The DCo Podcast

Feb 27 2025 33 ep. 60 mins 6
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Stories with depth, insight & data covering all things Web3. For builders. By builders.

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Ep 34 — How to Bring Institutional DeFi Trading to Retail with Jai Prasad

Feb 27 2025 50 mins  
We discuss Jai's journey from leading blockchain integration at Coinbase to founding DefinitiveFi, and how the platform grew from $20-30M to nine-figure monthly volumes.Jai explains the key innovations needed for mainstream DeFi adoption - gas abstraction, chain abstraction, and account abstraction - and how advanced order types like TWAPs allow large trades without moving markets.

Ep 33 — Scaling the Ethereum Civilisation with Brother Bing

Feb 19 2025 50 mins  
Ethereum scaling has been an uphill battle. We’ve built rollups, fragmented liquidity, and pushed execution limits—but have we really solved the problem? Instead of patching Ethereum’s existing framework, MegaETH has rewritten the Ethereum data structure from scratch, eliminating bottlenecks and achieving millisecond block times. The implications? Possibility of on-chain high

Ep 32 — Bitcoin Mining Economics with Nick Hansen

Feb 04 2025 48 mins  
Bitcoin mining is a delicate balance between mathematical certainty and real-world volatility. In this episode, Nick Hansen, CEO of Luxor, breaks down the evolution of mining—from hardware cycles to energy markets, hashrate futures, and Bitcoin’s shrinking block subsidy. We also discuss miners' role in stabilising power grids and the contentious debate over Bitcoin fees. Tune i

Ep 31 - Web3 Marketing Playbook with Phin from Abstract

Jan 30 2025 46 mins  
Web3 marketing has a retention problem. Too many projects chase mindshare, but few know how to build communities that last. In this episode, Phin, lead marketer at Abstract, shares his journey from Web2 to Web3 and unpacks why most crypto marketing playbooks are fundamentally flawed.We explore why engagement farming isn’t enough, why crypto products should compete in the mainstre

Ep 30- The Encrypted Supercomputer with Yannik from Arcium

Jan 21 2025 64 mins  
In this episode, Yannik Schrade, CEO of Arcium, explains how they're building an encrypted supercomputer to bring privacy to both Web2 and Web3. We explore:• The journey from creating one of the world's most downloaded iPad apps to building privacy infrastructure• Why current privacy solutions like trusted hardware and zero-knowledge proofs aren't enough• How Arcium achieves

Ep 29 - Kyle Samani on Why Bitcoin as Digital Gold Might Be a Myth

Jan 08 2025 53 mins  
What if the popular belief that Bitcoin is "digital gold" is holding crypto back? Kyle Samani, Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital, unpacks why this analogy might be misleading and argues that utility—not nostalgia—will define the future of digital assets.We trace Multicoin’s evolution, from its early experiments to backing Solana when it was dismissed by many. Kyle shares

Ep 28- From Mixing Music to Teaching Computers to Trade

Dec 17 2024 74 mins  
Shaw's journey from mixing bands in NYC clubs to creating AI16Z reflects the unexpected ways innovation emerges in crypto. What began as a way to help developers access better trading strategies has evolved into an AI-driven DAO managing $21M in treasury funds, with their agent "AI Marc" making investment decisions by evaluating community members' trading suggestions through a "Vir

Ep 27- Infrastructure, Empathy, and Grit

Dec 06 2024 47 mins  
Brandon Kumar of Layer3 joined us for a founder series. Who better than a founder to ask fellow operators what it takes to build companies? This is episode one of many to come. Let’s go.Running a successful crypto company takes more than technical know-how; it requires understanding the human elements that bring an organisation to life. In the first episode of our operator-to-op

Ep 26 - Bridgeless Future

Nov 28 2024 60 mins  
Fed up with missed opportunities because your crypto is scattered across different chains? In this episode, Vaibhav Chellani, co-founder of Socket, shares his vision for a future where blockchain fragmentation is no longer a barrier.From pioneering ZK rollups before they were mainstream to building Socket, Vaibhav tackles the big issues facing crypto today. We discuss why bridge ag

Ep 25 - On Building in Crypto and Death of Easy Money

Nov 20 2024 70 mins  
Larry Cermak, CEO of The Block, joined us for a frank conversation about crypto's evolution. He played around with BTC to buy NBA accounts to watch basketball and got hooked on understanding how it all worked. Later, he turned down Binance and missed ~300x gains on BNB. Fast forward to 2023, and he was handling layoffs and M&A as the CEO of the leading research and news company in