This is Eric Golden and today I am hosting Fredrik Haga - co-founder and CEO of Dune. For anyone involved in the crypto markets, you have likely come across a Dune analytics dashboard. In this podcast, we cover Fredrik's background and motivation to start Dune, why he pivoted early to offer a free service, and what he's excited to build in the future. Please enjoy my conversation with Fredrik.   For the full show notes, transcript, and links to the best content to learn more, check out the episode page here.   -----   This episode is brought to you by Coinbase Prime. Coinbase Prime combines advanced trading, battle-tested custody, financing, and prime services in a single solution. Clients have used our comprehensive investing platform to execute some of the largest trades in the industry because we are the only publicly-traded company with experience trading and custodying crypto assets at scale. Get started with Coinbase Prime today at coinbase.com/prime.   -----   Web3 Breakdowns is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Web3 Breakdowns, visit joincolossus.com/episodes.   Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here.   Follow us on Twitter: @Web3Breakdowns | @ericgoldenx | @patrick_oshag    Show Notes [00:02:05] - [First question] The early origins of Dune back in 2018 [00:06:45] - Trying to fundraise for the first time and having a business model in mind   [00:09:24] - From selling dashboards to making it free and open source [00:10:42] - Gaining momentum in 2020 during the crypto summer and fundraising again [00:14:50] - What Dune Analytics is and how their product works [00:18:30] - Who Hildobby is and the dynamics between Opensea and Dune  [00:24:37] - Thoughts on a digital bank and comparing them to traditional banks [00:29:17] - Dune’s business model and how they’ll generate revenue in the future [00:30:43] - Whether or not there will be a native $DUNE token  [00:32:08] - Dune’s data treasure trove and how it’s still largely untapped [00:34:57] - What he’s looking forward to building over the next six months and the next six years