NFK Podcast

In this episode, I sit down with Thomas Brand, Head of Institutional Sales and Research at Coinmotion, to discuss what Finland's economic stagnation says about hard assets, how Nordic pension funds and family offices decide on Bitcoin exposure, whether MiCA's shrinking pool of licensed CASPs is healthy for the market, what the digital euro means for the financial system, and why the fraud...

In this episode, Anna Petrenko, Chief Business Development Officer at Everstake, joins me to show the realities of running a staking validator business in institutional crypto.

In this episode, Elvin Folkebrant Sababi, Legal Director at Somnia, joins me to get into what legal liability means when no human is in the loop, why the EU is pushing its own innovation offshore, which jurisdiction gets it right first, and more.

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Oliver Volkel, Partner at Cerha Hempel, to discuss what MiCA requires versus what most firms think it requires, which jurisdictions are winning the race for CASP authorisations and why, what happens legally when a tokenized bond's smart contract fails, and what institutional operators should be most concerned about as DAC8 data exchanges begin in 2027.

In this episode, I sit down with Cristiano Ventricelli, Vice President of Decentralized Finance & Digital Assets at Moody's Ratings, to explore how credit risk analysis is moving on-chain.

In this episode, I sit down with Dan Krupka, Macro Analyst and Speculator at Connection Capital, to break down how crypto's price discovery gets manipulated, why influencers are the new exit liquidity, and the unpopular opinions about Bitcoin, Hyperliquid, Strategy, and the giants of TradFi.

In this episode, I sit down with Gerald Pollak, Principal at 3VC, to discuss which layers of the stablecoin stack are actually defensible, why the euro stablecoin market is lagging despite MiCA, how stablecoins are becoming geopolitical tools, what the Qivalis consortium of 37 European banks would have to get right to matter, and why most crypto infrastructure problems in Europe are already solved...

In this episode, I sit down with Matthew Fisher, CEO and co-founder of Katana, to discuss how chain-owned liquidity works, their yield composition, whether an institutional-grade and a permissionless chain is still DeFi or something we don't have a name for yet, the future outlook and more.

In this roundtable, Nasib Fathi (Founder at NFK Media) moderated an expert panel with Andrew Forson (President at DeFi Technologies and CGO at Valour), James Butterfill (Head of Research at CoinShares), Bernhard Wenger (Head of Northern Europe at 21Shares), and Igor Hadziahmetovic (Investment Director at Venionaire Capital) to discuss what crypto ETPs, institutional adoption, staking, and investme...

In this episode, I sat down with Artem Sinyakin, CEO & Co-Founder of OAK Research, to discuss alpha, market structure, and AI's impact on crypto research.

In this roundtable, Nasib Fathi (Founder at NFK Media) moderated an expert panel with Thomas Jeegers (CFO & COO at Relai), Albert Quehenberger (Founder & CEO at AQ Forensics), and Florian Wimmer (Co-Founder & CEO at Blockpit) to discuss what Bitcoin custody, regulation, treasury, and compliance look like for businesses and investors in 2026 and onward.

In this episode, I sat down with Bentzi Rabi, Co-Founder & CEO of Utila, to discuss how Utila helps institutions manage digital assets from MPC wallet architecture and governance frameworks to multi-chain infrastructure and the real-world challenges of building on Bitcoin and DeFi.

In this episode, I sit down with Ariel Eiberman, LATAM Director at Gnosis Pay, to talk about bringing stablecoins into everyday payments, onchain banking infrastructure, and how AI agents fit into real-world picture.

In this episode, Gabriel Mamou-Mani, senior Web3 growth operator, breaks down how the smartest crypto platforms are building real user bases, from exchange growth mechanics and multichain strategy to where global adoption is truly happening, and why most founders are chasing the wrong metrics at every stage.

In this episode, Owen Dearn, founder and CEO of Find, shares how the smartest fintech, payments, and Web3 companies are building their teams, from pre-seed chaos to scaling toward IPO, and why most founders are getting it wrong at every stage.

In this episode, I sit down with Alexander Scharrer, Head of Capital Markets at NEAR Foundation, to delve into the real investment case for NEAR and the AI x Crypto era.

In this episode, Tomáš Vaic, Business Development Manager at Trezor, joins us to talk about why self-custody is no longer optional, from collapsing exchanges and geopolitical risk to the hardware wallet of 2030.

In this conversation, Andrew Forson, President of DeFi Technologies and Chief Growth Officer at Valour, breaks down how regulated Exchange Traded Products are reshaping institutional access to digital assets and the future of tokenized sovereign debt.

In this episode, Alireza Siadat, Lead Blockchain & DLT at Deloitte Legal Germany, shares his perspective on MiCA 2.0, outlines the rationale behind a sandbox approach, distinguishes between different DeFi models, and explains how global policy dynamics are reshaping the future of crypto in Europe and beyond.

In this episode, Tony Drummond, Founder of Tokenomics.net, explains how token supply, emissions, liquidity incentives, governance structures, and treasury strategies shape the long-term survival of decentralized projects.

Not all stablecoins are created equal. Some look stable until the system is tested. In this episode, Benjamin Levit, Co-Founder and CEO of Bluechip, breaks down how stablecoins are evaluated using the SMIDGE framework and why redemption design, reserve quality, and governance structures matter more than most people think.

Whales rotating, institutions recalibrating, and DeFi infrastructure maturing. What does it take to become the institutional partner of choice in 2026? In this episode, Hannes Detlefsen, Chef at Steakhouse Financial, breaks down the internal philosophy behind Steakhouse, how vault structures are designed, and what it takes to build institutional-grade DeFi infrastructure.

Whales selling, stablecoin yields rising, and geopolitics heating up. What does it mean for Bitcoin in 2026? In this episode, James Butterfill, Head of Research at CoinShares, breaks down macro blind spots in crypto, institutional flows, stablecoin yields, whale behaviour, regulation, and the key economic forces that could shape Bitcoin and broader digital asset markets into 2026.

DeFi talks about decentralisation but who is actually in charge when governance, upgrades, and liquidity collide? In this episode, TokenBrice, Board Member and DeFi Connoisseur at DefiScan, cuts through DeFi’s prevailing narratives to expose the structural mechanisms that concentrate power and the façade of decentralisation that often conceals them.

Europe talks about digital sovereignty but is it structurally prepared for the technological future? In this episode, Kambis Kohansal Vajargah, a Deputy Head of Founder-Services at Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, offers an unfiltered perspective on country's innovation trajectory, institutional crypto adoption, AI-driven disruption, and what founders must understand to remain sovereign in the n...