Josh Frank (The Tie) on Crypto Market Intelligence (EP.638)

Josh Frank, the founder and CEO of The Tie joins the show. In this episode we discuss: The origin story behind The Tie and how Josh approached founding the business. The digital asset data market. How sentiment data has evolved in the digital asset industry. The buy-side landscape for digital assets and how Josh sees […]

Luca Prosperi (M0) on a Universal Stablecoin Platform (EP.637)

Ria sits down with Luca Prosperi, CEO and Co-Founder of M0, a universal stablecoin platform that enables customization while preserving interoperability across assets. In this episode, we cover: Lessons from MakerDAO Drawing inspiration from the dual banking system Building a base asset that is decentralized, permissionless and ossified Issuing opinionated assets via wrapping and extensions […]

Weekly Roundup 06/20/25 (GENIUS passes, Nobitex Hack, FUD dice retrospective) (EP.636)

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  The GENIUS Act passes the Senate Should GENIUS be stapled to market structure? Bessent thinks stablecoins could be $3.7T by 2030 Stablecoin FUD Will stablecoins destabilize the US Treasury market JPM’s stablecoin FUDs JPMD’s deposit token will launch on Base […]

Santi Alvarado (XFX) on Improving FX for Stablecoins (EP.635)

Sean is joined by Santi Alvarado, CEO/Co-Founder of XFX, to cover their seed raise and how money moves cross border. In this episode:  Background of Santi and how he made his way into crypto How legacy FX settlement operates today How XFX enables more liquidity for cross border payment companies Check out this episode!

Greg Genega (KPMG) on Crypto Auditing (EP.634)

Wyatt is joined by Greg Genega, Digital Asset and Blockchain leader at KPMG, for a conversation on the state of crypto auditing. In this episode:  How KPMG works with crypto companies and protocols Relevant new innovations in the crypto space What to look out for as a new founder Check out this episode!

Weekly Roundup 06/13/25 (Stripe buys Privy, Stablecoin FUD, Rogue Traders) (EP.633)

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Stripe acquires wallet infrastructure company Privy for an undisclosed sum Fireblocks’ stablecoin data Stablecoin FUD Were mnemonic phrases a local maxima? Bullish and Gemini have filed preliminary paperwork for IPOs Soc Gen is launching a USD stablecoin We look at […]

Weekly Roundup 06/06/25 (Circle IPO, Singapore rules, Trump wallet?) (EP.632)

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:  Circle goes public and has an explosive first day The IPO window is open Circle’s vision for CPN Pump.fun is launching a token Will pump.fun cannibalize Solana? JPM will let clients use Bitcoin ETFs as collateral Strategy introduces new offerings […]