The DeFi Decoded Podcast

DeFi Decoded - Is the Bitcoin Halving the Bull Market’s Next Catalyst?

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3. Listen in as they discuss an update on Bitcoin ETF flows after their fi...

DeFi Decoded - Noble CEO Jelena Juric on Democratizing Dollars and RWAs

25 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3 with special guest Jelena Djuric, Founder and CEO of Noble. Listen in as...

DeFi Decoded - Bull Market Vibes? We Unveil our Top Web3 Predictions for 2024

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3. Listen in as they discuss a roundup of the current crypto market post-E...

DeFi Decoded - Bitcoin ETFs Get the Green Light, a Conversation with Osmosis Co-Founder Sunny Aggarwal

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of Web3 and DeFi with special guest Sunny Aggarwal, Co-Founder of Osmosis. Listen in as t...

DeFi Decoded - dYdX ditches Ethereum and migrates to Cosmos. Why it matters - with Charles d’Haussy of dYdX

04 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3 with special guest Charles d’Haussy, CEO of the dYdX Foundation. Liste...

DeFi Decoded - Top Gaming VC Reveals why Web3 will Reinvent Gaming, The Metaverse and More

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of Web3 and gaming with special guest Justin Swart, Principal, Investment Team of BITKRAFT Ventures. Listen...

DeFi Decoded - Investing in Web3, the Easy Way with ML Tech

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3 with special guest Leo Mindyuk, Co-Founder and CEO of ML Tech. Listen in...

DeFi Decoded - “Silent Rally” Pushes Bitcoin Through $40,000. Where to Next?

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3. Listen in as they discuss Bitcoin’s ‘silent’ rally beyond $44,000...

DeFi Decoded - Missionaries, Mercenaries and Pragmatists - The Debate Between Decentralization and Growth Rages On

01 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3. Listen in as they discuss the crypto market rally following Binance’s...

DeFi Decoded - OpenAI drama makes the case for Decentralized AI, plus Binance settles

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3. Listen in as they discuss OpenAI’s history and structure, Sam Altman’...

DeFi Decoded - We Reveal the Narratives and Themes for the Next Bull Market

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3. Listen in as they discuss the approaching ‘three horsemen’ crypto c...

DeFi Decoded - How Decentralized Computing will Unleash the Spatial Web with Jules Urbach and Trevor Harries-Jones

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3 with special guests Jules Urbach, CEO of OTOY and Founder of the Render ...

DeFi Decoded - What are Tokenomics? With Mehdi Farooq of Animoca Brands

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3 with special guest Mehdi Farooq, Senior Tokenomics Analyst of Animoca Br...

DeFi Decoded - How Bitcoin and Stablecoins Empower the Oppressed

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of DeFi and Web3 with special guest Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer of the Human Rights Foundation (...

DeFi Decoded - Bitcoin ETF False Alarm Sends Market into Frenzy

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3. Listen in as they discuss Cointelegraph’s false U.S. Bitcoin ETF appr...

DeFi Decoded - Enterprise Blockchain is Dead. Long Live Public Blockchains for the Enterprise!

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3. Listen in as they discuss an update on the FTX trial after week one in ...

DeFi Decoded - Grayscale Applies to Convert Ether Trust into ETF. Plus: FTX Trial Begins

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3. Listen in as they discuss Michael Lewis’ new book on FTX’s collapse...

DeFi Decoded - LIVE from Forum Fintech Montreal!

29 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi on center stage at the Canada Fintech Forum 2023 in Montréal. Listen in as they ...

DeFi Decoded - How WonderFi’s Dean Skurka thinks about the Role of Centralized Exchanges in Web3

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest Dean Skurka, President and CEO of WonderFi. Listen in as they ...

DeFi Decoded - Building a New Financial Architecture on Top of Bitcoin with Ledn Co-Founder Mauricio Di Bartolomeo

14 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of DeFi with special guest Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Ledn. Listen in as...

DeFi Decoded - US Moves Closer to Bitcoin ETF Approval

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Grayscale Investments' victory in its Bitcoin ETF conv...

DeFi Decoded - Will Canada be a Leader in Web3? A Conversation with Kraken Canada's Mark Greenberg

24 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of DeFi with special guest Mark Greenberg, Managing Director of Canada at Kraken. Listen in as they discuss...

DeFi Decoded - More like CeFi Decoded! Coinbase, WonderFi, and BitGo Make Moves

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Coinbase receiving approval to list crypto futures in ...

DeFi Decoded - The USDT Juggernaut Keeps on Rolling, Plus ETHCC and DeFi Woes

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Andrew's recent trip to Paris and his on-the-ground ke...

DeFi Decoded - Be Mobile Africa's Plan to Lift 100 Million People Out of Poverty Using Blockchain and DeFi

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest Dr. Cédric Jeannot, Co-Founder and CEO of Be Mobile Africa. L...

DeFi Decoded - Investing in Web3 Part 2 with Alex Tapscott

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Michael Hainsworth as they engage in an in-depth conversation that explores what using Web3 technology will look like, early en...

DeFi Decoded - Simpler Transactions and Mobile-First Approach Will Fuel Mass Adoption Says Crypto VC Charlie Morris

14 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest Charlie Morris, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of CMCC Global...

DeFi Decoded - Investing in Web3 part 1 with Alex Tapscott

07 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Michael Hainsworth as they engage in a high-level, beginner-friendly, and educational episode that breaks down Web3 in simple t...

DeFi Decoded - Alex Shares a Big Announcement. Also: DeFi's Growth and Innovation Over the Years

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Alex's big announcement on his new book, "Web3: Charti...

DeFi Decoded - Bringing Real World Assets into the Digital World – The Noble Approach

23 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guests Jack Zampolin of Strangelove and Jelena Djuric of Noble. List...

DeFi Decoded - Our 100th Episode! UK Goes all in on Web3, plus the market reacts to the US Regulatory Crackdown

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are celebrating our 100th Episode! Thanks to our listeners and fans for your loyalty, feedback and support. It's been quite a ride, but just like t...

DeFi Decoded - U.S. Crackdown on Crypto Intensifies. Plus: Making Bitcoin Fun Again!

09 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest FarmerJoe, an OG Bitcoin Ordinal Whale. Listen in as they disc...

DeFi Decoded - Unpacking Beijing's Web3 White Paper, Circle's Euro Coin, and Crypto's Course

02 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Beijing's recently released "Internet 3.0 Innovation a...

DeFi Decoded - Casting an Encrypted and Compliant Blockchain with Elena Nadolinski of Iron Fish

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest Elena Nadolinski, Founder and CEO of Iron Fish. Listen in as t...

DeFi Decoded - Opening Your Eyes to Sam Altman's WorldCoin Crypto Project

19 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss a roundup of current macroeconomic themes, the looming...

DeFi Decoded - Is America Closing its Doors to Web3? With Sheila Warren of the Crypto Council for Innovation

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of DeFi with special guest Sheila Warren, CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation. Listen in as they discu...

DeFi Decoded - Consensus Time - What's Going on in Web3

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi. Listen in as they discuss Alex's insights from the Consensus 2023 conference, th...

DeFi Decoded - From NASA's Lab to Web3's Frontier: A Cosmic Journey with Chjango Unchained of Interchain.FM

28 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of DeFi with special guest Chjango Unchained, Host of Interchain.FM. Listen in as they discuss Chjango's in...

DeFi Decoded - Sky's the Limit: The Potential of Web3 Gaming with Aleksander Larsen of Sky Mavis

18 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest Aleksander Larsen, COO and Co-Founder of Sky Mavis. Listen in ...

DeFi Decoded - Web3 vs Climate Change: Carbon Credits Go Digital with Gregory Landua of the Regen Network

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest Gregory Landua, CEO and Co-Founder of the Regen Network. Liste...

DeFi Decoded - Disrupting the Creator Economy Through Decentralization with pplpleasr of Shibuya

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of DeFi with special guest pplpleasr, a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on Web3, NFTs, crypto, DAOs, ...

DeFi Decoded - The New Frontier of Web3 Credit Scores with Sishir Varghese of Spectral Finance

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott as he decodes the world of DeFi with special guest Sishir Varghese, CEO and Founder at Spectral. Listen in as they discuss Sishir's...

DeFi Decoded - Inside the World's Largest Web3 Gaming Guild with Beryl Li of Yield Guild Games

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest Beryl Li, Co-Founder at Yield Guild Games (YGG). Listen in as ...

DeFi Decoded - How Web3 Empowers Arists and their Fans with Roneil Rumburg of Audius

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest Roneil Rumburg, CEO and Co-Founder at Audius. Listen in as the...

DeFi Decoded - What's Next on the Ethereum Roadmap with Tim Beiko, Ethereum Core Developer

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest Tim Beiko, a core developer and key figure in the Ethereum Fou...

DeFi Decoded - Mapping the World - One HONEY Token at a Time with Ariel Seidman of Hivemapper

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tune in to the 85th DeFi Decoded episode to hear Alex, Andrew, and Ariel discuss all things Hivemapper and how they are revolutionizing map creation v...

DeFi Decoded - Exploring the Potential of Web3 in Africa

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tune in to the 84th DeFi Decoded episode to hear Alex and Andrew discuss all things DeFi and learn more about the crypto landscape in Africa. What is ...

DeFi Decoded - "What Chains Are Worth Betting On" With Jake Hannah of SX Bet

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Andrew Young as he decodes the world of DeFi with special guest Jake Hannah, Co-Founder of SX Bet. Listen in as they discuss the NFT regulatory e...

DeFi Decoded - "Making Polygon DeFi More Accessible Than Running Water", with Hamzah Khan of Polygon Technologies

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest Hamzah Khan, Head of DeFi at Polygon Technologies. Listen in a...

DeFi Decoded - "Web3 for Gamers: The Saga Experience" With Rebecca Liao of Saga

10 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi with special guest Rebecca Liao, Co-Founder and CEO at Saga. Listen in as they di...

DeFi Decoded - Will Algorithmic Stablecoins Ever Work? With Sasha Ivanov of Waves

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3 with special guest Sasha Ivanov, Waves Ecosystem Founder. Today's topic:...

DeFi Decoded - How Should We Value Digital Assets? with Sam Andrew

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode of DeFi Decoded, Alex and Andrew sit down with crypto researcher Sam Andrew. Sam cut his teeth as an equity and fixed income analys...

DeFi Decoded - Ethereum goes Ultra-Sound! Is ETH the New Digital Gold?

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode, Andrew and Alex talk about crypto's stellar start to 2023. Since the beginning of the year, Bitcoin and Ethereum are up more than ...

DeFi Decoded - Solana Survived! Plus: 2023 Crypto Predictions (Part 2)!

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, Alex and Andrew briefly summarize the situation with Solana. It turns out reports of the death of the once-ascendant Layer 1 blockcha...

DeFi Decoded - Can Solana Survive? Plus: 2023 Crypto Predictions!

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year! On today's episode of DeFi Decoded, Andrew and Alex discuss the situation with Solana. The prominent Layer 1 blockchain was heavily ba...

DeFi Decoded - 2022: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Plus: 2023 Outlook and More!

22 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of DeFi Decoded, Alex and Andew sit down with Tom Dunleavy, Senior Research Analyst at Messari. 2022 was crypto's annus horribilis so ...

DeFi Decoded - How a Renowned Hollywood Screenwriter Became a Web3 Entrepreneur

16 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hollywood screenwriter Jesse Nickson-Lopez has brought some of modern TV's most indelible characters to life. As a founding member of the writing team...

DeFi Decoded - Introducing our New Co-Host, Chat-GPT (Alex, you're fired!)

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of DeFi Decoded, Alex and Andrew talk about OpenAI's smash hit Chat GTP and how Andrew is using it to unlock new capabilities, ...

DeFi Decoded - What are Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) and Wrapped Ethereum (WETH)?

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

WBTC and WETH have both been in the news recently. Though they have similar sounding names, they are different in both composition and utility. WBTC i...

DeFi Decoded - Tips on How to Practice Safe CEX

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode of DeFi Decoded, Alex and Andrew discuss some of the steps centralized exchanges (CEXes) can take to restore user trust. These solu...

DeFi Decoded - Mike Belshe, CEO of BitGo, on how to prevent the "Next FTX"

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of DeFi Decoded, Alex and Andrew sit down with Mike Belshe, Founder and CEO of BitGo, one of the world's leading firms in insti...

DeFi Decoded - Crypto on the Precipice Following Spectacular FTX collapse

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FTX, a top global exchange that counts supermodel Giselle Bundchen as a spokesperson, and was once valued at over $30 billion USD, is on the brink of ...

DeFi Decoded - Jack Zampolin, Master Chef Turned Web3 Empresario, Dishes on What's Next for Cosmos

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of DeFi Decoded, Alex and Andrew sit down with Jack Zampolin, Co-founder of Sommelier, and former Product Manager at Tendermint...

DeFi Decoded - The ATOM 2.0 Episode with Sam Hart, Strategy Lead of the Cosmos Hub

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cosmos is highly regarded in the Web3 world for its novel and robust design, which allows developers to launch application specific chains while benef...

DeFi Decoded - A Conversation with Crypto VC Aryan Sheikhalian, Head of Research at CMT Digital

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode, Alex and Andrew speak with Aryan Sheikhalian, Head of Research at CMT Digital, one of the world's leading digital asset venture ca...

DeFi Decoded - How Decentralized is Web3, Really?

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode, Andrew and Alex start by discussing recent exploit of the Binance chain's most popular bridge, which led to the theft of nearl...

DeFi Decoded - Should Twitter be a Web3 Protocol?

05 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of DeFi Decoded, Alex and Andrew talk about how the Twitter take-over battle has illuminated how the world's richest people thi...

DeFi Decoded - My Milkshake Brings all the Coins to the Yard

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode, Alex and Andrew dig into the current macro situation and debate the 'Milkshake Theory" that the US dollar sucks all liquidity from...

DeFi Decoded - Ethereum Co-founder Anthony Di Iorio on the Merge, PLUS How to Unleash an Innovation Economy

21 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode of DeFi Decoded, Alex and Andrew speak to Anthony Di Iorio, co-founder of Ethereum and Founder of Jaxx and Decentral. Anthony dedic...

DeFi Decoded - MERGED! Why Ethereum's Move to Proof of Stake is a Watershed for Web3

16 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On September 15th, 2022, Ethereum became a proof-of-stake network. On today's episode Andrew and Alex break down what happened, how it changes the inv...

DeFi Decoded - Sommelier's Zaki Manian on Democratizing Access to Winning DeFi Strategies

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of DeFi Decoded, Alex and Andrew sit down with Zaki Manian, a veteran crypto entrepreneur and co-founder of Sommelier Finance. ...

DeFi Decoded - Sunny Aggarwal on Getting Doge-Pilled in High School, Dropping out of College and How DeFi Wins

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"Dogecoin is sponsoring the Jamaican bobsled team." This is the first time Sunny Aggarwal first heard about crypto, back when he was a high school stu...

DeFi Decoded - The Unseen and Critical Infrastructure of Web3 with Infura's Sharon Byrne-Cotter

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do blockchain networks like Ethereum, supporting thousands of applications, billions in capital and millions of users, actually work? What is the ...

DeFi Decoded - Did Shaq, Jimmy Fallon and Dave Chappelle Just Violate U.S. Sanction Laws? The Bizarre Fallout from Tornado Cash, Plus...when Flippening?

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ethereum has outperformed Bitcoin recently and now sits at 50% of Bitcoin's market capitalization. This has some observers suggesting the "flippening,...

DeFi Decoded - Tornado Cash gets sanctioned. Is this the start of a government crypto crackdown?

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on Tornado Cash, a popular 'mixer' that allows individuals to do crypto transactions anony...

DeFi Decoded - Bridge Over Troubled Water? Assessing the Nomad Hack, ETH Merger Mania and Macro Update

03 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode, Alex and Andrew discuss the latest DeFi exploit - a hack of the Nomad "bridge." But first, what's a bridge? What problem does it s...

DeFi Decoded - Building Your Way Through the Bear Market, with Solana Co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko

27 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Solana (SOL) typified the explosive growth of crypto and blockchain in 2021. A new blockchain protocol with a novel and ingenious design, Solana was a...

DeFi Decoded - What do the next 12 months in crypto look like? With Jake Hannah, co-founder of SX Network

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of DeFi Decoded, Jake Hannah of SX Network steps in to help SX co-founder Andrew co-host the podcast while Alex is out fishing ...

DeFi Decoded - Dickson Nsofor, CEO of Korapay, on building a New Pan-African Financial System with Blockchain

13 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"It's faster to drive money from Nigeria to Ghana than it is to send a wire transfer because with a wire, the money must first go to New York, and the...

DeFi Decoded - Be Greedy When Others are Fearful? Plus The Sovereign Individual and the Networked State

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of DeFi Decoded, Alex and Andrew try to put the crypto correction in the context of an increasingly complex and muddled global ...

DeFi Decoded - How DeFi Has Survived the Crypto Carnage (So Far)

30 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Centralized, custodial, opaque, and laden with risk. This describes some of the crypto lending outfits currently teetering on the brink of insolvency....

DeFi Decoded - What the Panic of 1907 Can Teach Us About the Current Crypto Rout

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode of DeFi Decoded, Alex and Andrew discuss the efforts of Sam Bankman Fried, or SBF, who has swooped in to stabilize the industry, as...

DeFi Decoded - Crypto Has Been Sus lately, But Long-Term Fundamentals are Bussin' so Scoop the Dip Fam, Fr Fr, On God

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In honor of DeFi Decoded joining Tik Tok, we bring you this special Gen-Z titled episode (clearly written by Alex, an old millennial, aka Boomer, henc...

DeFi Decoded - Tim Copeland, News Editor at The Block, on why studying philosophy makes him a better crypto journo

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's DeFi Decoded, Andrew and Alex sit down with Tim Copeland, News Editor at The Block, one of the industry's leading news outlets. In this...

DeFi Decoded - Searching for a Signal in the Crypto Noise and Why the First $1 Trillion Protocol will be in DeFi, with Eric Turner of Messari

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode, Alex sits down with Eric Turner, VP of Market Intelligence at Messari. Eric describes Messari's role as the leading provider o...

DeFi Decoded - How to Survive a Crypto Bear Market, with Crypto OG Bill Barhydt, CEO of Abra

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today's DeFi Decoded, Alex and Andrew sit down with Bill Barhydt, CEO of Abra. Bill's a seasoned crypto entrepreneur and industry leader who has be...

DeFi Decoded - With Featured Guest, Rodney Yesep, partner at Hack VC

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On Today's episode, Alex and Andrew sit down with Rodney Yesep, partner at Hack VC. Hack VC is a venture capital firm that invests in the cryptocurren...

DeFi Decoded - UST Loses its Peg, Can it be Saved? Plus putting the Bitcoin "Crash" In Perspective

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of DeFi Decoded, Andrew and Alex dive into the recent collapse of UST, which failed to hold its value to the US Dollar (the "de...

DeFi Decoded - How Blockchain Prediction Markets like SX Network could transform Sports Betting, Risk Management and much more

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode Alex and Andrew dig into prediction markets and focus in the recent success of SX Network, creator of the world's largest blockchai...

DeFi Decoded - DeFi for All? Democratizing DeFi for Mainstreet Investors with Maxim Galash, CEO of Coinchange

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On Today's episode, Alex and Andrew sit down with Maxim Galash, CEO of Coinchange. Coinchange is a fintech company providing simple and frictionless a...

DeFi Decoded - DeFi's first killer app may be algorithmic stablecoins

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, Andrew and Alex discuss the stunning growth of UST, a so-called algorithmic stablecoin. Stablecoins are cryptoassets pegged to the US...

DeFi Decoded - How will crypto react to historically high inflation with Stephane Ouellette, CEO of FRNT Financial

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode Alex and Andrew talk about the historically high inflation roiling markets, and its implications on the crypto asset class. Plu...

DeFi Decoded - ETH to $10k, Global Macro, Are Bonds Dead? and more with Scott Melker, aka "The Wolf of All Streets"

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode Alex and Andrew sit down with trader, investor, and host of the popular "The Wolf of All Streets" podcast Scott Melker to discu...

DeFi Decoded - Building liquid, private and fungible barter systems + Reinventing money with Adrian Brink, Founder of Anoma Labs

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of DeFi Decoded, Andrew and Alex speak to Adrian Brink, founder of Anoma Labs, which is a truly novel blockchain design. Anoma is a se...

DeFi Decoded - How guilds are cashing in on the blockchain gaming gold rush

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

DeFi Decoded - Reacting to Biden's executive order on Crypto, plus is Crypto really being used to evade sanctions? Also: Soaring LUNA!

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bitcoin and other cryptoassets like Ether are proving their worth as frictionless peer-to-peer money and playing a key role in funding the Ukrainian w...

DeFi Decoded - Ben Lee of Blowfish Studios on making blockchain-based gaming fun for everyone

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Andrew and Alex sit down with Ben Lee, CEO and co-founder of Blowfish Studios. Blowfish is a games developer and publisher that has s...

DeFi Decoded - Crypto Bull Market is Back! + ETH Denver Roundup with Crypto VC Charlie Morris

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The crypto bull market is back on as investors weigh the long-term implications of the Ukrainian conflict. On this episode, Charlie shares his perspec...

DeFi Decoded - Special Episode on Geopolitics, Political Emergencies and Global Regulations (Or What's REALLY Driving Markets)

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of DeFi Decoded, Andrew and Alex break down these major news events and discuss the long term implications for Bitcoin, DeFi and the b...

DeFi Decoded - How Agoric plans to onboard millions of new developers into DeFi, with Dean Tribble CEO

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, Andrew and Alex ask Dean what problems Agoric solves, how it seeks to onboard millions of developers, where it's seeing the most deve...