The VALR Podcast with Farzam Ehsani

In this VALR Podcast episode, VALR's Co-Founder and CEO Farzam Ehsani sat down with Hyperliquid's Co-Founder and CEO Jeff Yan to discuss the integration, the future of CeFi and DeFi, and their aspirations to move finance forward.

In this VALR Podcast episode, Farzam Ehsani interviews Adam Levi of Backed, issuer of xStocks, tokenised equities launched in June 2025. Comparable to stablecoins, xStocks track underlying equities like Tesla, offering fractionalisation, instant settlement, and 24/7 trading. Levi predicts tokenised equities surpassing stablecoins’ value by 2033. Backed leverages The vision? A financial system demo...

In this episode of The VALR Podcast, host Farzam Ehsani, VALR’s Co-Founder and CEO, engages Jameson Lopp, Co-Founder and Chief Security Officer at Casa, in a compelling discussion on Bitcoin security and privacy. A Bitcoin pioneer and self-proclaimed cypherpunk, Lopp shares insights from over a decade in the space, emphasising self-custody as a cornerstone of financial sovereignty.

Are we witnessing the end of fiat money? Could cryptocurrencies replace traditional currencies? And what role will central banks and governments play in the future of finance? In this thought-provoking episode of The VALR Podcast, host Farzam Ehsani sits down with Dawie Roodt, one of South Africa’s most referenced economists, to explore the history, flaws, and future of money. As the Chief Economi...

The question is no longer ‘should South Africa adopt Bitcoin?’ but rather, ‘how soon can we make it happen?’ 🇿🇦 In the latest episode of The VALR Podcast, Farzam Ehsani sits down with Stafford Masie - tech entrepreneur, Bitcoin advocate, and Chairman of Altvest Capital, now the first publicly traded African company to adopt a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. This historic move follows in the footsteps o...

Tune in to the latest episode of The VALR Podcast with Farzam Ehsani, featuring Michael Jordaan, CEO of Montegray, early VALR investor, and former CEO of FNB. In this episode, Michael shares his thoughts on Bitcoin, banking, and finance, including whether South Africa should hold Bitcoin as a strategic reserve. They discuss how crypto is changing traditional banking, how banks might adopt digital...

In this thought-provoking episode of The VALR Podcast, Farzam Ehsani sits down with Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital, to tackle bold questions and explore critical topics at the intersection of crypto and politics. Could Bitcoin serve as a strategic reserve asset and help solve the U.S. debt crisis? What role might the Trump administration play in shaping crypto’s future? Scaramucc...

In this episode of The VALR Podcast, Eric Balchunas, Senior ETF Analyst at Bloomberg, shares insights on the rise of Bitcoin ETFs, their impact on the market, and whether they truly deliver on their promise. Tune in as we explore the pros, cons, and controversies surrounding crypto ETFs.

Tune in to the latest episode of The VALR Podcast with Farzam Ehsani, featuring Circle's Co-Founder and CEO, Jeremy Allaire. In this discussion, Jeremy shares his high-level views on the future of Circle, the digital dollar, regulation around the world, and risk management.

Why does the price of Bitcoin matter so much? In this episode of The VALR Podcast, Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard, sits down with VALR’s CEO Farzam Ehsani to discuss his journey into Bitcoin, his unique perspective on economics, and why he believes Bitcoin’s price is crucial to the future of money. Learn how Bitcoin is reshaping the financial world, the significance of its fixed...

Meow is the pseudonymous founder of Jupiter, a decentralized exchange and liquidity aggregator on Solana. In this episode, VALR’s CEO Farzam Ehsani talks with Meow about his peculiar name and journey into the crypto space, his past achievement, Meow’s approach to growth and his upcoming plans for Jupiter. A deep, at times personal, conversation with one of the most interesting people in crypto tod...

In this 6th episode of The VALR Podcast, VALR's CEO, Farzam Ehsani sits down with Dan Held, GP at Asymmetric Investing and former Head of Marketing at Kraken. Dan brings over a decade of experience in the crypto space, sharing his insights on the current state of #Bitcoin , the impact of macroeconomic trends, and the various phases of Bitcoin’s growth and adoption.

In this 5th episode of The VALR Podcast, host Farzam Ehsani sits down with Matěj Žák, the CEO of Trezor, to discuss the nuances of self-custody in cryptocurrency. They explore Trezor's role as a pioneering hardware wallet, its impact on the industry, and the pros and cons of self-custody vs custodial services like VALR. Matěj shares insights on his career journey, Bitcoin security, and his asp...

In this episode of the VALR Podcast, host Farzam Ehsani and Lily Liu, President of the Solana Foundation, discuss Solana's relatively recent but quick rise as a Layer-1 protocol, its various features and current developments. Lily shares her views on #bitcoin , and its original use case, the prospect of a multi-chain future, as well as her own journey into crypto and work at the helm of the #s...

In this 3rd episode of The VALR Podcast with Farzam Ehsani, Yat Siu shares his views on Web3, digital property rights, and creating a more equitable world through blockchain technology. The discussion includes his background, the transformative potential of tokenisation, and predictions for the growth of the Web3 ecosystem. 00:00 Introduction 01:14 From Austria to the World: A Journey Through Tech...

You may know Arthur Hayes as the Co-founder of BitMEX, the originator of the Bitcoin perpetual swap, but did you know he might be a "gold bug" in a crypto disguise? In this episode of the VALR Podcast, host Farzam Ehsani and Arthur Hayes discuss the evolution and future of the crypto industry, global economy, and the role energy plays in financial systems. Hayes shares his journey from b...

In this engaging conversation, Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, Farzam Ehsani, Co-Founder and CEO of VALR, and Blake Player, Head of Growth at VALR, explore the evolving role of USDT in global finance. They discuss Tether's origins, Paolo's journey into crypto from a passion for decentralisation and technology, Tether's resilience amid criticism, and its strategic positioning in emerging...