Empire

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Empire features interviews with top crypto founders to get the real stories that aren’t shared elsewhere. Empire is your look behind the curtain of the crypto industry. We release two episodes per week: guest interviews on Tuesday and a weekly roundup on Friday.
Analyzed Episodes
196
13.7/month
Latest Episode
9/1/2025
6 days ago
Alpha Score
Medium
Avg 5.0 insights/ep

Recent episodes

TitleRelease DateInsights
Kraken’s 10 Year Plan With Arjun Sethi9/1/20256
Kraken’s 10 Year Plan With Arjun Sethi9/1/20256
Kraken’s 10 Year Plan With Arjun Sethi9/1/20256
Stablecoins & Prediction Markets, Nothing Else | Weekly Roundup8/29/20255
Stablecoins & Prediction Markets, Nothing Else | Weekly Roundup8/29/20255
Commissioner Peirce On SEC’s Next Moves8/25/20254
No, We Have Not Topped Featuring Roshun Patel | Weekly Roundup8/22/20258
Where Are We In The Cycle, ETHs Outperformance & The Perpification of Markets8/21/20256
What Liquid Funds Are Buying Featuring Seth Ginns & Cosmo Jiang8/18/20257
The Ether Machine Chairman: Real Risk of DATs And Who Wins From Stripe And Circle’s Chains | Weekly Roundup8/15/20254
How to Launch a Token (Legally) Featuring Miles Jennings & Eddy Lazzarin Of a16z Crytrpo8/11/20255
No Top Signal In Sight | Weekly Roundup8/8/20255
Hivemind: Don’t Sleep on Ethena, Bull Case for Galaxy & The Hyperliquid Future8/7/20256
The Bull Case For GLXY With Duncan & Rittenhouse Research8/4/20254
Nearing The DAT Peak With Avichal Garg | Weekly Roundup8/1/20250
Charles Hoskinson: ADA Is A Better Investment Than BTC7/28/20254
Hivemind: Ethena Founder, the GENIUS Act & Overvalued L1s7/26/20255
Don’t Overtrade The Retail Cycle With Jason Yanowitz & Rob Hadick | Weekly Roundup7/25/20255
DC Crypto Week Takeaways With Rebecca Rettig & Alexander Grieve7/21/20256
The Bull Market Confirmed With Santi & Yano | Weekly Roundup7/18/20255
The Bull Market Confirmed With Santi & Yano7/18/20255
The Crypto Treasury Playbook With Ben Forman & Josh Solesbury From ParaFi Capital7/14/20255
Winners & Losers From PUMP’S ICO With Santi, Yano & Rob Hadick | Weekly Roundup7/11/20257
Hivemind: Pump.Fun Sale, Prediction Markets & ETH Comeback?7/10/20254
How Arbitrum Landed Robinhood With A.J. Warner & Steven Goldfeder7/7/20255
It’s A Bull Market But Not The One You Wanted With Rob Hadick & Santiago Santos | Weekly Roundup7/4/20255
Crypto Meets Cards: Shaping the Future of Commerce Featuring Ivan Soto-Wright & Sherri Haymond | Permissionless IV Fireside Chat | Bonus Episode7/3/20255
The Convergence of Crypto & Legacy Financial Rails Featuring Ivan Soto-Wright & Sherri Haymond | Permissionless IV Fireside Chat | Bonus Episode7/3/20255
How to Build Through Bull & Bear Markets With Konstantin Richter | Permissionless IV Fireside Chat | Bonus Episode7/1/20255
Macro Updates, Industry Narratives & Big Tech Coming For Crypto | Permissionless IV Recap Bonus Ep6/30/20256
Bell Curve X Empire | Prediction Markets, Crypto’s Mag 7 & Stablecoin Growth | Weekly Roundup6/27/20256
Hivemind: Crypto Feels Stuck, BTC DeFi & Ditching Staking6/26/20255
Polygon’s Comeback & Katana’s Impact On The Agglayer Featuring Sandeep Nailwal And Marc Boiron6/23/20256
Polygon’s Recovery Plan & Katana’s Impact On The Agglayer Featuring Sandeep Nailwal And Marc Boiron6/23/20255
Supra’s Vision For Automatic DeFi aka AutoFi Featuring Joshua Tobkin6/21/20254
AutoFi | Where AI, Oracles and Automation Meet Featuring Joshua Tobkin6/21/20256
Token Transparency And The Hot Ball of Money (Hyperliquid/Circle) | Weekly Roundup6/20/20256
Introducing The Token Transparency Framework With Dan Smith, Louis T and Felipe Montealegre6/18/20253
The State Of Crypto Derivatives With Shiliang Tang and Josh Lim6/16/20258
Takeaways from the SEC Roundtable and Privy Acquisition | Weekly Roundup6/13/20255
Takeaways from the SEC Roundtable and Privy Acquisition | Roundup6/13/20255
Takeaways from the SEC Roundtable and Privy Acquisition6/13/20255
Hivemind: Circle Valuation, Pump.Fun Token & What We’re Bullish6/12/20257
How Venture Is Navigating Crypto IPOs Featuring Rob Hadick & Diogo Mónica6/9/20256
Don’t Midcurve Circle and PumpFun | Weekly Roundup6/6/20255
Don’t Midcurve Circle and PumpFun6/6/20254
Debate: How to Value an L1 Token6/2/20254
Debate: How to Value an L1 Token With Dan Smith and Jonah Weinstein6/2/20253
LIVE Hivemind: Crypto Treasury Companies, Sui Hack & Solana’s New Consensus5/31/20256
Consensus Bets Pay Off In 2025 | Weekly Roundup5/30/20255
The Bitcoin Treasury Playbook With Tyler Evans & Josh Solesbury5/26/20255
The Bull Case For Ethereum | Tom Dunleavy & Ryan Berckmans5/19/20253
The Bull Case For Ethereum5/19/20254
The Next Phase of the Bull Market | Weekly Roundup5/16/20253
Hivemind: ETH Pump, Solana’s Edge & the New Meme Meta5/15/20256
Why Apollo Created Their Onchain Credit Fund | Christine Moy, Carlos Domingo & Tarun Chitra5/12/20255
Coinbase Buys Deribit, Stripe’s Stablecoin Launch, and Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade | Weekly Roundup5/9/20255
Coinbase Buys Deribit, Stripe’s Stablecoin Launch, and Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade5/9/20255
Token2049 Takeaways (Live) | Weekly Roundup5/7/20255
The Ultimate Coinbase Debate: Can It Survive? | Jeff Dorman5/5/20256
Hivemind: Does Bitcoin Have More Fuel to Run?5/1/20254
BlackRock's Crypto Strategy With Samara Cohen4/28/20256
Zora & The Future Of Crypto Media | Weekly Roundup4/25/20254
Zora and the Future of Crypto Media | Weekly Roundup4/25/20254
The End Game For Stablecoins With Edward Woodford4/21/20254
Beyond the Hype: Crypto’s Next Chapter | Weekly Roundup4/18/20256
Hivemind: Bitcoin Decoupling, US Trade Deficits & Worldcoin4/17/20254
The Biggest Market Crash Since 2020, What Next? | Felix Jauvin & Quinn Thompson4/14/20256
The Biggest Market Crash Since 2020, What Next?4/14/20256
How To Position During A Market Crash | Weekly Roundup4/11/20257
Ethereum Co-Founder: Why Crypto Has Failed | Gavin Wood4/7/20254
The Trump Tariff Dump | 1000x4/4/20256
Hivemind: Liberation Day, Timing Token Launches & Circle IPO4/3/20255
Why Stablecoins Are Crypto's Biggest Opportunity | Charlie Noyes & Bam Azizi3/31/20255
Why Stablecoins Are Crypto's Killer Use Case | Charlie Noyes & Bam Azizi3/31/20254
ChatGPT's Breakout Moment, Binance vs Hyperliquid & The Exchange Wars | Weekly Roundup3/28/20255
Why Institutions Are Bullish With Eric Peters3/26/20254
What It Takes To Build In Crypto | Stani Kulechov & Jack O'Holleran3/24/20254
What It Takes to Build in Crypto | Stani Kulechov & Jack O'Holleran3/24/20254
Takeaways From DAS 2025 | Weekly Roundup3/21/20257
Hivemind: Peak Macro Uncertainty, Hyperliquid Bull Case & the New Era of Programming3/20/20255
The State Of Crypto Lending | Membrane Labs3/17/20255
Membrane Labs3/17/20255
Why Is This Cycle Different? | Weekly Roundup3/14/20256
Why Is This Cycle Different?3/14/20257
The Overton Window Is Shifting | Anthony Pompliano3/10/20254
Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, Crime, and the Ethereum Foundation3/7/20255
Hivemind: Macro News Bearish, Crypto News Bullish & What We’re Bidding3/6/20255
Cycles Don’t End Before They Start | David Kalk & Pranav Kanade3/3/20256
Why Is Everyone So Bearish? | Weekly Roundup2/28/20257
Why Is Everyone So Bearish?2/28/20257
Memes are Dead, Long Live the Memes | Nick Tomaino2/24/20256
Crypto’s Momentum Shift, Kaito’s Token Launch, and Bridging UX | Roundup2/21/20256
How Trump became a Bitcoiner | David Bailey2/17/20256
The Bitcoin Strategy In 2025 | David Bailey2/17/20254
Hivemind: Fate of ETH, Initia with Zon, & OpenAI's Deep Research2/15/20256
Why Santi Is Launching An L1 | Weekly Roundup2/14/20255
Crypto's Ultimate End State With Avery Ching2/10/20253
Where Are We In The Cycle? | Weekly Roundup2/7/20255
Where Are We In The Cycle?2/7/20255
1000x: Trading Crypto's Weekend Meltdown2/4/20258
Making Nuclear Markets Work Onchain | Alex Dolesky, Uranium Digital2/3/20255
Why DeepSeek Disrupted Markets & How Tokens Are The New GTM | Roundup1/31/20256
Hivemind: Finding Crypto's Top, AI Selloff, and Navigating SOL's Unlock1/30/20257
The Hidden Costs of USDC | Nathan McCauley & Charles Cascarilla1/27/20253
Trump Keeps Delivering on Crypto Promises | Roundup1/24/20256
$TRUMP Takeaways | Livestream1/21/20256
The Real Strategy of Optimism's Superchain | Ben Jones & Ryan Wyatt1/20/20254
Crypto Needs Its iPhone Moment | James Zhang1/18/20258
What's Wrong with Crypto Data (And How To Fix It) | Roundup1/17/20253
Hivemind: AI Frameworks, Bitcoin L2s, and Death of OG Memes1/16/20255
Binance's CEO on the New Binance Vision | Richard Teng1/13/20255
Binance's CEO on How Regulation Has Become Their Edge | Richard Teng1/13/20255
The US is NOT selling $6.5B Bitcoin | Aidan Larkin, Asset Reality1/10/20253
Our 2025 Predictions1/6/20259
Hivemind: Crypto's 2024 Winners & Losers, Bitcoin's 2025 Price Target, and AI Agent Mania1/4/20257
Inside AI's GPU Economy & Infrastructure Boom | Sam Hogan, Kuzco1/3/20255
The Hidden Costs of ETH's Big Bet | Alex Botte & Alexander Pack12/30/20246
ETH's Modular Bet Will Work | Alex Botte & Alexander Pack12/30/20245
Investing in Crypto's Next App Wave with 6th Man Ventures | Mike Dudas & Carl Vogel12/23/20248
Luca Netz on the Pudgy Penguin Airdrop | Roundup12/20/20244
Creating Token Communities, Building Consumer Brands, and The Future of NFTs | Luca Netz, Pudgy Penguins12/20/20243
Hivemind: Bitcoin's 2025 Momentum, AI Agent Platform Wars, and Liquid vs Private Markets12/19/20245
Building a Crypto Portfolio for 2025 | Dan Matuszewski & Roshun Patel12/17/20246
Movement Lab's Token Launch & Ecosystem Strategy | Rushi Manche12/13/20246
Movement Labs' Token Launch & Ecosystem Strategy | Rushi Manche12/13/20244
Inside the Hidden Power Struggles of Bitcoin Upgrades | Steve Lee & Ren12/10/20242
Hivemind: BTC's $100K Run, Ethena's Yield Meta, and Our Bull Market Bets12/7/20245
Timing Cycle Tops, AI Narrative Trade, and Bitcoin's Nation-State Adoption | Qiao Wang12/6/20245
Did Memecoins Ruin This Cycle? | Haseeb & Avichal12/3/20247
Tornado Cash's Victory, PumpFun Content Moderation, and Geopolitical BTC Demand | Roundup11/29/20244
ParaFi's 10 Crypto Predictions for 2030 | Ben Forman & Kevin Yedid-Botton11/26/20249
Hivemind: Saylor's MSTR Premium Playbook & Financializing AI Agents11/23/20247
Crypto's Euphoria, Mass Stablecoin Adoption, and What Santi's Buying | Roundup11/22/20246
What Institutions are Actually Buying this Cycle | Eric Peters, One River & Coinbase Asset Management11/19/20248
Coinbase’s Listing Frenzy, Massive ETF Flows, and Bull Market Phases | Roundup11/15/20247
Inside Baseball of Building a Crypto Brand | Austin Federa & Ekram Ahmed11/14/20245
Inside Crypto's First Breakout Game: Off The Grid | Theodore Agranat, Gunzilla11/12/20244
Hivemind: Trump's Clean Sweep, the Bitcoin Reserve, and Finding the Fastest Horse11/9/20249
Trump's Win, Portfolio Positioning, and Crypto's Return to the US | Roundup11/8/20246
Bridge Founder on Their $1.1B Stripe Acquisition | Zach Abrams11/5/20243
Bridge's $1.1b Exit, Crypto's Voting Power, and a Token Unlock Playbook | Roundup11/1/20244
Is Bitcoin About To Break New Highs? | Will Clemente10/31/20247
The Real Reason Kraken Built an L2 | Andrew Koller & Hilmar Orth10/29/20244
The AI Memecoin Meta, ETH vs SOL & Stripe's Bridge Acquisition | Hivemind10/26/20244
Hivemind: The AI Memecoin Meta, ETH vs SOL & Stripe's Bridge Acquisition10/26/20247
How Storytellers Made Memecoins Matter | Roundup10/25/20245
Santi's Favorite Memecoins and What Kraken's L2 Means | Roundup10/25/20245
Emp 10.25 RU10/25/20247
Roundup: Santi's favorite memes and Kraken's L210/25/20245
Santi's Favorite Memes and Kraken's L2 | Roundup10/25/20246
The Founder’s Journey (And Return) | Antonio Juliano, dYdX10/22/20240
The Reality of Bitcoin's Election Correlation | The Giver10/19/20244
Behind Crypto Conferences, Taking More Risks, and Crypto's $30T Private Equity Frontier | Roundup10/18/20246
Behind Crypto Conferences, Taking More Risks, and Crypto's Private Equity Frontier | Roundup10/18/20244
How Unichain and Geopolitics Are Redefining Crypto's Value | Avichal Garg & Michael Anderson10/14/20245
Hivemind: What UniChain Means, Return of Memecoins, and Crypto’s AAA Gaming Moment10/12/20244
Why Bandwidth is Still Undervalued in Crypto | Logan Jastremski10/8/20247
A Founder’s Mindset, DePIN’s Breakthrough, and Stablecoin Models | Roundup10/4/20247
Why Crypto's Capital Allocation is Broken | Jordi Alexander10/1/20247
Hivemind: Conference Circuit, VC Coin Comebacks, and Crypto's Next Narrative9/28/20247
Why We're Uncomfortably Bullish on Crypto | Roundup9/27/20245
The Case for a New internet | Curtis Yarvin & Jake Brukhman, Urbit9/24/20243
The Case for a New Internet | Curtis Yarvin & Jake Brukhman, Urbit9/24/20245
Asia's Crypto Boom, Stablecoin Wars, and Crypto's Global Shifts | Roundup9/20/20246
Are We Overhyping AI in Crypto? | Casey Caruso & Mohamed Baioumy9/17/20246
All-In Summit, Inevitable Superintelligence, and Crypto's Role | Hivemind9/14/20247
What the West Misunderstands about Crypto in Asia | Allen Ng, Everest Venture Group9/13/20244
How Crypto Fixes the Internet Monopoly | Neil Cha, DAWN & Andrena9/10/20245
How Crypto Fixes the Internet Monopoly | Neil Chatterjee, DAWN & Andrena9/10/20243
EMP 9.69/6/20245
Is Crypto Quietly Quitting? | Roundup9/6/20245
Is MegaETH the AWS of Crypto Infrastructure? | Namik and Shuyao9/3/20241
Gasless Crypto, Finding Narrative Market Fit, and Surviving Hype Cycles | Jack O'Holleran, Skale9/2/20241
What Durov's Arrest Means, Maker's Sky Money Pivot and Crypto's Censorship Bull Case | Hivemind8/31/20244
What Durov's Arrest Means, Maker's Skynet Pivot and Crypto's Censorship Bull Case | Hivemind8/31/20243
Why the Dollar's Stablecoin Update is Inevitable | Jeremy Allaire, Circle8/30/20244
How Global Liquidity Cycles Drive Crypto's $100T Target | Raoul Pal & Dan Tapiero8/27/20243
How Delphi Digital Turned $1M into $1.2B in Crypto | Jose, Yan, Anil8/23/20248
Building the Perfect Crypto Ecosystem in 2024 | Keone & Smokeythebera8/20/20245
Did Ethereum Scaling Hurt DeFi's Potential? | The Hivemind8/17/20244
Market Dynamics, Token Valuations, Eth vs Sol Scaling, and Crypto Politics | The Hivemind8/17/20246
wBTC Concerns, EigenLayer Ethics, and Kamala's New Advisors | Roundup8/16/20242
Why Crypto's Regulatory Crackdown Might have Peaked | Roundup8/16/20242
Unlocking Modular Solana: The End of L2 Tradeoffs? | Anil Kumar8/13/20241
Solana on Ethereum: The End of L2 Tradeoffs? | Anil Kumar8/13/20241
Are We Actually in a New Cycle? | Roundup8/9/20247
Mastering the Psychology of Crypto Cycles | David Kalk & Jeff Park8/6/20243
ETFs: Crypto's Path to ATHs in 2024 | Matt Hougan8/2/20242
Why Air Rights are Trading on Crypto Rails | Jonathan Dockrell, SkyTrade7/30/20246
How Bitcoin Entering the Fed Changes Crypto Forever | Roundup7/26/20246
Death of Crypto Venture? Rethinking Crypto Fund Strategies | Tushar Jain & Ray Hindi7/23/20243
How Politics is Reshaping Crypto's Future | Roundup7/19/20241
How Crypto Solves the Global Money Problem | Paul Bances, PayPal7/16/20241
How Crypto Solves the Global Money Problem | Paul Bances, Paypal7/16/20241
What Makes Crypto Conferences Valuable | Roundup7/12/20244
Why Crypto Needs Better Insurance Models | Drew Patel, Karak7/9/20241
Why GPS Needs Crypto to Evolve | Mike & Christopher, GEODNET7/5/20241