Episodes
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…
From NFTs to Regulatory Clarity: Magic Eden's Vision for Web3's Futur…
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Joe Doll, general counsel at Magic Eden, a leading cross-chain NFT marketplace. Together, they explore the evolving U.S. regulatory landscape under the new administration, Magic Eden's growth story, the future of NFTs, …
From TradFi to DeFi: Building the Future of Real World Assets with Ce…
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Eli Cohen, general counsel at Centrifuge, a platform for tokenized real-world assets. Together, they explore the evolving landscape of RWAs on-chain, the intersection of TradFi and DeFi, DAO governance, and the promisin…
The Road to Private Smart Contracts: Aztec's Multi-Year Journey with …
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Zac Williamson, CEO and co-founder of Aztec, a startup operating in the blockchain technology space focusing on privacy. Together, they dive into the evolution of ZK technology, the importance of privacy in blockchain, …
Building Bitcoin's Third Native Use Case with Babylon Labs Co-Founde…
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Mingchao (Fisher) Yu, co-founder and CTO of Babylon Labs, a non-custodial staking protocol that uses the underlying value of Bitcoin to secure a variety of proof-of-stake networks. Together, they dive into Bitcoin's pre…
Building Bitcoin's Next Layer: BOB's Cross-Chain Solution with Alexei…
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Alexei Zamyatin, co-founder of BOB, a Layer 2 blockchain aiming to combine the security of Bitcoin with the versatility of Ethereum. Together, they discuss how BitVM empowers building in the Bitcoin ecosystem, how Bitco…
Bridging Bitcoin to DeFi: Lombard's Vision for Liquid Staking with Ja…
In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Lombard co-founder Jacob Phillips. Together, they discuss how Bitcoin's market capitalization is an ideal solution for DeFi's need for liquidity, the differences in the mentality of deploying Bitcoin as an asset into De…