The Market Runup

Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Ashley Ebersole, Co-Founder and Chief Legal Officer at TX, to break down one of the most misunderstood shifts in markets: tokenization. Drawing from his time at the SEC, Ashley explains why regulation isn’t just friction, it’s what unlocks new investors and capital. They dive into why tokenized real-world assets could become a multi-trillion dol...

Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with AJ Warner, Chief Strategy Officer at Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum, to discuss Ethereum scaling, the Robinhood Chain launch, and building the programmable economy. AJ shares how New York has become crypto's center over the last 18 months as traditional financial institutions and fintechs converge here. Arbitrum is now the top five...

Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with John D'Agostino, Head of Strategy at Coinbase Institutional, to discuss what institutions are actually doing in crypto right now. John brings decades of traditional finance experience, former Head of Strategy at NYMEX, subject of two NY Times bestselling books, lecturer at MIT and Columbia and a front-row seat to how capital is moving. He br...

Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Lucas Bruder, co-founder and CEO of Jito Labs, to discuss building Solana's leading MEV infrastructure. Lucas shares his journey from electrical engineering at Carnegie Mellon working on Tesla's Falcon Wing doors and programming self-driving bulldozers to discovering MEV and realizing this was modern-day high-frequency trading with hard...

Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Anthony Scaramucci, founder and co-managing partner of SkyBridge Capital, to discuss the precarious macro environment and Bitcoin's role in an increasingly uncertain world. Anthony breaks down the cost of ongoing conflict: energy facilities targeted, crude oil jumping from $55 to $116 per barrel, Secretary Willliam Hague requesting $200 bill...

Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) sits down with Kain Warwick, founder of Synthetix and Infinex, to break down the current market environment and what builders are focusing on during this sideways phase. Kain compares 2026 to 2018: Bitcoin grinding sideways, everyone feeling depressed, questioning their life choices. But there's a critical difference this time. Institutional adoption is re...

Welcome to The Market Runup podcast, hosted by Erin Gambrel aka The Blonde Broker. For this episode, Erin sits down with Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise, one of the world's largest crypto asset managers. We dive into a structural shift happening right now: Wall Street is rapidly moving financial infrastructure to onchain data, yet market participants remain anchored to outdate...

This week's market feels confusing. Not crashing, not euphoric, just stuck and macro-driven. Host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) breaks down what's actually happening beyond the headlines. We start with the Jane Street lawsuit over alleged insider information during the 2022 Luna Terra collapse, a $40 billion wipeout that's resurfacing years later as people dig through blockchain dat...

Markets are under pressure. Liquidity is tight, risk appetite is low, and crypto is being forced to mature faster than anyone expected. But in moments like these, infrastructure matters more than hype. Austin Federa, co-founder of DoubleZero, joins host Erin Gambrel (The Blonde Broker) to explain why blockchains are no longer limited by software but by the physical internet itself. We dive into th...

Welcome to The Market Runup podcast, hosted by Erin Gambrel aka The Blonde Broker and powered by Token Relations. For the flagship episode, Erin sits down with one of DeFi's most influential builders: Stani Kulechov, founder of Aave Labs. Markets are in a risk-off environment, liquidity is tightening, and crypto is moving in lockstep with broader global markets. This isn't a pullback, it&#...