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Unlocking the Potential of Web3 and Digital Assets in Gaming | John Welch | Making Fun, Inc.

In this episode, host Siva Avvaru, Managing Partner at yWhales Solutions speaks with John Welch, CEO & Founder Making Fun, Inc., an independent game developer and publisher founded in 2009. Siva and John discuss the potential of blockchain technology in revolutionizing the gaming industry and why blockchain can address the drawbacks of the traditional free-to-play gaming model. John shares why blockchain technology can create a more transparent and just gaming ecosystem and create a fairer and more rewarding environment, moving away from the current ad-based monetization model. John also shares how game designers and developers are working to unlock the full potential of digital asset ownership for gamers. 
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Making Fun’s Facebook: https://facebook.com/makingfun
 
Guest Social Links:
John’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwelch
John’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jxwelch
About Guests
John Welch is a veteran product designer and leader that has spent most of his career building video game platforms, publishers, and developers. John is CEO at Making Fun, a developer and publisher of mobile and PC video games he co-founded in 2009. Check out hit RPG Eternium and CCG Runestrike. He sees convenient and secure decentralized ownership of games and assets is the next wave of innovation - with the potential for even more disruption to the industry than the internet or smartphones. Free-to-play is flawed; blockchain can fix it!
Prior to Making Fun, John was co-founder and CEO of PlayFirst, famous for its best-selling "Diner Dash" brand that has touched hundreds of millions of consumers. John was responsible for the vision, financing, strategic direction and operations of the company for its first 5 years, as well as the production of the first Diner Dash title. PlayFirst was an innovator in bringing the full-service console publishing model to online games. Today, Electronic Arts owns PlayFirst via its acquisition of Glu Mobile. Previously, he spent nearly 5 years building Shockwave.com into one of the Internet's top entertainment destinations. As the company's Vice President of Games and Product, John was an early pioneer in the digital distribution of entertainment. Before that, he was a key member of the Dreamcast Network leadership team at SEGA . Previously, John spent several years running a software development consultancy he co-founded. He began his career at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).
 
You’ll learn about:
Why regulation is one of the biggest hurdles for web3
How video games are creating community
What Making Fun is focusing on in building & delivering products
Timestamps
00:37 Siva’s intro
1:07 John’s intro 
1:46 Digital assets and tokenization in gaming
8:35 Who are web3 games built for?
11:54 John’s intro to gaming
14:38 Video gaming for good
23:20 The evolution of gaming
30:20 How blockchain brings value to gaming 
36:48 About Making Fun
47:34 Where is Making Fun at now?
52:10 Next steps for Making Fun
55:18  Alpha drop 
57:12 Contact
DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allows for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.

FormFree: Disrupting the Loan Industry with Web3 | Secure & Accessible Loans for All

In this episode, host Siva Avvaru, Managing Partner for yWhales Solutions, and Jessica Billingsley, yWhales Board Member, speak with Brent Chandler, Founder & CEO of FormFree, and Eric Lapin, President of FormFree. FormFree is a web2 company transitioning to web3, focused on the residential real estate industry. Eric and Brent discuss why the mission of FormFree is focused on empowering consumers to share their information as they see fit and providing them with a secure and trusted resource. By utilizing web3, FormFree is creating a vibrational change and educating people about the use and control of their data. They also highlight how transformation is happening either by mandate or through market efficiency, and moving toward more secure and transparent business practices.
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FormFree’s Website: https://www.formfree.com/
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Guest Social Links:
Brent’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentfree/
Eric’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-lapin-64256b6/
About Guest
 
Brent Chandler is a widely recognized innovator in mortgage and financial services technologies who has 25 years’ experience on the leading edge of trading, personal finance, wealth management and consumer financial services. In 2008, Brent created FormFree, whose mission is to capture the holistic view of a consumer’s unique Financial DNA, apply deep intelligence, and create a non-fungible token (NFT). Effectively commoditizing the consumer, creating virtual credit and  enable more inclusive lending. Prior to that, Brent was part of the team that created the world’s first online trade while at CheckFree (acquired by Fiserv). He later ran several startups in the online and algorithmic trading spaces and was instrumental in leading the “aggregation revolution,” where he oversaw sales and development of the CashEdge Wealth Management platform.
 
He’s also held senior-level positions on Wall Street at Merrill Lynch and Fidelity, where he became an expert in the mechanics of finance, witnessed the infancy of online trading and learned how to use algorithmic black boxes to enhance the performance of institutional and personal portfolios through more efficient exchanges. Brent serves on the advisory board of Jawdrop, is a member of FourAthens Tech Incubator and is an active mentor for Georgia’s Terry College of Business Entrepreneurship Program. He also serves on the board of directors for the American Red Cross of Northeast Georgia. 
You’ll learn about:
How FormFree is empowering users with their information
RIKI: Using AI and proprietary technology
The IAM token: opening up the world to virtual credit with the know-your-everything token
Timestamps
0:37 Siva’s intro
1:12 Web2 to Web3
4:23 FormFree’s approach to B2B 
14:08 Accomplishments & setbacks
16:40 FormFree’s capabilities
21:30 The value of tokenization
27:13 Why blockchain?
34:45 What is RIKI?
47:39 Why consumers & lenders would choose FormFree
51:41 The SSFI
58:31 How to sign up 
 

DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allows for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.

Inside Odos: The Complex DEX Aggregator Optimizing Crypto Trades and Costs

In this episode, hosts Siva Avvaru, yWhales Solutions Managing Partner, and Allan Matheson, Founder of Golden Pear Capital, talk with Matt Deible, Algorithm & Contract Lead at Odos. The  Odos platform aggregates decentralized finance transactions into one platform and seeks the most efficient routes for cryptocurrency token swaps. Siva, Allan, and Matt discuss Odos’ visualization, a Sanki diagram, that shows the flow from ETH to the destination token, making it a powerful differentiator in the market. Matt also shares how Odos provides an advantage over using the front end directly and explains the level of complexity it provides that other existing solutions don't have currently. 
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Odos’ Social Links:
Semiotic Labs’ Website: https://semiotic.ai/
Semiotic Labs’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/semioticlabs
Semiotic Labs’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/semioticlabs/
Odos’ Website: https://www.odos.xyz/
Odos’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/odosprotocol
Odos’ Telegram: https://t.me/OdosProtocol
Odos’ Discord: https://discord.gg/odos
Guest Social Links:
Matt’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattdeible
Matt’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-deible/
About Guest
 
Matt Deible is leading research and product development for Odos, a decentralized finance (DeFi) aggregation platform for smart order routing, DeFi data, and other DeFi products. His background is in research and AI development. 
You’ll learn about:
How Odos works
The value of multi-input & multi-token trades
Improving UX to gain mainstream adoption 
Timestamps
0:37 Siva’s intro
1:15 What is Odos?
8:50 How Odos was born?
12:13 On TVL
13:58 Self custody on Odos
14:40 On Miner Extractable Value & UX
20:47 Arbitrage project
29:09 How does regulation influence design & research
31:22 Optimizing for the best gas price possible
33:38 On Semiotic Labs
36:18 Matt’s background
38:29 The future of AI
46:04 Odos’ roadmap 
49:45 How do we gain mainstream adoption
49:33 How to get involved with Odos

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Empowering Creators and Communities in Web3 | Florian Glatz | Common Ground

In this episode, Mia Murphy, yWhales Co-Founder, and Siva Avvaru, Managing Partner for yWhales Solutions speak with Florian Glatz, Co-founder of Common Ground, an all-in-one communication platform for DAOs & Communities. Florian, Siva, and Mia discuss the growing importance of community building for brands in the Web3 era. Florian discusses why companies need to understand and leverage the power of community building in web3 to be successful today. He shares how Common Ground is helping people, brands, and communities to connect online, emphasizing the need for brands to understand their most active audiences and form meaningful relationships with them. 
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Common Ground’s Social Links:
Common Ground’s App: https://app.cg/
Common Ground’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/commonground_cg
Common Ground’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/commongroundcg/
Common Ground’s Telegram: https://t.me/+CAedj5NPkV9jZmFi
Florian’s Social Links:
Florian Glatz’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/heckerhut?lang=en
Florian Glatz’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/florianglatz/
About Guest
 
Florian Glatz is Vice President of the European Crypto Initiative (EUCI) and co-founder of Common Ground (commonground.cg), a novel social network built for web3 communities and DAOs. A visionary at heart, Florian paves the way for self-sovereign identities, community-led decision-making, and a user-owned data economy. Trained as a lawyer and software developer, Florian is an expert on key issues at the intersection of crypto assets and regulation.
You’ll learn about:
Prosumers: consumers and producers of content
How to channel your true fans and establish independent revenue streams
How Common Ground works to preserve anonymity while limiting bot activity
Timestamps
0:37 Siva & Mia’s intro
1:35 Florian’s intro
2:42 Web3 and communities
7:22 How Common Ground was born
13:21 Florian’s background
22:07 What is next for content creators?
26:07 The added utility of Common Ground
31:30 Building the user base 
36:02 Tokenizing communities
45:05 Maintaining real identities
49:54 The benefits of Common Ground
1:07:25 Roadmap 
1:15:48 How to get involved

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Artory/Winston: Innovating Art Ownership with Blockchain and Tokenization | Elizabeth von Habsburg & Nanne Dekking

Join Jay and Sue as they sit down with two industry titans, Elizabeth von Habsburg and Nanne Dekking, to discuss the future of the art market. Elizabeth is the founder and leader of Winston Art Group, the largest independent art advisory and appraisal firm in the U.S., while Nanne is the CEO of Artory, a world leader in the physical artwork tokenization and blockchain-secured registration of provenance information. In this episode, they share their unique journey of joining forces to create Artory/Winston, a revolutionary repository of trusted artworks. Discover how blockchain technology is transforming the art market by increasing transparency, building trust, and validating provenance. Listen in as they explore the complexities of art valuation, authentication, and how Artory is changing the game.
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Artory/Winston’s Social Links:
Artory/Winston’s Website: https://www.artory-winston.com/
Artory/Winston’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/artorycom
Artory/Winston’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/artory/
Artory/Winston’s Github: https://github.com/Artory
Artory/Winston’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artorycom/
 
Guest Social Links:
Elizabeth von Habsburg LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethvonhabsburg/ 
Nanne Dekking LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nanne-dekking-17a671161 
About Guests
Elizabeth von Habsburg founded and leads Winston Art Group, the largest independent art advisory and appraisal firm in the U.S. She is qualified as an expert witness in Fine Art and Decorative Art and lectures worldwide on all aspects of art. Elizabeth is certified by the Appraisers Association of America in Modern and Impressionist Art and European Furniture and Works of Art. Before Winston Art Group, Elizabeth served as President of U.S. operations of an international appraisal and advisory firm for 18 years and as Vice President of Habsburg Auctioneers. Elizabeth began her career at Christie’s as Assistant Vice President in charge of appraisals. She is a Fellow of the Pierpont Morgan Library and the RICS and is a member of the Women Presidents Organization and ArtTable. She has testified as an expert witness in four jurisdictions and lectured worldwide. In 2015, Elizabeth was named one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Private Wealth, by Private Asset Management.
The art historian, Nanne Dekking, is the founder and CEO of Artory Inc., New York and Artory GmbH, Berlin with 25+ years of global expertise and influence in the art market. Artory is a world leader in physical artwork tokenization and the blockchain-secured registration of verified provenance information about artworks and collectibles. In his former position at Sotheby’s New York, Nanne was Vice Chairman and the Worldwide Head of Private Sales. His close relationships with collectors and museums in North America, Asia, and Europe were integral to the continued growth of private sales at Sotheby’s. Prior to joining Sotheby’s, Nanne was Vice President of Wildenstein & Co. Nanne advised individuals, museums, and foundations on the formation and development of their collections.
From 1996-2001, Nanne was the founder and principal of Nanne Dekking Fine Arts, an art consultancy firm and gallery in New York. He was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) through June 2020 and is a current advisory board member of the Responsible Art Market Initiative.
Nanne regularly gives his thoughts on the art market, blockchain, and tokenization for publications such as Bloomberg and The Financial Times.
 
You’ll learn about:
The Benefits of Tokenization in the Art Market
Investing in Art from an Institutional Point of View
Exploring the Use of Data in Art and Property Valuation
Collaboration between Art Dealer and Technology Expert to Create Fractionalized Ownership of Art
Timestamps
 
00:37 Jay’s intro
1:46 Elizabeth’s background
2:55 Nanne’s background
7:52 Sue’s background 
8:45 Why should people care about tokenization?
16:16 How it all works
25:17 Recording art on the blockchain
27:16 Asset tokenization in use
34:05 The composition of Artory/Winston
36:15 Winston’s due diligence 
39:48 The tech behind it
45:09 The importance of capturing art data on blockchain 
50:36 Sue’s remarks
53:02 Contact Artory/Winston
DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allows for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.

The Future of Asset Tokenization | Carlos Domingo | Securitize

In this episode, Jay speaks with Carlos Domingo, Co-Founder and CEO of Securitize. Carlos has 25+ years of experience in innovation and digital transformation, including having also founded SPiCE VC, the first truly liquid, inclusive and transparent tokenized VC on the blockchain.  
 
Listen in as Jay and Carlos talk about the state of the cryptocurrency market in Q1 of the year. While Bitcoin has returned to about $28,000, the rest of the market and the traditional markets are not as healthy, with many bank implosions and regulations negatively impacting the asset class. The hosts discuss the concepts of regulated assets and cryptocurrency adoption, and how different people have varying opinions on whether the technology is enough to regulate them. This episode delves into the current challenges facing the crypto industry and the need for business leaders, enthusiasts, and veterans to band together to navigate them.
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Securitize’s Social Links:
Securitize’s Website: https://securitize.io/
Securitize’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Securitize
Securitize’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/securitize/
Securitize’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/securitize.io/
Securitize’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/securitize.io/
Securitize’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Securitize/
Carlos' Social Links:
Carlos' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlosdomingo/ 
Carlos' Twitter: https://twitter.com/carlosdomingo 
About Guest
Carlos Domingo is Co-Founder and CEO of Securitize. Carlos has 25+ years of experience in innovation and digital transformation, including having also founded SPiCE VC, the first truly liquid, inclusive and transparent tokenized VC on the blockchain. Previously, Carlos was CEO of Research & Development for Telefonica (one of the largest telecom companies in the world), as well as CEO of New Business and Innovation for Telefonica Digital. Carlos holds a PhD in computer science, speaks English, Spanish and Japanese, and is based in Miami.
You’ll learn about:
Real-world assets as cryptocurrencies.
US-Based Blockchain Securities Trading
Private assets on blockchain
Tokenizing traditional investments
On-chain identity simplifies adoption
Timestamps

00:00 Jay’s intro
01:44 Carlos’ background
13:36 Web1 vs Web3
15:11 Obstacles in Bridging Regulation and Technology
19:06 About Securitize
22:25 Use cases
31:41 What will increase adoption?
33:59 Current Optimal Use Case for Asset Tokenization
36:21 The vital role of trust in tradfi vs defi
39:33 What will it take to successfully onboard the rest of the world?
43:19 Thoughts for the near future
48:56 Contact Carlos
DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allows for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.
 
#ywhales #web3 #blockchain #Securitize #regulation #crypto #tokenization #digitalassets #algorand #ethereum #polygon #bitcoin 

How Web3 Empowers Small Businesses in Emerging Markets | Zach Marks | Jia

In this episode, Jay speaks with Zach Marks, Co-founder of Jia, a fintech microfinance organization providing financing for businesses in emerging markets. Zach talks about his former profession as an English teacher in India, Brazil, and Ethiopia, and how it gave him the chance to encounter street vendors and understand the difficulties they face in accessing financial services. This motivated him to pursue a career in expanding financial inclusion in developing markets, which ultimately led to the creation of Jia. He shares why Jia is dedicated to promoting financial accessibility and inclusion globally, thereby creating more economic prospects for individuals, and why education is crucial to the success of Web3.
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Jia’s Social Links:
Jia’s Website: https://www.jia.xyz/ 
Jia’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/comp any/jiaxyz/ 
Jia’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jia_DeFi 
Jia’s Medium: https://medium.com/jia-xyz    
 
Guest Social Links:
Zach Mark’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachmarks/ 
About Guest
Zach Marks is the Co-Founder and CEO of Jia, building a friendlier, fairer, and more inclusive financial world. He began his work expanding financial access in emerging markets at McKinsey, where he worked on financial inclusion across East Africa and South Asia, including a stint living in a shipping container in South Sudan providing microfinancing for farmers in the aftermath of civil war. Before Jia, he worked at the fintech company Tala, where he helped scale its mobile lending business from Kenya to the Philippines, India, and Mexico. 
Before microfinance, Zach taught English in India, Brazil, and Ethiopia, and served as a Fulbright fellow, a journalist, and a prep cook. Zach loves learning languages, eating street food, exploring cities on foot, and trying futilely to roll perfectly round chapatis. Find some of his writing in old pieces for the New York Times and a forthcoming book on chai wallahs, India's roadside tea vendors. 
 
You’ll learn about:
Jia technology 
The importance of the human connection & discovering the true need of MSMEs
The status of adoption and regulation in Kenya
Timestamps
0:37 Jay’s intro
2:25 Zach’s background
10:10 On increasing web3 adoption
14:23 About Jia 
21:08 On web3 lending 
25:36 Building Jia
32:36 Building in the crypto winter
34:28 Early successes
37:31 Challenges when building in web3
43:26 Outlook for the near future
49:39 Contact
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#ywhales #web3 #blockchain #fintech #smallbusiness #lending #onchain #rewards #tokens #emerginmarkets #web3financing #deFi #jia #njia #zachmarks

MetaEngine: Real World Benefits and Sustainability in Gaming | Antoine Castel

In this episode, Jay speaks with Antoine Castel, COO and Co-founder of MetaEngine, a suite of integrated tools to mint interoperable game assets and publish on the platform, and a marketplace with blockchain infrastructure to buy, sell or trade NFTs. Antoine discusses the impact of regulations on the blockchain and crypto industry and the lack of clear regulations in the United States. He also talks about the potential of the next generation of gaming to have real-world benefits and value for players and shares how MetaEngine is playing a crucial role in promoting creativity, innovation, and interoperability in the web3 space.
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MetaEngine’s Social Links:
MetaEngine’s Website: https://www.metaengine.gg/
MetaEngine’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/metaengine/
MetaEngine’s Telegram: https://t.me/metaEngine_Community
MetaEngine’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/meta_engine
MetaEngine’s Medium: https://metaengine.medium.com/  
MetaEngine’s Discord: https://discord.gg/rDqmrJrQeG
 
Guest Social Links:
Antoine Castel’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoine-castel/
About Guest
Antoine is a seasoned entrepreneur with a strong background in finance & crypto as a tokenomics expert & portfolio manager. He has former investment banking experience and has created and sold several companies. He is a serial gamer who wants cooler games, better stories and smarter game economies and has been part of the gaming industry for 12 years.
 
 
 
You’ll learn about:
Gaming Economics: Making structure sustainable
How MetaEngine is fostering creativity, innovation, and interoperability 
How MetaShield works 
Timestamps
0:37 Jay’s intro
2:22 Antoine’s background
5:45 Web2 gaming
8:29 Gaming economics
15:15 About MetaEngine 
20:00 Web3 is the modular internet
22:18 How MetaEngine works
24:42 Intellectual property in Web3 
28:19 Use cases
31:35 The importance of portability
36:05 Identity in the metaverse
43:13 What will increase adoption?
49:39 How to contact MetaEngine
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#ywhales #web3 #blockchain #MetaEngine #multichain #web3 #gaming #gamedev #gameassets #nfts #gaminginfra #mmo #openworld #marketplace

Helium Foundation: Decentralized, Permissionless Wireless and the IoT | Valerie Spina

In this episode, Jay speaks with Valerie Spina, Project Manager for Helium Foundation, an  organization working to benefit the wireless industry and its stakeholders as a steward of ecosystem development, network governance, and public education. Valerie discusses why business leaders, enthusiasts, and veterans in the crypto space must come together and rely on trusted sources of information. She talks about the infrastructure of web3 and emphasizes the importance of innovators considering consumer adoption. Valerie also touches on capital markets, bitcoin speculation, practical applications of crypto and the IoT (internet of things).
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Helium Foundation’s Social Links:
Helium Foundation’s Website: https://www.helium.foundation/ 
Helium Foundation’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/helium-foundation/
Helium Foundation’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeliumFndn 
Helium Foundation’s Discord: https://discord.com/invite/helium
 
Guest Social Links:
Valerie Spina’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-spina/
Valerie Spina’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/therefiedge
About Guest
 
Valerie Spina is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in blockchain, web3, and crypto startups. As a Project Manager at the Helium Foundation they have demonstrated a proven track record of advising and operationalizing key processes to grow and scale blockchain native organizations. They have also assisted and partnered with various organizations across protocols in the web3 ecosystem, including Smart Contract Research Forum, The DAO Nation, Natural Capital Crypto, and ixo. Prior to their current roles, our speaker was a Blockchain Researcher at the International Center for Appropriate & Sustainable Technology and a Strategic Transformation Professional at Freddie Mac, where they led change management initiatives and implemented strategic transformations. Valerie graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, from Virginia Commonwealth University.
 
You’ll learn about:
What is Helium Blockchain? 
The creation of Helium Foundation’s hardware in the global decentralized network
How Helium is driving demand and usage of network
Timestamps
0:37 Jay’s intro
2:45 Valerie’s background
6:02 What is Helium Foundation?
9:06 The mission shift
12:50 Governance at Helium
25:38 To build or not build your own L1
27:31 Helium’s reach
30:00 How the Helium blockchain works
36:50 Helium rewards
37:40 Roadmap 
42:27 Where the space is headed
46:08 How to get involved
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Unlocking Digital Identity | Ariano Hernandez | OARO

In this episode, Jay and Jessica speak with Ariano Hernandez, Founder and CTO of OARO, a global provider of enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions. Ariano, who has been studying technology since he was 10 and creating companies in his early 20s, emphasized the importance of trust when it comes to information about blockchain and crypto. He discusses digital identities, verification and how the current market environment favors builders and innovators. Ariano also shares his passion for simplifying complex products for end-users and his desire to create a secure and compliant system that doesn't require users to have technical knowledge of blockchain.
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OARO’s Social Links:
OARO’s Website: https://oaro.net/
OARO’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/OAROtechnology
OARO’s LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/oarotechnology
OARO’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@oarotechnology
OARO’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oarotechnology
OARO’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oarotechnology/
 
Guest Social Links:
Ariano Hernandez’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arianohernandez/
About Guest
Ariano is a telecommunications engineer and the lead innovator behind OARO’s technology. Prior to co-founding OARO, he worked as a blockchain consultant and co-founder of DTI Consulting. Ariano has extensive experience working with Javascript, PHP, Java, Swift, Solidity, and frameworks such as Symphony, CodeIgniter, and React. His education includes an MBA from the European University of Madrid, a Masters in Mobile Application Development for iOS and Android. He also holds a degree in Telecommunications Engineering.
 
You’ll learn about:
Self-sovereign Identity: How OARO allows clients to store and maintain all data with on/off sharing capabilities
How digital identity can solve problems
The art of melding people’s personality with technology
Timestamps
0:37 Jay’s intro
1:58 Ariano’s background
4:20 OARO’s validation & verification process
10:34 OARO’s appeal
18:15 Use cases and adoption: digital ID 
26:50 How OARO works
31:11 Integration
35:50 Digitization & Tokenization
39:42 Outlook for the future
45:26 Closing remarks
DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allows for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.