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Potentially the final project to occupy Polkadot’s first batch of parachain slots, Manta Network is developing the building blocks to a fully private DeFi ecosystem. Its canary net, Calamari Network, is a parachain on the Kusama Network, and it has built a fully-private payments mechanism and a fully-private DEX. In this podcast, we discuss: -Why privacy is important in a transparent #Web3 world -How Manta Network differentiates from privacy tokens such as Monero -What interoperability on Polkadot unlocks for Manta Network -Manta Network’s target users: Institutions or Retail -What you can expect if Manta wins a slot in the first batch of parachain auctions Website: longhash.vc/ Twitter: twitter.com/LongHashVC Medium: longhashsg.medium.com/ The Asia DeFI Network podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. LongHash Ventures may own some of the positions mentioned in the podcast.

Bradley Miles from Roll is hell-bent on empowering creators. His project, Roll, a social token issuer, aims to increase the GDP of the creator economy, shifting power & ownership from Web 2 platforms to Web 3 creators themselves. In this Asia DeFi Network podcast episode, Bradley Miles shares: - How social tokens empower creators to own their economies, - The potential utility they unlock - How Roll bridges Web 2 and Web 3 - The social token use cases of the future 00:00:10 Introduction 00:01:07 Bradley's Crypto Journey: Coindesk OG 00:02:45 Why Social Tokens 00:05:05 Introducing Roll: Increase GDP of the Creator Economy 00:06:56 Social Token Purposes 00:11:45 Future Utility of Social Tokens 00:14:28 How social tokens differentiate from loyalty points 00:17:43 Leveraging Ethereum Composability 00:18:10 How social tokens attract liquidity 00:20:38 Integrating DeFi into Social Tokens 00:23:18 Should creators use NFTs or Social Tokens? 00:28:37 Social Token Economics 00:32:38 Bridging Web 2 Platforms with Web 3 00:37:05 Technical: Bridging Web 2 & 3 00:41:20 Creator Coin Tokenomics on Roll 00:44:15 Roll's Business Model 00:46:40 Tokenizing Roll 00:50:36 Bradley's Announcements, Hiring 00:51:50 1 & 5-year Predictions 00:55:22 How about a Bradley Token? 00:57:13 Social Tokens and Non-Profits 00:59:44 Opportunity to Tokenize Public Goods 01:03:51 Challenges & Risks of Social Tokens 01:05:47 Mitigating the Threat of Sybil Attacks 01:07:26 Parting Words Asia DeFi Network is a venture building unit powered by LongHash Ventures, built to scale crypto projects by leveraging a collective network of top DeFi founders, investors, and institutions. The Network currently enables the DeFi Track of LongHash Ventures’ LongHashX Web 3 Accelerator, which catalyses the growth of DeFi projects through a structured Web 3 native program across verticals such as tokenomics, governance, and community building. This podcast features the members of this Network. Website: longhash.vc/ Twitter: twitter.com/LongHashVC Medium: longhashsg.medium.com/ The Asia DeFI Network podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. LongHash Ventures may own some of the positions mentioned in the podcast.

Excited about a multichain world? Polkadot will turbo-charge it and Moonbeam will play a prominent role. LongHash Ventures’ GP Shi Khai returns to speak with Derek Yoo, co-founder of Moonbeam on Polkadot and Moonriver on Kusama. We’ll discuss the immense potential that Polkadot’s cross-chain interactions will unlock, before diving into the parachain auctions, the future of Kusama, and what we can look forward to with Moonbeam. 00:00:10 Intro to Derek's Background 00:04:16 Why Polkadot & Moonbeam 00:10:20 Multichain Network Effects 00:14:31 Potential for Cross-chain Interaction on Polkadot 00:18:11 Lido on Polkadot 00:19:22 Intro to Parachains 00:20:45 Benefits of Parachain Auctions 00:22:53 Learnings from Kusama 00:28:14 Community Influence on Auctions 00:32:50 Moonbeam's Value Proposition 00:36:23 Evolution of Kusama 00:39:59 Implications of Unstaking DOT/KSM 00:47:05 How to Accumulate a Treasury 00:54:35 Crowdloan Shoutout Asia DeFi Network is a venture building unit powered by LongHash Ventures, built to scale crypto projects by leveraging a collective network of top DeFi founders, investors, and institutions. The Network currently enables the DeFi Track of LongHash Ventures’ LongHashX Web 3 Accelerator, which catalyses the growth of DeFi projects through a structured Web 3 native program across verticals such as tokenomics, governance, and community building. Website: longhash.vc/ Twitter: twitter.com/LongHashVC Medium: longhashsg.medium.com/ The Asia DeFI Network podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. LongHash Ventures may own some of the positions mentioned in the podcast.

Go to 00:20:05 to skip the Polkadot & Kusama overview and straight into Astar & Shiden. Polkadot could serve as the backbone of the future multichain ecosystem, but today, its relay chain only connects blockchains built on Substrate and does not inherently support smart contracts. Astar Network addresses this urgent need by building a smart contract platform for builders while connecting various Layer 1 blockchains (e.g. Ethereum, BSC, Solana): a dApp hub that is birthing projects such as multichain DEXes. In this episode, we provide an overview of Kusama & Polkadot before diving into the 3 main value propositions of Astar/Shiden Network: dApp staking, EVM & WASM compatibility, and the multichain dApp hub. 00:00:10 Introduction 00:02:31 Explanation of Polkadot: Layer Zero 00:03:43 Trends for Parachain Auctions 00:05:42 Sustainability of Crowdloan Returns 00:07:06 Crowdloans vs. ICO Speculation 00:09:42 Effective Strategies for Parachain Auctions 00:11:09 1-year bidding vs. Split & Collaborate 00:13:20 Bridging Kusama & Polkadot? 00:16:49 Community of Kusama vs Polkadot 00:20:05 Intro to Astar/Shiden 00:24:06 Building Journey: Surviving & Pivoting 00:25:44 Aim: From IPO to DAO 00:27:26 From IPO to DAO: Why 00:29:25 Differentiation between Shiden, Karura, and Moonbeam 00:33:36 dApp Staking 00:35:46 Challenges of dApp Staking 00:37:42 Mitigating Risk of dApp Collusion 00:39:12 Network Effects of dApp Staking 00:41:20 Egalitarian Benefits of dApp Staking 00:44:37 Tokenomics around dApp Staking 00:46:12 Types of Projects Expected on Astar/Shiden 00:48:06 Decentralized M&A System? 00:52:09 Integrating Web 2 00:53:09 Supporting WASM on top of EVM 00:56:05 Cross-virtual Machine: EVM & WASM Interaction 00:58:47 Shiden/Astar: A Scalable Multichain dApp Hub 01:01:02 Prioritisation of Chain Integration 01:02:54 Difficulty to Connect with Existing Rollups 01:04:02 Ease of Integration with Layer 2 Ethereum 01:05:52 Why Build a Bridge Themselves 01:08:52 Innovative Use Cases in Multichain Future 01:11:12 What's exciting in the crypto space for Sota 01:12:25 Shaping Culture in Web 3 - Away from Speculation Website: https://longhash.vc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LongHashVC Medium: https://longhashsg.medium.com/ The Web 3 Native podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. LongHash Ventures may own some of the positions mentioned in the podcast.

DAOs represent a potential paradigm shift in how we organize work and meet similarly-minded people. At the forefront of this revolution is Coopahtroopah, a member of more than 100 DAOs across DeFi, NFTs, and Social. Shi Khai and Cooper discuss how Social DAOs are manifesting communities incentivised less by financial gain, but by culture, socialization, and purpose. These organisations include Friends with Benefits, Bankless DAO, and Uniwhales, for instance. Learn about how they are gathering motivated people to achieve various missions, the structures/tokenisation that align their goals, and how DAOs are poised to be crypto’s next big wave. 00:02:36 Intros 00:05:09 Social Tokens 00:08:00 DAO Highlight: Friends with Benefits & Forefront 00:09:55 Seed Club: Social Token Incubator 00:11:46 Learnings from Past Few Months 00:15:40 Genesis of Social Tokens 00:16:35 Quality of Community: Social Communities > ICO Projects 00:20:47 Ensuring Quality: Do we need "Proof-of-Work" for Membership? 00:23:17 How to Balance Inclusion and Contribution 00:25:54 Proof-of-Participation 00:29:44 Balance between Inclusion & Community Quality 00:32:39 Enhancing Inclusion: Fractional Ownership 00:37:55 Sustainability of Social DAOs across Bull & Bear Cycle: Seasons 00:42:16 Social DAO Org Structure & Incentives: Who decides on distribution? 00:45:47 Revenue Models for Social Groups 00:49:37 Convergence with DeFi, NFTs, and DAOs 00:52:47 NTFs (Non-Transferable Fungibles) 00:55:05 Creating On-Chain & Off-Chain Identity The Web 3 Native podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. LongHash Ventures may own some of the positions mentioned in the podcast.

With the gazillion projects ongoing on Polygon at the moment, it's hard to keep up. On top of the Hermez merger and the launch of the Polygon DAO, massive funds have been dedicated for projects building across DeFi and NFTs on Polygon. In this episode, however, Arjun & Ishan condense these initiatives and dive into how they will provide 360 support for founders of Web 3. 00:00:12 Personal intros 00:04:31 Polygon Intro 00:06:46 Culture of Polygon 09:51:00 Merger with Hermez Network: First-ever M&A in Crypto 00:14:59 True Scalability: More scalable than Web 2 00:19:02 Hermez: Alternative to Polygon 00:20:43 Tokenomics of Hermez & Polygon 00:22:06 HEZ & MATIC Token Swap 00:25:07 Consolidation of chains 00:26:36 Polygon Studios: Polygon's Bet on NFTs & Gaming 00:30:56 Relationship between Polygon and Developers 00:35:12 Polygon Studios: Onboarding Web 2? 00:35:55 DeFi For All Fund & The DeFi-NFT Intersection 00:40:20 Polygon: The Onboarding Channel for Mainstream 00:48:19 PolygonDAO: Community-driven Project Incubation 01:01:47 Future Outlook Disclaimer: All material on the Web 3 Native podcast is for informational purposes only. Please do not consider any content as financial advice. LongHash Ventures may hold positions in the projects or companies mentioned.

“I see Etherscan as an encyclopedia and Nansen as a newspaper.” We speak with Alex, CEO and Co-Founder of Nansen. Nansen is a platform that helps inform crypto investors on their investment decisions with simplified on-chain analytics and wallet labels. We discuss the company's decentralization plans, role in the crypto data landscape, and where Nansen is headed in the future (NFTs?)

As gas prices continue to be an obstacle for Ethereum adoption, Arbitrum represents a state-of-the-art Layer 2 solution that could improve user experience in DeFi, NFTs, and more in the long run. During SCB10x’s DeFi Virtual Summit, we sat down with Steven (CEO of Offchain Labs & Arbitrum) to discuss his story transitioning from academia to Arbitrum, considerations for developers when building on Layer 2, and how the future could look like with multiple Layer 2 solutions. This podcast should not be considered as investment advice. LongHash Ventures may hold positions in the assets mentioned. 00:10 Reddit & Arbitrum 01:52 Roots of Arbitrum: How Arbitrum and Steven started in crypto 05:11 Transition from Academia to Arbitrum 08:07 Status of the Arbitrum Ecosystem Today 11:00 Ease of Deploying on Arbitrum 15:57 Network Effects of the Arbitrum Ecosystem 19:59 Bridging Layer-2s to Address Fragmentation 22:42 Segmenting Chains by Verticals 25:59 Role of Arbitrum in Scalability 28:23 Advice for Crypto Community

As Axie Infinity continues to break records, we speak with Gabby Dizon, CEO and Co-Founder of Yield Guild Games. Together, we discuss the incredible growth of play-to-earn models while outlining how we can sustain such growth. We also dive deep into YGG: the roles of its scholars and investors, and the power of its community mining program and sub-guild structure. We conclude with some advice for aspiring play-to-earn developers, from whether to build your own sidechain to how to keep users sticky. 00:01:05 Origins of Gabby and YGG 00:03:04 Triggers to NFT & Metaverse adoption 00:04:50 How did it feel to be building around NFTs in bear markets 00:06:47 Axie Infinity's Growth & SLP token 00:09:19 Building games on YGG 00:11:34 Rise of Play-to-Earn vs. Free-to-Play 00:14:38 Why upfront cost? 00:16:16 Is going full-time on AXS feasible? 00:19:50 Sustainability of Play-to-Earn projects 00:23:35 Best Practices for Future Play-to-Earn models? 00:26:04 The Core Model of YGG 00:33:43 The Role of YGG Scholars 00:35:58 The Role of YGG Investors 00:40:06 YGG's Organisational "Arms" 00:43:15 YGG's Community Mining Program 00:49:03 Freedom of Choice for sub-DAOs 00:52:51 Correlation of YGG to the Crypto Market 00:54:20 Intersecting Gaming NFTs and DeFi 00:58:37 Scaling Play-to-Earn Gaming with Sidechains? 01:00:22 Advice for Game Developers 01:02:12 What it takes for Play-to-Earn to be default 01:04:00 Advice for Entrepreneurs in Play-to-Earn 01:06:00 Games Gabby's Excited About 01:07:16 Potential for Southeast Asia 01:08:13 How to Contact YGG

In this episode, we explore Tranchess: a tokenised asset management protocol. Tranchess features various structured, chess-themed products catered for investors of varying risk appetites: Queen, Bishop, and Rook. Co-founder Danny walks us through these products, how Tranchess fills the gaps of DeFi, and explains the mechanics behind the protocol. 03:20 What is Tranchess 04:53 The gaps that Tranchess fill in DeFi 07:30 Intro to Tranchess Products 08:24 Product 1: Queen & Target Investor 09:15 Product 2: Bishop & Target Investor - For risk-averse users 11:23 Product 3: Rook & Target investor - For risk-loving users 16:05 How Tranchess is different from existing products 20:35 Explanation of rebalancing and risk management 30:30 Net Asset Value and TWAP pricing explained 34:24 TWAP and Market Makers 41:36 Game Theory on Tranchess 43:30 Why Anonymous Team? 46:16 Anonymous nature of the team and assurances for users 49:17 Why they launched on BSC 51:00 Community building approach 58:29 Future of Tranchess Tranchess protocol: https://tranchess.com/ Web 3 Native is a podcast for crypto-native founders and users to learn about the most innovative models of Web 3.0. Disclaimer: All opinions expressed in this podcast do not represent the views of LongHash Ventures in any way. This podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. LongHash Ventures may hold positions in the tokens and companies mentioned.

We chat with Instadapp founder Sowmay Jain to talk about Instadapp's newly-distributed, airdropped INST token dedicated to decentralizing the protocol. Learn how Instadapp incentivised and distributed INST to lower-net-worth individuals to participate in governance, why it was distributed to Aave/Compound/MakerDAO users, and Sowmay's vision for Instadapp's progressive decentralization.

This segment from our Web 3.0 Governance Roundtable is a must-listen for protocols decentralising governance! Anjan from ParaFi explains the best practices from protocols like Maker DAO and Indexcoop/Set Protocol, and suggests ways in which governance can improve moving forward, with delegation, automation, data-driven proposals. ------------------------ LongHash Ventures is an investment fund and accelerator focused on catalysing the growth of the native Web 3.0 economy. To enable true ownership, permissionless access, and trustless interactions, we launched a DeFi-focused fund and invested in projects such as Balancer, Acala Network, Instadapp, and Zapper. We have also partnered with Polkadot and Filecoin to accelerate more than 40 global Web 3 projects which have raised more than $100m in the past 2 years. Through such investments and venture building, we are committed to realising our vision where anyone can access a more transparent, secure, and decentralised Web. Website: https://www.longhashventures.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LongHashVC Medium: https://longhashsg.medium.com/

We all share a common goal to decentralise, but how do you actually do it? We gathered an all-star DeFi cast to answer that question in Web 3.0 Governance: Roadmap to Decentralization. 03:05 Stani: Aave's Road to Decentralisation 28:04 Jordan: Synthetix's Road to Decentralisation 48:32 Anjan from ParaFi Capital: How Governance can Develop 1:04:46 Arthur from Defiance Capital: Investor's Perspective 1:19:50 Kristen and Marta from Balancer: Plan for Decentralisation 1:23:09 Ruitao from Acala: Plan for Decentralisation 1:30:55 Samyak from Instadapp: Plan for Decentralisation If you can’t spare the time to hear the insight from our guests, subscribe to our YouTube channel and turn on notifications! We’ll be segmenting the full video and posting a playlist of highlights next week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUmlbGDIJ4ewjTzXwwJYJvQ

Shi Khai sits down with Seb Audet, CEO of Zapper, to discuss the startup’s past, present and future. Since Seb’s creation of DefiSnap, Zapper has grown leaps and bounds, most recently raising a $15m Series A round to build its decentralised “App Store” of DeFi dApps. In this episode, learn how Zapper has become a key pillar in DeFi, from its single-minded user-centric approach to its emphasis on educating the masses. 01:04 What is Zapper, and how and why did it come about? 09:41 Why did Zapper build Exchange, Pool, Farm, and Bridge? 15:03 The crucial role of education in DeFi 19:29 The Balance of Freedom and Responsibility in DeFi 24:36 How does Zapper make money and incentivise engagement? 30:00 “DeFi has never been about institutions coming in” 31:30 Zapper’s Priorities Moving Forward 34:21 Decentralising Zapper & The Role of Tokens in DeFi 39:00 The Keys to Zapper’s Lively Community 44:59 Competition? What competition? 50:57 Seb’s views on the future of DeFi: Going Beyond TradFi

$130m worth of KSM has been locked (at the time of posting) just within days of Karura Network's Crowdloan. In this backdrop, Acala/Karura Network's Ruitao Su breaks down the basics of Polkadot, parachains, and crowdloans with our host and General Partner Shi Khai, before diving into Karura's token distribution, crowdloan mechanics, and the vision of Acala Network.

After the launch of Balancer V2, we collected questions from the Balancer China community for Fernando (CEO of Balancer), Martin (CEO of Gnosis), and Marta (Head of Community at Balancer). We talk about how Balancer V2 enables trading at the best price, lowers gas fees, and enhances capital efficiency. Then, we dive into the long-term future of Balancer, exploring the incorporation of real-world assets, NFTs, and Layer 2 on the DEX.

Starting or growing a community in Asia? Learn practical tips and insights from the people who are operating on the ground in Asia, investing and overseeing the projects who have successfully penetrated the region. Host: Shi Khai Wei, COO of LongHash Ventures Guests: From China, Mable Jiang of Multicoin Capital From Singapore, Arthur Cheong of DeFiance Capital From Malaysia, TM Lee of Coingecko From Thailand, Tai Panich of SCB10x We talk about: - Segmenting the massive region of Asia - The importance of recruiting a community leader - The appeal of rapid iteration - Institutional adoption in Asia - Tailoring your Asia strategy by country ... and more

Our host and COO at LongHash Ventures, Shi Khai Wei, introduces the LongHash Ventures Podcast.