The Edge Podcast

This episode comes from a recent panel discussion hosted by the DeFi team at GAIB. We were joined by DeFi experts such as Patrick, Founder of Dynamo DeFi, an anonymous DeFi investor who goes by DeFiMaximalist, and crypto YouTuber / investor Joe Takayama. We found the discussion to be very insightful and so we agreed to edit and republish the conversation as a podcast. We hope you enjoy it! ------...

Benjamin is the Founder of cap. In this episode, we dive into how Cap aims to unlock a new era of scalable stablecoin yield generation on Ethereum and MegaETH, by tapping into competitive markets and institutional players like Susquehanna, Franklin Templeton, and potentially DeFi powerhouses like Ethena and Maker. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Newsletter: https://the-edge.xyz ► Youtube: http...

Jason Zhao is the CoFounder at Story Protocol. In this episode, we explore how Story Protocol aims to turn IP (intellectual property) into programmable, onchain assets, enabling creators and even AI agents, to register, protect, and license IP more efficiently. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Newsletter: https://the-edge.xyz ► Youtube: https://youtube.com/@DeFiDad ► Apple: https://tinyurl.com/...

Amir Forouzani is the CoFounder and CEO at Puffer Labs. In this episode, we unpack why Ethereum builders according to Amir, remain heads-down focused on building, how based rollups like Puffer UniFi could unlock a simpler UX across all rollups on Ethereum, and what’s coming this year to boost Ethereum/ETH’s fundamentals. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Newsletter: https://the-edge.xyz ► Youtub...

Dr. Redouane Elkamhi is Economics Lead at GOAT Network. In this episode, we explore how GOAT Network is pioneering a sustainable, real BTC yield by sharing sequencer revenue and BTC mining rewards with BTC and DOGE holders on a new multi-coin Proof-of-Stake network. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Newsletter: https://the-edge.xyz ► Youtube: https://youtube.com/@DeFiDad ► Apple: https://tinyurl...

Phil Fogel is the CoFounder and CEO at Cork Protocol. In this episode, we explore how Cork enables a massive new cohort of DeFi users and crypto institutional investors to hedge against stablecoin and (re)staking token depegs, unlocking a new market for trading and earning through tokenized risk. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Newsletter: https://the-edge.xyz ► Youtube: https://youtube.com/@D...

Vivek Raman and Danny Ryan are the CoFounders of Etherealize. In this episode, we speak with Etherealize about their highly touted team focused on marketing, business development, and product on behalf of Ethereum. Despite Ethereum's dominance as the most trusted and secure blockchain for DeFi, tokenization, and institutional adoption, ETH remains undervalued so we get right into the weeds about h...

Mikael is the Inventor of Gearbox, while Ivan and Ilgiz are Core Contributors to Gearbox. In this episode, we explore how Gearbox is reimagining onchain lending with 10x credit, high-yield passive lending, and wallet-native credit accounts, unlocking seamless leverage and DeFi access for users. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Newsletter: https://the-edge.xyz ► Youtube: https://youtube.com/@DeF...

Gentleman James is the Founder of iYield and Adam Blumberg is the Founder of Interaxis, and VP at Enclave Group. In this episode, we explore how applying a financial planning mindset to crypto can help investors manage wealth, navigate market cycles, and prepare for a future dominated by onchain finance. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Newsletter: https://the-edge.xyz ► Youtube: https://youtub...

Clouted, Napenjoyoor, and EconDegen are all Founding Contributors at ETH Strategy. In this episode, we break down Michael Saylor’s legendary BTC strategy, how MicroStrategy has leveraged convertible debt to accumulate Bitcoin, and why it’s been so effective. Then, we explore how The STRAT Protocol is bringing this playbook onchain for ETH, using an autonomous ETH treasury and long-dated convertibl...

Pranav Kanade is Portfolio Manager for Digital Assets at VanEck. In this episode, we break down why altcoins have struggled this cycle, what sets the few winners apart, and where real opportunities lie—both in crypto and public markets. We also explore how stablecoin legislation could unlock new value and what’s next for ETFs in the digital asset space. ------🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Newslette...

Brandon Goh is the CoFounder and CEO of Treehouse. In this episode of Yield Talks, we dive into how Treehouse is building the decentralized fixed income layer for DeFi. Brandon breaks down Treehouse Assets (tAssets) and Decentralized Offered Rates (DOR), how they bring stability to onchain yields, and why fixed income products could be the next major evolution in crypto. ------ 🔗 Essential Show L...

Thomas Heremans is the CEO at the Obol Association. In this episode, we dive into why decentralization isn’t just an ideology in crypto—it’s a critical security feature. We explore how Obol is strengthening Ethereum’s infrastructure, how much decentralization is enough, and why projects like Rocket Pool, Lido, and ether.fi are betting on Obol to secure the future of staking. ------ 🔗 Essential Sh...

Kain Warwick is the Founder of Synthetix and Infinex. In this episode, we discuss how speculation drives the world of crypto, why it fuels innovation, and how it unites us and divides us. Applying this thinking, we break down Ethereum’s narrative challenges this cycle, its misunderstood value prop, and why ETH should already be a trillion-dollar asset. We also dive into the disconnect between Trad...

Ali Husain is the CoFounder/CEO and Milton Lopez is the CoFounder/CPO of Navigate. Vivaldi and Chopin are Founding Contributors to Symphony and Sympson AI. In this episode, we host a Yield Talks panel on how the data layer and agent layer will power new DeFi opportunities, including earning yield with our own data and how agents might be able to leverage our DeFi data. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Lin...

Bing and Lei are CoFounders of MegaETH and Enzo is the CoFounder of GTE. In this episode, we dive into one of the most hyped crypto infrastructure teams launching this year--MegaETH. MegaETH promises to bring Web2 real-time performance to crypto, including high transaction throughput up to 100,000 transactions per second, abundant compute capacity, and millisecond-level response times. We also dig...

This podcast panel features Liquity AG CEO Michael Svoboda, plus the CoFounder of DeFi Dojo (Stephen), CoFounder of Felix (Aaron) and CoFounder of Quill Finance (Roberto). In this session of Yield Talks, our panel of builders and DeFi experts discuss the new design behind Liquity V2 including user-set interest rates and the upcoming launch of a yield-bearing asset for holding exposure across all s...

Mike Cahill is the Founder and CEO of Douro Labs, building oracle tooling, products, and Web3 infra for Pyth Network’s suite of decentralized data services. In this episode, we discuss the vision for Pyth Network to make the price of everything, available everywhere onchain. Pyth is a household name among DeFi oracle providers for a reason, with 600 data feeds, 470 apps, and over 90 blockchains su...

This podcast panel features Bharat, Head of Growth at Royco, Beartic, CoFounder of Kodiak, Miri, CoFounder of Origami Finance, and Corey Caplan, CoFounder of Dolomite. In this session of Yield Talks, we invite a panel of top Berachain protocol founders from Kodiak, Dolomite, and Origami Finance to discuss how they're navigating Boyco markets before a 90-day lockup kicks off as Berachain goes live....

Misha Putiatin is CoFounder of Symbiotic and Francisco Agosti is CoFounder of Tanssi. In this episode, we interview Misha and Francisco break about the launch of Symbiotic Mainnet and how it finally brings to fruition a long anticipated vision for shared security for decentralized networks. We also dive into how Tanssi is making blockchain deployment seamless, enabling developers to spin up sovere...

Gaspard Peduzzi is CoFounder of Spectra Finance, joined by Tim Shekikhachev, CoFounder of Resolv and Amadeo Brands, Founder of YieldNest. In this episode, we host a panel to discuss how to use the decentralized, permissionless interest rate protocol that is Spectra, how it grew to over $220M TVL in less than 8 months, and how it enables users to earn fixed rates and trade yields while protocols ca...

Juan Leon is a Senior Investment Strategist at Bitwise. In this episode, we sit down to discuss Bitwise's recent CIO memo, 'Ethereum: The Comeback Kid of 2025.' We explore why Juan’s team sees a turning point ahead for Ethereum and ETH, the significance of surging ETH ETF inflows, the $100T opportunity in tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), and how these trends could drive value accrual for ETH th...

Tarun Gupta is the Founder at Coinshift. In this episode, we review a new yield-bearing stablecoin called csUSDL, designed to be the ultimate treasury reserve asset. With hundreds of billions sitting idle in stablecoins, Coinshift hopes to provide DAOs, onchain liquid funds, and even retail DeFi users with permissionless access to a more scalable yield-bearing stablecoin backed by RWAs. This is a...

Miguel de Vega is the Chief Scientific Officer at Nillion. In this episode, we discuss the potential for what's known as "humanity's first blind computer" and its role to play alongside AI and crypto. Miguel unpacks how Nillion addresses the challenges of handling high value data, by leveraging privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) to enable users to securely store data on a peer...

Tycho Onnasch is a contributor to Stacks, Stacking DAO, and Zest Protocol. In this episode, we catch up on the state of DeFi on Bitcoin L2 Stacks. Speaking with the top DeFi protocol on Stacks, we learn how Stacking DAO is unlocking new yield opportunities, how stSTX will deliver liquid stacking rewards in sBTC, and why Stacks TVL is more than ready to grow. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Edg...