EnterDAO: Building Critical Market Infrastructure for the Metaverse Economy

10/18/21 • 39 min

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The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Zhivko Todorov, co-founder of EnterDAO, a DAO focused on building products to enable new markets within the Web3 metaverse economy. The two discuss Landworks’ potential as a metaverse land rental marketplace, the utility of MetaPortal as a single entry point across the metaverse, the benefits of going DAO-first, and much more!

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Show Notes:

(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:02:40) – Zhivko’s background.

(00:04:00) – The problem EnterDAO is solving.

(00:07:32) – What users are getting when they buy metaverse land.

(00:09:00) – Introduction to LandWorks.

(00:10:13) – What the LandWorks experience looks like.

(00:10:58) – The security of LandWorks.

(00:12:12) – Zhivko’s thoughts on whether people are ready for metaverse land renting.

(00:15:11) – The LandWorks timeline.

(00:16:10) – Balancing speed and security when building.

(00:17:03) – The market for LandWorks.

(00:17:53) – The possibility of group land rentals.

(00:18:37) – Introduction to MetaPortal.

(00:20:00) – What the MetaPortal experience looks like.

(00:21:52) – MetaPortal competitors.

(00:22:46) – The direction of EnterDAO.

(00:25:41) – The decision to go DAO-first and its benefits.

(00:29:44) – The risks of code forks.

(00:31:59) – Drawing parallels between LandWorks and Airbnb.

(00:33:46) – Biggest lessons from LimeChain days.

(00:36:19) – $ENTR token.

(00:37:54) – EnterDAO’s call for community members.

Resources:

Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q

We would like to thank our sponsors for making this podcast possible.

Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first.

Show Notes:

(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:02:40) – Zhivko’s background.

(00:04:00) – The problem EnterDAO is solving.

(00:07:32) – What users are getting when they buy metaverse land.

(00:09:00) – Introduction to LandWorks.

(00:10:13) – What the LandWorks experience looks like.

(00:10:58) – The security of LandWorks.

(00:12:12) – Zhivko’s thoughts on whether people are ready for metaverse land renting.

(00:15:11) – The LandWorks timeline.

(00:16:10) – Balancing speed and security when building.

(00:17:03) – The market for LandWorks.

(00:17:53) – The possibility of group land rentals.

(00:18:37) – Introduction to MetaPortal.

(00:20:00) – What the MetaPortal experience looks like.

(00:21:52) – MetaPortal competitors.

(00:22:46) – The direction of EnterDAO.

(00:25:41) – The decision to go DAO-first and its benefits.

(00:29:44) – The risks of code forks.

(00:31:59) – Drawing parallels between LandWorks and Airbnb.

(00:33:46) – Biggest lessons from LimeChain days.

(00:36:19) – $ENTR token.

(00:37:54) – EnterDAO’s call for community members.

Resources:

Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q

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Gabriel Shapiro: Demystifying Crypto Legalities, the Motivations of Regulatory Bodies, and Stablecoin Regulation

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The Delphi Podcast Host and GP of Delphi Ventures Tom Shaughnessy sits down with Gabriel Shapiro, General Counsel at Delphi Labs, Delphi’s very own project incubator. The two discuss legal differences between traditional businesses and crypto, the motivations of regulatory bodies, regulation on centralized and decentralized stablecoins and much more!

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Show Notes:

(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:02:35) – Gabriel’s background.

(00:04:17) – War stories from Gabriel’s VC days.

(00:06:17) – Biggest legal differences between projects in crypto and the traditional world.

(00:11:23) – Regulatory bodies that have the most impact on crypto.

(00:15:23) – How motivations to support innovation and regulatory turf wars can coexist.

(00:18:56) – Gabriel’s thoughts on pushing the boundaries of regulation.

(00:22:07) – What Gabriel would say to Gary Gensler.

(00:27:00) – What a regulatory attack on a big DeFi project could look like.

(00:32:05) – Regulation on decentralized teams.

(00:35:39) – Governments and fair launches.

(00:39:03) – How much Americans’ voices matter.

(00:42:13) – What regulators really care about.

(00:44:13) – Personal liability and why it's important.

(00:48:43) – Regulation and stablecoins.

(00:51:51) – How regulating $USDC would affect DeFi.

(00:54:13) – The regulatory resistance of $UST.

(00:57:06) – The optimal formation for a crypto project.

(01:01:41) – The ways other lawyers can get up to speed on crypto regulation.

(01:04:44) – How crypto is disrupting the traditional legal model.

Resources:

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Jose Maria Macedo sits down with Matthew J Cantieri, General Manager of Anchor Protocol, a money market on the Terra blockchain that offers an attractive stable yield for depositors. The two discuss Anchor’s yield mechanisms and sustainability, bringing Anchor to traditional finance, the impacts of the Columbus-5 upgrade and much more!

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Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first.

Show Notes:

(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:02:41) – Matt’s background.

(00:04:46) – The Ethereum Labs at Microsoft.

(00:08:15) – Why Matt decided to go full-time crypto.

(00:11:45) – The early days of Terra.

(00:15:20) – Introduction to Anchor.

(00:21:48) – Anchor’s strategy for targeting the markets.

(00:27:38) – The infrastructure needed to make Anchor compelling to traditional finance.

(00:34:00) – Matt’s thoughts on building from the bottom-up.

(00:40:24) – Most exciting applications build on top of Anchor.

(00:43:00) – The sustainability of the 20% savings rate.

(00:48:53) – The approach to increasing borrowers.

(00:53:21) – What the Col-5 upgrade means for the Terra ecosystem.

(00:56:56) – Anchor’s role in the future of finance.

(00:59:36) – Matt’s experience of working in crypto.

(01:03:08) – How people can get involved with Anchor.

Resources:

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