State of the Nation

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PREMIUM - MegaETH: The First Real-Time Blockchain | Namik Muduroglu & Shuyao Kong

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State Of Crypto 2025 | a16z Crypto — Eddy Lazzarin & Daren Matsuoka

a16z crypto’s CTO Eddy Lazzarin and partner Daren Matsuoka return for our annual State of Crypto to map where 2025 really is on the curve.

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Why This Crypto Cycle is Over | Michael Nadeau's DeFi Report #7

Markets are see-sawing, what the ochain data shows

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Is Lighter Ethereum's L2 Perp DEX? | Founder Vlad Novakovski

Vlad Novakovski makes the trader-first case for Lighter—a ZK Ethereum L2 perps DEX—unpacking the Oct 10 liquidation stress test, ADL vs. LLP, and the bigger L2-vs-L1 stakes.

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Exposing Binance's Listing Fees | CJ Hetherington

Unpacking the recent crypto Twitter drama

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The Bull Case For Prediction Markets | Ryan & David

Why prediction markets 100x from here

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Why China Builds Faster Than America & The Rest of the World | Dan Wang

Ryan and David sit down with Dan Wang, author of Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future, to unpack China’s “engineers-in-charge” model versus America’s “lawyerly” governance.

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The State of Authoritarian Tech | Steven Feldstein

Authoritarian regimes are upgrading their playbook — from surveillance cameras and spyware to algorithmic censorship and AI-driven policing.

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Was That the Top? Bitcoin, ETH, & Q4 Setup | Michael Nadeau's DeFi Report #6

Onchain signals point to a Q4 breakout, not a cycle peak

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Ethereum’s World’s Fair: Devconnect 2025 In Buenos Aires | Nathan Sexer, EF's Head of Events

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What's Next for Crypto ETFs, ETFs vs DATs, Crypto ETF Explosion & Institutional Inflows | James Seyffart

James Seyffart joins us to map the crypto ETF boom: what’s real, what’s next, and who’s actually buying.

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Ethereum’s Future Is DeFi! Vitalik’s Historic Blog Post

Breaking down Vitalik’s vision for Ethereum and DeFi

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PREMIUM - How Synthetix Brings Perps Back to The Ethereum L1 | Kain Warwick

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FinTech Meets Crypto: The Future of Global Payments | Simon Taylor

What if payment chains are the “AWS moment for money”?

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Tokenized Stocks: The $100 Trillion Onchain Shift | Ondo Finance Ian De Bode & Nathan Allman

Ryan & David sit down with Ondo Finance’s Nathan Allman and Ian De Bode to map the path from stablecoins to tokenized treasuries to tokenized stocks.

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Hyperliquid’s Rise: Revenue, Valuation & Risks | Michael Nadeau

Hyperliquid is less than a year old, yet it’s already rivalling Ethereum and Solana in revenue.

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PREMIUM - Inside Bullish: From IPO to Institutional-Grade Crypto | Tom Farley

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Debate: Is Ethereum Ready for Real World Assets? | Omid Malekan vs Austin Cambell (Crypto Professors)

Crypto Professors Austin Campbell (NYU) and Omid Malekan (Columbia) debate Ethereum.

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ETHZilla: Ethereum Treasury Strategy | McAndrew Rudisill & Avichal Garg

ETHZilla wants to turn ETH into Wall Street’s new reserve asset, and they’ve built a plan to do it.

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Will Crypto Peak in 2025 or 2026? Onchain Data Signals | Michael Nadeau’s DeFi Report #5

Decoding the next cycle top

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Who Really Controls the Dollar? | Jeff Snider

What if everything you thought about the dollar was wrong?

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LIMITLESS: Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO’s All-In Gamble to Take Down Google

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas joins the show to explore how AI agents, personalization, and new browsing models could transform the internet experience.

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PREMIUM: Ethereum’s Next Upgrades - Fusaka, Glamsterdam, & Beyond | Preston Van Loon

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PREMIUM: Succinct’s Plan to Prove Everything | Uma Roy

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PREMIUM: Building the Next Blue-Chip Stablecoin | DeFi Dave