The Crypto Conversation
Episodes
PerpTools – How DEXTools Is Building the Full DeFi Trading Stack
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Wael Rajab is the CMO of PerpTools and co-founder and director of DEXT Ventures, the capital arm of DEXTools — one of DeFi's original and most widel...
Abundant – What If the Most Radical Act Is Giving?
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andy sits down with Donald Griswold, director of the new indie documentary feature Abundant, and Sheila Dohmann, Chief Marketing Officer at Stuff.io, ...
Themelia – Custom Crypto Indexes
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Ellerm and Kent Grogan are the co-founders of Themelia, a platform building the next infrastructure layer for crypto investment through custom...
Stormrake – Old School Brokerage for the Digital Asset Era
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bisher Khudeira is the COO of Stormrake, a Melbourne-based digital asset brokerage offering best execution trading, institutional custody, and asset ...
Solayer – Hardware Accelerated Finance at the Speed of Metal
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Joshua Sum is the Chief Product Officer at Solayer, a hardware accelerated network built to move money at the speed of metal. Joshua joins Andy Picker...
UTEXO – Native USDT Comes Home to Bitcoin
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Viktor Ihnatiuk is the co-founder and CEO of UTEXO, a Tether-backed global settlement network for native USDT and Bitcoin payments, powered by the Lig...
Open Frontier - The Coalition for Fair Crypto
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Open Frontier Executive Director Erik Balsbaugh and board member Amanda Wick join Andy Pickering for a wide-ranging conversation on crypto, politics, ...
Transak - The Crypto On-Ramp
08 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Werner is VP of Partnerships and Strategy at Transak, one of the world's leading fiat-to-crypto on-ramp providers. Werner shares his journey thro...
Veera - The OnChain Neobank
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andy sits down with SB, CEO and co-founder of Veera, to unpack a bold attempt at one of crypto's oldest and most stubborn problems: making it usable f...
New Book - The Intelligent Crypto Investor
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
John Hargrave, CEO of Media Shower and author of The Intelligent Crypto Investor, joins the show to unpack a radically calm, Buffett-inspired approach...
OpenTrade - Stablecoin Infra & Yield for Financial Services
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andy sits down with Dave Sutter, CEO and co-founder of OpenTrade, to unpack why stablecoins are rapidly becoming the most important financial primitiv...
SecondSwap - The Dex For Locked Tokens
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andy sits down with Kanny Lee, CEO and co-founder of SecondSwap, to explore one of crypto's most under-discussed structural problems: liquidity for lo...
Tria - Live Free, Bank Freer
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vijit Katta is the CEO and co-founder at Tria, a self-custodial neobank that unifies spending, trading, and earning across all chains — without brid...
Pixion Games - The Next Generation of Play
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kam Punia is the Founder and CEO of Pixion Games, the London based studio behind Fableborne and the $POWER gaming ecosystem. Why you should listen I...
Vision: Bringing Retail and Institutions On-chain
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Florian Klein is the Commercial Lead at Bitpanda's Web3 team. Bitpanda, one of Europe's most regulated digital asset platforms (7M+ users, multiple Mi...
Canopy Network - Limitless Infra for Appchains
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canopy Network powers the peer-to-peer launchpad for new application-specific chains. Built on a recursive architecture, applications bootstrap each o...
Gallaxia - The Future of Gaming
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James Ashton is a former Chelsea FC and Premier League footballer turned gamer. He is the Founder & CEO of Planet-X and Core Contributor to Gallaxia...
Haven - Blockchain With Biometric Authentication
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Haven is a blockchain ecosystem based on the foundations of anonymity and authenticated ownership. Using real and continuous biometric authentication ...
WebX - The Bitcoin Accumulation Company
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Dafflon is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Wondera.AI, an AI music company backed by leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms. Bill...
LeveX - Built by Traders for Traders
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Harvey Liu is the CEO at LeveX, a crypto exchange built by traders who believe that sharing strategies and successful trades builds a stronger communi...
CreatorFi - Helping the World's Best Creators Grow
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Cameron is the co-founder of CreatorFi, a unified platform for creative capital, partnerships, and growth enablement to help the world's best cre...
PlayAI Network - The Orchestration Layer for Crypto x AI
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The PlayAI Network is the orchestration network and interface for users and developers for seamless communication and coordination between tools, agen...
Pharos Network - The Layer 1 For RWAs
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wish is the Co-Founder and CEO of Pharos Network, a Programmable Open Financial Layer 1 For RWAs & Cross-Chain Liquidity. Wish leads the development o...
Fidelity Digital Assets - What's Happening In the Markets?
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fidelity began researching Bitcoin and developing blockchain solutions in 2014. After seeing demand from its clients, Fidelity developed a dedicated b...
Nillion - The Base Layer For Private Data
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Woods is CTO at the Nillion Association, a secure computation network that decentralizes trust for high-value data in the same way that blockchai...
EMCD - Make Currencies Digital
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Warmus is the director across Europe at EMCD — one of Europe's fastest-growing crypto super apps with over 400,000 verified users. EMCD is posit...
DEIN - The Decentralized Insurance Network
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DEIN, short for Decentralized Insurance Network, is a platform that offers permissionless, decentralized, and DAO-managed discretionary risk coverage....
Uplink - Decentralized Connectivity
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why you should listen Uplink is building a decentralized network that connects people, devices, and businesses through shared internet infrastructure....
BTCS SA - Public Infrastructure for a Decentralized Economy
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wojtek Kaszycki is the Founder and Chairman of BTCS S.A. a technology company that builds and manages validation infrastructure for leading blockchain...
CoinTerminal - Access Token Presales Before CEX Listingsv
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maximiliano Stochyk is Head of Sales at CoinTerminal — a fundraising platform helping DeFi and Web3 founders raise millions transparently while givi...
PACT SWAP - The Next-Gen Cross-Chain DEX
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Toby Gilbert is a Co-Founder at PACT Swap, a cross-chain DEX built on Coinweb. Pact Swap enables trading of native Bitcoin, TRON, and other assets acr...
Sign - Sovereign Infrastructure for Global Nations
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Xin Yan is the Co-founder and CEO of Sign, a blockchain technology company leading the industry in token distribution and verifiable credentials, now ...
Kava - Leading the World to Web3
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Pham is the CMO at Kava, a decentralized blockchain that combines the speed and interoperability of Cosmos with the developer power of Ethereum. ...
Global Gold - The On-Chain Gold Ecosystem
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cole Chapman is the Co-Founder of Global Gold. Cole is leading the tokenization of gold, creating a global liquidity layer that enables fractional o...
Sierra Labs - Redefining Digital Money
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mitchell Nicholson is the founder of Sierra Labs. The SIERRA Liquid Yield Token (LYT) is built to deliver the best user experience across DeFi, CeFi, ...
Griffin AI - #1 AI Agent Builder for DeFi
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Oliver Feldmeier is the founder of Griffin AI, the first no-code platform for building autonomous AI agents tailored to DeFi and crypto finance. Why y...
Zilliqa - Unlocking Web3 for All
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alexander Zahnd is the Interim CEO and Chief Financial Officer of Zilliqa, a leading Layer 1 blockchain platform. Why you should listen Zilliqa is a h...
Acurast - The Smartphone-Powered Compute Network
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alessandro De Carli the founder at Acurast, a scalable, secure, decentralized compute network powered by the massive global base of modern smartphones...
Gem DiCom - Gemstones as a Digital Commodity
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gordan Kljajic is the co-founder of GEM DiCom - The first digital commodity backed by investment-grade gemstones with a real-time proof of reserve an...
COTI - On-Chain Privacy
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shahaf Bar-Geffen is the CEO for COTI, working on On-chain privacy for every user, everywhere. Why you should listen Privacy isn't a luxury — it's...
Recall - Rank The World's Best AI
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Sena is the CSO and Co-founder of Recall, an on-chain arena where the community evaluates, ranks, and rewards the best AI. Why you should list...
Legion - Invest like an Insider
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matt O'Connor is the Founder of Legion, a platform that provides early access to the best ICOs and pre-token sales. Why you should listen Legion is a ...
ØG Labs - the Largest AI L1
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Heinrich is co-founder and ceo of ØG Labs, building the 0G chain - the largest AI L1. Why you should listen ØG, short for Zero Gravity Labs,...
Morpheus - The Network For AI Agents
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Johnston is the Lead Technologist & Code Maintainer at Morpheus, a decentralized network of AI agents. An early pioneer in AI and Web3, David co...
Nibiru - The Next Era of Money
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Unique is a co-founder of Nibiru, the Web3 hub ushering in the next era of money. Nibiru is a blockchain and smart contract hub with DeFi, RWAs, and m...
CoinTerminal - Buy Before the Market
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Carey is the CTO of CoinTerminal, the industry's only launchpad with no token staking requirements. Why you should listen CoinTerminal positio...
BOB - The Gateway to Bitcoin DeFi
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alexei Zamyatin is the co-founder of BOB, the gateway to Bitcoin Defi. Bob's hybrid model aligns with both Bitcoin and Ethereum, fusing the strengths ...
Yieldschool - Invest in the Primary Crypto Asset Markets
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Hepworth is the CEO and Founder of Yieldschool. Yieldschool helps high-net-worth investors build responsible crypto allocations with proper risk...
Turnkey - Private Key Management Made Simple
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bryce Ferguson is the founder of Turnkey. Turnkey provides secure, flexible, scalable wallet infrastructure. Turnkey is private key management made si...
Radix - Radically Different DeFi
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Radix DLT is a Layer-1 distributed ledger—think blockchain for DeFi, but without the clunky blocks. It's built from the ground up to make decentrali...
Luffa - Web3 Decentralized Instant Messaging
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yu Xiong is Co-President of Luffa, a Web3 decentralized instant messaging app designed specifically for security. Why you should listen Luffa is a nex...
Daiko - The Web3 Pet-Tech Platform
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Byrne is a technologist building Daiko, a Web3 Pet-Tech platform that combines real-world pet care with blockchain rewards. Why you should liste...
Chorus One - Stake Without Complexities
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Klehr is Global Head of Sales and Business Development at Chorus One, a leading institutional staking infrastructure provider founded in 2018. W...
Everstake - Staking For Everyone
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Kinitsky is the CEO of Everstake, a leading global non-custodial staking provider serving institutional and retail clients, with $6.5 billion st...
Digital Assets Association - Bridging TradFi and RWAs
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Chong is co-chair of the Digital Assets Association (DAA) Singapore, a Singapore-based non-profit association dedicated to guiding individuals a...
Meanwhile - Bitcoin Life Insurance
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zac Townsend is CEO and Co-Founder of Meanwhile, the first life insurance provider denominated and operating in Bitcoin. Life Insurance serves a criti...
Ryze Labs - Web3, AI, Crypto and Beyond
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Graham is the Managing Partner at Ryze Labs, a fund investing in blockchain innovators worldwide who are building Web3 applications to drive a...
Idea-L® - From Idea to Funded Startup
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Goodwin is the CEO and founder of Idea-L®, the platform that combines generative AI and real-time validation to help anyone go from idea to fun...
Kaia - Stablecoins for mini-Dapps on Superapps
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Cho is Vice President of Partnerships at Kaia DLT Foundation, a non-profit organization established to accelerate the Kaia blockchain's global ad...
tBTC - The Bitcoin Standard for DeFi
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Callan, also known as "Sap" is the Co-Founder of Threshold Labs, the managing team behind Threshold Network's tBTC, a trust-minimized bridge enabling ...
Algorand Foundation - Why TVL is a Poor Metric For Investment Decisions
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Staci Warden is the Algorand Foundation CEO, and Dr. Matthew Brigida is Chief Economist at Algorand Foundation. In June, the Algorand Foundation's tok...
Coinpass - The UK Crypto Platform for Businesses
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Hancock is the CEO of Coinpass, a UK-based crypto exchange acquired by OANDA in 2023. He's bringing crypto and traditional finance closer togethe...
Pi Squared - The Verifiable Settlement Layer for AI and Crypto
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Grigore Roșu is a professor of computer science at the University of Illinois and a former NASA engineer, where he developed the K Framework - an ope...
Signals - Fixing NFT Launches
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Sainato, the Co-Founder of Gamma, has just launched Signals to fix NFT launches. Signals is a first-of-its-kind go-to-market platform that uncove...
Gaia - Decentralized AI Inferencing
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shashank Sripada merges institutional rigor with systemic change. After managing $7B+ in assets and advising the White House, he co-founded Gaia to pr...
Me3 - AI-powered Engagement Infrastructure For Web3
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Ainscow is a co-founder of Me3, a web3 engagement and infrastructure platform. Matthew has built partnerships with several of Asia's largest E...
Raphael Coin - Tokenizing Fine Art
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aliyyah Koloc, a professional racing driver and advocate for autism awareness, shares her unique journey from tennis to motorsports, her passion for a...
Velora - The Intent-Based Trading Protocol
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mounir Benchemled is the founder of Velora, an intent-based crosschain trading protocol that makes complex trading strategies simple and accessible fo...
Obol - The largest Decentralized Operator Ecosystem in Ethereum
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kody Sale (Head of Product) and Anthony Bertolino (Head of Marketing & Ecosystem) are leading Obol's charge to scale the next generation of infrastruc...
Ledn - Bitcoin Backed Loans
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mauricio Di Bartolomeo is the Co-Founder of Ledn, a pioneer in the fast-growing Bitcoin-Backed Loans category. Ledn provides a secure and transparent ...
Glitch Financial - The World's Biggest Open Hedge Fund
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Arrash Yasavolian is the Founder and CEO of Taoshi, Inc and Glitch Financial. Taoshi is a decentralized trading platform that leverages AI and blockch...
SSV - The Based Applications Protocol
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alon Muroch, founder of SSV Labs, the core development team behind ssv.network, a distributed staking infrastructure securing ~5% of all staked ETH. A...
IRA Financial - Invest Your IRA in Alternative Assets
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Bergman is the founder of IRA Financial, is a U.S.based fintech company specializing in self-directed retirement accounts, offering a platform fo...
Ambire - The Web3 Wallet
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ivo Georgiev is the CEO & founder of Ambire Wallet, the Web3 wallet that just works. As the CEO of Ambire Wallet, Ivo leads a team of skilled develope...
RabbitX - Global, Permissionless, Perpetual Futures
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ming Wu is the founder of RabbitX, a global, permissionless perpetual futures exchange for the next generation of traders. RabbitX aims to redefine ma...
Session - Send Messages, Not Metadata
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kee Jefferys and Chris McCabe are the co-founders of Session - an encrypted messaging application which minimises the collection of user metadata. Ses...
Hyperlane - Interoperability For Everyone
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Kol is a Co-founder at Hyperlane, the open interoperability framework to connect anywhere onchain. Why you should listen Hyperlane is the "open in...
TEXITcoin - For Texas by Texans
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bobby Gray has manufactured gold, silver, and copper coins for the past sixteen years. In 2012, he created the original Bitcoin coin–the same year h...
SPACE ID - Web3 Domain & Identity
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Harrison Seletsky is Director of Business Development at SPACE ID, a universal name service network that connects and coordinates people, assets, and ...
Fedrok AG - Proof of Green for Carbon Credits
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Blazdell is CEO at Fedrok AG, a Swiss-based blockchain company focused on enhancing transparency and trust in the carbon credit market. Why you...
Datagram - the DePIN Base Layer
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Brink is the CEO and co-founder of Datagram, a decentralized real-time communication (RTC) infrastructure platform that leverages underutilized ...
RAAC - DeFi For RWA
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Rusher is the Founder and CEO of RAAC, a protocol that enables real estate tokenization, lending, and borrowing. It connects DeFi with real-worl...
Avantis - One DEX, Infinite Strategies
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Harsehaj Singh is the CEO and co-founder of Avantis, an on-chain exchange for trading and market-making cryptocurrencies, forex, and commodities. Why ...
Shardeum - Decentralization For Everyone
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Srini Parthasarathy is the CTO of Shardeum - an EVM-based autoscaling blockchain. Shardeum's architecture addresses the blockchain trilemma of decentr...
Olas - The Open Protocol For Trustworthy Information
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ciarán Murray is the founder and CEO of Olas, an open protocol for sharing, interrogating, and aggregating trustworthy information. Why you should li...
dRPC – All Data From Any Blockchain In One Place
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Constantine Zaitcev is CEO at dRPC.org - a new generation web3 infrastructure and data service that combines the advantages of distributed systems wit...
Stabull - The Stablecoin and Tokenized RWA DEX
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan is the Head of Product at Stabull Finance, a Stablecoin and tokenized RWA DEX on Ethereum and Polygon. Stabull Finance is the new home for non-US...
Malda - Unified Lending Without Limits
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Barna Kiss is a co-founder of Malda, a decentralized lending protocol for individuals, institutions, and protocols to access financial services. Why y...
Concordium - The L1 Redefining Stablecoins & PayFi
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki is the CEO of Concordium, a secure, scalable, regulatory-ready blockchain designed for real-world applications. With its built...
Kairon Labs - The Crypto Market Maker
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jens Willemen is a Partner & Co-Founder at Kairon Labs, an advisor and crypto market maker for digital asset issuers. Why you should listen In this co...
Astria - The Sequencing Layer
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Bowen is the founder of Astria, the easiest way to deploy decentralized rollups. Why you should listen In this conversation, Josh Bowen, co-found...
Seek Protocol - AR On Solana
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Seek Protocol is a cutting-edge ecosystem on Solana at the intersection of AI, augmented reality (AR), geolocation, and GameFi. Why you should listen ...
Scenario Protocol - Signal from Noise
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Merry is the co-founder of Scenario Protocol, a game-changing alerts platform that empowers users with control over the information that matters...
Galxe / Gravity - Onboarding the World to Web3
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Young is head of ecosystem for Galxe / Gravity. Galxe is onboarding the world to Web3 by enabling seamless web3 experiences through a suite of...
Titan - The Solana Dex Aggregator
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Chung is CEO and co-founder of Titan, a DEX Aggregator and Meta aggregator on the Solana blockchain. Titan has just announced their mainnet laun...
Treehouse Finance - The Decentralized Fixed Income Layer
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon Goh is Co-Founder & CEO of Treehouse. Focused on building the fixed income layer for digital assets, Treehouse introduces innovative fixed inc...
IronWeave - Own, Control & Share Data Privately
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Iseminger is CEO of IronWeave, a public blockchain with unscannable privacy. IronWeave is redefining blockchain, data storage, AI, and payments ...
Sophon - Simple, Seamless On-Chain Culture
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastien is the CEO and co-founder of Sophon - building amazing onchain experiences focused on entertainment and lifestyle applications. Why you shou...
Pocket Network - Unstoppable Open-Source Infrastructure
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pocket Network's mission is to provide the world with unstoppable open-source infrastructure. They aim to empower developers with access to reliable, ...
Umoja Labs - Next Generation Yield With Lower Risk
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Robby Greenfield is the founder of Umoja, a structured finance protocol that enables next-generation YVTs with lower risk and higher yields for any bl...