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All Episodes

Galaxy Brains — 239 episodes

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1

Crypto Market Cycles with Dan Matuszewski

2

Building Corporations Onchain with Gabriel Shapiro

3

Bitcoin Rips as Dollar Dips with Beimnet Abebe

4

The Red Team Defending Bitcoin with Rob Hamilton

5

The State of CLARITY Act with Natalia Li

6

Datacenter Expansion and Strategy with Simrit Dhinsa

7

Can Bitcoin Survive AI & Quantum? with Nic Carter

8

Compute Capital Markets with Lucas Tcheyan

9

The State of Bitcoin with Alex Thorn

10

Predicting the Future with Gil Wassermann

11

CZ on the Future of Crypto

12

AI Eats Wall Street Research with Anthony Pompliano

13

Bitcoin Bear Market vs. Blockchain Bull Market with Beimnet Abebe & James Seyffart

14

MIAMI TAPES: Yat Siu (Animoca Brands)

15

Operation Chokepoint 2.0 and the Future of Banking with Scott Shay

16

MIAMI TAPES: Blue Macellari (T-Rowe Price)

17

Anchorage and the Charter Wars with Nathan McCauley

18

MIAMI TAPES: Johann Kerbrat (Robinhood)

19

Bitcoin Debates Spam & Quantum with Matt Corallo

20

Crypto is Eating Finance with Arjun Sethi

21

Bitcoin Descends on Las Vegas w/ Alex Thorn

22

Building Bitcoin While Battling Cancer with Becca Rubenfeld

23

Is the Quantum Threat to Bitcoin Real? with Alex Pruden

24

Open Blockchains Are The Future w/ Mert

25

Nakamoto’s Next Phase with David Bailey

26

The Great Convergence of Crypto & TradFi w/ Alex Thorn

27

Comparing Today to Bear Markets of the Past with Dan Matuszewski

28

Will Agent Swarms Price the Future on Prediction Markets? with Zack Pokorny

29

The Banks are Wrong on Stablecoin Yield with Omid Malekan

30

Crypto Policy & The Future of Multicoin with Greg Xethalis

31

State of the Bitcoin Bear Market with Beimnet Abebe

32

Bitcoin Mining vs. AI w/ Will Foxley

33

Zero Knowledge & Quantum w/ Eli Ben-Sasson

34

Crypto Market Structure Bill Hits Roadblocks with Alex Sternhell & Chris Maneval

35

Assessing Bitcoin Market Conditions with Beimnet Abebe

36

2026 is a Year for Building with Mike Novogratz

37

Michael Saylor & The Ultimate Bitcoin Strategy

38

Tokens, DeFi, and Lending with Zack Pokorny

39

Pubkey’s Place in Bitcoin Culture with Thomas Pacchia

40

Defending Free Speech on the Web with Preston Byrne

41

Navigating the Bitcoin Bear Market with Beimnet Abebe

42

What Comes After Crypto with Anthony Pompliano

43

Animoca’s Bet on AI and Altcoins with Yat Siu

44

Solving America’s Problems with Anthony Scaramucci

45

Is the Bitcoin Bull Market Over? with James Check

46

Cambrian Stablecoin Explosion is Coming with Luca Prosperi

47

The Launch of GalaxyOne with Zac Prince

48

The College Kids Are Alright with Evan Solomon

49

Ethereum as the World’s Settlement Layer? With Vivek Raman

50

Solana’s Big Treasury Company with Kyle Samani

51

Bitcoin Treasury Strategies with Tim Kotzman & Ed Juline

52

Tokenizing GLXY with Robert Leshner

53

State of the Bitcoin Bull Market with James Check

54

Nothing Stops This Train with Lyn Alden

55

Crypto PR is Hard w/ Aubrey Strobel

56

Bitcoin Will Retire Your Bloodline with Udi Wertheimer

57

Stablecoins are Narrow Banks with Nic Carter

58

Bitcoin Flows at River with Alex Leishman

59

Bitcoin Treasury Companies with Jason Urban

60

Future of Blockchain Infrastructure with Zane Glauber and Harry Austin

61

Bitcoin Policy Summit Takes Over DC with Matthew Pines

62

Politics of Crypto Legislation with Austin Campbell

63

Life After Bitcoin with Peter McCormack

64

Should MicroStrategy Do Proof of Reserves? with Sam Abbassi

65

The Philosophy of Bitcoin w/ Brad Rettler

66

Galaxy’s Nasdaq Debut w/ Mike Novogratz

67

The DOJ’s Case Against Samourai Wallet With Zack Shapiro

68

Strategic Bitcoin Reserve With Matt Pines

69

Galaxy Research’s First Governance Proposal With Zack Pokorny

70

The State of Crypto Lending w/ Max Bareiss

71

Is the Bull Market Over? with James Check

72

Kraken’s View of the Crypto World w/ Arjun Sethi

73

Future of Institutional Crypto Trading w/ Anton Katz

74

Future of Bitcoin Adoption w/ Preston Pysh

75

Will Bitcoin Upgrade w/ Will Foxley

76

Crypto’s Existential Threat w/ Jake Chervinsky

77

Bitcoin Businesses Are Thriving w/ Marty Bent

78

Clash of the Titans w/ Dan Morehead & Mike Novogratz

79

The New SEC w/ Hester Peirce

80

Bitcoin Reserve Is Back In Play w/ Natalia Li

81

Trump, Bitcoin, and USA w/ David Bailey

82

What Trump’s Inauguration Means for Crypto w/ Tyler Williams

83

Crypto Markets Stay Interesting w/ Dan Matuszewski (CMS)

84

Will Stocks Go on the Blockchain? w/ Omid Malekan

85

Building the Biggest Bitcoin Miner w/ Paul Giordano (MARA)

86

PubKey Founder on Trump’s Bitcoin Burger w/ Thomas Pacchia

87

Michael Saylor on BTC at $100K and the Future of MicroStrategy

88

Is This Time Different? w/ Sam Callahan

89

How the US Should Store the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve w/ Rob Hamilton

90

Bitcoin Is My Job w/ American Hodl

91

What Bitcoin Adoption Looks Like w/ Cory Klippsten

92

Trump Win and Bitcoin

93

What an SEC Pivot on Crypto Looks Like w/ Coy Garrison

94

How to Trade the Election with Quinn Thompson

95

Using Bitcoin Data to Predict Tops & Bottoms w/ Checkmate

96

HONG KONG TAPES: Chris Yu (SignalPlus)

97

HONG KONG TAPES: Zhang Bing (Avenir Crypto)

98

SINGAPORE TAPES: Arthur0x (DeFiance)

99

The State of the Economy w/ Beimnet Abebe

100

SINGAPORE TAPES: Alex Svanevik (Nansen)

101

SINGAPORE TAPES: Joe McCann (Asymmetric)

102

Digital ID is the Big Unlock w/ Yat Siu (Animoca)

103

Expanding the Galaxy in Asia with John Cahill

104

Bitcoin and the Future of DeFi w/ Dan Held

105

What is Trump’s World Liberty Financial w/ Thad Pinakiewicz

106

The State of Crypto w/ Alex Thorn

107

Telegram & Free Speech w/ Preston Byrne

108

Future of Stablecoins? w/ Luca Prosperi

109

Democrats Also Like Crypto w/ Ritchie Torres

110

Crawling the Spiderchain w/ Willem Schroé

111

NASHVILLE TAPES: Casey Rodarmor

112

NASHVILLE TAPES: Christian Catalini

113

NASHVILLE TAPES: Craig Warmke

114

NASHVILLE TAPES: Dylan LeClair

115

NASHVILLE TAPES: Steven Lubka

116

NASHVILLE TAPES: Harry Sudock

117

The Bitcoin Election w/ David Bailey (Bitcoin Magazine)

118

Building a Bitcoin Brokerage w/ Alex Leishman (River)

119

Securing Your Assets Today & Tomorrow w/ Lior Lamesh

120

From the Commodity Pit to the Crypto Peak w/ Jason Urban

121

Uncovering Crypto Alpha w/ Chris Rhine

122

Media, Memes, and Machinations w/ Mike Dudas

123

Crypto’s Biggest Troll w/ Gwart

124

AI Will Displace Every Job w/ Nic Carter

125

Markets Are Shifting w/ Beimnet Abebe

126

SEC Unexpectedly Expedites ETH ETF w/ Eric Balchunas

127

Where Crypto Goes Next w/ Mike Novogratz

128

Why Stablecoins Make Sense w/ Austin Campbell

129

Bitcoin Fees & Governance w/ Murch (Chaincode)

130

Bitcoin Mining After the Halving w/ Brian Wright (Galaxy)

131

Bitcoin Cycles and Halvings w/ Sam Callahan (Swan)

132

Mr. Satoshi Goes to Washington w/ Tyler Williams

133

Making Bitcoin Magical w/ Rijndael (Taproot Wizards)

134

Blockspace as a Commodity w/ Will Nuelle

135

Unpacking the Crypto “Cycle” w/ Quinn Thompson (Lekker Capital)

136

How Crypto VC Will Evolve w/ Matt Walsh (Castle Island)

137

Bitcoin ZK-Rollups Are Coming w/ Orkun Kilic (Chainway)

138

USA Capital Markets Need Innovation w/ Hester Peirce

139

Building a Tradfi Crypto Exchange w/ John Palmer (Cboe Digital)

140

What DAOs are Getting Very Wrong w/ Michael Marcantonio

141

Can America Survive? w/ Rep. Tom Emmer

142

Bitcoin is a Cheat Code for Businesses Worldwide w/ Peter McCormack

143

The Game Will Change w/ Dan Matuszewski (CMS)

144

Why Privacy Matters w/ Jameson Lopp (Casa)

145

Bitcoin ETFs Finally Launch w/ Eric Balchunas (Bloomberg)

146

Is Crypto Back? w/ Mike Novogratz

147

Do You Own Your Crypto? w/ Sam Abbassi

148

The Senate Bill Coming to Kill Crypto w/ Peter Van Valkenburgh

149

Urbit is the New Internet w/ Christian Langalis

150

Bitcoin Culture Clash w/ Pete Rizzo

151

CZ Pleads Guilty w/ Beimnet Abebe

152

What's Happening With Solana? w/ Lucas Tcheyan

153

*LIVE* Galaxy Brains x On the Brink @ Pubkey NYC (Nov. 9, 2023)

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SBF is Cooked. What’s Next? w/ David Z. Morris

155

The PROOF Act w/ Sens. Tillis & Hickenlooper’s Staff

156

Can Blockchains Scale with “Modularity”? w/ Christine Kim

157

The Mining Game Has Changed w/ Austin Storms

158

Can DeFi Be Built on Bitcoin? w/ Tony Cai

159

Bitcoin Options Suggest Big Move Ahead w/ Kelly Greer

160

The Rise of Crypto Data & Analytics w/ Lucas Nuzzi

161

Why Coinbase is Adding Bitcoin’s Lightning Network w/ Viktor Bunin

162

The Biggest Things in Crypto w/ Galaxy Research

163

How Bitcoin is Changing Electrical Grids w/ Blake King (Galaxy Mining)

164

James Seyffart (Bloomberg) on Bitcoin ETFs

165

Trey Aslanian on Crypto Markets & Narratives

166

Will Foxley on Bitcoin & Crypto Media

167

Marty Bent (TFTC) on the Power of Bitcoin

168

Matt Cutler (Blocknative) on Ethereum Infrastructure & Development

169

Adam Zarazinski (Inca Digital) on Crypto Surveillance & Crime

170

Harry Sudock (GRIID) on Bitcoin Mining & Electrical Grids

171

Tim Grant (Galaxy) on Europe and Beyond

172

Dennis Pourteaux (Pourteaux.xyz) on Bitcoin & Institutions

173

Nick Neuman (Casa) on Self-Custody

174

Ram Ahluwalia (Lumida) on Crypto Self Regulation

175

Tyler Williams (Galaxy) on Washington’s Crypto Week

176

Ryan Selkis on American Crypto Policy

177

Nathaniel Whittemore (NLW) on Shifting Crypto Narratives

178

Bitcoin Miami w/ Drew Armstrong (Cathedra) and Thomas Pacchia (Pubkey)

179

Christine Kim (Galaxy) on Ethereum’s Finality Issue

180

Steve Kurz (Galaxy) on Opportunities in Crypto

181

Dan Held on Bitcoin History & Culture

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Nick Hansen (Luxor) on Bitcoin Infrastructure

183

Christine Kim (Galaxy) on Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade

184

Udi Wertheimer on Bitcoin & Taproot Wizards

185

Tyler Williams (Galaxy) on Washington & Crypto

186

Chris Tarbell (Former FBI) on Arresting Ross Ulbricht (Silk Road) and Privacy

187

Mike Novogratz (Galaxy) Reacts to the Fed & Thomas Pacchia (Pubkey) on Bitcoin

188

Omid Malekan (Columbia) on Trust & Finance

189

Christine Kim (Galaxy Research) on ETHDenver & Upcoming Ethereum Upgrades

190

Rob Hamilton (AnchorWatch) on Inscriptions & Bitcoin Miniscript

191

Alex Svanevik (Nansen) on Proof of Reserves

192

Austin Campbell (ex-Paxos) on Stablecoins & Regulation

193

Tim Grant on Crypto in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East

194

Casey Rodarmor on Ordinals & Inscriptions (Bitcoin NFTs)

195

Ethereum Upgrade, North Korea, and Jamie Dimon

196

Optimistic Rollups, Solana, and Markets

197

Jason Urban from the Option Pits to Galaxy

198

Crypto VC, Markets, and Macro

199

2022 Year in Review

200

Erik Voorhees on Crypto & Freedom

201

Caitlin Long (Custodia) on Bitcoin and the Future of Banking

202

Dan Matuszewski (CMS) on FTX, Tether, and Crypto History

203

Lucas Nuzzi on Tracking FTX & Alameda On-Chain

204

Nic Carter on Proof of Reserves

205

FTX, CPI, and Washington DC

206

Zero-Knowledge and the Future of Blockchain Scaling

207

NFT Royalties and MEV-Boost Adoption

208

Aptos and the Future of Blockspace

209

Tyler Williams on Crypto Reg and the Fed

210

Tim Grant and Crypto Around the World

211

Market Update, Bitcoin Payments, Blockchain Gaming

212

Ben Edgington on Ethereum & Proof of Stake

213

Michael Ashe on M&A in Crypto in a Bear Market

214

Bitcoin Mining Outlook for the Second Half of 2022

215

Jackson Hole, Arbitrum Nitro, Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Increase

216

Stephane Gosselin on Flashbots and MEV

217

NFTs: Licenses, Ownerships, Copyrights, & More

218

Tornado Cash, Stablecoins, & the Crypto Market

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219

Alex Gladstein on Bitcoin Activism

220

Fed rates, Central African Republic’s first digital coin, and AntPool’s $10M investment

221

Nic Carter on The Future of Blockchains

222

CPI Numbers, Stratum V2, MakerDAO SocGen Governance Vote

223

Round Table; Sepolia Merge Upgrade, Antminer S19, $540M Social Engineering Attack, and More

224

MakerDAO, BofA's Report, and the Gray Glacier Delay on Ethereum

225

The State of Crypto in Europe, and DeFi Markets Behavior

226

BEAR MARKET UPDATE

227

Lummis-Gillibrand bill, DeFi treasuries selling, and BAYC Discord Hack

228

Policy Developments in Washington, New Report on Solana, and Optimism’s Airdrop

229

Seth Green's stolen Board Ape, NFT IP, 7 block reorg on Ethereum, and Optimism removes 17,000 addresses

230

Bitcoin Mining, Coinbase Cloud & Figment staking services, and Polygon Nightfall Mainnet

231

UST Incident, Instagram NFT Debut, and Lido the ETH Liquid Staking Solution

232

Board Ape Yacht Club, Outage on The Solana Network, And Our Latest Research

233

Mining, Fidelity's New 401K BTC Exposure Offering, Optimism Token & More

234

Market Overview, New Coinbase NFT Platform, DYDX Upgrades, And Miami Us Conference of Mayors

235

Market Volatility, Bitcoin Transaction Fees, and Ethereum's Forthcoming Merge Upgrade

236

USDN, Binance U.S. Raise, and ERC4626

237

Terra Adds BTC Collateral, Liquid Staking on Ethereum Grows, Avalanche Unveils New Wallet

238

Opensea Supports Solana, Larson's $500MM POS campaign, and Vitalik & Pete Rizzo's thought pieces

239

Russian Sanctions, European Regulation, And Cryptopunks IP Acquisition