Episode 61 - Alejandro Gutierrez - Defactor & Defactor Labs

Alejandro is Co-Founder of Defactor and CEO of Defactor Labs – who this week are launching Europe’s first institutional grade DeFi product. A well known figure in Blockchain and Web3 in Ireland (and Globally), we speak about all things from moving from engineering, to supply chain to Web3 via Sydney to Dublin. Alejandro shares insights on what the market wants and where the ecosystem is going as well as advice on getting into Web3.

 

• 0:30 – Intros and Alejandro’s background
• 2:50 – Getting into blockchain for the first time
• 4:20 – What difference does blockchain make in the supply chain process?
• 5:50 – Further down the blockchain rabbit hole with the Happy Pear
• 7:20 – Co-Founding Consol Freight
• 9:30 – Pilot with Maker DAO
• 10:50 – The concept of Defactor – spotting a market gap
• 11:40 – What do Defactor do?
• 14:00 – Growth strategy
• 15:20 – What has the Defactor journey been like so far?
• 16:50 – Regulation & compliance being a commercial advantage
• 17:40 – Being regulated doesn’t equal safe
• 18:20 – FTX and it’s impact on DeFi and the opportunity it creates for real world assets
• 20:00 – Where next for Defactor?
• 20:30 – Alejandro’s view on Web3 in Ireland
• 22:50 – Interest in blockchain and opportunities from the TechWreck
• 24:50 – The next evolution of Web3
• 26:40 – The range within Web3 and how to look at Web3 projects
• 24:30 – New skills in demand in Web3
• 28:35 – Advice for someone thinking of getting into Web3

 

Defactor: https://defactor.com/

Alejandro: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-gutierrez-98979b43/

Hackathon: https://www.ethdublin.io/