In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Patrick Young, Head of Go-to-Market at Galxe, a platform for Web3 community growth and engagement.
Join them as they:

• Delve into Patrick's background in blockchain
• Explain how Galxe builds and maintains resilient Web3 communities
• Discuss Galxe's identity solutions, including Galxe Passport and Galxe Score
• Examine the role of Galxe's EarnDrop program in assisting with token distribution and community building
• Highlight the development of Gravity Chain, Galxe’s upcoming L1 blockchain
• Consider the convergence of blockchain and AI technologies
• Explore how blockchain can support different inference layers and serving frameworks
• Discuss how Galaxy's suite of products creates an end-to-end lifecycle management system for Web3 projects
  

And much more!

Patrick Young is the Head of Go-to-Market at Galxe, a leading platform for Web3 community growth and engagement. With extensive experience in blockchain education and ecosystem development, Patrick helped create one of the first blockchain curricula at Miami University and has been instrumental in shaping community-driven approaches in the Web3 space. His background includes key roles at Block Key Capital, Ledgermatic, and Chainlink Labs, where he helped grow the team from 65 to 700 people while running their Web3 commercial services business. His expertise in bridging traditional institutions with Web3 communities and his involvement in Galxe's forthcoming Gravity blockchain makes him a valuable voice for those interested in the future of decentralized ecosystem development.
Episode Highlights:[17:16] Building Effective Web3 Communities Through Quest
[28:07] Transforming Token Distribution with EarnDrop
[38:00] Galxe's Identity Protocol: The Future of Web3 Authentication
[50:14] Gravity Chain: Building the Infrastructure for Web3 Scale
Previous guests include: Rusty Matveev, Chief Strategy Officer at Calaxy; Andrew Lawrence, CEO and Co-Founder of Censo; Zac Townsend, CEO and Co-Founder of Meanwhile; Jesper Johansen, CEO and Co-Founder of Northstake; Tama Churchouse, COO of Cumberland Labs; Holly Wood of Boson Protocol; Sid Powell of Maple Finance; Chad Barraford of THORChain; and many others.
Check out our three most downloaded episodes:

• Laying the Groundwork for a Billion-User Blockchain with Rich Rines, Contributor at Core DAO
• Staking the Future: From Blockchain Beginnings to Institutional Innovations with Chen Zhuling of RockX
• The Unstoppable Nature of Blockchain: A Conversation with Bonart Mati of Obligate

Attention all blockchain, crypto, and Web3 professionals! If you're a founder, CEO, or expert doing something innovative in this space, we're interested in speaking to you! Apply to be a guest on our platform and connect with our vibrant community of blockchain professionals: https://fame.so/nnt-guestThe Smart Economy Podcast is handcrafted by our friends over at fame.so

In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Lombard co-founder Jacob Phillips.
Join them as they discuss:

• How Bitcoin's market capitalization is an ideal solution for DeFi's need for liquidity
• The differences in the mentality of deploying Bitcoin as an asset into DeFi versus deploying other assets like Ether
• Building on the Babylon staking protocol
• Upcoming Lombard releases
  

And much more!

Jacob brings a wealth of experience from his time at Perennial Labs and as an investor at Polychain Capital, deeply enriching our understanding of how Bitcoin can become a more dynamic player in the DeFi space. Lombard is integrating Bitcoin with decentralized finance, offering solutions such as its flagship product, LBTC—a yield-bearing, cross-chain, liquid Bitcoin, backed 1:1 by BTC.

Episode Highlights:

• [00:00] Introduction
• [00:03] Episode introduction and overview with Jacob Phillips of Lombard
• [02:34] Bitcoin's historical challenges in DeFi and recent market evolution
• [05:20] Catalysts behind Bitcoin's building renaissance
• [12:18] Jacob's journey from crypto skeptic to Polychain Capital
• [31:34] Lombard's growth to $1B TVL and key partnerships
• [36:50] Shifting the Bitcoin holder mindset toward yield generation
• [41:18] Technical overview of Lombard Ledger and BFT chain development
• [47:54] User acquisition and institutional adoption strategy
• [51:39] Institutional perspectives on Bitcoin DeFi adoption

Previous guests include: Rusty Matveev, Chief Strategy Officer at Calaxy; Andrew Lawrence, CEO and Co-Founder of Censo; Zac Townsend, CEO and Co-Founder of Meanwhile; Jesper Johansen, CEO and Co-Founder of Northstake; Tama Churchouse, COO of Cumberland Labs; Holly Wood of Boson Protocol; Sid Powell of Maple Finance; Chad Barraford of THORChain; and many others.
Check out our three most downloaded episodes:

• Laying the Groundwork for a Billion-User Blockchain with Rich Rines, Contributor at Core DAO
• Staking the Future: From Blockchain Beginnings to Institutional Innovations with Chen Zhuling of RockX
• The Unstoppable Nature of Blockchain: A Conversation with Bonart Mati of Obligate

Attention all blockchain, crypto, and Web3 professionals! If you're a founder, CEO, or expert doing something innovative in this space, we're interested in speaking to you! Apply to be a guest on our platform and connect with our vibrant community of blockchain professionals: https://fame.so/nnt-guestThe Smart Economy Podcast is handcrafted by our friends over at fame.so

Episode Notes

In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with Andrew Jekimochev, Community Lead of Blockchain Cuties Universe. Topics include the nuances between traditional and blockchain-based game development, the origin of BCU, how the community shapes the project, how the blockchain-gaming space has evolved over time, and more!

Episode Notes

In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with Claude Müller and Guil Machado, Senior Software Engineers at AxLabs. The trio discussed their open-source code philosophy, the thought processes that went into the development of the GrantShares DAO, how individuals can propose projects for DAO funding, the project proposal life cycle, and more!

Episode Notes

In this episode of the Smart Economy Podcast, Dylan speaks with Jessica Levesque, Executive Director of C4. Topics include her background in education, where blockchain education gets it right and improvements that can be made, the community development aspects of blockchain ecosystems, how C4's certifications are created and updated, how the blockchain industry has become more diverse in the past couple of years but still has room to grow, and more!