Weekly Roundup 11/14/25 (Miran speech, Cash App adds Stables, DAT Hangover)(EP.685)
Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: The Senate Ag Cmte publishes a Market Structure draft Paul Atkins’ token taxonomy speech Fed Governor Stephen Miran gives a major stablecoin speech Grayscale files their S-1 Coinbase announces a tokensale platform Coinbase is leaving Delaware The Coinbase BVNK deal […]
Weekly Roundup 11/07/25 (Balancer hack, DATs are suffering, Zcash rally) (EP.684)
Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Tom Brady’s clone dog We reminisce on the Nic Carter v Mike Green debate Is the government shutdown draining market liquidity? The trouble with Opendimes Balancer hacked Stream finance’s xUSD collapses DATs are selling coins Why is Zcash rallying? Are […]
Keone Hon (Monad Foundation) on Blockchains Built to Scale (EP.683)
Keone Hon, founder of the Monad Foundation joins the show. In this episode: From the point of view of Keone’s trading background, what is the promise of blockchains? Reimagining financial systems with blockchains in 2025 Why build Monad, and for anyone using a chain, why use Monad? How the importance of decentralization and chain efficiency […]
Giovanni Vignone (Octane Security) on Protecting Onchain Assets (EP.682)
Wyatt sits down with Giovanni Vignone, the founder of Octane Security, a crypto security platform focused on vetting application code pre-deployment. In this episode we discuss: What poses the greatest threat to crypto right now? How are hackers evolving? What are the important categories of crypto-facing cybersecurity? How much should startup teams be spending on […]
Weekly Roundup 10/31/25 (DATs selling coins, prediction market problems, Bessent’s pesos) (EP.681)
Matt and Nic are back for more news and deals. In this episode: Mastercard buys Zerohash for around $2b Fiserv has a catastrophic day Bitwise launches a Solana staking ETF Is there another regional banking crisis? EthZilla sold some ETH to buy back shares Will there be activists with the DATs? Are prediction markets structurally […]
Geetha Panchapakesan (Tesser) on Enabling FIs to Utilize Stablecoins (EP.680)
Geetha Panchapakesan, the founder and CEO of Tesser, joins the show. In this episode: Geetha’s background in payments and how she arrived in stablecoins Major shifts across payments over Geetha’s career Building a one-stop shop solution for financial institutions, PSPs and MSBs Where FIs are today as it relates to engaging to stablecoins Regulatory tailwinds […]
Weekly Roundup 10/24/25 (Quantum, Crypto Pardons, Fed Payment Accounts) (EP.679)
Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Old fashioned crime is back Quantum risk to Bitcoin More outcry in Washington over the Democratic edits to market structure CZ gets a presidential pardon Federal Reserve announces a payments charter Check out this episode!
Weekly Roundup 10/17/25 (Flash crash, pig butchering scam busted, Erebor charter granted) (EP.678)
Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: We dissect the market structure behind the flash crash last week What happened with Binance and Ethena? Palmer Luckey’s de novo bank Erebor gets an OCC charter Paxos’ fat finger The US government has seized $15b in funds tied to […]
Pbj (Perpl) on the Perp DEX Market & Monad’s Imminent Launch (EP.677)
Wyatt sits down with Pbj, the founder of Perpl, a prominent perpetuals exchange on the imminently launching Monad blockchain. In this episode: How large are perp exchanges in the crypto market? Why perps are attractive to crypto users and traders Hyperliquid’s success What assets would people trade on Perpl vs Hyperliquid? What makes Monad unique […]
Dave Balter (Flipside) on the convergence of AI and Blockchain Analytics (EP.676)
Dave Balter, the co-founder and CEO of Flipside Crypto joins the show. In this episode we discuss: How Flipside has shifted its product to fully harness the power of LLMs for analyzing public blockchain networks. Building a product organization in the age of A.I. Perspectives on the evolving landscape of layer one and layer two […]