The BOOM ROOM by Arcanum Ventures

In this fascinating Boom Room episode, Sasha and Carmelo of Arcanum Ventures sit down with Anna Mikeda, a pioneering psychologist and AI psychology engineer. With over a decade of experience blending Eastern mindfulness (meditation, qigong) with Western therapy, Anna is now at the forefront of designing emotionally intelligent AI at Glass Umbrella and formerly at SophiaVerse. Anna dives deep into...

The week when everything broke at once. Markets whiplashed on Fed uncertainty, Trump’s new chair nominee, and a historic flush across gold, silver, and crypto. At the same time, Elon quietly stitched together a trillion dollar space and AI empire, and Washington walked straight into a fight over Nvidia chips, the UAE, and presidential conflicts of interest. In this Weekly Recap, Sasha and Carmelo...

The Doomsday Clock is ticking, and the markets are rotating into "Hard Truths."In Episode 3 of Weekly Recap, Sasha and Carmelo break down a week where Gold smashed a historic $5,296/oz and the "Clarity Act" face-off between Brian Armstrong and the US Senate reached a breaking point. We dive into the Clawdbot/Moltbot firestorm—why local, agentic AI is terrifying the establishment—and analyze Micros...

2025 was the year of the experiment. 2026 is the year of the endpoint. In this definitive Arcanum Ventures 2026 Thesis, Sasha and Carmelo break down the high-conviction narratives that are moving from "speculative" to "mission-critical."We’re moving past the "Real Estate tokenization" pipe dreams of 2025 and into the era of Specialized Tokenized Instruments (like insu...

This week, power escalated. From Greenland becoming a geopolitical flashpoint to AI chip supply chains under threat, ads entering ChatGPT, and the race to control compute and infrastructure, Episode 2 of our Weekly Recap breaks down how geopolitics, AI, and markets are colliding faster than most people realize. We cover:- NVIDIA H200 supply disruptions and AI hardware risk- OpenAI testing ads and...

The world of #finance, #tech, and #investing just had its most chaotic week of 2026 so far. From Jerome Powell claiming political intimidation from the #trump administration to #Google essentially "buying" the future of #Apple Intelligence, Sasha and Carmelo break down the signals amidst the noise in the debut of our new series: The Weekly Recap. In this episode, we dive into why the Russell 2000...

In this Boom Room episode, Sasha and Carmelo of Arcanum Ventures speak with Zack Shapiro, Managing Partner at Rains Law and Head of Policy at the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI). Zack, a Yale Law Alumnus, brings a rare blend of deep legal expertise and technical understanding of crypto to the forefront of the regulation debate. We tackle the seismic shifts in the US regulatory environment, discussi...

Mitchell Amador has spent the last 6 years on the front line of crypto security. As founder and CEO of Immunefi, he has helped secure more than 100 billion dollars of #digitalassets, prevented over 25 billion dollars in hacks, and enabled white hat hackers to earn more than $116 million in rewards. In this Boom Room interview, Mitchell joins Sasha and Carmelo from Arcanum Ventures to unpack how c#...

In this deep-dive Boom Room interview, we sit down with Jeffrey Tchui , Vice President and APAC Head of Ecosystem at the Hedera Foundation . Hedera is the enterprise-grade public distributed ledger, powered by the unique hashgraph consensus and governed by a rotating council of global giants like Google, IBM, and Dell. Jeff provides a builder's pitch on Hedera, explaining its evolution since 2017...

In this episode of the Boom Room by Arcanum Ventures, we sit down with Jeff Cafolla , founder of Earn Network , to unpack the state of DeFi yield infrastructure and the gap between what’s promised and what’s actually delivered. Jeff shares his crypto origin story, lessons learned through cycles, and why most DeFi products never reach sustainability. We explore how liquidity actually moves in crypt...

In this thought-provoking Boom Room episode, Sasha and Carmelo of Arcanum Ventures welcome Mohamed Ezeldin, Head of Tokenomics at Animoca Brands and President of Open Campus. Dive into the mind of a mathematician turned economist who has been a driving force behind token strategies for giants like ApeCoin ($APE) and Open Campus ($EDU).Mo breaks down the elusive yet critical practice of tokenomics,...

In this Boom Room episode, Sasha and Carmelo of Arcanum Ventures sit down with Fabrizio Giabardo, Co-Founder of Legion, a platform on a mission to bring fairness back to on-chain fundraising. Just after a $5 million seed raise led by VanEck and Brevan Howard Digital, Fabrizio discusses how Legion is reinventing the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) with a focus on regulatory compliance and a novel inves...

In this Boom Room episode, Sasha and Carmelo of Arcanum Ventures sit down with Trevor Thompson , Co-Founder & CEO of Ethos Network . Discover Trevor's journey from a seasoned product leader at Atlassian and early Y-Combinator ventures to creating a vital credibility and reputation engine for the Web3 space. Trevor shares how his diverse product background, including ventures like PokeStonks an...

In this Boom Room episode, Sasha and Carmelo of Arcanum Ventures host Professor Sean O'Brien , Associate Research Scholar at Yale Law School and founder of Yale Privacy Lab and Ivy Cyber .Dive deep into Sean's two decades of experience fighting for digital privacy and cybersecurity in an increasingly data-hungry world. Sean, known as " Prof Diggity ," shares his journey from academia and governmen...

From VC Analyst Roots to Web3 Leadership | Leonarda Rajeckytė (@CoinMarketCap) - Boom Room InterviewIn this exclusive Boom Room episode, Sasha and Carmelo of Arcanum Ventures sit down with Leonarda Rajeckytė , CMC Labs Ecosystem Manager for CoinMarketCap, to explore her fascinating journey through the world of #Web3, #venturecapital, and #crypto innovation. Leo shares how she transitioned from a l...

In this episode of The BOOM ROOM, we sit down with Jack Platts (formerly of Polkadot) and Mehdi Farooq (formerly of Animoca and Messari) of Hypersphere Ventures to explore how crypto is redefining capital allocation, coordination, and corporate strategy. We dive into: Why companies are quietly turning to Bitcoin as a treasury reserve What financial engineering in crypto actually looks like How Hyp...

Join us for an exclusive Boom Room interview with Chris McCabe and Key Jeffery s, co-founders of the innovative Session App . In this engaging discussion, host Sasha from Arcanum Ventures dives deep into the world of Web3, blockchain, and privacy-focused communication. Chris and Key share their personal journeys into the crypto space, the inception of Session, and how they have built a decentraliz...

Welcome to The BOOM ROOM by Arcanum Ventures – your go-to podcast for unfiltered conversations with the builders shaping the future of #Web3 and emerging tech. In this episode, hosts Sasha Asheghi and Carmelo Giuliano sit down with Matt Sorg, VP of Technology at the Solana Foundation, to dive deep into the evolution of #Solana, the realities of blockchain infrastructure, and what it takes to build...

Welcome back to the BOOM ROOM , powered by Arcanum Ventures — where the sharpest minds in Web3 come to break down the future of crypto. In this episode, we sit down with Laura K. Inamedinova , Chief Global Ecosystem Officer at Gate.io , Principal at Gate Ventures, and founder of LKI Consulting. From launching ICOs during the wild west days of 2016 to navigating the #VC (#venturecapital) and exchan...

In this episode of BOOM ROOM, Carmelo and Sasha from  @arcanumventures  sit down with Isabelle Castro, a journalist and writer at Digital Frontier, to dive deep into the world of emerging #tech, #fintech, #crypto, and the fast-paced evolution of #Web3. Isabelle shares her unique journey from architecture to the tech industry, discussing how her passion for digital innovation, including #NFTs and #...

In this exclusive Boom Room interview, Sasha from Arcane Ventures sits down with Prashant Maurya, the CEO and co-founder of Spheron, to discuss the future of #decentralized compute networks, #AI, and #blockchain technology. Prashant shares his journey from humble beginnings to building Spheron, the first decentralized programmable compute network with a unique focus on #aiagents applications. They...

In this episode of Arcanum Ventures' BOOM ROOM Podcast, we sit down with Dante Reminick, co-founder of SKALE, a blockchain infrastructure powerhouse that's redefining the scalability of decentralized applications. Dante shares his insights into the challenges and opportunities facing the Web 3.0 space, the innovative solutions SKALE is bringing to the table, and his vision for the future of blockc...

Introducing Matthew Katz, CEO and co-founder of Caldera, a "rollup as a service" company. Caldera is focused on scaling #blockchain infrastructure, specifically rollups for #Ethereum. On the latest episode of Arcanum Ventures' BOOM ROOM podcast, we're learning all about rollup L2s and L3s using the Caldera tech stack. Early #Crypto Interest: Matt became involved with Bitcoin at the age of 12, buyi...

On the latest BOOM ROOM exclusive interview, the co-founders of Arcanum Ventures, Sasha Asheghi, and Carmelo Giuliano, had the great privilege of hosting Dr. Raullen Chai, Co-Founder of IoTeX!We got to speak about how to choose a founding team to work with, traditional #tech space vs #web3, how to hire, what to look for as an #investor and incubator, the ins and outs of #depin and how they even ha...

On the latest episode of 'THE BOOM ROOM' with Carmelo and Sasha of Arcanum Ventures, we had an insightful discussion with Len Findlay, our good friend and the incredible founder of both  @XROneNetwork  and XR Foundation which is behind the one-of-a-kind gaming chain XR ONE on Arbitrum. We don't often get to talk about things outside of #crypto, #blockchain, #web3, #gaming, #web3gaming, and #ai, bu...