Fixing Ethereum’s Layer 2 Fragmentation with Former Ripple Employee Austin King

Austin King is the Co-Founder and CEO of Omni Network, the abstraction layer for the Ethereum ecosystem. With a background in computer science from Harvard, Austin began his entrepreneurial journey by creating a payment network that scaled to over 10 billion transactions before being acquired by Ripple. Today, Austin, alongside Co-Founder Tyler Tarsi, is leading Omni's mission to empower application developers to access users and liquidity across the entire Ethereum ecosystem without smart contract upgrades. Get to know Austin: Metaverse theme – Solar Punk, Sci Fi Favorite food – Thai Favorite musician/artist – Boris…

VeChain’s 2025 Strategy Revealed! VeBetterDAO, VeChain Renaissance, & Partnerships With Sunny Lu

Sunny Lu is the co-founder and CEO of VeChain. He joined me to discuss the latest updates with VeChain and 2025 plans. Topics: VeBetterDAO and its mission - $B3TR token and VeWorld wallet VeChain Renaissance technical roadmap to deliver enhanced tokenomics, increased APY, interoperability boost via JSON RPC, EVM equivalence VeChain partnerships - updates on existing and expected new ones in 2025 Boston Consulting Group Decentralized Networks UFC Partnership next steps Crypto Regulations in the US and Global markets Links: https://x.com/sunshinelu24 https://vechain.org/ Watch the interview https://youtu.be/kc39fGJY57c Listen to the interview Timestamps 02:44 VeBetterDAO explained…

Earn Stablecoin Yield with RLUSD, USDC, & More with Uphold! – Simon McLoughlin

Simon Mcloughlin is the CEO of Uphold. He joined me to discuss the new stablecoin rewards program and RLUSD integration. Topics: Uphold's New Rewards Program RLUSD Stablecoin integration and yield USBC Stablecoin Stablecoin Legislation 2025 Crypto Market Outlook Links: Sign up with Uphold - https://uphold.sjv.io/gbED4X https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-mcloughlin-980361a/ Watch the interview https://youtu.be/FN7EivTpOuU Listen to the interview Timestamps 00:52 New rewards program 05:22 RLUSD timeline 05:40 Where is the yield coming from? 06:50 Adding new stablecoins in the future 08:16 Stablecoin legislation 13:31 Rewards Program Markets 15:38 Rewards process 16:18 2025 Roadmap Subscribe To The Free Thinking…

Crypto is Changing TradFi! Franklin Templeton ETFs & Tokenization with Sandy Kaul

Sandy Kaul is the Head of Innovation Strategies at Franklin Templeton. She joined me to discuss Franklin Templeton's crypto and tokenization initiatives. Topics: Sandy's The Future of Investing: 2024/25 Edition Report Benji tokenization platform launching on Ethereum Franklin Templeton's OnChain U.S. Government Money Market Fund (FOBXX) Tokenization Outlook Impact of Crypto on TradFi Franklin's Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs and plans for future Crypto ETFs Crypto 2025 Outlook Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandy-kaul-8571877/ https://www.franklintempleton.com/articles/2024/disruption/the-future-of-investing-money Watch the interview https://youtu.be/CQuikPjyUCY Listen to the interview Timestamps 02:04 The Future of Investing Report 05:50 Crypto's Rise 07:59 Benji Tokenization platform 12:08 Tokenized…

Bitcoin 2025 Outlook! Are BlackRock & MicroStrategy Bad for BTC? with Mark Yusko

Mark Yusko is the Founder, CEO & CIO of Morgan Creek Capital Management. He joined me to discuss the latest with Bitcoin and his outlook for 2025. Topics: Bitcoin passes $100,000 Bitcoin price prediction for the end of 2024 and 2025 Are BlackRock and MicroStrategy bad for Bitcoin Bitcoin Strategic Reserve End of Jamie Dimon Bitcoin FUD? Have Memecoins changed the Crypto market? Links: https://x.com/MarkYusko https://www.morgancreekcap.com/ Watch the interview https://youtu.be/mj0YjJQv4j8 Listen to the interview Timestamps 02:21 Bitcoin breaks $100K 11:10 Hyperbitcoinization 23:50 Bitcoin and the Crypto free market 30:29 BlackRock Bitcoin Concerns 37:05 MicroStrategy…

Enabling DeFi for BlackRock’s BUIDL & RWA Tokenization with Reid Simon

Reid Simon, Head of DeFi and Credit Solutions at Securitize, joined me to discuss the company's DeFi solutions for tokenized assets. He shared insights into how Securitize is enabling greater access, liquidity, and efficiency in the tokenized asset market through decentralized finance innovations.. Get to know Reid: Metaverse theme – Skiing in difficult to access ski ranges Favorite food – Eggs Favorite musician/artist – Rufus Favorite movie – My cousin Vinny Favorite Book – The ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson Hobby – Beach in Miami and Skiing Topics: Securitize's sToken solution sToken Yield…