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DeFi Decoded Podcast

How MetaMask Institutional is Taking Web3 Mainstream with Daniel Lynch

DeFi Decoded 142 - How MetaMask Institutional is Taking Web3 Mainstream with Daniel Lynch
Investment Team
  • Alex Tapscott, CFA
    Managing Director, Digital Asset Group, Portfolio Manager
    Alex Tapscott, CFA
    Managing Director, Digital Asset Group, Portfolio Manager
    Mr Tapscott is an entrepreneur, business author, and seasoned capital markets professional focused on the impact of emerging technologies, such as blockchain and cryptocurrencies, on business, government, and society. His latest book, Web3: Charting the Internet’s Next Economic and Cultural Frontier (Harper Collins), was published September 19th, 2023. Alex is also the Managing Director of the Digital Assets Group at Ninepoint Partners, one of Canada’s leading investment firms, with more than...
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Dive into Daniel Lynch's journey from SWIFT to Consensys, the role of MetaMask in the blockchain ecosystem, and its future functionalities. Discover how MetaMask is bringing institutions on chain and how banks view blockchain technology.

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 with special guest Daniel Lynch, Head of MetaMask Institutional Partnerships at Consensys. Listen in as they discuss Daniel’s journey from working at SWIFT to Consensys, MetaMask at its core and the role it fulfills, its future integrated functionalities, their strategy and supports to bring institutions on chain, the understanding and thoughts that banks have on blockchain technology, whether the future will be multi-chain, all-things MetaMask Snaps, Daniel’s role and the state of Web3 in Latin America, and more!

MetaMask Institutional provides an institutional-compliant version of the world’s leading Web3 wallet developed by Consensys, MetaMask, to help bridge all organizations into Web3 and allow them to access the rapidly growing digital asset ecosystem. Integrated in nearly all DeFi applications, MetaMask offers direct access to over 17,000 protocols for trading, staking, lending, borrowing, derivatives, asset management, and bridging across EVM chains to its over 30 million monthly active users. Daniel Lynch leads MetaMask Institutional Partnerships as well as BD for the LATAM region at Consensys. Previous to this he led payments innovation initiatives, amongst other previous roles, at SWIFT and has been involved in the Ethereum ecosystem since 2015. Above all Daniel is passionate about making Web3 both easier to use and useful for everyday people.

Tune in to the 142nd DeFi Decoded episode to hear Alex, Andrew, and Daniel discuss all things MetaMask Institutional and Web3. What is MetaMask, and which role does it fulfill within the Web3 ecosystem? How does MetaMask Institutional support enterprises that want to come on chain? As the BD for the LATAM region for Consensys, how does Daniel view the state of Web3 in the region?

TIMESTAMPS
[0:00] Introduction
[3:40] Journey from SWIFT to Consensys
[7:51] MetaMask & Ecosystem Role
[14:16] Future Functionalities
[21:20] Bringing Institutions On-Chain
[30:12] Banks’ Understanding of Blockchain Tech
[34:08] Multi-Chain Future
[36:13] MetaMask Snaps
[39:15] Daniel’s Role & State of Web3 in Latin America
[44:51] Conclusion

 

 

Part of Ninepoint’s DeFi Decoded Podcast Series. Available at Google, Apple, and Spotify Podcasts.

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