Galaxy Brains

By Galaxy Digital Research

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Episodes: 176

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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.

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