The Gwart Show | Blockspace Media

The Next Marginal Buyer of Bitcoin w/ Lyn Alden

Lyn Alden joins Gwart to talk about the Coldcard security incident, changing self-custody heuristics, game theory behind Bitcoin soft forks, and the true addressable mark

Bringing Tradfi Liquidity On-Chain w/ Lucas V. Schuermann

Lucas V. Schuermann, Co-Founder of Variational, joins us to talk about building a high-performance crypto brokerage model on Arbitrum. Lucas explains how Variational rout

Building Regulated Crypto Prediction Markets w/ John Wang, Kalshi

John Wang, Lead of Crypto & Perps at Kalshi, joins us to talk about bringing CFTC-regulated crypto perpetual futures and prediction markets to the US. John shares insight

Open source models & AI value accrual w/ Christian Catalini

Christian Catalini, Co-founder of Lightspark joins us to talk about his journey from the MIT Bitcoin experiment to co-founding Libra. Christian breaks down why regulators

Next Gen Prediction Markets w/ Ivo Crnkovic-Rubsamen

Ivo Crnkovic-Rubsamen, Co-Founder of Pascal Trading joins us to talk about building the next generation of prediction markets. Ivo shares insights from his time at Bridge

Solving the $30 trillion Liquidity Silo Problem w/ Ethan Marcus

Ethan Marcus, CEO of Flashnet joins us to talk about how Flashnet is building a global pool of liquidity for Bitcoin. Ethan explains why the Lightning Network falls short

Udi Critiques Michael Saylor w/ Udi Wertheimer

Udi Wertheimer, Founder of Taproot Wizards joins us to talk about the shifting narratives of Bitcoin, the structural flaws of layer-2 scaling solutions, and how stablecoi

Building A Bitcoin Bank w/ Alexander Leishman

Alexander Leishman, CEO and Founder of River, joins us to talk about his vision for building a Bitcoin bank. We dive deep into why Coinbase pursued a local maximum with a

The Cat-and-Mouse game of Market Making w/ Rahul Jain

Rahul Jain, Head of Trading at Ellipsis Labs, joins us to talk about the reality of market making on Solana. Rahul breaks down why spot order books fail against toxic mak

The Unseen Risks of Restaking w/ Tarun Chitra

Tarun Chitra, Co-Founder & CEO of Gauntlet, joins us to talk about the evolution of DeFi lending, the shift toward active vault management, and recent high-profile secu

The Legislative Framework Crypto Needs w/ Alex Thorn

Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital describes the current state of crypto legislation. He explains the Clarity Act, the role of stablecoins in the global econo

The Case For Q-Day 2032 w/ Justin Drake

Justin Drake joins us to talk about the reality of cryptographically relevant quantum computers (CROC). We dive into his recent work with Google scientists on Shor’s algo

Why Threadguy Trades Oil Now

Threadguy joins us to talk about his evolution from dropping out of college to write NFT threads to leading the new generation of crypto media. We explore the "Believe" f

We Need To Stop Geofencing DeFi Like Hyperliquid w/ Jake Chervinsky

Jake Chervinsky, CEO of the Hyperliquid Policy Center, joins us to talk about the critical mission of advocating for American access to decentralized markets. We dive dee

Why Miners Are Trading BTC For AI Compute w/ Rory Murray & Chris Bae

Chris Bae Founder of Enhanced Digital Group, and Rory Murray, Director of Digital Asset Management at CleanSpark, join us to talk about the professionalization of the Bit

Why Crypto Options Are Still In The Early Days w/ Nick Forster

Nick Forster, CEO of Derive joins us to talk about his journey from trading equity options at SIG to building the leading decentralized options platform. Nick talks the s

Investable Crypto Is Shrinking w/ Noah Goldberg

Noah Goldberg, Partner at Theia Research, talks about the shifting dynamics of the crypto market in 2025. We chat about why crypto funds are facing attrition, the "Spac-l

A Return To Fundamentals w/ Dean Eigenmann

Dean Eigenmann, Co-Founder of Market Start Inc, joins us to talk about the massive shift in crypto market dynamics. Dean explains his transition from the "closeted" wor

Why The Banking Lobby Is Fighting Stablecoin Yield

Zack Shapiro, Head of Policy at the Bitcoin Policy Institute and Founder of Rains, joins us to talk about the shifting landscape of crypto regulation under the Trump admi

The Stablecoin Liquidity Trap

Kevin and Mitchell, Co-Founders of Sierra, talk about how their backgrounds in central banking and liquid funds led them to build a next-generation stablecoin protocol. W