Bell Curve

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Bell Curve breaks down the most important themes in crypto for people who, like us, are confined to the middle of the bell curve. Each season explores a different thesis that we'll test and refine through debate with crypto's best. If you're a crypto native, degen or investooor, this podcast is for you.
Analyzed Episodes
118
8.3/month
Latest Episode
8/15/2025
22 days ago
Alpha Score
Medium
Avg 4.5 insights/ep

Recent episodes

TitleRelease DateInsights
The Best of Bell Curve8/15/20254
GPT-5, Trump’s Crypto Executive Order, and Ethereum’s Bullish Saga | Roundup8/8/20256
Empire Cross-Post: The Bull Case For GLXY With Duncan & Rittenhouse Research8/5/20253
Inside Crypto’s Credit Revival With Sid Powell | Roundup8/1/20250
Forward Guidance: Threat to Fed Independence is Un-Anchoring Inflation Expectations | Jens Nordvig7/29/20256
Everything You Need to Know About Crypto Treasury Companies With Jeff Park | Roundup7/25/20255
Empire Cross-Post: DC Crypto Week Takeaways With Rebecca Rettig & Alexander Grieve7/22/20254
Ethereum’s Comeback, PumpFun’s ICO, and Crypto’s Regulatory Shift | Roundup7/18/20255
Empire Cross-Post: The Crypto Treasury Playbook With Ben Forman & Josh Solesbury From ParaFi Capital7/15/20255
Robinhood’s L2, Pump’s TGE, and Suitgate | Roundup7/11/20257
Permissionless: America’s DeFi Renaissance | Eugene Chen & Merlin Egalite7/8/20256
0xResearch Cross-Post: Crypto Regulation, Breakout Apps, and TradFi’s Impact | Jon Charbonneau7/4/20256
Permissionless: DeFi’s Next Frontier | Hayden Adams & David Hoffman7/1/20254
Bell Curve x Empire: Prediction Markets, Crypto’s Magnificent 7, and Stablecoin Growth | Roundup6/27/20257
The Role of DeFi Risk Curators | Adrian & Tarun6/24/20253
The Role of DeFi Risk Curators | Adrian & Tarun | S9 E56/24/20253
Macro Uncertainty, Circle’s Surge, and Prediction Market Utility| Roundup6/20/20254
Macro Uncertainty, Circle’s Surge, and Prediction Market Utility | Roundup6/20/20253
How Morpho Is Redefining Money Markets | Paul Frambot | S9 E46/17/20255
0xResearch Cross-Post: The Last Mile Problem For Stablecoins | Analyst Round Table6/13/20256
0xResearch Cross-Post: How Should We Value Hyperliquid?6/10/20255
PumpFun’s Impact on Solana, Circle’s IPO, and Elon and Trump’s Feud | Roundup6/6/20256
Lightspeed Cross-Post: The State of Solana DeFi With Kyle Samani & Chris Heaney6/3/20255
OpenAI, Hyperliquid, and the Internet's Next Growth Phase | Roundup5/30/20255
Empire Cross-Post: The Bull Case For Ethereum | Tom Dunleavy & Ryan Berckmans5/27/20253
Entering Ethereum’s New Era | Tomasz Stańczak5/23/20255
0xResearch Cross-Post: The Bandwidth Bottleneck Holding Blockchains Back | DoubleZero5/20/20253
Ethereum Is Running Away With DeFi | Roundup5/16/20254
Hyperliquid’s Bold Vision for DeFi | Jeff Yan | S9 E35/13/20254
Lightspeed Cross-Post: Can Ethereum Scale The L1? | Weekly Roundup5/9/20253
DeFi’s Value Proposition | Robert Leshner & Hasu | S9 E25/6/20254
The US Treasury’s Stablecoin Report, TradFi’s Crypto Adoption, and Ethereum’s New Era | Roundup5/2/20255
DeFi’s Next Frontier: Institutional Capital Meets DeFi | monetsupply | S9 E14/29/20256
0xResearch Cross-Post: How Ethena is Redefining Digital Finance | Guy Young4/22/20256
Beyond the Hype: Crypto’s Next Phase | Roundup4/18/20255
0xResearch Cross-Post: Building the Future of Global Payments | Paul & Zaheer4/15/20254
Crypto is the Last Truly Global Market | Roundup4/11/20257
Expansion Cross-Post: Arbitrum’s Future as a Digital Sovereign Nation | AJ Warner4/9/20254
Stablecoins at Scale: Circle’s IPO, Stablecoin Legislation, and Competing With Banks | Roundup4/4/20256
How Zora is Redefining the Creator Economy | Jacob Horne4/1/20255
Institutional Adoption in Crypto: From Narrative to Reality | Roundup3/28/20254
What’s Wrong with Crypto Custody & How to Fix It | Live From DAS3/27/20255
The Foundation for Banking’s Next Evolution | Live From DAS3/26/20255
Headwinds to Tailwinds: The New Era for Institutional Crypto | Live From DAS3/25/20254
Takeaways From DAS 20253/21/20255
Live From DAS: Where is the Stablecoin Market Headed? Roundup3/21/20254
Live From DAS: Where is the Stablecoin Market Headed? | Roundup3/21/20254
Deep Dive: L1 Governance Today | Cooper Kunz, Jim Parillo, and Myles O’Neil3/18/20255
Crypto’s Next Chapter: Who Thrives and Who Folds? | Roundup3/14/20256
Deep Dive: Supra’s Vision and the Rise of Automatic DeFi | Joshua Tobkin3/11/20252
Macro Trends, Trump’s Evolving Crypto Strategy, and Aave’s New Proposal | Roundup3/7/20253
Trump vs Utah: The First To Buy Bitcoin | Dennis Porter3/4/20252
Supply Shock Cross-Post: Trump vs Utah: The First To Buy Bitcoin | Dennis Porter3/4/20254
Crypto’s Market Reset: What Comes Next? | Roundup2/28/20255
Futarchy Deep Dive: Can Markets Make Better Decisions? | Proph3t2/25/20255
Why Berachain is Becoming a Liquidity Powerhouse | Smokey the Bera2/21/20255
Unichain, Succinct’s Prover Network, and Crypto’s Trust Crisis | Expansion Crossover Roundup2/14/20254
The Evolution of Crypto Exchanges | Austin Adams & Jesse Walden2/12/20254
Lido v3’s Impact on Liquid Staking | Hasu & Konstantin2/11/20254
Lido v3 Deep Dive | Hasu & Konstantin2/11/20253
Market Volatility, Stablecoin Regulation, and Saylor’s Next Move | Roundup2/8/20257
The PumpFun Episode | Austin, Jim & Myles2/4/20254
DeepSeek’s Impact, the JellyJelly Launch, and Crypto Payments | Roundup1/31/20253
Deep Dive: DeFi Yield Sources | Guy & Sam1/28/20256
Crypto's Speculative Phase & Ethereum's Mass Reform | Expansion Crossover Roundup1/24/20255
Go-To-Market Strategies in Crypto | Jim & Myles1/21/20256
Inflation Fears, Four Year Cycles, and Berachain | Roundup1/17/20254
A Crypto Native Financial System | Felipe Montealegre1/14/20256
Trump’s First 100 Days, and AI’s Influence on the Markets| Roundup1/10/20256
Trump’s First 100 Days, and AI’s Influence on the Markets | Roundup1/10/20256
The State of Liquid Staking, GOOSE-2, and Lido v3 | Hasu12/27/20245
The Future of RWAs and ETHs Store of Value Narrative12/24/20242
Our 2025 Crypto Predictions | Roundup12/20/20247
Morpho: Ushering in DeFi’s Next Era | Paul Frambot12/17/20245
The Attention Economy, Hyperliquid’s Success, and New Asset Classes | Roundup12/13/20245
Commonware: Building the Anti-Framework | Patrick O’Grady12/11/20243
$100k Bitcoin, Hyperliquid’s Airdrop, and Altcoin Cycles | Roundup12/6/20245
Scaling Ethereum With Based Rollups | Mteam12/3/20244
Scaling Ethereum With Based Rollups | mteam12/3/20244
Alt Season, Decentralized AI’s Evolution, and Institutional Interest | Roundup11/22/202410
EVM vs SVM Tradeoffs, Ethereum Alignment, and App Specific Sequencing | Alex Watts11/19/20245
Solving Ethereum’s UX Challenges | Hart & Dan11/15/20244
Unichain and MEV On L2s | Hasu & Hayden11/12/20244
The Golden Bull Is Here | Roundup11/8/20246
Unlocking Undercollateralized Lending | Laurence Day11/5/20244
Unlocking Undercollaterlized Lending | Laurence Day11/5/20244
Coinbase Earnings, Jito Restaking, Memecoin Durability, and Saylor’s Big Announcement | Roundup11/1/20246
AI Memes on the Rise, Stripe’s Major Acquisition, and Kraken’s New L2 | Roundup10/26/20246
Multiple Concurrent Proposers on Solana and Ethereum | Anatoly & Max10/26/20245
Delta: Breaking Tradeoffs in Blockchain Architectures | Myles O’Neil & Ole Spjeldnæs10/22/20240
Deep Dive: Token Design | Guy Young & Kain Warwick10/15/20246
Unichain’s Launch, Election Season’s Influence on Crypto, and Unveiling Satoshi’s Identity | Roundup10/12/20244
Everything You Need to Know About L1 & L2 Token Value Capture | Jon Charbonneau10/9/20247
L1 & L2 Token Value Capture | Jon Charbonneau10/9/20246
The Continued Institutional Adoption of Crypto | Roundup10/5/20246
Sky Aave Force and the DeFi Renaissance | Stani Kulechov & Rune Christensen10/2/20245
Is Quantitative Easing on the Horizon? | Roundup9/28/20246
What's Next For Crypto After the Fed Rate Cut? | Roundup9/28/20243
How Bitcoin Prepared Us for the Memecoin Era | Murad Mahmudov9/25/20245
Navigating the Expanding Rollup Landscape | Roundup9/20/20244
Rethinking Ethereum's Block Building: CommitBoost & Pre-Confirmations | Drew Van der Werff9/18/20241
Atlas: Combining TradFi Performance With DeFi Transparency | Eugene & Frankie9/12/20244
Are L2s Parasitic? | Roundup9/6/20243
Finding Consumer Gems in Crypto | Qiao & Imran9/3/20243
Why Crypto Founders Are Leaving the West | Roundup8/31/20244
The Fed’s Big Decision | Roundup8/24/20245
Sreeram Speaks on the EigenLayer Airdrop Saga8/22/20242
The Conflicts of Interest in Crypto | Roundup8/16/20243
Aavenomics: Making DeFi Great Again | Marc Zeller8/13/20242
Aavenomics: Making DeFi Great Again8/13/20242
Are L1s Converging on the Same Design? | Roundup8/9/20245
Restaking’s Impact on the Future of Crypto | Season 8 Recap8/6/20242
Can Crypto Survive a Recession? | Roundup8/3/20242
How Jito is Unlocking Restaking for Solana | S8 Finale | Lucas Bruder7/30/20242
Is Crypto Ready for the Big Leagues? | Roundup7/27/20243
The Bear Case for Shared Security | S8 E8 | Sunny & Toghrul7/23/202412
Deep Dive: The CAKE Framework & Building a One Click Experience | Hart Lambur & Stephane Gosselin7/22/20241
A New Era: Trump’s Impact on Crypto and Innovation in the U.S.7/19/20242
EthCC Campside Chat: Protocols, Ecosystems, Community & Tokens | Vitalik Buterin & Christopher Goes7/16/20241
A Fresh Take on Shared Security | S8 E7 | Misha Putiatin7/9/20240
A New Era for U.S. Regulations | Roundup7/5/20241