Empire

Mar 07 2025 479 ep. 65 mins 328
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Empire features interviews with top crypto founders to get the real stories that aren’t shared elsewhere. Empire is your look behind the curtain of the crypto industry.

We release two episodes per week: guest interviews on Monday and a weekly roundup on Friday.

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Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, Crime, and the Ethereum Foundation

Mar 07 2025 66 mins  
Gm! This week we're back with another weekly roundup. We discuss why the markets look bearish short term, but bullish in the long run, does the U.S need a strategic crypto reserve, Sui's announcement with World Liberty Financial, the Ethereum foundation's Silviculture Society strategy & more. Enjoy! -- Start your day with crypto news, analysis and data from Katherine Ross. Subscri

Cycles Don’t End Before They Start | David Kalk & Pranav Kanade

Mar 07 2025 66 mins  
Gm! This week we're joined by David Kalk & Pranav Kanade to discuss the current state of crypto markets. We deep dive into the unwinding of the basis trade, what's next for BTC & alt's, the psychology of trading, market reflexivity, is the cycle over & much more. Enjoy! -- Follow David: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidkalk/ Follow Pranav: https://x.com/vaneckpk Follow Jason: https

Hivemind: Macro News Bearish, Crypto News Bullish & What We’re Bidding

Mar 06 2025 73 mins  
This week, the Hivemind team discuss the effect of crypto scams and grifting on sentiment, whether the Trump Admin is actually better for crypto, and the key macro factors driving markets. We also delve into ETH Denver, what assets the team is bidding, and much more. Enjoy!. -- Start your day with crypto news, analysis and data from Katherine Ross and David Canellis. Subscribe to

Why Is Everyone So Bearish? | Weekly Roundup

Feb 28 2025 85 mins  
Gm! This week we're back with another roundup. We discuss the current state of the market as sentiment follows price lower. We deep dive into is it time to be bullish or is the cycle over, do fundamentals in crypto matter, the Michael Saylor impact, the Bybit hack aftermath, stablecoin regulation & much more. Enjoy! -- Start your day with crypto news, analysis and data from Katheri

Memes are Dead, Long Live the Memes | Nick Tomaino

Feb 24 2025 62 mins  
This week Nick Tomaino joins the show for a discussion on the current state of crypto. We deep dive into the recent LIBRA launch, investing in L1s vs apps, the rise of stablecoins, finding opportunities in crypto, advice for founders & more. Enjoy! -- Follow Nick Tomaino: https://twitter.com/NTmoney Follow Jason: https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz Follow Empire: https://twitter.com/

Crypto’s Momentum Shift, Kaito’s Token Launch, and Bridging UX | Roundup

Feb 21 2025 66 mins  
No weekly Empire roundup this week unfortunately, but we'll be back next week! In the meantime, enjoy this episode from another Blockworks podcast Expansion. In this week's roundup, we discuss crypto’s momentum shift, Ethereum DA, and Kaito’s token launch. We also unpacked the implications of centralized companies operating onchain. Finally, we ended the episode with discussio

How Trump became a Bitcoiner | David Bailey

Feb 20 2025 90 mins  
Gm! This week we're joined by David Bailey for a discussion on the current state of the Bitcoin market. We deep dive into David's background building one of the largest Bitcoin media & events companies in the world, working with the Trump campaign, the 2025 corporate Bitcoin strategy, the outlook for a strategic reserve & so much more. Enjoy! -- Start your day with crypto news, ana

Hivemind: Fate of ETH, Initia with Zon, & OpenAI's Deep Research

Feb 15 2025 75 mins  
The Hivemind team discusses whether Ethereum can be saved, Initia with co-founder Zon, and what chains need to do to compete. The team also explores the outlook and market opportunity for Celestia and breaks down the Berachain and Story L1s. To close out, the team digs into market sentiment, whether the bottom is finally in for alts, and OpenAI’s Deep Research. -- Start your day

Why Santi Is Launching An L1 | Weekly Roundup

Feb 14 2025 80 mins  
Gm! This week we're back with another roundup. We discuss Santi's big announcement as he prepares to launch an L1. We deep dive into the strategic decision to launch your own chain, value capture as an L1, crypto's biggest opportunity, why the future will be on chain & more. Enjoy! -- Start your day with crypto news, analysis and data from Katherine Ross and David Canellis. Subscr

Why It's Time To Be Bullish

Feb 11 2025 53 mins  
This week, we discuss the current state of the market as sentiment nears all time lows. We deep dive into the outlook for Bitcoin & alt's, what will outperform in this market environment, the AI trade, Trump's headline impact on markets & more. Enjoy! -- Go follow the new 1000x feed to keep up to date with all new episodes! Spotify: https://blckwrks.co/3WADHnL Apple: https://blck