The DCo Podcast
Episodes
Inverting the Perps Playbook with Brett Harrison from Architect
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Brett Harrison helped scale FTX US before founding Architect and its exchange AX. AX is the first regulated centralised exchange for perpetual futures...
All Assets, Everywhere with Philipp from LI.FI
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, LI.FI Founder and CEO Philipp Zentner joins Saurabh to unpack where crypto is headed as tokenised assets proliferate across chains, s...
The House Doge Built with Timothy Stebbing
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Timothy Stebbing is CTO of House of Doge and Director at the Dogecoin Foundation. He spent 25 years in open source development before joining Dogecoin...
Building a Brain and Hands for Blockchains with Mike from Talus Network
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is shifting from chat interfaces to agents that act, earn, and participate in real economic activity. Mike Hanono, CEO of Talus Network, explains h...
Building for Institutions with Eric Saraniecki
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Saraniecki has spent the past decade building the infrastructure that large financial institutions need to participate in crypto. As the Co-Found...
Zynga's Founder Justin Waldron
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The conversation with Justin Waldron, co-founder of Zynga and now founder of Open Game Protocol, is a masterclass in how distribution models evolve in...
EP 47 — Solving the AI Curation Problem with Andrew Hill from Recall
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI agents are cheap to launch and impossible to trust. This episode is for people building and backing growth-stage crypto startups: how do you pick b...
Ep 46 — Turning a Dead NFT Collection into a $50M Empire ft. Luca Netz
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Luca Netz shares how he took a failing NFT collection and turned it into one of the fastest-growing Web3 brands. We dive into his thr...
EP 45 — Making Debt Move Faster with Androo and Andy from HypurrFi
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We sit down with Androo and Andy from HypurrFi who are building at the intersection of on-chain credit and real-world usability.While most DeFi protoc...
Ep 44 — How to Stake HYPE Permissionlessly with Omnia from Kinetiq
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kinetiq co-founder and Hyperliquid contributor Omnia joins to unpack how Hyperliquid evolved from a DEX into a liquidity layer, what HIPs unlock, and ...
Ep 43 — Why it's not NAV but Native Yield with Leah and Max from Sol Strategies
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While everyone's been copying MicroStrategy's Bitcoin strategy, Sol Strategies took a different approach. CEO Leah Wald and CTO Max Kaplan join me to ...
EP 42 — Avoiding the Hidden Tax of DeFi with Nikita from BarterSwap
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What actually happens after you hit “swap”?In this episode, Saurabh is joined by Nikita Ovchinnik, founder of BarterSwap, to break down the mechan...
EP 41 — Inside Dune with Mats Olsen
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most discussions about crypto UX revolve around decentralisation and ease of use. Mats Olson, co-founder and CTO of Dune, dives deeper into the overlo...
EP 40 — Exploring DeFi, AI Agents, and the Future of On-Chain Forecasting with James Ross
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Forecasting and prediction tools are missing links in DeFi and Mode Network is trying to fill that gap.In this episode, James Ross (co-founder of Mode...
Ep 39 — Aggregating the Trillion Dollar Stablecoin Market with Ryne and Jay
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stablecoins are crypto’s biggest product-market fit—$230B and growing. But the pipes that move them? Broken.In this episode, Saurabh speaks with J...
EP 38 — How to Fix DeFi with Andre Cronje
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From regulatory battles that forced him out of DeFi, to the conviction that drew him back, Andre opens up about the unseen cost of innovation in a spa...
Markets, Manipulation & the Myth of Decentralisation with Jose Sanchez
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded just before the market was hit by tariff chaos, this episode captures a rare quiet moment—and uses it to unpack the deeper mechanics of how...
EP 37 — Building Useful AI on Crypto Rails with Ejaaz
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ejaaz joins Saurabh to explore what it really takes to build usable, decentralized AI tools on crypto rails.We break down the AI x Cr...
EP 36 — Beyond Four-Year Market Cycles with Will Clemente
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We break down why the familiar crypto playbook no longer applies. We explore the death of predictable Bitcoin cycles, how macroeconomic shifts under T...
EP 35 — AI Traders, Swarms, and Surviving the Bear Market with Shaw
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a space where information is the ultimate edge, how do the best traders and builders stay ahead?Shaw from elizaOS returns to the podcast to break d...
Ep 34 — How to Bring Institutional DeFi Trading to Retail with Jai Prasad
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Jai's journey from leading blockchain integration at Coinbase to founding DefinitiveFi, and how the platform grew from $20-30M to nine-figu...
Ep 33 — Scaling the Ethereum Civilisation with Brother Bing
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ethereum scaling has been an uphill battle. We’ve built rollups, fragmented liquidity, and pushed execution limits—but have we really solved the p...
Ep 32 — Bitcoin Mining Economics with Nick Hansen
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bitcoin mining is a delicate balance between mathematical certainty and real-world volatility. In this episode, Nick Hansen, CEO of Luxor, breaks down...
Ep 31 - Web3 Marketing Playbook with Phin from Abstract
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Web3 marketing has a retention problem. Too many projects chase mindshare, but few know how to build communities that last. In this episode, Phin, lea...
Ep 30- The Encrypted Supercomputer with Yannik from Arcium
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Yannik Schrade, CEO of Arcium, explains how they're building an encrypted supercomputer to bring privacy to both Web2 and Web3. We ex...
Ep 29 - Kyle Samani on Why Bitcoin as Digital Gold Might Be a Myth
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the popular belief that Bitcoin is "digital gold" is holding crypto back? Kyle Samani, Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital, unpacks why this...
Ep 28- From Mixing Music to Teaching Computers to Trade
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shaw's journey from mixing bands in NYC clubs to creating AI16Z reflects the unexpected ways innovation emerges in crypto. What began as a way to help...
Ep 27- Infrastructure, Empathy, and Grit
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon Kumar of Layer3 joined us for a founder series. Who better than a founder to ask fellow operators what it takes to build companies? This is e...
Ep 26 - Bridgeless Future
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fed up with missed opportunities because your crypto is scattered across different chains? In this episode, Vaibhav Chellani, co-founder of Socket, sh...
Ep 25 - On Building in Crypto and Death of Easy Money
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Larry Cermak, CEO of The Block, joined us for a frank conversation about crypto's evolution. He played around with BTC to buy NBA accounts to watch ba...
Ep 24 - While Others Chased JPEGs, We Made Bitcoin Move
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fresh from hitting $18M in daily volume, Chainflip CEO Simon Harman delivers a masterclass in building crypto infrastructure. In this raw, technical c...
Ep 23 - Basketball to blockchains
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mika Honkasalo's path from basketball analytics to crypto is anything but ordinary. During DeFi summer, his liquidity mining calculator became a yield...
Ep-22 - Human Coordination Engines
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sreeram Kannan from EigenLayer joins us to discuss the evolution of human coordination mechanisms and the role blockchains play in their transformatio...
Ep 21 - On Navigating Crypto Cynicism, Liquid Ventures, and DeFi’s Evolution
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the DCO Podcast, we sit down with Arthur Cheong, founder of Defiance Capital. We explore the concept explore the contrast between l...
Ep 20 - On FHE, Zama, and New Internet Standard
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Before we begin…Sid and I are sorting out our schedules for Token2049 in Singapore. I’ll also be on a panel at Breakpoint. We’re excited to conn...
Ep 19 - Building from first principles
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Pacman, founder of Blur and Blast, explores the evolution of NFT marketplaces and Layer 2 solutions in crypto. He begins by reflectin...
Ep 18 - On The Evolution of VC in Web3
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello!In the latest episode, we dive deep into the mind of Tomasz Tunguz. He is a venture capitalist who’s been in the game for over 15 years. As a ...
Ep 17 - Building businesses on Bitcoin
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by Matt Luongo from Thesis for today’s issue. Thesis is a Bitcoin oriented venture studio that is behind the likes of Fold, Acre and t...
Ep 16 - On making decentralised governance more accessible
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Before we begin… Last week, we announced the launch of DCo.build. As our publication grew, it was time to create a single hub for founders looking...
Ep 15 - What intersubjectivity is, the future and risks of AVS's with Robert Drost head of EigenLayer Foundation
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Drost is the CEO of @eigenfoundation, research partner at Ethereal Ventures and the former head of R&D at ConsenSys. Prior to jumping into cry...
Ep 14 - Antonio García Martínez from Spindl
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever made an impulse purchase on Instagram? Our guest today may have a role to play in it. Antonio García Martínez was part of the team tha...
Ep 13 - Gin Chao from NLH
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gin Chao from No Limit Holdings joins us today to draw parallels with the evolution of the web and the state of crypto. No Limit Holdings is a venture...
Ep 12 - Mike Silagadze from EtherFi
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re joined by Mike Silagadze, the CEO and founder of EtherFi. Before EtherFi, he was the founder and CEO of Top Hat, a dynamic courseware c...
Prasanna Sankar from 0xPPL
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are joined by one of our portfolio founders, Prasanna Sankar. We have been huge fans and investors in what he has been building with 0xppl. ...
Podcast Episode: Keone From Monad
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Monad was in the news in April 2024 for raising a little over $225 million. As of publishing, it is the largest venture round round in crypto for the ...
Sanket Shah from Polygon
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do you scale as an employee alongside a network that is on its way to a multi-billion dollar valuation? What does it take to go from being an inte...
Podcast Episode : Austin from Anagram
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest for the episode is Austin Adams from Anagram . We discuss the reasons for Solana’s congestion, fixes that have already gone live, and othe...
Podcast Episode : Sunny from Osmosis
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sunny Aggarwal from Osmosis labs joins us in this episode to discuss the emergence of L2s, meme-assets, and the future of shared security. Sunny was a...
Podcast Episode: Vishwa from Anera Labs
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we are joined by Vishwa from Anera Labs. From setting up a fund of funds to running a fintech company and using ChatGPT to enter crypto hackath...
Podcast Episode: Arjun from LiFi
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hello,We are joined by Arjun Chand from LiFi today to discuss all things bridges. They have grown into an ecosystem handling close to $20 billion toda...
Podcast Episode: Ivangbi from LobsterDAO
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey there,There’s too much information and too little time to process it. Being terminally online is the price you pay to stay on top of research fr...
The Gaming Issue
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We have a podcast and a long-form in this issue. First, we begin with a conversation with Anirudh Pandita from Loco.gg, one of India's leading game st...
A New Medium
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hey there!I'll keep this one short. Decentralised.co's core mission has been to surface the best stories in Web3. We have been perfecting our stories ...