Podcast

Matt Cutler is the Co-Founder & CEO of Blocknative. Backed by Blockchain Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Ryan Sean Adams & David Hoffman, & more, Blocknative is powering the crypto space—building for validators, for dApps, for wallets, and for traders. In this episode we discuss Blocknative’s product evolution (from their beginnings to their now-expansive product offerings), rogue Ethereum validators, the possibilities & implications of ERC 4337, lessons learned from scaling Blocknative, and Matt’s thoughts on the future of crypto.

Temoc Weber & Igor Mandrigin are the Co-Founders of Gateway. Backed by Lemniscap, Unstoppable Domains, & more, Gateway is building the next generation of web3 infrastructure and tooling products—offering RPC, staking, and instant private zk-rollups. In this episode we discuss private rollups and app-chain development, building during the bear market, what keeps them excited about building in crypto (despite macro adversity), their best advice for founders in web3, & much more.

Julia Zhou is a Partner—Venture & Market-Making at AlphaLab Capital. AlphaLab Capital Group is a technology-driven trading group that transacts over $2B daily in cryptoassets on 40+ exchanges, both centralized and decentralized. They were one of the first movers in quantitative trading on the blockchain, and today they operate thousands of algorithms 24/7 on a globally distributed network of trading servers. In this episode we chat about whether market makers are necessary for every token project, DEX vs. CEX for different types of token projects, best tools to monitor liquidity during launch and trading, the various business models of market makers, and much more.

Ben Su is the Co-Founder & COO of Capita. Capita allows you to easily design, launch, and operate the investment group you want, on a platform made for you. End-to-end. No-code—whether syndicates, incubators, funds, or DAOs. In this episode we discuss their interesting path from working as lawyers to landing on the present iteration of Capita, the missing ingredients in tooling they've stepped in to solve, the future of the crypto space in general, and much more.

Himanshu Sahay & Dhruv Patel are the Co-Founders of Arch. Backed by Tribe Capital, Picus Capital, & more, Arch is the most secure way to borrow against alternative assets. Users can access instant credit without selling your crypto or equity stake, on the platform with best-in-class security and a regulatory-first approach. In this episode we discuss their policy to not “touch or reloan customer funds for any reason,” their state-by-state approach to getting regulatory compliance right, their thoughts on how to best approach building in crypto right now, and much more.