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The Rollup
Where digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world. Website: https://therollup.co/
Episodes
The RollupCircle CTO: Why We Built Our Own Payment Chain with Nikhil Chandhok
Stablecoins are becoming the foundation of global finance, but scaling them requires purpose-built infrastructure.In today's episode, we sit down with Nikhil…
The RollupThe Rollup TV: Our Next Chapter
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The RollupInside Hyperliquid's Stablecoin Showdown: Vance Spencer Breaks Down the USDH Fight
The stablecoin wars have arrived at Hyperliquid, and $200 million in annual profits hangs in the balance.Today, we sit down with Vance Spencer from Framework…
The RollupThe Rollup TV: Newton, Open World, Aptos
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The RollupWhy The Crypto Land Grab Is Intensifying Now with Ryan Watkins
Crypto is entering its practical era, and the land grab is intensifying.Ryan Watkins breaks down how Hyperliquid is bundling exchanges, stablecoins, and smart…
The RollupThe Rollup TV: Arc, CAP Money, Centrifuge, Hyperliquid
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The RollupHow REKT Drinks Sold 1 Million Cans Using A Brand Token with OSF
Brand coins are the next frontier in crypto – but most companies will fail spectacularly.We sit down with OSF, founder of REKT drinks, to explore how they've…
The RollupHyperliquid USDH Special Day 2
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The RollupAgora vs Paxos vs Frax: The Ultimate Stablecoin Stewardship Battle
The stablecoin wars have arrived at HyperLiquid's doorstep.In today's episode, we dive into the USDA showdown that took over crypto Twitter this weekend…
The RollupThe Rollup TV: Hyperliquid USDH Stablecoin Special
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The RollupETFs vs DATs Explained with Steven McClurg & Eric Chen
The ETF floodgates are about to open.Today we sit down with Steven McClurg from Canary Capital and Eric Chen from Injective Protocol to explore the next wave…
The RollupETF Flows, Predition Markets and DeFi VC with Steven McClurg and Eric Chen
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The RollupHow Plasma Plans to Overtake Ethereum and Tron with Jacob Wittman
The stable chain wars are officially here and Plasma is leading the charge.In today's episode, we sit down with Jacob, General Counsel at Plasma, to explore…
The RollupThe Rollup TV: Plasma, Veda, Sei, XION
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The RollupWhat It's Like Running Ethereum When Institutions Take Over with Tomasz K. Stańczak
Institutions now hold more ETH than the Ethereum Foundation itself. How does this shift power dynamics?We sit down with Tomasz, co-executive director of the…
The RollupThe Rollup TV: Ethereum Is Based
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The RollupWhat Happens When Treasury Products Flood The Market? with Aya Kantorovich and Shiliang Tang
DAT fever is cooling, but institutions aren't slowing down.We sit down with Ilya from August and Shiliang from Monarq to explore what happens when treasury…
The RollupPremia Labs’ Alpha, Monad’s Next Chapter, Markets, ETF Flows and DeFi Yields with Aya Kantorovich, Shiliang Tang, Kevin McCordic and Cozy
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The RollupHow Treasury Companies Will Drive Crypto's Next Bull Run with Michael Anderson
We're in the first inning of digital asset treasury companies reshaping institutional crypto adoption.Today we sit down with Michael Anderson from Framework…
The RollupInside the Stargate Acquisition Battle with Robinson Burkey
How should crypto acquisitions be handled? In today's episode, Robinson from Wormhole explains why they countered Layer Zero's Stargate bid with $120 million…
The RollupThe Rollup TV: Thursday, August 28th
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The RollupJZ’s Departure From Story Explained with S.Y. Lee
In today's episode, we sit down with S.Y. Lee of Story Protocol to cover:-The Real Reason Behind Jason's Departure-Token Unlock Misconceptions Debunked-Why…
The RollupThe Rollup TV: Wednesday, August 27th
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The RollupHow Transparent Leverage Is Reshaping Crypto with Lorenzo Valente
DeFi is growing up, and the numbers tell a different story than the hype suggests.In today's episode, we sit down with Lorenzo Valente from ARK Invest to…
The RollupThe Rollup TV: The Truth Behind Story Protocol
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The RollupThe Hidden Truth About Prediction Market Fatigue with Rob Hadick
The DAT meta is everywhere, but is it sustainable?We sit down with Rob Hadick from Dragonfly to cut through the noise. Rob breaks down why he thinks we're…
The RollupCrypto Cycles, AI Alpha, ARK’s Bets and DATs Trading with Grant Shears, Lorenzo Valente and Rob Hadick
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The RollupFormer Yahoo Music Executive on Crypto's Inevitable Centralization Points with Ian Rogers
Every crypto cycle, someone tells you to compromise on security to "onboard the masses." It always blows up.In today's episode, we sit down with Ian Rogers…
The RollupWhat Happens When Celebrity Coin Launches Stop Working? with Altcoin Sherpa
In today's episode, AltcoinSherpa to explore:- Why Traditional Boom-Bust Patterns Might Be Dead- The Era of Mini-Cycles: 1-3 Months Action, Months of Chop- Why…
The RollupKanye Coin, Token Mill’s Flywheel, Monad’s Next Chapter with Josh Benaron, Dima Zhelezov, Kevin McCordic, Ian Rogers and Altcoin Sherpa
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The RollupOnboarding 100 Million Users to Crypto with Steven Goldfeder and Derek Chiang
The UX problem is the only thing standing between Arbitrum and mainstream adoption.In today's episode, Stephen Goldfeder from Offchain Labs and Derek Chiang…
The RollupICOs, Regulation & Fair Token Launches, Offchain Founders on The Smart Account Future, Building DeFi’s Yield Hub and Extended’s Starknet Leap with Derek Chiang, Steven Goldfeder
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The RollupWhy Chainlink Is Actually Beating XRP in the Institutional Race with Zach Rynes
In today's episode, we sit down with Zach Rynes to explore:Why Chainlink Is Actually Flipping XRPThe Link Reserve: First Ever Off-Chain Revenue Buyback…
The RollupHyperliquid, Tokenization, Chainlink, CCIP & Tokenized Finance with Luke Cannon, Graham Ferguson and Zach Rynes.
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The RollupWe Asked an RWA Expert About Asset Tokenization. Here's What We Learned with Ian De Bode
Imagine taking the best of stablecoins and applying it to stocks. That’s what Ondo Global Markets is doing.In today's episode, we chat with Ian from Ondo…
The RollupThe GRID & Open AGI Future, Digital Asset Treasury, Borderless Markets & Ondo Chain, Trump, and $500K BTC with Himanshu Tyagi, David Hsu, Ian De Bode and Les Borsai
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The RollupHow Arkham Built Crypto's Most Trusted Intelligence Platform with Miguel Morel
On-chain intelligence is eating the world.In today's episode, we sit down with Miguel from Arkham Intelligence to explore how they've transformed blockchain…
The RollupWhy Everything You Think You Know About Crypto Tops Is Wrong with NotSoFast
ETH hits $4,500 and suddenly everyone's a believer again. Funny how that works. In today's episode, we take a trip back to crypto's wild west with NotSoFast…
The RollupMining, Bags, Bets, ZK & The Proving Race, Arkham, AI, Onchain Intel , IP World and The Future of Meme Coins with Notsofast, Maya Dotan, Miguel Morel and Red
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The RollupHow Sovereign Is Solving Crypto's Throughput Problem with Preston Evans
How would you launch an application in crypto today? Why do we need more than one CLOB?In today's episode, we sit down with Preston Evans, CTO of Sovereign…
The RollupCrypto Privacy Shifts, Sovereign's stack, and Reviewing The Signal with Sid Gandhi, Preston Evans, and Shiv Shankar
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The RollupHow Austin Barack Separates Signal From Noise in DeFi
It looks like the gap between DeFi hype and sustainable revenue is finally starting to close.In today's episode, we sit down with Austin Barack, founder of…
The RollupThe New Era Of Distribution with Ram Kumar & Eowyn Chen
In today's episode, we explore AI and crypto wallets with Ram Kumar from Open Ledger and Eowyn from Trust Wallet. As AI reshapes wallet interfaces, we discuss…
The RollupWhy 2025 Is DeFi's Institutional Breakout Year with Corey Caplan from Dolomite
DeFi is getting its second wind, and this time it's different. Revenue sharing, buybacks, and actual value accrual are replacing the empty promises of DeFi…
The RollupI founded WonderFi Then Built A Crypto Treasury Vehicle - Karia Samaroo
In today's episode, we sit down with Karia Samaroo, founder of WonderFi, which Robinhood is in the process of acquiring. He now has founded xTAO, to explore…
The RollupMacro Moves, Bittensor, Chains and Rollups with Kyle Reidhead, Karia Samaroo and Matt Katz
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The RollupThe 9-Figure EtherFi Revenue Machine with Mike Silagadze
More infrastructure won’t bring everyday users into crypto. Apps that actually matter to people will.In this episode, we chat with Mike Silagadze, CEO of…
The RollupThe Real Story Behind Everclear's Growth with Arjun Bhuptani
ETH treasury companies are quietly driving billions in cross-chain volume, and most people are missing it.In today's episode, we sit down with Arjun Bhuptani…
The RollupJohn Adler On Proof Of Goverance, TIA Staking, and New Tokenomics
Proof of stake might not be the endgame we thought it was.In today's episode, we sit down with John Adler from Celestia to explore his controversial "proof of…
The RollupProof Of Governance, Storm on Ownership and Institutional Adoption with Arjun Bhuptani, John Adler and JJ
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The RollupThe Monad Thesis With James Hunsaker
High-frequency trading is meeting blockchain reality, but the result isn't what you think.In today's episode, we sit down with James Hunsaker from Monad to cut…
The RollupHow Wall Street Learned To Love Tokenization with Michael Sonnenshein
The tokenized RWA market just hit $25B. Is this institutional adoption or just hype dressed up in compliance theater?In today's episode, we sit down with…
The RollupThe Signal, Boundless Mainnet Launch, Wormhole’s RWA Focus, New Chief AI Officer at Story Protocol with Tomer Weller, Shiv Shankar, Sreeram Kannan, Robinson Burkey, Declan Fox & Michał Zając
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The RollupWhy You Should Question Proof-of-Stake As The Default with Jon Charbonneau
lockchain architecture is far from as settled as we’ve been told.In today's episode, we sit down with Jon Charbonneau, co-founder of DBA, live from…
The RollupDormant BTC Whale Offloading Billions, Tokenization Mania, Ethereum Goes All-In on ZK and Songcoins with Karel Kubat, Michael Sonnenshein and Cooper Turley
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The RollupHow Blockchain Fixes AI's Biggest Problem with Anand Iyer
What if the future of AGI isn't owned by a handful of tech giants?In today's episode, we sit down with an Anand Iyer, a prominent AI crypto investor who's been…
The RollupHow Programmable IP Could Save Creators From Big Tech with S.Y. Lee
The intellectual property market is worth an estimated $70 trillion. But with AI endlessly creating new variations and evolving on its own, the question of…
The RollupThe Case for a New Bitcoin Execution Layer with Eli Ben-Sasson
The future of decentralization is about true self-ownership, not just removing middlemen.In today's episode, we sit down with Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder of…
The RollupWhy Ethereum Won Argentina's Digital Identity Battle with Diego Fernandez and RJ
Real-world crypto adoption won’t happen with just infrastructure, it needs to actually solve the problems that institutions are facing.In today's episode, we…
The RollupHow Stablecoins and DePIN Will Disrupt Everything with Santiago Santos
Banks have been making money off your deposits while giving you nothing in return. Meanwhile, DePIN networks are building infrastructure that could make these…