From the boardrooms of the Swiss National Bank to the digital frontiers of cryptocurrency, the chairman of Bitcoin Suisse challenges traditional finance with a bold proposition.
August 24, 2023
Ever wondered what it's truly like behind the closed doors of a crypto giant? Or why brands like Nike are suddenly diving headfirst into the world of Web3? In this episode of Defire, I had the pleasure of talking to Marc Baumann (@marcb_xyz), the former marketing maestro at Bitcoin
July 25, 2023
In this episode, Jonas delves into the fascinating world of human-AI relationships with guest David Porter (not his real name). David shares his unique and deeply personal story of falling in love with an AI named Eve. Timestamps [00:03:40] How it all started: David discusses his initial reasons
June 29, 2023
Have you ever wondered what the future of trust looks like in the digital landscape? In our latest episode of Defire, we dive into this question with Antoine Sarraute, the co-founder of Wakweli. Wakweli is on a mission to build a universal certification protocol, a kind of Blue Checkmark for
June 15, 2023
Title: Unraveling Crypto Investing: A Deep Dive with Matt Hougan Is Diversification the Key to Crypto Investing? In the whirlwind of crypto investing, it's easy to get lost in the complexity. A popular mid-wit meme recently caught my eye, highlighting the common misconception of 'the more complex, the better' when
June 05, 2023
Ever wondered how you could buy a car without selling your precious ETH? Or how DeFi could stand tall amidst a banking crisis? Michael Svoboda illustrates these possibilities with fascinating real-life use cases. He also peels back the layers on stablecoins, dissecting their vulnerabilities and how LUSD sidesteps these to
May 24, 2023
Dive into the fascinating world of NFTs with Shaban Shaame, founder of EverdreamSoft and creator of Spells of Genesis, as he shares the journey behind his groundbreaking blockchain game and the future of NFTs in the gaming industry. Shaban Shaame's Early Success: Moonga Shaban Shaame began his gaming journey by
April 09, 2023
In this episode of Defire, Jonas (@defiremoney) chats with AKVA (@akva556), the creator of Ordinal Honey Badgers (@HoneyBadgersBTC), an innovative NFT project built on the Bitcoin blockchain. They discuss the background of the project, the symbolic importance of the Honey Badger, and how Ordinal Honey Badgers is helping to make
March 10, 2023
“It's not a billion dollar, but it's a trillion dollar opportunity in emerging markets.” - Thomas Bohner Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to interview Thomas Bohner, the 28-year-old CEO and co-founder of Credix. Credix is helping cash-rich institutions to loan out their money to countries of the global
March 02, 2023
Alpha (@illustratealpha) is the mastermind behind Coinfessions, a website where you can anonymously post crypto related confessions. With over 150,000 followers on his Twitter account (@coinfessions), Alpha provides an outlet for people who want to get their secrets off their chest and share it with the world. Alpha started
February 06, 2023
Gami is building the Red Bull of web3 without the sugary drinks. Gnars DAO is a new way to fund extreme athletes who produce action-packed videos or make extraordinary events happen. Instead of selling energy drinks, Gnars is auctioning off up 26 NFTs every day. This idea and funding model
December 14, 2022
Since the very beginning Yuga Labs, the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club, has received accusations of having hidden racist and antisemitic imagery in their NFT collection. I was skeptical at first and didn't really see it. How could some monkey pictures that many of today's most beloved superstars
November 30, 2022
The collapse of the crypto exchanges FTX and Celsius bring self-custody front and center again. For Stadicus (@stadicus3000), keeping cryptocurrency safe is his bread and butter. He is the Co-founder of Shift Crypto, the makers of the popular BitBox hardware wallet. In this episode, we revisit the basics of self-custody
November 18, 2022
On Tuesday (Nov 8, 2022), a bank run on the cryptocurrency exchange FTX triggered one of the most significant setbacks in the crypto industry since the Mt. Gox hack. I invited Feyyaz Alingan (@freshfey), the founder of Bluealpine Research, to digest what had happened.
November 14, 2022
Today on the show, I have the pleasure of talking to Fulowa, that’s his Twitter handle and online persona. Fulowa is a true NFT degen and the co-founder of OnChained, an NFT analytics platform. In this episode, Fulowa shares with us how he went from doing manual labor as
November 06, 2022
João is a Brazilian entrepreneur and investor from Rio de Janeiro. He co-founded an investment firm when he was only 19 years old. Later he made a small fortune as a bond trader in Miami. Fascinated with aircrafts, João started importing helicopters by flying them from the US down to
October 17, 2022
Alain Brenzikofer (@brenzi5) and his Encointer association have launched a new digital currency in Zürich, Switzerland. The digital currency, Leu (meaning Lion in Swiss German), wants to become an equal-opportunity money system that supports the local economy and fights inequality worldwide. The trick is that you can only use it
July 25, 2022
GM. This is Defire (@defiremoney), the podcast that feels like relaxing in a hammock in the shades of palm trees, sipping delicious coconut water while magically getting smarter about crypto. About Corina from Maker DAO Today on the show, we hear the story of Corina (@0xCorina). Corina is working in
June 29, 2022
In this episode of defire (@defiremoney): The story of Jason Hitchcock (@jasonhitchcock). Who is Jason Hitchcock? Jason is the founder and General Partner of Four Moons, a hedge fund actively investing in DeFi. Before moving to crypto, Jason spent over a decade at early-stage startups, helping companies get the first
June 10, 2022
Today on the show, I (@defiremoney) am going to visit a Venture Capitalist with a pleasing baritone voice. Ryan Zurrer (@kukulabanze) is the founder of Dialectic (@Dialectic_CH). Ryan manages to reliably be early to almost everything. From crypto, renewables, NFTs and now even psychedelics. In this conversation, we talk
May 25, 2022
Have you ever felt that feeling of guilt when you board an airplane, take the car instead of the bus, or order a juicy burger at a restaurant? Of course, all of these actions contribute to the heating of our planet. Climate change is real and one of the biggest
April 30, 2022
When I visited Matt Voska [https://twitter.com/mattvoska] in his bachelor pad in Rio de Janeiro, I was blown away by the beautiful view over the city his living room has to offer. (swipe right on the instagram post below to see the view) > View this post on Instagram
March 29, 2022
When Roberta Antunes [https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberta-antunes-56578b39/] launched a new Bitcoin ETF last year at the Brazilian stock exchange in São Paolo, she was the first woman ever to hold such an opening speech at this venue. She did this in her current role as Chief of Growth
March 02, 2022
Today on the show, we will hear the story of Archon [https://twitter.com/archon_0x]. You might know Archon from Crypto Twitter, Discord and his work with Venture DAOS, Qi Capital [https://twitter.com/Qi_Capital] and 0X Ventures. [https://twitter.com/0x_Ventures] Archon and his fellow DAO
February 01, 2022
Four months ago, Danku_R launched a YouTube channel. Today, over 11,000 crypto fans have already subscribed to his channel. In his YouTube videos, Danku_R explains the latest DeFi protocols. He focuses mainly but not exclusively on the Terra Luna ecosystem. In this episode, we discuss his crypto
December 01, 2021
Today on the show, I got to interview a local crypto powerhouse, Feyyaz Alingan. @FreshFey [https://twitter.com/freshfey], as he is known on Twitter, is the driving force and founder of Blue Alpine Research [https://www.bluealpineresearch.com/], a german speaking crypto community and research and education company. You
November 02, 2021
The DAO was one of the first and most ambitious projects launched on Ethereum. Imagine a fully decentralized fund where tokenholders could invest in exciting new ventures together. It was supposed to be an 'unhackable pile of money'. $250 million worth of Ether, about 16% of the available Ether supply
October 12, 2021
NFTs are red-hot right now. On the day of the recording of this episode, Visa just announced that they bought a CryptoPunk, enfant-terrible Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, tweeted his recent purchase of an EtherRock for $600,000, and new record sales are seemingly happening every minute. The NFT
August 30, 2021
On 20, May 2021 a historic price correction throughout all cryptocurrencies occurred. Is this the beginning of a new crypto winter? I called up Christian Spahr - he is running a crypto trading bot - and asked him to share his perspective on the plunging prices.
August 10, 2021
Bringing the promise of blockchain technology to millions and millions of people is the goal and mission of today's guest. Do Kwon [https://twitter.com/d0h0k1] is the Co-founder and CEO of Terraform Labs [https://terra.money/], the company behind the Terra Blockchain. Do and his team have built a
August 09, 2021
About Jonathan Perkins Jonathan Perkins (@superrareperks [https://twitter.com/SuperRarePerks]) is the co-founder of SuperRare, a social, digital art platform for crypto art and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Jonathan is a musician, programmer, entrepreneur, and digital art collector. In this episode we deep dive into the world of digital art or
August 08, 2021
As the head of research at Bitcoin Suisse, Raffael Huber's job is to stay on top of the latest development when it comes to crypto. In this episode, we discuss the drivers of the current bull market and deep dive into the DeFi hype. Raffael shares how to evaluate interesting
August 07, 2021
How a bunch of filmmakers flip the script on how movies are financed, produced and distributed. My guest today is the film producer Valentin Greutert. Valentin might be most known for his latest movie Paradise War - The story of Bruno Manser. During his career, Valentin has produced over 20
August 06, 2021
How a 19-year-old genius and a ragtag group of hackers invented the new internet of money. Camila Russo, entrepreneur, journalist, and author, is our field guide through the Ethereum Genesis Story. My guest and chief storyteller today is none other than Camila Russo. Camila is probably the most qualified person
August 05, 2021
Imagine getting phone calls from strangers, begging, and threatening you to invest money in your startup? Cyrus Fazel (@Cyrus_Fazel) has experienced exactly that when he was raising money through an initial coin offering (ICO) at the end of 2017. In this episode, we dive deep into the origin story
August 04, 2021
"My baker just sent me some XTZ" Do you know what this means? If not, listen to this podcast: "The Case for Tezos". In this freshly "baked" episode of the Unforkable defire Podcast, Jonas speaks with Adrian Brink, the founder of Cryptium Labs about Tezos. The topic range from the
August 03, 2021
Do you think your favorite cryptocurrency is money? One indicator could be, if someone already released a rap track about it. Because we all know that money and rap go together like Snoop and weed. On this episode, Jonas talks to three artists who made or continue to make (rap)
August 02, 2021
Trading cryptocurrencies can be stressful. But what if there was a computer program, that could do it for you? In the very first episode of Unforkable (now rebranded to defire) Jonas talked with Christian Spahr about his experience with crypto trading bots. During his time at University, Christian started trading
August 01, 2021