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Empire features interviews with top crypto founders to get the real stories that aren’t shared elsewhere. Empire is your look behind the curtain of the crypto industry. We release two episodes per week: guest interviews on Monday and a weekly roundup on Friday.

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Episodes (674)

How Hyperliquid Unlocks 24/7 Markets | Jake Chervinsky & MC Lader

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Mar 11, 20261:05:12failed

State of The Market, Polymarket Insider Trading & a16z Raising $2B | Weekly Roun...

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Mar 6, 20261:21:12failed

Hivemind: Can Bitcoin Reclaim $80k, State of The Market & The AI Trade

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Mar 6, 20261:02:37failed

Introducing: Inflection Point | The Crypto-TradFi Convergence

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Mar 5, 20261:03:50pending

Building The Perfect Portfolio In 2026 | Tushar Jain & Pranav Kanade

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Mar 3, 20261:19:59pending

Terra vs Jane Street, Circle Earnings & Robinhood’s Venture Fund | Weekly Roundu...

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Feb 27, 20261:24:15pending

Zero Just Made Blockchains 100x Better | Bryan Pellegrino & Raz Zarick

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Feb 23, 20261:38:37pending

Inside Dragonfly’s $650M Raise | Weekly Roundup

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Feb 20, 202654:17pending

Hivemind: Surviving Market Chop, Is Crypto Bottoming & Reasons to Be Optimistic...

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Feb 19, 20261:00:07pending

Quadrillions: The New Wall Street | Nick Shalek & Mathew McDermott

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Feb 18, 202642:26pending

MegaETH in 2026 & Ethereum's L2 End Game | Brett DiNovi & Lei Yang

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Feb 16, 20261:17:07pending

The Clarity Act, State of Crypto VC & LayerZero Launches Zero | Weekly Roundup

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Feb 13, 20261:15:56pending

How Rain Grew To A $2B Company | Charles Yoo-Naut

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Feb 9, 20261:12:58pending

Why Is Crypto Crashing? | Weekly Roundup

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Feb 6, 20261:15:39pending

Hivemind: Are L1s Still Overvalued, Hyperliquid’s End Game & State of The Market

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Feb 5, 202655:55pending

Quadrillions: Stablecoins: We’ve Only Just Begun | Mohamed Afifi

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Feb 4, 202647:40pending

Why BitGo Went Public | Mike Belshe

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Feb 2, 20261:19:17pending

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

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Jan 30, 20261:18:22pending

Why Kraken Is Betting Big on Onchain Vaults | John Zettler & Sun Raghupathi

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Jan 26, 20261:03:22pending

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

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Jan 23, 20261:18:15pending

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

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Jan 22, 20261:04:34pending

Quadrillions: How to Win the World | Chris Maurice

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Jan 21, 202648:18pending

Inside Lighter’s Plan to Overtake Hyperliquid | Vladimir Novakovski

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Jan 20, 202654:21pending

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

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Jan 16, 20261:14:12pending

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

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Jan 12, 202657:51pending

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

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Jan 9, 202649:26pending

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

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Jan 8, 20261:04:29pending

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

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Jan 7, 202635:23pending

Our 2026 Predictions

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Dec 26, 20251:30:45pending

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

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Dec 22, 202557:02pending

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

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Dec 19, 20251:03:04pending

Hivemind: Crypto Is Dead with Dougie DeLuca

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Dec 18, 202548:38pending

Fundamentals Are The New King of Crypto | Smac & Noah Goldberg

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Dec 15, 20251:03:08pending

Tempo Testnet Goes Live, Burnout In Crypto, and Farcaster’s Pivot | Weekly Round...

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Dec 12, 20251:03:10pending

Institutional Flows Will Overpower the 4-Year Cycle | Matt Hougan

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Dec 8, 202551:34pending

Ethereum’s Valuation, Saylor’s Next Move, and Prediction Markets | Weekly Roundu...

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Dec 5, 20251:19:19pending

Hivemind: Have We Bottomed, Bitcoin's Quantum Threat & Hyperliquid Unlocks

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Dec 4, 202552:30pending

Quadrillions: Privacy or Perish | Eli Ben-Sasson, Shaul Kfir, & Eric Saraniecki

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Dec 3, 202550:18pending

Monad Founder: The Next Chapter For Monad | Keone Hon

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Dec 1, 202555:25pending

Klarna Launches A Stablecoin, Hyperliquid Perps & The Prediction Market Wars | W...

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Nov 28, 20251:30:40pending

How to Trade Crypto Cycles with Raoul Pal

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Nov 24, 20251:03:52pending

Market Sell Off, State of Crypto VC & Why Your Coin Isn't Pumping | Weekly Round...

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Nov 21, 20251:05:14pending

Hivemind: Can Crypto Bounce, Monad's ICO & The Perp Opportunity

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Nov 20, 202556:07pending

Quadrillions: You’re Already Late | Mike Belshe, Justin Peterson & Eric Saraniec...

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Nov 19, 202556:48pending

Bitcoin Breaks $95k, Crypto’s Valuation Problem & The Path To Real Onchain Users

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Nov 18, 20251:07:59pending

State of The Market, Monad's ICO & The Stablecoin Gold Rush | Weekly Roundup

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Nov 14, 20251:20:11pending

Phantom CEO: The Next Chapter For Phantom | Brandon Millman & Donnie Dinch

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Nov 10, 20251:25:52pending

Finding Alpha In Crypto, Mamdani Wins & The AI Gold Rush | Weekly Roundup

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Nov 7, 20251:14:59pending

Quadrillions: Unlocking Quadrillions | Don Wilson & Yuval Rooz

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Nov 5, 20251:04:36pending

War Stories From a Crypto Founder | Kain Warwick

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Nov 3, 20251:12:55pending
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