
Empire
Welcome to Empire, hosted by Jason Yanowitz and Santiago Santos, where we share the real crypto stories that aren’t heard elsewhere. If you're looking for the best content in crypto - with insights from the top founders, investors and builders in the space - you just found it. Tune in for our new episodes every Monday and Friday! Built by Blockworks
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Jeff Yan On Hyperliquid’s Plan To Bring All Finance Onchain

Compute Is A Trillion-Dollar Market Trading In Group Chats | Brett Harrison & Andrawes Bahou
The financialization of compute markets is essential to address the inefficiencies and risks inherent in the rapidly expanding AI economy. Currently, compute functions as a non-fungible commodity with opaque, peer-to-peer pricing, creating significant market dislocations for AI companies struggling to secure capacity. ...

Everyone Is Watching AI While Crypto’s Bull Market Builds | Weekly Roundup
The AI investment landscape currently faces significant scrutiny due to massive capital expenditure requirements, persistent compute constraints, and deeply negative unit economics for foundational models. While hyperscalers and AI startups command multi-billion dollar valuations, the sustainability of these investment...

CLARITY Failed, Many Stablecoins Debate, Circle Launches Arc & Meta's AI Edge | Weekly Roundup
The cryptocurrency industry is undergoing a significant shift as traditional financial institutions and regulatory bodies increasingly shape the landscape of on-chain markets. The recent failure of the CLARITY Act in the Senate highlights ongoing legislative hurdles, yet the SEC’s new conditional exemptive relief for t...

The Bull Case For DePIN, RWAs on Hyperliquid & The Onchain Endgame | Weekly Roundup

Why Kraken Is Betting Big on Onchain Vaults | John Zettler & Sun Raghupathi
The discussion centers on the growth and future of onchain vaults, exploring their potential to revolutionize DeFi. Sun Raghupathi and John Zettler join the conversation to share their insights on the evolution of vaults, from early iterations like Yearn Finance to more sophisticated, multi-chain, multi-protocol platfo...

AI Breaking Software Economics, CLARITY Bill, & Debating BitGo’s IPO | Weekly Roundup

Hivemind: Bitcoin Volatility, Perp DEX Trends, and Crypto Market Cycles

Quadrillions: How to Win the World | Chris Maurice

Inside Lighter’s Plan to Overtake Hyperliquid | Vladimir Novakovski

Claude Code, Stablecoin Adoption, and 2026 Trends | Weekly Roundup

Claude Opus 4.5’s Breakout Moment & Investing in 2026 with Qiao Wang

Lighter’s Token Launch, Erebor Raises $350M & Walmart's Crypto Strategy

Hivemind: Will 2026 Be Bullish & Crypto's Token vs Equity Problem

Quadrillions: The Crypto Capital of the World | Acting Chairman Pham

Our 2026 Crypto Predictions

The State of Crypto, 2026 Predictions & Espresso's Token Launch | Jill Gunter

Is 2025 Crypto's Dot-com Moment? | Weekly Roundup

Hivemind: Crypto Is Dead with Dougie DeLuca
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