Zora sees itself as more than just an NFT marketplace; its next era is about helping people easily launch a DAO. Zora Co-founder Jacob Horne joined Dan Roberts and Andrew Hayward to talk competition, the NFT speculative boom and bust, how Zora and Nouns are connected, and why Zora thinks DAOs are the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has been an outspoken advocate for crypto and a candid critic of her own agency’s approach to regulating crypto markets. In an extensive chat with Dan Roberts and Stacy Elliott she discussed FTX, Gary Gensler, DeFi, and the problems with the Howey Test. Don’t miss this conversation for the inside take on the SEC’s thinking on crypto—straight from the source. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tezos co-founder Kathleen Breitman has been in crypto since the beginning and has seen a lot of cycles and failures. She joined Stacy Elliott and Dan Roberts and brought the fire on FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried’s mismanagement, “decentralization theater,” Tezos’s reputation and positioning, crypto sports marketing, and NFTs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this bonus episode, we bring you the full audio from an extensive conversation between Edward Snowden and Dan Roberts at Camp Decrypt in Napa Valley CA on October 27. Snowden joined virtually and spoke for an hour, including taking questions from some audience members. He had a lot to say about privacy, government sanctions of Tornado Cash, crypto companies that comply with government, and how and why he helped create Zcash. Dan Roberts and Kate Irwin tee up the conversation for you. ...

In less than a week, one of the largest and most trusted crypto exchanges went up in flames, along with its crypto celebrity founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. Dan Roberts, Stacy Elliott, and Kate Irwin walk you through exactly how it happened, what it means for you, their own takes on the most interesting subplots, and what we can learn from it all. Plus: We review some comments SBF and CZ made on this podcast that look remarkable in hindsight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Aave founder Stani Kulechov joins Dan Roberts and Stacy Elliott to talk about his vision for the next iteration of DeFi, Aave V3 and Lens Protocol, the Web3 company he wishes he had founded, and why now is the right time for the $5B lending protocol to launch its GHO stablecoin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bored Ape Yacht Club co-founders Gordon Goner (Wylie Aronow) and Garga (Greg Solano) join Dan Roberts and Kate Irwin to answer all our burning BAYC questions, from the SEC investigation to when their real names got “doxxed” to Ape haters to their elaborate plans for the Otherside metaverse realm, and finally the growth and valuation of parent company Yuga Labs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko tells Dan Roberts and Stacy Elliott what's next for Solana at Breakpoint, how it's going to handle the outages, how it competes with Ethereum, how long he expects the bear market to last, what he sees happening with NFTs, and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Magic Eden launched 1 year ago and already has a $1.6 billion valuation. It started as a marketplace only for Solana NFTs, but now it’s opening up to Ethereum. Co-founder and CEO Jack Lu tells Dan Roberts and Stephen Graves all about the company’s goals, his take on NFT backlash, Solana vs Ethereum, and the Ethereum merge and its impact on NFTs.For more from Decrypt, visit decrypt.co and follow @decryptmedia on Twitter.Hosts, guests, and credits:Dan Roberts Twitter: @readDanwriteStephen...

Dan Held is an old-school Bitcoiner who has been in the space since the very beginning; he sold his price app ZeroBlock to Blockchain.info in 2013. But while he's largely seen as a Bitcoin maximalist by his half a million fans on Twitter, he tells Dan Roberts and Stacy Elliott he's a "permissive" and "open-minded" Bitcoiner: he's watching the Ethereum Merge closely, and he admits Ethereum's move to proof of stake will put pressure on Bitcoin's energy use. He also talks about gold, privacy,...

Decentralized Pictures, the nonprofit co-founded by Roman Coppola, is enabling on-chain voting to greenlight and fund film projects. CEO Leo Matchett tells Dan Roberts and Stephen Graves how the anti-crypto stigma in Hollywood is fading, how Web3 can bring more diversity to the film world and disrupt the traditional gatekeepers, and how he first got into crypto when he and Coppola set up a Bitcoin miner in an empty sound stage. Of course, the guys also list their favorite movies.   For more...

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is the man of the moment in crypto as he has bailed out multiple insolvent companies. Some are calling him Atlas, some sarcastically calling him savior. Sam answers tough questions from Dan Roberts and Stacy Elliott on FTX's bailout strategy, the controversial Voyager loan, his market outlook, marketing mistakes by crypto lenders, FTX competitors Binance and Coinbase, his political donations, and what he's learned about management.    For more from Decrypt, visit...

Art Blocks, the generative NFT series, exploded in popularity and price last fall. Art Blocks founder Erick Calderon (aka "Snowfro") talks to Dan Roberts and Stephen Graves all about why the price surge actually hurt Art Blocks and the problem with NFT speculators, the debate over digital art vs. traditional art and his views on Bored Apes and CryptoPunks, how he got into NFTs after starting a physical tile business with his father, and why he thinks everyone's mortgage will eventually be...

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, better known to everyone in crypto as CZ, is in the news almost every day now. The leader of the world's largest crypto exchange is navigating global regulators, opening new offices, considering bailouts and acquisitions, and tweeting out his takes on everything from crypto markets to magazine stories about him. He sat for a candid and revealing chat with Dan Roberts and Stacy Elliott.    For more from Decrypt, visit decrypt.co and follow @decryptmedia on...

Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis, aka the "Bitcoin Senator," caught the crypto bug and never looked back. She joined Dan Roberts and Stacy Elliott just days after introducing the Lummis-Gillibrand crypto regulation form bill in the Senate. She also talked about Ethereum, NFTs, converting crypto skeptics in DC, and why she loves Jack Maller's company Strike.   For more from Decrypt, visit decrypt.co and follow @decryptmedia on Twitter.   Hosts, guests, and credits:   Dan Roberts Twitter:...

Stepn is the talk of Crypto Twitter: an app that rewards you in crypto for exercising outdoors. But first you have to buy a pricey sneaker NFT. Stepn chief business officer Shiti Manghani tells the guys about how the app works, the appeal of "move to earn," Stepn's recent decision regarding China, and why the future for NFTs is utility.   For more from Decrypt, visit decrypt.co and follow @decryptmedia on Twitter.   Hosts, guests, and credits:   Dan Roberts Twitter: @readDanwrite   Jeff...

Christine Brown left her perch as COO of Robinhood Crypto in March to launch a new business. Now she has announced it: Floor, an NFT tracking platform that has raised an $8 million seed round. Brown tells Dan Roberts and Jeff Roberts why she's all in on NFTs, what's in her crypto bags, what she learned at Robinhood and what she sees happening next in the NFT space. For more from Decrypt, visit decrypt.co and follow @decryptmedia on Twitter.   Hosts, guests, and credits:   Dan Roberts Twitter:...

Crypto and sports continue to converge, and one of the best examples is DraftKings, the fantasy sports and sports betting platform that now also has an NFT marketplace. CEO Jason Robins joins Dan Roberts and Jeff Roberts to talk about his own crypto interest, how DraftKings is embracing NFTs as prizes, when the company might accept crypto for entry fees and bets, and how his experience dealing with regulators and lawmakers mirrors what crypto companies are now going through in...

Kraken was one of the earliest Bitcoin exchanges, and also made waves for its strong-willed reactions to regulatory changes. CEO Jesse Powell tells Dan Roberts and Jeff Roberts about Kraken’s evolution, the killer use case for NFTs, the regulatory landscape in DC and New York, and how San Francisco’s tech scene has changed.   For more from Decrypt, visit decrypt.co and follow @decryptmedia on Twitter.   Hosts, guests, and credits:   Dan Roberts Twitter: @readDanwrite   Jeff Roberts Twitter:...

Ava Labs president John Wu talks about the meteoric rise of so-called "Ethereum killer" Avalanche (he hates that phrase), its utility and usability, AVAX token, tribalism in crypto, the SEC and regulation, and NFT backlash.   For more from Decrypt, visit decrypt.co and follow @decryptmedia on Twitter.   Hosts, guests, and credits:   Dan Roberts Twitter: @readDanwrite   Jeff Roberts Twitter: @jeffjohnroberts   John Wu Twitter: @john1wu   Podcast art by Grant Kempster   gm from Decrypt is a...

Emily Yang aka pplpleasr never thought she'd be an online celebrity. But in 2021 an NFT version of a digital ad she did for Uniswap sold for $525,000 to a DAO of her fans, and now she's among the most famous NFT artists. She speaks to Dan Roberts and Jeff Roberts about the rise of NFT art, the traditional art world taking it seriously, NFT haters, and which NFT marketplaces can beat OpenSea.   For more from Decrypt, visit decrypt.co and follow @decryptmedia on Twitter.   Hosts, guests, and...

Caitlin Long spent nearly two decades at big banks Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley before she went all in on Bitcoin. Now her company Custodia is seeking to offer banking services to crypto companies long shut out by the big banks. She also led Wyoming's effort to recognize DAOs as LLCs. She talks to Dan Roberts and Jeff Roberts about Bitcoin, crypto regulation in DC, and Web3 culture.   For more from Decrypt, visit decrypt.co and follow @decryptmedia on Twitter.     Dan Roberts Twitter:...

The former presidential candidate and NYC mayoral candidate has launched Lobby3, a DC lobbying DAO. He talks to Dan Roberts and Jeff Roberts about his crypto journey, the potential of DAOs, and the need to blend Web3 with "the old-fashioned way" in DC.   For more from Decrypt, visit decrypt.co and follow @decryptmedia on Twitter.   Hosts, guests, and credits:   Dan Roberts Twitter: @readDanwrite   Jeff Roberts Twitter: @jeffjohnroberts   Andrew Yang Twitter: @AndrewYang   Podcast art by Grant...

Muneeb Ali is another Bitcoin O.G. He's been in the space since 2011 and his project Stacks, formerly Blockstack, pulled off the first SEC-approved token sale for its STX token. But even though Muneeb has become the leading advocate for building dapps on top of the Bitcoin blockchain (as opposed to Ethereum), don't call him a Bitcoin maximalist. He tells Dan Roberts and Jeff Roberts how he fends off maximalists on Twitter, what he'd do if he were Twitter CEO, and how the Stacks ecosystem is...