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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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Druckenmiller is bullposting TradeXYZ and you're bearish?

This week, we break down the TradFi incumbents suddenly leaning into crypto rails and what it means for the startups that built them.

We explore Druck's viral X post, ICE bringing Hyperliqui... more

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Is AI about to make the whole internet a target?

This week, we unpack the PHP exploit wave and why crypto saw this cybersecurity attack pattern first.

We also explore whether the AI labs get nationalized, where AI's irrational exuberance lives, Vis... more

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Will the AI labs eat everything or is tech just too sure of itself to tell what actually lasts?

This week, Compound's Michael Dempsey explains why he invests against the herd in a market running on FOMO.

We explore which SaaS companies survive AI, ... more

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Is AI's infinite capital era finally running out of road?

This week, we unpack the AI bloodbath and why credit markets are flashing warnings while crypto quietly holds its ground.

We explore Anthropic's growth scare, Yano's AI survival tiers, why e... more

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Recent Guests

Haseeb Qureshi
Managing partner at Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Episode: Will Druck Kick Off The Next Phase of Crypto's Bull Market?
Zaki Manian
Crypto builder discussing cybersecurity and AI
Episode: Cybersecurity Panic, Nationalizing AI, The Model Squeeze & Can't Own Anything
Michael Dempsey
Managing partner of Compound and investor in deeply technical startups and public markets
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Episode: Which Businesses Will Survive AI? | Michael Dempsey
Michael Weisz
CEO of Kamino, former co-founder/CEO of Yieldstreet
Kamino
Episode: Kamino's Plan To Make Tokenized Assets Actually Useful | Michael Weisz
Jeff Yan
Co-founder and CEO of Hyperliquid Labs
Hyperliquid Labs
Episode: Jeff Yan On Hyperliquid’s Plan To Bring All Finance Onchain
Andrawes Bahou
Founder and CEO of Compute Desk
Compute Desk
Episode: Compute Is A Trillion-Dollar Market Trading In Group Chats | Brett Harrison & Andrawes Bahou
Brett Harrison
Founder of Architect
Architect
Episode: Compute Is A Trillion-Dollar Market Trading In Group Chats | Brett Harrison & Andrawes Bahou
Yan Liberman
Co-founder of Delphi Digital; managing partner of the venture book at Delphi
Delphi Digital
Episode: The Six Tokens To Own This Cycle | Yan Liberman
Matthew Prince
CEO of Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Episode: Cloudflare CEO: The Man Deciding The Internet’s Next Business Model

Hosts

Santi
Host in multiple episodes; appears as co-host with diverse affiliations (Empire / Blockworks).
Rob
Host; coordinates conversation; appears across episodes.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 592 ratings
  • Thanks for the alpha, I'm a convert. Update: I really like the Content section recommendations. Please keep it.

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    DbONZ
    9 months ago
  • 1000x

    I wish 1000x had its own feed. Those guys are genuinely smart and insightful. The other shows on this feed are very broey and kind of just mid-curve.

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    0010010
    United States2 years ago
  • It gives me hope as an investor

    Regularly listening to Avi and whatever the other guys name is, knowing that not only do they remain confident to continue publishing content but also put their money into markets lets me know that there are market participants less sophisticated than I. I especially enjoy how they see their own conjecture as some sort of fundamental thesis. The only thing I enjoy more is how often they are wrong; I guess if you always call for a bottom you’ve got to nail it sometimes but I guess I missed those ... more

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    Rscat
    United States2 years ago
  • First time listener. Thanks for the alpha, I'm a convert.

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    5
    DbONZ
    2 years ago
  • Understanding Web3 - Source Found 🚀

    Consolidated 5 stars and would be six after the recent explanation of restaking economics - well deserved for this podcast. An amazing series of guests around the Crypto / Web3 industry, interviewed by a host in the know. Recommended 👍

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    @K_Speckmann
    Italy3 years ago

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A top resource for crypto, Web3, and macro perspectives with strong guest lineup.
Genuinely smart and insightful; stands out from other shows in the same feed.
Consistently deep crypto discussions with balanced, thoughtful guests.

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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Will Druck Kick Off The Next Phase of Crypto's Bull Market?
Q: What does Google Cloud's crypto custody product actually provide?
Haseeb says it appears to provide the underlying multiparty-computation cryptography and key-security infrastructure, rather than a full custody service with supported assets, transaction workflows, and a user-facing application.
Will Druck Kick Off The Next Phase of Crypto's Bull Market?
Q: How are Druckenmiller and his team using TradeXYZ?
The hosts suggest that the platform's pre-IPO markets provide a rare, somewhat liquid reference price for private companies, while market data may inform broader investment decisions even when the markets are not liquid enough for large hedges.
Which Businesses Will Survive AI? | Michael Dempsey
Q: Why are you still investing in crypto?
Dempsey sees crypto as offering asymmetric upside and expects its underlying principles to persist. He cites uses such as organizing capital and funding rare-disease research, and sees opportunities in liquid tokens with measurable fundamentals.
Which Businesses Will Survive AI? | Michael Dempsey
Q: Will the AI labs eat us all?
Dempsey expects AI labs to undermine some companies, particularly generic model wrappers, but says founders should think carefully about durable products, market layers and how value may accrue as the technology develops.
Cybersecurity Panic, Nationalizing AI, The Model Squeeze & Can't Own Anything
Q: What is the worst case here, like just a bunch of more data just leaks, more sensitive information, your blog post, your support ticket, just give us a sense of the actual damage that we can expect to see from this particular vulnerability exploit.
Haseeb Qureshi expects a rough six to twelve months of attacks on older and under-defended infrastructure, but not widespread societal failures. He predicts vulnerable sites will go down and remaining services will strengthen their defenses.

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1. Haseeb Qureshi
2. Zaki Manian
3. Michael Dempsey
4. Michael Weisz
5. Jeff Yan
6. Andrawes Bahou
7. Brett Harrison
8. Yan Liberman

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