The Crypto Conversation

Liquid Mercury - Professional Crypto Trading

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tony Saliba is a professional trader, a "Market Wizard" and CEO at Liquid Mercury, a professional crypto trading platform.   Why you should listen To...

SCRYPT - A Swiss Financial Service Provider for Crypto

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Norman Wooding is co-founder and CEO of SCRYPT, a leading Swiss financial service provider specializing in crypto assets.  Why you should listen SCRY...

Lionsgate Network - Recover Your Lost Crypto

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bezalel Eithan Raviv, a former member of Israel's IDF Cyber Unit 8200, is the CEO and founder of Lionsgate Network, a digital platform that specialize...

Apeiron - The Next Wave of Web3 Gaming

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Frank Cheng is co-founder and loremaster at the Fonnie Magus game studio. They are developing Apeiron, part of a new wave of token-driven, play-and-ea...

Saito - A Paradigm Shift in Blockchain Applications

24 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Parris is a co-founder at Saito - a self-sufficient Layer 1 Blockchain designed for devs that provides the foundation for building open and sc...

CESS - Decentralized Storage and Delivery

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Zaldastani is Chairman and Co-Founder at CESS, a blockchain-powered decentralized storage and content delivery network infrastructure.   Why you...

Memecoins and the Rise of Financial Nihilism

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Aditya Das is a researcher and analyst across the Techemy Group. He joins Andy to discuss the current Memecoin mania that has gripped the crypto marke...

Randcast - On-Chain Verifiable Randomness

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Felix Xu is the Co-Founder of ARPA Network, a decentralized computation network based on threshold cryptography and its use cases   Why you should li...

Chirp - DePIN for Global IOT and Mobile

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Kravchunovsky is the founder and CEO of Chirp. Chirp is a trailblazing DePIN network founded by a team of Telecommunications experts with decades ...

Bitcoin ATH, Ordinals, & The Three Body Problem

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Brett Herskope aka Eliherf is head of growth at Gamma, the open marketplace for Bitcoin Ordinals. Brett and Andy discuss Bitcoin's recent all-time hig...

Bril Finance - The New Era of DeFi

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Connor O'Shea is the CEO of Bril Finance, a cutting edge DeFi UX for seamless access to professional-grade portfolio management algorithms and yield s...

Solve Care - Blockchain for Digital Health Networks

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pradeep Goel is the Chief Executive Officer at the Solve Care Foundation. Solve Care is a blockchain platform for digital health networks. Why you sho...

Quai Network - Energy-based Money for the 21st Century

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. K is the Co-Founder of Quai Network, a new Layer 1 network of blockchains designed to scale to handle all human commerce while maintaining true de...

Prime Staked: Liquid Restaking

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Liu is the co-founder of Origin Protocol, an Ethereum-powered platform for NFTs, DeFi, Liquid Staking, and Restaking. Why you should listen Origi...

Lark Davis - Crypto Narratives 2024

25 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lark Davis is a cryptocurrency investor, influencer, YouTuber, and founder of weekly crypto newsletter, Wealth Mastery. He shares his top crypto narra...

ICONOMI - An Advanced Crypto Portfolio Platform

22 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Curk is the CEO of ICONOMI, an advanced crypto investment and portfolio platform that makes it easy for beginners and for power users to choose ...

eBTC - stETH Backed BTCLoans

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Spada₿oom is the founder of BadgerDAO, a Bitcoin-focused DeFi protocol. The team is working on eBTC – a groundbreaking new synthetic asset that ca...

NFTStudio24 - The Decentralized Media Platform

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hinza Asif is the CEO of NFTStudio24, a decentralized media platform based in Japan that's empowering journalists and reporters worldwide.  Why you s...

CoinRoutes - Algorithmic Trading Strategies and Execution

18 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Weisberger is the co-founder and CEO of CoinRoutes, a leading provider of algorithmic trading strategies and execution management. Why you should...

Secure Digital Markets - The Institutional Choice

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mostafa Al-Mashita, is co-founder, and Yacine Ouldchikh is a Senior Trader at Secure Digital Markets (SDM), a digital asset brokerage firm that offers...

Tari - the Freedom Enhancing Protocol

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Naveen Jain and Riccardo Spagni are contributors at Tari Labs, building Tari. Tari is a new open-source, decentralized protocol that reimagines the fu...

Lantern Finance - Illuminate Your Staking Journey

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Prince Jindal and Jung Won Kim are co-founders at  Lantern Finance, a US-based staking platform built for the everyday crypto investor. Why you shoul...

Arcanum Capital - Early Investments in Web3

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

James McDowall is the founding partner of Arcanum Capital, a venture capital firm focused on supporting enterprising and forward-thinking teams that a...

Rho Protocol - On-chain Interest Rate Derivatives

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Ryvkin is the CEO of Rho Labs, building Rho Protocol, an interest rate derivatives protocol and the first institutional grade on-chain rates mark...

Conflux Network -The Hybrid Blockchain Without Barriers

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Fan Long is the co-founder of Conflux Network, a PoW/PoS Hybrid Blockchain. Dr. Fan Long graduated from Tsinghua University Yao Class, and he hold...

Subsquid Network - The Web3 Data Lake

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Dmitry Zhelezov is the Co-Founder and CEO and Marcel Fohrmann is the Co-Founder and CFO of Subsquid, a decentralized data lake and query engine th...

Nine Chronicles - A Web3 Game by Planetarium Labs

31 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

JC Kim is the CEO of Planetarium Labs, a community driven, Web3 gaming company founded in South Korea and backed by Animoca. They create games where u...

Bitcoin IRA - Helping Americans Retire

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Kline is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Bitcoin IRA, a crypto IRA platform for investing in cryptocurrencies with self-directed I...

Summer.fi - DeFi Made Easy

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Bradbury is the CEO at Summer.fi, a DeFi front end that enables users to deploy capital into DeFi, using best-in-class UI/UX. Why you should lis...

Nayms - the Crypto Native Insurance Marketplace

21 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Danielle Wall Elliott is the COO at Nayms, the crypto native insurance marketplace. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink sees tokenization of RWA as the next big ...

Leather - The Bitcoin Wallet for the Bitcoin Economy

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Hendrickson is the General Manager of Leather, the Bitcoin wallet for the fast-emerging Bitcoin Economy. Why you should listen Mark explains the ...

PowerLoom - The Decentralized Data Layer for Web3

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Swaroop Hegde is a co-founder at PowerLoom - a decentralized Data Layer for Web3 that is scaling trustless data and building on-chain data primitives....

Crown Token - Taking IPs to the Metaverse

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pan Lorattawut is the CEO of VUCA Digital, the blockchain consulting firm behind the CROWN Token Project. Prior to VUCA Digital, Pan was Senior VP at ...

Gary Said Yes - Bitcoin Spot ETFs Approved!

10 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In a historic move, the SEC today announced that it has approved eleven Bitcoin Spot ETFs. U.S. investors will now be able to gain exposure to Bitcoin...

The Sandbox - Play, Create, & Own Virtual LAND

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sebastien Borget is the co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of The Sandbox a virtual world that leverages blockchain technology to empower users t...

Trust Machines - Building the Bitcoin Economy

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rena Shah is a former petroleum engineer turned Bitcoin strategist at Trust Machines. Trust Machines has the goal of onboarding 1 billion people into ...

Eclipse Fi - A Launch and Liquidity Protocol on Cosmos

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Simon Chadwick is Co-founder and CEO at Eclipse Fi, a modular launch and liquidity protocol on Cosmos. Eclipse Fi aims to revolutionize token launches...

Mimo - Building the Kuma and Parallel Protocols

17 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Claude Eguienta is the Chief Executive Officer at Mimo Capital, a company that creates protocols providing tokenized real-world assets. So far, it has...

Haven1 - Bringing Traditional Finance to Web3

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Owens is co-founder of Haven1 - an EVM-compatible layer 1 blockchain designed to offer a secure, trusted environment to drive the mass adoption o...

OneSafe - Global Crypto Banking for Web3 Startups

12 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Shei is the founder and CEO of OneSafe, a financial technology company that partners with crypto-friendly banks to provide banking services for ...

Cartesi - Building Next-Gen Apps

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Gabriel Barros is a Developer Advocate at Cartesi, an app-specific rollup protocol with a virtual machine that runs Linux distributions. At Cartesi, h...

Moonbeam - Build Apps that Connect Across Chains

10 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Derek Yoo is CEO at Moonsong Labs, an innovation lab facilitating the development of next-generation protocols and software infrastructure in Web3. Mo...

Portal Foundation - Web3 Gaming For Everyone

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Keene is the Chief Business Officer and on the Founding Team of Portal Foundation. Portal is the universal gaming ecosystem, powered by $Portal. T...

RAILGUN - Zero-Knowledge Privacy

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kai is a core contributor to RAILGUN, a DeFi privacy toolkit powering a rich on-chain Zero-Knowledge privacy ecosystem.   Why you should listen Trans...

Validation Cloud - Institutional Staking-as-a-Service

05 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew McFarlane is CTO at Validation Cloud an Institutional Staking-as-a-Service provider and Web3 infrastructure platform. Why you should listen Web...

Syntropy - The Data Layer for Web3

05 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jonas Simanavicius is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Syntropy, the data layer for Web3. Why you should listen Syntropy is a decentrali...

Bitget - Crypto Catalysts for 2024

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Gracy Chen is MD at Bitget, a leading crypto copy trading and cryptocurrency exchange platform. Bitget's mission is to inspire individuals to embrace ...

Predictoor - Decentralized Prediction Feeds

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Trent McConaghy is an AI and blockchain expert and the founder of Ocean Protocol, a decentralized data marketplace. Ocean's newest product is Predicto...

goodcryptoX - The Next-Generation DEX

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Maksim Hramadtsou is the founder and CEO of GoodCrypto and goodcryptoX - a next-generation non-custodial DEX trading platform that revolutionizes DEX ...

Pharma DAO - Reinventing Healthcare

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Gennaro D'Urso is the founder of Pharma Collective and Israel Mirsky is the Director at Pharma Collective. Gennaro has a background in science and ent...

Seda - The Foundation for Data in Web3

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jasper De Gooyer is the co-founder and CTO at SEDA, a multichain, permissionless protocol connecting real-world data to any network on-chain.   Why y...

Bitmedia - The Ad Network taking Crypto to the World

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tanya Petrusenko is the CEO at Bitmedia, a global crypto advertising platform that helps crypto companies find crypto users around the world. Why you ...

Markets Update - A Crypto Sentiment Check

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Andy records a video podcast to check in on the current narratives and data points impacting the crypto markets. With approximately 150 days until the...

Volcan Capital - Investing in El Salvador

14 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Aditya Das is Head of Research at Volcan Capital, a financial services company focused on investment opportunities in El Salvador.    Why you should...

Tacen - The Future of DeFi Today

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jae Yang is the CEO of Tacen and the Chief Architect of Project TXA. Tacen and Project TXA are sister projects - Project TXA develops the hybrid decen...

StealthTest - An end-to-end solution for Web3 Development

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Collin Woodward is the President and General Counsel of StealthTest. This secure, cloud-based environment enables teams to create their own Ethereum a...

D-Central - Powering the Bitcoin Mining Community

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Bertrand is CEO at D-Central Technologies, a Bitcoin mining company empowering pleb miners to industry giants. D-Central is North America and...

Cubist - Solving Key Management

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Riad Wahby is the CEO and co-founder at Cubist, a company focused on key management solutions for Web3. Riad has a background in electrical engineerin...

Huddle01 - The Decentralized Communication Network

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ayush Ranjan is the Co-Founder and CEO at Huddle01, whose mission is to democratize WebRTC and make it more private, secure, and scalable.   Why you ...

Scaling Business with AI Superpowers

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Flitter is the founder of NewZealand.AI Their mission is to help businesses scale their superpowers with Artificial Intelligence to increase pr...

Bracket Labs - Range-bound Products for DeFi

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Pelli Wang is the Co-Founder and COO of Bracket Labs. Bracket Labs' mission is to democratize financial products for all users, specifically mainstrea...

Arcana - Making Web3 Accessible

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mayur Relekar is the Co-Founder and CEO of Arcana, a Web3 adoption and integration network. Arcana provides developer tools and SDKs that enable devel...

The Solana Foundation - Stewarding Solana

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Austin Federa is the Head of Strategy at Solana Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Switzerland that provides grants and supports developmen...

Calaxy - A Social Market for Creators by Creators

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Solo Ceesay is the CEO and co-founder of Calaxy, a social marketplace for creators, built on Hedera Hashgraph. He aspires to bridge the gap between fa...

Sui - Building the stack for the next billion users

15 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Evan Cheng is the Co-Founder and CEO at Mysten Labs building Sui, an innovative, decentralized Layer 1 blockchain that redefines asset ownership. Evan...

Decrypting Money - A Comprehensive Introduction to Bitcoin

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Marco Krohn and Dr. Anthony Jefferies are co-authors of a new book - Decrypting Money - A Comprehensive Introduction to Bitcoin. The book provides...

Bastion - Uncomplicating Web3

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Riyaz Faizullabhoy and Nassim Eddequiouaq, are the former Chief Technology Officer and Chief Security Officer of a16z Crypto, and the founders of Bast...

REKT Capital Returns - 200 Days Until the Bitcoin Halving

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rekt Capital is a cryptocurrency trader and technical analyst. In this episode, Andy and Rekt discuss the historical patterns and tendencies leading u...

XEROF - Cryptoassets with Swiss Precision

03 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Marc Taverner is the CEO and co-founder of XEROF, a financial services provider for crypto assets. Marc says the idea for XEROF stemmed from a recogni...

Versatus - The Most Versatile DevEx in Web3

02 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Smith is the founder of Versatus Labs. Versatus is building a decentralized compute stack to make it easier for developers to build on blockcha...

Torque Drift 2 - Motorsport comes to Web3

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Billy Sullivan is the COO, and Arran Potter is the founder at Grease Monkey Games, a Melbourne games studio building immersive community-driven games ...

DAIM - The Investment Advisor Dedicated to Crypto

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Courchesne started his career on Wall Street and became interested in Bitcoin in 2014. He recognized a need for licensed advisors in the space a...

Ethena Labs - Enabling the Internet Bond

24 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ethena Labs - Enabling the Internet Bond   Guy Young is the CEO and Founder of Ethena Labs, the crypto infrastructure company building USDe, the firs...

Valio - Next Generation Asset Management Platform

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Valio - Next Generation Asset Management Platform   Karlis is the of founder Valio, an asset management platform that connects users to leading trade...

SYSLabs - Web3 with the Security of Bitcoin

19 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Grewal is the Chief Legal Officer at SYS Labs, a company building products and services for Web3. Why you should listen Rollux is SYSLabs' premi...

Delos Digital - Providing Access to Bitcoin Mining

17 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lodewyck Berghuijs is the CEO and co-founder of Delos Digital, the parent company to Kodoma and Pantheon Mining. Lodewyck shares his personal journey ...

Everlasting - Securing Timeless Value On-chain

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Salisbury is the co-founder of Everlasting, a digital currency hybrid custody initiative founded in New Zealand. Everlasting provides users with ...

Dolomite - A next-gen Money Market on Arbitrum

12 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Corey Caplan and Adam Knuckey are the co-founders of Dolomite, a next-generation money market and margin trading protocol built on Arbitrum.    Why ...

Proof of Work - Marathon Digital Holdings

05 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Fred Thiel is the CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings, one of the largest Bitcoin mining companies on the planet. The company holds 13,000 BTC in its cor...

Space and Time - the Decentralized Data Warehouse

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jay White is the co-founder of Space and Time, a decentralized data warehouse. Space and Time can be understood as a web3 native database platform wit...

Spacemesh - Fairness through Proof of Space and Time

31 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tomer Afek is the CEO and Co-founder of Spacemesh, a layer 1 Proof of Space Time (PoST) protocol. Following mainnet launch on the 14th of July 2023 th...

The Next Crypto Gem - Crypto takes over Reality TV

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jett Tang is the executive producer of The Next Crypto Gem, a Reality  TV series that premieres September 7. It's the first crypto-related TV show of...

Pocket Network - Pioneering the DePin revolution

24 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dermot O'Riordan is the director of Pocket Network. Pocket Network's mission is to build censorship-resistant technology that will lay the foundation ...

The Comeback Kid - Can EOS Return to Glory?

22 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Yves La Rose is the CEO of the EOS Network Foundation and a modern-day samurai. EOS was the largest ICO and raised over $4 billion in the biggest init...

Ripple's Vison for DeFi: Tokenize, Manage & Move

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Boris Alergant is the Head of DeFi at Ripple. He discusses the challenges of institutional adoption in DeFi and the importance of compliance.  Why yo...

Monad - Superscalar Pipelining for the EVM

16 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Keone Hon is the Co-Founder and CEO of Monad, an EVM-compatible L1 that can process 10k TPS. Keone explains why he decided to move on from Jump Tradin...

There are 281 Days Until the Bitcoin Halving

09 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There are approximately 281 days until the next Bitcoin halving. In this episode, Andy looks at several data points related to the Bitcoin halving cyc...

Zeebu - Disrupting the Telecom Carrier Space

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Raj Brahmbhatt is the co-founder and CEO of Zeebu, a blockchain-based settlement platform for telecom carriers. Zeebu aims to revolutionize the teleco...

Swell - A Voyage Into Liquid Staking

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Dizon is the Founder of Swell, an Ethereum liquid staking protocol, backed by Mark Cuban, Bankless, Framework, Apollo, Maven 11, and more. Dani...

RociFi - Credit Scores for DeFi

01 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Christopher Brookins is the co-founder of RociFi, a DeFi primitive for on-chain scoring and capital-efficient lending. Why you should listen RociFi en...

The Bitget Wallet - Your Portal to Web3

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Moka Han is the COO at BitKeep Wallet which has been acquired by Bitget and rebranded to the Bitget Wallet. With over 10 years of experience in FinTec...

Beyond Broke - It's Time to Level Up

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jake Claver is the founder of Digital Ascension Group, and a business leader, keynote speaker, and performance expert who helps professionals build we...

Bitcoin Saves El Salvador

26 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Graham Elwood is a comedian, filmmaker, and podcaster. He has just spent time on the ground in El Salvador exploring the country's Bitcoin adoption. H...

Mercuryo - Cryptocurrency Payment Solutions

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Petr Kozyakov is the Co-founder and CEO of Mercuryo, a global payments infrastructure platform. Why you should listen Mercuryo began in 2018 as an onr...

IMPT - The Planet's Loyalty Programme

10 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Denis Creighton is the CEO of IMPT, a carbon-offsetting ecosystem designed to connect global retail brands with socially responsible individuals and b...

World Mobile - Connecting the Unconnected

02 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Micky (Mr. Telecom) Watkins is the CEO at World Mobile, a mobile network owned by the people and built on blockchain technology. Micky shares his back...

Metis - The Ethereum layer-2 for Web3

26 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Elena Sinelnikova is the Decentralization Coordinator of the MetisDAO Foundation and co-founder of Metis, a layer-2 solution built on Ethereum powerin...

Babylon Chain - Securing proof-of-stake chains using Bitcoin's proof-of-work

25 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Tse, a professor at Stanford University and co-founder of Babylon Chain, discusses the integration of proof-of-work Bitcoin security with proof-...

Archway - Mainnet Approaches

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Maxwell McKendry is Director of Business Development for Phi Labs, building out the Archway blockchain - an incentivized L1 blockchain that allows dev...

The Tie - Premium Digital Asset Data

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Frank is the CEO and Co-Founder of The Tie - a Premium Digital Asset Data provider for institutions.    Why you should listen The Tie's core of...