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/