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Stablecoins are quietly becoming the backbone of a new financial system: faster, cheaper, and more efficient than banks. For the 4th episode of Stabled Up, we sit down with former Fed researcher Thomas Cowan (Head of Tokenization @ Galaxy Digital) to unpack how stablecoins could outcompete banks, close the onchain/offchain gap, and redefine global capital efficiency. We discuss: - Fed Researcher →...

The debasement trade is here, and gold and Bitcoin are just getting started. In Episode 4 of Money Moves Fast, Felix Jauvin (host of @ForwardGuidanceBW) breaks down the biggest macro shift in a decade. We cover: • Trump’s three-step plan to seize the Fed • The $600B tariff question: stimulus or suicide? • Why gold and Bitcoin move together • How stablecoins are quietly replacing bank accounts • Wh...

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Arthur Hayes says Bitcoin could hit $250K by year-end, and it all starts with Trump’s secret plan to take control of the Federal Reserve. In today's show, we explain how the next financial regime shift plays out, covering: • How Trump seizes control of the Fed • Why Lisa Cook is the final domino • Yield Curve control & regional banking strategy • HyperLiquid vs. Binance: the perpetual wars...

AI is broken. Hang Yin, co-founder of Phala Network, believes the fix starts with privacy and open-source transparency. In the 3rd episode of AI Supercycle, our premiere AI weekly show presented by NEAR, we dive into: • Why current AI models are fundamentally unsustainable • How confidential computing could protect data in the AI era • The missing layer of encryption that no one talks about • Open...

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For the 3rd Episode of Stabled Up, we chat with Michael Egorov, Founder of Yield Basis, to cover: - The 40x Oversubscribed Yield Basis Launch - Solving DeFi's Impermanent Loss Problem - Modified ve-Tokenomics: Real Yield vs Token Rewards - Why Curve USD Could Hit Billions in Demand - Bitcoin, Ethereum & The Asset Expansion Roadmap - Stablecoin Supercycle Implications Timestamps: 00:00 Intr...

Banks are finally being disrupted. With $200B in monthly stablecoin flows, Ran Goldi (VP Payments at Fireblocks) joins us for Episode Three of Money Moves Fast, to explain why digital assets could replace the banking rails we rely on today. We cover: - How $200B is already moving monthly through stablecoins - What building “the SWIFT for stablecoins” really looks like - The future of cross-border...

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Digital asset treasury companies are sitting on tens of billions in crypto, but it's mostly idle. That's changing fast. In today's episode, were joined by Mike Silagadze, CEO of Ether. Fi & Avichal Garg, GP at Electric Capital, to discuss: - Why DATs Will Send DeFi Into a Growth Mode Frenzy - What Assets Avichal Is Positioning In - Will There Be 5,000 New Crypto Billionaires by 203...

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We sit down with Tarek Mansour, co-founder and CEO of Kalshi, to cover: - From Goldman & Citadel to Building Kalshi - Why Every Question About the Future Deserves a Market - The $2B Vision: Becoming the Largest Financial Market - How Crypto Enables Permissionless Innovation - Prediction Markets x Streaming: The Future of Media - Kalshi Echo: 600+ Devs Building on Their Platform --- Website: ht...

Today we chat with Emad Mostaque to cover: -Why Open Source AI Is Non-Negotiable -Private Portable AI vs. Corporate Data Harvesting -Foundation Coin: A New Economic Model for AI -Organic Datasets & Cultural Bias in Training -His 50% P(doom) on AI Existential Risk -The Revenue Evil Curve Hitting ChatGPT -Post-Scarcity Economics: Who Gets Left Behind? The Rollup --- Website: https://therollup.co...

Today we sit down with Paul Faecks to cover: -Why Plasma's Launch Avoided All the FUD -280M Binance Users Getting On-Chain Yields -The $SPL Token Economics Strategy -Plasma One: Neo-Banking for the Unbanked -Competing With Visa at $50B+ Market Cap -Why "At Scale" Will Look Different in 5 Years -Tether Partnership & USDt Dominance The Rollup --- Website: https://therollup.co/ Spot...

In today's episode, we sit down with Carl Vogel of 6thMan Ventures and Bhau Kotecha of Paxos Labs to explore: -Tether's $500B Valuation: Bullish or Bearish? -AI Agents & Stablecoin Payment Rails -Stablecoins as US Derivatives Collateral -The Path to $1 Trillion Stablecoin Supply -Private Credit & On-Chain Lending Boom -Plasma Mainnet & The Stablecoin Chain Wars -Why Regulatory...

Today we sit down with Jesse Pollak to cover: -How Base Flips the 95% Platform Tax on Creators -Control the Stream: Viewers as Remote Controllers -Creator Coins Done Right vs. Wrong -Why Mini-Apps Are the Future of Interactive Media -Building Creator Capital Markets from Scratch -The Emergence of Onchain Streaming Economies --- Website: https://therollup.co/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/...

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We chat with Carlos Domingo to cover: -RLUSD Partnership: Instant Liquidity for BlackRock & VanEck -Why T+2 Settlement Is Becoming Obsolete -Tokenized Treasuries as High-Quality Collateral -Multi-Chain Strategy vs Payment Chain Wars -How 24/7 Markets Will Replace Traditional Hours -The Future of Atomic Settlement Let's dive in. The Rollup --- Website: https://therollup.co/ Spotify: https:/...

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In today's episode, we sit down with Daniel Matuszewski of CMS Capital to cover: -Why 2022's Credit Crunch Changed Everything -DATs: The New Market Drivers (And Their Risks) -The "Revenue Meta" vs Meme Coin Madness -Hyper Liquid's Threat to Binance -Coming Altcoin ETF Flood -Stablecoin Infrastructure Plays -Why Macro Matters Less Than Internal Flows Website: https://therollup...

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In today's episode, we chat with Tim Beiko, Josh Stark, and Dankrad Feist to cover: -Why Ethereum Is Refocusing on L1 After Years of L2 Emphasis -The Coordination Challenge That Could Make or Break Ethereum -Balancing DeFi Experimentation with Institutional Requirements -What ZK Really Solves (Spoiler: Not Everything) -How TradFi Entry Changes Development Priorities -Can Neutrality Survive When Co...

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In today's first episode of AI Supercycle, our premiere AI show, Illia Polosukhin, a co-creator of transformers at Google and NEAR co-founder, joins us to unveil the biggest trend in AI over the next 5 years: - Why OpenAI Reading Your Chats Is Just The Beginning - The AOL Monopoly Problem Coming to AI - How "Sleeper Agents" Hide in Your LLMs - NEAR's Private, Verifiable AI Soluti...