Episodes
From Retail Validators to Wall Street: The Institutional Staking Shif…
Laszlo Szabo, co-founder and CEO of Kiln, joins The Smart Economy Podcast to explore how staking has evolved into institutional infrastructure and how on-chain vaults, DeFi, and tokenized RWAs are beginning to intersect. Szabo explains why staking often grows during bear markets, how institutions a…
Inside Avalanche’s Tokenization Push: Olivia Vande Woude on RWAs, Ins…
Olivia Vande Woude, head of tokenization at Ava Labs, joins The Smart Economy Podcast to discuss RWAs, institutional adoption, distribution economics, and how Avalanche is bringing real assets on-chain.
Making Crypto Feel Normal: Zeymer Montes on MOCA, Payments, & UX That…
Zeymer Montes, founder of MOCA, joins The Smart Economy Podcast to talk about building crypto products that real people can actually use. From gasless payments and QR-code POS systems to smart wallets and encrypted messaging, Montes shares how MOCA is rethinking crypto UX, onboarding merchants, and…
Inside Ethereum’s Next Chapter: Tomasz Stańczak on the EF, L2s, & Ins…
Tomasz Stańczak, Co-Executive Director at the Ethereum Foundation, joins The Smart Economy Podcast to discuss Ethereum’s leadership evolution, L2 strategy, institutional adoption, and how the Foundation is preparing the protocol for its next phase.
Smart, Safe, & Gasless: Inside PistachioFi’s Vision for Everyday DeFi
Brian Smocovich, co-founder of PistachioFi, joins host Dylan Grabowski to explore the challenges facing everyday users in Web3 and how a smart wallet can remove friction through security, recovery, and gasless transactions. He shares his journey from TradFi to crypto, why UX remains Ethereum’s bigg…
Inside Keel: Solana’s New Liquidity Layer for Credit, RWAs, & Stablec…
Cian Breathnach, founder of Matariki Labs and contributor to Keel, joins host Dylan Grabowski to break down how Keel intends to become Solana’s capital engine. Breathnach explains the evolution of the Sky ecosystem, why Solana’s high-throughput environment works well with on-chain credit creation, …
Scaling Trust: Alex Gluchowski on Matter Labs, ZKsync, & the Future o…
Alex Gluchowski, co-founder and CEO of Matter Labs, joins host Dylan Grabowski for a deep dive into ZKsync, the rise of zero-knowledge technology, and the rapid evolution of Ethereum’s scaling landscape. He shares how personal experiences shaped his mission of economic freedom, why privacy must evo…
From Pixels to Protocols: Sebastien Borget on The Sandbox, SANDchain,…
Sebastien Borget, co-founder and global ambassador of The Sandbox, joins host Dylan Grabowski to discuss the long road from mobile gaming startup to a leading voice in metaverse. Borget explains why SANDchain, the new L2 for creators, represents the next step in decentralizing digital ownership, ho…
The $10B Question: The Graph's Big Bet on Decentralized Data
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Nick Hansen, team lead at The Graph Foundation, an indexing protocol for organizing blockchain data. Together, they unpack The Graph’s mission to...
From iOS Developer to Crypto CEO: Building Rails on Kraken's Ink L2
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Satraj Bambra, CEO and co-founder of Rails and managing partner at Round13 Capital. Together, they explore Rails’ hybrid trading model, its colla...
From 2017 ICO Mania to $100M Corporate Treasuries: Injective's Path t…
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Mirza Uddin, head of business development at Injective, a blockchain-based platform building infrastructure for DeFi, aiming to enable truly open...
Building Freedom Tools for Digital Money: Ian Rogers on Ledger's Stra…
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Ian Rogers, Chief Experience Officer at Ledger, a hardware and software security provider for digital assets and Web3. Together, they explore the...
The Darwin Cycles of Crypto: What Survives and Why with Aryan Sheikha…
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Aryan Sheikhalian, Head of Research at CMT Digital, a global blockchain and Web3 proprietary trading and venture capital firm focused on early-st...
Why Everything Will Trade 24/7: Pyth’s Mission to Bring TradFi On-Cha…
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Marc Tillement, Director of the Pyth Data Association, an independent entity pursuing decentralized financial data distribution through the Pyth ...
Crypto Security: Building Open Source Education for Blockchain
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Josh McIntyre, Chairperson of the CCE Committee at C4, a non-profit organization advancing the understanding and adoption of Bitcoin, cryptocurre...
Why Everything Will Be Tokenized: Spark's Path to Mainstream DeFi Ado…
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Sam MacPherson, CEO and co-founder of Phoenix Labs, the R&D company behind the multi-chain DeFi platform Spark. What you’ll learn: How Spark Liqu...
The Pseudonymous Team That Saved THORChain: Aaluxx Myth on Maya Proto…
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Aaluxx Myth, co-founder of Maya Protocol, a decentralized liquidity solution enabling native L1-to-L1 token swaps. What you’ll learn: How Maya Pr...
From Wall Street to Web3: How Plaza Finance is Bringing TradFi Sophis…
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Ryan Galvankar, the founder of Plaza Finance, a platform built on Base that is specializing in programmable derivatives. What you’ll learn: How t...
Scaling Stablecoins Without Banks: Inside M0’s Complexity Abstraction…
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Gregory Di Prisco, co-founder and Chief Architect at M0, a platform that aims to empower builders of application-specific stablecoins. What you’l...
Are Stablecoins the Future of Money? Telcoin’s eUSD and becoming a Di…
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Paul Neuner, the Founder and CEO of Telcoin, acompany leveraging blockchain technology to provide low-cost DeFi products for mobile phone users globally, to explore how their Nebraska-based digital asset bank charter is…
Are Stablecoins Crypto's Achilles' Heel? Quai Network's Energy-Backed…
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Alan Orwick, the CEO of Dominant Strategies, a development entity creating tooling and applications on the Quai Network. What You’ll Learn: Why ...
Trust vs. Truth: Redesigning Digital Identity for the Decentralized W…
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Ingo Ruebe, the founder of Kilt Protocol, a decentralized digital identity solution serving enterprises, governments, and consumers. What You’ll ...
Media, Money, and Misunderstandings: Bankless Sets the Record Straigh…
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by David Hoffman, the co-founder and host of Bankless, a cryptocurrency media brand and community that focuses on educating and empowering individuals to navigate the decentralized financial landscape. Together, they discu…
Building Web3's Community Infrastructure: Galxe's Vision for Digital …
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski sits down with Patrick Young, Head of Go-to-Market at Galxe, a leading platform for Web3 community growth and engagement. From their Quest system that's processed over 1.1 billion completions to their Galxe Passport identity solutio…