Empire features interviews with top crypto founders to get the real stories that aren’t shared elsewhere. Empire is your look behind the curtain of the crypto industry.
We release two episodes per week: guest interviews on Monday and a weekly roundup on Friday.
In today’s episode of Empire Santi and Jason unpack the biggest debates in crypto including integrated vs. modular blockchains and whether Solana can flip Ethereum. The conversation also explores the dynamics of hardware requirements, blockchain execution environments, parallel execution, network consensus, and how these factors shape the development and adoption of networks. To lighten the mood the duo chat about Spotify Wrapped, NFT collecting mindset, and their personal favorite songs. Thanks for tuning in!
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Chronicle Protocol is a novel Oracle solution that has exclusively secured over $10B in assets for MakerDAO and its ecosystem since 2017. With a history of innovation, including the invention of the first Oracle on Ethereum, Chronicle Protocol continues to redefine Oracles. A blockchain-agnostic protocol, Chronicle overcomes the current limitations of transferring data on-chain by developing the first truly scalable, cost-efficient, decentralized, and verifiable Oracles, rewriting the rulebook on data transparency and accessibility.
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07:56 Modular vs Monolithic Debate
18:13 Protocol Layering vs Integrated Designs
34:57 DAS 2024
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38:28 Will Solana Flip Eth?
56:12 The Solana NFT Craze & NFT Investing Mindset
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Host Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano talks to the most interesting people in business, finance, and Bitcoin. From billionaires to cultural icons, Pomp helps you get smarter every day.
Bradley Tusk is a venture capitalist, political strategist, writer, and owner of P&T Knitwear bookstore. In this conversation, we talk about his brand new book, called “Obvious in Hindsight.” It is all about a fictional story of innovative technology, flying cars, and what they have to go through with politicians, mafia members, etc. This is a great conversation about how technology meets politics, and the reality on the ground.
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Crypto assets and blockchain technology are about to transform every trust-based interaction of our lives, from financial services to identity to the Internet of Things. In this podcast, host Laura Shin, an independent journalist covering all things crypto, talks with industry pioneers about how crypto assets and blockchains will change the way we earn, spend and invest our money. Tune in to find out how Web 3.0, the decentralized web, will revolutionize our world. Disclosure: I’m a nocoiner.
Welcome to The Chopping Block — where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest news. This week, the gang sits down with Ogle Crypto, a veteran negotiator in crypto hacks, to discuss the recent KyberSwap exploit, which involved an almost $50 million loss across various chains.
Ogle shares how he initially became a negotiator, including his first case in which he tracked down a group of hackers from Hong Kong when they fled to Great Britain after stealing $24 million in funds. Ogle also shares his negotiation tactics, the typical profile of hackers he encounters today and his empathetic approach towards these often young and financially struggling individuals.
Then the group raises concerns around the hype and marketing strategies of Blast, a new Layer 2 on Ethereum offering “native yields” that achieved $620 million of TVL in less than two weeks.
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Pandora, Castbox, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.
Show highlights:
- How KyberSwap’s sophisticated security was breached, resulting in an almost $50 million loss across various blockchain networks.
- Why Tarun suspects the behind-the-scenes workings of an organized group, rather than a lone attacker, in the KyberSwap incident.
- The evolution of crypto hacks towards more systematic and professional negotiations with hackers.
- Ogle’s journey into the world of crypto hack negotiations, highlighted by a fascinating case of pinpointing hackers who had fled Hong Kong.
- Ogle’s strategic approach to negotiating with hackers, balancing empathy and tactical communication.
- Profiling the typical hackers in these scenarios, focusing on their youth, origins, and backgrounds.
- Ogle’s perspective on why he often finds a sense of understanding towards these young, misguided hackers.
- Assessing the crypto industry’s response to white hat hackers: Are they adequately rewarded for safeguarding the digital frontier?
- The curious surge of investments into Blast, Ethereum’s new Layer 2 contender, amidst swirling concerns and skepticism.
- Robert’s take on why the Blast phenomenon could signal a troubling trend, surpassing the chaos of 2017, paralleled by Tarun’s analogy to a “decentralized Herbalife.”
- Were Blast’s marketing tactics misleading or merely overly optimistic?
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- Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly
- Robert Leshner, founder of Compound
- Tom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly
- Tarun Chitra, managing partner at Robot Ventures
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- Unchained: $48 Million Drained from KyberSwap in Hack
- Kyberswap’s hacker latest message
- HackerNoon: Mark Cuban’s Bane: How Iron Finance’s $TITAN Crypto Crashed From $60 to $0
- Cointelegraph: KyberSwap hacker offers $4.6M bounty for return of $46M loot
Blast
- Unchained: Blast Surges to $300M TVL, Rapidly Gaining on Top Ethereum L2s Amid Concerns
- DefiLlama: Blast TVL
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18:32 Jito Launching Governance Token JTO https://twitter.com/jito_sol/status/1729172532971065626 https://www.bankless.com/airdrop-hunter
21:00 Cosmos enters its “Blocksize Wars” era https://twitter.com/DefiIgnas/status/1729155760850981130 https://twitter.com/DefiIgnas/status/1729155760850981130/photo/3 https://twitter.com/lurkaroundfind/status/1728805585313767528
29:29 What does Paradigm think about Blast? https://dune.com/alec/blast-the-new-eth-l2 https://x.com/danrobinson/status/1728817674543862023
39:03 Ethereum blockchain Shenanigans https://twitter.com/nero_eth/status/1728680630773575956 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2305.09032.pdf
45:11 KyberSwap Dex aggregator hacked for $54.7M https://twitter.com/KyberNetwork/status/1728115858889929021 https://x.com/TheDEFIac/status/1730196414154608785?s=20
48:40 Move-based L2 arrives on the scene https://twitter.com/movementlabsxyz/status/1727385496953958571?s=20 Sei Network gets an upgrade https://twitter.com/jayendra_jog/status/1729865516175798536
50:47 NFTs https://twitter.com/coolcats/status/1729281454792929561
51:35 Regulation https://www.theblock.co/post/264702/the-sec-is-having-trouble-serving-hex-founder-richard-heart-with-its-lawsuit https://blockworks.co/news/binance-changpeng-zhao-us
53:39 Meme of The Week https://twitter.com/yugacohler/status/1728892556304625708
54:44 Closing & Disclosures
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With What Bitcoin Did, host Peter McCormack talks to experts in the world of Bitcoin, economics and politics. From developers to investors, journalists to authors, you will learn about everything in the world of Bitcoin.
“We will hit an insolvency in the US at some point…we’re nowhere near as the naysayers think we are, now that said, it could happen tomorrow because the financial system is that unstable.”
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Caitlin Long is the Founder and CEO of Custodia bank. In this interview, we discuss the financial system’s instability, the impact of COVID-19, and the role of the Federal Reserve. We talk about the different types of banks, the stability of the banking system, the history of debt reduction by US presidents and the role of interest rates. The podcast also covers the power of federal bank regulators, the divide among Americans on various social issues and the potential of Bitcoin.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably shaken the financial world. The Federal Reserve played a crucial role in stabilizing the banking system during this period. As with many other central banks, the Fed printed large amounts of money. However, we are still dealing with the serious consequences of the measures taken: high inflation has been generated, long-term treasuries have seen historic sell-offs, and there are concerns over the impact on the US Dollar.
In this podcast with the Wall Street veteran Caitlin Long, we discuss the banking system in the wake of the unprecedented economic events that occurred as a result of the pandemic. We cover the significance of the separation of banking and commerce, and the differentiation between community banks, regional banks, and global systemically important banks. Caitlin explains the interplay between counterparty credit risk, bank runs and banking insolvency.
We discuss the price of borrowing money, which Caitlin views as being the most important price in the economy. It determines how capital is allocated across time and industries. However, A good price of capital is hard to determine, and this price is often manipulated. Further, there has been a recent shift in focus from making money to wealth preservation in light of the devastating effects of inflation on people’s lives, which materially affects capital markets.
We also cover Caitlin’s firm Custodia Bank and their Bitcoin custody platform. Despite concerns about the banking system, Caitlin explains that she is building a bank because she believes traditional finance and Bitcoin need to coexist. She discusses the need for a bridge between the two systems to ensure they don’t harm each other, whilst marrying their respective attributes: the strong customer protections that come from being a bank with the best form of money.
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“Carpe Consensus” is a show for crypto fans and foes, DeFi degens, non-fungible enthusiasts and welcomes the crypto curious. Each week, hosts Ben Schiller, Danny Nelson and Cam Thompson seize the world of crypto, debating the latest in industry and community news alongside guest experts and commentators.
Danny Nelson describes his recent scoop where he learned that Polygon quietly gave DraftKings preferential treatment while telling the public it was an “equal” member of the validator community.
On “Carpe Consensus,” hosts Ben Schiller and Danny Nelson take a deep dive into a recent scoop of Danny’s, involving layer 2 blockchain Polygon and sports betting company DraftKings.
- [1:04] Inside the Desk: When Polygon announced DraftKings would be joining its validator community, it failed to disclose the financial incentives lurking in the background of the deal. Read Danny’s full piece on CoinDesk: “Polygon’s Secret Deal: Sending DraftKings Millions to Run Failed Validator.”
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Technologists and crypto-enthusiasts Joel Comm and Travis Wright attempt to demystify the world of bitcoin, blockchain, litecoin, ethereum, alt-coins, token generation events, and ICOs in this podcast for cryptocurrency newbies.
CZ settles for $4.3 billion in a plea deal with the SEC, US DOJ seizes a crapton of Tether and Grayscale meets with the SEC regarding ETF. Everywhere you turn the heavy hand of government is rearing its ugly head to squash free enterprise and enslave you, their minions.
We are liberty-minded here at the Republic of Bad Cryptopia and believe that the scams, shams and flim-flams need to be exposed. And that’s what we will do as we discuss the most recent Bitcoin, crypto, blockchain, NFT and AI news on this not-quite-episode-704, episode #703 of the Bad Crypto Podcast.
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Tune in as CoinDesk runs down daily action in crypto markets and some of the most important recent industry developments.
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Bryce Paul, acclaimed author of 'Crypto Revolution'—with over 100,000 copies sold and a foreword by ABC Shark Tank's Kevin Harrington—teams up with Brendan Viehman on this podcast. Viehman, a crypto seer since 2012, has accurately pinpointed major market shifts, secured major returns on Ethereum, Cardano, and Chainlink, and is recognized as a top 15 crypto YouTuber by Coin Bureau. Together, they cater to a community of hundreds of thousands of retail investors, aiming to bring the world's leading crypto experts to their listeners. The podcast's mission: to equip these retail investors with the insights they need for massive crypto success!
In this episode of Crypto 101 we have Kenny Estes the CEO of Diffuse and an active fund manager. Kenny has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry and has actively traded crypto since 2017. Diffuse is an alternative fund platform offering differentiated investment products. From digital assets to VC funds and beyond. Building off of our last episode of showcasing how we are seeing the markets we wanted to give you a guest who also actively trades so you can see a different opinion.
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Money is changing…so where do we go from here? Through high-profile interviews and thought-provoking analysis, join Michael Casey and Sheila Warren for the Money Reimagined Podcast, as they explore the connections between finance, human culture and our increasingly digital lives.
Is AI older than you think? Exploring AI Governance challenges and solutions from centralization concerns to data ownership and community empowerment.
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In this week’s episode of “Money Reimagined,” – host Michael Casey sits down with MIT Professor Alex “Sandy” Pentland to discuss data ownership, data control, crypto, and AI technologies as they reshape the landscape of digital innovation, offering new possibilities and problems concerning security considerations that affect humanity now.
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The internet of money is being built with blockchain technology and without banks. We call it DeFi, short for Decentralized Finance, and this is where you can hear the builders and users of this cutting edge world tell their stories first hand. Hosted by Camila Russo.
This conversation between The Defiant and Rune Christensen was recorded during Devconnect 2023 in Istanbul.
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1:02 Crypto Adoption in Türkiye
5:03 Interest for DeFi in Türkiye
8:09 Emerging Markets
10:50 Regulatory Landscape in Türkiye
24:15 MakerDAO Rebrand
27:51 MakerDAO Endgame Update
33:57 MakerDAO's Exposure to T-Bills vs Macro Conditions
38:00 Different Stablecoins
47:14 MKR and Governance
0xResearch is the show for those who want to step up their game and think like a crypto analyst. We bring on crypto’s best to uncover the latest research, explore protocol developments and identify new narratives. We are two full-time crypto analysts who read white papers, governance forums and research pieces for fun (normal, right?). Join us as we combine crypto’s top talent with our countless hours of research to create the best content in the space.
In this week’s analyst table Dan and Sam are joined by Blockworks research analysts Ren and Pibblez breakdown the hype around new L2 BLAST and its controversial pre-launch deposit contract and MakerDAO’s record revenue. The team then moves on to crypto gaming viability with games like illuvium, and recent governance updates such as reduced inflation for Cosmos Hub’s ATOM & Arbitrum STIPs back funding. Enjoy!
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(0:00) Introduction
(1:08) MakerDAO All-Time High Revenue
(4:04) Vertex Strong Volume and Token Performance
(7:13) Crypto Gaming: Real Deal or Narrative?
(15:29) CCTP Live on Noble
(22:34) DAS London Ad
(23:30) Justin Sun $200M Total Hacks
(27:31) Blast L2 CT Drama
(38:47) JitoSOL Token Airdrop
(49:18) Prop 848 Cosmos Hub Passes
(54:50) Arbitrum STIPs Back Fund Passes
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Bell Curve breaks down the most important themes in crypto for people who, like us, are confined to the middle of the bell curve. Each season explores a different thesis that we’ll test and refine through debate with crypto’s best. If you’re a crypto native, degen or investooor, this podcast is for you.
This week’s roundup the Michael, Vance, and Michael trio are joined by Sam Hart, the head of product and strategy at Skip Protocol, to cover the biggest news including Binance CEO CZ stepping down, the controversial launch of BLAST L2, and the forking of the Cosmos hub. They also touch on the odds of an institutional rally, Blur market share dominance, and USDT redemptions for fiat, silver, and gold. To close out the team covers the Bitcoin block size wars, Cosmos Prop 848, and Elon Musk’s fight against advertisers. Enjoy!
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(00:53) Turkey Season Review
(02:20) CZ Steps Down & Binance Pleads Guilty
(13:26) The Institutional Rally
(21:28) Redeeming USDT for Cash
(28:38) DAS 2024
(29:48) Blast L2 Controversy
(48:50) Blur Market Share Dominance
(59:21) Contentious Atom Prop & Atom Fork
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Generation Crypto is focused on how brands and marketers are exploring and building in the Web3 ecosystem to experiment in and potentially transform their businesses. Each week, our hosts Avery Akkineni of Vayner 3 and Sam Ewen from CoinDesk, will dive into how Fortune 500 brands and new start-ups alike are coming to the blockchain and utilizing new technologies, the creator economy and rewriting fandom/ownership to generate attention, gain customers and create value for their bottom line and those of their communities.
This week, Avery and Sam unpack the OpenAI drama, then chat with Chris Duffey of Adobe on AI’s impact on creativity and his view on Web3.
Today’s episode is sponsored by Chainalysis.
In this episode, Avery and Sam interview Chris Duffey, who leads strategic development for Adobe’s Emerging Solutions. We discuss how Adobe is incorporating generative AI into their suite of creative tools including Photoshop, and Duffey’s vision for bringing these emerging technologies to brands, creators and 3D worlds.
Links mentioned from the podcast:
- Sam Altman to Return as OpenAI CEO Following In-Principle Agreement
- ‘Oops, You Stepped Into the Future’: Nike Drops Sneakers With NFTs
- Dunk Wars on Fortnite
- Chris on Twitter
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“Gen C” features hosts Sam Ewen and Avery Akkineni, with editing by Jonas Huck. Executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced by Uyen Truong. Our theme music is “1882” by omgkirby x Channel Tres with editing by Doc Blust. Artwork by Nicole Marie Rincon.
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