The Crypto Conversation
Brave New Coin’s Crypto Conversation talks to the key people creating the Bitcoin, blockchain, and cryptocurrency future. Hosted by Andy Pickering, learn how this rapidly evolving industry is reshaping the world as we move towards decentralized finance, NFTs and Web3.
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Tria - Live Free, Bank Freer
12/21/2025
Tria - Live Free, Bank Freer
Vijit Katta is the CEO and co-founder at Tria, a self-custodial neobank that unifies spending, trading, and earning across all chains — without bridges, gas, or custodians. Why you should listen Vijit explains Tria’s core vision as building both a protocol layer and a consumer layer that abstracts away blockchain complexity for users and businesses. He describes how the fragmentation of chains, gas fees, bridges, failed transactions, and security risks have slowed mass adoption, and how Tria’s infrastructure removes these friction points across Bitcoin, EVM chains, Solana, and beyond. This foundation enabled the launch of Tria’s consumer-facing product, a self-custodial neo-bank experience where users can spend, trade, and earn without needing to understand the underlying blockchain mechanics. The conversation explores Tria’s early traction, including more than 50,000 users in its closed beta generating close to $100 million in transaction volume across spending, swaps, and bridges within just three months. Vijit attributes this growth to Tria’s ability to seamlessly bridge real-world payments and on-chain assets, allowing users to spend thousands of supported tokens directly via cards without manual off-ramps or asset conversions. The emphasis is on maintaining full self-custody while delivering a user experience comparable to traditional Web2 banking apps. Vijit also discusses Tria’s intent-based infrastructure, which routes transactions across multiple paths to reduce failure rates and improve reliability in a multi-chain environment. Rather than relying on single bridges or interoperability layers, Tria processes user intent and dynamically fulfills transactions through the most reliable route, ensuring users receive the outcome they want without being exposed to technical failures. The episode covers Tria’s card offerings, including virtual and physical cards across different tiers, each unlocking varying cashback rates, trading fee discounts, and access to curated DeFi yield strategies. Vijit explains how Tria aims to surface opportunities that are typically inaccessible or too complex for everyday users, while aligning rewards and benefits with long-term usage rather than speculation. Vijit outlines his conviction that blockchain-based payment rails will ultimately replace legacy systems and envisions Tria becoming a primary bank account for millions across emerging markets within the next decade. He also touches on emerging developments such as agent-driven payments, where AI systems initiate transactions on behalf of users, and reflects on the uneven distribution of technological progress. The episode concludes with Vijit sharing his optimism for borderless, accessible finance and his belief that seamless on-chain banking is closer than most people realise. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Pixion Games - The Next Generation of Play
12/18/2025
Pixion Games - The Next Generation of Play
Kam Punia is the Founder and CEO of Pixion Games, the London based studio behind Fableborne and the $POWER gaming ecosystem. Why you should listen In this episode, Kam Punia, founder and CEO of Pixion Games, shares his background as a long-time game industry veteran and explains how that experience shaped the studio’s approach to building competitive, mobile-first games. He reflects on lessons learned from working on large global franchises such as Yu-Gi-Oh!, including how to scale game universes, balance progression, and design systems that keep players engaged over long periods of time. Kam also discusses the broader state of the gaming market and why mobile remains the dominant platform for global player hours. The conversation focuses on Pixion Games’ flagship title, Fableborne, a mobile action RPG that blends fast-paced combat with strategic base building and asynchronous PvP gameplay. Kam explains the core mechanics of the game, including hero collection, kingdom defence, and raid-based progression, as well as the fantasy setting of the Shatterlands. He outlines how Fableborne is designed to be accessible for casual players while offering deeper strategic layers for more competitive audiences. Kam discusses how Web3 elements are integrated into Fableborne in a way that supports gameplay rather than replacing it. He explains Pixion’s philosophy of optional blockchain participation, where players can enjoy the full game experience without needing to interact with wallets or tokens. The episode explores how Web3 can enable ownership, progression systems, and long-term incentives, while keeping onboarding friction low for traditional gamers. The discussion covers Pixion’s partnerships and ecosystem support, including collaborations with infrastructure providers and investors that help power live operations, scaling, and community engagement. Kam shares insights into how Pixion thinks about player trust, controlled economies, and sustainable reward systems as part of building a long-lasting game. Finally, Kam looks ahead to the future of gaming, outlining why competitive, mobile-first experiences with strong live-ops foundations are likely to lead the next wave of innovation. He explains how community-driven content, evolving game worlds, and optional digital ownership can coexist with proven free-to-play models, and why experienced game designers will play a critical role in shaping the next generation of hybrid games. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Vision: Bringing Retail and Institutions On-chain
12/17/2025
Vision: Bringing Retail and Institutions On-chain
Florian Klein is the Commercial Lead at Bitpanda’s Web3 team. Bitpanda, one of Europe’s most regulated digital asset platforms (7M+ users, multiple MiCA licences), is expanding into Web3 through Vision ($VSN), its ecosystem token for compliant tokenisation and DeFi infrastructure. Why you should listen Vision is Bitpanda’s unified Web3 ecosystem designed to make decentralised technologies accessible through a familiar, compliant, and integrated framework. The initiative brings together a suite of products; one wallet, one protocol, one chain, and one token, intended to create a consistent experience for users exploring on-chain finance. By combining intuitive interfaces with regulatory alignment, Vision aims to bridge traditional finance and the decentralised web in a way that supports long-term adoption. The ecosystem is built around several core components: the Bitpanda DeFi Wallet, Vision Protocol, Vision Chain, Bitpanda Launchpad, and the Vision Token (VSN). The DeFi Wallet provides non-custodial access with features such as smart onboarding, sponsored and discounted gas fees for eligible actions, multichain swaps, staking and an Engage section coming soon, allowing users to earn monthly rewards through collecting XP by interacting with Web3. Vision Protocol acts as an interoperability layer that aggregates liquidity and routing across multiple chains and major DEX aggregators, while Vision Chain is presented as an Ethereum-based Layer-2 with compliance tools suitable for tokenisation and institutional on-chain activity. The VSN token serves as the unifying token that powers rewards, governance, and participation across the ecosystem. Staking VSN enables users to earn rewards, and in the future, owners of VSN may access early launchpad rounds, participate in governance, and benefit from Bitpanda’s loyalty programmes. Its tokenomics include a dynamic emission model that will be governed by token holders, a distribution structure designed to prioritise circulating supply and revenue flows, such as buybacks and programme funding, managed by the Vision Web3 Foundation. Together, these components form what Bitpanda describes as a connected Web3 environment where user activity reinforces the growth and utility of the network. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Canopy Network - Limitless Infra for Appchains
12/16/2025
Canopy Network - Limitless Infra for Appchains
Canopy Network powers the peer-to-peer launchpad for new application-specific chains. Built on a recursive architecture, applications bootstrap each other into independence, forming an unstoppable web of utility and security. Why you should listen Canopy Network is a blockchain project designed to help teams build their own independent blockchains that are connected to a wider network. Instead of forcing many applications to share the same chain, Canopy allows each application to run on its own dedicated chain while still being part of a shared ecosystem. This structure is intended to give applications more control over how they operate, including performance, rules, and economics. The network is built so that these individual chains, called Nested Chains, can connect to one another and share security and resources when needed. Canopy provides a common framework and base network that helps new chains launch and operate without relying on centralized services. Participants such as validators and delegators help secure the network by staking the Canopy token, which supports the operation of active chains. Canopy Network aims to make it easier for developers to launch scalable, independent blockchains without the limitations of shared infrastructure. The project’s stated goal is to support a growing ecosystem of applications that can operate autonomously while still benefiting from being part of a broader decentralized network, enabling long-term growth and flexibility for blockchain-based products and services. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Gallaxia - The Future of Gaming
12/09/2025
Gallaxia - The Future of Gaming
James Ashton is a former Chelsea FC and Premier League footballer turned gamer. He is the Founder & CEO of Planet-X and Core Contributor to Gallaxia. Why you should listen Gallaxia is a gaming and entertainment studio built on its own blockchain infrastructure, designed so that gamers, creators, and community members can hold shared ownership in the ecosystem. The project positions this model as an alternative to traditional centralized publishers, with its blockchain serving as the underlying system for game assets, rewards, and participation rights. James says it has brought on 50 co-owners made up of professional gamers and digital creators. Collectively, these creators are said to have an audience reach of over 200 million followers and more than 30 billion total video views across their channels. Gallaxia presents this creator network as a built-in distribution and engagement engine for the games and products developed within the ecosystem. Gallaxia is developing a suite of games, including a location-based mobile title involving treasure hunting and extraction-style gameplay, a hyper-casual game called One Pixel, and additional console and PC titles planned for future release. The ecosystem also includes the Gallaxium Bar, a digital asset that grants holders co-ownership rights and a share of proceeds generated by Gallaxia’s games and related products, alongside a native token used within the platform. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Haven - Blockchain With Biometric Authentication
12/03/2025
Haven - Blockchain With Biometric Authentication
Haven is a blockchain ecosystem based on the foundations of anonymity and authenticated ownership. Using real and continuous biometric authentication it verifies that the user is the true authenticated owner at all times. It protects users from fraud, loss, and impersonation by making your face the ultimate key. No passwords, no seed phrases, no risks of theft. Why you should listen Haven is building what it calls the world’s first blockchain ecosystem powered by continuous biometric authentication. Instead of relying on passwords, seed phrases, or private keys, Haven ties wallet access directly to an encrypted, live biometric signature — essentially letting users interact with the blockchain simply by being themselves. The goal is to make digital ownership feel seamless and secure, removing one of the biggest points of friction in Web3: losing or managing keys. At the heart of the project is the Haven Blockchain, designed so every wallet and transaction is verified through the user’s biometric identity. This creates a user experience where onboarding is immediate, recovery is intuitive, and security is built in from the ground up. Haven’s approach also aims to bridge mainstream audiences into Web3 by offering familiar, easy-to-use authentication rather than complex crypto tooling. Haven is also positioning itself as a developer-friendly platform. Through Open Layer — their upcoming development environment — builders will be able to create dApps that automatically inherit Haven’s secure, biometric-first design. Their roadmap includes the Haven Wallet & App launch in October 2025, followed by a pre-ICO in November and a full blockchain release in 2026, promising a growing ecosystem built around identity-native Web3 experiences. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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WebX - The Bitcoin Accumulation Company
12/01/2025
WebX - The Bitcoin Accumulation Company
Bill Dafflon is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Wondera.AI, an AI music company backed by leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms. Bill is currently an investor in WebX, the world's first Bitcoin Accumulation Company (BAC). Why you should listen WebX International Holdings Limited began its journey in manufacturing — transforming raw materials into value. Today, that same spirit of transformation drives the company towards a new frontier: computation power. Around the world, computation resources are abundant yet scattered — powerful, but often idle or misallocated. WebX saw an opportunity: to turn this fragmented infrastructure into a connected, efficient, and finance-enabled network. Evolving from a textile innovator into a computing-power pioneer, WebX builds the systems that convert energy and computation into digital value — redefining how infrastructure powers growth in the digital age. Backed by world-class partners across finance, technology, and blockchain, WebX connects global capital with computation power — unlocking transparent, sustainable, and enduring value creation. Digital asset treasury companies are booming, but WebX is taking a very different path. Instead of raising capital to buy and hold Bitcoin, the company accumulates BTC directly through operational revenue and targeted investments—feeding value back into the Bitcoin ecosystem over time. After securing an account with a regulated Hong Kong crypto trading provider, WebX recently completed its first Bitcoin purchase, fully funded from internal resources. The company’s strategy addresses a major problem in the Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) sector. More than 100 publicly traded firms now hold Bitcoin and other digital assets, but most do so passively. Without income-generating operations tied to their treasury, traditional DATs rely heavily on external fundraising—often at inflated market prices—which dilutes shareholders and collapses in bear markets. WebX’s active accumulation model avoids these pitfalls by using its own operating business to steadily buy BTC. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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LeveX - Built by Traders for Traders
11/27/2025
LeveX - Built by Traders for Traders
Harvey Liu is the CEO at LeveX, a crypto exchange built by traders who believe that sharing strategies and successful trades builds a stronger community where everyone wins. Why you should listen LeveX is a centralized cryptocurrency exchange that launched in 2023. It offers a wide array of trading options — spot and perpetual futures — across hundreds of coins and trading pairs to serve both casual and advanced crypto traders. What sets LeveX apart is its emphasis on community-driven trading rather than treating every user as a lone investor. The platform integrates a social feed where traders can share strategies, follow experienced peers, and learn from the community instead of going it alone. On top of that, there are extra features like regular trading tournaments, educational content, and a “creator following” system that brings market analysis and real-time trade insights from seasoned traders right into the interface. LeveX offers serious logical advantages: very competitive fee structure (makers can pay as little as 0.0060% under their VIP program), transparent operations (including a public “proof-of-reserves” policy), and advanced order/position tools. Their “multi-trade” system is especially appealing for seasoned traders: you can hold multiple, independent positions on the same trading pair — with different leverage, margin, and risk settings — which allows for hedging, scaling in/out, or running parallel strategies in a way few other exchanges offer. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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CreatorFi - Helping the World’s Best Creators Grow
11/25/2025
CreatorFi - Helping the World’s Best Creators Grow
Jack Cameron is the co-founder of CreatorFi, a unified platform for creative capital, partnerships, and growth enablement to help the world’s best creators Why you should listen CreatorFi is a financing platform developed by the team behind Insomnia Labs, designed to provide working capital to digital creators across categories such as YouTube, music, and user-generated gaming platforms like Roblox. The product emerged after multi-channel networks and creator organizations—including Yoola, which represents around 3,000 creators—approached Insomnia seeking a more efficient way to lend against creators’ digital earnings. CreatorFi underwrites assets such as YouTube channels, music catalogs, and in-game item sales, determining how much a creator earns and how much can be advanced to them. The platform uses machine-learning models to evaluate creator data, behavioral patterns, and catalog performance to generate risk-adjusted financing offers. Because digital earnings can be redirected at the platform level, CreatorFi operates as a receivables-based lender—allowing repayments to occur in real time and reducing risk for liquidity providers. Underwriting challenges vary by vertical: YouTube and Roblox offer relatively clean data streams, while music earnings require additional normalization due to fragmented reporting systems. CreatorFi issues advances and repayments primarily in USDC and operates on Aptos, selected for its native USDC support, low transaction fees, and robust on-/off-ramp payment infrastructure. This stablecoin-based system enables faster, lower-cost global payments, particularly benefiting creators in regions where FX conversion fees can exceed 70%. CreatorFi has active partnerships with YouTube networks, music distributors, and Roblox studios, and the company is expanding its origination capacity following a newly announced $2 million strategic partnership with Aptos, with additional creator-focused partnerships planned. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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PlayAI Network - The Orchestration Layer for Crypto x AI
11/23/2025
PlayAI Network - The Orchestration Layer for Crypto x AI
The PlayAI Network is the orchestration network and interface for users and developers for seamless communication and coordination between tools, agents, applications, and data sources. Acting as the backbone of the agentic ecosystem, it addresses the challenges of fragmented AI systems by creating an interconnected environment where tasks can flow seamlessly across different platforms and contexts. Why you should listen PlayAI offers an orchestration layer designed to break down the silos between disparate applications, tools, and data sources. Rather than having individual AI agents, apps, and services working in isolation, PlayAI’s platform connects them in a unified workflow. For example, it can trigger actions across calendars, messaging, cloud storage or business tools based on one prompt. This means enterprises can automate multi-step tasks spanning different systems with far less manual effort, helping boost productivity and reduce friction between tools. From a technical and commercial standpoint, PlayAI deploys its infrastructure as a modular stack built on decentralised frameworks: it uses node infrastructure (“Oasis Nodes”), a native token ($PLAI) to power the economy, and an SDK/API layer to enable integrations for developers and enterprises. What this means for business: you have a platform where automation, AI-agent orchestration, and workflow integration are baked into a single system — useful if you’re looking to move beyond one-off automation scripts to a scalable, cross-tool orchestration backbone. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Pharos Network - The Layer 1 For RWAs
11/20/2025
Pharos Network - The Layer 1 For RWAs
Wish is the Co-Founder and CEO of Pharos Network, a Programmable Open Financial Layer 1 For RWAs & Cross-Chain Liquidity. Wish leads the development of its decentralized protocol stack and drives key industry partnerships. Formerly CSO at ZAN, Ant Group's Web3 arm, he specialized in security architecture and vulnerability management. Why you should listen Pharos Network is a next-generation layer-1 blockchain protocol designed to bridge Web 2 and Web 3 liquidity by providing a high-throughput, modular platform for real-world asset tokenisation and open finance. Built by a team with backgrounds at organisations such as Ant Financial, Microsoft Research and Stanford University, the network emphasises institutional-grade performance while remaining accessible to individual users and developers. On its website, Pharos highlights its ability to handle 30,000+ transactions per second with block-finality in under one second and support for up to one billion simultaneous users. Designed for real-world finance applications, Pharos targets use-cases such as tokenised financial products, stablecoins backed by real-world collateral, and infrastructure assets like property, energy and commodities. It also incorporates features aimed at regulatory compliance including identity – and AML/ KYC infrastructure – while maintaining open-chain access. With these characteristics, the network positions itself to enable institutions and individuals alike to participate in an on-chain economy that seeks to combine scalability, transparency and broad access. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Fidelity Digital Assets - What’s Happening In the Markets?
11/16/2025
Fidelity Digital Assets - What’s Happening In the Markets?
Fidelity began researching Bitcoin and developing blockchain solutions in 2014. After seeing demand from its clients, Fidelity developed a dedicated business, Fidelity Digital Assets. Today, it services hundreds of institutions globally. Why you should listen Chris Kuiper is VP of Research, Fidelity Digital Assets. In this conversation, Chris Kuiper discusses the unpredictable nature of technological advancements and how past innovations have often been underestimated. He emphasizes that new technologies can lead to entirely new industries and business models that were previously unimaginable. Chris discusses Bitcoin’s disappointing price performance in 2025, and looks at the current trends in the institutional adoption of digital assets. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Nillion - The Base Layer For Private Data
11/09/2025
Nillion - The Base Layer For Private Data
John Woods is CTO at the Nillion Association, a secure computation network that decentralizes trust for high-value data in the same way that blockchains decentralized transactions. Why you should listen John Woods is the Chief Technology Officer of the Nillion Association, where he’s leading the development of a decentralized privacy compute network known as the “Blind Computer.” Previously, John served as CTO at the Algorand Foundation and Chief Architect at IOHK (Cardano). With a background in cryptography and systems architecture, John’s work focuses on building scalable, secure, and verifiable infrastructure for the decentralized internet. Nillion is building one of the most advanced decentralized privacy infrastructures in Web3 — a system designed not just for security, but for verifiability and scale. Now moving from a company-operated model to a fully permissionless network, Nillion is embedding decentralization into the architecture layer-by-layer: node operators, attestation checkers, and a cryptoeconomic substrate ($NIL) that rewards contribution and accountability. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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EMCD - Make Currencies Digital
11/07/2025
EMCD - Make Currencies Digital
Jan Warmus is the director across Europe at EMCD — one of Europe’s fastest-growing crypto super apps with over 400,000 verified users. EMCD is positioning itself as a “Web2.5” bridge, offering fiat ramps, staking, and other retail-friendly crypto services in a highly compliant, accessible format. Why you should listen EMCD is a full-spectrum crypto ecosystem. You’ll find their mining pool (one of the top global SHA-256 pools), a multi-currency wallet, a savings-type product called Coinhold, and a peer-to-peer exchange all under one roof. Their wallet claims “no seed phrases, no middlemen,” and integrates swaps, mining-earnings transfers, and holdings in one interface. They make a clear play for convenience and control: plug-in your mining hardware, track accruals, deploy earnings into savings with up to ~14 % annualized yield (depending on term and asset) — all via one account. Additionally, their mining arm emphasizes daily payouts, low withdrawal thresholds, and global server infrastructure across Europe, Asia, and North America. EMCD has partnered with Stabul Finance. STABUL Finance operates as a specialized decentralized exchange focused exclusively on stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets. The platform uses what it calls a “fourth-generation” automated market maker (AMM) that builds upon previous technologies like Uniswap and Curve. The EMCD-STABUL partnership addresses a significant market gap. While non-USD currencies account for over 40% of global forex trading, less than 1% of on-chain volume involves non-USD stablecoins. This partnership gives EMCD’s 400,000 KYC-verified users access to efficient stablecoin and commodity swaps through STABUL’s platform. For EMCD users, this integration means seamless access to international currencies and tokenized assets without leaving their primary platform. Users earning cryptocurrency through mining can convert to stable assets, earn yield through Coinhold, and eventually spend through the upcoming EMCD Card – creating a complete financial ecosystem. The timing aligns with EMCD’s broader expansion plans. The company offers zero percent mining fees through 2025 and is preparing to launch its crypto debit card, which will connect directly to users’ USDT balances for spending at any Visa or Mastercard merchant. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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DEIN - The Decentralized Insurance Network
11/04/2025
DEIN - The Decentralized Insurance Network
DEIN, short for Decentralized Insurance Network, is a platform that offers permissionless, decentralized, and DAO-managed discretionary risk coverage. It is designed to provide insurance for smart contracts, stablecoins, centralized exchanges, and other vital services within the DeFi ecosystem. Why you should listen DEIN allows users to purchase coverage for their funds, enabling them to safeguard their assets against potential losses caused by hacks, rug-pulls, or other exploits leading to permanent loss of funds. Additionally, DEIN empowers individuals to actively participate in the insurance process by allowing them to provide coverage and liquidity for various smart contracts, exchanges, or listed services in exchange for yield. DEIN addresses the risks and uncertainties that exist within the DeFi space. By providing a decentralized insurance network, it aims to enhance the trust and confidence of users, allowing them to navigate the DeFi landscape with reduced concerns about potential financial losses. DEIN embraces the principles of decentralization and community governance. It is designed to be owned and governed by its users, ensuring that the decision-making process is inclusive and transparent. Through a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) framework, DEIN allows individuals to actively participate in shaping the platform's policies and future development. DEIN has been architected with self-sustainability, flexibility, and scalability in mind. It aims to serve as an infrastructure that can be expanded and adjusted according to the needs of individuals and larger groups. By offering a modular approach, DEIN enables users to build their perfect solutions within the DeFi space, fostering innovation and growth. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Uplink - Decentralized Connectivity
11/03/2025
Uplink - Decentralized Connectivity
Why you should listen Uplink is building a decentralized network that connects people, devices, and businesses through shared internet infrastructure. It allows individuals and organizations to contribute their existing Wi-Fi routers and other connectivity devices to a global network, turning unused bandwidth into an asset. Participants can earn rewards for providing connectivity or verifying that network nodes are operating correctly, creating a distributed and incentivized internet ecosystem rather than relying solely on centralized telecom providers. The Uplink system operates with several key roles. Consumers use the network to access connectivity, while providers share or deploy routers and other hardware to extend coverage. Verifiers check that network nodes are genuine and functioning as claimed, validators maintain the blockchain that underpins the network’s operation, and holders stake the native token to help govern and secure the ecosystem. Together, these roles form a circular economy where connectivity, verification, and governance all reinforce each other. Uplink’s goal is to scale beyond Wi-Fi into other communication technologies such as 5G and LoRaWAN, creating a fully decentralized connectivity layer for the modern internet. The company is hardware-agnostic and aims to integrate with millions of existing access points worldwide. Over time, Uplink plans to expand its network through user adoption, partnerships, and blockchain incentives, establishing an open, verifiable infrastructure where anyone can contribute to and benefit from global connectivity. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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BTCS SA - Public Infrastructure for a Decentralized Economy
10/31/2025
BTCS SA - Public Infrastructure for a Decentralized Economy
Wojtek Kaszycki is the Founder and Chairman of BTCS S.A. a technology company that builds and manages validation infrastructure for leading blockchain networks. Why you should listen BTCS S.A. is a publicly listed company based in Warsaw, Poland, founded in 2010. It operates on the Warsaw Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BTF. The company’s headquarters are located at Plac Powstańców Warszawy 2, and it was originally known as Vakomtek S.A. before rebranding to BTCS S.A. to reflect a new strategic direction. Over time, it has evolved from a traditional electronics distributor into a technology company focused on blockchain infrastructure and digital-asset management. In its early years, BTCS built its business around the import and distribution of consumer electronics and computer accessories. The company’s product portfolio included gaming peripherals, LED lighting, and small household electronic devices, marketed through various retail and wholesale channels in Poland. These operations helped establish its reputation in the local electronics sector before the company began exploring emerging technology opportunities. Today, BTCS S.A. is focused on blockchain technology and Web3-related activities, positioning itself within the growing digital-asset ecosystem. The company is developing infrastructure for staking, validation, and digital-treasury management, reflecting a shift toward decentralized-finance and crypto-related operations. Recent years have seen restructuring and investment aimed at aligning its business model with the rapid expansion of blockchain-based services and financial technologies. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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CoinTerminal - Access Token Presales Before CEX Listingsv
10/28/2025
CoinTerminal - Access Token Presales Before CEX Listingsv
Maximiliano Stochyk is Head of Sales at CoinTerminal — a fundraising platform helping DeFi and Web3 founders raise millions transparently while giving retail investors a fair chance to participate. Why you should listen CoinTerminal lets you buy into the best new tokens before they list on exchanges. Just like your favorite leading funds. Buy presales at the lowest cost before they hit exchanges. You could get up to a 10x better price on CoinTerminal. CoinTerminal positions itself as a crypto launchpad built for everyone — no staking, no gating, just open access. Anyone with a crypto wallet can join presales for new tokens without needing to lock up collateral or hold platform-specific tokens. Their model is refreshingly straightforward: find promising early-stage projects, contribute via IDOs (initial DEX offerings), and claim tokens once they launch — with the option for refunds if things don’t pan out. They’ve funded 80+ ventures, distributed over $80 million, and already attracted more than 620,000 investors. What sets CoinTerminal apart is their “no bar, no hidden fees” ethos. There’s no minimum play beyond the $100 opening ticket, and they promise prices up to 10× lower than public listing. Transparency is baked in: winner selections are randomized and verifiable, and they publish transparency reports. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using. Maximiliano Stochyk is Head of Sales at CoinTerminall — a fundraising platform helping DeFi and Web3 founders raise millions transparently while giving retail investors a fair chance to participate. Why you should listen CoinTerminal lets you buy into the best new tokens before they list on exchanges. Just like your favorite leading funds. Buy presales at the lowest cost before they hit exchanges. You could get up to a 10x better price on CoinTerminal. CoinTerminal positions itself as a crypto launchpad built for everyone — no staking, no gating, just open access. Anyone with a crypto wallet can join presales for new tokens without needing to lock up collateral or hold platform-specific tokens. Their model is refreshingly straightforward: find promising early-stage projects, contribute via IDOs (initial DEX offerings), and claim tokens once they launch — with the option for refunds if things don’t pan out. They’ve funded 80+ ventures, distributed over $80 million, and already attracted more than 620,000 investors. What sets CoinTerminal apart is their “no bar, no hidden fees” ethos. There’s no minimum play beyond the $100 opening ticket, and they promise prices up to 10× lower than public listing. Transparency is baked in: winner selections are randomized and verifiable, and they publish transparency reports. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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PACT SWAP - The Next-Gen Cross-Chain DEX
10/24/2025
PACT SWAP - The Next-Gen Cross-Chain DEX
Toby Gilbert is a Co-Founder at PACT Swap, a cross-chain DEX built on Coinweb. Pact Swap enables trading of native Bitcoin, TRON, and other assets across incompatible chains - without bridges, wrapped tokens, or external validators. Why you should listen PactSwap is a decentralized exchange (DEX) built on the Coinweb PACT framework that enables cross-chain swaps of digital assets without using traditional bridges or wrapped tokens. It’s designed to let users trade native assets directly across multiple blockchains in a decentralized, non-custodial environment. The platform supports trading between major chains including Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain, Litecoin, TRON, Dogecoin, and Polygon. Its system uses collateralized reactive smart contracts to coordinate trades across otherwise incompatible blockchains. This approach allows PactSwap to execute bridgeless cross-chain swaps efficiently, aiming for high capital efficiency and lower transaction fees than conventional cross-chain bridges. The goal of PactSwap is to combine the liquidity and trading depth of centralized exchanges with the transparency and security of decentralized finance. By removing the need for wrapped tokens and third-party bridges, PactSwap aims to reduce costs and risks for users, offering faster and more secure asset swaps with up to 95% lower fees compared to older cross-chain solutions. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Sign - Sovereign Infrastructure for Global Nations
10/21/2025
Sign - Sovereign Infrastructure for Global Nations
Xin Yan is the Co-founder and CEO of Sign, a blockchain technology company leading the industry in token distribution and verifiable credentials, now focused on building blockchain infrastructure for nations and enterprises. He began his career as a hardware engineer before becoming a crypto venture capitalist, and now leads Sign’s vision to build national-scale blockchain infrastructure. Why you should listen The core offering of Sign Global is built around the Sign Protocol — a multi-chain attestation framework that allows users to submit, verify and manage on-chain attestations of real-world or digital claims. This is an infrastructure layer for trust, identity and verification across “Web 3” ecosystems, designed to reduce reliance on centralised authorities by making attestations transparent and accessible. In addition to the protocol itself, Sign Global offers tools and services built atop that infrastructure. For example, they highlight developer-friendly integrations that span multiple blockchain networks (Solana, Aptos, TON, others), and features including “TokenTable” and “EthSign” (contract signing tools) as components of their stack. Finally, from a business reach perspective, Sign served over 50 million users and facilitated more than US$2 billion in digital-asset transactions via its platform. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Kava - Leading the World to Web3
10/19/2025
Kava - Leading the World to Web3
Tony Pham is the CMO at Kava, a decentralized blockchain that combines the speed and interoperability of Cosmos with the developer power of Ethereum. Tony Pham lives in New York City and is a fractional CMO for various crypto and AI startups, including Kava and Superlayer portfolio companies. Why you should listen The Kava Network is the first Layer-1 blockchain to combine the speed and scalability of the Cosmos SDK with the developer support of Ethereum. The Kava Network will empower developers to build for Web3 and next-gen blockchain technologies through its unique co-chain architecture. KAVA is the native governance and staking token of the Kava Network, enabling its decentralization and security. The Ethereum and Cosmos Co-Chains interoperate seamlessly with each other, empowering developers to build in whichever environment they want without sacrificing access to the users and assets of the other. The Kava Rise program will reward the top projects on Kava with the $750M developer incentive program, awarded transparently on-chain based on usage. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Global Gold - The On-Chain Gold Ecosystem
10/17/2025
Global Gold - The On-Chain Gold Ecosystem
Cole Chapman is the Co-Founder of Global Gold. Cole is leading the tokenization of gold, creating a global liquidity layer that enables fractional ownership, on-chain liquidity, and collateralized lending. Why you should listen Global Gold is a blockchain-based financial protocol focused on bridging traditional gold markets with decentralized finance (DeFi). It enables the creation of digital tokens that are fully backed by physical gold, offering users the ability to own, trade, and utilize gold-backed digital assets on-chain. The platform issues “Global Gold Bars” — tokenized representations of specific weights of physical gold — that can be used similarly to stablecoins, providing a digital alternative to gold ownership with on-chain transparency and liquidity. Each token is designed to represent a verifiable and redeemable claim on real, audited gold stored in secure vaults. Global Gold’s infrastructure also includes a decentralized exchange for trading gold-backed assets and an integrated vault management system that tracks provenance, audits, and insurance in real time. The company’s vaulting and custody operations are centered in a 70,000-square-foot, Class 3 facility located in Casper, Wyoming, which it describes as an institutional-grade site for high-value asset storage. Global Gold emphasizes compliance, transparency, and security by working with third-party auditors — Alfred H. Knight and FORVIS — to conduct regular, independent verification of its gold reserves. These audits are complemented by full insurance coverage to protect stored assets, and all reserves are claimed to be 100% physically backed and legally segregated from corporate holdings. The platform positions its tokenized gold as a bridge between traditional asset stability and blockchain liquidity, providing users with the ability to move, trade, or collateralize gold holdings instantly while maintaining full physical backing and regulatory oversight. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Sierra Labs - Redefining Digital Money
10/15/2025
Sierra Labs - Redefining Digital Money
Mitchell Nicholson is the founder of Sierra Labs. The SIERRA Liquid Yield Token (LYT) is built to deliver the best user experience across DeFi, CeFi, and TradFi. Why you should listen Sierra Protocol is the issuer of SIERRA, a liquid yield token (LYT) that offers the best risk-adjusted yield in a freely tradeable ERC20 token on Ethereum and Avalanche. SIERRA enables holders to earn passively accrue 6-12% APY compounded daily and does not require staking or claiming, holding periods or lockups, paying hidden fees or providing KYC. Its reserves are managed by OpenTrade, an institutional-grade market leader offering stablecoin yield products and is backed by a16z, Circle, Mercury, Notion and other leading VC firms. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Griffin AI - #1 AI Agent Builder for DeFi
10/13/2025
Griffin AI - #1 AI Agent Builder for DeFi
Oliver Feldmeier is the founder of Griffin AI, the first no-code platform for building autonomous AI agents tailored to DeFi and crypto finance. Why you should listen Griffin AI is the first no-code platform for building autonomous AI agents tailored to DeFi and crypto finance. Their toolkit enables users to spin up agents in minutes, feed them real-time price, liquidity, and news data, and deploy them across multiple blockchains and wallets — all without writing code. They’re leaning heavily into multi-agent workflows, letting creators chain together analytics, execution, and risk modules under one “agent network.” Their flagship modules include a Transaction Execution Agent (TEA) — which translates natural language into trades, swaps, and wallet operations — plus Alpha Hunter, which continuously scans 950+ decentralized exchanges to surface new listings and momentum. Griffin also embeds supplementary agents like news summarizers, price analyzers, and research bots, giving users a full “agent playground” within the ecosystem Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Zilliqa - Unlocking Web3 for All
10/07/2025
Zilliqa - Unlocking Web3 for All
Alexander Zahnd is the Interim CEO and Chief Financial Officer of Zilliqa, a leading Layer 1 blockchain platform. Why you should listen Zilliqa is a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain platform built to power scalable, secure, and interoperable decentralized applications. As the first public blockchain to implement sharding, Zilliqa has consistently pushed the boundaries of blockchain infrastructure. With the launch of Zilliqa 2.0, the platform is evolving to meet the needs of institutions, enterprises, and developers seeking high-throughput infrastructure with the trust, transparency, and flexibility required for real-world adoption. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Acurast - The Smartphone-Powered Compute Network
10/05/2025
Acurast - The Smartphone-Powered Compute Network
Alessandro De Carli the founder at Acurast, a scalable, secure, decentralized compute network powered by the massive global base of modern smartphones. Why you should listen Acurast is a decentralized, serverless cloud platform that transforms everyday smartphones into secure computing nodes, removing the need for centralized data centers. By tapping into the massive global base of modern smartphones—devices that already come equipped with advanced security features—Acurast creates a scalable, confidential, and verifiable compute network. Its mission is to democratize access to computing power, enabling anyone with a smartphone to contribute to, and benefit from, a decentralized cloud. The platform is built on a modular architecture that spans three layers. At the Consensus Layer, Acurast employs a Nominated Proof-of-Stake (NPoS) mechanism enhanced with an orchestrator, reputation engine, and attestation service. This ensures the network runs reliably and securely, with strong incentives for honest behavior. The Execution Layer harnesses Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) inside smartphones to carry out tasks in a secure and confidential manner, guaranteeing data privacy and computational integrity. Sitting at the top, the Application Layer hosts decentralized applications that can seamlessly offload computations to the network. This layered design allows developers to deploy applications requiring verifiable, secure computations—without relying on traditional servers. This architecture opens up a range of compelling use cases. Acurast can support confidential AI processing, enabling decentralized execution of sensitive AI models. It can function as a decentralized oracle, securely feeding off-chain data to smart contracts. It also powers cross-chain asset management, allowing operations to flow securely across multiple blockchain networks. Additionally, Acurast offers a framework for ethical web scraping, providing a compliant and decentralized way to collect data without centralized gatekeepers. The ecosystem is underpinned by its native token, $ACU, which plays a vital role in the platform’s economy. Tokens are used to pay for transaction fees, staked to secure the network and earn rewards, and wielded for governance—giving holders a say in the platform’s future direction. The total supply of $ACU is capped at 1 billion tokens, ensuring scarcity and long-term value alignment. Community engagement is a central pillar of Acurast’s strategy. Through initiatives like the “Cloud Rebellion,” users can contribute their devices, refer others, and complete various tasks to earn rewards. This community-driven model accelerates the network’s growth while reinforcing its decentralization ethos. Under this approach, Acurast has already onboarded over 100,000 devices and executed more than 300 million transactions, setting a new benchmark for what decentralized computing networks can achieve. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Gem DiCom - Gemstones as a Digital Commodity
10/02/2025
Gem DiCom - Gemstones as a Digital Commodity
is the co-founder of GEM DiCom - The first digital commodity backed by investment-grade gemstones with a real-time proof of reserve and minimal drawdown. Why you should listen DiCom, short for Digital Commodity, is the term coined to describe what GEM actually represents. The word “token” has been diluted by years of speculative hype and vaporware, so GEM intentionally steps away from that language. This isn’t a marketing promise dressed up in blockchain buzzwords — it’s a verifiable claim. Each GEM is backed by a reserve of audited, securely stored, investment-grade gemstones and cash equivalents. That reserve anchors GEM’s value in the real world, while making it transparent and tradable on-chain. Unlike stablecoins, GEM isn’t pegged to fiat, doesn’t fix its price, and doesn’t grant redemption rights. Its market price floats freely, shaped by supply and demand. But beneath that floating price is a solid foundation: independently appraised, tangible assets that provide a real floor. Each GEM exists only because there’s a corresponding value behind it, continuously visible through real-time proof of reserves. It behaves like a traditional commodity — its price can fluctuate, but the intrinsic backing gives it substance, similar to gold or oil. Calling GEM a Digital Commodity isn’t just semantics. It’s a deliberate legal and structural choice. By positioning GEM as a commodity rather than a security or stablecoin, it avoids the regulatory straightjacket that binds many financial instruments and fiat-linked tokens. This opens the door to a freer, more flexible model — while simultaneously offering exposure to an asset class that’s rare, historically uncorrelated to mainstream markets, and inherently resistant to inflation. GEM bridges the gap between the physical and digital worlds. It lets anyone store value in one of humanity’s oldest and most enduring forms of wealth — gemstones — without needing vaults, specialized knowledge, or accepting illiquidity. It’s preservation meets participation: timeless assets, brought natively into the digital realm. That is the essence of DiCom. That is what GEM stands for. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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COTI - On-Chain Privacy
09/30/2025
COTI - On-Chain Privacy
Shahaf Bar-Geffen is the CEO for COTI, working on On-chain privacy for every user, everywhere. Why you should listen Privacy isn’t a luxury — it’s the backbone of real freedom. It gives users the confidence to transact and explore without fear, and empowers builders to innovate without trade-offs. COTI is a high-performance, EVM-compatible privacy layer built on Garbled Circuits, a powerful cryptographic primitive. It delivers scalable, privacy-on-demand across blockchains — unlocking the full potential of Web3 for businesses, individuals, and autonomous AI agents. COTI is laying the cryptographic foundation for a new era of on-chain confidentiality. By combining cutting-edge privacy tech with fast, scalable infrastructure, we enable businesses and their users to interact securely — without friction and without compromise. COTI is building a future where data and interactions remain protected by default, allowing everyone — companies, creators, users, and machines — to confidently participate and push the boundaries of what’s possible online. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Recall - Rank The World’s Best AI
09/28/2025
Recall - Rank The World’s Best AI
Michael Sena is the CSO and Co-founder of Recall, an on-chain arena where the community evaluates, ranks, and rewards the best AI. Why you should listen Recall is positioning itself as a decentralized skill-market for AI, where communities don't just consume AI but actively fund, rank, and discover it. Its core idea is that instead of centralized gatekeepers deciding which AI models get attention, users (or “the crowd”) can back AI agents they believe in, participate in competitions, and help curate what “good AI” means. In effect, it aims to align incentives: if the AI you back wins, you earn rewards. At its heart is a reputation protocol called Recall Rank, which transparently ranks agents on specific skills, making it easier to browse, compare, and trust AI tools across domains (e.g. crypto trading, summarization, coding, personal assistants). The platform also runs ongoing competitions in these domains: developers compete to build the best agent for a task, and users can “pick winners” by staking or backing them. Recall aims to shift how AI is discovered, monetized, and evaluated. Instead of a few companies deciding which models get built or promoted, the community collectively funds and judges their merit. That’s a bold bet — on whether the “crowd” can reliably spot promising AI, and whether decentralized funding models can sustainably drive real innovation. Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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Legion - Invest like an Insider
09/25/2025
Legion - Invest like an Insider
Matt O’Connor is the Founder of Legion, a platform that provides early access to the best ICOs and pre-token sales. Why you should listen Legion is a merit-based, on-chain fundraising platform designed to bridge the gap between founders, VCs, and retail investors. Projects are evaluated not just on hype but on measurable signals (on-chain behavior, developer contributions, social metrics), and those metrics are distilled into a “Legion Score” that helps determine access and allocation. Importantly, Legion claims to be MiCA-compliant (i.e. aligned with European crypto regulation) in its operations, which gives it a regulatory defensibility that many launchpads lack. A concrete example of its traction: Kraken has partnered with Legion to launch the Yield Basis (YB) token sale. In that offering, a portion of the allocation was reserved for users based on their Legion Scores, giving “builders” prioritized access over purely speculative buyers. That move demonstrates Legion’s attempt to shift the narrative from “first-come, loudest voice wins” to “the ones doing real work deserve preferential access.” Supporting links If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
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