The Rise of Frames, Farcaster, and Headless Marketplaces | Jesse Walden & Antonio Martínez
In today's episode we dive into the emergence of decentralized social networks and how they enable new forms of distribution and business models. Farcaster, a decentralized social network built on E...
6 Helmi 20241h 6min
Chain Abstraction is NEAR | Illia Polosukhin, Co-Founder
On today's episode we dive into Near Protocol with Co-founder and Near Foundation CEO Illia Polosukhin. Illia details key innovations, like account aggregation, sharding, and chain abstraction, that a...
2 Helmi 20241h 20min
Debating non-EVM Chains | Haseeb (Dragonfly) vs. Avichal (Electric)
On today's episode of Empire Haseeb and Avichal return to Empire to discuss crypto in 2024. They debate whether we're entering a bull market and analyze key indicators like retail engagement, institut...
30 Tammi 20241h 46min
How Parallelized State Execution Unlocks Transactional Throughput at Scale | Logan Jastremski
In today's episode Jason and Santi are joined by Logan Jastremski, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Frictionless Capital. He shares his thesis on why high-throughput blockchains are essential for cr...
26 Tammi 20241h 27min
Debating the DePIN Flywheel: Token Incentives, Business Models, and Mainstream Adoption | Kyle Samani & Dmitriy Berenzon
In today's episode Jason is joined by Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital and Dmitriy Berenzon of Archetype for an in-depth debate on the emerging decentralized physical infrastructure industry. They ana...
23 Tammi 20241h 5min
How the ETF Impacts Bitcoin's Price | Matt Hougan & Eric Balchunas
In today's episode Jason is joined by ETF celebrities Eric Balchunas, a senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg, and Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer for Bitwise Asset Management. They start off by discu...
19 Tammi 202455min
The Bitcoin ETF: What Everyone Missed | Michael Sonnenshein, Grayscale CEO
In today's episode Jason is joined by Michael Sonnenshein, CEO of Grayscale Investments, to discuss the long-awaited approval of a Bitcoin spot ETF and its implications. They analyze the behind-the-sc...
16 Tammi 202428min
Unpacking the Bitcoin ETF and What's Next | Roundup
In today's episode of Empire Santi and Jason are joined by Blockworks Senior Reporters Casey Wagner and Ben Strack to analyze the historic first approvals of Bitcoin spot ETFs. They discuss the early ...
12 Tammi 202442min
