Name: Conversations on DEFI with Karthik Iyer - CEO BlockchainMonk by BlockchainMonk
Duration: 16 min 47 s
Description: Blockchain Asset Review Magazine interviewed Mr. Karthik Iyer , the famous expert on Blockchain and Smart contracts on Decentralized Finance.

Today, on DIVI Crypto podcast, Steve sits with Dan Gunsberg (Gunny), the CEO and Co-founder of HXRO, to talk about Moon Rekt. Moon Rekt is a game with a unique Miami vice-style design that is a platform for betting about the price changes in cryptocurrency per time. HXRO currently has a globally distributed team of up to twenty people and up to 200,000 registered users.

Gunny’s Crypto Story

Gunny started trading in 1994, even before the onset of electronic trading; he later became a proprietor trader when e-trading began. In 2013, while hiring a high yield index trader, Gunny had a conversation about bitcoins, and in 2014, he started looking at investing in crypto. After forgetting about it till 2015, he noticed the spike in cryptocurrency’s price and became more active in it. 
In 2017, Gunny decided to go into crypto trading full-time and noticed the lack of camaraderie and emotional elements in the crypto space. The need to do something about this observation was the origin of Moon Rekt. They built it in 2018 and launched it in 2019; since then, Moon Rekt has been Gunny’s full-time crypto endeavor.
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Divi is creating the world's first closed-loop, vertically-integrated cryptocurrency ecosystem. Much like Apple's ecosystem is anchored by iCloud, the Divi Project blockchain serves as the core of the Divi network of technologies. Thanks to a keen understanding of the divide that separates the mainstream from the crypto world, the Divi team is able to create solutions to the industry's biggest problem: adoption by non-technical users. Divi's user-friendly, one-click solutions aim to bring blockchain-based payments into modernity with great UX. In this podcast, we will cover all aspects of cryptocurrency, hot topics, and technology as worldwide adoption grows.

Interview with Gunny CEO and Co-founder of HXRO

Blockchain Asset Review Magazine interviewed Mr. Karthik Iyer , the famous expert on Blockchain and Smart contracts on Decentralized Finance.

Conversations on DEFI with Karthik Iyer - CEO BlockchainMonk

For today’s episode, Steve McGarry and his guest, Jason Nelson, exchanged thoughts about cryptocurrency and blockchain. They talked about the trends in the industry that can provide an opportunity for many who are not yet inclined to bitcoins and shared how they found a community within it.

Jason Nelson was an IT support technician who fixes computers, installs or deletes malware, upgrades software, and the like. Simple as it may seem, but it served as an avenue for him to interact with people who directed him towards the cryptocurrency industry. It was in 2013 when he first heard of bitcoin through an article which he just ignored. In 2016, he saw a tweet that made him curious about bitcoins, and he got directed to people who belong in the industry.
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Divi is creating the world's first closed-loop, vertically integrated cryptocurrency ecosystem. Much like Apple's ecosystem is anchored by iCloud, the Divi Project blockchain serves as the core of the Divi network of technologies. Thanks to a keen understanding of the divide that separates the mainstream from the crypto world, the Divi team can create solutions to the industry's biggest problem: adoption by non-technical users. Divi's user-friendly, one-click solutions aim to bring blockchain-based payments into modernity with great UX. In this podcast, we will cover all aspects of cryptocurrency, hot topics, and technology as worldwide adoption grows.

Finding A Community in Cryptocurrency and Blockchain With Jason Nelson

For today’s episode, Doug Leonard, CEO of Mainframe, talks about his experience getting into cryptocurrency. He also shares how Mainframe, a new defy application that allows peer-to-peer lending, helps individuals grow money through the platform. 

Doug’s introduction to cryptocurrency started in 2012 when his friends started talking about it. He got interested because of hashing algorithms at school and related it to his background in Masters of Information Systems. He invested money and put up a mining farm. 

Despite speculations, he started building up skills as an engineer, which led him to become a mobile engineer for two companies. His wife encouraged him to pursue blockchain, considering that he sees so much potential in it. So Doug left his consulting job and later on found the best cryptocurrency startup, which led him to Mainframe.

The Mainframe was a chat application. When Doug joined, the company was using its ICO token generation event and was incredibly successful. He started in the company as an engineer and transitioned himself to leadership by making strategies. Later on, Mainframe’s CEO tapped him to run the company, which brought him to where he is now.

The Mainframe is an at-scale fixed-rate lending solution for people to get instant access to liquidity. People who are into cryptocurrencies and want to pursue the latest farming craze or like to purchase new assets while maintaining exposure to their bitcoins can do these through the help of Mainframe. It enables predictable returns and premiums that borrowers pay.

Divi’s perception of Defy is to obviate banks or remove trustless intermediaries at the individual level. Doug clarified that perception varies from person to person. There is more transparency within the broader Defy space. Also, there is an increasing decentralized power that comes with specific trade-offs. People need to pay for their transactions, but they have the opportunity to audit what’s happening in their money.

In Doug’s judgment, Defy remains a speculators’ game until today. The Mainframe is still putting together debt instruments and options. People who are leveraging tokens are large players who are speculating on different aspects of the space itself.

The rate is fixed for each transaction. Taking the case of a lender, if you have a bunch of USTC, without having plans to do anything with it, but you want it to grow. You can go to the Mainframe platform and purchase their tokens to earn a premium based on discounts and the face value of your tokens.

For Doug, team size is a function of the business’ resources. The company’s team size is more focused now, with ten individuals dealing with the operations. They calculate well which bets to take, which innovations to pursue, and which to be a follower.
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Divi is creating the world's first closed-loop, vertically-integrated cryptocurrency ecosystem. Much like Apple's ecosystem is anchored by iCloud, the Divi Project blockchain serves as the core of the Divi network of technologies. Thanks to a keen understanding of the divide that separates the mainstream from the crypto world, the Divi team is able to create solutions to the industry's biggest problem: adoption by non-technical users. Divi's user-friendly, one-click solutions aim to bring blockchain-based payments into modernity with great UX. In this podcast, we will cover all aspects of cryptocurrency, hot topics, and technology as worldwide adoption grows.

DeFi Lending Interview w/ Doug Leonard CEO of Mainframe

In today’s episode, Steve welcomed Seth Estrada, popularly known as mindyourbiz on Youtube, to uncover the basics of privacy hygiene up to the encrypting voice applications.

According to Seth, regular text messages are very secured. Notifications are visible in your carrier and other parties, along with the chain of custody of your messages. For example, if you’re using an application that is available on both your desktop and phone, you could still encrypt voice chat and texts. They just added a wireless or wifi calling from the desktop.

As a beginner, you need to ensure that you’re aware of the applications that you’re downloading. Also, having a good VPN would help you cover tracks online. Seth dispelled the myth about VPNs enabling you to become hidden in the State. You’re more like throwing advertising trackers off of your scent. So a little bit more of your data, privacy is preserved that way. 
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Divi is creating the world's first closed-loop, vertically-integrated cryptocurrency ecosystem. Much like Apple's ecosystem is anchored by iCloud, the Divi Project blockchain serves as the core of the Divi network of technologies. Thanks to a keen understanding of the divide that separates the mainstream from the crypto world, the Divi team is able to create solutions to the industry's biggest problem: adoption by non-technical users. Divi's user-friendly, one-click solutions aim to bring blockchain-based payments into modernity with great UX. In this podcast, we will cover all aspects of cryptocurrency, hot topics, and technology as worldwide adoption grows.

Privacy Interview with Seth Estrada

For today’s episode, Tito Titov, CEO and co-founder of Jellyswap talks about his cryptocurrency experience and how he and his colleagues arrived at Jellyswap. He shares his knowledge about the atomic swap and how Jellyswap works.

Titov’s Background in Cryptocurrency

Titov has been into cryptocurrency for over three years. He is working full-time designing smart contracts, training, and recently working on DeFi. Before getting into cryptocurrency, he graduated with a Bachelor in Computer Science. His co-founder, Krasimir Raykov, was his colleague at the university. They read articles about Blockchain and DeFi, which inspired them to establish Jellyswap.

The Concept of Atomic Swap

The atomic swap is a swap of cryptocurrencies between two parties. It allows one party to exchange tokens with another party without the use of any centralized intermediaries. In Jellyswap it is a cross-chain atomic swap that supports many different chains.

How Jellyswap Works

At the end of 2017, Titov and his colleagues delved into IDEX and other limited book exchanges based on Ethereum. During this time, the ICO boom stopped, and the tokens were not useful anymore. They saw a new trend, which is automated market-making protocols. Titov saw its immediate liquidity and rewards for the market makers, so they decided to pivot a little bit to Uniswap. 

When they started Ethereum-based projects, there was an underlying question, “what about bitcoin?” and “can I use your exchange to buy bitcoin?” They began with Uniswap, an interface where you just go with your MetaMask and connect your wallet to swap one token for another. They wanted to integrate into cross-chain, so they created Jellyswap that supports multiple blockchains.

The Structure of Jellyswap

Unlike other interfaces, Jellyswap supports multiple chains. It has a smart contract responsible for all the business logic and swaps for different tokens, such as bitcoin and ethereum. They created an automated market-making software, called Jelly Butler, that provides liquidity to the protocol.

Atomic Swap Interview with JellySwap

In today’s episode, Steve is joined by Ty Daniel Smith, the managing director of Coinbound. This podcast uncovers interesting concepts and angles, considering the audience often asks questions about promoting and advertising with a crypto project.

Daniel had a techy friend who was generating an application going on digital. While explaining the process, they observed some underlying issues about the exchange and monetary value because it had to be processed, and it would not work with US dollars. It had to be decentralized.

So he got involved in a couple of different crypto startups while focusing on sales and marketing status. He was trying to grow several companies and while seeing agencies come into space. They also attempted to apply traditional marketing techniques to a new industry that responds totally differently from a previous business. 

One of the most significant pieces of what their team has started with was the influencer content creator or key opinion leader. It serves as a marketing style because they found out it was working efficiently. However, there are specific guidelines that the team ought to follow in the marketing industry. For the most part, you need a cryptocurrency certificate; basically, Google's just trying to prove that you're not a scam. 

According to David, if you want to advertise efficiently and have a more robust Bulletproof marketing plan, you have to establish your channel. Their company created their ad network so that they could announce and launch directly. It is comparable to Google ads and banner ads, onto crypto publishers and sites with a crypto-specific audience. And others exist like that as well, that is more or less profitable work. Currently, the channel is growing, and they got about a dozen sites on platforms. They aim to fill the inventory for all the major publishers.

Crypto Marketing Interview with Ty Daniel Smith from Coinbound

On today’s episode of sharing the origin story towards success, Nick interviews Bohdan, the COO of Everstake, on how they found their way into crypto space. 

Before developing into something bigger, Bohdan started as a block producer on EOS. However, he mentioned that it was not an easy task, especially during his first months. Managing all the stuff and organizing hardware was complicated. Fortunately, he learns something new every day, considering all garments calls and meeting producers from other countries sparked his interest.

Recognizing all the networks the team has established, they started building and developing their base.  Various proof of stakes eventually made portfolios, which they consider a cool concept. In the present times, they have over 27 000 users, while all delegators promote the blockchain.
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Divi is creating the world's first closed-loop, vertically-integrated cryptocurrency ecosystem. Much like Apple's ecosystem is anchored by iCloud, the Divi Project blockchain serves as the core of the Divi network of technologies. Thanks to a keen understanding of the divide that separates the mainstream from the crypto world, the Divi team is able to create solutions to the industry's biggest problem: adoption by non-technical users. Divi's user-friendly, one-click solutions aim to bring blockchain-based payments into modernity with great UX. In this podcast, we will cover all aspects of cryptocurrency, hot topics, and technology as worldwide adoption grows.

Interview with Bohdan, COO of Everstake

In today's episode, Nick Saponaro talks to Steve about the Divi Wallet launch. Divi Wallet is an exciting addition to the Divi project. They discuss details about the advantages and benefits of having a Divi Wallet app. 

Divi is a continuously growing company that everyone should watch out for. 

Divi Wallet Overview 

The concept behind creating a wallet like this is creating an ecosystem that enables easy access to all your finances. The Divi Wallet will be the only app you will need for your cryptocurrency instead of ten multiple apps. 

You can access it from any part of the world from your mobile device. You can even send and receive crypto with your phone. You get your account, so it is easier for others to send you crypto as well.  

Sending Money 

You can make decentralized systems easy to use. They created a non-custodial solution to make it easy to understand what is happening. You do not have to sacrifice your keys or your coins to make it simpler to use. After creating an account, you can back-up everything you need without sacrificing the encryption. 

Earning 

Earn additional income with Divi Wallet because it is in a global ecosystem. With the Staking Vault, it solves the issue by delegating transactions. Rather than sending it to a pool and trusting that, the Staking Vault takes your notes and sends them to networks to disseminate to all appropriate locations. 

This allows people to submit low amounts and earn even just a little bit. You can still maintain control without having to risk too much. 

Exchange with Atomic Swapping 

There are two ways to swap in the wallet: the traditional swaps and the Atomic swaps. Atomic swapping is the exchange with no middle man needed. Atomic swaps enable a trustless trade by having both parties sign a transaction that says the users are both willing to make a simple transaction. 
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Divi is creating the world's first closed-loop, vertically-integrated cryptocurrency ecosystem. Much like Apple's ecosystem is anchored by iCloud, the Divi Project blockchain serves as the core of the Divi network of technologies. Thanks to a keen understanding of the divide that separates the mainstream from the crypto world, the Divi team is able to create solutions to the industry's biggest problem: adoption by non-technical users. Divi's user-friendly, one-click solutions aim to bring blockchain-based payments into modernity with great UX. In this podcast, we will cover all aspects of cryptocurrency, hot topics, and technology as worldwide adoption grows.

DIVI Wallet Update with Nick Saponaro

For today's episode, they speak with Rob Viglione, the co-founder, and CEO of Horizen Labs. Rob shares that he started out as a mathematician and physicist for the United States Air Force Space Command. He has is an expert in Bitshares, Zclassics, Seasteading, BlockPay, and Bitgate. 

Currently, Rob is a Ph.D. candidate in Finance because of his research in crypto finance and his teachings in "Bitcoin and Blockchain Applications in Finance."  Viglione also has an MBA in Finance and Marketing and a PMP certification. 
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Divi is creating the world's first closed-loop, vertically-integrated cryptocurrency ecosystem. Much like Apple's ecosystem is anchored by iCloud, the Divi Project blockchain serves as the core of the Divi network of technologies. Thanks to a keen understanding of the divide that separates the mainstream from the crypto world, the Divi team is able to create solutions to the industry's biggest problem: adoption by non-technical users. Divi's user-friendly, one-click solutions aim to bring blockchain-based payments into modernity with great UX. In this podcast, we will cover all aspects of cryptocurrency, hot topics, and technology as worldwide adoption grows.

Interview with Rob Viglione the Co-Founder & CEO of Horizen Labs

Today we’re talking about all things DeFi, also known as decentralized finance, with PlasmaPay CEO Ilia Maksimenka. Ilia will discuss how he got into the cryptocurrency space, where his company fits in, and how the average user can succeed in this space.
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Divi is creating the world's first closed-loop, vertically-integrated cryptocurrency ecosystem. Much like Apple's ecosystem is anchored by iCloud, the Divi Project blockchain serves as the core of the Divi network of technologies. Thanks to a keen understanding of the divide that separates the mainstream from the crypto world, the Divi team is able to create solutions to the industry's biggest problem: adoption by non-technical users. Divi's user-friendly, one-click solutions aim to bring blockchain-based payments into modernity with great UX. In this podcast, we will cover all aspects of cryptocurrency, hot topics, and technology as worldwide adoption grows.

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