The First Native Yield Layer: Veda's Stephanie and Sun
Welcome to The Fren Zone. This week, our host Mason sat down with Stephanie and Sun of Veda, the first native yield layer for DeFi. Veda tokenizes the most complex DeFi interactions, granting protocols the power to embed yield for a superior UX. As always, we dove deep into the technical side of things. We hope you'll join us in The Fren Zone. Follow us on Twitter: Tokensoft – @TokensoftInc Veda – @veda_labs Stephanie – @goodstephv Sun – @sunandr_
Why Web3 Creator Tools & Platforms Must Build Towards Decentralization
Mint Season 1, Episode 3 featured Jenil Thakker, CEO and Founder of Coinvise, who focused on helping creators launch personal or community-owned social tokens on Ethereum. Coinvise was also Season 1’s sponsor and helped make the podcast a reality. In this episode, Jenil and I discussed how to improve the UX/UI around minting, his mission for Coinvise to become a decentralized Reddit for communities and creators, how to get started in web3 as a creator, how to keep people in your community contributing long term, utility and value frameworks, why creator platforms must stay decentralized, and much more.
Why Social Needs a Layer 2 ft. Ryan Li of Cyber
This episode welcomes Ryan Li, Co-Founder of Cyber, the layer 2 for social. We spend this conversation diving into Cyber’s evolution, The launch of their L2 on Optimism, and their goals for their creator grants program and products they hope to see be built on their network. I’m excited to help Cyber social summer campaign with a jam packed discussion. Enjoy!
The Origin of DEGEN with Jacek
We're joined by Jacek - the founder of DEGEN to unpack his journey launching the biggest token on Farcaster. We dive into the vision for Degen Chain, the new season of tip allowances, RainDrops and what its like to be a token founder in 2024.
Understanding Onchain Distribution and the Evolution of Web3 Marketing ft. Brian Flynn
This episode welcomes Brian Flynn, CEO of Boost.xyz, to discuss the future of earning crypto. Brian shares his insights on the evolution of crypto marketing, highlighting the shift to onchain strategies and the use of token incentives as a cost per action (CAC). He also delves into Boost's vision, the importance of growth for crypto-native businesses, and the role of viral NFTs. I hope you enjoy our conversation. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction and Background 08:07 - Boost: Facilitating Onchain Distribution 15:08 - The Power of Onchain Distribution 35:18 - The Value of Attention in the Crypto Space 41:20 - The Profile of an Ideal Growth Marketer in Web3
The Creator's Guide to Web3 Social ft. Stani Kulechov
Mint Season 6 episode 18 welcomed the founder of Aave and Lens Protocol, Stani Kulechov. Throughout the hour we discussed: - His vision for web3 social - How creators use crypto to build communities - How creators make money on Lens - User-generated content as an asset class - Migrating collectors from other chains onto Lens - How to use the lens social graph outside of their protocol ....and so much more. I hope you guys enjoy our conversation.
