Best Timebomb Trading Podcasts (2024)

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Navigating DeFi's Evolving Yield Landscape with Pendle | TN, Co-founder 50:18

11h ago50:18

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In this interview, TN, the Co-founder and CEO of Pendle, discusses the protocol's journey from inception to its current state. He explains how Pendle enables users to tokenize and trade yield, focusing on the use cases of obtaining fixed rates and speculating on yield. TN shares insights on the protocol's growth, partnerships, and the impact of var…

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Tom Hsieh - FNRad S09Bonus2 22:38

1d ago22:38

22:38

Tom Hsieh is the godfather of snowboarding media. He started Absolutely Radical Magazine in 1985 years before Transworld. Here we have the story of how he started the world's first snowboard mag and why he eventually changed the name to ISM. This is a piece of snowboarding history I'm seriously proud of. Recorded in person with Tom Hsieh at The Leg…

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Uniswap's Dilemma: Prioritizing Equity Holders or Token Holders? | Analyst Round Table 1:26:42

2d ago1:26:42

1:26:42

In this episode Dan, Ren, and Boccaccio dive deep into this week's biggest news. They discuss the launch of spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs in Hong Kong, the upcoming tradability of the Parcel token, and the partnership between Aptos and Ionet. The team also discusses Monad's $225 million raise, Sui's gaming device, and the SEC's Wells notice to Uni…

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How AI and Crypto Intersect on Ritual's Sovereign Execution Layer | Saneel, Founding Member 1:01:16

7d ago1:01:16

1:01:16

In this interview, Saneel Sreeni, the founding member of Ritual, dives deep into the intersection of AI and crypto. He explains the concept of AI co-processors and how Ritual aims to be a sovereign execution layer for AI, enabling applications to access AI models in a decentralized manner through stateful precompiles. Saneel unveils the benefits of…

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The MakerDAO-Aave Debacle: Risks and Rewards of Collateralizing DAI | Analyst Round Table 58:41

8d ago58:41

58:41

In this episode, the Blockworks research team examines Solana's transaction failures and the network's ongoing struggles to handle high transaction volumes. The conversation then turns to the MakerDAO and Aave debacle, debating the risks and merits of MakerDAO's decision to collateralize DAI with Ethena's stablecoin. They also touch on the recent d…

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Jimi Scott - FNRad S09E24 58:02

9d ago58:02

58:02

Jimi Scott dug the pipe at Donner Ski Ranch while we all rode powder. Some things never change. Jimi was 5 times world halfpipe champion. He had iconic pro models on Apocalypse, Lamar, and Ice Age. And he was the pro snowboarder I interacted with more than any other before I started FNRad. This week Jimi talks about his life in snowboarding. Please…

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Unlocking Bitcoin's Economy with L2s | Orkun, Citrea Co-founder 54:46

13d ago54:46

54:46

In today's interview, Orkun, the Co-founder of Citrea, dives deep into the world of Bitcoin L2s and Citrea. He explains the differences between L2s, sidechains, and sovereign rollups, and discusses the trust assumptions and bridging mechanisms in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Orkun also shares insights on the design tradeoffs in the Bitcoin L2 space, the …

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MEV Wars: The Rise of Vertically Integrated Relays | Analyst Round Table 58:10

15d ago58:10

58:10

In this week's analyst round table, the Blockworks research team dives into Arbitrum's phase 3 grant program. They also examine the centralization risks emerging in MEV with vertically integrated relays like Titan, and debate the true impact of ETH staking yields on validating costs for rollups. The discussion also covers the huge upcoming token ai…

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Darrah Reid McLean & Andrew Geeves - FNRad S09E23 1:33:35

16d ago1:33:35

1:33:35

Darrah and Geeves are two Winnipeg legends of professional snowboarding that moved to Whistler after growing up together at Forest Mountain, a converted gravel pit with a rope tow. The two are old friends and their careers happened together almost 20 years apart... Darrah's board is out right now on DWD and Geeves was a part of the legendary DC cre…

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April 1 - FNRad Craig Kelly Episode 2024 17:00

18d ago17:00

17:00

Craig is important to all of us. Last week a few of his friends gathered at the PacWest Banked Slalom (an event that Craig helped start) and spoke about how Craig was important to snowboarding and to them. Happy Birthday Craig. Thank you for everything. Support the showBy Eric Blehm / Bas, Fulton, Welch, and Swanson

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Elixir's Trustless & Permissionless Liquidity Vision for Order Book Exchanges | Philip, Founder 1:02:29

21d ago1:02:29

1:02:29

In today's interview, Philip, the founder of Elixir, discusses how his project aims to democratize access to liquidity provisioning on order book exchanges. He explains Elixir's unique architecture as a modular DPOS blockchain that uses a market making algorithm to allow anyone to supply liquidity to order books in a trustless fashion. Philip dives…

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How do Protocols Retain Users After Airdrops? | Analyst Round Table 1:08:22

22d ago1:08:22

1:08:22

In this week's analyst round table, we dive into the latest market happenings, including Polygon's recent downtime due to L1 reorgs, the increasing trend of protocols offering larger second-round airdrops to retain users, and the potential staying power of meme coins. The discussion also covers the current state of private market valuations, the ch…

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Chris Nichols - FNRad SE09E22 2:16:08

23d ago2:16:08

2:16:08

Nix is a Whistler legend born and raised in Calgary. He named and invented the frontside rodeo (after Calgary) and was trying to land it the day Kevin Young first put it down. He worked at 4 star Distribution and was a staple in the Canadian Snowboard scene writing articles for Snowboard Canada that defined the era. Support the show…

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The Memecoin Dilemma: Fueling Adoption or Derailing Progress? | Analyst Round Table 53:11

29d ago53:11

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In this week's analyst round table, the team discusses the latest news and governance updates in the crypto space, including Zerion Wallet launching an L2, Starbucks shuttering their NFT Odyssey platform, and Polyhedra closing a $20 million fund. They also dive into the dYdX segment with Skip Protocol, the launch of Swell's restaked rollup, and the…

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Rube Goldberg - FNRad S09E21 2:09:01

30d ago2:09:01

2:09:01

Rube Goldberg is a Whistler pro snowboarder from the 90's and 2000's whose smooth style landed him in movies and magazines. Rube is a snowboarder's snowboarder who also had some success in competitions, when I met him at The Baker Banked Slalom he had qualified 1st in the pr men's masters category. We get into some real talk and this is a very fun …

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Inside PancakeSwap's Multi-chain Expansion Strategy | Mochi, Head Chef at PancakeSwap 58:47

1M ago58:47

58:47

In today's interview we are joined by Head Chef of Pancakeswap, Mochi to dive deep into the upcoming PancakeSwap V4 upgrade. They discuss V4's modular three-layer architecture, which includes the accounting layer, AMM layer, and custom layer, enabling developers to create highly customizable liquidity pools and execute complex trading strategies th…

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Inside MakerDAO's DSR Hike: Balancing Demand and Revenue in a Bull Market | Analyst Round Table 1:04:08

1M ago1:04:08

1:04:08

In this week's analyst round table the crew dives into the latest market happenings, discussing Eclipse's $50 million raise, MakerDAO's adjustment of the DSR to 15%, Michael Saylor's massive 12,000 BTC purchase, and the odds of an ETH ETF approval. The group then explores the implications of Jito Labs suspending their alternate mempool offering and…

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Jason (Bas) Basarich - FNRad S09E20 2:29:41

1M ago2:29:41

2:29:41

Bas is the man. He's from Mt Vernon. You've probably seen him driving the Baker shuttle in the White Salmon Day Lodge parking lot. His pro model on Gnu sold a lot of units!! Jason Basarich is a true snowboarder with a kind heart. The Ninth Season of the FNRad Podcast is Presented by Skyview Campers Social: https://www.instagram.com/skyviewcampers W…

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Debating the MakerDAO Endgame | Vance Spencer, Mark Phillips, and Hasu 1:05:53

1M ago1:05:53

1:05:53

In today's interview Sam and Brick are joined by Vance, Mark, and Hasu. Together they dive into MakerDAO's endgame. They discuss the current state of MakerDAO, including the DAI stablecoin and RWA adoption. The conversation then shifts to the bull case for Maker, with a focus on the new subDAO structure and how it aims to drive demand for the Maker…

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The Future of dYdX & Decentralized Trading | Antonio Juliano, Founder 47:13

1M ago47:13

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In today's interview Sam and Ren are joined by Antonio Juliano, the founder of dYdX. They kick-off by discussing the migration from V3 to V4, the platform's focus on permissionless market listings, and the importance of isolated margin. He shares insights on the competitive landscape of decentralized derivatives exchanges, the challenges and soluti…

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Coinbase's L2 Edge: Can Robinhood & Arbitrium Catch Up? | Analyst Round Table 1:12:56

1M ago1:12:56

1:12:56

In this week's analyst round table the crew discusses the latest news and trends in the crypto space. They kick things off by analyzing Eigen Layer's impressive growth to $10 billion in TVL and debating how high that number could go. The conversation then turns to hot topics like Arbitrum's proposed $400 million gaming fund, Coinbase's dominance an…

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TJ Schneider - FNRad S9E19 2:29:00

1M ago2:29:00

2:29:00

TJ Schneider is a badass pro snowboarder from the 2000's (and Red Deer Alberta where the local hill is a valley not a hill or mountain...) who rode for Capita for 12 years. He was one of the original Capita team who suddenly vanished from snowboarding in 2012... Here's a conversation that includes a bit of backstory about that decision. Support the…

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Avail: Unifying and Scaling Modular Execution Layers | Prabal Banerjee, Avail CEO 1:03:53

2M ago1:03:53

1:03:53

In this week's interview Sam and Ren are joined by Prabal Banerjee, CEO and Co-founder of Avail, to discuss Avail's robust base layer designed to meet the needs of next generation, trust minimized applications and sovereign rollups. They kick off by unpacking what Avail is and how it enables validity proofs and erasure coding instead of fraud proof…

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Why AI, Ordinals, and Blast are Heating Up | Analyst Round Table 1:08:28

2M ago1:08:28

1:08:28

In today's analyst round table the analyst cry unpacks the latest crypto market news including Eigenlayer's massive $100m raise, growing ordinal NFT volumes, and Uniswap's protocol fee switch proposal. They then covered the surging hype and volumes around ordinal NFTs on Bitcoin, the Uniswap fee switch proposal, and the success of Blast's growth ta…

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Eric Blehm - FNRad S9E18 2:03:34

2M ago2:03:34

2:03:34

Eric Blehm snowboarded in the San Bernardino Mountains as a kid in the early eighties. He became a sponsored amateur on the Look team for a season and then His passion for snowboarding lead him to become a writer for Transworld where he worked his way up to editor in chief before leaving to freelance. For nearly 20 years Eric embedded himself with …

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Everything You Need To Know About Sui | Evan and Adeniyi, Co-founders at Mysten Labs 57:52

2M ago57:52

57:52

In this week's interview Sam and Ren are joined by Mysten Labs co-founders Evan Cheng and Adeniyi Abiodun to dive into what makes Sui the Asset-centric blockchain. Sui delivers the benefits of Web3 with the ease of Web2, offering an asset-centric approach, offline transactions, and unparalleled performance. They dig into Sui's integration of Move p…

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Coinbase Crushes Earnings and Our Thoughts on Ethena's High Yield Synthetic Dollar | Analyst Round Table 1:09:58

2M ago1:09:58

1:09:58

In today's analyst roundtable Sam, Ren, Matt, and Brick dive into the latest market happenings including Uniswap's incentives for deploying on new chains, Vertex's new product launch to share liquidity, and GMX's point multiplier alterations. The team then unpacks Coinbase's impressive Q4 earnings and Starkware's controversial token unlock schedule…

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Sean Sullivan - FNRad S9E17 2:15:22

2M ago2:15:22

2:15:22

Sean sullivan is a professional snowboard photographer from Snowboarding’s golden age. Sully joined Snowboarder magazine before they had a senior photographer program and took some of the most iconic snowboard photos of all time. Sully was there for the transition from the magazines running snowboarding to videos, DVD’s, and eventually social media…

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Why One Chain Can't Rule Them All: Polygon's Aggregation Layer for Scalable Blockchains | Brendan Farmer 52:48

2M ago52:48

52:48

In this week's interview Sam and Ren are joined by Brendan Farmer, the Co-Founder of Polygon. Brendan unpacks why no single blockchain can scale like the internet due to heterogeneous requirements across chains. He then introduces Polygon's solution - an Aggregation Layer that enables low-latency, trustless interoperability between ZK rollups to sc…

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Why the Next Ethereum Upgrade Will Ignite Layer 2 Ecosystems | Analyst Round Table 51:22

2M ago51:22

51:22

In today's analyst roundtable Sam, Ren, Matt, and Pibblez dive into a range of topics including Arbitrum's incentives program, issues with Solana's fee markets, Bitcoin L2 solutions, potential for Ethereum ETFs that enable staking, and the the upcoming Shanghai upgrade bringing several EIPs. The conversation opens by analyzing Arbitrum's incentives…

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Josh Dirksen - FNRad S9E16 2:28:19

2M ago2:28:19

2:28:19

Josh Dirksen is one of the nicest pro snowboarders I've ever met. Hailing from Oregon and riding out of Mt Bachelor, Josh developed amazing surf style snowboarding through a career of competing, filming, and freeriding. Living with his family in Switzerland, I caught up with Josh at The Mount Baker Headquarters in Bellingham Washington just an hour…

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Will Farcaster Retain Crypto Natives and Reach Mainstream Adoption? | Analyst Round Table 1:00:06

2M ago1:00:06

1:00:06

In today's analyst roundtable Sam, Ren, Westie, and Brick dive into the biggest news this week including the rise of farcaster, Jupiter's historic airdrop and much more. They unpack Solana mobile's 60k unit sales milestone and whether growing LST protocols are sustainable. Other topics covered include Apecoin DAO's vote on which L2 to launch on, Cl…

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Megan Pischke - FNRad S09E15 1:05:22

2M ago1:05:22

1:05:22

Megan Pischke Porcheron is a Legendary Pioneer Women's Pro Snowboarder. She filmed for tons of movies and competed in seven X-games. Her reputation as a back country snowboarder is all time. She's been married to DCP for 25 years and the two have raised two shredding children and just got back from a Japow trip with the whole family. Megan is a dir…

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Analyzing Rollups-as-a-Service Business Models, Economics, and Adoption | Analyst Round Table 1:23:27

3M ago1:23:27

1:23:27

In today's analyst roundtable Dan, Sam, and Ren dive into the data and metrics behind the rise of rollups-as-a-service. They analyze recent modular blockchain rollup launches on Celestia from providers like Caldera and Conduit, review adoption in terms of users and transaction data, explore concerns around long-term sustainability of fee revenue, a…

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Tyler Nichol - FNRad SE09E14 1:52:31

3M ago1:52:31

1:52:31

Tyler Nichol is a cat driver from the Yukon. He was the guy behind the 2010 Olympic SuperPipe and then he did a few years building the Mount Seymour Park. Tyler's story is fascinating and his take on the snowboarding community may just be the antidote to all the corporate craziness going on in the snowboard industry. Sit back and relax as Tyler tea…

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How Aevo is Crafting a Full-Stack EVM L2 Derivatives Exchange | Julian Koh 1:03:34

3M ago1:03:34

1:03:34

In today's interview we are joined by Julian, the co-founder of Aevo, formally known as Ribbon Finance. Today's conversation details the evolution of Ribbon into AEVO, an L2 derivatives exchange built using Optimism's OP stack for faster and cheaper trading. We learn about AEVO’s origins providing structured products to DeFi users and the decision …

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Dissecting Noble's Revenue Share Prop, L2 Price Wars, and Fee Switch Economics | Analyst Round Table 1:21:27

3M ago1:21:27

1:21:27

In this week's analyst table we are joined by Ren and Brick of the Blockworks research team to dive into the latest crypto news and governance updates. We analyze Noble's proposal to onboard as a Cosmos Hub consumer chain and share revenue back to the Hub. Spurred by Arbitrum's launch of Orbit, we also debate the long-term sustainability of layer 2…

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