The Convo: Unpacking the Solana Outage, Crypto & AI, and Blast Vision
In today's episode of the convo, Ryan, Tommy, and Santi debate the biggest topics and narratives across crypto. They dig into the the recent Solana outage, Ethereum's scalability roadmap, the intersec...
9 Feb 20241h 30min
Are Farcaster and Airdrops Worth the Hype? | Roundup
In this week's roundup Jason and Santi discuss Farcaster's recent surge in adoption, analyzing features like channels and programmable posts, and how it could transform distribution and customer acqui...
9 Feb 20241h 2min
The Rise of Frames, Farcaster, and Headless Marketplaces | Jesse Walden & Antonio Martínez
In today's episode we dive into the emergence of decentralized social networks and how they enable new forms of distribution and business models. Farcaster, a decentralized social network built on E...
6 Feb 20241h 6min
Chain Abstraction is NEAR | Illia Polosukhin, Co-Founder
On today's episode we dive into Near Protocol with Co-founder and Near Foundation CEO Illia Polosukhin. Illia details key innovations, like account aggregation, sharding, and chain abstraction, that a...
2 Feb 20241h 20min
Debating non-EVM Chains | Haseeb (Dragonfly) vs. Avichal (Electric)
On today's episode of Empire Haseeb and Avichal return to Empire to discuss crypto in 2024. They debate whether we're entering a bull market and analyze key indicators like retail engagement, institut...
30 Jan 20241h 46min
How Parallelized State Execution Unlocks Transactional Throughput at Scale | Logan Jastremski
In today's episode Jason and Santi are joined by Logan Jastremski, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Frictionless Capital. He shares his thesis on why high-throughput blockchains are essential for cr...
26 Jan 20241h 27min
Debating the DePIN Flywheel: Token Incentives, Business Models, and Mainstream Adoption | Kyle Samani & Dmitriy Berenzon
In today's episode Jason is joined by Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital and Dmitriy Berenzon of Archetype for an in-depth debate on the emerging decentralized physical infrastructure industry. They ana...
23 Jan 20241h 5min
How the ETF Impacts Bitcoin's Price | Matt Hougan & Eric Balchunas
In today's episode Jason is joined by ETF celebrities Eric Balchunas, a senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg, and Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer for Bitwise Asset Management. They start off by discu...
19 Jan 202455min
