Ep. 635 Coinbase Dev Team's View for 2025 w/ Nemil Dalal

CRYPTO 101

Bryce Paul & Brendan Viehman

Business, Investing

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Crypto 101 we welcome Nemil Dalal, head of Coinbase's developer platform. We discuss Nemil's journey into the crypto space, the evolution of Coinbase, and the importance of user experience and security in the crypto ecosystem. The conversation also delves into the Coinbase Developer Platform, its on-ramp and off-ramp features, and the emerging trend of AI agents in the crypto world. In this conversation we discuss the evolving landscape of blockchain technology, focusing on the potential of decentralized finance (DeFi), the integration of artificial intelligence (AI), and the future of user experience in crypto. The conversation explores how innovations in payments and loyalty programs can attract new users, the importance of usability and transaction speed, and the exciting possibilities of on-chain AI. The discussion highlights Coinbase's commitment to user feedback and the development of features that enhance the on-chain experience.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to the Crypto 101 Podcast

01:46 Nemil Dalal's Crypto Origin Story

06:14 The Coinbase Developer Platform Explained

12:03 User Experience and Security in Crypto

14:39 Understanding Coinbase On-Ramp and Off-Ramp

17:02 The Role of AI Agents in Crypto

21:52 Exploring DeFi and Emerging Technologies

22:49 The Next Wave of On-Chain Users

23:48 Innovations in Payments and Loyalty Programs

25:55 Usability and Speed in Blockchain Transactions

28:49 AI and Blockchain: A Symbiotic Relationship

32:46 Future Features and User-Centric Development

37:22 On-Chain AI: The Next Big Thing

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0:00.0	All right, everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Crypto 101 podcast.
0:14.4	I'm your co-host, Bryce, as always, joined by my good buddy across the country.
0:19.3	Mr. Brendan Veman, how are you doing, my man?
0:22.9	It is a fantastic day over here. It's 2025. We got big things in store and we're kicking off
0:29.2	the new year the right way, Bryce. No, I couldn't agree more. I'm so excited to bring on
0:34.1	Nemeel DeLal, who's the head of Coinbase's developer platform. He's got an
0:39.6	incredible story. He's building great products, and we're really excited to bring them on. So
0:44.1	Namil, happy New Year, and how are you doing? Happy New Year, Brian. Really excited to be on
0:49.6	the show. I've been doing great. We had two weeks to recharge at Coinbase. Crypto, as you can imagine, is pretty frenetic. So Coinbase gives us some time off at the end of the year. It was really fantastic. Went to Hawaii, did some swimming, which I absolutely love and excited to be back and added with you guys. I love it. Yeah. No time like the present. Let's jump in, man. There's a lot of crazy things. Bitcoin was above 100K. It crashed down to 90K. Now it's right around 100K. I mean, things have been really wild. But in Coinbase does a lot of things, right? They've got their hands in a lot of pies. They do custody. They do trading. They have wallets. We want to know exactly where are you focused and what are you building on.
1:30.0	But before we get there to the developer side of the Coinbase platform, we want to go back in
1:36.3	time. I like to take a time machine with our listeners and with you because you've got an
1:40.9	interesting crypto origin story that, you know, it's no secret that
1:46.5	you're working as the head of the developer platform at Coinbase.
1:49.8	But how did you end up there at Coinbase?
1:52.1	Take us all the way back.
1:53.5	Yeah.
1:53.9	So if I go back, it's the summer of 2012.
1:56.7	I've been announcing to New California and I've been working on my own 3D printing
1:59.9	startup.
2:01.0	So 3D printing was a big hot thing. you know, at the time it still is.
2:05.1	And I was in this incubator called Wacc Combinator, and I meet Brian Armstrong and Fred
2:10.6	Ersom, who are the co-founders of Coinbase.
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