the audio in the beginning, not using normal equipment for introduction.
🔗 https://jup.ag/
🐦 @JupiterExchange
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Today's episode is an interview with the team behind shatteredmarble, a fine art NFT project on Solana. We have a wide ranging chat about the artistic side of NFT art, how the pieces were created, the unique possibilities for showing NFT art and what the team is working on next.
📱IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPONSOR SOLANA COVE, REACH OUT twitter.com/@SolanaCove
🔗 www.shatteredmarble.com
🐦 @shatteredmarble
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In this episode I chatted with Defi Governor, whose an Architect on “The Tower” NFT project. The Tower team have lofty ambitions for what “The Tower” can be, a stepping stone for millions entering the crypto world, a meta community and an engaging, accessible consumer product. Defi Governor has clearly spent a lot of time thinking about NFT’s and governance and it was a pleasure to pick his brain. I hope you enjoy this conversation.
📱IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPONSOR SOLANA COVE, REACH OUT twitter.com/@SolanaCove
🔗https://towerdao.com/
🐦@TowerDao
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Today I had the pleasure of chatting with Ori from Orca. Orca is the friendliest AMM on Solana and so much more. In this conversation we dive into how she got into crypto, how Orca got started and the team formed and then we chat about some big news she came on the show to share. Stick around and listen all the way through as Ori drops tons of news about what the Orca team has been up to and it’s safe to say they have been crazy busy.
📱IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPONSOR SOLANA COVE, REACH OUT twitter.com/@SolanaCove
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🔗https://www.orca.so
🐦@orca_so
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Today we have a relaxed chat with Mike from Kaiju Cards. We chat about the how Mike got involved in Crypto, the Kaiju Card drops, whats coming next, the promise of NFTs, the challenges and benefits of building on a young and ambitious chain like Solana, why Solana is the perfect home for Kaiju and much more.
Mike is all in on Kaiju and it was a really pleasure to chat with him and hear the passion him and the team have on delivering a great end product. Enjoy!
📱IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPONSOR SOLANA COVE, REACH OUT twitter.com/@SolanaCove
🔗https://kaijucards.io
🐦@KaijuCards
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I got the chance to chat with Dylan Macalinao co-founder of Saber. We cover how Saber started, what’s coming down the pipeline, how to prioritize and stay focused on what’s important, comparing building in high performance startups vs DeFi, what would Dylan build if he had more time, what grade would Dylan give to Solana currently and much more!
📱IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPONSOR SOLANA COVE, REACH OUT twitter.com/@SolanaCove
🔗https://saber.so
🐦@Saber_HQ
🐦@DylanMacalinao
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Today I’m chatting with Vito from SolSea. We talk about his journey into crypto, how Solsea was created, what’s coming with their launch, the pressure him and the team feel to move at a breakneck pace, the potential he sees for NFTs, how the game will change with AR, the struggle between entertainment and quality content and culture and much much more. It's a great chat and I hope you enjoy!
📱IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPONSOR SOLANA COVE, REACH OUT twitter.com/@SolanaCove
🔗https://solsea.io/
🐦@SolSeaNFT
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DeFi Land is a Solana 2021 Hackathon project that came 2nd in the "DeFi track" promising to gamify everything that you can do in DeFi. Erwin is the team lead and joins the show to share the latest details on DeFi Land including: how DeFi Land started, closed test coming soon, how gamification can onboard new users, the social layer of the game, crafting NFTs ingame, owning land, the Solana bullcase!
📱IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPONSOR THE COVE, REACH OUT twitter.com/@SolanaCove
🔗https://defiland.app/
🐦@DeFi_Land
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StreamFlow Finance is a Solana 2021 Hackathon project promising to bring streaming payments to Solana. Mališa and Ivan join the show to share all things StreamFlow Finance including: the wide ranging potential for streaming payments, why they chose Solana and their plans to integrate money streams in everything.
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🔗https://streamflow.finance/
🐦@streamflow_fi
Topics Covered:
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0:00 Intro
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6:00 What is StreamFlow Finance
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7:20 Opportunities for streaming payments
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13:00 Lending strategies
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16:08 Integrating money streams
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17:30 StreamFlow growth and fees
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20:30 Governance possibilities
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21:52 Ship first
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22:00 Solana Hackathon experience
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23:10 StreamFlow Finance roadmap
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24:50 On Solana ecosystem
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28:10 On Rust
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29:37 Cross chain streaming payments
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32:00 Gaining exposure
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32:45 StreamFlow Finance token
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33:08 Hackathon projects to collaborate with
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33:45 Where to find out more
Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is not intended as investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This podcast is not to be considered as tax advice. Speak to an accountant and always do your own research.