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Inside Kadena’s $50M Leap: Grant Program, Next-Gen Scalability & Insights from CEO Stuart Popejoy

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Explore the unfolding landscape of crypto and blockchain innovation in our in-depth interview with Stuart Popejoy, CEO of Kadena and former head of JP Morgan’s Center for Blockchain Excellence. Guided by the following chapters, this conversation illuminates the journey from the earliest days of institutional blockchain to Kadena’s latest breakthroughs:

  • 00:00 – Defiant Intro

  • 00:07 – When cost savings alone couldn’t revive crypto’s promise

  • 00:55 – Meet Stuart Popejoy: Kadena’s vision, shaped by lessons from JP Morgan

  • 06:00 – JPM Coin’s evolving roadmap

  • 07:35 – Early hurdles building enterprise blockchain at JP Morgan

  • 10:38 – Why technology alone isn’t enough—it must disrupt

  • 13:57 – Kadena’s own answer: scalability, chainweb, and the art of possibility

  • 16:25 – The real challenges builders face in scaling dApps

  • 16:56 – Bitcoin proposals lost to time

  • 17:50 – Braiding chains: scaling without losing stability

  • 23:27 – Kadena’s bold $50 million grant program—fueling a new era for developers

  • 25:15 – The role of real-world assets (RWAs) in blockchain’s evolution

  • 29:00 – Public blockchains as a frontier for finance and technology

  • 30:00 – Closing infrastructure gaps on the road to mass adoption

  • 33:00 – How do we inspire an active, not passive, crypto user base?

  • 35:42 – Why self-custody is the change we need in consumer behavior

  • 38:10 – Next-gen adoption: getting all ages onchain

  • 40:13 – What traditional finance keeps getting wrong about blockchain

  • 42:48 – Kadena’s next moves after making waves at EthCC

  • 44:20 – Reflections and closing remarks

From the keys of disruption and the quest for scalability to transformative grant programs and the vision for a blockchain-powered future beyond EthCC, this is crypto at its most reflective and real.

🔗 Links & Details:

Explore Kadena’s grant program https://www.kadena.io/grants

  continue reading

274 episodes

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Manage episode 493548835 series 2649492
Content provided by Camila Russo. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Camila Russo or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

Explore the unfolding landscape of crypto and blockchain innovation in our in-depth interview with Stuart Popejoy, CEO of Kadena and former head of JP Morgan’s Center for Blockchain Excellence. Guided by the following chapters, this conversation illuminates the journey from the earliest days of institutional blockchain to Kadena’s latest breakthroughs:

  • 00:00 – Defiant Intro

  • 00:07 – When cost savings alone couldn’t revive crypto’s promise

  • 00:55 – Meet Stuart Popejoy: Kadena’s vision, shaped by lessons from JP Morgan

  • 06:00 – JPM Coin’s evolving roadmap

  • 07:35 – Early hurdles building enterprise blockchain at JP Morgan

  • 10:38 – Why technology alone isn’t enough—it must disrupt

  • 13:57 – Kadena’s own answer: scalability, chainweb, and the art of possibility

  • 16:25 – The real challenges builders face in scaling dApps

  • 16:56 – Bitcoin proposals lost to time

  • 17:50 – Braiding chains: scaling without losing stability

  • 23:27 – Kadena’s bold $50 million grant program—fueling a new era for developers

  • 25:15 – The role of real-world assets (RWAs) in blockchain’s evolution

  • 29:00 – Public blockchains as a frontier for finance and technology

  • 30:00 – Closing infrastructure gaps on the road to mass adoption

  • 33:00 – How do we inspire an active, not passive, crypto user base?

  • 35:42 – Why self-custody is the change we need in consumer behavior

  • 38:10 – Next-gen adoption: getting all ages onchain

  • 40:13 – What traditional finance keeps getting wrong about blockchain

  • 42:48 – Kadena’s next moves after making waves at EthCC

  • 44:20 – Reflections and closing remarks

From the keys of disruption and the quest for scalability to transformative grant programs and the vision for a blockchain-powered future beyond EthCC, this is crypto at its most reflective and real.

🔗 Links & Details:

Explore Kadena’s grant program https://www.kadena.io/grants

  continue reading

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