The Edge Podcast

Ryan Rasmussen is the Head of Research at Bitwise. In this episode, we uncover what Wall Street really thinks of the ETH and BTC ETF! Speaking to one of the few people in the world who talks daily to the world's largest investors about getting exposure to crypto through these ETFs, Ryan shares what they think about BTC and ETH, what moves they've been making since the ETF approvals, and ho...

Regan Bozman is the CoFounder of Lattice. In this episode, we cover what's changed this crypto cycle, according to long time crypto investor, Regan Bozman. We discuss what's so confusing this bull run, how do we learn from it, and what needs to happen for us to advance to the next phase of the bull run. Special note: This interview was recorded on June 5th. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links...

Simon Jones is the Founder of Reya Labs. In this episode, we cover Reya Network, the game-changing modular L2 optimized for traders. Learn how this promising new L2 design allows for deeper markets and better trading conditions with instant liquidity, lightning fast transactions, superior APYs and a margin account at the network level. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Youtube: https://youtube.c...

Nick Drakon is the Founder of Revelo Intel and Revelo Ventures. He is also host of the DeFi Sparks podcast. In this episode, we cover how to find your own edge as a crypto investor. As a trader for over 20 years, Nick shares his own refined process as a profitable trader navigating the best opportunities crypto has to offer, as well as how to discover and leverage information asymmetries in the cr...

Amir Forouzani and Jason Vranek are CoFounders of Puffer Labs. Justin Drake is a Researcher at The Ethereum Foundation. In this episode, we cover Puffer Finance's Mainnet launch in May, as well as their ongoing campaign to redeem $1.7 billion of stETH to be converted to pufETH. Joined by Justin Drake from The Ethereum Foundation, we discuss why decentralization still matters, and how Puffer&#3...

Arjun Bhuptani is the CoFounder of Everclear, previously known as Connext. In this episode, we spotlight the new grand vision for Everclear, DeFi's first clearing layer. Arjun shares how Everclear will power chain abstraction, coordinate the global settlement of liquidity between chains, and solve fragmentation for modular blockchains. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Youtube: https://youtu...

Kendall Cole is the Founder of Proximity Labs, a research and development firm focused on NEAR Protocol. In this episode, we cover NEAR's vision for chain abstraction. Kendall breaks down how chain abstraction will enable users to enjoy DeFi and Web3 without knowing what chain they’re on and why Near is uniquely placed to solve this. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Youtube: https://youtube...

Bob Baxley is a Core Contributor at Maverick Protocol. In this episode, we cover the upcoming launch of Maverick V2's Liquidity Operating System and AI-DEX. We explore how this next generation AMM enables powerful turnkey solutions such as their veToken factory, directional fees, dynamic fees, and their new AI-DEX customizable pool logic. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Youtube: https://yo...

Jai Bhavnani is the CoFounder and CEO of Waymont Co, a developer of the Royco Protocol. In this episode, we cover how Royco Protocol will revolutionize liquidity markets. We're joined by the legendary cofounder of Rari Capital, Jai Bhavnani, to get a first look at what we believe is the biggest DeFi primitive to launch since Uniswap. Royco's onchain liquidity orderbook with programmable ma...

Tristan Frizza is the CoFounder of Zeta Markets. In this episode, we cover the development of Zeta Markets, a top derivatives trading app on Solana and what promises to be Solana's first L2. Tristan shares why it makes sense to build Zeta on Solana's first L2, how Zeta differentiates as a perps trading protocol, and what’s next with the upcoming airdrop and launch of their Z token. ------...

Ermin is the Founder of Flat Money. Brave New DeFi is advisor to Flat Money. In this episode, we cover why a flatcoin such as UNIT promises to be a better form of onchain money that isn’t tied to any fiat currency, as well as how Flat Money offers a double-digit yield for UNIT holders. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Youtube: https://youtube.com/@defidad ► Apple: https://tinyurl.com/edgepod ►...

Ryker is the CoFounder of ZeroLend. In this episode, we explore a new DeFi money market betting on the next generation of L2s called ZeroLend. Ryker shares how ZeroLend became the top lending and borrowing protocol on zkSync Era and Linea, what to know about their recently launched token ZERO, and what’s in store with their V2 already in development. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Youtube: ht...

Alex Cutler and Ace are Core Contributors at Aerodrome and Velodrome. In this episode, we discuss whether Aerodrome and Velodrome can dethrone Uniswap. Alex and Ace share why these popular ve(3,3) AMMs continue to capture a significant portion of Uniswap’s dominance on Base and Optimism, and how they’ve set the bar for teams championing the anti-VC sentiment with zero fees, no VC backing, and no m...

David Johnston is an open source contributor at Morpheus. In this episode, we cover Morpheus and how a network of AI agents will revolutionize the crypto UX to onboard 1 billion users. David returns for this episode just as the MOR Fair Launch concludes to share what you need to know to stay involved in Morpheus. He offers up his thoughts on why we need a decentralized network of AI agents given t...

Cooper Scanlon and Rushi Manche are the CoFounders of Movement Labs. In this episode, we cover the rise of move-based blockchains with Movement Labs. We learn about the advantages of the MoveVM over the EVM, how Movement Labs flagship M1 and M2 networks enable new possibilities for DeFi builders, and how it benefits us as users. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Youtube: https://youtube.com/@def...

Nate Benish and Yoni Ben-Shimon are CoFounders of NIM Network. In this episode, we cover NIM Network and how it enables crypto-powered AI ownership in games and apps. We discuss how AI opens up new possibilities for the future of gaming, how NIM marries the benefits of crypto and AI within games, and how NIM aims to drive new standards for AI agents, which can play, transact, and generate income....

William Murphy is the Head of Growth at Whales Market. In this episode, we cover how Whales Market is unlocking pre-token and airdrop trading for all! Whales Market is the top OTC DEX for trading airdrop allocations, points, and tokens. With Whales Pro live and their new Runes Market coming soon, William shares how Whales Market works and why users love permissionless access to trade early pre-tok...

TN Lee is the CoFounder of Pendle. In this episode, we spotlight the story behind the DeFi kingmaker, Pendle. Learn how they found product-market fit resulting in $4.5B TVL today, their strategic selection of protocols to list for yield trading, and what’s next with EigenLayer live and Pendle V3 coming soon! ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Youtube: https://youtube.com/@defidad ► Apple: https:/...

Robbie and Andy are CoFounders of The Rollup. In this episode, we discuss modularity and the unbundling of the blockchain stack. Robbie and Andy cover what is the significance of modularity in the world of blockchains and how it will unlock the ability for anyone to create a blockchain network and ultimately focus on other matters such as the next generation of DeFi and Web3 applications. ------...

Marc Weinstein is a Partner at Mechanism Capital. In this episode, we discuss why this time is and is not different, as it relates to the crypto bull run. Marc shares what keeps him up at night as an early stage venture investor but also as a retail trader. According to him, we are all retail traders! As one of the more relatable investors, he is able to break down a number of observations and hyp...

Guy Young is the Founder of Ethena Labs. In this episode, we dive into questions from listeners about Ethena and its multibillion dollar tokenized basis trade protocol. Guy shares what’s made Ethena so successful right out of the gate growing the USDe market cap to $1.96B in less than a few months, the impact of the Ethena Effect on DeFi, and what to know about their recent ENA token launch. -----...

Jakub Wojciechowski and Marcin Kaźmierczak are the Founders of RedStone Oracles. In this episode, we interview the founders behind RedStone Oracles, powering restaking, LRTfi, and beyond. We discuss the vision behind this younger oracle protocol, how RedStone became a leading oracle provider in the emerging LRT sector, and what plans they have to grow and serve even more DeFi protocols in 2024. --...

Austin King is the CEO of Omni Labs. In this episode, we discuss how Omni Network can solve for Ethereum's fragmented L2 liquidity. Austin shares his vision for how this EVM blockchain, secured by Ethereum, aims to power one united user experience for all DeFi and Web3 apps built across rollups. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Youtube: https://youtube.com/@defidad ► Apple: https://tinyurl....

Ismael Hishon-Rezaizadeh is the Founder of Lagrange Labs and Mike Silagadze is the Founder of ether.fi. In this episode, we talk with the founder of Lagrange and the founder of ether.fi about the significance of etherf.i committing to delegate $500M of natively restaked ETH (eETH) to Lagrange, as one of the earliest EigenLayer AVSs! ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Youtube: https://youtube.com/...

Vivaldi is the anonymous CEO of Symphony Labs and Mozart is the anonymous CTO, having developed Cadence Protocol. In this episode, we cover a new cross-chain perpetuals aggregator, called Cadence. Cadence is the flagship perps trading platform of Canto and will soon provide a solution for the fragmented liquidity across L2s and L1s by allowing trades to draw upon deep liquidity cross-chain in 1-cl...