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Tascha is Co-Founder & CEO of Alpha Finance. She studied Economics at UC Berkeley before starting her career in Investment Banking at Jefferies in San Francisco then in London. Tascha has always been interested in technology and finance and was immediately drawn into Bitcoin and blockchain when she got introduced to them in 2016. In 2020, she founded Alpha Finance with Nipun from MIT, who is ranked the third in mathematics globally. Alpha Finance Lab builds decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, such as Alpha Homora, which has become a popular tool in the new economy of blockchain. Through these products, Alpha Finance strives to innovate DeFi solutions and pioneer new standards towards sustainable and scalable financial infrastructure on blockchain. Tascha believes that the hardest part of being a founder is being aware and adapting quickly towards the right direction amidst the changing nature of the industry.------------------------------------------Timestamps: 00:00:35 - How did Tascha's Web3 journey begin?00:01:53 - Alpha Finance Lab, also known as Alpha Ventures DAO was founded in 202000:03:17 - Tascha has the ideal recipe to leverage from others00:04:51 - Alpha Venture DAO's domain00:08:49 - The difference between a centralized and a decentralized crypto company00:13:34 - DeFi is going to be the core of a lot of things00:15:21 - Developing DeFi protocols that truly address the fundamental issue00:17:55 - Solving scalability problem in DeFi with a new product00:19:21 - Alpha Homora also tackles the scalability challenges in DeFi00:22:26 - Facing different phases of challenges00:25:34 - Eyeing on the metrics00:27:49 - Web3 is the future00:30:26 - Don’t limit yourself and look out for any opportunities00:32:38 - There’s growth opportunity on Web3------------------------------------------In this episode, you will learn the following:How the decentralized blockchain economy offers new opportunities for lending, borrowing and margin tradingHow Alpha Finance Lab is tackling the scalability issues of Decentralized Finance (DeFi)What challenges founders may face as their company transitions from early to later stages.------------------------------------------Connect with Nigel Lee on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-lee-35bb2247/Get in touch with TaschaLinkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/tascha-panpan/Twitter: @tascha_panpanGet in touch with Talent@Web3 on:Telegram: t.me/talentatweb3Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/talent-web3/Twitter: twitter.com/TalentWeb31Website: talentweb3.co Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
