Crypto Tokens and the Coming Age of Protocol Innovation

In this episode featuring Albert Wenger of Union Square Ventures, you’ll learn:

  • How Bitcoin and other decentralized blockchains will drive the decentralization of the internet
  • How blockchain protocols provide incentives for the creation and governance of technologies that were previously largely unmonetized public resources
  • Examples of how companies such as Sia and Filecoin are using blockchains to fund their development and capitalize on the potential success of their technology

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A Beginners Guide to Ethereum

In this episode featuring early Coinbase employee Linda Xie, you’ll learn:

  • What Ethereum is, and how it compares to Bitcoin
  • What a ‘smart contract’ is, and why programmable digital money matters
  • Some of the most interesting use cases of Ethereum including identity, scarce resource markets, next-generation social media, and more
  • How fundraising using Ethereum ERC-20 tokens is providing fuel for talented engineers to create blockchain-based projects

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Traditional Asset Tokenization

In this episode featuring Stephen McKeon, you’ll learn:

  • Why in the coming years, assets will become increasing tokenized via blockchain protocols such as Ethereum
  • How the tokenization of traditional assets such as fine art or commercial buildings will unlock massively valuable new markets for trading
  • How the concept of asset ownership may evolve in ways not yet imaginable
  • How asset tokenization is already changing industries like venture capital by offering LPs greater liquidity

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