DWeb Decoded

Bo Hines, Executive Director of the President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets, joins FF President Marta Belcher on DWeb Decoded, live during Consensus 2025 in Toronto, to share the U.S. administration's strategy for cementing U.S. leadership in crypto and Web3.

AI companies are hungry for data—and traditional data brokers are failing both buyers and sellers. On this episode of DWeb Decoded, Lucas Nuzzi, CEO and co-founder of Portex, explains how Portex is creating a tokenized data marketplace for the AI era.

Trevor Koverko, Co-Founder of SapientAI, joins DWeb Decoded to explore the growing need for decentralized, human-augmented data in AI model training. From early crypto to launching a real-world gig economy for data labeling, Koverko lays out how the future of AI is human-powered.

Lisa Loud, Executive Director of Secret Network Foundation, joins host Kurt Opsahl, Associate General Counsel for Cybersecurity and Civil Liberties Policy at Filecoin Foundation, to discuss building confidential infrastructure for AI using encrypted, on-chain technology. From Intel SGX and TEEs to the ethics of decentralized agents, this episode explores how to protect privacy while scaling next-gen AI.

In this episode of DWeb Decoded, Clara Tsao, Founding Officer at Filecoin Foundation, speaks with Ben Fielding, co-founder of Gensyn. Gensyn is creating decentralized infrastructure for AI—enabling machine learning to run trustlessly across distributed devices using crypto verification.

Lei Lei, VP and Head of Business Development at Kite AI, joins DWeb Decoded to discuss Kite AI’s decentralized AI Layer 1. From building a data and model marketplace to using Filecoin and IPFS for on-chain provenance, this episode explores how Kite AI is enabling scalable, modular, and transparent AI infrastructure.

In this episode of DWeb Decoded, we sit down with Stefaan Vervaet to reflect on the one-year journey of Akave—a decentralized data layer built on Filecoin. With over 75 projects already building on Akave, Stefaan shares how a focus on ease of use and enterprise functionality is setting them apart.

Ocean Protocol co-founder Trent McConaghy joins DWeb Decoded to share a compelling vision for the future of AI, decentralized infrastructure, and human-AI co-evolution. From the role of Filecoin in enabling sovereign AGI to building brain-computer interfaces that augment human cognition, this episode explores the intersection of Web3 and emerging intelligence.

Journalist Isabelle Castro joins this episode of DWeb Decoded to talk about her new Substack, Utopia in Beta, and her mission to critically examine emerging technologies like Web3 and AI. She breaks down the narratives being missed in mainstream coverage and offers practical advice for builders and PR teams looking to engage with media in meaningful ways.

Paul Brody, Global Blockchain Leader at Ernst & Young, joins DWeb Decoded to discuss the shifting landscape of enterprise blockchain adoption. From early skepticism to stablecoins and public Ethereum, Brody dives deep into what’s working, what failed (private blockchains), and what’s next—including privacy tools, smart contract audits with AI, and building decentralized infrastructure that resists monopolies.

Frank Mong, COO of Nova Labs, company behind the Helium Network, joins DWeb Decoded to trace Helium's evolution—from an IoT startup to launching Helium Mobile, a decentralized wireless carrier. Frank dives deep into their T-Mobile partnership, go-to-market lessons, and real-world use cases like wildfire detection and smart cities.

Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of GLIF, joins DWeb Decoded to reflect on his years building in the Filecoin ecosystem—from early experiments with IPFS to launching key infrastructure like the Filecoin wallet, multisig tools, and GLIF. He shares how GLIF evolved from a custom dev studio to a core builder supporting storage providers and the broader decentralized web.

Cami Russo, founder of The Defiant, returns to DWeb Decoded to share how her crypto-native media platform is integrating decentralized technologies—starting with archiving its content on Filecoin. She dives into the evolution of The Defiant, the importance of permanence for journalism, and her vision for wallet-based personalization and microtransactions in Web3 media.

Porter Stowell, former Head of Community at Filecoin Foundation and now CEO of W3.io, joins host Aaron Stanley to share his vision for turning decentralized technologies into real-world, enterprise-grade solutions. From verifiable agents to automated AI workflows, Stowell breaks down what’s missing in Web3—and how W3.io is addressing the gap.

In this episode of DWeb Decoded, host Aaron Stanley talks with Zach Guzman, founder of Coinage Media — a crypto-based community-owned media platform. From his time at CNBC and Yahoo Finance to launching Coinage, Zach shares how he's building a sustainable media model using NFTs and DAOs, and why the current media landscape is broken.

In this episode of DWeb Decoded, Aaron Stanley is joined by Pete Pachal, founder of Media Copilot, to explore how AI is reshaping the media landscape. From newsroom workflows to decentralization, copyright, licensing, and business models, they dive into the promises and pitfalls of AI-driven journalism.

How can blockchain and decentralized systems transform scientific research? In this episode of DWeb Decoded, we sit down with Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr, Global Head of Strategy & Partnerships at Exponential Science and former Editor-in-Chief of Cointelegraph, to explore the role of Web3 in academia.