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Messari's Unqualified Opinions — 222 episodes

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edgeX's Explosive Q4: RWA Perps, Upcoming TGE & Circle Integration

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Equity Perps, Uniswap Buybacks & BitTensor's Decentralized Inference

3

How USD.AI Disrupts Private Credit with On-Chain GPU Financing

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Will Prediction Market Volumes Continue to Grow? Bull vs Bear Case | Messari Fully Diluted

5

The Electric Dollar: How Stablecoins Will Finance AI's Future

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DePIN Growth, Trade XYZ Explosion & BitTensor Updates | Messari Fully Diluted

7

The Secret to Tron’s Rapid Adoption in Emerging Markets

8

How Dabba Scaled from 1K to 75K WiFi Hotspots in 18 Months | Messari Fully Diluted

9

State of DePIN 2025 | Fully Diluted

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Drones x DePIN: Spexi and LayerDrone Are Building a Global Spatial Data Network | Fully Diluted

11

Exploring Railgun: The Future of Crypto Privacy | with Messari Research

12

Consumer Crypto 2026: Prediction Markets, Wallet Wars & the Next Speculative Cycle | Fully Diluted

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Theses 2026 on DeFi: Perps & Equity Perps, Prediction Markets, Stablecoin Yield w/ Messari Alumni

14

Theses 2026: Crypto x AI – Why BitTensor Could Be the “Bitcoin of Open AI Competition” | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

15

Theses 2026: Ethereum, L2s, and the Battle for the Everything Exchange | Messari's Fully Diluted

16

State of Crypto 2026: Winners, Losers, and Big Bets for the Next Cycle | Messari's Fully Diluted

17

State of Crypto AI, Monad & L1s: Where We Really Are in the Cycle | Messari's Fully Diluted

18

Swarm Intelligence & Crypto AI: Inside Fortytwo’s Decentralized Inference Network | Fully Diluted

19

Crypto as Capital Formation: DePIN, AI & Zero-Employee Orgs With Multicoin | Messari's Fully Diluted

20

Rewiring Crypto: How DoubleZero Builds a High-Speed Network for Solana & Beyond | Fully Diluted w/ Messari Research

21

Monad Mainnet Is Here: The Fastest EVM Chain Goes Live | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

22

Can You Launch a New Telco in 2025? Dabba’s Plan to Connect India via Can You Launch a New Telco in 2025? Dabba’s Plan to Connect India via DePIN | Messari Podcast

23

ETH’s Q3 Surge: DATs Grab 3.8% of Supply, ETH ETFs Outpace BTC | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

24

Helius on Privacy’s Next Wave: Zcash, Solana, & Future of Onchain Markets | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

25

Robots With Wallets: OpenMind’s Vision for Physical AI & On-Chain Coordination | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

26

Stablecoin Neobanks, Perp Wars & Double Zero | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

27

Injective: The Finance L1 — MEV-Resistant, Pre-IPO Perps, EVM | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

28

Botanix: The Bitcoin L2 Paying Native BTC Yield | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

29

Exotic RWAs & the New Crypto Frontier | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

30

Still Early: Crypto Venture After Hype With Framework | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

31

Helium Revenue Burn, Fed Pivot, and Prediction Markets | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

32

Chainlink’s Future: Tokenization & Institutional Adoption | Unqualified Opinions by Messari Research

33

Ethereum’s Surge, Institutional Buying & DeFi Impact | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

34

$3.7T Stablecoins? Treasury’s Bet & Pump.Fun’s Fall | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

35

Stablecoins Are Changing Global Payments – Artemis' Anthony Yim| Fully Diluted with Messari Research

36

The Future of Global Payments with Sphere Labs' Arnold Lee | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

37

Pump Token Launch, Bonk Takeover & Phantom’s Big UX Play | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

38

Humanity Protocol: Solving Identity in a Deepfake World | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

39

Crypto Onchain? Tokenized Stocks, Stablecoins, & Neo-Banking | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

40

Is Bitcoin Gold 2.0? + CLOB Wars, Stablecoin Frenzy, and More | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

41

Inside 1inch's 30-Day Solana Expansion: Their DeFi Masterplan | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

42

The First Real Internet Capital Market? | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

43

Building the Binance of Onchain: Inside Infinex’s Bold UX Bet | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

44

Tokenizing Everything: Are Internet Capital Markets Crypto’s Next Frontier? | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

45

Are We Really Back? AI Subnets, BTC Surge & Stablecoin Wars | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

46

Building Real-World Utility: DePIN, AI, and Crypto’s Future | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

47

Crypto Built the Casino — Can It Build Infrastructure Too? | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

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MegaETH Breaks Through, Mantra Breaks Down | STS Ep. 3 | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

49

How The Innovation Game Is Crowdsourcing Better Algorithms | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

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Cooked or Still Cooking? | Fully Diluted with Messari Research | Unqualified Opinions

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The Meta Got Too Smart: Now What? | Fully Diluted with Messari Research | Unqualified Opinions

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Reinventing Online Privacy | Fully Diluted with Messari Research | Unqualified Opinions

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Revolutionizing EV Charging | Fully Diluted with Messari Research | Unqualified Opinions

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Building Decentralized Physical AI | Fully Diluted with Messari Research | Unqualified Opinions

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The Evolution of Proof of Location and Decentralized Data With XYO | Fully Diluted with Messari Research | Unqualified Opinions

56

PayFi Deep Dive With Huma and Solana | Fully Diluted with Messari Research | Unqualified Opinions

57

Disrupting Cloud Computing: Meet io.net

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TRON's 2025 Vision with Justin Sun: Stablecoins, AI, and Growth

59

Inside the PayFi Ecosystem Driving $2.8 Billion in Transactions with Huma Finance

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The Future of Stablecoins with Anna Yuan (Perena) | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

61

Mapping & Autonomous Vehicles with Alireza Ghods & Ulrik Lages (Natix) | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

62

The State of DePIN 2024 with Sal Gala (EV3) & Connor Lovely (Building in Public) | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

63

Unlocking the Future of Connected Mobility With Rob Solomon, co-founder of DIMO | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

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Revolutionizing Decentralized Wireless Networks with Rich DeVaul, co-founder and CEO of XNet | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

65

"WTF is Peaq and Why Is It Worth $2B?" with Leo Dorlochter & Max Thake (Co-Founders of Peaq) | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

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Callen Van Den Elst (Wintermute) | The Protocol Services Podcast with Jack Purdy

67

Annual Crypto Theses 2025 Audiobook | All Chapters

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Consumer Crypto & Gaming Year in Review | Kel, Mason Nystrom, Chris Davis | Messari Theses 2025

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DeFi & Stablecoins Year In Review | Kinji Steimetz, Sunny Shi & Andrew Dyer | Messari Theses 2025

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DePIN Year in Review | Sami Kassab, Dylan Bane & Maartje Bus | Messari Annual Theses 2025

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Solana Year in Review | Ryan Watkins, Wilson Withiam, Kinji Steimetz | Messari Annual Theses 2025

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Messari Annual Theses 2025 Are Here! | Intro Episode - State of Crypto | Maartje Bus, Dylan Bane, Sunny Shi & Andrew Dyer

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Messari Annual Theses 2025 | AI x Crypto | Seth Bloomberg, Dustin Teander & Sunny Shi

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Todd Ruoff (CEO, Autonomys) on AI 3.0 | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

75

David Vorick (Founder, Glow) on Incentivized Solar Energy | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

76

Alex Cutler (Co-Founder, Aerodrome) | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

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Joseph Axisa (Axis Advisory) on 2025's Legal Crypto Challenges | The Protocol Services Podcast with Jack Purdy

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How DePIN Energy Can Save The Planet with Dylan Bane | The Story

79

A Web3 Game that Feels Like a Web2 Game with Chris Davis | The Story

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"You Can Automate A Huge Chunk of Telecom If It's Onchain" - Neil Chatterjee (Andrena) | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

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Ani Pai (Dragonfly) and Mahesh Ramakrishnan (EV3) on Investing in DePIN | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

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Omer Goldberg (Chaos Labs) on Risk Management | The Protocol Services Podcast with Jack Purdy

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Jim Hiltner (Superstate) on RWA's | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

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GEODNET Deep Dive with Dylan Bane | The Story

85

Matt Dobel (Gauntlet) | The Protocol Services Podcast with Jack Purdy

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All Things Fundraising (AI, DePIN, APAC) with Andrew Dyer | The Story

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Abhay Kumar (CEO, Helium Foundation) and Mario Di Dio (GM of Network, Nova Labs) on Carrier Offload

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Luca Netz (Pudgy Penguins) and Julian Holguin (Doodles) on Consumer Crypto | Fully Diluted Podcast

89

The State of DeFi Q3 2024 with Kinji Steimetz | The Story

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Ronin's Rebirth with Chris Davis | The Story

91

Anil Lulla (Delphi Digital) | The Protocol Services Podcast with Jack Purdy

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Tether is More Profitable than Goldman Sachs with Andrew Dyer | The Story

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Adrian CV (Steakhouse Financial) | The Protocol Services Podcast with Jack Purdy

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Base and Aerodrome with Sunny Shi | The Story

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The Impact of Token Unlocks on Markets with Andrew Dyer | The Story

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DePIN for Home Internet with Dylan Bane | The Story

97

What Happens To RWAs When The Fed Rate Falls? with Kinji Steimetz | The Story

98

Why Nate Silver Joined Polymarket (Probably) with Sunny Shi | The Story

99

DePIN Update + DePIN Summit Reactions with Dylan Bane | The Story

100

How Crypto x AI Can Win with Seth Bloomberg | The Story

101

Crypto 2024's Mixed Bag with Seth Bloomberg | The Story

102

Solana's Next Growth Driver with Kinji Steimetz

103

Coinbase's Latest Earnings Spoiler with Kunal Goel | The Story

104

How DePIN Can Help Fight Climate Change with Dylan Bane | The Story

105

A Guide to Stablecoin Yield in Summer 2024 with Kinji Steimetz | The Story

106

The Importance of Cryptoeconomic Security: A Debate with Kunal Goel & Peter Horton | The Story

107

AO and Arweave's Unique Approach to Modularity with Seth Bloomberg | The Story

108

What Polymarket's Growth Reveals about the Future of Prediction Markets with Kunal Goel | The Story

109

Ryan Selkis and Marvin Ammori of Uniswap Labs Debate Politics and Crypto

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What OpenAI's Spring Updates Reveal About the Future of Crypto x AI with Seth Bloomberg | The Story

111

The Hidden Insights in Crypto's Latest Fundraising Data with Patryk Krasnicki | The Story

112

The Story | A Better Business Model for Social Media with Toe Bautista

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The Story | The Boring Assets Making RWA's Exciting

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The Story | Ethereum's Inflection Point with Seth Bloomberg

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The Story | A Lending Renaissance with Kinji Steimetz

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India's Burgeoning Crypto Scene with WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty

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Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier on the Business of Being Your Own Bank

118

Charles Hoskinson on Cardano & Network Effects

119

Skale Labs CEO Jack O'Holleran on Launch & Decentralization

120

Insuring DeFi with Nexus Mutual Founder Hugh Karp

121

Tokensoft CEO Mason Borda on Security Token Hurdles & Pathways to Growth

122

Halving 2020: The Bitcoin Reformation with Tuur Demeester

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Halving 2020: Bitcoin Then & Now with Charlie Shrem

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Layer 1 CEO Alex Liegl on the Institutionalization of Mining in America

125

Halving 2020: Bobby Lee on Bitcoin in China & $100K BTC

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Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov on Institutional Adoption and Stablecoin Disruption

127

Bison Trails CEO Joe Lallouz on Crypto Infrastructure & Working With Libra

128

Halving 2020: The History of Bitcoin OTC Markets with Dan Matuszewski

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Ontology Co-founder Li Jun on Asia’s crypto ecosystem and the smart contracting landscape

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Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino on Tether’s Dominance and Spotting Fake Volume

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ErisX CEO Thomas Chippas on Creating Regulated Crypto Markets

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Midcap Doubleheader with Zcoin’s Reuben Yap and Zilliqa’s Colin JG Miles

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Celo Founder Rene Reinsberg on Stablecoins, Emerging Markets & Financial Inclusion

134

Chad Cascarilla on the Early Days of Crypto, Regulation and Paxos’ Long Term Ambitions

135

Paxful CEO Ray Youssef on Bitcoin Usage in Africa and its Emerging Market Future

136

Anchorage’s Nathan McCauley on Custody, Libra, Bitcoin, XRP & crypto M&A

137

Ben Hunt on the future of money, crypto, and political power

138

The Bitcoin Custodian with BitGo CEO Mike Belshe

139

A Blockchain Future with Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson

140

Exchange the US with Binance US CEO Catherine Coley

141

Digitizing the Dollar with Christopher Giancarlo

142

Power Laws with Meltem Demirors

143

Global Public Health with Alex Gladstein

144

Covering Crypto with Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal

145

Coinbase Law with Coinbase CLO Brian Brooks

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Building Cardano with IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson

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Bitcoin Past, Present & Future with Casa CTO Jameson Lopp

148

Crypto-plumbing with Arwen CEO Sharon Goldberg

149

The Dudas Abides with The Block CEO Mike Dudas

150

Virtual Private Networks with Orchid CEO Seven Waterhouse

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The Bitcoin Institution with River Financial’s Alex Leishman

152

Special Edition: COVID-19 with Balaji Srinivasan

153

Dash’s Strategic Vision with Dash Core Group CEO Ryan Taylor

154

Enterprise Blockchains & CBDCs with R3 CTO Richard Brown

155

Crypto’s East-West Divide with Tron Founder Justin Sun

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The Lending Machine with Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky

157

XRP - The Remittance Standard? with Bitso CEO Daniel Vogel

158

Building out the DEX Frontier with Radar CEO Alan Curtis

159

Stablecoins: The Big Picture with Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire

160

Cosmos & Beyond with Zaki Manian

161

Building a Crypto Civilization with Balaji Srinivasan

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Being a Blockchain CEO in 2020 with Algorand CEO Steve Kokinos

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Bitcoin’s Civil War & Toxic Maximalism with Samson Mow

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The unintended consequences of platform economies with Matt Spoke

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Public Blockchains for Enterprises with Oded Wertheim - CTO of Orbs

166

Building a store-of-value with Decred’s Jake Yocom-Piatt

167

Simon Taylor, Co-Founder of 11:FS

168

Max Pertosovskiy, Head of Growth at Waves

169

Chris McCann, Founding Partner at Proof of Capital

170

Dovey Wan, Founding Partner of Primitive Ventures

171

Mo Dong, CEO of Celer

172

Dawn Song, CEO of Oasis Labs

173

Ryan Sean Adams, Creator of Bankless

174

Matt Luongo, the Founder & CEO of Keep & Fold

175

Itamar Lesuisse, Co-Founder & CEO of Argent

176

Bob Summerwill, Executive Director of ETC Cooperative

177

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX

178

Monica Quaintance, Head of Research and Networks at Kadena

179

Nathaniel Wittemore, Indepedent Content Curator

180

Gregory Di Prisco, Head of Business Development at MakerDAO

181

Aaron Wright, Law Professor at Cardozo & Co-Founder of OpenLaw

182

Chris Burniske, Partner at Placeholder

183

Kain Warwick, Founder of Synthetix

184

Jack O'Holleran, CEO & Founder of Skale Labs

185

Kris Marszalek, CEO & Co-Founder of Crypto.com

186

Edan Yago, Founder of CementDAO

187

Dave Weisberger, Co-Founder & CEO of CoinRoutes

188

Amir Haleem, Founder & CEO of Helium

189

Ryan Zurrer, Director of the Web 3.0 Foundation

190

Zac Prince, Founder and CEO of BlockFi

191

Mark Burstiner, CEO and Founder of Baeond

192

Jason Goldberg, Founder and CEO of OST

193

Dave Balter, CEO and Founder of Flipside

194

Uri Klarman, CEO of BloXroute

195

Muneeb Ali, Co-founder of Blockstack

196

Alex Adelman, Co-founder and CEO of Lolli

197

Alexander Skidanov and Illia Polosukhin of Near Protocol

198

She256 Co-Founder Alexis Gauba

199

Ethereum Core Developer Lane Rettig

200

Unlock Protocol CEO Julien Genestoux

201

Coinlist CEO Andy Bromberg

202

Doug Petkanics, Founder at Livepeer

203

Anthony Pompliano, Founder at Morgan Creek Digital

204

Taylor Monahan, Founder & CEO of MyCrypto

205

Henri Pihkala, CEO & Founder of Streamr

206

Lily Liu, Co-Founder & CEO of Earn.com

207

Bill Barhydt, CEO & Founder of Abra

208

Felix Feng, Founder and CEO of Set Protocol

209

AMA with Ryan Selkis

210

Nadav Hollander, Founder of Dharma Labs

211

Mark Bhargava of Tagomi

212

Mainframe Founder and CEO, Mick Hagen

213

SpankChain CEO and Moloch Ventures Founder, Ameen Soleimani

214

Chainalysis Co-Founder, Jony Levin

215

COO of Cumberland, Bobby Cho

216

CEO of TokenSoft, Mason Borda

217

Founder and CEO at Smartcontract.com, Sergey Nazarov

218

Yaniv Tal of Graph Protocol

219

Sam Cassatt of ConsenSys

220

Coinfund Founder, Jake Brukhman

221

Wyre Co-Founder, Michael Dunworth

222

Shapeshift CEO Erik Voorhees