Podcast Episodes

2025 Rewind: End of the Infinite Money Glitch and Looking Ahead to 2026

Episode 631

In this episode, hosts Sebastien Couture, Brian Crain, and Friederike Ernst gather for their annual wrap-up to discuss the end of the "infinite money glitch": the era where tokens traded at billions …

Published on 5 hours ago

Solving The AI Black Box: ZK-Proofs in Defence Tech

Episode 630

In this episode, host Sebastian Couture is joined by Ismael Hishon-Rezaizadeh, CEO of Lagrange, to explore the intersection of frontier cryptography and national security. Ismael discusses the transi…

Published on 5 days, 4 hours ago

Aztec's Rebirth, The $61M Token Sale & Programmable Privacy on Ethereum

Episode 629

Fresh off the launch of the Ignition Chain and a successful community-led $61M token sale, Aztec Network co-founder Zac Williamson joins Friederike Ernst to unpack the "existential" journey of buildi…

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

Will stablecoins end the US debt Crisis?

Episode 628

Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin joins Friederike Ernst to discuss why we are at the "end of a supercycle," a chaotic transition period where legacy institutions are finally adopting blockchain rails no…

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

What will Quantum Computing Change?

Episode 627

Quantum computing is often dismissed as a distant sci-fi future, but Ethereum OG John Lilic and Oxford physicist Stefano Gogioso argue the timeline is shrinking fast with roadmaps converging around 2…

Published on 4 weeks ago

DevConnect 2025: Inside The Biggest Ethereum Event in History

Episode 626

“DevConnect 2025 was about touching and feeling Ethereum IRL”Nathan Sexer, lead of the DevConnect 2025 and Events team at the Ethereum Foundation, gives a peek into the largest iteration of Devconnec…

Published on 1 month ago

Why is the SEC Concerned about Privacy now?

Episode 625

At DevConnect 2025, Sebastian and Friederike speak with Peter Van Valkenburgh about the rapidly evolving battle for digital rights. Peter challenges the industry's comfort with transparency, arguing …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Cosmos: The Linux of Blockchains?

Episode 624

Captured live at Cosmoverse 2025, this episode brings host Sebastian in conversation with Michael (better known as Cryptocito, Cosmos investor via Cito Ventures) and Magnus (@0xMagmar, Co-CEO Cosmos …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Yield Basis: Disrupting Defi & Bitcoin Yield

Episode 623

Brian Fabian Crain and Michael Egorov, Curve Finance founder, discuss Curve's origins: solving inefficient DAI/USDC swaps after MakerDAO borrows by creating a DeFi AMM for stablecoins and LSTs.

It hi…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Lamina1: Building The Future of The Creator Economy

Episode 622

Sci-fi titan Neal Stephenson, whose Snow Crash coined the term 'metaverse' and Cryptonomicon, which foreshadowed crypto in 1999, joins Friederike to discuss his "hard sci-fi" method: building immersi…

Published on 2 months ago