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Built for Solana investors, developers and community members A @blockworks_ podcast, hosted by @defi_kay_
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New episode with Armani Ferrante Founder & CEO Backpack 🎒 We Discuss: - Tokenized Finance - Backpack’s Exchange Strategy - Regulation and Token Design - And more! Timestamps 👇 (0:00) Introduction (1:44) Armani’s Solana Journey (13:28) Why Backpack Chose Regulation (23:34) Building Crypto’s Financial Stack (35:38) Tokenized Stocks at Scale (45:42) Tokens, Equity, and Incentives (59:03) The Future of Tokenized Assets (1:09:28) Closing Comments
Lightspeed11,567 views • 5 days ago
New episode with Hardhat Chad ⛏️ Foreman ORE We Discussed: - ORE’s Evolution - Token Design and Incentives - Future-Proofing Money - And more! Timestamps 👇 (0:00) Introduction (1:43) ORE’s Origin Story (7:18) Why Bitcoinomics Broke (10:49) Proof Of Work’s Value Leak (12:57) Mining Design Tradeoffs (21:42) Revenue, Buybacks, And Burns (23:48) Rewarding Long-Term Holders (28:29) V4 Reduces Roulette Risk (35:33) Forks, Rugs, And Security (44:37) Future-Proofing ORE (52:45) Foundation And Liquidity Roadmap (55:05) Closing Comments
Lightspeed18,575 views • 12 days ago
New episode with buffalu CEO of Jito Labs out now! We Discuss: - JTX Launch - Bam Infrastructure - Pro Trading on Solana - And more! Timestamps 👇 (0:00) Introduction (1:14) What Is JTX? (3:35) Building Better Trading UX (7:02) Bam Plugins And Pricing (9:11) Winning Hyperliquid Traders (12:48) Everything Exchange Thesis (14:00) Solana Market Structure (17:00) 12 Month Success Vision (18:22) Jito Product Synergies (20:52) Vertical Integration Concerns (22:52) Private Order Automation (23:52) Desktop First, Mobile Soon (25:28) Closing Comments
Lightspeed42,242 views • 1 month ago
New episode with Xiao-Xiao J. Zhu President of Jupiter out now! We Discuss: - The Shift to Onchain Finance - Jupiter Becoming an Onchain Super App on Solana - Institutional Adoption and What’s Holding It Back - And more! Timestamps 👇 0:00 Introduction 1:55 Xiao-Xiao’s Background 8:57 CeFi to DeFi 14:16 Scaling Onchain Finance at Jupiter 31:49 Jupiter Mobile Strategy 36:16 Cards on Jupiter 39:41 What’s Holding Institutions Back? 50:45 How Jupiter Defines Success 59:40 Closing Comments
Lightspeed51,872 views • 5 months ago
New episode with Eugene Chen CEO of Ellipsis Labs We Discuss: - Ellipsis Labs History on Solana - MCP and Phoenix Perps - Trends in Market Structure - And more! Timestamps 👇 (0:00) Introduction (2:25) Solana Market Structure Shift (8:07) Why Phoenix Perps Now (21:16) Why Perps Need No Router (29:39) What Solana Must Improve (34:49) The Block Builder Problem (43:24) Will DeFi Mimic TradFi? (52:48) Phoenix Perps Launch Plans (53:38) Closing Comments
Lightspeed28,034 views • 3 months ago
New episode out now! Danny Dan Smith Carlos 🟪 We discuss: - The state of prop AMMs - Do moats in crypto exist? - Crypto's token vs equity dilemma - Onchain equities & more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:02 The State of Prop AMMs 11:55 Peaq Ad 12:21 Sablier Ad 12:50 How To Build A Moat In Crypto? 22:56 Crypto’s Token Dilemma 44:36 Peaq Ad 45:03 Sablier Ad 45:31 Onchain Equities
Lightspeed48,122 views • 6 months ago
New episode with defipancakes | Titan Co-Founder and CTO of Titan We Discuss: - Drift Exploit - Titan DART - Solana Foundation's Role - And more! Timestamps 👇 (0:00) Introduction (2:12) Drift Hack Fallout (4:28) Lessons From the Drift Hack (10:27) Titan Launches Dart (17:02) Conditional Liquidity Debate (22:09) Stablecoin and New Asset Flow (30:38) Onchain Routing’s Future (36:23) Solana Foundation’s Role (41:25) Phoenix vs. Bulk Perps (50:34) Closing Comments
Lightspeed24,445 views • 2 months ago
New episode with miir & dann of Meteora We Discuss: - Meteora’s background - LPing as an active DeFi trading strategy - Meteora’s roadmap for retail LPs and token markets - And more! Timestamps 👇 (0:00) Introduction (1:57) Meteora Origins (5:49) Launchpad Integration Push (11:33) Jupiter And Meteora (12:55) Yield Farming Evolves (21:22) LPing As Trading (25:50) Long Tail Liquidity (34:37) Product Roadmap (41:55) What Comes Next (45:06) Closing Comments
Lightspeed14,691 views • 2 months ago
New episode with Soju 燒酒 | Meteora Zen out now! We discuss: - Meteora's upcoming TGE - Launching a token - The LIBRA fallout - Solana DeFi - Meteora's next chapter & more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 02:14 What Is Meteora? 10:57 Meteora’s Growth Story 18:11 The LIBRA Fallout 20:26 Meteora’s Next Chapter 23:17 Meteora’s Token Launch 41:54 The Future of Solana DeFi 51:52 What’s Next For Meteora?
Lightspeed38,570 views • 8 months ago
New episode with Amira V out now! We discuss: - Solana DePIN - The AI opportunity - The biggest winners - What's next for crypto - Robotics, crypto policy & more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 06:59 Solana DePIN Ecosystem 09:18 Katana Ad 10:20 Solana’s DePIN Future 17:32 Who Will Be The Biggest Winners? 25:43 The Problem With Venture Capital 31:54 Katana Ad 32:57 The AI Energy Opportunity 41:13 Working With DePIN Startups 45:09 Robotics 58:06 The State of Crypto Policy 01:01:32 What’s Next For Crypto?
Lightspeed38,531 views • 8 months ago
New episode with Ian Teddy Oosterbaan Kairos Research out now! We discuss: - Running a validator - What's next in 2026? - Solana's inflation rate - Solana perps in 2026 - Hyperliquid vs Lighter, token buybacks & more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 02:15 Running A Validator 14:18 Peaq Ad 14:44 Sablier Ad 15:12 Solana’s Inflation Rate 21:35 Crypto In 2026 28:23 The Path Forward For Pump Fun 35:59 Lighter vs Hyperliquid 45:26 Token Buybacks 52:32 Peaq Ad 52:58 Sablier Ad 53:27 The Hyperliquid Stablecoin Strategy 57:26 Solana Perps In 2026
Lightspeed27,793 views • 6 months ago
Full episode out now! We discuss: - What's next for Solana? - How does Solana compete? - Composability at scale - SOL inflation - Competing with Apple + Google - Fee's, front running & much more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:51 Solana's Transaction Front Running 06:37 Solana Fee Markets 10:18 Composability At Scale 12:50 Competing With L2s 19:43 Ledger Ad 20:20 Synchronous Composability 21:59 Validators 27:06 Solana Inflation 29:16 How Does Solana Compete? 32:31 Execution Is A Moat 35:36 Firedancer 40:47 Solana Mobile 45:25 Competing With Apple & Google 47:04 L1 Business Models 49:49 Bandwidth Links below! ↓
Lightspeed66,136 views • 1 year ago
New Episode with Saeed CEO of Wormhole Labs and Sunrise Contributor We Discuss: - Historical Problems with Bridging on Solana - Listing Tokens Everywhere - The Future of Onchain Markets and Stablecoins - And more! Timestamps 👇 0:00 Introduction 1:51 Historical Pain Points 9:50 How Sunrise Brings Assets to Solana 31:33 Rethinking Token Distribution 42:49 Future of Tokenized Markets 51:11 Regulation’s Impact on Onchain Markets 59:13 Closing Comments
Lightspeed22,520 views • 5 months ago
New episode with Viktor | RockawayX RockawayX (Hiring) out now! We discuss: - Buying SOL at $0.04 - Viktor's Solana thesis - Why the L1 debate is over - DoubleZero IBRL/acc, crypto DATs & more Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 03:05 The Solana Origin Story 11:33 Katana Ad 12:35 The L1 Debate Is Over 17:06 RockawayX’s Updated Solana Thesis 27:59 What’s The Endgame For Solana? 31:17 Katana Ad 32:20 Tokenization & Bringing Assets Onchain 43:17 Crypto Treasury Vehicles, mNAVs & Solana DeFi 50:54 DoubleZero 01:01:00 Frankendancer 01:02:21 Pump Fun
Lightspeed33,323 views • 8 months ago
New episode with kdot | bulk & Jun | bulk trade co-founders of BULK out now! We Discuss: - BULK’s Testnet - Problems With Perps on Solana - BULK’s Architecture Approach - And more! Timestamps 👇 (0:00) Introduction (1:04) Why Perps Are So Hard to Build on Solana? (16:27) BULK’s Testnet Launch (21:36) Incentives, Stickiness, and Long-Term Users (25:32) One Exchange, Infinite Market (35:38) Network Congestion and Perps on Solana (46:34) propAMMs in Perps Trading (58:16) Closing Comments
Lightspeed17,084 views • 5 months ago
