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Gm! This week, Seth Ginns, from CoinFund, and Cosmo Jian, of Pantera Capital, join Yano to dive into the funds' mandates, the overall outlook of the market, whether narratives or fundamentals drive price, how DATs play a role in the investor ecosystem and why sometimes non-consensus trades pay off! -- 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 Seth: https://x.com/sethginns Follow Cosmo: https://x.com/cosmo_jiang Follow Jason: https://x.com/JasonYanowitz Follow Empire: https://twitter.com/theempirepod -- Join the Empire Telegram: https://t.me/+CaCYvTOB4Eg1OWJh -- SKALE is the next evolution in Layer 1 blockchains with a gas-free invisible user experience, instant finality, high speed, and robust security. SKALE is built different as it allows for limitless scalability and has already saved its 50 Million users over $11 Billion in gas fees.  SKALE is high-performance and cost-effective, making it ideal for compute-intensive applications like AI, gaming, and consumer-facing dApps. Learn more at https://skale.space and stay up to date with the gas-free invisible blockchain on X at @skalenetwork -- Katana is a DeFi-first chain built for deep liquidity and high yield. No empty emissions, just real yield and sequencer fees routed back to DeFi users.  Pre-deposit now: Earn high APRs with Turtle Club [https://app.turtle.club/campaigns/katana] or spin the wheel with Katana Krates [https://app.katana.network/krates] -- Ledn is the leading platform for Bitcoin-backed loans, offering a secure and transparent way to unlock liquidity without selling your Bitcoin. Ledn has issued over $9 billion in loans since 2018 and has never lost a single satoshi of client assets, earning a reputation as the name you can trust in the crypto space. Visit https://www.ledn.io to learn more. – Chapters: (00:00) Intro (02:34) Liquid Funds (05:35) CoinFund's Mandate (06:40) Pantera Capital's Mandate (15:22) Portfolio Construction (20:17) Ads (Skale, Katana) (21:48) Token Picking Strategy (29:20) Narrative Driven Markets (35:42) Acquiring, Trading & Selling Tokens (50:25) Ads (Skale, Katana) (51:56) Investor Relations Advice For Founders (55:03) DATs Explored (01:12:29) Ads (LEDN) (01:13:39) Convergence (01:17:58) What Sectors Benefit Most From DATs — Disclaimer: Nothing said on Empire is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Santiago, Jason, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

In this conversation, Andrew Poelstra discusses the recent launch of Simplicity on Liquid, a federated sidechain of Bitcoin. He explains the technical aspects of Liquid, its advantages, and how Simplicity serves as a new scripting language that enhances expressivity and formal verification capabilities. The discussion covers potential use cases for Simplicity, including advanced covenant implementations, ZK verification, and its role in capital markets and asset issuance. The conversation also touches on the implications of stablecoins moving to their own chains and contrasts Liquid with other Layer 2 solutions like Lightning.Takeaways

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This podcast and article are free, but a lot of The Storm lives behind a paywall. I wish I could make everything available to everyone, but an article like this one is the result of 30-plus hours of work. Please consider supporting independent ski journalism with an upgrade to a paid Storm subscription. You can also sign up for the free tier below.WhoRob Katz, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, Vail ResortsRecorded onAugust 8, 2025About Vail ResortsVail Resorts owns and operates 42 ski areas in North America, Australia, and Europe. In order of acquisition:The company's Epic Pass delivers skiers unlimited access to all of these ski areas, plus access to a couple dozen partner resorts:Why I interviewed himHow long do you suppose Vail Resorts has been the largest ski area operator by number of resorts? From how the Brobots prattle on about the place, you'd think since around the same time the Mayflower bumped into Plymouth Rock. But the answer is 2018, when Vail surged to 18 ski areas – one more than number two Peak Resorts. Vail wasn't even a top-five operator until 2007, when the company's five resorts landed it in fifth place behind Powdr's eight and 11 each for Peak, Boyne, and Intrawest. Check out the year-by-year resort operator rankings since 2000:Kind of amazing, right? For decades, Vail, like Aspen, was the owner of some great Colorado ski areas and nothing more. There was no reason to assume it would ever be anything else. Any ski company that tried to get too big collapsed or surrendered. Intrawest inflated like a balloon then blew up like a pinata, ejecting trophies like Mammoth, Copper, and Whistler before straggling into the Alterra refugee camp with a half dozen survivors. American Skiing Company (ASC) united eight resorts in 1996 and was 11 by the next year and was dead by 2007. Even mighty Aspen, perhaps the brand most closely associated with skiing in American popular culture, had abandoned a nearly-two-decade experiment in owning ski areas outside of Pitkin County when it sold Blackcomb and Fortress Mountains in 1986 and Breckenridge the following year.But here we are, with Vail Resorts, improbably but indisputably the largest operator in skiing. How did Vail do this when so many other operators had a decades-long head start? And failed to achieve sustainability with so many of the same puzzle pieces? Intrawest had Whistler. ASC owned Heavenly. Booth Creek, a nine-resort upstart launched in 1996 by former Vail owner George Gillett, had Northstar. The obvious answer is the 2008 advent of the Epic Pass, which transformed the big-mountain season pass from an expensive single-mountain product that almost no one actually needed to a cheapo multi-mountain passport that almost anyone could afford. It wasn't a new idea, necessarily, but the bargain-skiing concept had never been attached to a mountain so regal as Vail, with its sprawling terrain and amazing high-speed lift fleet and Colorado mystique. A multimountain pass had never come with so little fine print – it really was unlimited, at all these great mountains, all the time - but so many asterisks: better buy now, because pretty soon skiing Christmas week is going to cost more than your car. And Vail was the first operator to understand, at scale, that almost everyone who skis at Vail or Beaver Creek or Breckenridge skied somewhere else first, and that the best way to recruit these travelers to your mountain rather than Deer Valley or Steamboat or Telluride was to make the competition inconvenient by bundling the speedbump down the street with the Alpine fantasy across the country.Vail Resorts, of course, didn't do anything. Rob Katz did these things. And yes, there was a great and capable team around him. But it's hard to ignore the fact that all of these amazing things started happening shortly after Katz's 2006 CEO appointment and stopped happening around the time of his 2021 exit. Vail's stock price: from $33.04 on Feb. 28, 2006 to $354.76 to Nov. 1, 2021. Epic Pass sales: from zero to 2.1 million. Owned resort portfolio: from five in three states to 37 in 15 states and three countries. Epic Pass portfolio: from zero ski areas to 61. The company's North American skier visits: from 6.3 million for the 2005-06 ski season to 14.9 million in 2020-21. Those same VR metrics after three-and-a-half years under his successor, Kirsten Lynch: a halving of the stock price to $151.50 on May 27, 2025, her last day in charge; a small jump to 2.3 million Epic Passes sold for 2024-25 (but that marked the product's first-ever unit decline, from 2.4 million the previous winter); a small increase to 42 owned resorts in 15 states and four countries; a small increase to 65 ski areas accessible on the Epic Pass; and a rise to 16.9 million North American skier visits (actually a three percent slump from the previous winter and the company's second consecutive year of declines, as overall U.S. skier visits increased 1.6 percent after a poor 2023-24).I don't want to dismiss the good things Lynch did ($20-an-hour minimum wage; massively impactful lift upgrades, especially in New England; a best-in-class day pass product; a better Pet Rectangle app), or ignore the fact that Vail's 2006-to-2019 trajectory would have been impossible to replicate in a world that now includes the Ikon Pass counterweight, or understate the tense community-resort relationships that boiled under Katz's do-things-and-apologize-later-maybe leadership style. But Vail Resorts became an impossible-to-ignore globe-spanning goliath not because it collected great ski areas, but because a visionary leader saw a way to transform a stale, weather-dependent business into a growing, weather-agnostic(-ish) one.You may think that “visionary” is overstating it, that merely “transformational” would do. But I don't think I appreciated, until the rise of social media, how deeply cynical America had become, or the seemingly outsized proportion of people so eager to explain why new ideas were impossible. Layer, on top of this, the general dysfunction inherent to corporate environments, which can, without constant schedule-pruning, devolve into pseudo-summits of endless meetings, in which over-educated and well-meaning A+ students stamped out of elite university assembly lines spend all day trotting between conference rooms taking notes they'll never look at and trying their best to sound brilliant but never really accomplishing anything other than juggling hundreds of daily Slack and email messages. Perhaps I am the cynical one here, but my experience in such environments is that actually getting anything of substance done with a team of corporate eggheads is nearly impossible. To be able to accomplish real, industry-wide, impactful change in modern America, and to do so with a corporate bureaucracy as your vehicle, takes a visionary.Why now was a good time for this interviewAnd the visionary is back. True, he never really left, remaining at the head of Vail's board of directors for the duration of Lynch's tenure. But the board of directors doesn't have to explain a crappy earnings report on the investor conference call, or get yelled at on CNBC, or sit in the bullseye of every Saturday morning liftline post on Facebook.So we'll see, now that VR is once again and indisputably Katz's company, whether Vail's 2006-to-2021 rise from fringe player to industry kingpin was an isolated case of right-place-at-the-right-time first-mover big-ideas luck or the masterwork of a business musician blending notes of passion, aspiration, consumer pocketbook logic, the mystique of irreplaceable assets, and defiance of conventional industry wisdom to compose a song that no one can stop singing. Will Katz be Steve Jobs returning to Apple and re-igniting a global brand? Or MJ in a Wizards jersey, his double threepeat with the Bulls untarnished but his legacy otherwise un-enhanced at best and slightly diminished at worst?I don't know. I lean toward Jobs, remaining aware that the ski industry will never achieve the scale of the Pet Rectangle industry. But Vail Resorts owns 42 ski areas out of like 6,000 on the planet, and only about one percent of them is associated with the Epic Pass. Even if Vail grew all of these metrics tenfold, it would still own just a fraction of the global ski business. Investors call this “addressable market,” meaning the size of your potential customer base if you can make them aware of your existence and convince them to use your services, and Vail's addressable market is far larger than the neighborhood it now occupies.Whether Vail can get there by deploying its current operating model is irrelevant. Remember when Amazon was an online bookstore and Netflix a DVD-by-mail outfit? I barely do either, because visionary leaders (Jeff Bezos, Reed Hastings) shaped these companies into completely different things, tapping a rapidly evolving technological infrastructure capable of delivering consumers things they don't know they need until they realize they can't live without them. Like never going into a store again or watching an entire season of TV in one night. Like the multimountain ski pass.Being visionary is not the same thing as being omniscient. Amazon's Fire smartphone landed like a bag of sand in a gastank. Netflix nearly imploded after prematurely splitting its DVD and digital businesses in 2011. Vail's decision to simultaneously chop 2021-22 Epic Pass prices by 20 percent and kill its 2020-21 digital reservation system landed alongside labor shortages, inflation, and global supply chain woes, resulting in a season of inconsistent operations that may have turned a generation off to the company. Vail bullied Powdr into selling Park City and Arapahoe Basin into leaving the Epic Pass and Colorado's state ski trade association into having to survive without four (then five) of its biggest brands. The company alienated locals everywhere, from Stowe (traffic) to Sunapee (same) to Ohio (truncated seasons) to Indiana (same) to Park City (everything) to Whistler (same) to Stevens Pass (just so many people man). The company owns 99 percent of the credit for the lift-tickets-brought-to-you-by-Tiffany pricing structure that drives the popular perception that skiing is a sport accessible only to people who rent out Yankee Stadium for their dog's birthday party.We could go on, but the point is this: Vail has messed up in the past and will mess up again in the future. You don't build companies like skyscrapers, straight up from ground to sky. You build them, appropriately for Vail, like mountains, with an earthquake here and an eruption there and erosion sometimes and long stable periods when the trees grow and the goats jump around on the rocks and nothing much happens except for once in a while a puma shows up and eats Uncle Toby. Vail built its Everest by clever and novel and often ruthless means, but in doing so made a Balkanized industry coherent, mainstreamed the ski season pass, reshaped the consumer ski experience around adventure and variety, united the sprawling Park City resorts, acknowledged the Midwest as a lynchpin ski region, and forced competitors out of their isolationist stupor and onto the magnificent-but-probably-nonexistent-if-not-for-the-existential-need-to-compete-with Vail Ikon, Indy, and Mountain Collective passes.So let's not confuse the means for the end, or assume that Katz, now 58 and self-assured, will act with the same brash stop-me-if-you-can bravado that defined his first tenure. I mean, he could. But consumers have made it clear that they have alternatives, communities have made it clear that they have ways to stop projects out of spite, Alterra has made it clear that empire building is achieved just as well through ink as through swords, and large independents such as Jackson Hole have made it clear that the passes that were supposed to be their doom instead guaranteed indefinite independence via dependable additional income streams. No one's afraid of Vail anymore.That doesn't mean the company can't grow, can't surprise us, can't reconfigure the global ski jigsaw puzzle in ways no one has thought of. Vail has brand damage to repair, but it's repairable. We're not talking about McDonald's here, where the task is trying to convince people that inedible food is delicious. We're talking about Vail Mountain and Whistler and Heavenly and Stowe – amazing places that no one needs convincing are amazing. What skiers do need to be convinced of is that Vail Resorts is these ski areas' best possible steward, and that each mountain can be part of something much larger without losing its essence.You may be surprised to hear Katz acknowledge as much in our conversation. You will probably be surprised by a lot of things he says, and the way he projects confidence and optimism without having to fully articulate a vision that he's probably still envisioning. It's this instinctual lean toward the unexpected-but-impactful that powered Vail's initial rise and will likely reboot the company. Perhaps sooner than we expect.What we talked aboutThe CEO job feels “both very familiar and very new at the same time”; Vail Resorts 2025 versus Vail Resorts 2006; Ikon competition means “we have to get better”; the Epic Friends program that replaces Buddy Tickets: 50 percent off plus skiers can apply that cost to next year's Epic Pass; simplifying the confusing; “we're going to have to get a little more creative and a little more aggressive” when it comes to lift ticket pricing; why Vail will “probably always have a window ticket”; could we see lower lift ticket prices?; a response to lower-than-expected lift ticket sales in 2024-25; “I think we need to elevate the resort brands themselves”; thoughts on skier-visit drops; why Katz returned as CEO; evolving as a leader; a morale check for a company “that was used to winning” but had suffered setbacks; getting back to growth; competing for partners and “how do we drive thoughtful growth”; is Vail an underdog now?; Vail's big advantage; reflecting on the 20 percent 2021 Epic Pass price cut and whether that was the right decision; is the Epic Pass too expensive or too cheap?; reacting to the first ever decline in Epic Pass unit sales numbers; why so many mountains are unlimited on Epic Local; “who are you going to kick out of skiing” if you tighten access?; protecting the skier experience; how do you make skiers say “wow?”; defending Vail's ongoing resort leadership shuffle; and why the volume of Vail's lift upgrades slowed after 2022's Epic Lift Upgrade.What I got wrong* I said that the Epic Pass now offered access to “64 or 65” ski areas, but I neglected to include the six new ski areas that Vail partnered with in Austria for the 2025-26 ski season. The correct number of current Epic Pass partners is 71 (see chart above). * I said that Vail Resorts' skier visits declined by 1.5 percent from the 2023-24 to 2024-25 winters, and that national skier visits grew by three percent over that same timeframe. The numbers are actually reversed: Vail's skier visits slumped by approximately three percent last season, while national visits increased by 1.7 percent, per the National Ski Areas Association.* I said that the $1,429 Ikon Pass cost “40% more” than the $799 Epic Local – but I was mathing on the fly and I mathed dumb. The actual increase from Epic Local to Ikon is roughly 79 percent.* I claimed that Park City Mountain Resort was charging $328 for a holiday week lift ticket when it was “30 percent-ish open” and “the surrounding resorts were 70-ish percent open.” Unfortunately, I was way off on the dollar amount and the timeframe, as I was thinking of this X post I made on Wednesday, Jan. 8, when day-of tickets were selling for $288:* I said I didn't know what “Alterra” means. Alterra Mountain Company defines it as “a fusion of the words altitude and terrain/terra, paying homage to the mountains and communities that form the backbone of the company.”* I said that Vail's Epic Lift Upgrade was “22 or 23 lifts.” I was wrong, but the number is slippery for a few reasons. First, while I was referring specifically to Vail's 2021 announcement that 19 new lifts were inbound in 2022, the company now uses “Epic Lift Upgrade” as an umbrella term for all years' new lift installs. Second, that 2022 lift total shot up to 21, then down to 19 when Park City locals threw a fit and blocked two of them (both ultimately went to Whistler), then 18 after Keystone bulldozed an illegal access road in the high Alpine (the new lift and expansion opened the following year).Questions I wish I'd askedThere is no way to do this interview in a way that makes everyone happy. Vail is too big, and I can't talk about everything. Angry Mountain Bro wants me to focus on community, Climate Bro on the environment, Finance Bro on acquisitions and numbers, Subaru Bro on liftlines and parking lots. Too many people who already have their minds made up about how things are will come here seeking validation of their viewpoint and leave disappointed. I will say this: just because I didn't ask about something doesn't mean I wouldn't have liked to. Acquisitions and Europe, especially. But some preliminary conversations with Vail folks indicated that Katz had nothing new to say on either of these topics, so I let it go for another day.Podcast NotesOn various metrics Here's a by-the-numbers history of the Epic Pass:Here's Epic's year-by-year partner history:On the percent of U.S. skier visits that Vail accounts forWe don't know the exact percentage of U.S. skier visits belong to Vail Resorts, since the company's North American numbers include Whistler, which historically accounts for approximately 2 million annual skier visits. But let's call Vail's share of America's skier visits 25 percent-ish:On ski season pass participation in AmericaThe rise of Epic and Ikon has correlated directly with a decrease in lift ticket visits and an increase in season pass visits. Per Kotke's End-of-Season Demographic Report for 2023-24:On capital investmentSimilarly, capital investment has mostly risen over the past decade, with a backpedal for Covid. Kotke:The NSAA's preliminary numbers suggest that the 2024-25 season numbers will be $624.4 million, a decline from the previous two seasons, but still well above historic norms.On the mystery of the missing skier visitsI jokingly ask Katz for resort-by-resort skier visits in passing. Here's what I meant by that - up until the 2010-11 ski season, Vail, like all operators on U.S. Forest Service land, reported annual skier visits per ski area:And then they stopped, winning a legal argument that annual skier visits are proprietary and therefore protected from public records disclosure. Or something like that. Anyway most other large ski area operators followed this example, which mostly just serves to make my job more difficult.On that ski trip where Timberline punched out Vail in a one-on-five fightI don't want to be the Anecdote King, but in 2023 I toured 10 Mid-Atlantic ski areas the first week of January, which corresponded with a horrendous warm-up. The trip included stops at five Vail Resorts: Liberty, Whitetail, Seven Springs, Laurel, and Hidden Valley, all of which were underwhelming. Fine, I thought, the weather sucks. But then I stopped at Timberline, West Virginia:After three days of melt-out tiptoe, I was not prepared for what I found at gut-renovated Timberline. And what I found was 1,000 vertical feet of the best version of warm-weather skiing I've ever seen. Other than the trail footprint, this is a brand-new ski area. When the Perfect Family – who run Perfect North, Indiana like some sort of military operation – bought the joint in 2020, they tore out the lifts, put in a brand-new six-pack and carpet-loaded quad, installed all-new snowmaking, and gut-renovated the lodge. It is remarkable. Stunning. Not a hole in the snowpack. Coming down the mountain from Davis, you can see Timberline across the valley beside state-run Canaan Valley ski area – the former striped in white, the latter mostly barren.I skied four fast laps off the summit before the sixer shut at 4:30. Then a dozen runs off the quad. The skier level is comically terrible, beginners sprawled all over the unload, all over the green trails. But the energy is level 100 amped, and everyone I talked to raved about the transformation under the new owners. I hope the Perfect family buys 50 more ski areas – their template works.I wrote up the full trip here.On the megapass timelineI'll work on a better pass timeline at some point, but the basics are this:* 2008: Epic Pass debuts - unlimited access to all Vail Resorts* 2012: Mountain Collective debuts - 2 days each at partner resorts* 2015: M.A.X. Pass debuts - 5 days each at partner resorts, unlimited option for home resort* 2018: Ikon Pass debuts, replaces M.A.X. - 5, 7, or unlimited days at partner resorts* 2019: Indy Pass debuts - 2 days each at partner resortsOn Epic Day vs. Ikon Session I've long harped on the inadequacy of the Ikon Session Pass versus the Epic Day Pass:On Epic versus Ikon pricingEpic Passes mostly sell at a big discount to Ikon:On Vail's most recent investor conference callThis podcast conversation delivers Katz's first public statements since he hosted Vail Resorts' investor conference call on June 5. I covered that call extensively at the time:On Epic versus Ikon access tweaksAlterra tweaks Ikon Pass access for at least one or two mountains nearly every year – more than two dozen since 2020, by my count. Vail rarely makes any changes. I broke down the difference between the two in the article linked directly above this one. I ask Katz about this in the pod, and he gives us a very emphatic answer.On the Park City strikeNo reason to rehash the whole mess in Park City earlier this year. Here's a recap from The New York Times. The Storm's best contribution to the whole story was this interview with United Mountain Workers President Max Magill:On Vail's leadership shuffleI'll write more about this at some point, but if you scroll to the right on Vail's roster, you'll see the yellow highlights whenever Vail has switched a president/general manager-level employee over the past several years. It's kind of a lot. A sample from the resorts the company has owned since 2016:The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing all year long. Join us. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

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Hemant Mohapatra of Lightspeed India joins Nick to discuss Investing in the Gen AI Extraction Layer, Value Accrual in New Tech Waves, and India's Digital Currency & Identity Economy. In this episode we cover: AI Investment Opportunities and Challenges Healthcare and Legal Implications of AI Defensibility in AI and Long-term Investment Strategies Vertical vs. Horizontal AI Opportunities India's Digital Currency and Blockchain Ecosystem Investment in Indian Innovation and Infrastructure Guest Links: Hemant's LinkedIn Hemant's X Lightspeed India's LinkedIn Lightspeed India's Website The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social. You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter.

Gm! This week Miles Jennings and Eddy Lazzarin join Yano to dive into how a16z is approaching the current crypto landscape with a big focus on token design, designation, and how Founders can think pragmatically both along legal and engineering lines to execute their project.  -- 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 Eddy: https://x.com/eddylazzarinFollow Miles: https://x.com/milesjenningsFollow Jason: https://x.com/JasonYanowitzFollow Empire: https://twitter.com/theempirepod -- Join the Empire Telegram: https://t.me/+CaCYvTOB4Eg1OWJh -- SKALE is the next evolution in Layer 1 blockchains with a gas-free invisible user experience, instant finality, high speed, and robust security. SKALE is built different as it allows for limitless scalability and has already saved its 50 Million users over $11 Billion in gas fees.  SKALE is high-performance and cost-effective, making it ideal for compute-intensive applications like AI, gaming, and consumer-facing dApps. Learn more at https://skale.space and stay up to date with the gas-free invisible blockchain on X at @skalenetwork -- Katana is a DeFi-first chain built for deep liquidity and high yield. No empty emissions, just real yield and sequencer fees routed back to DeFi users.  Pre-deposit now: Earn high APRs with Turtle Club [https://app.turtle.club/campaigns/katana] or spin the wheel with Katana Krates [https://app.katana.network/krates] -- Ledn is the leading platform for Bitcoin-backed loans, offering a secure and transparent way to unlock liquidity without selling your Bitcoin. Ledn has issued over $9 billion in loans since 2018 and has never lost a single satoshi of client assets, earning a reputation as the name you can trust in the crypto space. Visit https://www.ledn.io to learn more. – Timestamps: (03:36) Progress In DC (05:42) Paul Atkins' Onchain Declaration (13:55) End of Foundation Era In Crypto (27:31) Ads (Skale, Katana) (29:02) DUNAs & BORGs (40:12) Defining Tokens (54:54) Ads (Skale, Katana) (56:25) Token Transparency & Classifications (01:07:29) When Fees? (01:15:55) Ads (LEDN) (01:16:57) Balancing PortCos (01:19:44) Common Founder FAQs — Disclaimer: Nothing said on Empire is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Santiago, Jason, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

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PEEPanEIP - EIP-7892: Blob Parameter Only Hardforks PEEPanEIP - EIP-7892: Blob Parameter Only Hardforks In this episode, Pooja Ranjan discusses EIP 7892 with Mark Mackey, exploring its implications for Ethereum's scalability and the innovative approach to managing blob capacity. They delve into the technical aspects of the proposal, the importance of community involvement, and the future of Ethereum upgrades. Mark shares insights from his journey as a client developer and emphasizes the collaborative nature of the Ethereum community.

Alisia Painter is co-founder and COO at Botanix Labs, builder of the Botanix blockchain that serves as a Layer 2 on bitcoin. Botanix brings EVM compatibility and smart contract programmability to bitcoin, opening the door for new types of financial products and services on bitcoin. We discuss how Alisia's experiences working in Brazil introduced her to bitcoin and, more importantly, convinced her that bitcoin needs to function as more than just digital gold if it's going to fulfill its potential. You can connect with Alisia on Linkedin----------------------Brazil Crypto Report is presented by AveniaIf you're building a wallet, a crypto consumer app, or a global payment platform, Avenia is your bridge to Latin America. Instantly connect to PIX, SPEI, and CBU using stablecoins — with one API. No banks. No FX desks. No SWIFT. Move money globally, with full compliance and real-time settlement. Learn more at avenia.io.-----------------------------------------------P2P.me is the fastest way to buy and sell crypto in Brazil using Pix: direct, secure, and fully onchain.Backed by Multicoin and Coinbase Ventures, P2P.me offers a compliant on and off ramp with, ZK-KYC, and no hidden fees.You can easily use P2P.me to pay PIX QR codes in Brazil using your USDc balance. Topup, scan and pay.Visit ⁠br.p2p.me ⁠to get started and earn $50 per operation limit.------------------------------------------------------------------

Ready for a quick throwback bite? Michelle chats with Michael Drescher, founder of Vibrant Body Company. In this Morsel episode, we highlight a powerful conversation about fast fashion's hidden health risks—especially for women. From toxic dyes to misleading certifications, you'll learn what to look for, what to avoid, and why your first layer of clothing matters more than you think.Savoring Social Soup? Pass it around by subscribing and sharing with friends!Check out Vibrant Body Company: VibrantBodyCompany.comExplore resources on sustainable fashion: Ecocult.comRemake.worldConnect with Michael on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/michaelddrescher Connect with Michelle on LinkedIn: ⁠linkedin.com/in/michelledattilio⁠ Learn more about sōsh: visit our website and reach out! ⁠getsosh.com ⁠  

Hubble Network's satellite-enabled Bluetooth network is getting a boost from Muon's new XL satellite bus. Also, Truth Social's AI search is powered by Perplexity, but the platform can set limits on sources. The search engine, dubbed Truth Search AI, is already available on the web version of Truth Social, with public Beta testing on the iOS and Android apps planned for “the near future.” And Upwork is buying its way into corporate staffing beyond freelancers. The company will merge Bubty and Ascen with its existing enterprise business to form a separate entity later this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Support AND/BOTH: Help us offset production costs while we're growingIn this throwback episode, Ashley sits down with Nicole Lenzen—a solo mom by choice, former wedding dress designer, tech consultant, and now a coach specializing in parental leave transitions. Nicole shares her unique journey through multiple career paths, a major health wake-up call, and the decision to become a solo parent. After navigating an overwhelming return-to-work experience post-leave, she pivoted into coaching to help others through similar transitions.The conversation explores:Why Nicole chose solo motherhood and how her medical diagnosis shaped that decisionHer nonlinear career—from Silicon Valley to couture bridal design to corporate consultingThe messiness and mismanagement of parental leave policies in the U.SHow chronic stress manifests physically—and how that led to Nicole's shift toward a values-aligned lifeCreating human-centered systems within corporate cultureHer current work helping both individuals and companies navigate parental leave with empathy and structureThis episode is filled with powerful reflections on identity, intergenerational trauma, and how corporate systems often fail parents—especially mothers. Nicole and Ashley talk honestly about the emotional and logistical load of parenthood, lack of support in the workplace, and how change is slowly being pushed forward by people who are no longer willing to “stick their head in the blender” and pretend it's normal.Connect with Ashley:Website: https://dovetaildesigns.coPodcast website: https://www.andbothpodcast.com/AND/BOTH Community: https://www.andbothpodcast.com/andboth-communityDovetail® App: https://airtable.com/appn6w6IWipJYIuA3/pagZys7UnECzM46iJ/formSocial:Instagram: @dovetailappFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/dovetaildesigns.coLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyblackington/

Sam Blackshear is the Co-founder and CTO of Mysten Labs, the company behind the Sui Network, and creator of the Move programming language that's revolutionizing smart contract development. From his academic roots in programming language research to his pivotal role at Facebook's Libra project, Sam shares the untold story of how he identified fundamental flaws in existing blockchain architectures and built solutions from the ground up.__________________________________PARTNERS

The bright palette in Ben Millett's quilts nod to queer iconography and activism. Then, UNI professor Jim O'Loughlin shares the life and work of poet James Hearst.

The infrastructure for crypto-native finance is maturing beyond proof-of-concepts into real financial products. Tokenized securities are moving from experimental pilots to regulated offerings, stablecoin infrastructure is becoming the backbone for 24/7 payment systems, and traditional fintech companies are quietly integrating crypto rails to improve settlement and unlock new capabilities. I'm joined by Juan Lopez, General Partner at VanEck Ventures, where he focuses on investments at the intersection of traditional finance and blockchain technology. Before joining VanEck, Juan was at Circle Ventures, giving him a front-row seat to how institutional-grade crypto infrastructure has developed. His portfolio includes companies building the regulated infrastructure enabling this shift from experimental to operational. Juan's perspective on where real value is being created—from tokenized equity platforms achieving regulatory approval to stablecoin routing systems—offers insight into how crypto infrastructure is becoming essential plumbing for modern financial services. We'll discuss what's driving adoption, where the next wave of exits will come from, and how fintech companies are integrating blockchain technology to improve their core business models.

Rehan Jalil is the CEO of Securiti, a platform that enables the safe use of data and generative AI. They've raised $156M in funding from investors such as General Catalyst, Mayfield, and others. He was previously the CEO of Elastica, which was acquired for $280M by Bluecoat. Before that, he was the CEO of WiChorus, which was acquired by Tellabs for $180M.Rehan's favorite books: Good to Great (Author: Jim Collins)(00:00) Introduction (02:14) Founding Securiti and the Evolution of Data Privacy(06:08) Why Data Security Needs a Unified Platform(09:32) Scaling Challenges and Product Decisions(13:17) The Role of AI in Data Security(17:20) Navigating the Enterprise Sales Motion(21:56) Go-to-Market Lessons from Elastica to Securiti(25:43) Competing in a Crowded DSPM Market(29:00) Shifting Buyer Personas and GenAI Adoption(32:11) Rapid Fire Round--------Where to find Rehan Jalil: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rehanjalil/--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-infiniteX: https://x.com/prateekvjoshi 

Pav's flying solo this week while Ted's off somewhere in Turkey (maybe getting a hair transplant… maybe not

Is today's financial system fit for a digital-first world?Not quite — and Siddharth Shetty is here to tell us why.In this episode of Couchonomics, Arjun speaks with Finternet Labs CEO Siddharth Shetty, one of the architects behind India's UPI and  Account Aggregator framework, to unpack the vision for Finternet — a universal financial infrastructure layer designed to empower users, build trust, and unlock global interoperability.We explore how fragmented rails, legacy systems, and a lack of verifiability are holding back progress, and how Finternet could be the solution that brings it all together.

In this episode, Tina Tower dives deep into the art of creating irresistible offers for digital online courses. She emphasizes that oftentimes, the root problem isn't your selling ability—it's your offer and messaging. Tina unpacks actionable strategies to help your ideal clients feel like your offer was made just for them, making it a natural next step to say “yes!” Key Topics Covered: Know Your Ideal Client Intimately Be ultra-specific about who you're selling to—not just demographics, but psychographics. Dive deep into their worries, desires, and daily challenges so your offer speaks directly to them. Sell the Transformation, Not the Format Don't just list what your course includes—modules, PDFs, calls. Paint a vivid picture of the transformation and outcome clients will achieve after completing your program. Build in Instant Gratification Give buyers a quick win right at the start to boost confidence and momentum. Fast-action bonuses and clear “Start Here” sections help clients feel immediate value and satisfaction. Stack Value Without Overwhelm Articulate the value of each component, but avoid piling on so much that it overwhelms your audience. These days, less is more—show how you'll get them results in the quickest, easiest way possible. Inject Real, Ethical Urgency Create authentic reasons for people to take action now (like limited-time bonuses or special pricing), but always keep it genuine—false scarcity can break trust. Make the Investment a No-Brainer Clearly show how the value and return outweigh the cost. Highlight the financial, emotional, or energetic ROI and back it up with testimonials, clear guarantees, and simple pricing breakdowns. Use Irresistible, Relatable Offer Language Make your messaging pop! Use engaging, best-friend-style copy that speaks to hopes, dreams, and relief—the emotional end-game your clients are seeking. Evaluate your current offer using these seven pillars. Is it ultra-specific? Does it promise real transformation? Layer in instant wins and smart bonuses, and use language that feels personal. Remember, your irresistible offer is the key to standing out—and truly serving your dream clients. Resources: Join Her Empire Builder https://www.herempirebuilder.com/secret   Where to find Tina: Her Empire Builder: https://www.herempirebuilder.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tina_tower/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@herempirebuilder

Customer success professionals are often thrown into the deep end. They are told to act like trusted advisors, which includes driving adoption, building relationships, or uncovering growth opportunities without being given clear instructions or training on what to do.That's why I wrote The Strategic Customer Success Manager — and why I joined a recent webinar with CS Insider to provide some assistance to CSMs. We mainly focused on how to build more trusted relationships with clients and colleagues, and this post distills the key takeaways from that session. It will help you move from task manager to trusted advisor.You're operating as a task master and not even realizing itLet's get real: If your day is filled with sending “just checking in” emails, logging product bugs, or reacting to renewal reminders, you're operating as a task manager.A trusted advisor, on the other hand, earns a seat at the strategic table. Their customers typically don't ignore their messages or meeting requests. Why? Because they bring insights, not just unstructured agendas.The trusted advisor starts with the customer's business, not just their product usage.Three Ways to Uplevel Your Role1. Start with the Company, Not the ProductTypical CSMs say:“I noticed you haven't used Feature X.”Strategic CSMs ask (a Bob London disruptive question):“If your leadership team were sitting around a table, what's the number one priority they would be discussing?”The difference?By trying to understand your customer's business and internal pressures, you position yourself to tie product capabilities directly to business outcomes. And that's where value lives.2. Focus on Impact, Not Just AdoptionAdoption is typically a vanity metric - it doesn't tell the whole story. Just because users are logging in doesn't mean you're making a difference.Ask yourself:* Are we solving the problem they hired us to solve?* Is our solution affecting their key KPIs?* Can they prove ROI internally?Better yet — help them prove it. At Siena, we created an ROI calculator to show savings and outcomes tied directly to our solution. Customers took it and ran straight to their execs with it. It made renewal a non-issue.3. Be Customer + Company CentricBeing customer-centric is a foundational element of being a customer success professional. But being customer and company-centric takes you to another level to the strategic layer.This means:* Bringing well-framed feature requests to the product team, not just a wishlist.* Saying “no” the right way — with alternatives and rationale.* Understanding your company's priorities so you can balance the two worlds.Your product team, sales team, and execs will trust you more. And your customers? They'll thank you for helping them see the big picture. You just need to communicate this in the right way (I go into this more in chapter 17 of the book).Building Trust: The Real DifferentiatorTrust is the foundation of strategic customer success. And it doesn't just come from solving tickets.Here's what it does come from:* Disruptive questions: Ask questions that make you and your customer a bit uncomfortable. In the webinar, I share a story where I ask the question, “Is there anything you hoped I'd ask but didn't?” This leads to an outpouring of information from the customer that helped us secure a two-year renewal.* Extreme ownership: Take responsibility when SNAFUs occur - don't place blame. The customer doesn't care who caused the issue. They just want it resolved. Focus on that and get away from the blame game. Do you really think someone intended to mess up? Probably not. In addition, don't throw other departments under the bus.* Vulnerability: Saying “I need help” — to your colleagues is OK. Asking for assistance isn't demonstrating weakness. It's showing that you're strong enough to admit that you can't handle everything on your own. Being vulnerable also means letting your clients know more about who you are as a person. When you do this, they will do the same and it will deepen your relationship.* Consistency: Follow through on what you commit to. Words are words until you act. If you fail to follow up or show up consistently, you damage trust.* Candor + Care: Saying no, kindly but firmly, when needed. If you've built a strong relationship with your clients, built on value and trust, you've earned the right to push back from time to time. It's not about your customers liking you - it's about achieving their business outcomes. Sometimes the answer is “I'm sorry, but we just can't do that”.You're not their buddy. You're not their therapist (ok, maybe you are). You're their partner. That's what being strategic means.Your Personal Roadmap to Becoming StrategicYou don't become a trusted advisor overnight. Just like your product has a roadmap, you need one too.Start here:* Pick one challenging question (e.g., “From 1–10, what are the chances you'd renew tomorrow?”).* Practice it. Use it with 3 clients this month.* Review responses with your team. What worked? What didn't?* Layer in more strategic techniques from there.And always bring a “golden nugget” to every call — a story, insight, feature, or piece of data that adds unexpected value.Final Thought: It's Not a Title — It's a MindsetBecoming a strategic CSM isn't about waiting for a promotion or new role. It's about how you show up right now.Ask better questions. Prepare deeper insights. Balance your customer's needs with your company's goals. And never forget: you are the differentiator.Let's make “strategic” the new standard.Here is the full video from CS Insider and feel free to ask me questions here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadhorenfeldt.substack.com

Gm! This week, Duncan and Matt join Yano to dive into Galaxy the day before their quarterly earnings drop. In this episode, Duncan and Matt dive into Galaxy's unique business model and how it's perfectly positioned for the AI, crypto and datacenter narratives and how this will propel GLXY stock, as we move into the future.  -- 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 Rittenhouse Research: https://x.com/RHouseResearch Follow Duncan: https://x.com/FloodCapital Follow Jason: https://x.com/JasonYanowitz Follow Empire: https://twitter.com/theempirepod -- Join the Empire Telegram: https://t.me/+CaCYvTOB4Eg1OWJh -- SKALE is the next evolution in Layer 1 blockchains with a gas-free invisible user experience, instant finality, high speed, and robust security. SKALE is built different as it allows for limitless scalability and has already saved its 50 Million users over $11 Billion in gas fees. SKALE is high-performance and cost-effective, making it ideal for compute-intensive applications like AI, gaming, and consumer-facing dApps. Learn more at https://skale.space and stay up to date with the gas-free invisible blockchain on X at @skalenetwork -- Katana is a DeFi-first chain built for deep liquidity and high yield. No empty emissions, just real yield and sequencer fees routed back to DeFi users. Pre-deposit now: Earn high APRs with Turtle Club [https://app.turtle.club/campaigns/katana] or spin the wheel with Katana Krates [https://app.katana.network/krates] -- Ledn is the leading platform for Bitcoin-backed loans, offering a secure and transparent way to unlock liquidity without selling your Bitcoin. Ledn has issued over $9 billion in loans since 2018 and has never lost a single satoshi of client assets, earning a reputation as the name you can trust in the crypto space.Visit https://www.ledn.io to learn more. -- Chapters: (02:32) Unpacking Galaxy (06:35) Bitcoin Mining (14:01) Crypto Business (16:02) Ads (Skale, Katana) (17:32) Galaxy's Products (24:43) Goldman Sachs' Valuation (31:58) Data Center Business (42:39) Ads (Skale, Katana) (44:10) Galaxy's Business Evolution (53:40) Economics Explored (01:01:06) Data Center Developments (01:13:05) Ads (LEDN) (01:14:06) Challenges (01:26:55) GLXY Stock Analysis — Disclaimer: Nothing said on Empire is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Santiago, Jason, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

Agenda: https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/1629

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In today's episode an $11,000 Leica goes missing from a UPS store, Sony working on a new triple-layer sensor, Adobe adds Image Upscale to their Photoshop software and R0DE is now offering direct connection between the RodeCaster Pro II and RodeCaster DUO models. You can find the show notes here. https://liamphotographypodcast.com/episodes/episode-465-leica-goes-missing-sonys-triple-layer-adobe-upscale

Agenda: https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/1614

Evgeny Gaevoy, founder and CEO of Wintermute, dismantles crypto's biggest conspiracy theories with brutal honesty. He explains why market manipulation claims are "flat earth theory level stupidity" and reveals how markets actually work.From price crash accusations to wash trading conspiracies, Evgeny addresses every major theory while sharing his journey from 1990s Russia to multi-billion dollar crypto empire and his ultimate dream: colonizing Mars.__________________________________PARTNERS

Josh Benaron is the Founder & CEO of Irys (https://irys.xyz), the world's first programmable Layer-1 datachain designed to integrate low-cost, scalable storage with high-performance, EVM-compatible execution via IrysVM. Backed by Lemniscap, Framework Ventures, and Primitive Ventures, Irys is revolutionizing onchain data infrastructure for AI, IP, and consumer applications. In this episode, Josh shares his journey from building Bundlr Network to launching Irys, overcoming challenges in transaction scalability on Arweave, and creating a network where data is not just stored but programmable—embedded with instructions to automate AI workflows, enforce ownership, and trigger smart contracts. He discusses Irys's innovative multi-ledger system, hybrid consensus model, and strategic partnerships, which enable composable utilities and cost-efficient data solutions. Josh also highlights Irys's testnet achievements, positioning Irys as the future of trust and scalability in decentralized ecosystems.

This week on TRM Talks, Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy, TRM Labs, sits down with Nikhil Raghuveera, CEO of Predicate, to talk about the future of compliance in decentralized finance — and why the next wave of policy innovation will be built directly into code.As DeFi matures and regulators sharpen their focus, projects are facing a new challenge: how to meet real-world policy and legal expectations without compromising decentralization. That conversation usually starts with the question — how do you regulate a world without intermediaries? The answer, as Ari and Nikhil explore, is technology.Through its recent partnership with TRM Labs, Predicate enables developers to enforce AML and sanctions safeguards in real time — at the smart contract level — using TRM's risk scoring and attribution. The goal isn't to rebuild the traditional financial system on-chain. It's to build new rails with market integrity, user privacy, and global risk in mind from day one.In this episode, Ari and Nikhil unpack:• Why “policy infrastructure” is critical to supporting both builders and regulators• How TRM and Predicate are powering programmable compliance for stablecoins, privacy protocols, and tokenized assets• What a decentralized transaction prerequisite system actually looks like in practice• The role of zero-knowledge proofs and verifiable risk tooling in preserving user privacy• And how ethical infrastructure can help unlock responsible DeFi growth at scaleThis isn't just a conversation about compliance — it's a blueprint for building trust into decentralized systems.

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Matthew Graham is the Managing Partner at Ryze Labs, a fund investing in blockchain innovators worldwide who are building Web3 applications to drive adoption and expand access to the next generation of the internet.  Why you should listen In this conversation, Matthew Graham, managing partner at Ryze Labs, discusses the intersection of AI and crypto, the investment thesis of Ryze Labs, and the potential of Web3.  He emphasizes the importance of stablecoins in the financial infrastructure, describing stablecoins as the “best product-market fit in crypto,” especially for emerging markets where hyperinflation undermines local currencies. The discussion also touches on the future of AI technologies and the challenges faced in the crypto space. Graham believes the future of crypto involves autonomous AI agents operating above Layer 1 protocols. These agents will transact on-chain, manage wallets, trade assets, and execute user commands—essentially acting as a user's “digital twin.” Ryze Labs invests in the builders of blockchain technology around the globe that are designing Web3 applications that will accelerate adoption and democratize access to the next generation of the internet. Ryze Labs has always supported projects founded by hard-working visionaries that work with cutting-edge technologies, located in the next Silicon Valley. Ryze Labs leverages emerging markets expertise as strategic investors for best-in-class web3 projects looking to expand their international presence into emerging markets with high-growth potential. Ryze has invested in some of the most successful web3 projects to date, including Solana, LayerZero, Polygon, and Wintermute. Supporting links Stabull Finance Ryze Labs SSV Network Andy on Twitter  Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Gm! This week, Charles Hoskinson joins Yano to dive into everything Cardano, weigh in on crypto's overall progress, how politics and crypto are playing out stateside, the impact of crypto treasury vehicles, the evolution of the 4 year cycle, his ranch life in Wyoming, his alien expedition adventures, the need for personal security now in crypto and why ADA remains a better investment than BTC. -- 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 Charles: https://x.com/IOHK_Charles Follow Jason: https://x.com/JasonYanowitz Follow Empire: https://twitter.com/theempirepod -- Join the Empire Telegram: https://t.me/+CaCYvTOB4Eg1OWJh -- SKALE is the next evolution in Layer 1 blockchains with a gas-free invisible user experience, instant finality, high speed, and robust security. SKALE is built different as it allows for limitless scalability and has already saved its 50 Million users over $11 Billion in gas fees. SKALE is high-performance and cost-effective, making it ideal for compute-intensive applications like AI, gaming, and consumer-facing dApps. Learn more at https://skale.space and stay up to date with the gas-free invisible blockchain on X at @skalenetwork -- Katana is a DeFi-first chain built for deep liquidity and high yield. No empty emissions, just real yield and sequencer fees routed back to DeFi users. Pre-deposit now: Earn high APRs with Turtle Club [https://app.turtle.club/campaigns/katana] or spin the wheel with Katana Krates [https://app.katana.network/krates] -- Mantle is building the financial infrastructure for a tokenised future—bridging traditional finance and on-chain innovation through six integrated product pillars: Mantle Network, mETH Protocol, Function BTC, and the upcoming launches of MantleX, Mantle Banking, and the Mantle Index Four (MI4) Fund. Anchored by one of the largest community-governed treasuries in the industry, valued at over $4 billion, Mantle is delivering institutional-grade products designed for global capital markets. Follow Mantle on X: https://x.com/Mantle_Official -- Ledn is the leading platform for Bitcoin-backed loans, offering a secure and transparent way to unlock liquidity without selling your Bitcoin. Ledn has issued over $9 billion in loans since 2018 and has never lost a single satoshi of client assets, earning a reputation as the name you can trust in the crypto space. Visit https://www.ledn.io to learn more. — Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:42 What's Charles Up To? 4:51 Crypto's Progress 8:55 Ads (Skale & Katana) 10:42 Charles' Building Principles 24:01 Ads (Skale & Katana) 25:48 Crypto & US Politics 36:14 Crypto Treasury Vehicles 43:24 Cardano Founder Story 51:08 Ranches & Helicopters 55:43 Ads (Mantle & LEDN) 57:35 Bison In Wyoming 59:02 Alien Research Expeditions 1:05:28 Mo Money Mo Problems 1:09:18 The 4 Year Cycle Has Evolved 1:13:59 Alternative Health Solutions 1:18:54 EUTXO.org 1:23:25 Who goes to Osaka? -- Disclaimer: Nothing said on Empire is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Santiago, Jason, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

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The latest price moves and insights with Solana Foundation President Lily Liu and Bullish Exchange President Chris Tyrer.To get the show every week, follow the podcast here.The Genius Act has ignited a new era for crypto, pushing stablecoins into the spotlight. CoinDesk's Jenn Sanasie sits down with Chris Tyrer, President of Bullish Exchange, and Lily Liu, President of the Solana Foundation to discuss how exchanges and Layer 1 ecosystems are rapidly adapting to this monumental shift. They offer insight from Bullish and Solana on this major milestone for the industry and chat through real-world use cases of stablecoins, from simplifying cross-border trade settlement to enabling a future where your crypto wallet is your financial portal.This content should not be construed or relied upon as investment advice. It is for entertainment and general information purposes.-This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The latest price moves and insights with Solana Foundation President Lily Liu and Bullish Exchange President Chris Tyrer.To get the show every week, follow the podcast here.The Genius Act has ignited a new era for crypto, pushing stablecoins into the spotlight. CoinDesk's Jenn Sanasie sits down with Chris Tyrer, President of Bullish Exchange, and Lily Liu, President of the Solana Foundation to discuss how exchanges and Layer 1 ecosystems are rapidly adapting to this monumental shift. They offer insight from Bullish and Solana on this major milestone for the industry and chat through real-world use cases of stablecoins, from simplifying cross-border trade settlement to enabling a future where your crypto wallet is your financial portal.This content should not be construed or relied upon as investment advice. It is for entertainment and general information purposes.-This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, we're joined by Ryan Watkins, founder of Syncracy Capital, to explore one of the most interesting developments in the crypto ecosystem: Hyperliquid. Ryan shares his in-depth investment thesis on why Hyperliquid, a fast-growing onchain exchange and emerging Layer 1, may have the potential to challenge the dominance of Solana and Ethereum.~~~~~

Bitcoin market insights, Treasury trends, stablecoin regulation, and bold predictions for Bitcoin's future. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 03:21 - How global liquidity and leverage affect Bitcoin's market performance 08:56 - The evolving role and risks of Bitcoin Treasury companies 17:26 - Why stablecoin regulations are reshaping digital finance 18:35 - What the Genius Act means for bank and non-bank stablecoin issuers 21:03 - How Tether and JPM are responding with gold tokens and Layer 2 solutions 24:50 - Why the Base network's centralization raises concerns 27:45 - Differing views on the US dollar's future amid AI-driven economic shifts 35:30 - Long-term predictions for Bitcoin and gold prices 40:33 - The strategic role of Bitcoin options trades 48:06 - Legal strategies for enforcing advertising contract disputes Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Related Episode: ⁠Bitcoin Mastermind 1st Quarter 2025⁠. Related Episode: ⁠⁠Bitcoin Mastermind 4th Quarter 2024⁠⁠. American Hodl on ⁠Nostr⁠. Jeff Ross on ⁠Nostr⁠. Joe Carlasare on  ⁠X (Twitter)⁠, ⁠Nostr⁠. Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes ⁠here⁠. Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our ⁠Premium Feed⁠. NEW TO THE SHOW? Join the exclusive ⁠TIP Mastermind Community⁠ to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, Kyle, and the other community members. Follow our official social media accounts: ⁠X (Twitter)⁠ | ⁠LinkedIn⁠ | | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠Facebook⁠ | ⁠TikTok⁠. Check out our ⁠Bitcoin Fundamentals Starter Packs⁠. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) ⁠here⁠. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: ⁠TIP Finance Tool⁠. Enjoy exclusive perks from our ⁠favorite Apps and Services⁠. Get smarter about valuing businesses in just a few minutes each week through our newsletter, ⁠The Intrinsic Value Newsletter⁠. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the ⁠best business podcasts⁠. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our ⁠sponsors⁠: SimpleMining Hardblock AnchorWatch Onramp Human Rights Foundation Unchained Intuit Shopify Vanta reMarkable Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

In this episode, Juanique and Dr. Rodgers unpack Step 7 in the Order of Healing—sex hormones—and explain why they should never be the starting point in your healing journey. If you've been struggling with low libido, weight gain, poor sleep, mood swings, or brain fog, this conversation helps you understand why those symptoms are often rooted in deeper dysfunction.They walk through how mindset, gut health, liver function, adrenals, thyroid, and mitochondrial energy all impact your hormone balance. Juanique also shares new insights about breast implant illness and its connection to thyroid dysfunction, and they both emphasize how dangerous it is to treat hormones in isolation.Timestamps:02:30 – Gutsy Health Academy update: last live cohort launching in August07:00 – Why sex hormones are the last stop in the healing process09:00 – The cortisol-steal and how chronic stress robs your sex hormones10:30 – Sleep and hormone production: the toxic feedback loop13:30 – SIRS and its impact on mitochondrial energy and hormone production16:10 – Gut health, estrogen metabolism, and why dysbiosis messes with everything20:00 – Why bioidentical hormone therapy works for some—and fails for others24:30 – DIM, liver detox, and estrogen clearance explained28:00 – Adrenals, thyroid, and sex hormones: the hormone trifecta34:00 – Breast implant illness and a new theory about thyroid dysfunction39:00 – Hormones and relationship health: it's not just about libido44:00 – Juanique's personal story: supporting her dad's recovery with testosterone47:00 – Preview of next episode: hormone types, detox, lifestyle tips, and pellet therapyWhat You'll Learn:Why sex hormone issues usually start with deeper dysfunction upstreamHow stress and cortisol disrupt sex hormone productionThe role of the gut and liver in estrogen metabolismHow mitochondrial energy impacts your ability to produce hormonesWhy hormone replacement often fails without whole-body supportThe possible connection between breast implant illness and thyroid dysfunctionHow to safely and effectively explore bioidentical hormone therapyThe difference between symptom treatment and true hormonal balanceQuotes:“Hormones are the sprinkles on top of life—but if the cake underneath is collapsing, the sprinkles won't help.”“If your hormones are out of balance, it's not about throwing more in—it's about asking why they're out of balance in the first place.”“Breast implants might be the toxin that's pushing your thyroid over the edge.”Resources & Mentions:Gutsy Health Academy Enrollment (opens August 1st)Call Provo Health to book with Dr. Rodgers: 801-691-1765Want a second opinion on your labs or hormones? Virtual consults availableBook mentioned: DIM for Estrogen Balance Previous episodes: Thyroid Part 1 & 2, Adrenals, Mitochondria, Gut Health (listen for full Order of Healing series)Next Episode Tease:Next week, Juanique and Dr. Rodgers go deep into Hormones 101: estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, LH, FSH, and how to support them through bioidentical therapy, lifestyle changes, and targeted supplementation.Send us a text

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Gm! This week, Rebecca Rettig and Alexander Grieve join Jason to unpack the successful crypto week and the 3 pieces of legislation that have passed and will now impact the way stablecoins and crypto move forward in the US 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 Alex: https://x.com/AlexanderGrieve Follow Rebecca: https://x.com/RebeccaRettig1 Follow Jason: https://x.com/JasonYanowitz Follow Empire: https://twitter.com/theempirepod -- Join the Empire Telegram: https://t.me/+CaCYvTOB4Eg1OWJh -- SKALE is the next evolution in Layer 1 blockchains with a gas-free invisible user experience, instant finality, high speed, and robust security. SKALE is built different as it allows for limitless scalability and has already saved its 50 Million users over $11 Billion in gas fees. SKALE is high-performance and cost-effective, making it ideal for compute-intensive applications like AI, gaming, and consumer-facing dApps. Learn more at https://skale.space and stay up to date with the gas-free invisible blockchain on X at @skalenetwork -- Katana is a DeFi-first chain built for deep liquidity and high yield. No empty emissions, just real yield and sequencer fees routed back to DeFi users. Pre-deposit now: Earn high APRs with Turtle Club [https://app.turtle.club/campaigns/katana] or spin the wheel with Katana Krates [https://app.katana.network/krates] -- Mantle is building the financial infrastructure for a tokenised future—bridging traditional finance and on-chain innovation through six integrated product pillars: Mantle Network, mETH Protocol, Function BTC, and the upcoming launches of MantleX, Mantle Banking, and the Mantle Index Four (MI4) Fund. Anchored by one of the largest community-governed treasuries in the industry, valued at over $4 billion, Mantle is delivering institutional-grade products designed for global capital markets.Follow Mantle on X: https://x.com/Mantle_Official -- Zenrock is a permissionless, decentralized custody network backed by 1RoundTable Partners, 10T, Maven11, and Spartan. Live on Jupiter, $ROCK is the native token for transactions within the Zenrock ecosystem and secures Zenrock's decentralized custody network.The first application launching on Zenrock is zenBTC – yield-bearing Bitcoin on Solana. zenBTC is now live. -- Ledn is the leading platform for Bitcoin-backed loans, offering a secure and transparent way to unlock liquidity without selling your Bitcoin. Ledn has issued over $9 billion in loans since 2018 and has never lost a single satoshi of client assets, earning a reputation as the name you can trust in the crypto space.Visit https://www.ledn.io to learn more. — Chapters: (01:55) Crypto Week Breakdown (06:04) GENIUS Act (26:04) Ads (Skale, Katana) (27:51) CLARITY Act (38:31) CLARITY Act + ICOs (42:42) Ads (Skale, Katana) (44:29) CLARITY Act + DeFi (55:11) Ads (Mantle, Zenrock, ,LEDN) (57:41) ANTI-CBDC Act (01:01:13) Impacts Of These Bills (01:04:21) Biggest Debates On Bills — Disclaimer: Nothing said on Empire is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Santiago, Jason, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

I sat down with Nico Lechuga from Ego Death Capital on The Wolf Of All Streets to learn how his dream‑team fund is betting big on companies that actually earn and spend Bitcoin. Nico walks me through the wins, misses, and tough questions around Bitcoin payments, stablecoins, and those hyped “treasury” stocks – all in plain English. By the end, you'll see why he thinks the next wave of Bitcoin businesses could outgrow simply stacking sats. Nico Lechuga: https://x.com/nico_lechuga This episode is brought to you by Binance, the world's #1 crypto exchange, trusted by over 270M users worldwide. Start your crypto journey with Binance:

Praveen discusses the user experience of setting up a Bitcoin wallet, emphasizing the need for improved onboarding for new users. He explains the flow for both hardware and hot wallets, highlighting the importance of personal responsibility in Bitcoin custody. The discussion also covers the concept of graduated wallets, the role of layer 2 solutions, and the ongoing debate about filters and mining centralization. Praveen shares his vision for Cove wallet, including future features and the importance of catering to users who prioritize self-sovereignty in their Bitcoin journey.Takeaways

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Edge of Show, your gateway to the Web3 revolution! In this episode, we are live at Bitcoin Las Vegas, where we dive deep into the world of blockchain, cryptocurrency, and the latest innovations in the digital space.Sheldon Hunt (Sundial Protocol) – Cardano-style Layer 2 that brings smart-contract speed and low fees to Bitcoin.Ben Kurland (DYOR & DSX) – Free research dashboard plus a one-click Telegram trading bot.Ekrem Bal (Citrea zk-Rollup) – First trust-minimized ZK rollup and BitVM bridge, compressing BTC transactions 10×.They cover:Why Cardano developers are migrating to BitcoinInstitutional yield routes and on-chain gaming potentialReal-time pricing data without paywallsHow BitVM + zero-knowledge proofs unlock scalable, programmable BTCWhether you're a crypto enthusiast, developer, or just curious about the future of finance, this episode is packed with valuable insights and exciting developments in the blockchain space.Support us through our Sponsors! ☕

On this episode of Stinchfield, we expose the bloated, inefficient, and utterly broken bureaucracy known as the U.S. State Department — where 3,000 employees are now out of a job, and not a single American life is worse off because of it. That’s not just a statistic — it’s a wake-up call. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading the charge in the most liberal agency in American government to return power back to the people. The America First movement is slamming the brakes on Washington’s culture of waste, abuse, and unaccountability. Wait til you hear the inefficiencies uncovered by the Trump administration. Dozens of HR offices Fax Machine Use for Hiring 50 Layer approval Process Climate Change and Afghan Resettlement Offices 60 Offices handling State Dept. Payouts So much more. For too long, the State Department has acted like a globalist slush fund — funding programs overseas that no one voted for, negotiating deals that sell out American interests, and hiring career bureaucrats who wouldn’t last a day in the real world. Downsizing the deep state isn’t radical — it’s necessary. And 3,000 pink slips is just the beginning. Tune in as we break down how a leaner, meaner State Department puts America First — and how Rubio, Trump, and patriots like YOU can help drain the swamp once and for all. The purge has started. Are you ready to finish the job? Go to http://freegoldguide.com/grant or call 800 458 7356 for your free Colonial Metals Group retirement protection kit – created specifically for our listeners where you can get up to $7500 in free Silver. www.EnergizedHealth.com/Grant www.PatriotMobile.com/Grantwww.Get20Now.comTWC.Health/Grant Use "Grant" for 10% Off See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How can one comp plan mistake sabotage your sales team before they even start?  That's the challenge facing Adam and Laura from the Rossen Law Firm in Florida. After attending one of our Dallas workshops, they made the bold decision to transition to a non-attorney sales team. Six weeks later, they're all in on the strategy but hitting a wall on one critical issue: compensation structure. The problem? Like most law firms making this transition, they're stuck in the traditional legal mindset when it comes to paying salespeople. They can't pay direct commissions because of fee-splitting regulations, but they're struggling to create a compensation plan that motivates high performance. If you're nodding your head right now, you're not alone. This is the No. 1 stumbling block I see when law firms try to build professional sales teams, and it's costing them their best talent before they even get started. The Legal Industry's Compensation Conundrum Most law firms approach sales compensation like they're hiring another paralegal instead of recognizing they're building a revenue-generating machine. The traditional legal industry operates on billable hours, retainers, and partnership tracks. But sales? Sales is about results, motivation, and creating an environment where top performers want to stay and mediocre performers either level up or leave. When you try to force a square peg (sales compensation) into a round hole (traditional legal compensation), you get exactly what Adam and Laura discovered: confusion, frustration, and the risk of incentivizing the wrong behaviors. Why Fee-Splitting Regulations Actually Work in Your Favor Before you start cursing the legal profession's restrictions on fee-splitting, let me share something that might surprise you: This limitation can force you to build a better compensation structure than most sales organizations. Here's why: Instead of lazy commission-based thinking, you're forced to get creative with performance bonuses tied to specific outcomes. This means you can build a compensation plan that rewards the behaviors you actually want, not just the easy stuff. The key is shifting from a commission mindset to a performance bonus mindset. This isn't just semantic; it's a fundamental change in how you think about motivating your sales team. This approach requires strong leadership fundamentals, which is why understanding how to create a sales accountability culture becomes critical to your success. The Three-Layer Compensation Framework That Actually Works When I work with law firms on this challenge, I recommend a three-layer approach that satisfies legal requirements while creating real motivation: Layer 1: Competitive Base Salary This is your foundation. Pay a competitive salary that attracts superstar talent. Why? Because when you pay superstar wages, you can hold people accountable for superstar performance without them saying "you're not incentivizing me for that." If most of your comp is salary, you can explain expectations clearly and apply leadership, motivation, and inspiration to get people to do the hard things without getting paid extra for everything. Layer 2: Individual Performance Bonuses (Monthly) Focus on activity-based goals that drive results: Follow-up completion rates Number of qualified calls taken Conversion rates from initial contact to consultation Client onboarding task completion These should be measured monthly because salespeople need tighter timelines to stay motivated. The fundamentals of effective follow-up and systematic prospecting become crucial here. This is where mastering fanatical prospecting principles makes the difference between good and great performance. Layer 3: Team and Firm-Level Bonuses (Quarterly/Annual) This is where you create real ownership mentality: Quarterly team goals: Total new clients signed above baseline Annual firm goals: Overall revenue growth and profitability targets