Galaxy Brains
By Galaxy Digital Research
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Welcome to Galaxy Brains, hosted by Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy. Our weekly podcast provides insights and analysis on trends and events across the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Each week Alex will be joined by members of the research team to discuss the latest developments on all things crypto and blockchain technology.
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Nakamoto’s Next Phase with David Bailey
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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The Great Convergence of Crypto & TradFi w/ Alex Thorn
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Comparing Today to Bear Markets of the Past with Dan Matuszewski
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Will Agent Swarms Price the Future on Prediction Markets? with Zack Pokorny
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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The Banks are Wrong on Stablecoin Yield with Omid Malekan
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Crypto Policy & The Future of Multicoin with Greg Xethalis
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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State of the Bitcoin Bear Market with Beimnet Abebe
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Bitcoin Mining vs. AI w/ Will Foxley
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Zero Knowledge & Quantum w/ Eli Ben-Sasson
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Crypto Market Structure Bill Hits Roadblocks with Alex Sternhell & Chris Maneval
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Assessing Bitcoin Market Conditions with Beimnet Abebe
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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2026 is a Year for Building with Mike Novogratz
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Michael Saylor & The Ultimate Bitcoin Strategy
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Tokens, DeFi, and Lending with Zack Pokorny
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Pubkey’s Place in Bitcoin Culture with Thomas Pacchia
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Defending Free Speech on the Web with Preston Byrne
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Navigating the Bitcoin Bear Market with Beimnet Abebe
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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What Comes After Crypto with Anthony Pompliano
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Animoca’s Bet on AI and Altcoins with Yat Siu
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Solving America’s Problems with Anthony Scaramucci
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Is the Bitcoin Bull Market Over? with James Check
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Cambrian Stablecoin Explosion is Coming with Luca Prosperi
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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The Launch of GalaxyOne with Zac Prince
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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The College Kids Are Alright with Evan Solomon
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Ethereum as the World’s Settlement Layer? With Vivek Raman
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Solana’s Big Treasury Company with Kyle Samani
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Bitcoin Treasury Strategies with Tim Kotzman & Ed Juline
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Tokenizing GLXY with Robert Leshner
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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State of the Bitcoin Bull Market with James Check
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Nothing Stops This Train with Lyn Alden
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Crypto PR is Hard w/ Aubrey Strobel
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Bitcoin Will Retire Your Bloodline with Udi Wertheimer
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Stablecoins are Narrow Banks with Nic Carter
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Bitcoin Flows at River with Alex Leishman
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Bitcoin Treasury Companies with Jason Urban
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Future of Blockchain Infrastructure with Zane Glauber and Harry Austin
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Bitcoin Policy Summit Takes Over DC with Matthew Pines
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Politics of Crypto Legislation with Austin Campbell
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Life After Bitcoin with Peter McCormack
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Should MicroStrategy Do Proof of Reserves? with Sam Abbassi
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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The Philosophy of Bitcoin w/ Brad Rettler
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May 22, 2025 |
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Galaxy’s Nasdaq Debut w/ Mike Novogratz
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May 15, 2025 |
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The DOJ’s Case Against Samourai Wallet With Zack Shapiro
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May 08, 2025 |
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Strategic Bitcoin Reserve With Matt Pines
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May 01, 2025 |
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Galaxy Research’s First Governance Proposal With Zack Pokorny
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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The State of Crypto Lending w/ Max Bareiss
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Is the Bull Market Over? with James Check
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Kraken’s View of the Crypto World w/ Arjun Sethi
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Future of Institutional Crypto Trading w/ Anton Katz
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Future of Bitcoin Adoption w/ Preston Pysh
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Will Bitcoin Upgrade w/ Will Foxley
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Crypto’s Existential Threat w/ Jake Chervinsky
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Bitcoin Businesses Are Thriving w/ Marty Bent
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Clash of the Titans w/ Dan Morehead & Mike Novogratz
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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The New SEC w/ Hester Peirce
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Bitcoin Reserve Is Back In Play w/ Natalia Li
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Trump, Bitcoin, and USA w/ David Bailey
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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What Trump’s Inauguration Means for Crypto w/ Tyler Williams
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Crypto Markets Stay Interesting w/ Dan Matuszewski (CMS)
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Will Stocks Go on the Blockchain? w/ Omid Malekan
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Building the Biggest Bitcoin Miner w/ Paul Giordano (MARA)
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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PubKey Founder on Trump’s Bitcoin Burger w/ Thomas Pacchia
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Michael Saylor on BTC at $100K and the Future of MicroStrategy
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Is This Time Different? w/ Sam Callahan
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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How the US Should Store the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve w/ Rob Hamilton
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Bitcoin Is My Job w/ American Hodl
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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What Bitcoin Adoption Looks Like w/ Cory Klippsten
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Trump Win and Bitcoin
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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What an SEC Pivot on Crypto Looks Like w/ Coy Garrison
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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How to Trade the Election with Quinn Thompson
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Using Bitcoin Data to Predict Tops & Bottoms w/ Checkmate
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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HONG KONG TAPES: Chris Yu (SignalPlus)
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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HONG KONG TAPES: Zhang Bing (Avenir Crypto)
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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SINGAPORE TAPES: Arthur0x (DeFiance)
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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The State of the Economy w/ Beimnet Abebe
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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SINGAPORE TAPES: Alex Svanevik (Nansen)
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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SINGAPORE TAPES: Joe McCann (Asymmetric)
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Digital ID is the Big Unlock w/ Yat Siu (Animoca)
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Expanding the Galaxy in Asia with John Cahill
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Bitcoin and the Future of DeFi w/ Dan Held
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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What is Trump’s World Liberty Financial w/ Thad Pinakiewicz
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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The State of Crypto w/ Alex Thorn
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Telegram & Free Speech w/ Preston Byrne
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Future of Stablecoins? w/ Luca Prosperi
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Democrats Also Like Crypto w/ Ritchie Torres
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Crawling the Spiderchain w/ Willem Schroé
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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NASHVILLE TAPES: Casey Rodarmor
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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NASHVILLE TAPES: Christian Catalini
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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NASHVILLE TAPES: Craig Warmke
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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NASHVILLE TAPES: Dylan LeClair
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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NASHVILLE TAPES: Steven Lubka
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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NASHVILLE TAPES: Harry Sudock
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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The Bitcoin Election w/ David Bailey (Bitcoin Magazine)
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Building a Bitcoin Brokerage w/ Alex Leishman (River)
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Securing Your Assets Today & Tomorrow w/ Lior Lamesh
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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From the Commodity Pit to the Crypto Peak w/ Jason Urban
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Uncovering Crypto Alpha w/ Chris Rhine
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Media, Memes, and Machinations w/ Mike Dudas
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Crypto’s Biggest Troll w/ Gwart
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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AI Will Displace Every Job w/ Nic Carter
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Markets Are Shifting w/ Beimnet Abebe
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May 30, 2024 |
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SEC Unexpectedly Expedites ETH ETF w/ Eric Balchunas
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May 23, 2024 |
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Where Crypto Goes Next w/ Mike Novogratz
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May 16, 2024 |
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Why Stablecoins Make Sense w/ Austin Campbell
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May 09, 2024 |
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Bitcoin Fees & Governance w/ Murch (Chaincode)
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May 02, 2024 |
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Bitcoin Mining After the Halving w/ Brian Wright (Galaxy)
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Bitcoin Cycles and Halvings w/ Sam Callahan (Swan)
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Mr. Satoshi Goes to Washington w/ Tyler Williams
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Making Bitcoin Magical w/ Rijndael (Taproot Wizards)
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Blockspace as a Commodity w/ Will Nuelle
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Unpacking the Crypto “Cycle” w/ Quinn Thompson (Lekker Capital)
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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How Crypto VC Will Evolve w/ Matt Walsh (Castle Island)
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Bitcoin ZK-Rollups Are Coming w/ Orkun Kilic (Chainway)
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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USA Capital Markets Need Innovation w/ Hester Peirce
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Building a Tradfi Crypto Exchange w/ John Palmer (Cboe Digital)
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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What DAOs are Getting Very Wrong w/ Michael Marcantonio
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Can America Survive? w/ Rep. Tom Emmer
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Bitcoin is a Cheat Code for Businesses Worldwide w/ Peter McCormack
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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The Game Will Change w/ Dan Matuszewski (CMS)
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Why Privacy Matters w/ Jameson Lopp (Casa)
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Bitcoin ETFs Finally Launch w/ Eric Balchunas (Bloomberg)
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Is Crypto Back? w/ Mike Novogratz
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Do You Own Your Crypto? w/ Sam Abbassi
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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The Senate Bill Coming to Kill Crypto w/ Peter Van Valkenburgh
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Urbit is the New Internet w/ Christian Langalis
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Bitcoin Culture Clash w/ Pete Rizzo
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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CZ Pleads Guilty w/ Beimnet Abebe
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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What's Happening With Solana? w/ Lucas Tcheyan
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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*LIVE* Galaxy Brains x On the Brink @ Pubkey NYC (Nov. 9, 2023)
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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SBF is Cooked. What’s Next? w/ David Z. Morris
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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The PROOF Act w/ Sens. Tillis & Hickenlooper’s Staff
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Can Blockchains Scale with “Modularity”? w/ Christine Kim
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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The Mining Game Has Changed w/ Austin Storms
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Can DeFi Be Built on Bitcoin? w/ Tony Cai
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Bitcoin Options Suggest Big Move Ahead w/ Kelly Greer
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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The Rise of Crypto Data & Analytics w/ Lucas Nuzzi
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Why Coinbase is Adding Bitcoin’s Lightning Network w/ Viktor Bunin
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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The Biggest Things in Crypto w/ Galaxy Research
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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How Bitcoin is Changing Electrical Grids w/ Blake King (Galaxy Mining)
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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James Seyffart (Bloomberg) on Bitcoin ETFs
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Trey Aslanian on Crypto Markets & Narratives
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Will Foxley on Bitcoin & Crypto Media
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Marty Bent (TFTC) on the Power of Bitcoin
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Matt Cutler (Blocknative) on Ethereum Infrastructure & Development
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Adam Zarazinski (Inca Digital) on Crypto Surveillance & Crime
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Harry Sudock (GRIID) on Bitcoin Mining & Electrical Grids
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Tim Grant (Galaxy) on Europe and Beyond
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Dennis Pourteaux (Pourteaux.xyz) on Bitcoin & Institutions
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Nick Neuman (Casa) on Self-Custody
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Ram Ahluwalia (Lumida) on Crypto Self Regulation
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Tyler Williams (Galaxy) on Washington’s Crypto Week
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Ryan Selkis on American Crypto Policy
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Nathaniel Whittemore (NLW) on Shifting Crypto Narratives
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Bitcoin Miami w/ Drew Armstrong (Cathedra) and Thomas Pacchia (Pubkey)
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May 26, 2023 |
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Christine Kim (Galaxy) on Ethereum’s Finality Issue
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May 19, 2023 |
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Steve Kurz (Galaxy) on Opportunities in Crypto
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May 12, 2023 |
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Dan Held on Bitcoin History & Culture
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May 05, 2023 |
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Nick Hansen (Luxor) on Bitcoin Infrastructure
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Christine Kim (Galaxy) on Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Udi Wertheimer on Bitcoin & Taproot Wizards
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Tyler Williams (Galaxy) on Washington & Crypto
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Chris Tarbell (Former FBI) on Arresting Ross Ulbricht (Silk Road) and Privacy
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Mike Novogratz (Galaxy) Reacts to the Fed & Thomas Pacchia (Pubkey) on Bitcoin
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Omid Malekan (Columbia) on Trust & Finance
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Christine Kim (Galaxy Research) on ETHDenver & Upcoming Ethereum Upgrades
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Rob Hamilton (AnchorWatch) on Inscriptions & Bitcoin Miniscript
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Alex Svanevik (Nansen) on Proof of Reserves
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Austin Campbell (ex-Paxos) on Stablecoins & Regulation
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Tim Grant on Crypto in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Casey Rodarmor on Ordinals & Inscriptions (Bitcoin NFTs)
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Ethereum Upgrade, North Korea, and Jamie Dimon
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Optimistic Rollups, Solana, and Markets
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Jason Urban from the Option Pits to Galaxy
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Crypto VC, Markets, and Macro
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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2022 Year in Review
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Erik Voorhees on Crypto & Freedom
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Caitlin Long (Custodia) on Bitcoin and the Future of Banking
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Dan Matuszewski (CMS) on FTX, Tether, and Crypto History
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Lucas Nuzzi on Tracking FTX & Alameda On-Chain
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Nic Carter on Proof of Reserves
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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FTX, CPI, and Washington DC
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Zero-Knowledge and the Future of Blockchain Scaling
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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NFT Royalties and MEV-Boost Adoption
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Aptos and the Future of Blockspace
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Tyler Williams on Crypto Reg and the Fed
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Tim Grant and Crypto Around the World
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Market Update, Bitcoin Payments, Blockchain Gaming
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Ben Edgington on Ethereum & Proof of Stake
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Michael Ashe on M&A in Crypto in a Bear Market
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Bitcoin Mining Outlook for the Second Half of 2022
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Jackson Hole, Arbitrum Nitro, Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Increase
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Stephane Gosselin on Flashbots and MEV
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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NFTs: Licenses, Ownerships, Copyrights, & More
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Tornado Cash, Stablecoins, & the Crypto Market
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Alex Gladstein on Bitcoin Activism
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Fed rates, Central African Republic’s first digital coin, and AntPool’s $10M investment
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Nic Carter on The Future of Blockchains
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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CPI Numbers, Stratum V2, MakerDAO SocGen Governance Vote
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Round Table; Sepolia Merge Upgrade, Antminer S19, $540M Social Engineering Attack, and More
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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MakerDAO, BofA's Report, and the Gray Glacier Delay on Ethereum
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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The State of Crypto in Europe, and DeFi Markets Behavior
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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BEAR MARKET UPDATE
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Lummis-Gillibrand bill, DeFi treasuries selling, and BAYC Discord Hack
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Policy Developments in Washington, New Report on Solana, and Optimism’s Airdrop
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Seth Green's stolen Board Ape, NFT IP, 7 block reorg on Ethereum, and Optimism removes 17,000 addresses
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May 27, 2022 |
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Bitcoin Mining, Coinbase Cloud & Figment staking services, and Polygon Nightfall Mainnet
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May 20, 2022 |
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UST Incident, Instagram NFT Debut, and Lido the ETH Liquid Staking Solution
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May 13, 2022 |
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Board Ape Yacht Club, Outage on The Solana Network, And Our Latest Research
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May 06, 2022 |
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Mining, Fidelity's New 401K BTC Exposure Offering, Optimism Token & More
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Market Overview, New Coinbase NFT Platform, DYDX Upgrades, And Miami Us Conference of Mayors
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Market Volatility, Bitcoin Transaction Fees, and Ethereum's Forthcoming Merge Upgrade
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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USDN, Binance U.S. Raise, and ERC4626
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Terra Adds BTC Collateral, Liquid Staking on Ethereum Grows, Avalanche Unveils New Wallet
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Opensea Supports Solana, Larson's $500MM POS campaign, and Vitalik & Pete Rizzo's thought pieces
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Russian Sanctions, European Regulation, And Cryptopunks IP Acquisition
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Apr 12, 2022 |