Albert Castellana is the Co-Founder and CEO at Yeager AI, building GenLayer, a decentralized blockchain platform designed to integrate artificial intelligence directly into smart contracts. By combining blockchain and AI, GenLayer opens up a range of use cases, such as intelligent oracles, prediction markets, decentralized governance, parametric insurance, and more​​​​.

GenLayer is a decentralized blockchain platform designed to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) directly into smart contracts. These enhanced contracts, called Intelligent Contracts, surpass traditional smart contracts by not only executing predefined conditions but also by interacting with real-time data from the web and processing natural language. This integration allows GenLayer's contracts to perform tasks beyond basic transactions, such as decision-making based on dynamic, real-world information without the need for oracles.

At its core, GenLayer uses a Python-based execution environment called GenVM, which enables developers to create contracts that can interact with large language models (LLMs), such as GPT, to analyze and process complex information. The platform’s unique Optimistic Democracy consensus mechanism ensures that multiple validators, powered by AI models, reach an agreement on the validity of transactions. This consensus mechanism allows for greater flexibility, as validators can handle non-deterministic tasks (those with multiple possible correct outcomes) like interpreting natural language queries or accessing web data.

By combining blockchain and AI, GenLayer opens up a wide range of innovative use cases, such as intelligent oracles, prediction markets, decentralized governance, parametric insurance, and much more​​​​.

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Tyler Sloan is a Product Manager at ANKR, the leading Web3 infrastructure company. It has a set of different products for building, earning, gaming, and more — all on blockchain.

Ankr is a decentralized infrastructure platform designed to simplify access to Web3 services, making it easier for developers and enterprises to build, deploy, and manage blockchain applications. By leveraging a global network of nodes, Ankr aims to provide a cost-effective and efficient solution for interacting with blockchain networks, supporting various use cases in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Ankr focuses on providing reliable and scalable node hosting services. Developers can deploy their own nodes on the Ankr network, accessing a variety of blockchain protocols such as Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Polygon. This flexibility enables users to tailor their infrastructure according to specific project needs, ensuring optimal performance and reduced latency. By eliminating the need for extensive technical knowledge and resources, Ankr empowers developers to focus on building their applications rather than managing complex infrastructure.

One of the standout features of Ankr is its unique proof-of-stake consensus mechanism, which enables users to earn rewards by staking their tokens. This not only incentivizes participation in the network but also enhances its security and decentralization. Users can stake ANKR tokens, the native cryptocurrency of the platform, to support various blockchain networks while earning rewards in return. This dual functionality of staking and node hosting positions Ankr as an attractive option for both developers and investors.

Ankr also offers a developer-friendly suite of tools and APIs that facilitate seamless integration with blockchain networks. The platform provides SDKs (Software Development Kits) and documentation to help developers create decentralized applications (dApps) and services with ease. These resources streamline the development process, allowing for rapid prototyping and deployment of projects. Ankr’s commitment to fostering innovation is evident through its focus on community engagement and support, providing a vibrant ecosystem for developers to collaborate and share ideas.

Ankr addresses the scalability challenges faced by many blockchain networks. By utilizing its distributed architecture, the platform can handle a high volume of transactions without compromising speed or efficiency. This scalability is crucial for supporting the growing demand for decentralized applications and services in various sectors, including finance, gaming, and supply chain management.

Ankr is a comprehensive infrastructure solution for Web3, offering developers and enterprises the tools and resources necessary to thrive in the blockchain space. With its focus on accessibility, scalability, and community support, Ankr is poised to play a significant role in shaping the future of decentralized technology.

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Mathias Beke is Co-Founder and CTO at Kairon Labs, an advisor and crypto market maker for digital asset issuers.

Kairon Labs is a player in digital asset trading and liquidity provision, offering a wide range of services designed to optimize liquidity management for crypto projects and exchanges. Established as a leading market maker in the cryptocurrency space, Kairon Labs specializes in ensuring that digital assets have sufficient liquidity across centralized exchanges (CEXs) and decentralized exchanges (DEXs), allowing for seamless trading experiences for users and institutional clients.

One of the core services provided by Kairon Labs is liquidity provision. By utilizing sophisticated algorithms and market-making strategies, the company ensures that token projects can maintain tight spreads and consistent order books, helping to minimize volatility and enhance market depth. This service is vital for new token launches and ongoing token liquidity management, ensuring that tokens are traded efficiently across multiple platforms.

Kairon Labs also offers market-making services, acting as a liquidity provider to foster a healthy trading environment. This can be particularly beneficial for tokens listed on multiple exchanges, where liquidity fragmentation can hinder smooth trading. The company’s market-making solutions help reduce slippage, enhance price discovery, and improve overall market quality.

Kairon Labs also provides advisory services, leveraging its deep expertise in digital assets and liquidity management to help projects navigate the complexities of exchange listings, trading strategies, and regulatory landscapes. By offering tailored consulting services, they enable crypto projects to develop optimized strategies for liquidity deployment, tokenomics, and exchange relationships.

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Aaron Krowne is Partner & Practice Group Lead Blockchain & Corporate, at Industria Business Lawyers (IBL Partners) a technology-forward distributed law firm.

Since its founding in 2018, IBL Partners has leveraged versatility and technology to deliver professional and sophisticated legal services for innovators in the twenty-first century technology sector. Advances in technology, including AI, Blockchain and DLT, fintech, "DeFi", and "Web3", continue to revolutionize the industry. Unfortunately, government agencies and corporate stakeholders often find themselves playing catch-up with innovation. IBL Partners leverages its collective regulatory experience and expertise in technology to navigate the regulatory uncertainty and offer clients indispensable legal support in new frontier as well as established areas of the law.

Aaron Krowne is an attorney who arrived at the practice of law following a career in computing and technology, where he worked as a research data scientist.

He founded a series of online startup ventures, several of which attained global recognition. His pre-law career also includes establishing multiple online libel law precedents and participating in the early development of the Creative Commons IP license system.

He was one of the first lawyers globally to focus on blockchain, initially familiarizing himself with Bitcoin and its underlying technology in its early days.

Today, he advises a diverse array of blockchain and “crypto” companies, covering areas ranging from money services and AML law to NFTs, and works at the forefront of the professionalization and expansion of the rapidly-growing cryptocurrency finance and “DeFi” space.

Aaron joins Andy to discuss blockchain law, regulations, the regulation by enforcement approach of many US agencies, and the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act.

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Mario F. Pazos is the marketing lead at the memorably named GOAT Network, the first BTC L2 to offer a sustainable yield.

BTC serves as a store of value, offering fewer opportunities for yield generation compared to other cryptocurrencies, like Ethereum or stablecoins. This limited utility in DeFi applications has resulted in lower returns for BTC holders.

BTC holders have serious concerns when their BTC moves to another chain. The security of Bridges and BTC Layer2 needs to be addressed given the limited functionalities of BTC scripts.

GOAT Network aims to solve this via its decentralized sequencer, the key to GOAT network's fairness and censorship resistance. A native Bitcoin Script based Locking mechanism is also introduced to guarantee GOAT Network is immune to Long-Range Attacks.

GOAT network’s OCP(Optimistic Challenge Process) is built on BitVM2’s permissionless bridge protocol and allows any computation off-chain to be verified on Bitcoin with Continuation techniques. Inspired by ZKM’s proof network, splits the SNARK verifier into a group of subscripts, and the subscripts are committed by MAST and Taproot on Bitcoin.

Decentralized sequencers create an open market to earn sustainable sequencer revenue (in BTC and GOAT Tokens).

Sequencer revenue can be tokenized in order to trade and generate additional returns. BTC holders can lock BTC on L1 to mint goatBTC on GOAT BTC L2; goatBTC can be used for yield generation.

GOAT token lockers earn additional goatBTC mint /redeem fees.

More ways to generate sustainable yield via Defi, Cefi and Tradfi are on the way.

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Jesse Beller is the co-founder and CEO at Terrace, the all-in-one trading terminal and portfolio management system for everything and everyone.

Terrace is a multi-wallet, non-custodial crypto trading terminal designed for both institutional traders and crypto enthusiasts. We offer best price routing, advanced order types, synthetic pairs, token screening, and portfolio management across 13 different blockchain networks. Users can choose between a DeFi-only (no KYC) platform or a KYC-enabled platform for access to top centralized exchanges (CEX), over-the-counter (OTC) markets, and market makers (MMs).

Terrace employs smart order routing and best price execution algorithms that analyze and execute trades across multiple decentralized exchanges (DEXs), centralized exchanges (CEXs), over-the-counter (OTC) markets, and market makers (MMs). The Pathfinder feature identifies and executes the most efficient trade paths from any token on any chain to another, ensuring optimal prices and minimal slippage. Terrace is backed by industry leaders like YCombinator, Hack VC, and Hashkey.

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Fran Stranar is the founder of Techemy Group and a core contributor to Stabull Labs, shepherding Stabull Fiance, the capital-efficient Web3 Money Market. Stabull’s mission is to democratizē the multi-trillion dollar FX and Commodities markets on-chain.

Stabull Finance is a decentralized exchange (DEX) that specializes in facilitating low-slippage, capital-efficient swaps between fiat-backed stablecoins, particularly non-USD stablecoins.

It operates as an automated money market (AMM) on the Ethereum and Polygon blockchains, aiming to provide liquidity for stablecoins like NZDS (New Zealand Dollar), EURS (Euro), 1GBP (British Pound), and TRYB (Turkish Lira). The platform is built to serve the foreign exchange (FX) market, which remains underrepresented in decentralized finance (DeFi), despite accounting for a large portion of global financial transactions.

Stabull allows users to perform fast and cost-effective swaps between stablecoins while minimizing price volatility and slippage, using a model that integrates FX oracle data to anchor pricing. Additionally, the platform provides opportunities for liquidity providers to earn rewards by staking stablecoin pairs, with governance rights also extended to those participating in the liquidity pools. Security is a core focus, with regular audits and a bug bounty program to ensure platform safety.

Stabull is addressing a gap in the DeFi space by providing infrastructure specifically designed for non-USD stablecoins, enabling decentralized and permissionless trading for a wide variety of tokenized fiat assets.

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Grant Robertson is the founder of Three Protocol, creating a series of decentralised marketplaces to open digital commerce to the world, including the unbanked, debanked, and those who value privacy.

Three Protocol aims to establish a network of autonomous marketplaces using blockchain technology. These marketplaces aim to facilitate Product, service and Real World Asset financial inclusion for individuals lacking traditional banking facilities.

Three Protocol uses the latest Neural Network Artificial intelligence technologies to increase marketplace procurement efficiency, to enable the utilization of cryptocurrencies for transactions and to instate equitable governance via a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO).

The first platform, Jobs3, is set to emerge as a decentralized contender to existing employment marketplaces such as Upwork and Fiverr.

Central to the project is the $THREE governance token, Neural Network machine learning, and ZKP pseudo-anonymisation Digital IDs alongside smart contract technology, which together will enable secure escrow services, efficient procurement of marketplace products, services, real-world assets, DAO-facilitated dispute resolution mechanisms, and seamless cryptocurrency purchase transactions.

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