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Join the Crypto Hipster as he brings you insightful crypto and blockchain podcasts from around the world. Host Jamil Hasan interviews entrepreneurs, founders, co-founders, executives, and artists globally. Topics cover the many different areas of the di

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    Founder's Journey: There Are No More Moats — Tanner Taddeo, Stable Sea

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2026 36:52


    Tanner Taddeo, CEO and co-founder of Stable Sea, joins Jamil Hasan to discuss what it means to build a company when both technology and markets are changing at extraordinary speed.Tanner shares the journey from Block to Stable Sea, why his team embraces constant experimentation, and why founders need to separate their self-worth from the products they create.Then the conversation turns to a bigger question: Are there any real moats left?As AI makes software easier to build and replicate, Tanner sees competitive advantage shifting toward speed, distribution, brand and trust—and believes human interaction itself may increasingly become a premium.A conversation about stablecoins becomes a conversation about adaptation, leadership and building for the long term.Crypto Hipster PodcastMaking sense of the digital economy—through the people building it.

    Jupiter IV: What We Really Inherit

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2026 35:24


    Jupiter IV: What We Really InheritWhat happens when something you create becomes larger than you?In this solo episode of the Crypto Hipster Podcast, Jamil Hasan continues his journey through Inheriting Saturn by revisiting four conversations from the podcast archive—conversations that once seemed to be about NFTs, art, technology, and innovation.Five years later, they sound very different.A graffiti artist discovers that creativity can become responsibility. A conservation entrepreneur realizes that protecting wildlife means protecting the habitat that allows it to survive. An artist and founder builds technology designed to deserve trust rather than simply asking for it. And a former soldier transforms one of the world's most recognizable weapons into a canvas for reflection.Four founders. Four stories. One recurring idea:What has been entrusted to us?Jupiter represents expansion—growth, possibility, opportunity. But expansion creates responsibility. Eventually, what we build begins affecting customers, communities, families, cultures, ecosystems, and people we may never meet.That's where ownership begins becoming stewardship.This episode explores responsibility, trust, transformation, legacy, and one of the central ideas behind Inheriting Saturn:You don't always choose what comes into your hands. You choose what leaves your hands.Crypto Hipster: Making sense of the digital economy through the people building it.

    Building Trust After Betrayal, with Harvey Liu

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2026 37:34


    What does it take to rebuild trust after years of broken promises?Harvey Liu shares his journey from computer science and venture capital to becoming a founder focused on transparency, responsibility, and long-term thinking. Together, we discuss leadership, conviction, stewardship, and what founders learn when they move from investing in companies to building one themselves.A conversation about people—not price.

    Building Trust: The Infrastructure of Tomorrow, with Ludovico Rossi

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2026 34:56


    What does it take to build trust in the next generation of financial infrastructure?In this episode of Crypto Hipster, I sit down with Ludovico Rossi, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Brickken, to explore the founder journey behind building institutional infrastructure for tokenized assets.Rather than focusing on products or price, our conversation explores:• Why trust matters more than hype• The evolution from founder to leader• Regulation as an enabler of innovation• Building infrastructure that outlasts market cycles• AI, tokenization, and machine-readable finance• What stewardship looks like when building for the futureThis is a conversation about people, leadership, and the long arc of innovation.

    Founder's Journey with Nancy Li: Building Trust Before Building Hype

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2026 31:27


    Building Trust Before Building Hype | Nancy Li | Crypto Hipster PodcastWhat separates companies that gain lasting trust from those that simply generate attention?In this episode of the Crypto Hipster Podcast, Jamil Hasan sits down with Nancy Li, co-founder of Sevenfold, to explore entrepreneurship, leadership, and the role narrative plays in building enduring companies.Nancy shares her journey from discovering Bitcoin in 2013 to helping founders communicate complex technologies with clarity. The conversation explores why many technical founders struggle to explain what they build, how trust is established long before products reach scale, and why humility remains one of the defining characteristics of successful leadership.Topics include:• Nancy's entrepreneurial journey• Discovering Bitcoin and the early Web3 ecosystem• Building companies versus explaining them• Why narrative matters more than hype• Product-market fit and founder identity• AI versus early crypto• Leadership, humility, and learning from failure• Building trust in an increasingly noisy digital world• The future of Web3 and institutional adoptionRather than focusing on token prices or market speculation, this conversation examines the human side of entrepreneurship and what it takes to build organizations people believe in.#CryptoHipster #NancyLi #Entrepreneurship #Leadership #Narrative #Storytelling #Web3 #AI #Founders #Bitcoin #Blockchain

    A Founder's Journey: Building Confidence, with Kyle Sonlin

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2026 45:34


    What does it take to build trust in an industry that has lived through repeated cycles of hype, collapse, and reinvention?In this conversation, I sit down with Kyle Sonlin, Co-Founder & President of Global Settlement Network, to discuss the founder's journey behind the technology.Rather than focusing on products, we explore:• Building through multiple market cycles• Leadership under pressure• Stewardship versus ownership• Lessons learned from the FTX era• What institutions need before they'll trust new technology• Why confidence—not hype—is the foundation of lasting systemsThis is a conversation about resilience, leadership, and the people building the future of capital markets.#CryptoHipster #Leadership #Entrepreneurship #Blockchain #Tokenization #CapitalMarkets #Stewardship #DigitalEconomy

    Founder's Journey with Andrey Didovskiy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2026 34:53


    Andrey Didovskiy is the Founder and CEO of Seasons, where he is building decentralized financial infrastructure focused on long-term incentives, yield generation, and sustainable on-chain systems.In this episode of the Crypto Hipster Podcast, we move beyond product announcements and token prices to explore the founder's journey. Andrey shares how growing up as a competitive chess player shaped his thinking, what first attracted him to blockchain, the lessons he learned from hiring the wrong people, why incentives matter, and how founders should think about stewardship, leadership, and building systems that outlive them.Topics discussed include:From chess to cryptoBuilding SeasonsLeadership lessons from mistakesDesigning incentives and human behaviorStewardship beyond the founderThe future of decentralized systemsAI, agents, and the next generation of on-chain infrastructure#CryptoHipster #Blockchain #Web3 #Founders #Entrepreneurship #DeFi #Leadership #Seasons #Tokenization #Innovation

    Inheriting Saturn – Episode 4: Building Systems That Last

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2026 13:31


    What allows a system to endure long after its creator steps away?In this episode of Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls, Jamil Hasan brings together four conversations that, on the surface, appear to have little in common—but together reveal one of the central themes of Inheriting Saturn.Featuring:David "Oz" OsterczyDrew MillerSara NematiAmelia TomasicchioFrom creativity and resilience to community and adoption, each guest explores a different stage in the lifecycle of enduring systems.Creation begins the journey.Preparation allows systems to survive uncertainty.Communities carry ideas forward.Adoption transforms innovation into everyday reality.This episode examines why stewardship—not ownership—is ultimately what determines whether organizations, technologies, and ideas stand the test of time.Curtain Calls is a companion series to Inheriting Saturn, connecting years of founder conversations into a broader exploration of leadership, responsibility, trust, and the human side of systems.

    From Traditional Finance to Building the Future: A Founder's Journey with Kevin Lepsoe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2026 31:40


    What does it take to leave a successful career in traditional finance and build something entirely new?In this episode, Kevin Lepsoe reflects on his journey from the trading desks of traditional finance to entrepreneurship in Web3. We discuss the lessons of the 2008 financial crisis, navigating uncertainty, building teams, earning trust, and why founders must stay focused on their long-term vision despite the noise of changing markets.This conversation is about leadership, resilience, and the mindset required to build.

    Inheriting Saturn – Episode 3: Satoshi's Greatest Decision

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2026 15:27


    Satoshi Nakamoto invented Bitcoin, but his greatest contribution may have been something far less technical: the decision to disappear.In this episode, I explore why stewardship begins when ownership ends, and why every founder eventually faces the same question:Can the system survive without me?Using Satoshi as a lens, we examine legacy, decentralization, leadership, and the responsibilities that outlive the people who create enduring systems.Inheriting Saturn is a series about stewardship, inheritance, and the ideas that continue long after their creators are gone.

    The Founder Behind the Architecture: A Conversation with Karl Kreder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2026 33:50


    Most conversations focus on technology.This one focuses on the person building it.Karl Kreder, Co-Founder of Dominant Strategies and an architect behind Quai Network, joins Crypto Hipster to discuss the founder's journey behind ambitious engineering.From academia and engineering to entrepreneurship, Karl shares lessons about leadership, uncertainty, sacrifice, family, and building organizations around conviction instead of convenience.A conversation about the human side of innovation—not just the architecture behind it.

    Founder's Journey: Stablecoins, Brazil & Building Financial Infrastructure with Bernardo Brites

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2026 35:46


    What does it take to build financial infrastructure that spans borders?In this Founder's Journey episode, Bernardo Brites shares how a curiosity about technology evolved into building Trace Finance, a company focused on connecting traditional finance with stablecoin-powered payments.We discuss entrepreneurship, Brazil's financial ecosystem, the practical role of stablecoins, regulation, and the realities of building financial infrastructure in emerging markets.

    Founders Journey: Trust in the Age of AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2026 39:06


    Artificial intelligence is reshaping digital trust.In this episode, Kat Cloud joins me to discuss identity verification, fraud prevention, and how organizations build trust in a world where AI makes impersonation increasingly convincing. Using the World Cup as a case study, we explore the broader challenges facing digital identity and what they mean for the future.It's a conversation about trust, technology, and the people building the systems we rely on every day.

    Inheriting Saturn – Episode 2: Four Solana Builders

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2026 15:27


    In Episode 2 of Inheriting Saturn, Jamil Hasan explores the idea of stewardship through four founders building on Solana: Mitchell Gildenberg, Joanna Zeng, Chris Chung, and Michael Repetny.Rather than focusing on technology or market cycles, this episode asks what it means to inherit a system you didn't create—and the responsibility that comes with improving it for those who follow.Part of the ongoing Inheriting Saturn series, where founder interviews become a broader conversation about ownership, stewardship, and the systems that outlive us.

    Inheriting Saturn Series: The First Four Residents of Jupiter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2026 16:53


    Today we begin the Inheriting Saturn Series.This series asks a simple but profound question:When does a system stop belonging to its creator?Using examples from recovery, cryptocurrency, business, and institutional leadership, we explore the people who demonstrated that great systems don't endure because of founders alone—they endure because someone chooses to steward them.In this episode, we examine the first four Residents of Jupiter:• Bill Wilson• Charlie Lee• David Schwartz• Hank GreenbergDifferent industries. Different lives. One shared lesson:Stewardship is what outlives the founder.

    Founder's Journey: Agne Linge | Building Through Curiosity, Trust & the Early Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2026 32:41


    Every founder has a beginning.Before blockchain, before digital assets, and before becoming a respected voice in the industry, Agne Linge was simply a young student fascinated by finance and determined to understand how the world worked.In this inaugural Founder's Journey episode of the Crypto Hipster Podcast, we leave token prices and market headlines behind to explore the experiences that shaped a builder. Agne shares her journey from Lithuania to London's financial world, discovering blockchain in its earliest days, building communities, navigating uncertainty, and why she still believes we're only at the beginning of the digital economy.We also discuss trust, incentives, discipline, leadership, and the importance of helping the next generation of builders.Because every system is built by people.And every builder has a story.

    Crypto Hipster Manifesto E10: You Don't Own the System Anymore

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2026 16:22


    Every founder begins with ownership.Every enduring system eventually requires stewardship.In this solo episode, I explore one of the most overlooked transitions in entrepreneurship: the moment when what you've built becomes bigger than you.What happens when a company, protocol, community, or movement no longer depends on its creator? Why do some systems thrive after their founders leave while others collapse?Drawing on lessons from entrepreneurship, Bitcoin, recovery, and years of interviewing founders, this episode examines the difference between ownership and stewardship—and why the ultimate measure of success may not be what you build, but what continues after you're gone.Topics include:Ownership vs. stewardshipWhy founders eventually have to let goBuilding systems that outlive their creatorsWhat Bitcoin and decentralized networks teach us about continuityWhy consistency matters more than moments

    Signals Through the Noise: From Markets to Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2026 42:40


    What happens when someone leaves the markets—not because they failed, but because they discovered another way to create?In this episode of Crypto Hipster, I sit down with Simon Mach to explore an unconventional journey from crypto trading to music. We discuss what markets teach us about discipline, conviction, and risk—and how those same lessons can fuel creativity far beyond finance.This isn't a conversation about token prices or market predictions. It's about identity, reinvention, and building something that reflects who you are.Topics include:From crypto trading to musicWhy creativity became the next frontierWhat markets teach about discipline and convictionBuilding something that lastsLife beyond the chartsCrypto Hipster is where founders, builders, and creators share the journeys behind the digital economy.

    Crypto Hipster Manifesto E9: Diamond Hands

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2026 27:39


    After nine years in crypto, I've learned that diamond hands aren't really about holding an asset.They're about holding a standard.In this solo episode, I explore how lessons learned through bull markets, bear markets, scams, losses, recoveries, and uncertainty have shaped the way I approach authorship, marketing, and building a body of work.Why do some marketers get ignored while others earn my attention?Why is understanding a book different from understanding its metadata?Why am I focused on building a catalog instead of chasing individual launches?And what does conviction actually look like when applied beyond investing?This episode examines patience, standards, alignment, and the difference between people who think in campaigns and people who think in decades.Because after nine years in crypto, I've discovered that diamond hands aren't about price.They're about purpose.

    Signals Through the Noise: Do Creators Need Permission Anymore?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2026 42:36


    Technology has given creators more tools than ever before.Yet many still depend on platforms, algorithms, and audiences to reach the people they hope to serve.Alex Genadinik of SPRK joins me to discuss creators, ownership, community, incentives, and whether the modern creator economy has eliminated the need for permission—or simply changed where it comes from.A conversation about creativity, independence, and the systems that shape what gets created.

    Crypto Hipster Manifesto E8: People Are People

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2026 21:59


    Technology changes.People remain remarkably the same.In this solo episode, Jamil Hasan explores the question behind his upcoming book People Are People: What happens to us when the systems around us change?Drawing from hundreds of founder interviews, years in crypto, recovery, authorship, health challenges, and family experiences, Jamil examines the human side of technological and societal transformation.This is a conversation about identity, adaptation, continuity, resilience, and the challenge of remaining human in a world that never stops changing.Because beneath every innovation, disruption, and headline is a person trying to figure out what comes next.People Are People. A reflection on technology, humanity, and the stories that survive after the noise fades.

    Signals Through the Noise: What is Bitcoin Mining Becoming?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2026 38:18


    What Is Bitcoin Mining Becoming?Bitcoin mining began as a cryptocurrency story.Today, it may be becoming something much larger.Sergii Gerasymovych of EZBlockchain joins me to discuss stranded energy, flare gas, infrastructure development, and why Bitcoin mining increasingly resembles an energy business as much as a crypto business.As industries mature, they often reveal their deeper purpose. This conversation explores what Bitcoin mining may ultimately become.

    Crypto Hipster Manifesto E7: Integrity Matters Most

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2026 15:52


    What matters when nobody is watching?In this solo episode, I reflect on why integrity matters more than sales, visibility, influence, or convenience. Drawing from recovery, podcasting, and years of interviewing founders, I explore the role integrity plays in building trust, making decisions, and navigating a world increasingly shaped by incentives and narratives.From editing conversations to protecting listeners from promotional noise, this episode examines why integrity is not merely something we talk about—it is something we practice.Because success without integrity is temporary.But integrity survives even when nobody notices.

    Signals Through the Noise: What Did We Decentralize?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2026 41:01


    Everybody talks about staking as passive income.But underneath that narrative are bigger questions.Who secures the network? Who controls validation? Who holds custody? And what happens when institutional capital arrives?Ryan Haczynski of Global Stake joins me to discuss staking, decentralization, custody, self-sovereignty, institutional adoption, and whether crypto is quietly rebuilding some of the same fragilities it originally set out to escape.What did we decentralize?

    Signals Through the Noise: People Not AI Agents

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2026 39:49


    Everyone seems excited about AI agents.The promise is simple: faster decisions, less friction, more automation.But what happens when those decisions involve real money, real risk, and real consequences?In this episode of the Crypto Hipster Podcast, I sit down with Karym Abdelrakhman, founder of Simplify Labs, to explore the tradeoffs behind automation, infrastructure, and financial decision-making. We discuss AI agents, operational complexity, compliance, trust, and why simplifying systems doesn't eliminate complexity—it often shifts it somewhere else.As technology becomes increasingly invisible, one question remains:Who is ultimately responsible when something goes wrong?Making sense of the digital economy through the people building it.

    Crypto Hipster Manifesto E7: Bitcoin Revealed

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2026 27:21


    Most people think Bitcoin changed money.I think Bitcoin revealed people.In this solo episode, I reflect on nearly a decade inside the crypto industry and the lessons that emerged from hundreds of conversations with founders, builders, entrepreneurs, and creators.What began as an exploration of Bitcoin ultimately became an exploration of trust, incentives, adaptation, and human nature.Because the deeper I looked into technology, the more I found myself studying people.The technology matters.The people matter more.

    Signals Through the Noise: The Trust Problem

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2026 23:32


    Can authenticity create trust?In this conversation, Dr. Manny Ahmed of Open Origins explains how his team is building technology to verify the origin and integrity of digital content in an age increasingly shaped by AI-generated media.We explore the distinction between authenticity and provenance, the challenges of verifying historical content, the limits of content authentication, and why trust remains a fundamentally human problem even when technology can verify the underlying data.The discussion also examines blockchain scalability, misinformation, insurance fraud, and what happens when the incentives surrounding information become more important than the information itself.

    Signals Through the Noise: Ownership versus Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2026 39:24


    Crypto promised immutable ownership.Real-world law has other ideas.In this episode of the Crypto Hipster Podcast, Jamil Hasan sits down with Faisal Al Monai and Christopher Kelly of droppRWA to explore one of the biggest unresolved tensions inside tokenization and real-world assets:What actually happens when ownership becomes machine-readable infrastructure?From legal title and settlement finality to blockchain records, jurisdiction, compliance, and programmable ownership, this conversation examines the growing collision between traditional institutional systems and on-chain architecture.Because moving a token may be instant.But resolving disputes, enforcing rights, and defining legitimate ownership still happens inside human systems.This is not just a crypto conversation anymore.It is a conversation about the future architecture of trust itself.

    Crypto Hipster Manifesto E6: The Lost Message

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2026 24:33


    Crypto promised freedom.Then speculation consumed the signal.In this solo episode, I explain why I walked away from “corporate crypto” interviews and why The Lost Message became necessary to write. This is not about price charts, tribalism, or recycled narratives. It is about what the original ideas behind Bitcoin, decentralization, sovereignty, and digital ownership were actually trying to protect — and what may have been lost as the industry scaled into performance, marketing, and financialization.This episode explores:how crypto drifted from freedom toward speculationwhy systems increasingly optimize humans instead of serving themthe emotional cost of living inside accelerated digital environmentswhy preserving human signal still mattersand why builders, not PR narratives, continue to matter mostThis is not investment advice.This is a systems conversation.Hosted by Jamil Hasan.Crypto Hipster Podcast — where builders talk freedom, not price.

    Signals Through the Noise: Payments Are Still Broken

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2026 35:27


    Most people never see the ugliest part of cross-border payments.Builders do.In this episode of the Crypto Hipster Podcast, I sit down with Ran Grushkowsky of MassPay to explore the hidden infrastructure behind global payouts, remittances, compliance, settlement friction, and the operational realities most consumers never think about.We discuss:why cross-border payments remain painfully inefficientthe invisible compliance layers shaping global money movementhow stablecoins may change international settlementwhere traditional finance still controls the railsand why building payment infrastructure requires surviving constant operational complexityThis conversation is less about hype and more about the systems underneath modern money movement.Hosted by Jamil Hasan.Crypto Hipster Podcast — where builders talk freedom, not price.

    Signals Through the Noise: Privacy Isn't Anonymity

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2026 40:10


    Privacy in blockchain exists… until it doesn't.In this episode, Jamil Hasan speaks with Varun Kabra of Concordium about the tension between privacy, identity, compliance, and scalability in modern blockchain systems.Rather than treating identity as the enemy of decentralization, this conversation examines whether structured accountability may ultimately be necessary for blockchain technology to operate at global scale.The discussion explores privacy versus anonymity, institutional trust, reversibility, real-world adoption, and why some systems survive not because they are ideologically pure — but because they remain usable.Where builders talk freedom, not price.

    Signals Through the Noise: Pixels Not People

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2026 33:35


    What happens when gameplay becomes economic infrastructure?In this conversation with Luke Barwikowski, founder of Pixels, we explore AI-driven rewards, decentralization, digital ownership, and the tension between ideals and practical system design inside Web3 gaming.Because the real question may not be whether players own the game.It may be whether they own their role inside the economy.

    Crypto Hipster Manifesto E5: Signals Through the Noise

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2026 19:56


    For years, the Crypto Hipster Podcast documented builders across the digital economy.But after more than 580 conversations, certain discussions stayed with me long after the recordings ended.Not because they were the loudest.Not because they generated the most views.And not because they were attached to the biggest market caps.They stayed with me because they revealed something deeper underneath the industry itself.In this solo episode, I explain the origins of Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls and why four specific conversations became the foundation for my first Curtain Calls book, Signals Through the Noise.This is not a “best of” compilation.It is an attempt to interpret the patterns, tensions, contradictions, and human questions hiding underneath years of crypto narratives, market cycles, and technological change.Topics include:• The evolution from guest showcases to interpretation• Borrowed audiences vs. real audiences• Why polished talking points often destroy signal• What I learned during my apprenticeship at The Digital Economist• Systems, sovereignty, trust, identity, and human behavior• Why the archive itself began telling a larger storyThis episode marks the next evolution of my solo format:less performance, more synthesis.Signals Through the Noise is available now as part of Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls.

    Signals Through the Noise: The World AI Forgot

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2026 48:03


    Most AI conversations begin from the assumption that the world already looks digitally uniform.It doesn't.In this episode, Monti Kgengwenyane and Mithabisi Bokete with OrionX discuss building AI infrastructure across environments shaped by expensive connectivity, fragmented systems, limited digital access and underrepresented data.We explore sovereignty, usability, infrastructure constraints and why the future of AI may ultimately be decided by those building for the hardest conditions.The Crypto Hipster Podcast.Where builders talk freedom, not price.

    Crypto Hipster Manifesto E4: Pressure Reveals The Builder

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2026 12:22


    Crypto was supposed to disrupt manufactured credibility.Instead, parts of the industry learned how to manufacture it too.In this episode of Crypto Hipster, Jamil Hasan explores why pressure—not titles, visibility, or polished narratives—reveals who actually understands the systems they speak about.After hundreds of conversations across crypto and the digital economy, the signal became harder to ignore: real builders sound different once they've lived through enough friction.This episode examines operational depth, manufactured credibility, long-form conversation, and why pressure eventually exposes the difference between performance and lived experience.Crypto Hipster.Where builders talk freedom, not price.

    Signals Through the Noise: Exposure, Not Ownership

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2026 34:41


    Exposure is not ownership.In this episode of Crypto Hipster, Jamil Hasan sits down with Alan Qureshi of Black Lake to examine what happens when real-world assets move onchain — and where the cracks still exist beneath the surface.Because tokenization sounds clean… until you ask the harder question:If the token moves……does legal ownership move too?This conversation explores the collision between blockchain infrastructure, legal systems, settlement layers, custody assumptions, and systemic trust. Not from the perspective of hype cycles or announcements — but from the perspective of operational reality.Topics include:• The difference between exposure and actual ownership• What happens when tokenized systems fail• The legal tension between wrappers and real assets• Why infrastructure matters more than narratives• The hidden assumptions inherited from traditional finance• What tokenization exposes about modern marketsCrypto Hipster is where builders talk freedom, not price.

    Crypto Hipster Manifesto E3: I'm Not Competing With Your Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2026 8:31


    I've been told I picked the wrong day.That Tuesdays are crowded.That I'm going up against bigger shows.Good.Because this isn't about competing for attention.This episode breaks down the difference between building for launch…and building for longevity.Why most podcasts optimize for spikes—and why I don't.Tuesdays are for perspective.Thursdays are for conversations.One per week. On purpose.Not content for the sake of content.Signal… when it's ready.This isn't about being first.It's about being worth finding.

    Signals Through the Noise: The Hidden Risk in Crypto No One Is Talking About

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2026 33:43


    Most people think crypto's biggest risk is volatility.It's not.It's uncertainty in the data itself.In this conversation, Victor Fei from Ormi and I break down how the data layer works, where it fails, and what happens when systems rely on signals that might not be right.This isn't about price.It's about what sits underneath it.Where builders talk freedom, not price.

    I Stopped Renting Attention — And Started Building Something That Compounds

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2026 13:10


    I didn't leave X because it failed.I left because I realized something most people still don't understand:You don't own your audience.For years, I played the game—posting, engaging, building visibility.It looked like progress. It felt like momentum.But attention isn't ownership.It's rented.In this episode, I break down why I stopped chasing distribution—and started building something that compounds.This isn't about platforms.It's about control.Ownership.And building something that actually lasts.If you're a builder, not a promoter—this is for you.—Crypto Hipster PodcastMaking sense of the digital economy—through the people building it.Where builders talk freedom, not price.

    Crypto Hipster Manifesto: Why I Stopped Interviewing Corporate Crypto

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2026 16:18


    I stopped interviewing corporate crypto. Not because I ran out of guests...but because the conversations stopped being real.At some point, everyone started sounding the same. Same backgrounds. Same narratives. Same polished answers.So I changed the rules.This episode is a reset on what the Crypto Hipster Podcast is...and who it is for.This is not a show for people adjacent to outcomes. It is for builders.Founders.And people with something at stake.The ones who do not get to hide behind narratives, a corporate infrastructure, or a flashy resume and cushy job.Because when things break (and they almost always do)...they feel it.Pain over pedigree.Scars over fluff.Knife-sharpened over spoon-fed.Cypherpunks over suits.Founders over phonies.If you're here for price predictions, headlines, or recycled talking points, this is not for you.If you want to understand what's actually being built and what is actually takes to build it......you are in the right place.

    Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls, Ep.67 (FINALE): Jump? Taking the Leap Out From the Pains of the Old World and Into the Joys of the Web3 Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2026 26:06


    This is the sixty-seventh and final episode in the Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls Series, which includes 3–4-minute clips from Seasons 6-8. This compilation draws upon my conversations with:Haden Patrick, Director of Business Operations @ Cordial Systems (6/5/2024, Season 7)Karan Bharadwaj, CEO @ Arithmic (7/3/2024, Season 7)Tim Wang, COO @ Elixir (6/9/2024, Season 7)Michael O'Rourke, CEO and co-founder @ Pocket Network (9/2/2023, Season 6)

    Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls, Ep. 66: Bitter Sweet Symphony? How Enduring the Growing Pains of a Nascent Web3 Industry Today Will Lead to a Thriving Global Economy Tomorrow

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2026 26:16


    This is the sixty-sixth episode in the Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls Series, which includes 3–4-minute clips from Seasons 6-8. This compilation draws upon my conversations with:Dan Kaizer, CTO @ Azuro (5/26/2024, Season 7)Bowen Wang, Founder @ NEAR One (5/19/2025, Season 8)Pavel Altukhov, co-founder @ TAC (4/3/2025, Season 8)William Herkelrath, CEO and co-founder @ K3 Labs (2/7/2025, Season 8)

    Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls, Ep. 65: Edge of Seventeen? How the Failures and Successes of the 2017 Initial Coin Offering Era Led to Later Advancements in Cryptographic Innovation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2026 25:56


    This is the sixty-fifth episode in the Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls Series, which includes 3–4-minute clips from Seasons 6-8. This compilation draws upon my conversations with:Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie, Head of Strategic Partnerships @ MPCH (6/5/2024, Season 7)Bogdan Habic, co-founder and CTO @ Tenderly (8/27/2023, Season 6)Butain Li, CEO @ Bless Network (3/22/2025, Season 8)Teemu Päivinen, founder and CEO @ ZkCloud (1/12/2025, Season 8)

    Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls, E64: We Didn't Start the Fire? Why Blockchain's Evolution Is More Important Than Greedy Bankers & Crooked Politicians Making a Quick Buck For Themselves At Your Expense

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2026 25:53


    This is the sixty-fourth episode in the Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls Series, which includes 3–4-minute clips from Seasons 6-8. This compilation draws upon my conversations with:Adam Helfgott, co-founder @ Valence (10/14/2023, Season 6)Ian Estrada, co-founder and CEO @ MAITRIX (3/14/2025, Season 8)Nikhil Raghuveera, co-founder and CEO @ Aethos (5/26/2024, Season 7) Todd Haselhorst, CEO and founder @ HEALE Labs (4/13/2024, Season 7)David Weisberger, Co-founder Emeritus @ CoinRoutes (3/23/2025, Season 8)

    Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls, Ep. 63: Fire and Rain? Unifying Fragmented Economies to Introduce the Next Billion Users to the Web3 World

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2026 23:57


    This is the sixty-third episode in the Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls Series, which includes 3–4-minute clips from Seasons 6-8. This compilation draws upon my conversations with:Karel Kubat, founder @ Union (6/22/2024, Season 7)Nathan Kim, Marketing Director @ UNOPND and Rachel Kim, Senior Manager of Events and Partnerships @ shardLab (2/13/2024, Season 6)Chris Liquin, CEO @ Cupcake (5/25/2024, Season 7) Billy Luedtke, founder and CEO @ Intuition (6/14/2024, Season 7)

    Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls, E62: Heaven's On Fire? How Decentralized Infrastructure's Evolution Sparked the Inferno to Burn Bridges to the Ground and Build an Inclusive World for Financial Freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2026 25:40


    This is the sixty-second episode in the Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls Series, which includes 3–4-minute clips from Seasons 6-8. This compilation draws upon my conversations with:Alan Orwick, co-founder @ Quai Network (7/2/2024, Season 7)Yannik Schrade, CEO and co-founder @ Arcium (7/20/2024, Season 7)Fabian Vogelsteller, co-founder @ LUKSO (6/10/2024, Season 7)Ian Smith, CEO and CTO @ Quantum EVM (4/12/2025, Season 8)

    Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls, Ep. 61: Shiny Happy People? How Crypto Has Created a New Class of Economic Survivors and Affluent Outcasts From the Traditional Financial System and Social Networks

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2026 24:02


    This is the sixty-first episode in the Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls Series, which includes 3–4-minute clips from Seasons 6-8. This compilation draws upon my conversations with:Lindsey Lim, board member @ Radix Foundation (2/10/2025, Season 8)Kathy Roberts, CEO @ Switch Reward Card (9/26/2024, Season 8)Amir Forouzani, Core Contributor @ Puffer Finance (7/19/2024, Season 7)John Vibes, Content Lead @ Somnia Network (1/20/2025, Season 8)

    Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls, Ep. 60: Peaceful Easy Feeling? How to Overcome Systemic Challenges So Traders and Investors Can Confidently and Serenely Navigate the Crypto Market

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2026 26:29


    This is the sixtieth episode in the Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls Series, which includes 3–4-minute clips from Seasons 6-8. This compilation draws upon my conversations with:Da Hongfei, founder @ Neo (4/14/2024, Season 7)Myles Harrison, Chief Product Officer @ AMINA Bank (6/25/2024, Season 7)Barna Kiss, co-founder @ Malda (3/9/2025, Season 8)Sunil Srivatsa, founder and CEO @ Storm Labs (4/12/2024, Season 7)Josie Leung, COO and co-founder @ MilkyWay (3/4/2025, Season 8)

    Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls, Ep. 59: Rock of Ages? Why Crypto Has Been Resilient Through Multiple Storms Despite Threats From Every Direction and Evil Forces Trying to Destroy It

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2026 27:37


    This is the fifty-ninth episode in the Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls Series, which includes 3–4-minute clips from Seasons 6-8. This compilation draws upon my conversations with:Gabriele Giancola, CEO @ qiibee Foundation (7/27/2024, Season 7)Martin de Rijke, Growth Lead @ Maple Finance (6/16/2024, Season 7)Evan Owens, Vice President of Business Development @ Kadena (1/30/2025, Season 8)Joseph Ziolkowski, co-founder @ Realm Insurance (8/14/2024, Season 7)Warren Anderson, co-founder @ Exocore (5/16/2024, Season 7)

    Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls, Ep. 58: Mainstreet? How Wall Street's “Bitcoin Capture” Robbed Main Street Investors and What We Can Do About It

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2026 24:11


    This is the fifty-eighth episode in the Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls Series, which includes 3–4-minute clips from Seasons 6-8. This compilation draws upon my conversations with:Simon McLoughlin, CEO @ Uphold (12/9/2023, Season 6)Vikram R Singh, founder @ Antier Solutions (3/9/2024, Season 7)Joao Reginatto, Chief Strategy Officer @ M^ZERO Labs (6/27/2024, Season 7)Tom Trowbridge, co-founder and CEO @ Fluence Labs (9/1/2024, Season 8)

    Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls, Ep 57: Wanted Dead or Alive? Why We Should Stop Listening to Critics Who Falsely Pronounce Bitcoin's Death, and Focus Instead Building Open Collaborative Better Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2026 22:40


    This is the fifty-seventh episode in the Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls Series, which includes 3–4-minute clips from Seasons 6-8. This compilation draws upon my conversations with:Bunny, co-founder and CEO @ DORA (9/14/2024, Season 8)Alison Haire, CEO and founder @ Lilypad (6/27/2024, Season 7)Josh Benaron, CEO and founder @ Irys (9/7/2024, Season 8)Sebastian Pfeiffer, Managing Director @ Impossible Cloud Network (2/18/2025, Season 8)

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