
The Cosmos SDK of Rollups | Preston Evans, Sovereign Labs
Today's episode is a bonus episode from our podcast 0xResearch, produced by the Blockworks Research team. This is one of my favorite episodes they've done, a deep dive into the future of rollups, scal...
5 Apr 20231h 2min

Centralized Insanity: Kain Warwick, Synthetix
In this episode of Empire, we are joined by Kain Warwick, founder of Synthethix and crypto OG. Kain explains the concept of centralized insanity and how crypto is finally ready for the next bull cycle...
4 Apr 20231h 21min

The Day DeFi Almost Died | Ben Forman
Today we are joined by Ben Forman, one of the most prolific investors in crypto, to discuss the day DeFi almost died: Black Thursday. The industry was a few liquidations away from an extinction event....
31 Mars 20231h 25min

Celo: An L1 Focused On Real World Use Cases | Marek Olszewski, Rene Reinsberg
In this episode of Empire, I'm joined by Marek Olszewski and Rene Reinsberg to discuss how Celo is building an L1 focused on a mobile-first user experience and real-world use cases. We start with the ...
28 Mars 202345min

Morgan Stanley: Could A Banking Crisis Drive Adoption?
In this episode of Empire, we are joined by Amy Oldenburg and Andrew Peel from Morgan Stanley to discuss how the banking crises will impact crypto's adoption. We start by exploring how far the banking...
27 Mars 20231h 6min

Crypto's End Game: Coinbase vs the SEC | Roundup
Crypto's timeline keeps getting more surreal and the SEC just added fuel to the fire by issuing a Wells Notice to Coinbase. In this episode, we explore the implications for Coinbase, BTC's opportunity...
24 Mars 20231h 9min

A Paradigm Shift: Chaos Fuels BTC’s Fire | Avi Felman, Jonah Van Bourg
In this episode of Empire, Avi Felman and Jonah Van Bourg explain how macro and banking turmoil has ignited a market paradigm shift. Funds will be hunting for the assets that will perform well in this...
20 Mars 202351min

Arbitrum Founders on L2 Competition | Steven Goldfeder, Harry Kalodne
In this episode of Empire, we are joined by Steven Goldfeder and Harry Kalodner to discuss all things Arbitrum. We start with Coinbase's decision to leverage the OP Stack, where the "modular vision" f...
17 Mars 202342min




















