Bringing Blockchain Payments to Supermarkets
Join us as we speak with Joshua Krüger, Head of Growth at DFX Swiss, alongside Ralph Hofacker, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Brick Towers, about how blockchain payments are being used in everyday retail settings. This episode explores how ada payments are enabled in over 130 Spar supermarkets across Switzerland, including the infrastructure behind Open CryptoPay and how fiat and crypto systems interact in real time. The conversation also covers merchant incentives, user experience challenges, and how blockchain-based payments can support faster transactions, lower fees, and broader adoption in real-world environments.
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How Blockchain Verifies Plastic Recovery and Environmental Impact
In this episode, we speak with André Vanyi-Robin, Founder and CEO of Plastiks, together with Ana Aguilar Meca, COO, and Delfina Achinelly, Head of Methodology and Verification, about how blockchain can support transparent plastic recovery systems. The discussion explores how Plastiks verifies recycling data, issues digital recovery certificates, and anchors environmental evidence on the Cardano blockchain.
Kain Warwick on the Past, Present, and Future of DeFi
In this episode, we sit down with Kain Warwick, founder of Synthetix and one of DeFi’s earliest innovators. Kain explains how Havven became an early stablecoin system, how the team solved multi-asset debt tracking, and why oracle design shaped the project’s evolution. He walks through the challenges of synthetic assets, the rise of perpetual futures, and the shift toward hybrid on-chain/off-chain trading models. We also discuss lessons from Terra Luna, the 2019 oracle exploit, and how Infinex aims to simplify professional-grade DeFi trading.
Reeve: A New Standard for Transparent Financial Reporting
In this episode, we spoke with Cleo Martins, Finance Product Lead at the Cardano Foundation, to explore the journey behind Reeve — a new blockchain-powered platform designed to bring trust and transparency to financial reporting. Cleo shares how her 20 years in accounting shaped Reeve’s vision, why immutable on-chain data can transform auditing, and how organizations can balance transparency with legitimate privacy needs. The discussion also highlights upcoming use cases, early auditor reactions, and why blockchain-enabled accountability may soon become the new standard for NGOs, governments, and enterprises alike.
Learn more about Reeve: https://reeve.technology