#350: Matthijs de Vries, CEO of Nuklai, on The Future of Decentralized Data, Crypto, and AI

07/08/24 • 32 min

Matthijs de Vries is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for blockchain technology, as well as its role in the future of data and AI. He is currently building the collaborative smart data ecosystem and decentralized data infrastructure provider, Nuklai. With extensive experience in DeFi and Web3, Matthijs is also one of the co-founders of tokenization infrastructure expert, Nexera (fka AllianceBlock), DeFi trading strategy software provider Nuant, and a strategic advisor for the smart wallet project Brillion.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Why the current market sell-off
- Germany and Mt. Gox market implications
- How blockchain and AI work together
- The future of crypto and AI
- AI needing traceability, hence the need for blockchain
- AI agents
- Data monetization
- The problem of fragmented data
- Enterprise data sharing insights
- Successful data collaboration initiatives
- 2024 H2 predictions
Nuklai
Website: www.nukl.ai
X: @NuklaiData
Telegram: t.me/NuklaiOfficial
Matthijs de Vries
X: @MatthijsDeVries
LinkedIn: Matthijs de Vries

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#349: Shant Kevonian, CEO of EtherMail, on Web3 Email, The Future of Email, Ethereum, and How to Successfully Launch Tokens

Shant Kevonian is the Founder and CEO of EtherMail. He is responsible for setting the company’s strategy, directing its product vision, developing company culture, and managing its agendas. A technical founder with a love of computer programming from a young age, Shant left university early to join the Barcelona startup scene. He joined hospitality startup ByHours as an intern and was promoted to CTO within six months, leading a 20-strong team.
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In this conversation, we discuss:
- Why the future of email is web3
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EtherMail
Website: ethermail.io
X: @ethermail_io
Telegram: t.me/ethermail_official
Shant Kevonian
LinkedIn: Shant Kevonian

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#351: Will Fan, CEO of NewCampus, on The Future of Education and Integrating Web3 Into Education

Will Fan is the CEO and Head of School at NewCampus, a challenger business school designed for emerging markets.
As a partner at Open Campus, a pioneering Web3 foundation, he is deeply involved in financing groundbreaking education and future of work initiatives.
His work is driven by a blend of education, community building, and exploring new industries. Over the past decade, his experiences have spanned from China and the Middle East to Southeast Asia.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Price action’s correlation to attention
- Overview of Open Campus
- Integrating crypto and blockchain education into curriculums
- Bridge between Web3 and education
- Blending nodes of education problems into solutions
- The future of education
- Launching a new L3 on Arbitrum
- Verifying education problems on-chain
- Web3 financing as the catalyst for moving the needle
Open Campus
Website: www.opencampus.xyz
X: @opencampus_xyz
Discord: discord.gg/opencampus
Will Fan
X: @hellowillfan
LinkedIn: Will Fan 🕊️