I migliori Serhat Aydogdu podcast (2024)

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Electricity Grid Needs a Massive Upgrade (Special Episode) 12:15

25d ago12:15

12:15

Join me for an extra special episode on The Curious Learners! It was created using Google's NotebookLM AI tool and my blog post on The Curious Learners (link here)! Today, we're diving into a critical but often overlooked aspect of our path to net zero: the electricity grid. We’ve all heard that electrification is key to decarbonizing industries li…

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Mert Mumtaz | Building for Builders | The Curious Learners Ep. 39 38:27

1+ y ago38:27

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Hi everyone. My guest today is Mert Mumtaz. He is the co-founder and CEO at Helius, which is a developer platform for the Blockchain ecosystem. Mert is not new to crypto. Prior to starting Helius, he spent years at Coinbase building different products across payments and others. Helius currently supports the Solana ecosystem and Mert has been a big…

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Amos Wittenberg | Assessing Risks in Climate Transition | The Curious Learners Ep. 38 30:10

1+ y ago30:10

30:10

Hi everyone. My guest at The Curious Learners is Amos Wittenberg. He is the co-founder of Dovetail. Amos and his co-founder Phillip Marks are building the climate risk modelling toolkit for investors. Dovetail helps to identify and quantify risks and opportunities in the era of climate transition. What Dovetail is building is critical for instituti…

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Yurii Kyparus | Cashback & MEV Service in Crypto | The Curious Learners Ep. 37 30:05

2y ago30:05

30:05

Hi everyone. My guest at The Curious Learners is Yurii Kyparus. He is the co-founder of Wallchain, which is a start-up that addresses the issue of MEV (miner extracted value) in crypto. MEV refers to value extracted from crypto transactions. Wallchain captures this value and returns it back to users. Here are some of the topics that we discussed on…

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Sebastian Manhart | Carbon Removal: Where Technology Should Meet Policy | The Curious Learners Ep. 36 34:36

2y ago34:36

34:36

Hi everyone. My guest today is Sebastian Manhart. He is the senior policy adviser at Carbonfuture, which is a technology company building an operating system for high quality carbon removals. Sebastian has a super interesting background of over a decade of entrepreneurship and an advisory role with the German government on decentralized identity. H…

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Peter Grosskopf | Building in Crypto Winter | The Curious Learners Ep. 35 42:43

2y ago42:43

42:43

Super excited to have Peter Grosskopf on the first episode of the second season. Peter is the co-founder and CTO of Ultimate Money (core product of Unstoppable Finance), which is one of the most exciting DeFi products out there. His background is unique coming into crypto from a combination of software development and fintech building / operating a…

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James West | Building the Future of Crypto Exchange | The Curious Learners Ep. 34 34:04

2y ago34:04

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Hi everyone. My guest today is James West. He is the CEO of Globe, which is a crypto futures exchange. James and I agreed to talk about building a crypto exchange a while back and we kept rescheduling since then. Finally, by coincidence, we happened to record the episode on the day FTX filed for bankruptcy! We talked about James' take on what reall…

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Chris Perkins | Crypto: Where are We Headed? | The Curious Learners Ep. 33 37:32

2y ago37:32

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My guest today is Chris Perkins. He is the President of CoinFund, which is a crypto-native investment firm founded in 2015. Chris joined CoinFund in 2021 after spending a long time in traditional finance. He was most recently a managing director at CitiGroup. His experience in traditional finance is very relevant from the perspective of crypto's fu…

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Kevin Zhang | FX in Decentralized Finance | The Curious Learners Ep. 32 33:50

2y ago33:50

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Hi everyone. My guest is Kevin Zhang. He is the co-founder of DFX Finance, a decentralized exchange protocol specifically for stablecoins. Kevin has been in crypto for a long time and his journey into building DFX Finance is not a coincidence. Following his time at Consensys, he went on to build Paytrie, which is a stablecoin exchange based in Cana…

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Joshua Frank | Building the Data Layer for Crypto | The Curious Learners Ep. 31 41:43

2y ago41:43

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My guest today is Joshua Frank. He is the co-founder and CEO of The Tie, an information services provider for digital assets. Josh and I met some time ago at a crypto conference and I was truly amazed with The Tie product demo back then. On-chain data is usually accessible, however it is never easy to parse it given the different data structures ac…

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Lubomila Jordanova | Enabling Journey to Sustainability | The Curious Learners Ep. 30 31:21

2y ago31:21

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Hi everyone. My guest for the 30th episode of The Curious Learners is Lubomila Jordanova. She is the founder of Plan A, which is a climate-tech company working with businesses and top institutions around the world to help with their sustainability journeys. Prior to starting Plan A, Lubomila had substantial experience in financial services as an in…

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Evgeny Gokhberg | Building a DeFi Power User | The Curious Learners Ep. 29 38:10

2y ago38:10

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My guest today is Evgeny Gokhberg. He is the founder and managing partner of Re7 Capital, which is an investment firm focused on DeFi strategies. Evgeny is not only an investor in DeFi, but also a deep thinker about the technology behind it, the future of crypto and how traditional finance and DeFi would work together to build a whole new financial…

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Will Robinson | Accelerating Web3 | The Curious Learners Ep. 28 46:44

2+ y ago46:44

46:44

Hi everyone. My guest today is Will Robinson from Alliance DAO. He is the head of Community at Alliance, where he helps web3 founders build amazing companies. Will was in gaming until his move into crypto in 2017 with the help of a healthy! dose of push from his cousin Dan Robinson. In fact, he is the only person that I know with a PhD in game desi…

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Mounir Benchemled | Facilitating Decentralized Finance | The Curious Learners Ep. 27 38:23

2+ y ago38:23

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Hi everyone. My guest today is Mounir Benchemled. He is the founder of Paraswap, which is one of the leading DEX aggregators in crypto markets. Mounir's entry into blockchain dates back to 2013 and he had a front seat to the development of crypto markets since then, first as a user and then builder of DeFi (and this is before it was called DeFi). H…

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Paul Hsu | Metaverse as the Immersive Internet | The Curious Learners Ep. 26 29:48

2+ y ago29:48

29:48

My guest today is Paul Hsu. He is the founder of Decasonic, a crypto native VC fund. Paul's background and his thesis at Decasonic put him in a unique position to help entrepreneurs ride the next wave of innovation in Blockchain. Our wide-ranging conversation covers the history of innovation in social world, biggest catalysts for mass adoption of w…

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Ulric Musset | Facilitating Private Market Investing | The Curious Learners Ep. 25 31:00

2+ y ago31:00

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My guest today is Ulric Musset. He is the co-founder of Vauban, which is a technology platform that facilitates private market investing. He and his co-founder Remy Astie have worked on many other projects prior to Vauban, including the very unique idea of a French bakery in London! Luckily for us as investors, they landed on Vauban. Below are some…

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Sam Peurifoy | Web3 Gaming | The Curious Learners Ep. 24 37:14

2+ y ago37:14

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My guest today is my good friend Sam Peurifoy. He is the Head of Interactive for Hivemind Capital Partners and the founder of Playground Labs. The gaming community knows him as Das Kapitalist! Sam is my go-to person when it comes to deep discussions on gaming and web3. It was again a very insightful conversation with him. Here are some highlights f…

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Josh Benaron | Scaling Web 3.0 Storage | The Curious Learners Ep. 23 27:05

2+ y ago27:05

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My guest today is Josh Benaron. He is the founder and CEO of Bundlr, which is an essential scaling solution for the decentralized storage network Arweave. His story from learning to code on his own to building Bundlr at a time when Arweave would hit network capacity is fascinating! Josh and I had a great conversation about everything decentralized …

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Shanti Bergel | Play, Build and Invest | The Curious Learners Ep. 22 30:46

2+ y ago30:46

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My guest is Shanti Bergel. He is a gaming industry veteran with significant experience as an operator and founder. He is now one of the founding partners of Transcend Fund, which is a VC fund for the gaming and digital entertainment space. It was fantastic to hear Shanti's deep insights on the industry and his experience with several transformation…

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Scott Stornetta | No, He is not Satoshi | The Curious Learners Ep. 21 39:17

2+ y ago39:17

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I don't know if you do, but I don't get to speak to inventors of Blockchain very often. Scott Stornetta is the co-author of three out of eight works referenced in the original Bitcoin whitepaper. Initially, Scott's strong view on the need to create immutable records led him to work with cryptographer Stuart Haber and together invent the very first …

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Hasib Malik | Motivation of Improving Outcomes for Entrepreneurs | The Curious Learners Ep. 20 45:12

2+ y ago45:12

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My guest today is Hasib Malik. He is the co-founder of Creditbook, which is a technology company that empowers merchants and MSMEs in Pakistan. Creditbook was built on the back of a deep market research that identified the biggest pain points for MSMEs in the country. Hasib and I had an insightful conversation about the potential of Pakistan, what …

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Federico Travella | Financing SMEs | The Curious Learners Ep. 19 32:33

2+ y ago32:33

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My guest at The Curious Learners is Federico Travella. As a venture builder, he has been involved in the foundation of very successful start-ups in South East Asia (e.g. Lazada). He then went ahead and started his own company, Novicap, which is an end-to-end financing provider for SMEs. Federico and I had a great conversation about financing SMEs, …

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Gokul Rajaram | Building, Operating and Investing | The Curious Learners Ep. 18 42:02

2+ y ago42:02

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My guest today is Gokul Rajaram. It is hard to find someone who has been as successful in all three of building, operating and investing. He is known as the 'Godfather of Adsense', having built the foundation of Google's advertising business. He then exited his start-up to Facebook and had an amazing career at Facebook, Square and now at Doordash. …

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Supriyo Roy | Community-Centricity in NFTs | The Curious Learners Ep. 17 41:28

2+ y ago41:28

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My guest today is Supriyo Roy. He is the co-founder of Hyy.pe, which is a community-centric content platform for NFTs. NFT market continues to grow at a significant pace in trading volumes. And in parallel we continue to search for the next big thing in NFTs, be it new content or evolving business models. Supriyo and I had a rich conversation on a …

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Winston Robson | Data Analytics for the Metaverse | The Curious Learners Ep. 16 33:10

2+ y ago33:10

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My guest today is Winston Robson. He is the co-founder of WeMeta, where he and his team are building the data layer for the Metaverse. Winston and I had a great conversation. Below are a few interesting topics that we discussed: - Should we call it Metaverse or Multiverse? - Data is key to "build" and "transact" on the Metaverse - How to interpret …

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Francesco Filia | Investing in TradFi & DeFi | The Curious Learners Ep. 15 45:15

2+ y ago45:15

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For anyone interested in a masterclass in investing in financial services (TradFi & DeFi), here is one delivered by Francesco Filia on The Curious Learners. Francesco is the founder and CIO of Fasanara Capital, which is an alternative investment firm. Francesco and his team have been investing in public and private markets for longer than a decade.…

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Calvin Luk | NFT Marketplace as a Service | The Curious Learners Ep. 14 27:40

2+ y ago27:40

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My guest today is Calvin Luk from Refinable. It is a decentralised NFT marketplace operating across multiple layer-1 chains. Calvin and I discussed the future of NFT marketplaces, where white-label technology solutions might be more favourable for brands, creators and project owners. Also discussed the following interesting topics: - Difference in …

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Mark Studholme | Content Layer for Metaverse | The Curious Learners Ep. 13 33:24

2+ y ago33:24

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I continue to go down the rabbit hole of Web 3.0. My guest is Mark Studholme. He is the founder of Metamundo, which is a marketplace of 3D NFTs and digital assets for metaverse. It is a gateway for the use of artists and creators to build the metaverse. Mark and I discussed all things metaverse. Select topics are listed below: • Difference between …

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Simon Vans-Colina | Fintech in Web 3.0 | The Curious Learners Ep. 12 39:05

3y ago39:05

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My guest today is Simon Vans-Colina. He was in the founding team of Monzo and is now the CTO of Fronted. Simon has contributed to transformation of financial services during his time at Monzo and is now passionate about DeFi and Web 3.0. Hence, he was a perfect guest to talk about the new wave of transformation in fintech, i.e. convergence with Web…

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Patrick Hansen | Onboarding Billion Users to DeFi | The Curious Learners Ep. 11 36:01

3y ago36:01

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My guest today is Patrick Hansen. He is the Head of Strategy and Growth at Unstoppable Finance. It is a start-up with a mission of financial inclusion and making decentralised finance accessible to the mass market. Patrick and I talked about what it takes to onboard billion users in DeFi and what they are building at Unstoppable Finance to contribu…

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Aleksi Loytynoja | DAOs and Work in Web 3.0 | The Curious Learners Ep. 10 39:29

3y ago39:29

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My guest today is Aleksi Loytynoja. He is the co-founder of Kleoverse, a platform of work in web 3.0. Aleksi and his co-founders launched Kleoverse very recently. Their initial focus is on building the network of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) and helping talent discover DAOs and engage with them. Aleksi and I started the episode wit…

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Kaan Eryilmaz | DeFi | The Curious Learners Ep. 9 36:23

3y ago36:23

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My guest today is Kaan Eryilmaz. He is the founder of Tinyman, a decentralized trading protocol built on the Algorand blockchain. Kaan is also one of the co-founders of Hipo, where they built several successful fintech products. Kaan and I had a great conversation on all things DeFi and Tinyman. Here are some of the topics that we discussed: - How …

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Justin Shenkarow and John Kraski | NFTs | The Curious Learners Ep. 8 42:15

3y ago42:15

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Happy New Year everyone! The Curious Learners is ending 2021 with a special episode on NFTs and web3 with two amazing guests Justin Shenkarow and John Kraski. They are the co-hosts of the wonderful podcast NFT Heat! Justin is an actor, voice actor, producer and Emmy and Golden Globe winner! He is passionate about NFTs. He started in the NFTs space …

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Sinan Koc | Stablecoins | The Curious Learners Ep. 7 36:10

3y ago36:10

36:10

My guest today is Sinan Koc. He is a co-founder of BiLira, which is a stablecoin pegged to Turkish Lira. I truly enjoyed speaking with him. We discussed the following and many more interesting topics: - why do we need stablecoins? Now and in the future? - do stablecoins remain as a gateway between fiat and crypto? - is there a bifurcation for the u…

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Krishnan Menon | Building one-stop-Software for Merchants | The Curious Learners Ep. 6 34:24

3y ago34:24

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My guest today is Krishnan Menon. He is the co-founder and CEO of BukuKas. He is building BukuKas as a one-stop-software solution for merchants. His journey into building BukuKas was an outcome of his deep understanding of merchants' problems. Krishnan and I talked about initial company building, finding product market fit, and the early signals th…

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Hugo Amsellem | Creator Economy | The Curious Learners Ep. 5 39:50

3y ago39:50

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My guest today is Hugo Amsellem. Hugo is one of the thought leaders that I look up to for the creator economy. He has been working with entrepreneurs, creators and artists for a long time and he was once a founder himself. He is now with Jellysmack as the VP, Community. Hugo and I talked about the current state of creator economy, the framework tha…

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Feras Jalbout | The Curious Learners Ep. 4 37:18

3y ago37:18

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My guest for the fourth episode of The Curious Learners is Feras Jalbout. He is the founder of commission-free investing platform Baraka. Feras is on a mission to democratise access to investing and enable everyone to participate in markets. Among other things, Feras and I discussed the key pillars of building a customer-first investing platform, t…

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Geri Cupi | The Curious Learners Ep. 3 32:54

3y ago32:54

32:54

My guest for the third episode of The Curious Learners is Geri Cupi. He is a serial entrepreneur with a distinctive focus on circular economy. He also quietly built Monochain as one of the first businesses with an NFT utility in real world. He is now building Twig, which is the "Bank of Things". It is a continuum of circular economy with innovative…

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Nikita Fadeev | The Curious Learners Ep. 2 34:40

3y ago34:40

34:40

My guest for the second episode of The Curious Learners was Nikita Fadeev. He is a Partner and Head of Fasanara Digital, which is a quantitative investment fund in crypto assets. It is part of Fasanara Capital, which is an alternative asset management firm founded in 2011. Nikita developed a strong interest in crypto in 2017 when he was at college …

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Jovan Stojanovic | The Curious Learners Ep. 1 34:26

3y ago34:26

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I knew Jovan Stojanovic was going to be a perfect guest for the first episode of The Curious Learners. Jovan is the co-founder of Anari AI, an exciting artificial intelligence company, where they are building the AI hardware industry from scratch. He is also the founder of Wonderland AI Summit, a mission-driven community of AI experts, practitioner…

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