Best Jason Yanowitz Podcasts (2025)

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How Jason Yanowitz Built Blockworks into a $150M Business 1:22:07

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Before Blockworks became a $150 million media force, Jason Yanowitz was just a kid flipping baseball cards on eBay - discovering early what it meant to build leverage online. Raised in a countercultural, entrepreneurial family, Jason never saw the traditional nine-to-five as the only path. In 2017, Jason went to an event that'd change his life, as …

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Jason Yanowitz on The New Era of Attention, Creators, and Media 58:40

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Jason Yanowitz, co-founder of Blockworks, joins us today to unveil his frameworks for how crypto media has evolved into multi-million dollar information empires. We discussed: - Why Crypto CPMs Are Higher Than Trad Media - The "Messy Middle" That Kills Most Media Companies - How The House-of-Brands Strategy Really Works - Why People Follow Personal…

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Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum, The [LAST] Steward of Decentralisation 39:19

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The tradition of Epicenter x Vitalik Buterin continued this year as well at EthCC[8], where we got the chance of picking his brain about recent research, interests and Ethereum Foundation’s direction going forward. Join us for a fascinating discussion on biotech and how Vitalik’s Shiba ended up funding it, the utility of blockchains in nowadays soc…

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Why Ethereum Won Argentina's Digital Identity Battle with Diego Fernandez and RJ 36:15

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Real-world crypto adoption won’t happen with just infrastructure, it needs to actually solve the problems that institutions are facing. In today's episode, we sit down with Diego Fernandez, former Secretary of Innovation for Buenos Aires, and RJ from Lambda Class to explore how 700,000 citizens now carry their government documents in crypto wallets…

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Permissionless: America’s DeFi Renaissance | Eugene Chen & Merlin Egalite 43:22

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In this episode, we went live from Permissionless with Eugene Chen, Co-founder and CEO of Ellipsis Labs, and Merlin Egalite, Co-founder of Morpho, to explore the resurgence of DeFi activity in the U.S. driven by emerging regulatory clarity around stablecoins and market structure. We also discuss U.S. dollar dominance in stablecoins, institutional a…

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How Stablecoins and DePIN Will Disrupt Everything with Santiago Santos 41:17

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Banks have been making money off your deposits while giving you nothing in return. Meanwhile, DePIN networks are building infrastructure that could make these outdated institutions obsolete. All at a fraction of the cost. In today's episode, we sit down with Santiago Roel Santos, founder of Inversion, to explore how stablecoins and decentralized in…

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How Arbitrum Landed Robinhood With A.J. Warner & Steven Goldfeder 1:24:11

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Gm! This week Yano is joined by Steven and AJ from OffChain Labs to dive into all the behind-the-scenes happenings of one of the biggest deals in recent crypto history - the collaboration between Arbitrum and Robinhood to tokenize both public and private US stocks for European markets. -- Start your day with crypto news, analysis and data from Kath…

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Why AI Agents Need Better Blockchain Data with Marcel Fohrmann 36:11

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AI agents need data to function, but who actually controls the flow of that data? In this episode, we chat with Marcel from SQD about how decentralized data infrastructure could change the game for the AI agent economy. SQD is building what they call "the Airbnb of databases", a decentralized network of over 3,000 nodes providing data without vendo…

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It’s A Bull Market But Not The One You Wanted With Rob Hadick & Santiago Santos | Weekly Roundup 1:21:56

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Happy 4th of July to our stateside followers! On this episode, Rob Hadick joins Santi to review the biggest news of the week focusing in on stablecoins, Circle IPO butterfly effects, robinhood’s arbitrum tokenization announcement at Cannes at ECC, 12 month outlook and the biggest opportunities today in crypto. -- Rob's Stablecoin Article - https://…

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0xResearch Cross-Post: Crypto Regulation, Breakout Apps, and TradFi’s Impact | Jon Charbonneau 52:49

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In this episode, Jon Charbonneau of DBA joined us at Permissionless to discuss regulatory arbitrage in crypto, challenges around decentralization, and the evolving role of L2s. We also explore opportunities in prediction markets, memecoins, and modular lending. Finally, we touch on investment trends, talent pools, and institutional adoption across …

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Crypto Meets Cards: Shaping the Future of Commerce Featuring Ivan Soto-Wright & Sherri Haymond | Permissionless IV Fireside Chat | Bonus Episode 23:21

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This week, we're excited to share with our community a bonus episode from PERMISSIONLESS IV, which just took place this past week in Brooklyn, NY. This is a Fireside Chat with Yano and Ivan Soto-Wright, the CEO of MoonPay, and Sherri Haymond of MasterCard who dive in and discuss the fusion of DeFi and TradFi.--Start your day with crypto news, analy…

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Tarun Chitra on AI x Crypto, His AI ‘Daily Drivers’, and Staking Landscape 23:55

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Tarun Chitra digs into how the AI stack is fracturing, and that might be exactly what we need. In today's episode, we chat with Tarun and explore how AI models are becoming specialized tools. He breaks down why O3 excels at reasoning but fails at coding, while Claude handles debugging and Gemini maintains consistency. We dive into AI model manageme…

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Stripe: The Stablecoin (R)Evolution - John Egan 1:05:36

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Stripe has established itself as a leading payment solution for both enterprises as well as startups and individual sellers. By abstracting away all the complexities of traditional payment rails through simple plug-and-play APIs, Stripe created a facile route for cross-border payments, simplifying e-commerce. Similarly, Stripe’s recent integration …

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Haseeb Qureshi on Proof Of Stake, Revenue, and Stablecoins 37:14

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We sat with Haseeb at Permissionless and delve into the complexities of today's crypto market. The conversation explores nominal yields, inflation dynamics, and the stablecoin landscape. We discuss how payment systems are shifting, the growing intersection between crypto and TradFi, and emerging investment trends across the space. The discussion al…

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How to Build Through Bull & Bear Markets With Konstantin Richter | Permissionless IV Fireside Chat | Bonus Episode 23:25

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This week, we're excited to share with our community a bonus episode from PERMISSIONLESS IV, which just took place this past week in Brooklyn, NY. This is a Fireside Chat with Yano and Konstantin Richter of Blockdaemon and it brings all the alpha for builders and investors in the space!--Start your day with crypto news, analysis and data from Kathe…

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Permissionless: DeFi’s Next Frontier | Hayden Adams & David Hoffman 23:27

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In this episode, we went live from Permissionless with David Hoffman and Hayden Adams to discuss Uniswap’s evolution from V1 to V4 and the development of Unichain. We dive into Uniswap’s full-stack approach, MEV minimization strategies, competition with centralized platforms, and the future of the Uniswap wallet. Thanks for tuning in! -- Katana is …

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Macro Updates, Industry Narratives & Big Tech Coming For Crypto | Permissionless IV Recap Bonus Ep 38:56

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This week, we're excited to share with our community a bonus episode which recaps PERMISSIONLESS IV, which just took place this past week in Brooklyn, NY. While Santi and Jason are not in this episode, the episode does feature some of the biggest names in the Blockworks podcast family and we hope you enjoy all the alpha!--Start your day with crypto…

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Macro Updates, Industry Narratives & Big Tech Coming For Crypto | Permissionless IV Recap 33:47

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To recap Permissionless, we got the hosts from 0xResearch, Forward Guidance, Lightspeed, and Supply Shock together to discuss their thoughts from the conference, and what they are excited about going forward. Enjoy! -- Follow Boccaccio: https://x.com/salveboccaccio Follow Danny: https://x.com/defi_kay_ Follow Rizzo: https://x.com/pete_rizzo_ Follow…

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t1 Protocol: Unifying Ethereum's L2 Liquidity Through Real-Time Proving - Can Kisagun 1:01:41

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While L2 rollups did help scale Ethereum, they also created siloed ecosystems, all fighting over the same liquidity, users and devs. t1 Protocol is building layer-2 infrastructure to achieve seamless cross-rollup interoperability through real-time proving, powered by TEEs. t1's low-latency with 1-second block times provides faster preconfirmations,…

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Bell Curve X Empire | Prediction Markets, Crypto’s Mag 7 & Stablecoin Growth | Weekly Roundup 46:44

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Join Michale, Mike, Yano and Santi on stage and LIVE from PERMISSIONLESS IV as they break down crypto's breakout moment for this week's roundup!--Start your day with crypto news, analysis and data from Katherine Ross. Subscribe to the Empire newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/empire?utm_source=podcasts -- Follow Michael - https://x.com/im…

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Bell Curve x Empire: Prediction Markets, Crypto’s Magnificent 7, and Stablecoin Growth | Roundup 43:51

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This crossover episode is coming to you LIVE from Permissionless! Michael, Santi, Mippo, and Jason discuss the growth of prediction markets, crypto’s own “Magnificent 7” forming, Bitcoin’s dominance, and stablecoins going mainstream. Thanks for tuning in! -- Arkham is a crypto exchange and a blockchain analytics platform. Arkham allows crypto trade…

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Hivemind: Crypto Feels Stuck, BTC DeFi & Ditching Staking 59:12

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This week, the Hivemind team explains why crypto feels stagnant despite rising prices, the ongoing failure of real-world asset (RWA) narratives, and how on-chain credit markets are quietly gaining traction. They also dive into the explosion of new token launches, the misguided obsession with “real yield,” what the success of Ethena and Pendle says …

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The Role of DeFi Risk Curators | Adrian & Tarun | S9 E5 1:37:50

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In this episode, we’re joined by Tarun from Gauntlet, and Adrian from Steakhouse, to dive into the emerging role of risk curators in DeFi. We cover the evolution of curator models, incentive structures, fixed-rate lending via Morpho v2, market design trade-offs, institutional adoption, and future opportunities for specialized lending infrastructure…

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Kled AI & Accusations, The Staking Landscape, Texas BTC Reserve, CLOB Wars Debate, AI Agents & AutoFi with Avi Patel, Will Clemente, Brian Crain, Nick White, Douglas Colkitt and Sean Li 2:29:16

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Polygon’s Comeback & Katana’s Impact On The Agglayer Featuring Sandeep Nailwal And Marc Boiron 1:20:05

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This week, Marc Boiron (CEO, Polygon Labs) and Sandeep Nailwal (CEO, Polygon Foundation) joined Yano to dive into all the happenings at Polygon, their comeback plan, how the industry has shifted since last cycle, the best business models currently for chains and how Katana and the Agglayer will push not only the project, but crypto forward. --Start…

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Which Stablecoin Will Rule the Next Decade? with Sid Powell 24:33

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DeFi is finally growing up, but is it becoming something completely different in the process? In today's episode, we sit down with Sid Powell, CEO and Co-Founder of Maple, to explore how institutional capital is reshaping decentralized finance. We dive into the stablecoin wars, who's actually tokenizing real assets versus just doing PR, and whether…

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Supra’s Vision For Automatic DeFi aka AutoFi Featuring Joshua Tobkin 1:03:23

18d ago1:03:23

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Happy Saturday! On this bonus episode sponsored by our partners at Supra, Josh Tobkin joins Yano to share all about the new and exciting advances that Supra are making when it comes to combining AI, oracles and blockchain to create TAOs (Threshold AI Oracles) and AutoFi - the new frontier of decentralized finance! -- Start your day with crypto news…

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DappCon 25: The Ticker Is $ETH - Jerome de Tychey, Joshua Dávila & Nixorokish 1:12:32

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As the summer tour of European crypto conferences landed in Berlin, one of crypto’s cradles, we couldn’t miss DappCon 25, where we got to sit with Jerome de Tychey, Nixorokish & Joshua Dávila to discuss Ethereum’s restructure and whether its culture is still relevant to the wider crypto community. Join us for a fascinating discussion on the impact …

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Token Transparency And The Hot Ball of Money (Hyperliquid/Circle) | Weekly Roundup 1:18:29

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On this week’s Roundup, Yano and Santi explore Blockworks’ recently released Token Transparency framework, discuss the passing of the GENIUS act through the senate, and continue to marvel and engage with the fire plays right now - Hyperliquid and CRCL. --Start your day with crypto news, analysis and data from Katherine Ross. Subscribe to the Empire…

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Macro Uncertainty, Circle’s Surge, and Prediction Market Utility | Roundup 1:00:51

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In this episode, we discuss the current macro volatility, the GENIUS Act and CRCL’s price surge, and “alt season” narratives shifting to public markets. We also cover token unlock dynamics, JP Morgan’s stablecoin plans, and the emerging utility of prediction markets. Thanks for tuning in! -- Arkham is a crypto exchange and a blockchain analytics pl…

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Liquidity Rotation, a16z Twitter Hacked, State of Venture in 2025, Nobitex Hacked, AI Agents & Commerce, ZK Rollups and Infra with Jake Ostrovski, Regan Bozman, RJ, Sid Powell and Bobby Ghoshal 1:57:06

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TraderMayne On Trading Liquid Crypto Markets in 2025 30:28

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TraderMayne, co-founder of Breakout and an OG influencer, joins us today to discuss the state of the markets and how he is positioning for 2025. We discuss who actually moves markets, whether institutions will kill CT influence, and what it takes to identify if you're actually good at trading versus just lucky. We also ask him about the dispersion …

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Crypto meets military at DC celebration, Hyperliquid Hits ATH, Tron’s Trump-Backed Reverse Merger and The Age of Verifiable Apps with Bobby Beniers and Dylan Loomer 1:36:58

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Introducing The Token Transparency Framework | Empire 1:08:50

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On this episode, Yano is joined by Dan Smith of Blockworks Research, Felipe Montealegre of Theia Research and Louis T of L1D to publicly launch a brand new, industry leading Token Transparency Framework that will move the entire industry forward! -- Learn more here - https://blockworks.co/token-transparency -- Start your day with crypto news, analy…

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Introducing The Token Transparency Framework With Dan Smith, Louis T and Felipe Montealegre 1:08:27

21d ago1:08:27

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On this episode, Yano is joined by Dan Smith of Blockworks Research, Felipe Montealegre of Theia Research and Louis T of L1D to publicly launch a brand new, industry leading Token Transparency Framework that will move the entire industry forward! -- Learn more here - https://blockworks.co/token-transparency -- Start your day with crypto news, analy…

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How Morpho Is Redefining Money Markets | Paul Frambot | S9 E4 1:05:51

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In this episode, we’re joined by Paul Frambot, Co-founder and CEO of Morpho Labs to discuss Morpho V2! We dive into Morpho V2’s architecture, MEV implications for the new design, and the curator market. We also cover stablecoin demand, and the potential for building an onchain yield curve.Thanks for tuning in! -- Resources Morpho - Ushering in DeFi…

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ZKJ Nuked, Bybit Drops Hybrid DEX on Solana, Solana ETF, AI x Crypto with Himanshu Tyagi, DCBuilder, Robbie Petersen, Zagabond, Jonah Burian 2:13:07

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Lombard: Unlocking Bitcoin DeFi Through Liquid, Yield-Bearing LBTC - Jacob Phillips 1:11:09

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Bitcoin remains an untapped source of net-new liquidity that could be injected into DeFi. This would completely reshape Bitcoin’s utilization from a mere store of value to a liquid asset that can be ported cross-chain and traded like a liquid staking derivative. Lombard’s LBTC builds upon Babylon’s Bitcoin staking primitive and aims to unlock new y…

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The State Of Crypto Derivatives With Shiliang Tang and Josh Lim 1:19:28

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This week, Jason is joined by Shiliang and Josh to discuss derivatives, perps, trade ideas, the state of the overall market and Public Crypto Vehicles’ impact on the market. -- Start your day with crypto news, analysis and data from Katherine Ross. Subscribe to the Empire newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/empire?utm_source=podcasts -- Fo…

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Takeaways from the SEC Roundtable and Privy Acquisition | Weekly Roundup 1:03:23

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For this week’s Roundup, Yano and Santi dive into the Stripe acquisition of Privy, the SEC Crypto Task Force Roundtable, Bill Gurley’s comments on tokenization, the likelihood of a Solana ETF coming soon and the crack down on crypto that’s happening in Singapore! -- Stablecoins aren't cheaper, they're better blog - https://www.fintechbrainfood.com/…

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Bitcoin as Pristine Collateral: Risk Redefined. @PeoplesReserve with @CJKonstantinos 20:31

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During the darkest days of the last bear market, 5 years ago, I met my friend and guest @CJKonstantinos at The Green Flash in Florida. This guy is the definition of OG by doubling down and starting @peoplesreserve. He's creating Bitcoin-backed financial products that are reshaping the way we think about money. Tomorrow we are both speaking at Bitco…

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0xResearch Cross-Post: The Last Mile Problem For Stablecoins | Analyst Round Table 59:52

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In this episode, we discuss Plasma’s token sale, and whether USDT supply on Tron will migrate to Plasma. We also unpack Morpho’s efforts to align token vs equity incentives. Finally, we dive into what products we are currently interested in and trying out. Thanks for tuning in! As always, remember this podcast is for informational purposes only, an…

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MakerDAO Founder: We Built A $300M+ Onchain Business 24:38

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Rune Christensen, co-founder of what was once MakerDAO and is now the Sky Ecosystem, joined us to answer timely questions about one of DeFi's most dramatic protocol transformations. With a renewed focus on revenue (and a ton of ground to show for it - to the tune of $99M in Q1), Sky is poised to have a big rest of the year. We discussed how SKY sta…

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Hivemind: Circle Valuation, Pump.Fun Token & What We’re Bullish 1:04:19

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This week, the Hivemind team breaks down the macro shift toward deficit-fueled growth, the Circle IPO mania, stablecoin disruption, and how this might reshape the banking system. Later, they cover Plasma's launch mechanics, Pump.Fun’s token launch, and whether that launch is bearish Solana. Finally, they touch on crypto treasury companies, ETFs, an…

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How Venture Is Navigating Crypto IPOs Featuring Rob Hadick & Diogo Mónica 1:16:37

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This week, Jason and Santi are joined by Rob Hadick (Dragonfly), and Diogo Monica (Anchorage/Haun Ventures) to dive into the evolving crypto venture landscape. --Start your day with crypto news, analysis and data from Katherine Ross. Subscribe to the Empire newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/empire?utm_source=podcasts-- Follow Diogo: http…

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Why The "Institutions Are Coming" Meme Is Crypto's Biggest Lie with Pranav Kanade 52:36

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The "institutions are coming". This meme has been crypto's biggest false promise, but the truth behind it is more complicated than most people think. In today's episode, we chat with Pranov from VanEck about how institutional money really enters crypto. We explore the shift from traditional venture approaches to a focus on liquid tokens as companie…

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SEC DeFi Roundtable Recap, Digital Asset Venture Landscape, The State of ZK, The Future of DeFi with Nick White, Dmitriy Berenzon, DeFi Dad, Shiv Shankar, Omer Goldberg and Camila Russo 2:13:24

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0xResearch Cross-Post: How Should We Value Hyperliquid? 1:13:20

29d ago1:13:20

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In this episode, we discuss whether the HyperEVM has been a success, HyperCore’s growth moving forward, and the impact of builder codes and HIP-3. Finally, we dive into how to value the HYPE token.Thanks for tuning in! As always, remember this podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely their…

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Insights from MakerDAO’s Founder, Scaling Bridges Without Breaking UX, Deploying Crypto VC Capital in 2025 with Rune Christensen, Lito Coen, Mads Mathisen & David Phelps 1:49:23

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How Ben Wilson Quit His Job and Took Over the Podcasting World 1:46:50

1M ago1:46:50

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Before launching How to Take Over the World, Ben Wilson struggled with a job that drained him and a question that wouldn’t go away: What does it take to achieve greatness? He nearly failed out of high school, skipped SAT prep to play basketball, and had no grand plan - only a deep desire to stay free, follow his curiosity, and avoid the soul-crushi…