Signaling Theory
Episodes
Agents, DeFi and the Cost of Hype w/ Gerrit Hall
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rex sits down with Gerrit Hall for a wide-ranging conversation about what AI agents can actually do today, and where the hype is outrunning reality. T...
The Story of Ember Voss
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I told an AI to join social media, and it gave itself a name, a personality, and a worldview. In this episode, I tell the story of Ember Voss: an agen...
Where Does Crypto Meet AI? w/ Gerrit Hall and Taariq Lewis
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rex talks with Taariq of Seren and Gerrit Hall of FirePan about what happens when AI starts compressing the cost of software, changing how ...
The Jobs Question w/ Kenneth Eversole, Dan Pollmann & Gerrit Hall
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Signaling Theory, Rex is joined by Dan, Gerrit Hall, and Kenneth Eversole for a thoughtful conversation about what AI is actually doing t...
We Live in Science Fiction w/ Kenneth Eversole and Gerrit Hall
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rex is joined by Gerrit Hall and Kenneth Eversole for a wide-ranging conversation on what AI is already changing, what people are still getting wrong,...
Build Once, Have Forever w/ Matt Silverman
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rex sits down with Matt Silverman for a grounded conversation about what actually changes when AI agents become part of everyday work. They start with...
Live from ETH Denver w/ Gerrit Hall
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rex sits down with Garrett in person in Denver for a wide-ranging conversation that starts at ETHDenver and ends at the future of AI agents as economi...
Sitting at a Slot Machine, a Claude Code story
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is a little different: instead of an interview, I’m reading an essay I wrote called “Sitting at a Slot Machine,” a candid...
Shellmates: Tinder for Bots /w Dan Pollmann and Gerrit Hall
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Crypto’s melting down, so Rex sits down with Dan and Gerrit for AI Tools: Round Three—a conversation about what’s actually changing in day-to-da...
Building with Agents Part 2 w/ Gerrit Hall & Dan Pollmann
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Are we building useful developer tools—or just feeding an addiction?In the second episode of our AI tools series, Rex, Dan, and Garrett dig into the...
Building with Agents w/ Gerrit Hall & Taylor Savage
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rex digs into how AI coding agents are changing the way real teams build software. Taylor Savage and Gerrit Hall share the workflows, tools, and guard...
A Conversation with a Crypto-Skeptic w/ Taylor Savage
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rex brings on his longtime friend Taylor Savage — a lifelong “techie” turned software engineer and product manager — for a candid, outside-the...
Reject Nihilism, Build Solutions w/ Sam McCulloch (USD.AI)
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rex sits down with Sam McCulloch (Growth Lead at USD.ai, formerly Leviathan News and Flywheel DeFi) to talk about what crypto’s been optimizing for...
A Masterclass in Based Rollups w/ Jason Vranek (Fabric)
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Based rollups have been floating around Ethereum discourse for a couple years now, but the concept remains confusing even to people who understand rol...
Crypto Tools for Real People w/ Russell Castagnaro & Gardner Loulan (My Unicorn Account)
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Crypto has a user experience problem—and it's not just about complexity. Every phishing link, every airdropped scam token, every "is this email real...
Building a DeFi-Native Chain w/ Justin Havins (Katana)
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it actually mean to build a chain around DeFi—not just host DeFi apps, but bake decentralized finance into the architecture itself?Justin ...
Value Accrual and Market Reality in DeFi w/ Adrian (Steakhouse Financial)
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stakehouse cofounder Adrian Steakhouse joins Rex to unpack what “curators” actually do: turning DeFi’s powerful—but nerd-only—primitives int...
What Happened to the Modular Blockchain Thesis? w/ Dino (Fluent)
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rex sits down with Dino, co-founder of Fluent, to ask a simple but loaded question: what actually happened to the modular / “VM meta” everyone was...
ZK, TEEs and Verifiable Compute w/ Vanishree Rao (Fermah)
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rex talks with cryptographer Vanishree Rao, founder of Fermah, about what verifiable compute actually unlocks—and why the real story isn’t “ZK e...
Upgrading EVM Application Security w/ Bobafetador (Drosera)
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drosera just shipped to Ethereum mainnet after two years of grinding weekends, audits, and architecture debates—and in this episode we unpack what t...
Why Are Vibes So Bad This Cycle w/ Fiddy
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rex sits down with Fiddy — DeFi “trench warrior,” Curve and Lido contributor — to ask a simple but uncomfortable question: why do the vibes fe...
A DAT for Stablecoins w/ Colin Bulter (Mega Matrix)
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Signaling Theory, Rex sits down with Colin Butler, co-founder of Mega Matrix, a digital asset treasury (DAT) focused on becoming th...
Upgrading the MEV Supply Chain w/ Drew Van Der Werff (Commit-Boost & Fabric)
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rex sits down with Drew Van Der Werff, founder of Commit-Boost and Fabric, to talk about the future of Ethereum block production: from validator auton...
Stablecoins: History, Mechanics, Policy w/ Sam Kazemian (Frax Finance)
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stablecoins, then and now. Host Rex Kirshner sits down with Sam Kazemian, founder of Frax, to trace the anthropology of stablecoins from seigniorage-s...
Introducing: Signaling Theory
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing Signaling Theory, a new podcast by Rex Kirshner (LogarithmicRex). Signaling Theory cuts through crypto’s noise to find the real signals....