In this episode, we sit down with Kain Warwick, founder of Synthetix and one of DeFi’s earliest innovators. Kain explains how Havven became an early stablecoin system, how the team solved multi-asset debt tracking, and why oracle design shaped the project’s evolution. He walks through the challenges of synthetic assets, the rise of perpetual futures, and the shift toward hybrid on-chain/off-chain trading models. We also discuss lessons from Terra Luna, the 2019 oracle exploit, and how Infinex aims to simplify professional-grade DeFi trading.
Igor Mikhalev, Partner and Head of Emerging Technologies Strategy at EY Parthenon, joins us to explore the potential of Web 3.0 to reshape our economic future and move towards the next era of capitalism. This episode examines decentralized ownership, data empowerment, collaborative ecosystems, and building purposeful ventures in the decentralized space.
Join us as we speak with Temujin Louie, CEO of Wanchain, about how blockchain interoperability supports the movement of assets and data across networks. This episode explores how cross-chain bridges operate, from lock-and-mint and burn-and-unlock mechanisms to the emergence of messaging-based interoperability. The conversation also covers bridge security, validator configurations, and common failure points, as well as how interoperability is evolving alongside enterprise adoption and increasingly complex multi-chain ecosystems.
In this episode, we spoke with Karla McKenna, Christoph Schneider, and Kevin Griffin from GLEIF to explore the future of trusted organizational identity. They explain how the Verifiable LEI (VLEI) builds on the global LEI system, why strong governance is essential for digital trust, and how the KERI and ACDC protocols create a secure, interoperable foundation for high-assurance credentials. The conversation also covers VLEI’s role across industries, insights from GLEIF’s global hackathon, and how emerging threats like AI-driven fraud make verifiable authenticity more critical than ever.