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Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Talking Tokens is StrataMedia’s flagship podcast and newsletter, delivering two episodes a week to a growing global audience of crypto-native and traditional finance professionals. The award-nominated show features conversations with the founders, investors, market makers, and leaders shaping the onchain economy. Hosted by Jacquelyn Melinek, founder & CEO of StrataMedia and former senior crypto reporter at TechCrunch. Subscribe: https://talkingtokens.beehiiv.com/ Follow on X: @_TalkingTokens
Episodes
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
SoFi Wants to Be the Stablecoin Liquidity Hub for Banks | Ben Reynolds
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Ben Reynolds, SVP and head of Big Business Banking at SoFi, about why the company launched its…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
What Risk Frameworks are Needed for Institutional Adoption | Mike Silagadze & Joseph Chalom
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Mike Silagadze, founder and CEO of EtherFi, and Joseph Chalom, CEO of SharpLink, following…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
What's Overhyped, Underhyped, and Actually Happening in Crypto Right Now
In this special episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek sits down with eight crypto leaders at an event in Miami hosted by StrataMedia alongside GSR and…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
How Crypto Is Slowly Taking Over Wall Street Territory | Kevin Beardsley
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek does an exclusive interview with Kevin Beardsley, the new head of institutional growth at Jito Foundation…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Tokenization Will Eat Capital Markets. Here's How. | Xin Song
In this episode of Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Xin Song, CEO of GSR, about how the firm is evolving from a crypto market maker into a…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Talking Tokenization EXCLUSIVE: BlackRock Digital Assets Director Shares Strategy for Tokenization, Bitcoin Stablecoins, and More | Max Stein
In this episode of Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Max Stein, a director on the digital assets team at BlackRock, about how the firm…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Inside PayPal’s Bet on Stablecoins | May Zabaneh
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with May Zabaneh, SVP and GM of Crypto at PayPal, about why today’s payment systems still suffer…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why Crypto Token Launches Are Broken and How to Fix Them | Shane Molidor
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Shane Molidor, founder and CEO of Forgd, about why token launches keep failing and what it…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Most RWAs Are Built Wrong | Ayyan Rahman
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Ayyan Rahman, co-founder and chief growth officer at OnRe, about why most real-world asset…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Crypto Is Built on a Broken Internet | Tom Warner
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Tom Warner, head of BD at DoubleZero, about why crypto is fundamentally limited by the public…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why Bitcoin Really Exists | Matt Luongo and Arthur Hayes
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Matt Luongo, co-founder of Mezo, and Arthur Hayes, CIO of Maelstrom and co-founder of BitMEX…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
How Sky Is Building the Future of Stablecoin Yield With USDS | Rune Christensen
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Rune Christensen, founder of Sky (formerly MakerDAO), about how the protocol is connecting…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why AI Agents Will Manage Your DeFi Portfolio Before You Do | Vik Arun
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Vik Arun, co-founder of Superform, about why DeFi was always heading toward automation and why…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
How RockawayX Is Building the Actively Managed DeFi Vault | Samantha Bohbot
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Samantha Bohbot, partner and chief growth officer at RockawayX, about why DeFi vaults have…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why Public Markets Are About to Move Onchain | Michael Tannenbaum
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Michael Tannenbaum, CEO of Figure, about how the company processes over $1 billion in…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Framework Ventures Is Deploying $2.5 Billion Into Institutional-Grade Yield | Parker Edwards
In this episode of Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Parker Edwards, partner at Framework Ventures, about deploying a $2.5 billion mandate to…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why Getting Money Into Blockchains Is Still Broken | Dan Mottice
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Dan Mottice, head of stablecoins at Modern Treasury and founder of Beam, a stablecoin payment…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Bitcoin to $1,000,000 by 2030? | Muneeb Ali
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Muneeb Ali, founder of Stacks, about navigating his fourth bear market and why this one feels…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why RWAs and Tokenized Stocks Are Unlocking DeFi for Institutions | Jonathan Han
In this episode of Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Jonathan Han, CEO of Euler Finance, about building the credit layer of the internet and…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why Across Wants to Turn its ACX Token into Equity
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Hart Lambur, co-founder of Across Protocol and UMA, in two segments: breaking news about…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Banks are Ditching Old Databases for Blockchains | Scott Dykstra
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Scott Dykstra, co-founder and CTO of Space and Time, about how the crypto market has evolved…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingHow Tokenized Money Market Funds Hit $10B | Will Peck
In this episode of Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Will Peck, head of digital assets at WisdomTree, about the firm's explosive growth in…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Palmer Luckey Just Built a Bank for Crypto, AI and Defense | Diogo Mónica
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Diogo Mónica, general partner at Haun Ventures, executive chairman and co-founder of Anchorage…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why VC Consolidation Signals Crypto Maturation | Mason Nystrom & Daniel Marin
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Mason Nystrom, partner at Pantera Capital who hosts the Stateful podcast, and Daniel Marin…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
How Stablecoins Can Export U.S. Capital Markets to the World | Nick van Eck
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Nick van Eck, co-founder and CEO of Agora, about how the stablecoin infrastructure platform is…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why Bitcoin-Backed Lending Will Reach $200 Billion | Sid Powell
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Sid Powell, co-founder and CEO of Maple Finance, about how its onchain asset management…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why Price Discovery Will Move Onchain Within 3 Years | Saeed Badreg
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Saeed Badreg, CEO of Wormhole Labs, about how the incubated Sunrise project helps asset…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingWhy Bitcoin’s Price Isn’t Affecting Institutional Interest in Tokenization | Thomas Cowan
In this episode of Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Thomas Cowan, head of tokenization at Galaxy, about how blockchain technology is…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
How Vaults Become the Next Stablecoin Narrative | Sun Raghupathi
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Sun Raghupathi, CEO of Veda, about how DeFi evolved from speculation to a robust financial…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why Onchain Vaults Are Following Stablecoins Everywhere | Hunter Horsley
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Hunter Horsley, co-founder and CEO of Bitwise Asset Management, about the firm’s launch of…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
How ReserveOne Plans to Shake Up the Crowded DAT Market | Jaime Leverton
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Jaime Leverton, CEO of ReserveOne, about building a publicly-traded diversified digital asset…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Inside Securitize's $1.25B Nasdaq SPAC and Pacific Stock Transfer Acquisition | Billy Miller
In this episode of Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Billy Miller, COO of Securitize, about how transfer agents evolved from background…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Building Payment Rails That Banks & Fintech Actually Want to Use | Marc Boiron
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Marc Boiron, CEO of Polygon Labs, about the company's expansion into payments through its new…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why AI and Crypto Are Two Halves of the Same Coin | Nikil Viswanathan
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Nikil Viswanathan, Co-Founder & CEO of Alchemy, the infrastructure platform powering over 70%…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why 50% of DeFi Projects Are Just TradFi Backdoors | Ben Nadareski
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek sits down with Ben Nadareski, Co-Founder and CEO of Solstice Labs, to break down how Solstice brings…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Making Ethereum 240x Faster: From 12 Seconds to 50ms | Kevin Lepsoe
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Kevin Lepsoe, Founder of ETHGas, about blockspace and how a transparent blockspace futures…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why a Team of Seasoned Finance Veterans Launched a Hyperliquid DAT | David Schamis
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek sits down with David Schamis, CEO of Hyperliquid Strategies and Atlas Merchant Capital Founding Partner…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
How Private Credit Comes Onchain | Mary Gooneratne
In this episode of Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Mary Gooneratne, Co-Founder of Loopscale, about how tokenization, credit markets and…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
How DATs Could Become The New Banks | DFDV’s Parker White
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Parker White, Chief Investment Officer at DeFi Development Corp, about how digital asset…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
How ChooseRich Nick Masters Going Viral | Nick O’Neill
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Nick O’Neill, Co-Founder and CEO of BoDoggos. Nick shares how years of running The Nifty, one…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Mert Explains How Solana Becomes the Internet Capital Markets Chain
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Mert Mumtaz, Co-Founder and CEO of Helius. He shares his take on Solana evolving from earlier…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why DeFi Needs Onchain Prime Brokerage | MacBrennan Peet
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with MacBrennan Peet, Founder of Project 0, about why DeFi has reached a point where unified…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingTalking Tokenization: Why Every Internet Company Must Tokenize in 2026 | Yat Siu
In this episode of Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn Melinek sits down with Yat Siu, Co-Founder and Chairman of Animoca Brands, to discuss why he believes…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
How Solmate Is Merging Treasury Scale with Real Infrastructure | Marco Santori
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Marco Santori, CEO of Solmate, about the company’s shift from a pure digital asset treasury…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
How Solana Becomes the Home for Kalshi | Nitesh Nath
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Nitesh Nath, Founder and CEO of DFlow, about building trading infrastructure for Solana and…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why Bitcoin Collateral Is Going Mainstream | Matt Luongo & Nathan McCauley
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Matt Luongo, Founder of Thesis and Co-Founder of Mezo, and Nathan McCauley, Co-Founder and CEO…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingTalking Tokenization: Why the Media Loves Stablecoins (Should We Be Worried?) | Greg Di Prisco
In this episode of Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Greg Di Prisco, Co-Founder of M0, about how stablecoins are reshaping global finance…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
What Most People Get Wrong About Web3 | Amanda Cassatt
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Amanda Cassatt, founder of Serotonin and the former CMO of Consensys, who played a…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
How Public Are Blockchains Really? | Azeem Khan
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Azeem Khan, Co-Founder of Miden, a new privacy-focused blockchain designed to bring…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why Your Crypto Tokens Keep Dumping | David Phelps
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with David Phelps, Co-Founder of JokeRace, an onchain platform that wants to turn governance…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Monad’s Airdrop Strategy Explained | Eunice Giarta
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Eunice Giarta, Co-Founder of Monad, a new blockchain that just launched on mainnet. Eunice…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
How Avalanche Approaches Scaling, Tokenization & Institutional Growth | John Nahas
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with John Nahas, Chief Business Officer at Ava Labs. John discusses Avalanche’s approach to scaling…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
How Harmonic Solved Solana's Biggest Problem | Ben Coverston
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Ben Coverston, Founding Engineer at Temporal, a Solana-based R&D firm focused on blockchain…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingTalking Tokenization: How Robinhood Plans to Bring Stocks Onchain | Johann Kerbrat & AJ Warner
In this episode of Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn Melinek sits down with Johann Kerbrat, SVP and GM of Crypto at Robinhood, and AJ Warner, Chief Strategy…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
How Movement Plans to Move on From Market Maker Token Mishap
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek sits down with Torab Torabi, CEO of Move Industries, the team behind Move Network, a new blockchain…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Why 70% of Token Launches Fail and How Forgd Is Changing That | Shane Molidor
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Shane Molidor, founder and CEO of Forgd, an investment banking and advisory platform that…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Stablecoins, AI, and Building the Next Generation of Crypto Startups | Qiao Wang
In this episode of Talking Tokens, Jacquelyn Melinek interviews Qiao Wang, founding partner at Alliance DAO, to explore the current state of crypto startups…
Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, InvestingTalking Tokenization: Carlos Domingo on Securitize’s $1.25B IPO & Tokenized Fund with BNY
In this episode of Talking Tokenization, Jacquelyn Melinek speaks with Carlos Domingo, Co-Founder and CEO of Securitize, following the company’s announcement…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Ethereum ETFs, Tokenization & The Future of Digital Treasuries | Joseph Chalom
On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sits down with Joseph Chalom, CEO of SharpLink and former Head of Digital Assets at BlackRock.Joseph shares how he…
- Talking Tokens: Crypto, Onchain Finance, Investing
Generative Finance: AI x Crypto's Next Trillion Dollar Opportunity | Diogo Mónica
On today’s Talking Tokens episode, Jacquelyn sits down with Diogo Mónica, general partner at Haun Ventures, executive chairman and co-founder of Anchorage…