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All Episodes

Galaxy Brains — 232 episodes

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Compute Capital Markets with Lucas Tcheyan

2

The State of Bitcoin with Alex Thorn

3

Predicting the Future with Gil Wassermann

4

CZ on the Future of Crypto

5

AI Eats Wall Street Research with Anthony Pompliano

6

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

7

MIAMI TAPES: Yat Siu (Animoca Brands)

8

Operation Chokepoint 2.0 and the Future of Banking with Scott Shay

9

MIAMI TAPES: Blue Macellari (T-Rowe Price)

10

Anchorage and the Charter Wars with Nathan McCauley

11

MIAMI TAPES: Johann Kerbrat (Robinhood)

12

Bitcoin Debates Spam & Quantum with Matt Corallo

13

Crypto is Eating Finance with Arjun Sethi

14

Bitcoin Descends on Las Vegas w/ Alex Thorn

15

Building Bitcoin While Battling Cancer with Becca Rubenfeld

16

Is the Quantum Threat to Bitcoin Real? with Alex Pruden

17

Open Blockchains Are The Future w/ Mert

18

Nakamoto’s Next Phase with David Bailey

19

The Great Convergence of Crypto & TradFi w/ Alex Thorn

20

Comparing Today to Bear Markets of the Past with Dan Matuszewski

21

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

22

The Banks are Wrong on Stablecoin Yield with Omid Malekan

23

Crypto Policy & The Future of Multicoin with Greg Xethalis

24

State of the Bitcoin Bear Market with Beimnet Abebe

25

Bitcoin Mining vs. AI w/ Will Foxley

26

Zero Knowledge & Quantum w/ Eli Ben-Sasson

27

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

28

Assessing Bitcoin Market Conditions with Beimnet Abebe

29

2026 is a Year for Building with Mike Novogratz

30

Michael Saylor & The Ultimate Bitcoin Strategy

31

Tokens, DeFi, and Lending with Zack Pokorny

32

Pubkey’s Place in Bitcoin Culture with Thomas Pacchia

33

Defending Free Speech on the Web with Preston Byrne

34

Navigating the Bitcoin Bear Market with Beimnet Abebe

35

What Comes After Crypto with Anthony Pompliano

36

Animoca’s Bet on AI and Altcoins with Yat Siu

37

Solving America’s Problems with Anthony Scaramucci

38

Is the Bitcoin Bull Market Over? with James Check

39

Cambrian Stablecoin Explosion is Coming with Luca Prosperi

40

The Launch of GalaxyOne with Zac Prince

41

The College Kids Are Alright with Evan Solomon

42

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

43

Solana’s Big Treasury Company with Kyle Samani

44

Bitcoin Treasury Strategies with Tim Kotzman & Ed Juline

45

Tokenizing GLXY with Robert Leshner

46

State of the Bitcoin Bull Market with James Check

47

Nothing Stops This Train with Lyn Alden

48

Crypto PR is Hard w/ Aubrey Strobel

49

Bitcoin Will Retire Your Bloodline with Udi Wertheimer

50

Stablecoins are Narrow Banks with Nic Carter

51

Bitcoin Flows at River with Alex Leishman

52

Bitcoin Treasury Companies with Jason Urban

53

Future of Blockchain Infrastructure with Zane Glauber and Harry Austin

54

Bitcoin Policy Summit Takes Over DC with Matthew Pines

55

Politics of Crypto Legislation with Austin Campbell

56

Life After Bitcoin with Peter McCormack

57

Should MicroStrategy Do Proof of Reserves? with Sam Abbassi

58

The Philosophy of Bitcoin w/ Brad Rettler

59

Galaxy’s Nasdaq Debut w/ Mike Novogratz

60

The DOJ’s Case Against Samourai Wallet With Zack Shapiro

61

Strategic Bitcoin Reserve With Matt Pines

62

Galaxy Research’s First Governance Proposal With Zack Pokorny

63

The State of Crypto Lending w/ Max Bareiss

64

Is the Bull Market Over? with James Check

65

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

66

Future of Institutional Crypto Trading w/ Anton Katz

67

Future of Bitcoin Adoption w/ Preston Pysh

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Will Bitcoin Upgrade w/ Will Foxley

69

Crypto’s Existential Threat w/ Jake Chervinsky

70

Bitcoin Businesses Are Thriving w/ Marty Bent

71

Clash of the Titans w/ Dan Morehead & Mike Novogratz

72

The New SEC w/ Hester Peirce

73

Bitcoin Reserve Is Back In Play w/ Natalia Li

74

Trump, Bitcoin, and USA w/ David Bailey

75

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

76

Crypto Markets Stay Interesting w/ Dan Matuszewski (CMS)

77

Will Stocks Go on the Blockchain? w/ Omid Malekan

78

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

79

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

80

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

81

Is This Time Different? w/ Sam Callahan

82

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

83

Bitcoin Is My Job w/ American Hodl

84

What Bitcoin Adoption Looks Like w/ Cory Klippsten

85

Trump Win and Bitcoin

86

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

87

How to Trade the Election with Quinn Thompson

88

Using Bitcoin Data to Predict Tops & Bottoms w/ Checkmate

89

HONG KONG TAPES: Chris Yu (SignalPlus)

90

HONG KONG TAPES: Zhang Bing (Avenir Crypto)

91

SINGAPORE TAPES: Arthur0x (DeFiance)

92

The State of the Economy w/ Beimnet Abebe

93

SINGAPORE TAPES: Alex Svanevik (Nansen)

94

SINGAPORE TAPES: Joe McCann (Asymmetric)

95

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

96

Expanding the Galaxy in Asia with John Cahill

97

Bitcoin and the Future of DeFi w/ Dan Held

98

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

99

The State of Crypto w/ Alex Thorn

100

Telegram & Free Speech w/ Preston Byrne

101

Future of Stablecoins? w/ Luca Prosperi

102

Democrats Also Like Crypto w/ Ritchie Torres

103

Crawling the Spiderchain w/ Willem Schroé

104

NASHVILLE TAPES: Casey Rodarmor

105

NASHVILLE TAPES: Christian Catalini

106

NASHVILLE TAPES: Craig Warmke

107

NASHVILLE TAPES: Dylan LeClair

108

NASHVILLE TAPES: Steven Lubka

109

NASHVILLE TAPES: Harry Sudock

110

The Bitcoin Election w/ David Bailey (Bitcoin Magazine)

111

Building a Bitcoin Brokerage w/ Alex Leishman (River)

112

Securing Your Assets Today & Tomorrow w/ Lior Lamesh

113

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

114

Uncovering Crypto Alpha w/ Chris Rhine

115

Media, Memes, and Machinations w/ Mike Dudas

116

Crypto’s Biggest Troll w/ Gwart

117

AI Will Displace Every Job w/ Nic Carter

118

Markets Are Shifting w/ Beimnet Abebe

119

SEC Unexpectedly Expedites ETH ETF w/ Eric Balchunas

120

Where Crypto Goes Next w/ Mike Novogratz

121

Why Stablecoins Make Sense w/ Austin Campbell

122

Bitcoin Fees & Governance w/ Murch (Chaincode)

123

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

124

Bitcoin Cycles and Halvings w/ Sam Callahan (Swan)

125

Mr. Satoshi Goes to Washington w/ Tyler Williams

126

Making Bitcoin Magical w/ Rijndael (Taproot Wizards)

127

Blockspace as a Commodity w/ Will Nuelle

128

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

129

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

130

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

131

USA Capital Markets Need Innovation w/ Hester Peirce

132

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

133

What DAOs are Getting Very Wrong w/ Michael Marcantonio

134

Can America Survive? w/ Rep. Tom Emmer

135

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

136

The Game Will Change w/ Dan Matuszewski (CMS)

137

Why Privacy Matters w/ Jameson Lopp (Casa)

138

Bitcoin ETFs Finally Launch w/ Eric Balchunas (Bloomberg)

139

Is Crypto Back? w/ Mike Novogratz

140

Do You Own Your Crypto? w/ Sam Abbassi

141

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

142

Urbit is the New Internet w/ Christian Langalis

143

Bitcoin Culture Clash w/ Pete Rizzo

144

CZ Pleads Guilty w/ Beimnet Abebe

145

What's Happening With Solana? w/ Lucas Tcheyan

146

*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

148

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

149

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

150

The Mining Game Has Changed w/ Austin Storms

151

Can DeFi Be Built on Bitcoin? w/ Tony Cai

152

Bitcoin Options Suggest Big Move Ahead w/ Kelly Greer

153

The Rise of Crypto Data & Analytics w/ Lucas Nuzzi

154

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

155

The Biggest Things in Crypto w/ Galaxy Research

156

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

157

James Seyffart (Bloomberg) on Bitcoin ETFs

158

Trey Aslanian on Crypto Markets & Narratives

159

Will Foxley on Bitcoin & Crypto Media

160

Marty Bent (TFTC) on the Power of Bitcoin

161

Matt Cutler (Blocknative) on Ethereum Infrastructure & Development

162

Adam Zarazinski (Inca Digital) on Crypto Surveillance & Crime

163

Harry Sudock (GRIID) on Bitcoin Mining & Electrical Grids

164

Tim Grant (Galaxy) on Europe and Beyond

165

Dennis Pourteaux (Pourteaux.xyz) on Bitcoin & Institutions

166

Nick Neuman (Casa) on Self-Custody

167

Ram Ahluwalia (Lumida) on Crypto Self Regulation

168

Tyler Williams (Galaxy) on Washington’s Crypto Week

169

Ryan Selkis on American Crypto Policy

170

Nathaniel Whittemore (NLW) on Shifting Crypto Narratives

171

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

172

Christine Kim (Galaxy) on Ethereum’s Finality Issue

173

Steve Kurz (Galaxy) on Opportunities in Crypto

174

Dan Held on Bitcoin History & Culture

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Nick Hansen (Luxor) on Bitcoin Infrastructure

176

Christine Kim (Galaxy) on Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade

177

Udi Wertheimer on Bitcoin & Taproot Wizards

178

Tyler Williams (Galaxy) on Washington & Crypto

179

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

180

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

181

Omid Malekan (Columbia) on Trust & Finance

182

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

183

Rob Hamilton (AnchorWatch) on Inscriptions & Bitcoin Miniscript

184

Alex Svanevik (Nansen) on Proof of Reserves

185

Austin Campbell (ex-Paxos) on Stablecoins & Regulation

186

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

187

Casey Rodarmor on Ordinals & Inscriptions (Bitcoin NFTs)

188

Ethereum Upgrade, North Korea, and Jamie Dimon

189

Optimistic Rollups, Solana, and Markets

190

Jason Urban from the Option Pits to Galaxy

191

Crypto VC, Markets, and Macro

192

2022 Year in Review

193

Erik Voorhees on Crypto & Freedom

194

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

195

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

196

Lucas Nuzzi on Tracking FTX & Alameda On-Chain

197

Nic Carter on Proof of Reserves

198

FTX, CPI, and Washington DC

199

Zero-Knowledge and the Future of Blockchain Scaling

200

NFT Royalties and MEV-Boost Adoption

201

Aptos and the Future of Blockspace

202

Tyler Williams on Crypto Reg and the Fed

203

Tim Grant and Crypto Around the World

204

Market Update, Bitcoin Payments, Blockchain Gaming

205

Ben Edgington on Ethereum & Proof of Stake

206

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

207

Bitcoin Mining Outlook for the Second Half of 2022

208

Jackson Hole, Arbitrum Nitro, Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Increase

209

Stephane Gosselin on Flashbots and MEV

210

NFTs: Licenses, Ownerships, Copyrights, & More

211

Tornado Cash, Stablecoins, & the Crypto Market

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Alex Gladstein on Bitcoin Activism

213

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

214

Nic Carter on The Future of Blockchains

215

CPI Numbers, Stratum V2, MakerDAO SocGen Governance Vote

216

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

217

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

218

The State of Crypto in Europe, and DeFi Markets Behavior

219

BEAR MARKET UPDATE

220

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

221

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

222

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

223

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

224

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

225

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

226

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

227

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

228

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

229

USDN, Binance U.S. Raise, and ERC4626

230

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

231

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

232

Russian Sanctions, European Regulation, And Cryptopunks IP Acquisition