#119: Gwen Regina on BNB Chain's $1bn Fund

04/21/22 • 41 min

Gwen Regina heads BNB Chain (previously Binance Smart Chain) which is a $1Billion fund. Launched in 2021, the BNB Chain fund aims to bring 1 billion crypto users onboard, boosting the adoption of BNB Chain and the wider blockchain industry.
Her main responsibilities include streamlining processes around deal sourcing, investment strategy, portfolio management and growth. As a part of her role she invests in promising projects in the web3 and MetaFi space (GameFi, SocialFi, NFTs etc.), and leads the MVB incubation program.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Intro to BNB chain
- Advantages of BNB chain
- Global Hackathon with $10 Million in prizes and seed funding
- Binance rebrand to BNB
- DeFi League Initiative
- BNB Chain’s $1bn growth fund
- Working in Asia, Paris and Silicon Valley
BNB Chain
Website: bnbchain.world/en
Twitter: @BNBCHAIN
Discord: discord.gg/bnbchain
Gwen Regina
Website: gwendolynregina.com
Twitter: @gwendolynregina
LinkedIn: Gwendolyn Regina
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#118: Simon Yi on Growth Marketing Tactics and Clam Island

Simon Yi is Co-founder and Head of Growth at Clam Island. He has over a decade of experience serving as a growth marketing expert for venture funds and startup studios including Consensys Mesh, Expa, Betaworks and Human Ventures. Simon also serves as a growth marketing advisor for startups, incubators and venture funds throughout New York City.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- VaynerMedia back in the day
- Growth marketing tactics
- Doxing teams
- Finding users that have multiple ERC-721 wallets
- Actionable marketing advice
- Clam Island
- DAOs not really being DAOs
Clam Island
Website: clamisland.fi
Twitter: @clam_island
Discord: discord.gg/F4ak27n8Sh
Simon Yi
Twitter: @MysterYi
LinkedIn: Simon Yi
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#120: Hart Lambur on Oracles in Crypto

Hart Lambur is Co-Founder of UMA, a decentralized financial contracts platform where he leads a team of financial contract and oracle design researchers. He is also Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Labs, the entity behind the UMA protocol.
Prior to this, Lambur served as the Chief Executive Officer of Openfolio, a personal finance tracking platform he co-founded in 2013. He also worked for Goldman Sachs, where he provided liquidity in US Treasuries for a diverse range of clients, including central banks, money managers, and hedge funds.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Canada being the crypto hub of the world
- Working for Goldman Sachs
- The power of DeFi
- Building in a bear market
- "Optimistic Oracle"
- Not being able to sue in crypto
- Minimizing the exploits in DeFi

UMA
Website: umaproject.org
Twitter: @UMAprotocol
Discord: discord.umaproject.org
Hart Lambur
Twitter: @hal2001
LinkedIn: Hart Lambur
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