In this episode of the Pirate Pod, Keli Callaghan sits down with Jacob, the founder of Glacis Labs, a company pioneering cross-chain communication to facilitate the seamless exchange of data. Jacob shares his journey into Web3 (via JP Morgan, Lido, Near, and more), the challenges faced in cross-chain messaging, and the security issues that arise from current systems - including those driven by fragmented liquidity. As our industry matures and billions are at risk, making sure those assets are protected and have enterprise grade uptime is critical. Glacis’ viewpoint is that security will move towards a more prominent focus and what Glacis brings will minimize fire drills and create better liveness and uptime. The conversation also covers the current fundraising landscape, building for developers, the proliferation of incompatible standards, and more.
Glacis on X: https://x.com/glacislabs
Glacis DevRel on TG: https://t.me/+LceMilATVYo2MDQx
https://glacislabs.com/

Disclaimer: The views discussed in this conversation are the views of the individuals, and not of Arrington Capital. This podcast is provided solely for informational purposes and is not financial, legal, tax or investment advice.

The participants of this podcast are not recommending any particular security, protocol, token, financial instrument, or other tradable asset or any investment strategy and is not offering to sell or soliciting to buy any security or asset.

In this episode of the Pirate Pod, we sit down with Amir Sarhangi and Craig DeWitt from SkyFire, a payment network for AI agents to make autonomous transactions. The team sits down with Keli Callaghan as they announce their fundraise and what they plan to do as the main driver of a fundamental shift in how the internet and technology transacts. Having worked together previously (Ripple), Craig and Amir are well versed and knowledgeable in payments and talk at length about their new venture, SkyFire, which is building an entirely new category and envisions a world where transactions are initiated and executed by AI - not humans.

This podcast covers:
- Founders' stories of their journeys in Web3.
- Recent fundraise announcement.
- Current landscape (including the teams' estimated of a $46B market size) and why incumbents are unlikely to execute on this.
- Initial adoption, use cases and how quickly things will change.
- Developer enablement of the SkyFire network.
- Why Skyfire is going to be the Visa or Stripe for AI (ie, non human) transactions.
- What comes next, including how AI will be making requests to humans to do physical tasks.

Disclaimer: The views discussed in this conversation are the views of the individuals, and not of Arrington Capital. This podcast is provided solely for informational purposes and is not financial, legal, tax or investment advice.

The participants of this podcast are not recommending any particular security, protocol, token, financial instrument, or other tradable asset or any investment strategy and is not offering to sell or soliciting to buy any security or asset.

Join us on the Pirate Pod for an exclusive deep dive with Luke Youngblood, founding contributor to Moonwell (https://moonwell.fi). In this episode, we explore the intricacies of Moonwell’s “lending made simple” approach that has propelled it to become one of the leading DeFi projects on Base, with a market size of nearly $400M.

Luke brings a unique perspective and wealth of experience from his tenure at Coinbase and involvement in the early days of DeFi. He shares insights into how Moonwell is building powerful onchain financial tools, making them accessible to everyone, regardless of their technical ability or geographic location.

With a vision to create a world where finance and governance are powered by Web3, Luke walks us through the Moonwell community’s mission to normalize being “onchain” and empower everyday individuals to do more with their digital assets. As one of the first applications on Base, and a day-one launch partner for Coinbase's new Smart Wallet, Luke also delves into the network’s robust infrastructure and the promising future he envisions for the Base ecosystem.

Topics covered:

- Benefits of isolated markets.

- Programmable smart contract wallets.

- Removing points of friction for borrow / lend.

- USDC and EURC adoption and use cases.

- Web2 and Web3 security measures for Web3 founders.

- The future of Base and what it means to bring $350 billion worth of crypto assets onchain.

Disclaimer: The views discussed in this conversation are the views of the individuals, and not of Arrington Capital. This podcast is provided solely for informational purposes and is not financial, legal, tax or investment advice.

The participants of this podcast are not recommending any particular security, protocol, token, financial instrument, or other tradable asset or any investment strategy and is not offering to sell or soliciting to buy any security or asset.