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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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What Do The Midterms Mean For Crypto And AI?

Is the post-midterms selloff a buy-the-dip moment or a hard pass? This week, Jason and Rob sit down with Matthew Sigel of VanEck as the AI trade implodes following the D

Nov 6
1 h 04 min

Will Druck Kick Off The Next Phase of Crypto's Bull Market?

Druckenmiller is bullposting TradeXYZ and you're bearish? This week, we break down the TradFi incumbents suddenly leaning into crypto rails and what it means for the sta

Oct 30
58 min

Cybersecurity Panic, Nationalizing AI, The Model Squeeze & Can't Own Anything

Is AI about to make the whole internet a target? This week, we unpack the PHP exploit wave and why crypto saw this cybersecurity attack pattern first. We also explore w

Oct 23
1 h 06 min

Which Businesses Will Survive AI? | Michael Dempsey

Will the AI labs eat everything or is tech just too sure of itself to tell what actually lasts? This week, Compound's Michael Dempsey explains why he invests against th

Oct 19
1 h 10 min

Is The AI Debt Bubble Finally Popping? | Weekly Roundup

Is AI's infinite capital era finally running out of road? This week, we unpack the AI bloodbath and why credit markets are flashing warnings while crypto quietly holds i

Oct 16
1 h 04 min

Kamino's Plan To Make Tokenized Assets Actually Useful | Michael Weisz

Is tokenization pointless until you can borrow against it? This week, we sit down with Kamino's new CEO Michael Weisz on why he left fintech to build the onchain credit

Oct 12
56 min

Jeff Yan On Hyperliquid’s Plan To Bring All Finance Onchain

What if Hyperliquid’s biggest opportunity is helping the exchanges it’s compared against? This week, Hyperliquid Labs CEO & Co-founder Jeff Yan explains how Hyperliquid

Oct 7
30 min

Compute Is A Trillion-Dollar Market Trading In Group Chats | Brett Harrison & Andrawes Bahou

How do you price a commodity that still clears in text messages? This week, we're joined by Brett Harrison of Architect and Andrawes Bahou of Compute Desk to discuss why

Oct 5
1 h 05 min

Everyone Is Watching AI While Crypto’s Bull Market Builds | Weekly Roundup

AI is absorbing investor attention while crypto fundamentals keep improving and fueling growing signs of the long-awaiting bull market. This week, we debate the economic

Oct 2
59 min

Markets Sending, Just Buy Consensus, Meta's AI Moment & Who Wins Tokenization? | Weekly Roundup

Do markets even need CLARITY when quality names and regulators are already sending? This week, we dig into pro-innovation regulators and consensus momentum trades outper

Sep 25
51 min

CLARITY Failed, Many Stablecoins Debate, Circle Launches Arc & Meta's AI Edge | Weekly Roundup

CLARITY failed, but SEC and CFTC action could still accelerate onchain markets. This week, we cover what's next for crypto regulation, debate the many-stablecoin thesis,

Sep 18
1 h 03 min

The Six Tokens To Own This Cycle | Yan Liberman

Which tokens are actually worth owning in today’s market? This week, Yan Liberman shares his six-token portfolio and the framework behind each position. We dig into pro

Sep 14
59 min

Memecoins Are Stress-Testing The Future Of Tokenized Stocks | Weekly Roundup

What happens when memecoin speculation collides with onchain equities? This week, Jason and Santi unpack why Robinhood’s tokenized stocks may be crypto’s hottest new bat

Sep 11
43 min

Cloudflare CEO: The Man Deciding The Internet’s Next Business Model

What happens when AI agents become the internet’s dominant users? This week, Jason sits down with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince to explore how AI agents could fundamenta

Sep 9
1 h 11 min

Robinhood Is Proving Distribution Captures Crypto’s Value | Weekly Roundup

Can Robinhood turns the crypto trenches into a serious business? This week, we unpack Robinhood Chain’s explosive growth and what it could mean for tokenized markets, Et

Sep 4
1 h 09 min

Beezie & Collector Crypt CEOs on Why Onchain Collectibles Are Exploding

Tokenized collectibles are one of the hottest markets right now, turning an antiquated resale market into a liquid, gamified form of commerce built around collectors. Th

Aug 31
1 h 00 min

Story vs Valuation, Hyperliquid TAM, Pump’s Problem & Ethena’s Token Reset

What matters more in today’s market: the numbers or the story investors believe? This week, we debate crypto’s rebound and why markets increasingly reward narrative, mom

Aug 28
1 h 03 min

New SEC Crypto Proposal Could Finally Fix Tokens

Can new regulations finally fix the broken token market? This week, we debate whether the SEC’s new crypto framework meaningfully changes token design, capital formation

Aug 20
55 min

Uniswap Is Building The Liquidity Network For Everything | Hayden Adams

What if Uniswap isn’t really an exchange at all, but a liquidity network for every asset? This week, Uniswap Founder Hayden Adams explains how Uniswap is evolving from a

Aug 17
1 h 16 min

Crypto’s Speculation Problem, Regulation Without CLARITY & The Gambling Economy

Crypto adoption is accelerating, but does that mean token prices follow? This week, we unpack growing institutional interest in crypto as brokerages and fintechs push on

Aug 14
1 h 00 min

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