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Crypto Hipster
by Jamil Hasan
Making sense of the digital economy—through the people building it.Where builders talk freedom, not price.The Crypto Hipster Podcast features conversations with founders, entrepreneurs, and independent creators shaping what comes next.This is not a traditional interview show. These are perspective-driven conversations focused on insight, conviction, and the realities of building in a rapidly changing world.We go beyond headlines, beyond hype, and beyond price—to explore ownership, freedom, and opportunity in the digital economy.Some episodes are conversations. Some are reflections.All are designed to help you understand what’s being built—and why it matters.
Episodes
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Beyond the Algorithm: Trust, Truth, and the Future of Decentralized Information | Billy Luedtke, Intuition
Who decides what information we can trust in an increasingly AI-driven world? In this episode of Crypto Hipster, host Jamil Hasan welcomes back Billy Luedtke, founder of Intuition, for a thought-provoking conversation about decentralized identity, information ownership, reputation…
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From Infrastructure to Investment Edge: Cycles, Conviction, and the Next Era of Digital Assets | Courtney Olujobi, Moon Pursuit Capital
What separates believing in a revolutionary technology from knowing whether it's a good investment? In this episode of Crypto Hipster, host Jamil Hasan welcomes Courtney Olujobi, Principal of Portfolio and Investment Strategy at Moon Pursuit Capital, for a conversation about investment…
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Beyond Tokenization: Building Systems That Outlive Their Founders | Yassir Haouati, Brickken
What does it take to build infrastructure that no longer depends on its creator? In this episode of Crypto Hipster, host Jamil Hasan welcomes Yassir Haouati, Co-Founder and COO of Brickken, for a conversation about real-world asset tokenization, institutional adoption, governance, and the…
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The Most Valuable Thing in a Trustless World: A Founder's Journey with Jason Carpenter
What is the most valuable thing in a trustless world? Jason Carpenter, founder of EtherBridge, joins Jamil Hasan on the Crypto Hipster Podcast for a conversation that begins with his family’s experience in Zimbabwe and ultimately reaches the future of open financial infrastructure. Jason traces…
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Who Owns Risk? Pricing the Risk in DeFi with Marko Zelman
Who owns risk in DeFi? Jamil Hasan sits down with Marko Zelman, co-founder of Tapir Protocol, to trace a founder journey that began in finance and e-commerce before moving through crypto hackathons, liquid staking, protocol design, Marinade, SSV Network, and ultimately Tapir. The conversation...
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Fixing the Broken Pipelines: Ryan Kirkley on How Money Moves
What actually happens after you hit “send”? Ryan Kirkley, founder and CEO of Global Settlement Network, joins Jamil Hasan to explore the infrastructure underneath the movement of money—and why much of the world still relies on systems that are slow, expensive, fragmented, and difficult to…
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Who Stewards Bitcoin? Paul Sztorc on Governance, Drivechain, and the Cost of Complacency
Paul Sztorc, co-founder and CEO of LayerTwo Labs, inventor of Drivechain, and author of BIP 300 and BIP 301, joins Jamil Hasan for a wide-ranging conversation about Bitcoin’s future. They explore Drivechain, scaling, sidechains, miner incentives, Lightning, Ethereum, and the tension between...
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Building Global Payments: Trust, Complexity and What Really Matters with Leone Parise, Trace Finance
Leone Parise, Co-Founder and CTO of Trace Finance, joins Jamil Hasan to explore the journey from engineer to fintech founder. Leone discusses his early work in crypto and Trust Wallet, the realities of building global payment infrastructure, and why regulation, banking relationships, compliance,...
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Conviction Without Stubbornness: Utkarsh Ahuja on Investing, Risk and What Comes Next
What separates conviction from stubbornness? In this episode of the Crypto Hipster Podcast, Jamil Hasan sits down with Utkarsh Ahuja, founder of Moon Pursuit Capital, for a conversation about investing, risk, emerging technology, and the lessons that come from being wrong. Utkarsh traces his...
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Founder's Journey: There Are No More Moats — Tanner Taddeo, Stable Sea
Tanner Taddeo, CEO and co-founder of Stable Sea, joins Jamil Hasan to discuss what it means to build a company when both technology and markets are changing at extraordinary speed. Tanner shares the journey from Block to Stable Sea, why his team embraces constant experimentation, and why founders...
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Jupiter IV: What We Really Inherit
Jupiter IV: What We Really Inherit What happens when something you create becomes larger than you? In this solo episode of the Crypto Hipster Podcast, Jamil Hasan continues his journey through Inheriting Saturn by revisiting four conversations from the podcast archive—conversations that once…
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Building Trust After Betrayal, with Harvey Liu
What does it take to rebuild trust after years of broken promises? Harvey Liu shares his journey from computer science and venture capital to becoming a founder focused on transparency, responsibility, and long-term thinking. Together, we discuss leadership, conviction, stewardship, and what...
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Building Trust: The Infrastructure of Tomorrow, with Ludovico Rossi
What does it take to build trust in the next generation of financial infrastructure? In this episode of Crypto Hipster, I sit down with Ludovico Rossi, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Brickken, to explore the founder journey behind building institutional infrastructure for tokenized…
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Founder's Journey with Nancy Li: Building Trust Before Building Hype
Building Trust Before Building Hype | Nancy Li | Crypto Hipster Podcast What separates companies that gain lasting trust from those that simply generate attention? In this episode of the Crypto Hipster Podcast, Jamil Hasan sits down with Nancy Li, co-founder of Sevenfold, to explore...
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A Founder's Journey: Building Confidence, with Kyle Sonlin
What does it take to build trust in an industry that has lived through repeated cycles of hype, collapse, and reinvention? In this conversation, I sit down with Kyle Sonlin, Co-Founder & President of Global Settlement Network, to discuss the founder's journey behind the technology. Rather than...
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Founder's Journey with Andrey Didovskiy
Andrey Didovskiy is the Founder and CEO of Seasons, where he is building decentralized financial infrastructure focused on long-term incentives, yield generation, and sustainable on-chain systems. In this episode of the Crypto Hipster Podcast, we move beyond product announcements and token prices...
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Inheriting Saturn – Episode 4: Building Systems That Last
What allows a system to endure long after its creator steps away? In this episode of Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls, Jamil Hasan brings together four conversations that, on the surface, appear to have little in common—but together reveal one of the central themes of Inheriting Saturn. Featuring:...
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From Traditional Finance to Building the Future: A Founder's Journey with Kevin Lepsoe
What does it take to leave a successful career in traditional finance and build something entirely new? In this episode, Kevin Lepsoe reflects on his journey from the trading desks of traditional finance to entrepreneurship in Web3. We discuss the lessons of the 2008 financial crisis, navigating...
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Inheriting Saturn – Episode 3: Satoshi's Greatest Decision
Satoshi Nakamoto invented Bitcoin, but his greatest contribution may have been something far less technical: the decision to disappear. In this episode, I explore why stewardship begins when ownership ends, and why every founder eventually faces the same question: Can the system survive without…
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The Founder Behind the Architecture: A Conversation with Karl Kreder
Most conversations focus on technology. This one focuses on the person building it. Karl Kreder, Co-Founder of Dominant Strategies and an architect behind Quai Network, joins Crypto Hipster to discuss the founder's journey behind ambitious engineering. From academia and engineering to...
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Founder's Journey: Stablecoins, Brazil & Building Financial Infrastructure with Bernardo Brites
What does it take to build financial infrastructure that spans borders? In this Founder's Journey episode, Bernardo Brites shares how a curiosity about technology evolved into building Trace Finance, a company focused on connecting traditional finance with stablecoin-powered payments. We discuss...
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Founders Journey: Trust in the Age of AI
Artificial intelligence is reshaping digital trust. In this episode, Kat Cloud joins me to discuss identity verification, fraud prevention, and how organizations build trust in a world where AI makes impersonation increasingly convincing. Using the World Cup as a case study, we explore the…
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Inheriting Saturn – Episode 2: Four Solana Builders
In Episode 2 of Inheriting Saturn, Jamil Hasan explores the idea of stewardship through four founders building on Solana: Mitchell Gildenberg, Joanna Zeng, Chris Chung, and Michael Repetny. Rather than focusing on technology or market cycles, this episode asks what it means to inherit a system…
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Inheriting Saturn Series: The First Four Residents of Jupiter
Today we begin the Inheriting Saturn Series. This series asks a simple but profound question: When does a system stop belonging to its creator? Using examples from recovery, cryptocurrency, business, and institutional leadership, we explore the people who demonstrated that great systems don't...
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Founder's Journey: Agne Linge | Building Through Curiosity, Trust & the Early Days
Every founder has a beginning. Before blockchain, before digital assets, and before becoming a respected voice in the industry, Agne Linge was simply a young student fascinated by finance and determined to understand how the world worked. In this inaugural Founder's Journey episode of the Crypto...
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Crypto Hipster Manifesto E10: You Don't Own the System Anymore
Every founder begins with ownership. Every enduring system eventually requires stewardship. In this solo episode, I explore one of the most overlooked transitions in entrepreneurship: the moment when what you've built becomes bigger than you. What happens when a company, protocol, community, or...
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Signals Through the Noise: From Markets to Music
What happens when someone leaves the markets—not because they failed, but because they discovered another way to create? In this episode of Crypto Hipster, I sit down with Simon Mach to explore an unconventional journey from crypto trading to music. We discuss what markets teach us about...
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Crypto Hipster Manifesto E9: Diamond Hands
After nine years in crypto, I've learned that diamond hands aren't really about holding an asset. They're about holding a standard. In this solo episode, I explore how lessons learned through bull markets, bear markets, scams, losses, recoveries, and uncertainty have shaped the way I approach...
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Signals Through the Noise: Do Creators Need Permission Anymore?
Technology has given creators more tools than ever before. Yet many still depend on platforms, algorithms, and audiences to reach the people they hope to serve. Alex Genadinik of SPRK joins me to discuss creators, ownership, community, incentives, and whether the modern creator economy has...
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Crypto Hipster Manifesto E8: People Are People
Technology changes. People remain remarkably the same. In this solo episode, Jamil Hasan explores the question behind his upcoming book People Are People: What happens to us when the systems around us change? Drawing from hundreds of founder interviews, years in crypto, recovery, authorship…
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Signals Through the Noise: What is Bitcoin Mining Becoming?
What Is Bitcoin Mining Becoming? Bitcoin mining began as a cryptocurrency story. Today, it may be becoming something much larger. Sergii Gerasymovych of EZBlockchain joins me to discuss stranded energy, flare gas, infrastructure development, and why Bitcoin mining increasingly resembles an energy...
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Crypto Hipster Manifesto E7: Integrity Matters Most
What matters when nobody is watching? In this solo episode, I reflect on why integrity matters more than sales, visibility, influence, or convenience. Drawing from recovery, podcasting, and years of interviewing founders, I explore the role integrity plays in building trust, making decisions, and...
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Signals Through the Noise: What Did We Decentralize?
Everybody talks about staking as passive income. But underneath that narrative are bigger questions. Who secures the network? Who controls validation? Who holds custody? And what happens when institutional capital arrives? Ryan Haczynski of Global Stake joins me to discuss staking,...
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Signals Through the Noise: People Not AI Agents
Everyone seems excited about AI agents. The promise is simple: faster decisions, less friction, more automation. But what happens when those decisions involve real money, real risk, and real consequences? In this episode of the Crypto Hipster Podcast, I sit down with Karym Abdelrakhman, founder…
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Crypto Hipster Manifesto E7: Bitcoin Revealed
Most people think Bitcoin changed money. I think Bitcoin revealed people. In this solo episode, I reflect on nearly a decade inside the crypto industry and the lessons that emerged from hundreds of conversations with founders, builders, entrepreneurs, and creators. What began as an exploration of...
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Signals Through the Noise: The Trust Problem
Can authenticity create trust? In this conversation, Dr. Manny Ahmed of Open Origins explains how his team is building technology to verify the origin and integrity of digital content in an age increasingly shaped by AI-generated media. We explore the distinction between authenticity and...
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Signals Through the Noise: Ownership versus Reality
Crypto promised immutable ownership. Real-world law has other ideas. In this episode of the Crypto Hipster Podcast, Jamil Hasan sits down with Faisal Al Monai and Christopher Kelly of droppRWA to explore one of the biggest unresolved tensions inside tokenization and real-world assets: What…
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Crypto Hipster Manifesto E6: The Lost Message
Crypto promised freedom. Then speculation consumed the signal. In this solo episode, I explain why I walked away from “corporate crypto” interviews and why The Lost Message became necessary to write. This is not about price charts, tribalism, or recycled narratives. It is about what the original...
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Signals Through the Noise: Payments Are Still Broken
Most people never see the ugliest part of cross-border payments. Builders do. In this episode of the Crypto Hipster Podcast, I sit down with Ran Grushkowsky of MassPay to explore the hidden infrastructure behind global payouts, remittances, compliance, settlement friction, and the operational...
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Signals Through the Noise: Privacy Isn't Anonymity
Privacy in blockchain exists… until it doesn’t. In this episode, Jamil Hasan speaks with Varun Kabra of Concordium about the tension between privacy, identity, compliance, and scalability in modern blockchain systems. Rather than treating identity as the enemy of decentralization, this…
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Signals Through the Noise: Pixels Not People
What happens when gameplay becomes economic infrastructure? In this conversation with Luke Barwikowski, founder of Pixels, we explore AI-driven rewards, decentralization, digital ownership, and the tension between ideals and practical system design inside Web3 gaming. Because the real question…
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Crypto Hipster Manifesto E5: Signals Through the Noise
For years, the Crypto Hipster Podcast documented builders across the digital economy. But after more than 580 conversations, certain discussions stayed with me long after the recordings ended. Not because they were the loudest. Not because they generated the most views. And not because they were...
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Signals Through the Noise: The World AI Forgot
Most AI conversations begin from the assumption that the world already looks digitally uniform. It doesn’t. In this episode, Monti Kgengwenyane and Mithabisi Bokete with OrionX discuss building AI infrastructure across environments shaped by expensive connectivity, fragmented systems, limited...
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Crypto Hipster Manifesto E4: Pressure Reveals The Builder
Crypto was supposed to disrupt manufactured credibility. Instead, parts of the industry learned how to manufacture it too. In this episode of Crypto Hipster, Jamil Hasan explores why pressure—not titles, visibility, or polished narratives—reveals who actually understands the systems they speak...
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Signals Through the Noise: Exposure, Not Ownership
Exposure is not ownership. In this episode of Crypto Hipster, Jamil Hasan sits down with Alan Qureshi of Black Lake to examine what happens when real-world assets move onchain — and where the cracks still exist beneath the surface. Because tokenization sounds clean… until you ask the harder...
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Crypto Hipster Manifesto E3: I’m Not Competing With Your Podcast
I’ve been told I picked the wrong day. That Tuesdays are crowded. That I’m going up against bigger shows. Good. Because this isn’t about competing for attention. This episode breaks down the difference between building for launch… and building for longevity. Why most podcasts optimize for spikes—...
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Signals Through the Noise: The Hidden Risk in Crypto No One Is Talking About
Most people think crypto’s biggest risk is volatility. It’s not. It’s uncertainty in the data itself. In this conversation, Victor Fei from Ormi and I break down how the data layer works, where it fails, and what happens when systems rely on signals that might not be right.This isn’t about price....
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I Stopped Renting Attention — And Started Building Something That Compounds
I didn’t leave X because it failed. I left because I realized something most people still don’t understand: You don’t own your audience. For years, I played the game—posting, engaging, building visibility. It looked like progress. It felt like momentum. But attention isn’t ownership. It’s rented....
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Crypto Hipster Manifesto: Why I Stopped Interviewing Corporate Crypto
I stopped interviewing corporate crypto. Not because I ran out of guests...but because the conversations stopped being real. At some point, everyone started sounding the same. Same backgrounds. Same narratives. Same polished answers. So I changed the rules. This episode is a reset on what the...
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Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls, Ep.67 (FINALE): Jump? Taking the Leap Out From the Pains of the Old World and Into the Joys of the Web3 Future
This is the sixty-seventh and final episode in the Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls Series, which includes 3–4-minute clips from Seasons 6-8. This compilation draws upon my conversations with: Haden Patrick, Director of Business Operations @ Cordial Systems (6/5/2024, Season 7) Karan Bharadwaj, CEO…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Making sense of the digital economy—through the people building it.Where builders talk freedom, not price.The Crypto Hipster Podcast features conversations with founders, entrepreneurs, and independent creators shaping what comes next.This is not a traditional interview show. These are perspective-driven conversations focused on insight, conviction, and the realities of building in a rapidly changing world.We go beyond headlines, beyond hype, and beyond price—to explore ownership, freedom, and opportunity in the digital economy.Some episodes are conversations. Some are reflections.All are designed to help you understand what’s being built—and why it matters.
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