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Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction
TechCrunch, Yashad Kulkarni, Maggie Stamets, Kell Keller, Jacquelyn Melinek

There are constantly new tokens, DeFi projects, NFTs collections and DAOs being launched – but how can you make sense of everything... more

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Episodes

Space and Time wants to help LLMs and AI agents get on-chain (w/ Scott Dykstra)

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Scott Dykstra, CTO and co-founder of Space and Time. Before diving into web3, Scott... more

28 Mar 2024 · 36 minutes
Whoever rules the data rules the world (w/ Tegan Kline)

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Tegan Kline, the CEO and co-founder of Edge & Node. The company is focused... more

21 Mar 2024 · 24 minutes
Blockchain tech is working to combat AI-based deepfakes (w/ Melody Hildebrandt and Mike Blank)

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Melody Hildebrandt, CTO of Fox Corporation and Mike Blank, COO at Polygon Labs. Why these... more

14 Mar 2024 · 35 minutes
Blockchain could be the answer to getting AI artists paid (w/ Dee Goens)

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Dee Goens, the co-founder of Zora. Zora is a platform and protocol that helps developers... more

07 Mar 2024 · 40 minutes
Looking back on the NFT marketplace Magic Eden (w/ Jack Lu)

For this week’s episode, we’re resharing a conversation I had in June 2023 with Jack Lu, CEO and co-founder of... more

29 Feb 2024 · 26 minutes
Starbucks Odyssey’s community lead expects NFT brand building to expand this year (w/ Steve Kaczynski)

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Steve Kaczynski, co-author of the book “The Everything Token,” and co-host of a web3... more

22 Feb 2024 · 37 minutes
Web3 brands and NFTs are on a global race for adoption (w/ Yat Siu)

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands. Yat co-founded Animoca in 2014... more

15 Feb 2024 · 48 minutes
OpenSea’s CEO sees greater opportunity for NFT use cases to grow (w/ Devin Finzer)

This year, Chain Reaction is doing monthly series diving into different topics and themes in crypto. To start things off,... more

08 Feb 2024 · 32 minutes
SEC Commissioner sees a need for a new Token Safe Harbor Proposal (w/ Hester Peirce)

This week we have a bonus episode with Hester Peirce, commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Jacquelyn moderated... more

07 Feb 2024 · 34 minutes
Read Write Own this episode with a16z’s crypto partner (w/ Chris Dixon)

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Chris Dixon, general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Chris has been at... more

01 Feb 2024 · 44 minutes
Bonus Episode: Worldcoin is going on a race to billions of users “as fast” as it can (w/ Alex Blania)

This is a bonus episode, where Jacquelyn interviewed Alex Blania, CEO and co-founder of Tools for Humanity, in a fireside... more

29 Jan 2024 · 18 minutes
Solana Mobile is just getting started (w/ Anatoly Yakovenko)

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana Labs, the technology company that aims to help grow... more

25 Jan 2024 · 27 minutes
Ripple president talks XRP Ledger, SEC suits, and 2024 plans (w/ Monica Long)

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Monica Long, the president of Ripple, a blockchain-based digital payment network and protocol. Monica... more

18 Jan 2024 · 23 minutes
Bitcoin spot ETFs has been approved in the U.S. (w/ Michael Sonnenshein)

For this week’s bonus episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Michael Sonnenshein, the CEO at Grayscale Investments. Grayscale is a digital asset investment firm... more

10 Jan 2024 · 20 minutes
All roads seem to be leading to a U.S. spot bitcoin ETF approval soon (w/ Fred Thiel)

For this week’s news episode, Jacquelyn dove back into the latest developments on spot bitcoin ETF applications in the U.S.... more

04 Jan 2024 · 22 minutes
You should join a crypto social club w/ Boys Club co-founders (re-release)

For this week’s episode, we're remixing an episode from earlier this year. Jacquelyn interviewed Deana Burke and Natasha Hoskins,... more

28 Dec 2023 · 33 minutes
Algorand foundation CEO sees tokenization as key sector to scale crypto (w/ Staci Warden)

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Staci Warden, the CEO of the Algorand Foundation, the organization behind the layer-1 blockchain... more

21 Dec 2023 · 28 minutes
Robinhood’s still on a quest to make crypto mainstream (w/ Johann Kerbrat)

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Johann Kerbrat, the general manager of crypto at Robinhood. Johann is leading the application's... more

14 Dec 2023 · 23 minutes
Crypto VC space may be on the cusp of recovery (w/ David Pakman)

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed David Pakman, managing partner and head of venture investments at CoinFund. Before CoinFund, David spent... more

07 Dec 2023 · 33 minutes
Optimism is optimistic for the future of Ethereum (w/ Jing Wang and Ryan Wyatt)

For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Optimism’s CEO and co-founder Jing Wang and chief growth officer Ryan Wyatt. Optimism is an... more

30 Nov 2023 · 37 minutes
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Crypto VC space may be on the cusp of recovery (w/ David Pakman)
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For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed David Pakman, managing partner and head of venture investments at CoinFund. Before CoinFund, David spent 14 years... more