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Industry defining stories from @TheBlockCo Featuring: 🧠 The Big Brain Podcast 🎯 The Crypto Beat 🔺 Layer One
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🎯 The Crypto Beat Episode 2: Telegram Games Tim Copeland is joined by team members from Hamster Kombat, GAMEE & TON_Ventures to discuss the emerging TON 💎 gaming ecosystem 👾 OUTLINE 00:00 Introduction and Overview 00:55 Gaming in the TON Ecosystem 04:54 Hamster Kombat Community 14:45 Telegram Mini Apps 17:41 Telegram Growth Hacks 23:43 Tap-to-Earn & Web3 Onboarding 39:52 Investing in Telegram Games 45:13 Closing Thoughts
The Block Media969,856 views • 1 year ago
Wintermute CEO breaks down crypto's biggest liquidation event ever Wintermute founder and CEO wishful_cynic joined Larry Cermak and namik // mega-chef Σ: to analyze how $19B+ got wiped out in ONE DAY🧐 OUTLINE 00:00 Introduction 00:45 What Happened? 04:46 Understanding ADL 12:25 Transparency and Privacy on Hyperliquid 16:35 Circuit Breakers 19:16 Occam’s Razor 21:25 Assessing the Damage 25:24 Lessons learned 28:39 Looking Ahead 30:21 A Maturing Market 32:13 Dealing with Extreme Volatility 35:19 Impact on DeFi 37:28 Wintermute as the Crypto Villain 41:47 What else does Wintermute do? 44:11 Conclusion
The Block Media145,177 views • 8 months ago
In Episode 11 of Layer One, Kelvin Sparks and special co-host Ava Labs 🔺 President John Wu 🔺 are joined by Matt Hougan, CIO of Bitwise, to discuss the launch of the Avalanche ETP and how institutional investors are approaching crypto exposure. The group also touched on: • Tokenized real-world assets • ETFs in onboarding capital • Why this cycle may differ from previous ones OUTLINE 00:00 - Introduction 01:40 - Avalanche ETP Overview 02:45 - ETF Differentiation 04:34 - Staking and Yield 06:19 - Institutional Strategy 09:04 - Competing L1 Models 14:22 - Bitcoin Price Thesis 18:49 - Dual Market Narratives 21:57 - Institutional Capital Flows 30:02 - AI and Crypto Future
The Block Media21,107 views • 2 months ago
The Scoop Finale: Mike Dudas on how stablecoins are eating Wall Street Frank Chaparro was joined by Mike Dudas for Frank's final episode of The Scoop 😢 Frank and Mike discuss The Block's history, the evolution of the crypto space over the years, and how payments and stablecoins have emerged as one of crypto's killer use cases. We will miss you Frank! Wishing you all the best from the Media team ❤️ OUTLINE 00:00 - Introduction 02:11 – Early Days of The Block 03:24 – The Tether Revelation 05:24 – Stablecoin Success 07:44 – Adoption Curve in Payments 11:33 – Global Stablecoin Impact 14:47 – Investment Opportunities 19:48 – Crypto vs. Fintech 25:27 – Meme Coins Debate 31:52 – Bonk and Pump Strategies 35:27 – Breaking Into the Mainstream 40:54 – Conviction in Solana 44:18 – Crypto Culture and Sentiment 47:51 – Conclusion
The Block Podcasts53,225 views • 11 months ago
The intersection of crypto and AI, presented by OpenLedger Tim Copeland was joined by OpenLedger core contributor Ram in this sponsored episode to discuss the emerging intersection of decentralized AI and blockchain technology. The conversation covers OpenLedger’s infrastructure that lets users contribute proprietary data to train AI models, tokenomics, and the broader promise of creating a transparent, community-driven AI economy. OUTLINE 00:00 – Introduction 01:02 – What is Openledger? 02:27 – Data Contribution Model 08:47 – Access to Agents 15:16 – Ensuring Quality Data 19:09 – Incentive Structures 23:18 – The Role of Tokens 24:56 – The Convergence of AI and Crypto 27:53 – Competing with Centralized Systems 30:23 – Openledger's Future and Success 33:32 – Data Economy Insights 36:17 – Conclusion
The Block Podcasts51,831 views • 11 months ago
Winning the Crypto Long Game For the inaugural episode of The Big Brain Podcast, Haseeb ＞|＜ & Jordi Alexander (eventually 😉) join Larry Cermak and namik // mega-chef Σ: for a wide-ranging discussion covering crypto conviction, bitcoin's endgame, AGI and more 🧠 OUTLINE 00:00 Introduction 02:25 Similarities between Poker & Crypto 06:33 Maintaining Crypto Conviction 12:40 Surviving the FTX Fallout 17:55 FTX Marketing Spend 24:05 The Trump Era of Crypto 26:34 Bitcoin Endgame Economics 34:32 Crypto & AGI 43:07 Analysts vs. LLMs 47:47 Market Making & AI 51:52 F.A.F.O. Onchain
The Block Podcasts49,992 views • 1 year ago
Austin Federa’s DoubleZero is rewiring the internet to supercharge crypto DoubleZero co-founder Austin Federa | 🇺🇸 joined Frank Chaparro to explain how current public internet infrastructure puts a bottleneck on blockchain performance, and how his firm is looking to rewire the internet to address it. OUTLINE 00:00 - Introduction 01:02 - Sponsor break 02:03 - DoubleZero’s core thesis 05:42 - The problem with the public internet infrastructure 10:13 - Understanding the current infrastructure 16:36 - DoubleZero’s impact 19:59 - Speed is the name of the game 24:18 - Timeframes for rebuilding infrastructure 31:11 - How DoubleZero finds and utilizes infrastructure 35:35 - Tokenization 36:55 - Technical difficulties 37:20 - This isn’t your grandfather’s internet 39:20 - Hiring talent and being a founder 40:21 - Hiring Talent for a New Layer of the Internet 44:37 - Conclusion
The Block Podcasts44,704 views • 1 year ago
ICYMI: Murad explores his memecoin thesis and support for SPX6900 Murad 💹🧲 joins Tim Copeland and Kelvin Sparks to explain why he believes the future of crypto lies in belief-driven, community-powered assets rather than short-term speculation or utility tokens. OUTLINE 00:00 – Introduction 00:47 – Memecoin Landscape 04:58 – Rise of 07:10 – The next six months 09:15 – SPX6900 as a Schelling Point 18:33 – Responsibilities with Memecoins 23:45 – Flipping the Stock Market 29:23 – Memecoin mullet 34:13 – Memecoin strategy 38:55 – Bitcoin Treasury Trade 45:47 – Crypto's Future 48:17 – Murad's Motivation in Crypto 52:56 – Creating or Moving Value 54:56 – Conclusion
The Block Media37,702 views • 11 months ago
Introducing The White Papers: Tokenizing Modular Home Mortgages on Ethereum L2 🔗 In this first episode of The White Papers, Kelvin Sparks sits down with McAndrew Rudisill (CEO, ETHzilla) and Ben Halliday (CEO, Zippy) to discuss ETHZilla's fresh investment in Zippy and their bold plan to put modular home mortgages fully on-chain. ⛓ OUTLINE: 00:00 - Show Introduction 00:51 - ETHzilla Invests in Zippy 02:38 - Zippy’s Affordable Housing Vision 05:14 - How Tokenized Loans Work 10:52 - Disrupting Wall Street Access 13:11 - Global RWA Marketplace Vision 16:00 - ETHzilla Digital PE Model 24:06 - Global Investor Access 27:15 - Multi-Billion Dollar Verticals 30:54 - Why Ethereum L2s 42:07 - RWAs Reshape Yield Curve
The Block Media17,638 views • 6 months ago
Gold revaluation could lead to US treasury buying Bitcoin sooner than expected - Coinbase Exec Coinbase Asset Management President Sebastian Pedro Bea, OLY joined Frank Chaparro at our NYC office to discuss Bitcoin's continuing maturation as an asset class, and how a government move to revalue gold could lead to the US Treasury accumulating Bitcoin. OUTLINE 00:00 - Introduction 01:00 - Big Changes for Bitcoin 06:45 - Frameworks for Institutional Portfolios 09:48 - Bitcoins as Digital Gold 13:54 - Getting On Board With Bitcoin 22:04 - Regulatory Designation’s Market Impact 25:20 - Bitcoin’s Shift From NASDAQ to Gold 27:30 - US Government’s Revaluation of Gold? 34:22 - Leaving Bitcoin Dominance Behind 36:33 - Bitcoin Graduating As An Asset Class 38:59 - Capitalizing on Bitcoin’s momentum 41:49 - Bitcoin as a Savings Instrument 44:31 - Conclusion
The Block Podcasts24,471 views • 1 year ago
John Wu on Avalanche’s edge in the race for enterprise adoption Ava Labs 🔺 President John Wu 🔺 joined Frank Chaparro to discuss the strides made by Avalanche🔺 to bring enterprises on chain, and what challenges, particularly regulatory, remain. OUTLINE 00:00 - Introduction 00:51 - Sponsor break 02:11 - John Wu’s tradfi background 06:36 - Taking crypto seriously 09:27 - Ava Labs’ focus 11:11 - The gaming landscape 18:38 - Ava Labs x financial markets 24:30 - Challenges in building in Tradfi 26:11 - How enterprises select blockchains 29:03 - Project Guardian 31:52 - Looking ahead
The Block Podcasts23,996 views • 1 year ago
Infinite Money Glitch Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino 🤖 joins Larry Cermak and namik // mega-chef Σ: on The Big Brain Podcast to share Tether's vision for building a stable society 🧠 OUTLINE 00:00 Introduction 00:30 Paolo's Background 1:21 Tether's Path to Success 04:04 Stablecoin Policy 07:23 USDT Adoption in Emerging Markets 12:15 Tether Gold 16:30 Tether & US Hegemony 21:25 Responsible Crypto Education 22:54 Tether Wallet Development Kit 25:00 Chain Preferences 28:52 Tether's Investment Strategy 45:13 Infinite Money Glitch
The Block Podcasts19,936 views • 1 year ago