Podcasts about Solana

In hour four, info on pints of beer in the USA vs the UK. Crowder has ONE request for Fathers Day. Plus, Solana questions if the Dolphins should be interested in Brendan Sorsby.

In hour one, Messi magic takes over the World Cup last night. Will there be panic if Giannis isn't moved before the Heat pick 13th overall next week? Plus, Zach Gelb joins the show to taunt Solana after the Knicks clinch the title.

A hatty for Messi last night! Zach Gelb finally gets to give Solana the business after the Knicks title. Coach Larrañaga recaps the NBA Finals. Hoch makes radio history.

National radio host and New York City resident Zach Gelb doesn't let Solana off the hook for his Knicks hate following the Knicks beating the Spurs in 5.

Craig says Bitcoin did exactly what he expected, breaking below the critical $74,000 support level and quickly falling through $65,000. He believes both the weekly and monthly charts now confirm a downtrend, with lower highs and lower lows pointing toward the possibility of further downside before a true bottom is established. While he's not trying to predict the exact low, Craig says he'd become an aggressive buyer in the $50,000–$55,000 range and would be even more interested if Bitcoin fell into the mid-$40,000s.Despite the bearish outlook, Craig believes Bitcoin is becoming stretched to the downside and could see a relief rally back toward $65,000 in the near term. He also highlights similar bearish structures across Ethereum, Cardano, Solana, and Bitcoin Cash, noting that Cardano produced one of the cleanest short setups of the week. His message remains consistent: follow the trend, manage risk, and focus on high-probability setups rather than trying to pick tops and bottoms.Check Craig out at:Market Intern: https://marketintern.com/The Grow Me Co: https://www.thegrowmeco.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In hour one, Solana details his experience at yesterday's World Cup game in Miami. Should the Fins be interested in Sorsby? Plan B if the Heat don't get Giannis. Plus, Chris Wittyngham discusses the encouraging USA victory.

World Cup update with Solana after he attended the first game in Miami and Witty on the USA win. Hoch and Crowder want Trae Young in a Heat uniform. Hoch delivers one his most controversial food takes ever. One food experience tourists MUST enjoy while visiting for the World Cup.

The Emblem Show is hosted on Twitter Spaces and livestreamed across YouTube/X on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:00PM EST. The show focuses on news and events in the cryptocurrency industry, as well as inviting guests on from all sectors across DeFi, NFTs, AI, and interoperability.Adam McBride: https://twitter.com/adamamcbrideJake Gallen: https://twitter.com/jakegallen_Chris Devitte: https://twitter.com/chris_devvEmblem Vault: https://twitter.com/EmblemVaultMigrate Fun: https://x.com/MigrateFun

Crypto natives are starting to warm up to SPCX trading, achieving the most active day of trading following the IPO on June 12. With SpaceX behaving like a meme stock is the top meme chain (Solana) about to skyrocket? 00:10 SPCX meme stock 01:20 The best is yet to come (The Fall) 01:40 Too Late Coinbase 02:00 Coinbase vs DeFi 02:45 Jupiter beat Coinbase 03:30 Hype dominance vs Solana 03:50 Spot volume king 04:00 Sunrise 04:40 Solana dominates SPCX and stock holders 05:00 Ranking vs other stocks after just 3 days 05:15 IPO Season 05:30 Nine Months of Red 06:00 RSI worse than FTX 06:20 Sticky New vs Returning users 06:50 Sticky A.I. Agents 07:15 Solana Disinflation & Burn Coming!? 08:10 CLARITY - don't buy until clarity passes #Solana #spacex #Crypto ~SpaceX Boosting $SOL!?

David Liebowitz talks about updated on the Clarity Act legislative process and headwinds to monitor for the legislation. He discusses why Solana could benefit from the Clarity Act and crypto trends and flows to monitor as the Trump administration ramps up adoption efforts.======== Schwab Network ========Empowering every investor and trader, every market day.Subscribe to the Market Minute newsletter - https://schwabnetwork.com/subscribeDownload the iOS app - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/schwab-network/id1460719185Download the Amazon Fire Tv App - https://www.amazon.com/TD-Ameritrade-Network/dp/B07KRD76C7Watch on Sling - https://watch.sling.com/1/asset/191928615bd8d47686f94682aefaa007/watchWatch on Vizio - https://www.vizio.com/en/watchfreeplus-exploreWatch on DistroTV - https://www.distro.tv/live/schwab-network/Follow us on X – https://twitter.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/schwab-network/About Schwab Network - https://schwabnetwork.com/about

Lili Hellriegel is head of enterprise solutions at Cherry Servers, a Lithuania-based bare metal cloud provider that pitches itself as a sovereign, Web3-friendly alternative to the US hyperscalers. Before joining Cherry, Lili was head of infrastructure at staking firm Blockdaemon, where she built out data center partnerships, network architecture and the server specs behind validation workloads — work that left her unusually fluent in what crypto teams actually need from their infrastructure. Why you should listen The pitch for European infrastructure has rarely been louder, and Lili makes the case with the confidence of someone who has lived on both sides of it. Every major hyperscaler — AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, even Oracle — is a US company, and for a growing cohort of Web3 teams that is no longer a neutral fact. Cherry Servers sits under European jurisdiction, runs its own facility in Lithuania, and operates data centers across Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, Chicago, Singapore and a newly opened site in Tokyo. Some of Cherry's customers come for hard compliance reasons; others, Lili says, come for ideological ones, wanting the chains they help secure to live beyond the reach of any single government. The conversation lands at a moment when data sovereignty and distrust of concentrated American cloud power have moved from fringe concern to boardroom agenda. The sharper argument is about economics, and here Lili thinks the industry is approaching an inflection point. She describes a shift from "cloud-first" to "workload-first" thinking: instead of defaulting to a hyperscaler and accepting whatever T-shirt-sized instance you're sold, teams running archival nodes, validators or other niche workloads are discovering they pay more and perform worse than they would on dedicated hardware tuned to the job. Cherry's answer is granular customization — choose your disks, your storage, your RAM, and pay only for what the workload demands — backed by account managers who architect the build rather than just sell a box, with human support that answers in well under a minute. For staking-heavy customers, the model is almost self-funding: a large share pay in crypto, drawing on staking rewards to cover their infrastructure across some thirty different chains. Her forecast for the next eighteen to twenty-four months is the part worth sitting with. Lili argues the era of free cloud credits is ending — she doubts AWS will keep handing startups six-figure credit grants for signing up to an accelerator — and that founders, newly disciplined about runway, will increasingly treat optimized bare metal as a way to extend it. In the closing hot-take round she plants her flag as a multi-chain "Solana maxi," names Bitcoin as the enduring store of value while backing the smaller chains' upside, and offers a builder's creed: the market ultimately rewards people who make useful things on-chain, not those treating tokens purely as speculation — which, she adds, is also why she thinks people should run nodes with smaller providers. The desert-island sci-fi pick, naturally, is Star Wars. https://www.cherryservers.com/

Gm! In this episode, we're joined by Anas Khader, Founder of Flash Trade, to discuss the protocol's journey from building alongside Mango Markets to launching a Solana-native perpetuals exchange. We cover Flash Trade's pool-to-peer liquidity model, expansion into equities, commodities, and forex perps, its new Magic Block-powered execution engine, security and oracle design, the future of 24/7 markets, and how Solana's evolving infrastructure is shaping the next generation of onchain trading. Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://x.com/Lightspeedpodhq Follow Flash Trade: https://x.com/FlashTrade Follow Anas: https://x.com/allinbitcoin_ Follow Danny: https://x.com/defi_kay_ Join the Lightspeed Telegram: ⁠https://t.me/+QHlbNTNS4gc1ZTVh -- Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ -- Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (1:18) Flash Trade Origin Story (6:23) Pool-To-Peer Perps (11:22) New Asset Markets (16:46) Magic Block Design (26:08) Competing In Perps (32:08) Oracle And Security Risks (39:15) Next Perps Frontier (42:49) Solana's Growth Path (48:04) Solana UX Improvements (51:07) Try Flash V2 (52:13) Closing Comments -- Disclaimers: Lightspeed was kickstarted by a grant from the Solana Foundation. Nothing said on Lightspeed 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. Danny, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

In hour three, Hoch and Crowder discover Jimmy and Appel haven't seen Rocky II, Jimmy teases a Belgian goal song, and debate Arch Manning's future at Texas. Solana checks in from Miami Stadium, and they discuss the longest championship droughts.

Hoch, Crowder, and Appel break down the Knicks becoming NBA Champions, and the Spurs' collapse in Game 5. Solana gives a vibe update from Miami Stadium (Hard Rock Stadium) ahead of Saudi Arabia vs. Uruguay. Plus, Ira Winderman and Stephen Strom join the program.

 EPISODE DESCRIPTION In this episode, I sit down with Prakash Kamraj, co-founder of DeCharge Network, to explore one of the most overlooked intersections of Web3 and the physical world: EV charging infrastructure. Prakash walks me through how DeCharge is building an Airbnb-style model for EV chargers, where anyone , from a business owner to a crypto community member , can host a charging station and earn passive income from it. We dig into why the B2B market is the real engine of EV growth, how DeCharge keeps the user experience dead simple with a scan-and-pay web app, and why autonomous charging powered by crypto payment rails could be the next massive wave. We also get into the surprising EV adoption stories across India, China, Southeast Asia, Ethiopia, and beyond. Whether you're an EV owner frustrated by fragmented charging apps, a crypto builder looking for real-world use cases, or an investor trying to spot where energy infrastructure is heading, this conversation is packed with sharp thinking and hard-won lessons from the ground up. DISCLAIMERNothing mentioned in this podcast is investment advice and please do your own research. It would mean a lot if you can leave a review of this podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share this podcast with a friend. Be a guest on the podcast or contact us - https://www.web3pod.xyz/ CONNECT DeCharge Website: https://www.decharge.ioScout App: https://scout.decharge.ioTwitter/X:https://x.com/DeChargeTelegram: https://t.me/dechargecommunityWeb3 with Sam Kamani: https://www.web3pod.xyz KEY POINTS WITH TIMESTAMPS • [00:01] Sam introduces Prakash Kamraj and DeCharge Network, framing it as an Airbnb for EV chargers• [01:09] Prakash shares his background , from medical field to engineering, health tech startups, and catching the crypto bug in 2017• [03:36] How deep involvement in the early Solana ecosystem in India shaped Prakash's builder mindset• [05:33] The core problem: not enough EV charging infrastructure globally, with one charger for every 80 vehicles on average• [06:33] Sam shares firsthand observations from Guangzhou , nearly 100% EV adoption on the streets• [09:25] The personal range anxiety story that validated the problem , getting stuck at 9% battery in Denver in winter• [10:30] Why copy-pasting the Helium model doesn't work and why a more nuanced distributed model was needed• [11:00] DeCharge's three-pillar model: community-owned slow chargers, fast charger funding pools, and a software network incentive for charge point operators• [14:15] How the business model works , revenue share with hosts, transparent dashboards, and community-funded infra• [17:01] The user experience: scan a QR code, pay as you go, no app download required• [19:31] Why DeCharge integrates with default local payment apps (UPI, Promptpay, Stripe) instead of forcing new behavior• [23:16] Why India isn't lagging , 70% of EV usage is commercial, driven by food delivery riders and ride-sharing fleets• [25:40] Southeast Asia generates 80% of DeCharge's current network revenue• [27:21] Biggest challenges: avoiding R&D rabbit holes, sticking to first principles, and iterating fast across hardware and software• [29:05] Funding journey: seed round led by Lemniscap, first Asian startup in Colosseum's hackathon ecosystem• [32:06] Contrarian view: autonomous EV charging powered by crypto payment rails is the next major wave• [33:30] Energy is the truest form of currency , especially as AI data centers drive massive power demand• [35:14] The ask: charge point operator partnerships, community members, and VC conversations welcome• [39:19] The Scout app , a community-curated tool to map charger density and identify demand hotspots at scout.decharge.io

In hour two, a rule change FIFA implemented this World Cup everyone loves. Did expectations change for the USA last night? Former MLS pro and soccer analyst Jamie Watson recaps the dominant performance from the USA. Plus, Solana's bold takes for the tourney.

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In hour three, Solana delivers a pitch to Hoch and Crowder to adopt Uruguay this World Cup. A texter tries to expose us but it backfires. Learning about haboobs. Plus, Canada gives us some life.

In this episode, Austin chats with Mert about why privacy is becoming essential for crypto and on-chain finance. They discuss how ZK-based privacy works via shielded pools, commitments, proofs, and nullifiers, contrasting it with Monero's probabilistic obfuscation. Mert explains Zcash's renewed adoption through improved usability, macro and regulatory shifts, and fairer historical distribution. He argues privacy layers fail when they lack tangible benefits, and outlines a new fully on-chain, composable, atomic privacy protocol for Solana built with Light Protocol's compression approach, including permissionless and enterprise “zones” with configurable compliance features and reduced MEV via encrypted swaps.  00:00 - Why Privacy Matters  03:05 - Zcash And ZK Origins  06:26 - How Shielded Pools Work  09:56 - Why Zcash Broke Out  15:52 - Why Privacy Layers Fail  19:47 - Solana Privacy Protocol  22:57 - Composability Breakthrough  25:51 - Go-To-Market Plan  30:50 - Compliance And Zones  32:40 - Onchain Versus Off Chain  34:58 - Zcash And Solana's Future  40:29 - Bitcoin Privacy And Quantum  43:48 - Closing And Where To Find Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Crypto News: Jim Cramer continues being bearish on Bitcoin. BlackRock and Fidelity are quietly turning bitcoin ETFs into a two-firm market. Mastercard has launched a payment system designed for AI agents to transact autonomously, with Coinbase, Ripple ,Solana and polygon among 30+ partners already signed on.Brought to you by

Hour 4 opens with reaction to the Spurs' epic collapse in the NBA Finals and questions about how San Antonio will respond after one of the most devastating losses in league history, as the guys compare it to other infamous collapses and discuss how fan bases and franchises recover from moments like this. The conversation shifts to the Knicks' historic comeback and their push toward a long-awaited championship, before turning to the Dolphins and growing frustration among fans as the team's playoff win drought stretches beyond 25 years, sparking debate about whether Miami can ever truly break through and how long-term rebuilds in sports actually work. The hour also touches on community and off-field stories, including scams targeting older fans and a promotion for a Baptist Health event featuring Alonzo Mourning, before closing with Alex Solana joining to preview the World Cup, breaking down Portugal's chances, questioning Cristiano Ronaldo's current form, and analyzing favorites like Spain and France while discussing the U.S. national team, Italy's decline, FIFA's business tactics, and the global excitement building for the tournament—especially in South Florida.

Alex Solana joins the show to preview the upcoming World Cup and break down the biggest storylines heading into the tournament. He discusses Portugal's chances on the global stage and weighs in on whether Cristiano Ronaldo is still capable of carrying a top-tier national team at this stage of his career. The conversation also focuses on the tournament favorites, with Spain and France viewed as the clear frontrunners, while England's ongoing international struggles and long title drought are also examined. Solana and the guys debate where the U.S. national team stands compared to the world's elite, why Italy has fallen out of the picture after missing back-to-back World Cups, and how FIFA continues to maximize revenue around the event. He also promotes his World Cup show Summer of Soccer with Solana, while highlighting the global excitement and cultural energy building around the tournament, especially in South Florida.

In this episode, Jeff sits down with Jessica, a sales manager at Classica Homes, at the Napa model in Stevens Farm, Huntersville. They talk about what sets Classica apart as a locally owned, design-based builder: a custom-home experience and quality without the typical custom-home drama or cost. With 850 homes built to date but only around 40 a year, the small team gives each home and each buyer a level of care, customization, and attention that's hard to find. Jessica also shares the leadership update with Brian Hall now at the helm as owner and CEO, continuing the company's original principles since 2010.The conversation covers Classica's newest community, Davidson Retreat — six one-acre home sites just seven minutes from Davidson College, with the first home (the ~4,400 sq ft Solana plan) completing in May. Jessica breaks down the Build on Your Lot program (with $150,000 toward site development already built into the starting price), fixed-price contracts, a fast 7–8 month build time, and elevated ranch-style options like the Santa Fe Ranch. She also highlights projects across Greater Charlotte — Belmont, Lake Wylie waterfront, Plaza Midwood, Piper Glen, and the Weddington/Waxhaw area — plus why Classica values its real estate broker partnerships. Learn more at classicahomes.com.Meet the co-founder of Classica Homes, Bill Saint, in episode 260!The Best of LKNhttps://thebestoflkn.com/Hosted by:Jeff Hammhttps://lknreal.com/Support the show

Cam Darlington is Global Strategy Expert at Mitrade, the Australian-founded CFD trading platform regulated by ASIC in Australia and CySEC in Europe, offering forex, commodities, indices, shares, and crypto from a single account. A Nova Scotia native based in Hong Kong for the past eight years, Cam brings a dual perspective: a traditional finance background working with brokers expanding across Asia, and recent experience as co-founder and COO of easy.fun, a social trading app built on Solana and Hyperliquid. Why you should listen Cam has a name for the phenomenon most people inside traditional brokerages never see from the trenches: the convergence. TradFi and crypto are collapsing into a single market structure, and the pivot point, he argues, is Washington. With the CLARITY Act working through the Senate and President Trump signing the Integrating Financial Technology Innovation into Regulatory Frameworks executive order in May, digital asset brokers are being ushered toward the core plumbing of the US financial system, including direct access to Federal Reserve payment rails. Add growing regulatory comfort with tokenized stocks trading at parity with their underlying assets, and the discount problem that dogged early real-world-asset experiments like Robinhood's tokenized equities starts to disappear. Tokenized RWAs, Cam says, just became viable. The second-order effects are reshaping market infrastructure itself. When a broker like Robinhood can mint tokenized stocks on its own proprietary chain and handle execution and settlement in-house, it stops feeding liquidity to the public exchanges. Cam frames the exchange's recent moves, including its tokenization partnership with Kraken built on the xStocks framework, as a defensive response to exactly this threat. He speaks from experience here: his team at easy.fun integrated the xStocks API and saw firsthand how thin liquidity gets once you trade beyond Nvidia, Apple, and Tesla. Cam says players most at risk are the centralized crypto exchanges, squeezed between newly crypto-enabled traditional brokerages on one side and purpose-built DeFi venues like Hyperliquid on the other. For traders, Cam's message is about survival. The first year determines whether someone becomes a trader or a statistic, and he is scathing about platforms offering 1,000x leverage to beginners, which he likens to handing a brand-new driver a Ferrari and pointing at the motorway. He makes the case for starting on a regulated platform with guardrails, modest leverage, built-in TradingView charting, and daily strategy feeds, which is precisely the gap Mitrade aims to fill as a companion to a traditional brokerage account.  Supporting links Stabull Finance Mitrade Sign up to Mitrade 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! In today's episode, we discuss Solana's value accrual challenges, including proposed tokenomics changes, fee burn mechanisms, inflation reduction, and network upgrade timelines. We also examine the release of Anthropic's Claude Fable model and its implications for software development, cybersecurity, and crypto, before exploring DeFi security risks, protocol valuations, and Michael Saylor's influence on Bitcoin markets.Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://x.com/Lightspeedpodhq Follow Ian: https://x.com/Ian_Unsworth Follow Toma: https://x.com/toma_adv⁠ Follow Carlos: https://x.com/0xcarlosg Follow Danny: https://x.com/defi_kay_ Join the Lightspeed Telegram: ⁠https://t.me/+QHlbNTNS4gc1ZTVh -- Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ -- Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (4:19) Claude Fable Hits Crypto (12:38) Is DeFi Still Safe? (18:59) Valuing Hackable Protocols (22:19) Saylor Shakes Bitcoin (30:06) Bitcoin vs Fundamentals (34:14) Solana Value Accrual (40:21) Can Solana Charge Rent? (46:13) Burn vs Issuance (51:32) Solana's Upgrade Bottleneck (55:57) Closing Comments -- Disclaimers: Lightspeed was kickstarted by a grant from the Solana Foundation. Nothing said on Lightspeed 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. Danny, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

In this episode of the Crypto Rundown, Tevo and Brendan break down the historic SpaceX IPO, which could become the largest public market debut ever and potentially push Elon Musk toward trillionaire status. They discuss the excitement around SpaceX, Starlink, XAI, and the future of space business, while also warning that the IPO's massive valuation, retail demand, and insider unlocks could create volatility after launch. The conversation then shifts to inflation data, Fed expectations, and why hotter CPI/PPI numbers may delay rate cuts and pressure risk assets like crypto. They close with Bitcoin technical analysis, Saylor's shifting tone, Ethereum criticism, Novogratz's cautious outlook, and why Hyperliquid continues to stand out despite broader market weakness.Check Out Scribe: Scribe.how/CRYPTO101Check Out Webroot: https://www.webroot.com/crypto101Check out Quince: https://quince.com/CRYPTO101Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.comGet my #1 altcoin pick for this month.Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio for just $1.00 today! Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution" and start making big profits from buying, selling,Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio.. just $1.00 today! Go here to get access: https://www.crypto101insider.com/cryptnation-directm6pypcy1?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution: Your Guide To The Future of Money". In this book, I reveal how to make (and keep) a fortune during this crypto bull run! http://www.cryptorevolution.com/free?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Chapters00:09 - Kash Dhanda joins the Crypto 101 Podcast02:20 - Jupiter's vision as a DeFi super app03:35 - DEX aggregator vs decentralized exchange explained05:05 - Why Jupiter finds better liquidity for traders07:15 - Jupiter Lend, Bitwise, and Ethena partnership10:45 - How Jupiter's lending product works15:10 - Earning yield with stablecoins and Solana18:05 - DeFi security and lending risk management25:30 - Offerbook and peer-to-peer lending innovation31:15 - Solana payments, lending, and tokenized equitiesSubscribe to YouTube for Exclusive Content:https://www.youtube.com/@crypto101podcast?sub_confirmation=1Follow us on social media for leading-edge crypto updates and trade alerts:https://twitter.com/Crypto101Podhttps://instagram.com/crypto_101Guest Linkshttps://x.com/JupiterExchange?lang=en*This is NOT financial, tax, or legal advice*Boardwalk Flock LLC. All Rights Reserved  ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofrCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZAROMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com* Check out NPR: https://npr.org* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code Scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.com/Crypto101* Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com* Check out Webroot and use my code webroot.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.webroot.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode of Money Moves, we unpack a volatile week in the markets driven by escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and rising oil prices. With the OECD slashing its global growth forecast due to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz , inflation and upcoming CPI data remain the primary catalysts for stock market movement. We explore the probability of a market correction versus continued runway, analyzing how the AI boom and the upcoming SpaceX IPO are impacting tech sector rotations. The crypto market is also facing serious headwinds, testing critical support levels as Bitcoin dips below $60,000. We discuss the fallout of Michael Saylor's unexpected decision to sell Bitcoin, the long-term threat of quantum computing to the network, and why active development on blockchains like Ethereum and Solana might offer better long-term potential. Plus, we cover the upcoming FOMC meeting and debate whether the new Fed Chair will pause or cut interest rates.Connect & Take Action:Wealth Intelligence Brief: Text "WIB" to 844-447-1555 to get Matty's free macro data, real estate intel, and crypto signals delivered to your inbox 3 times a week.Imagos Income Fund: Text "INCOME" or "DEALS" to 844-447-1555 to learn more about Matty A's private debt fund targeting 10% fixed returns paid out monthly.

In hour three, the list of the top Dolphins cap hits is truly ridiculous. Why the Heat shouldn't hold back on trading any role player for Giannis. Solana forgets a Hall of Famer's name. Plus, NBA analyst Mike Wallace recaps the Finals and talks old man food cravings.

19 years ago on this day, Hoch and Solana's favorite TV show ended. Remembering The Soprano's series finale.

The Emblem Show is hosted on Twitter Spaces and livestreamed across YouTube/X on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:00PM EST. The show focuses on news and events in the cryptocurrency industry, as well as inviting guests on from all sectors across DeFi, NFTs, AI, and interoperability.Adam McBride: https://twitter.com/adamamcbrideJake Gallen: https://twitter.com/jakegallen_Chris Devitte: https://twitter.com/chris_devvEmblem Vault: https://twitter.com/EmblemVaultMigrate Fun: https://x.com/MigrateFun

Mastercard has launched a service that enables a new class of payments by allowing artificial intelligence agents to complete transactions among themselves. ~This Episode is Sponsored by OKX~ Trade RLUSD/XRP on OKX + claim the new user offer! Deposit and trade $200 to unlock $100 ➜ https://bit.ly/OKXRP Use code: paulbarron *Terms Apply* 00:10 Sponsor: OKX 01:15 Ripple & Solana 01:30 Mastercard Agent Pay is super sus 02:15 Mastercard & Visa card demand skyrocketing 03:15 WalletConnect launches QR code on POS systems 03:45 Ingenico 05:00 Walletconnect ceo: tap will be the true unlock 08:15 Vitalik on wallets 09:00 Phantom & MetaMask valuations 09:40 Cathie's Big ideas? 10:00 WalletConnect Token 10:40 Active addresses + Solana #XRP #xrpnews #Solana ~Mastercard Launches A.I. Payments on Ripple & Solana

Most founders have no idea the financial infrastructure they depend on is about to fundamentally change. And the ones who understand why are already positioning for it.Zach Lindquist is the Founder of Pure Crypto, a crypto hedge fund operating for over eight years. He breaks down what blockchain means for business owners, why stablecoins will eliminate processing fees, and why Bitcoin might be the purest hedge against dollar devaluation.00:00:00 Introduction00:01:35Q: What is crypto and blockchain at the most basic level?A: Zach Lindquist explains that blockchain facilitates transactions between two people without a third party, and Bitcoin was the first proof of peer-to-peer digital payments.00:06:40Q: How does blockchain help business owners?A: Zach Lindquist says stablecoins can eliminate 3.5% processing fees and will be integrated in bank accounts within a year or two.00:20:20Q: How do smart contracts work?A: Zach Lindquist explains smart contracts are self-executing conditional transactions in code, and platforms like Ethereum and Solana function like app stores for financial applications.00:29:21Q: Why is Bitcoin worth anything?A: Zach Lindquist says buying Bitcoin is a bet that the dollar will devalue over time, calling it one of the purest ways to speculate on dollar destruction.00:37:55Q: Where should founders start investing in crypto?A: Zach Lindquist recommends index investing through products like the Bitwise Crypto Index and warns that buying tokens on a friend's tip is not an investment thesis.00:48:15Q: What are Pure Crypto's plans?A: Zach Lindquist says the firm is raising its fourth fund and remains focused on finding the most disruptive ideas from seed-stage to liquid markets.Subscribe to Founder Talk so you don't miss what's next.Connect with Zach Lindquist:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachary-lindquist-124635b5/Website: https://www.pure-crypto.com/The Founders Brief2,500+ founders read this newsletter every week to build businesses that run and grow even when they step away. The Founders Briefing delivers real strategies and tactics from the best Founder Talk conversations, behind the scenes access, and the insights that never made the final cut. Sign up here: https://podcastbuilders.activehosted.com/f/3If you are a B2B company that wants to build your own in-house content team instead of outsourcing your content to a marketing agency, we may be a fit for you! Everything you see in our podcast and content is a result of a scrappy, nimble, internal content team along with an AI-powered content systems and process. Check out pricing and services here: https://impaxs.comIf you want to start a podcast that helps you win clients and become the go-to brand in your industry, Podcast Builders can help! https://podcastbuilders.com/Podcast Builders is a podcast production and strategy company based in St. Charles, Illinois that helps founder-led B2B companies build revenue-generating podcasts. The company provides podcast strategy, studio production, editing, and distribution services for businesses across the western Chicago suburbs including St Charles, Geneva, Batavia, Naperville, Aurora, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Elgin, and more.Head to our website to stream every episode on your favorite platform, join the Founder Talk community, and submit questions for future guests — all in one place: https://foundertalkpodcast.com/#FounderTalk #EntrepreneurPodcast #StartupPodcast

Adeniyi Abiodun has been in crypto since 2012, built trading and risk systems at investment banks, and led R&D on Facebook's Project Libra at Meta before co-founding Mysten Labs. So when he says every other L1 has a "skill issue" baked in at architecture time, it's worth listening.David Sencil sits down with Adeniyi at Consensus 2026 to walk through how Sui solved horizontal-scale consensus, why a famous L1 founder said it was impossible, and what comes next — native stablecoins, private payments by default, Walrus storage, and the agentic payment rails Stripe is pricing at a billion TPS.We cover:- Why every other L1 is capped by a single CPU and Moore's Law- The Project Libra story — "way too early" and what survived into Sui- 300ms finality vs Solana's 12 seconds- SuiUSD: $63M in a month and a half, free stablecoin transfers- Protocol-level private stablecoin transactions launching this year- Walrus storage outgrowing Arweave in a year- Why "AI doesn't care about your tribe"Filmed at Consensus 2026.Host: David Sencil

In this episode of the Crypto 101 Podcast, Kash Dhanda, COO of Jupiter, breaks down how Jupiter is evolving from Solana's leading DEX aggregator into a full DeFi super app. He explains how Jupiter helps users get the best trading routes, why Jupiter Lend is growing through its partnership with Bitwise and Ethena, and how the platform is prioritizing security after recent DeFi exploits. The conversation also covers Jupiter Mobile, stablecoin payments, tokenized equities, prediction markets, and why Solana is becoming a major hub for real financial activity beyond meme coins. Kash also explains how meme coin mania stress-tested Solana and helped strengthen the network for more serious DeFi, payments, and tokenization use cases.Check Out Scribe: Scribe.how/CRYPTO101Check Out Webroot: https://www.webroot.com/crypto101Check out Quince: https://quince.com/CRYPTO101Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.comGet my #1 altcoin pick for this month.Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio for just $1.00 today! Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution" and start making big profits from buying, selling,Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio.. just $1.00 today! Go here to get access: https://www.crypto101insider.com/cryptnation-directm6pypcy1?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution: Your Guide To The Future of Money". In this book, I reveal how to make (and keep) a fortune during this crypto bull run! http://www.cryptorevolution.com/free?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Chapters00:09 - Kash Dhanda joins the Crypto 101 Podcast02:20 - Jupiter's vision as a DeFi super app03:35 - DEX aggregator vs decentralized exchange explained05:05 - Why Jupiter finds better liquidity for traders07:15 - Jupiter Lend, Bitwise, and Ethena partnership10:45 - How Jupiter's lending product works15:10 - Earning yield with stablecoins and Solana18:05 - DeFi security and lending risk management25:30 - Offerbook and peer-to-peer lending innovation31:15 - Solana payments, lending, and tokenized equitiesSubscribe to YouTube for Exclusive Content:https://www.youtube.com/@crypto101podcast?sub_confirmation=1Follow us on social media for leading-edge crypto updates and trade alerts:https://twitter.com/Crypto101Podhttps://instagram.com/crypto_101Guest Linkshttps://x.com/JupiterExchange?lang=en*This is NOT financial, tax, or legal advice*Boardwalk Flock LLC. All Rights Reserved  ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofrCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZAROMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Mars Men: https://mengotomars.com* Check out NPR: https://npr.org* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code Scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.com/Crypto101* Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com* Check out Webroot and use my code webroot.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.webroot.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bitcoin crashed hard this weekend before finally recovering early Saturday. If Bitcoin holds the line, the altcoin explosion will dwarf the returns you have seen in the stock market. Let's check out Solana, Cardano, Ethereum and XRP!

Bitcoin breaks below key psychological levels, Ethereum continues to struggle, and crypto traders are searching for yield anywhere they can find it. On this episode of The Crypto Rundown, Mark Longo is joined by Bill Ulivieri of Cenacle Capital Management to dive into the latest crypto market chaos, volatility, and opportunities. The duo explores the recent Bitcoin selloff, the growing role of spot crypto ETFs, volatility and options activity in IBIT and ETHA, and whether traders should be buying the dip or staying on the sidelines. They also examine the explosive rise of Hyperliquid and PURR, the ongoing drama surrounding Circle (CRCL), the latest developments in BitMine (BMNR), Strategy (MSTR), Solana, XRP, and more. Plus, they tackle listener questions on Bitcoin dollar-cost averaging, crypto market sentiment, stablecoin regulation, Michael Saylor's latest moves, and whether the next great crypto opportunity is hiding in plain sight. In this episode: Bitcoin breaks below $60K and rebounds IBIT options activity and put-selling opportunities ETHA, Ethereum weakness, and ETF trading trends Circle (CRCL) volatility and stablecoin outlook Hyperliquid, PURR, and the hunt for yield BMNR's aggressive Ethereum accumulation strategy Solana, XRP, DOGE, and the broader altcoin landscape MSTR, Michael Saylor, and Bitcoin treasury strategies Crypto options, volatility, covered calls, and premium selling Listener questions and market outlook

The launch of Anthropic's Claude Mythos (initially restricted and guarded from public release) fundamentally disrupts DeFi security. By autonomously chaining vulnerabilities and shortening attack timelines, it forces the crypto industry to pivot from reactive smart-contract audits to continuous, AI-driven defense. ~This episode is sponsored by Tangem~ Tangem ➜ https://bit.ly/TangemPBN Use Code: "PBN" for Additional Discounts! 00:00 intro 00:08 Sponsor: Tangem 00:48 Anthropic Launches Mythos Fable 5 01:16 ZCash vs Opus 4.8 01:50 Opus 4.9 vs Mythos 02:44 Thousands of exploits 03:55 Faster exploit cycles 04:41 Sui will be first hit? 05:16 Sui Explains Outage Exploit 06:06 Sui updates at risk 06:48 XRP Ledger exploit incoming? 07:35 Carl Vogel: Institutional money picking safest chains 08:38 Solana outage history 09:16 Avalanche second best? 09:29 Coinbase is the worst 10:29 Bitcoin Lightning Network 11:00 Paul Sztorc: Lightning Network is fake 12:03 Strategy at severe risk 13:09 Stocks could crash too 13:54 Self-Custody Hygiene 15:07 outro #Crypto #XRP #Bitcoin ~Mythos Launches!

Gm! In this episode we're joined by Ben Nadareski, Co-Founder and CEO of Solstice, to discuss his background in traditional finance and crypto, the development of Solstice's tokenized yield infrastructure on Solana, and the roles of its USX, eUSX, and SLX assets. We also cover institutional and retail adoption, delta-neutral and private credit strategies, planned AI-focused products, token utility, regulatory considerations, and the broader goal of making yield-generating financial products accessible onchain.Enjoy! -- Follow Lightspeed: ⁠https://x.com/Lightspeedpodhq Follow Solstice: https://x.com/solsticefi Follow Ben: https://x.com/ben_solstice Follow Danny: https://x.com/defi_kay_ Join the Lightspeed Telegram: ⁠https://t.me/+QHlbNTNS4gc1ZTVh -- Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ -- Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (1:41) Ben's Crypto Origin (7:30) What Solstice Builds (12:02) How Solstice's Yield Engine Works (16:09) Solstice vs Ethena (19:09) New Yield Strategies (26:04) Tokenized Yield Versus Vaults (29:27) Who Uses Solstice? (37:25) Regulatory Roadblocks (42:38) SLX Token Utility (47:29) Solstice In 2027 (49:36) Closing Comments -- Disclaimers: Lightspeed was kickstarted by a grant from the Solana Foundation. Nothing said on Lightspeed 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. Danny, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

The Luxury Outdoor Living Podcast hosts Mike and Trey Farley interview Sozan and Ryan Hughes of Ryan Hughes Design and Solana Outdoor Living about expanding from a second-generation Florida landscape and pool firm into a holistic luxury outdoor living platform that includes furnishings, lighting, kitchens, and specialty products. Ryan explains how the business evolved after 2009 and how furniture became a critical element despite early rejection from manufacturers and consumer credibility hurdles, eventually won through marketing, media exposure, and social proof. Sozan describes joining the company around 2008–2012, negotiating dealer pricing, and launching their first major furniture success. They detail Solana's 12,000-square-foot showroom in Tampa with vignette displays, customization options, trade support, warehousing/QC/logistics, and plans to scale locations and serve residential, hospitality, and nationwide clients.   Discover more: https://www.solanaoutdoor.com/ https://ryanhughesdesign.com https://www.farleypooldesigns.com/ https://www.instagram.com/farleydesigns/ https://www.instagram.com/luxuryoutdoorlivingpodcast/   00:00 Meet Sozan Hughes 00:57 Podcast Intro and Mission 02:09 Guests Welcome and Origins 02:54 Ryan Hughes Design Evolution 05:36 Sozan Joins the Business 08:52 Breaking Into Furniture 12:39 Selling the Vibe 15:09 Inside the Solana Showroom 18:45 Curating Luxury Brands 22:34 Trade Program and Logistics 26:49 Bespoke Customization and AI 29:53 Signature Products and Video Wall 36:04 Lighting Innovations Spotlight 38:53 How to Explore Solana 40:27 Showroom Visits Explained 41:29 Designing for Trends 44:11 Expanding the Showroom 45:04 New Brands from Italy 46:14 When to Start Planning 48:33 Guiding Clients in Store 50:42 AI and 3D Visuals 52:32 Scaling Solana Nationwide 54:33 Outdoor Kitchen Standouts 57:53 More Niche Product Lines 01:02:36 Advice and Rapid Fire 01:05:54 Travel Inspiration and Wrap 01:08:14 Podcast Mission Closing  

In hour three, Solana does his best to convince Hoch and Crowder to buy into the World Cup. Crumbl Cookies releases a ridiculous new drink with an insane calorie count. Chris Wittyngham previews the World Cup and delivers expectations for the USMNT.

Real-world assets are expanding steadily on-chain as the sector crosses another major market level. Tokenized Pokemon TCG ecoystem is growing faster than everyone's expectations even during a market downturn. Solana's recent upgrade also now allows new native billing program lets developers build subscriptions, payroll, and AI spending limits directly on-chain. Guest: Yat Siu - Co-Founder & Chairman, Animoca Brands  Animoca Minds A.I. ➜ https://www.hellominds.ai/ Follow Yat Siu ➜ https://x.com/ysiu 00:00 intro 00:11 Sponsor: Uphold  00:41 Solana RWA Supercycle Begins 02:30 $SOL a massive buy? 04:04 Solana Gaming = Pokémon 06:30 Rosentica Adding Pokémon Card Utility 07:24 Secondary Market Ecosystems 08:30 Borrow & Lend Pokémon Cards 09:35 Jupiter Offerbook 10:13 Solana Unlocking NEW Collateral 14:07 Meteora x Jupiter $SV151 15:07 "Dynamic Assets" on Solana 18:16 Sports on Solana 18:50 Solana RWA whiskey market 19:30 New Brands vs Legacy Brands 20:23 Solana A.I. Business Accounts 20:51 Wallets are the new bank 22:17 Solana Subscriptions Upgrade 23:18 A.I. Agent Subscription Potential 26:45 Solana Flipping Binance RWA? 29:32 Gaming Stock IPO's 32:34 Trade Animoca on Solana Before IPO 33:39 Higgsfield vs Sandbox 36:16 outro #Crypto #Solana #pokemon  ~Solana Supercycle Begins... Time To Buy?

The Emblem Show is hosted on Twitter Spaces and livestreamed across YouTube/X on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:00PM EST. The show focuses on news and events in the cryptocurrency industry, as well as inviting guests on from all sectors across DeFi, NFTs, AI, and interoperability.Adam McBride: https://twitter.com/adamamcbrideJake Gallen: https://twitter.com/jakegallen_Chris Devitte: https://twitter.com/chris_devvEmblem Vault: https://twitter.com/EmblemVaultMigrate Fun: https://x.com/MigrateFun

Mike Dudas holds zero ETH and sees Hyperliquid as crypto's Tether moment. He also has a clear framework for what makes a token worth buying. ======================================================== Thank you to our sponsor! Fidelity: Explore crypto careers and make the decision that could change your future at https://crypto.fidelitycareers.com ======================================================== Strategy sold 32 Bitcoin, worth just $2.5 million, and the market didn't miss it. For Mike Dudas, Managing Partner at 6th Man Ventures, the sale broke the "never sell" promise that sustained the company's premium. He doesn't see how the narrative gets rebuilt. Dudas applies the same unsentimental read to the rest of the L1 landscape. His firm holds zero ETH — five years of contradictory narratives have left the market unable to value it. In his view, Solana's decline is simpler: memecoin activity peaked and hasn't recovered. Hyperliquid, in his view, is closer to Tether than a competing L1: the no-KYC international market is enormous, and asset quality is the moat. His framework for tokens worth owning: programmatic buybacks and consistent communication from leadership. On AI, he argues agentic trading will far outpace agentic payments — Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe are moving too fast for new entrants to displace them. Host: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Laura Shin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Host / Unchained Guests: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mike Dudas - Managing Partner of 6th Man Ventures - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Circle froze $12M in a DeFi pool on a Friday court order, trapping users who had nothing to do with the dispute. . Polymarket couldn't resolve a Strategy market. And MegaETH's apps are defecting. Nothing is simple. ======================================================== Thank you to our sponsors! Multichain Advisors: Get help navigating TGEs, go‑to‑market, BD and partnerships, capital markets advisory, PR, media placements, KOL activations and more at https://multichainadv.com. ======================================================== Strategy sold 32 Bitcoin before the May 31 deadline. It just didn't disclose it until June 1 — and that one-day gap is why a $50M Polymarket market resolved "no," even though Strategy's own 8-K shows the sale happened inside the window.Kain Warwick, Luca Netz, and Taylor Monahan trace why Polymarket keeps writing resolution criteria that break under edge cases, and why handing oracle duties to UMA is a liability for a $20 billion platform. They also get into the third proposal to cut Solana's staking inflation, and what it would take to spark an "ultrasound money" moment for SOL. The most consequential story is Circle. A Friday-afternoon ex-parte court order froze a $12M commingled USDC pool all weekend, trapping innocent users' funds inside the Zama privacy protocol. Taylor's warning: Circle's policy of complying with any court order without retaining a final say creates a replicable attack template for any pool with USDC exposure. The episode closes on MegaETH and Monad: Kain on whether the "Mega Mafia" approach was adverse selection from the start, and Luca on what chains actually owe their builders. Host: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kain Warwick⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Founder of Infinex and Synthetix ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Taylor Monahan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Security Expert ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Luca Netz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, CEO of Pudgy Penguins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Keg South appearance for Solana this weekend sparks some old Miami memories from Lee Sterling. Plus, the pro sports handicapper shares an NBA Finals Game 2 pick, UFC and a World Cup bet.

Game 2 of the Finals tonight… who ya got? Crowder wants a more physical Wemby. Clay Ferraro is sticking with his Spurs pick. Hoch reveals he has never eaten olives. Plus, Solana is selling his car for world cup tix???

In hour two, outrage in Chicago as the Bears eye a move to Indiana. Hoch's Mt. Rushmore of artsy landmarks. Solana claims there were hot tubs at Marlins game back when they were at Pro Player Stadium. Lee Sterling shares his picks for the sports weekend.

In hour four, fascinated by the rising prices for tickets to Game 3 of the NBA Finals at the Garden in New York. Discussing what we'd pay to watch our teams play in a championship game.

Joe Lubin makes the bull case for Ethereum amid a sea of bearishness. The panel dissects Saylor selling Bitcoin for the first time in four years, the meaning behind 9 senior EF departures, Justin Drake's Q-Day call (50% by 2032), Manuel Araoz declaring all of DeFi unsafe, the ThorChain hack fallout, the Zama/Overnight Finance USDC freeze saga, and the CFTC greenlighting the first US perpetual futures product. Welcome to The Chopping Block — where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. This week Joe Lubin is stepping in to make the bull case for ETH on what he admits is a tough day to be bullish. We open on Strategy's first Bitcoin sale in four years and whether the STRC preferred stock structure is "an algorithmic stablecoin with too many steps," as Tarun puts it. Joe pivots to pitching Ether DATs, then we get into the Ethereum Foundation's brain drain -- nine researchers gone, CROPS as the new mandate, and a mysterious new developer organization taking shape behind the scenes. The episode's meatiest block covers DeFi security: Justin Drake warns Q-Day is 50% likely by 2032, Manuel Araoz says all of DeFi is unsafe, ThorChain's been offline for two weeks post-hack, and the panel debates whether we're entering a rough 12-24 months where attackers outrun defenders. We close on Hyperliquid's all-time highs and the CFTC opening the door to US perps.  Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. Show highlights

Market convictions with Helius' Mert Mumtaz. On today's Markets Outlook, Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz tells CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie why he's tuning out the noise and staying convicted on Zcash, Solana, BTC and Hyperliquid. Plus, he weighs in on the Arthur Hayes drama, the Clarity Act, and why Bitcoin's transparency is actually a long-term vulnerability. - Timecodes: 00:00 - Institutional Capital Rotating into AI IPOs 01:53 - Met's 'Shield and Chill' Strategy 04:29 - Responding to Arthur Hayes Selling HYPE and NEAR positions 08:44 - Mert's Zcash Thesis 13:00 - Solana as the "Silicon Valley of Finance" 15:43 - Hyperliquid Thesis - Check out CoinDesk's latest episode of Public Keys from the NYSE: https://youtu.be/Nlp1QLZx0r0 - Register now for CoinDesk's Policy and Regulation event on September 24, 2026: https://policy-regulation.coindesk.com/. - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.