Join Jeremy Firster and Thomas Mayfield as they discuss Veridian, the Cardano Foundation's innovative digital identity platform. This insightful discussion explores Veridian's future-proof design, including its use of the groundbreaking Key Event Receipt Infrastructure (KERI) and Authentic Chained Data Containers (ACDC) protocols. Learn how the Cardano blockchain acts as a tertiary root of trust, while Veridian's unique pre-rotation key management system and hash-chained key event logs protect against quantum attacks and key compromises.
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.
In this episode, we sit down with Don Tapscott, author of Blockchain Revolution and a leading voice on digital transformation. Don introduces the concept of “identic AI,” a new phase where personal AI agents become part of our identity and must remain self-sovereign to protect human agency. He outlines how we can decentralize the AI stack—from compute and data to models and logic—using blockchain, DPIN networks, and open governance. We also explore the risks of centralized AI, the parallels to past technology cycles, the future of public digital infrastructure, and Don’s vision for universal basic AI as a public good.
In this episode, we speak with Jonathan Mathai, Director at G20 Strategies, to unpack how market making works across crypto, DeFi, and traditional finance. Jonathan explains the role of market makers, how liquidity is created in both order book and AMM-based markets, and why uptime, slippage, and volume matter for healthy market structure. The conversation also explores yield generation, risk management, hedging strategies, and how market makers navigate volatility, MEV, and emerging tools like AI as crypto markets continue to mature.