Sebastien Couture
Founder, Interop Ventures
Appears in 105 Episodes
Inside Cosmos: Culture, Challenges, and Vision with Robert Kelley
In this conversation, host Sebastien Couture and guest Robert Kelley dive deep into the ethos and challenges of the Cosmos ecosystem, examining the unique elements tha...
Is It Time for Cosmos to Rebrand as Interchain? Sunny Aggarwal
Sunny Aggarwal sits down with Sebastien Couture to discuss Cosmos’s evolving identity and why it might be time to rebrand the ecosystem as “Interchain.” Together, they...
Why Cosmos Should Embrace EVM and Bitcoin DeFi with Valentin Pletnev of Quasar
In this episode, Sebastien Couture and Valentin Pletnev of Quasar discuss Cosmos’s latest trends, challenges, and the increasing need for liquidity across the ecosyste...
Cosmos & Celestia: Building the Next Generation of DeFi with Drop
In this episode, Mitya Argunov, co-founder of Drop, explores the transformative potential of liquid staking across DeFi. He discusses Drop’s journey, the challenges of...
Why Cosmos Chains Need to Think Bigger with Max Einhorn & Spaydh
At Cosmoverse 2024, Spaydh from Neutron and Max Einhorn from Valence dive into the future of Cosmos and the race to take crypto innovation mainstream. They discuss the...
Why Decentralized AI Needs Cosmos: Greg Osuri or Akash Explains
Sebastien Couture talks with Greg Osuri, founder of Akash, about Cosmos’ resilience, the push for decentralized AI, and the tech breakthroughs happening with Cosmos’ a...
Why Meme Coins Are Beating DeFi – Farmer’s Take
Consider staking with Interop Ventures 🥩Sebastien Couture and Farmer, CEO of Defi Dojo Validator,Æ explore the shifting landscape of DeFi, meme coins, and Cosmos. Farm...
Will Cosmos Reach its Full Potential? Cryptocito at Cosmoverse
Consider staking with Interop VenturesJoin Cryptocito and Sebastien Couture as they dive into the intense planning behind Cosmoverse 2024 and the evolving identity of ...
Solving the Interchain's Liquidity Problem with Mitya Argunov of Drop
Mitya Argunov, Co-Founder of Drop, highlights the need for a new liquid staking protocol in the Cosmos ecosystem, emphasizing its integration with DeFi partners to enh...
How Orchestration Makes Web 3 Feel More Like Web 2 w Dean Tribble of Agoric
I sat down with Dean Tribble CEO of Agoric at Nebular Summit to chat chain abstraction, Agoric's implementation of Chain Orchestration and how these technologies impro...
Solving Ethereum Rollup Fragmentation with Austin King of Omni Labs
Join us on this episode as we dive into the future of Ethereum Layer 2 solutions with the CEO of Omni! Omni is revolutionizing the way developers build across differen...
Programmatic Monetary Policy for Protocols with Max Einhorn of Valence
Valence enables programmatic economic relationships between protocols. This allows crypto-native institutions (e.g., appchains & DAOs) to engage in complex financial i...
Bitcoin is Making a Comeback with Matt Ye of Lorenzo
Lorenzo is a Cosmos chain that leverages BTC shared security and enables liquid staking. In this conversation, Seb and Matt discuss the resurgence of interest in Bitco...
Rebooting the Metaverse with Lex Avellino of Passage
Passage improves virtual experiences and collaboration, making them more organic and immersive and better reflecting the way we interact in real life. For creators, Pa...
The Interchain Application Layer with Adair Kelley of Abstract
Abstract is an Interchain app platform enabling developers to build across CosmWasm-supported chains. Apps built with Abstract get automatic integrations with Intercha...
Interwoven Rollups with Stan Liu & Ezaan “Zon” Mangalji of Initia
Join us in this episode where we discover how Initia's vertically integrated tech stack seamlessly connects their L1s with application-specific L2 chains, enabling eff...
MONOLITHIC VS APPCHAINS with Eric Zhang & Brian Breslow of DoraHacks
Join us in this episode as we explore how DoraHacks advances the hacker movement. Learn about Dora Factory's innovative public good staking and decentralized funding i...
The AI portfolio manager with Daniel Machlup of FortyTwo
Join us as we explore the innovative integration of AI in DeFi with Daniel Machlup from FortyTwo. FortyTwo is building the interface layer for cross-chain DeFi, tackli...
DeFi Risk Modelling & Management with Marijo Radman and Benedikt Eikmanns of Alterscope
Join us as we delve into the complexities of risk management in decentralized finance (DeFi), where Alterscope pioneers with its risk ZK coprocessor and zero-knowledge...
Decentralized Storage for IBC Chains with Patrick Dunlop & Marston Connell of Jackal
Discover Jackal Protocol in this episode as we delve into its decentralized storage solution, enhancing blockchain interoperability and real-time data access through i...
ZK Proof Aggregation with Garvit Goel of Electron Labs
Electron Labs aggregates zero-knowledge proofs across protocols into a single superproof, which is then verified on Ethereum. Thanks to the use of recursive ZK proofs,...
Securing Cosmos Chains with Celestia DA - Jack Zampolin of Rollchains & Strangelove
Rollchains introduce new ways to build, maintain and scale Cosmos chains. New and existing Cosmos SDK chains can enable the Rollchains module to post block data to Cel...
The Future of DAO Governance with Nicolas Biagosch of Q Protocol
Q protocol is a decentralized governance layer for Web3 that allows developers to build organizational constitutions that are enforced by smart contracts and include o...
Cosmos Hub ICS Security Marketplace with Jehan Tremback of Informal Systems
Informal Systems is a Cosmos contributor that works on the Cosmos Hub, which is the first blockchain in the Interchain. The Cosmos Hub is one of thousands of blockchai...
FAIR TOKEN LAUNCHES with Simon Chadwick of Eclipse
Eclipse Fi is a revolutionary hub for interchain token launches, bringing the value back into the hands of early communities. Eclipse Mainnet, launching in Q1 2024, is...
SLINKY ORACLE with Maghnus Mareneck of Skip
Skip Protocol helps sovereign blockchain protocols supercharge their blockspace to improve user experience, enhance interoperability, and enrich network stakeholders. ...
CELESTIA LIQUID STAKING with Fabo & Jay B of Milky Way
MilkyWay is a liquid staking solution for the Celestia ecosystem, initially starting its deployment and operation on Osmosis. When individuals liquid stake their TIA c...
BUILD WHATEVER WHEREVER with Omer Mishael of Lava Network
Lava is a modular data network for scaling access to any blockchain. The network can flexibly support any RPC and API. Lava works with rollups and blockchains to conso...
MODULAR MOVE ROLLUPS with Rushi Manche of Movement Labs
Movement Labs is a modular framework to build and deploy Move-based infrastructure, applications, and blockchains in any distributed environment. They offer an open ne...
LEVANA RELAUNCH with Jonathan Caras of Levana
Levana is a decentralized exchange protocol designed to enable leveraged positions for any asset. Levana enables permission-less, censorship-resistant Capital efficien...