Empire

The podcast covers topics such as the FASB fair value ruling for Bitcoin, the Ledger exploit, and the controversy surrounding Rainbow's new points system. They discuss the impact of Bitcoin on corporate balance sheets, lessons in security measures from recent exploits, and the upcoming Block Works conference. They also explore distributed systems, privacy-focused L2 technology, and yield capture protocols. The speakers have a casual conversation and mention a digital asset summit in London.

Mike Cahill, CEO of Duro Labs and contributor at Pyth Network, discusses how Pyth Network addresses failings in both the current Oracle system in crypto and the traditional capital markets. Topics include the monopolization of data in traditional capital markets, the Oracle problem in crypto, collaboration and competition in the financial market data industry, revenue projections in DFI and crypto markets, upcoming institutional conference, the role of token in the PIF network, and the importance of open-source projects.

In this podcast, the hosts discuss Societe Generale's Euro stablecoin launch, the implications of meme coin culture, Coinbase's easy crypto payments feature, the future of gaming in the crypto space, and upcoming content. They also explore the power of memes, the London crypto industry and emerging DeFi scene, the Bitcoin price, reactions to Solana video, and navigating the crypto cycle. Additionally, they cover the introduction of a new feature in the coin-based wallet app, stablecoin demand, Coinbase's success, and discussions on predictions, gaming, and promotions.

The podcast discusses bullish price action in crypto markets, the BTC/Alt rotation trade, Ethereum as the most hated trade in crypto, and Solana's NFTs. They also touch on crypto's cycle top, its biggest movers, and the reasons to own crypto.

Robbie Ferguson, co-founder of Immutable, discusses how they enable true digital asset ownership for gamers through their Ethereum gaming protocol. They explore the intersection of blockchains and games, Ethereum's role, and the need for scalable solutions. They also discuss challenges and exciting collaborations in the future landscape of Web3 gaming.

Ethan Buchman, Cosmos co-founder, and Sam Hart, head of product & strategy at Skip Protocol, join the hosts to revisit the Cosmos appchain thesis. They discuss the ideal protocol for launching an App Chain, IBC enabling multi-chain flows, shared security models, and key learnings from governance processes in Cosmos. The speakers also explore the lack of marketing and business development efforts in Cosmos and the future plans in building applications on the front end. Exciting developments in the Cosmos ecosystem, such as integration with a Bitcoin restaking project and collaborations with the eigenlayer team, are also highlighted.

The podcast discusses debates in crypto, hardware requirements, and blockchain execution environments. They also chat about Spotify Wrapped, NFT collecting mindset, and favorite songs. They explore modular vs monolithic development in crypto infrastructure and scalability benefits of Apatose and Celestia. They analyze Solana investments and discuss Solana as a competitor to Ethereum. They touch on NFTs, crypto investing, and portfolio changes.

Blockchain experts Avery Ching, Rushi Mache, and Nick White discuss modular blockchains and the pros and cons of modular and monolithic blockchain architecture. They explore the potential of Move Virtual Machine and innovative solutions like Celestia for cost-effectiveness and efficient data availability. The conversation touches on scalability, standardization, connectivity between Ethereum and AppTos, use cases of blockchain in AI innovation and payments, and the importance of network effects in the cryptocurrency industry.

Olaf Carlson-Wee, Founder of Polychain and first Coinbase employee, shares why he believes crypto will be the greatest wealth redistribution of the modern era. They discuss the impact of the leverage cycle, viability of restaking, embedding financial markets into social platforms, wearables, and why crypto will outlive fiat currency.

Binance pleading guilty and paying $4 billion in fines for money laundering violations, implications for Coinbase and DeFi, controversial launch of L2 platform Blast and its native yield offerings, importance of more L2s and valuing scaling solutions, upcoming institutional conference 'Block Works' in London, Blast's deployment strategy and importance of liquidity, government's involvement in the economy and Paradigm's expertise, importance of unbiased and independent media in crypto.