Podcast Episodes

ROLLUP: Markets Spooked? | MegaETH & Monad Mania | New CFTC Chair | Base & Polymarket Tokens? | Circle Arc Backlash

Markets got the treat they were waiting for with a Fed rate cut and pause on quantitative tightening, but prices still fell. Why? This week, Ryan and David break down why the markets got spooked, wha…

Published on 13 hours ago

How Crypto Neobanks Work: Frax, Cards, and Visa’s Role | Sam Kazemian

Neobanks might be the quiet coordination hack that makes Visa optional. David sits down with Frax’s Sam Kazemian to map the new payment stack: why cards today settle over Visa yet still onboard users…

Published on 3 days, 13 hours ago

Why Pro Athletes Are Betting on Bitcoin, Crypto & Prediction Markets | Tristan Thompson & Paul Grewal

NBA Star Tristan Thompson and Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal break down why pro athletes are moving into Bitcoin, crypto, and onchain prediction markets.

We cover stablecoin rewards after the Genius Act, Co…

Published on 4 days, 13 hours ago

ROLLUP: Downtober Drags | Tempo Poaches Dankrad | Coinbase Buys Echo | Gold Surge! | Fed Access

Downtober drags on… but not all is bearish. On this week’s Weekly Rollup, Ryan and David break down why sentiment feels cold despite strong BTC, and the three ways this cycle could play out. Plus, go…

Published on 1 week ago

State Of Crypto 2025 | a16z Crypto — Eddy Lazzarin & Daren Matsuoka

a16z crypto’s CTO Eddy Lazzarin and partner Daren Matsuoka return for our annual State of Crypto to map where 2025 really is on the curve: a price–innovation cycle poised to hand the baton back to bu…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

Why This Crypto Cycle is Over | Michael Nadeau's DeFi Report #7

Is the crypto cycle already over, or is this just a reset before one last push? Michael Nadeau from The DeFi Report joins Ryan to break down why he went 70% cash ahead of the flash crash, what late-c…

Published on 1 week, 3 days ago

How Futarchy Ends the Rug Pull Era | Felipe Montealegre & Proph3t

Futarchy flips governance on its head—decisions aren’t voted on, they’re traded on. 

In this conversation with Felipe Montealegre of Thea Research and Proph3t, co-founder of MetaDAO, we explore how ma…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

ROLLUP: $19B Flash Crash | Binance Fee Leak | China L2 on ETH | $14B BTC Reserve

Markets just saw a $19B wipeout in a single day. In this week’s Weekly Rollup, we break down the Friday Flash Crash, what really caused it, and whether it signals the end of the cycle or just a reset…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Is Lighter Ethereum's L2 Perp DEX? | Founder Vlad Novakovski

A $19B liquidation wave hit crypto 10 days after Lighter’s public mainnet—so we asked founder/CEO Vladimir Novakovski why they built a ZK L2 Perp DEX on Ethereum, how the escape hatch actually protec…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Exposing Binance's Listing Fees | CJ Hetherington

Binance listing fees, finally out in the open. CJ Hetherington, Founder of Limitless, published the offer he received after no NDA. 8% of total token supply and $250k. We dig into why the founders ac…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago