Indexed Podcast

Indexed Podcast

Hi! 👋 We are 3 data nerds here to chat trendy metrics, chart crimes in web3. We hope to bring you deep dive of the topics with data-driven insights, and bring more transparency to the crypto industry! Let us know your opinions under each episode, and the topics you'd like to hear from us! Follow us on X: Indexed: https://twitter.com/indexed_pod Hildobby: https://twitter.com/hildobby Boxer: https://twitter.com/0xBoxer Danning: https://twitter.com/sui414 And our website: indexedpod.com

  1. 1d ago

    Robinhood Just Changed Crypto Forever? Inside Their New Blockchain

    Today we're joined by Tom Wan, Head of Data at Entropy Advisors, and Ali, Data at Entropy Advisors to break down one of crypto's biggest infrastructure launches of the year: Robinhood Chain. We dive into why Robinhood chose Arbitrum as its blockchain infrastructure, how the partnership actually works behind the scenes, and what this means for the future of tokenized real-world assets. We also explore early onchain data, blob usage, revenue sharing, Ethereum economics, and whether Robinhood could become the everything-app for finance. We discuss:  Why Robinhood launched its own blockchain  Robinhood's partnership with Arbitrum explained  Blockchain infrastructure vs distribution  Tokenized RWAs and Robinhood's vision  Early Robinhood Chain adoption metrics  Memecoins vs real-world assets  Robinhood app UX and chain abstraction  Blob usage and Ethereum settlement  Robinhood Chain revenue sharing  Ethereum vs Arbitrum economics  The future of tokenized finance  What's next for Robinhood Chain And much more—enjoy! — Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (01:10) Why Robinhood built a chain (09:20) Blockchain as infrastructure (21:26) Memes vs RWAs (23:39) Robinhood user experience (31:25) Chain abstraction explained (44:14) Robinhood blob dominance (45:19) Revenue sharing model (47:16) Arbitrum economics (48:18) Future of Robinhood Chain (51:03) What's coming next (53:09) Outro —Content links:https://x.com/adam_tehc/status/2075565893179113493?s=46&t=CgOOIjEz_uRbAZFFRLsgAg https://x.com/jonbma/status/2077097764488359972?s=20 https://x.com/Adam_Tehc/status/2077092599278846159?s=20 https://x.com/EntropyAdvisors/status/2077833176827805901?s=20 https://arbdata.com/ecosystems/robinhood— Follow the guests: https://x.com/tomwanhh https://x.com/AliTslm Follow the co-hosts: https://x.com/hildobby https://x.com/0xBoxer https://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast: https://x.com/indexed_pod — The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! — DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

  2. Jul 16

    The Manipulation of 5min BTC Price on Polymarket

    The Manipulation of 5min BTC Price on Polymarket Today we're joined by Ruizhe Jia, Assistant Professor at Stanford University, to unpack one of the most fascinating market structure discoveries in crypto this year. We dive into new research showing how Polymarket's 5-minute Bitcoin prediction markets may be creating incentives to manipulate BTC's spot price at settlement.  We discuss who actually trades these markets, why sophisticated traders exploit them, how market makers react, and what this means for the future of prediction markets and programmable finance. We discuss: Stanford's research into crypto market structureWhy 5-minute BTC markets existWho actually trades these prediction markets?Evidence of BTC price manipulation around settlementHow sophisticated traders exploit PolymarketMarket makers adapting to manipulationWhy retail may be at a disadvantageBinary options vs prediction marketsCan prediction markets become more efficient?The future of programmable financial infrastructureAnd much more—enjoy! —Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (01:06) Why Stanford studies crypto (05:27) The 5-minute BTC market (09:00) Who trades these markets? (13:22) Can traders exploit them? (15:45) The manipulation research (21:05) How BTC price gets moved (30:30) Why market makers profit (38:25) Why manipulation works (41:25) Retail's hidden disadvantage (45:18) Are these markets useful? (49:43) Future of prediction markets (54:38) Final thoughts —Content links: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7028398 https://x.com/RuizheJia/status/2074615729333374981?s=20 https://x.com/sui414/status/2074650268927742307?s=20 https://panteraresearchlab.xyz/research/crypto-on-the-clock/ —Follow the guest: https://x.com/RuizheJia Follow the co-hosts: https://x.com/hildobby https://x.com/0xBoxer https://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast: https://x.com/indexed_pod —The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! —DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

  3. Jul 10

    Why Solana Data Doesn't Agree (And Why That Matters)

    Why Solana Data Doesn't Agree (And Why That Matters) Today we're joined by Waddah from the Solana Foundation to discuss Solana Data, an initiative tackling one of crypto's biggest hidden problems: why different data providers report completely different numbers. We discuss: What is Solana Data?Why crypto data providers disagreeInstitutional adoption & data qualityBenchmarking Dune, Artemis, Allium & othersDEX volume methodology differencesStablecoin supply challengesWash trading & filtering assumptionsOpen source data benchmarkingBuilding standards for crypto analyticsThe future of onchain data auditingWhy transparency matters for institutionsAnd much more—enjoy! —Timestamps:(00:00) Introduction(00:55) What is Solana Data?(02:20) Why institutions need data(04:23) Launching Solana Data(06:24) Data provider disagreements(11:15) Biggest data headaches(12:08) Stablecoin supply issues(14:14) DEX volume comparison(22:19) Why metrics differ(27:19) Cross-chain data standards(32:50) Open source methodology(36:00) Community contributions(38:02) Most trusted metrics(41:50) Final thoughts(43:25) Outro —Follow the guest:https://x.com/waldruupi Solana Data:https://solana.com/data Follow the co-hosts:https://x.com/hildobbyhttps://x.com/0xBoxerhttps://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast:https://x.com/indexed_pod —The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! —DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

  4. Jul 2

    Inside Canton: The Private Blockchain Powering Institutions

    Today we're joined by Ben, co-founder and CEO of Noves, to explore the Canton Network. We discuss: What is the Canton Network?How privacy works on CantonWhy blockchain data breaks on private networksHow Noves indexes Canton dataValidators, synchronizers & network architectureNetwork performance, TPS & scalabilityInstitutional adoption & real-world assetsPrivacy vs transparency trade-offsWhat activity is happening on Canton today?The future of institutional blockchain infrastructureLive walkthrough of Canton analytics dashboardsAnd much more—enjoy! —Timestamps:(00:00) Introduction(04:28) How Canton works(10:04) Collecting private data(12:29) Validators explained(17:37) Network performance(18:04) Peer-to-peer architecture(25:57) What Noves can see(27:27) Privacy vs transparency(28:18) Institutional adoption(35:27) Activity on Canton(38:24) Canton dashboard demo(43:57) Blockchain meets TradFi(44:44) What's next for Noves(46:04) Outro —Follow the guest:https://x.com/novesben Noves:https://ccdata.noves.fi/https://x.com/Noves_fi Follow the co-hosts:https://x.com/hildobbyhttps://x.com/0xBoxerhttps://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast:https://x.com/indexed_pod —The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! —DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

  5. Jun 25

    AI Is Changing How We Work with Crypto Data

    In today's episode, we're joined by Kofi (@0xKofi) to discuss how AI agents are fundamentally changing crypto data analysis, research, and engineering workflows. We discuss: The evolution from manual coding to AI-assisted developmentHow MCPs unlock onchain data explorationUsing Herd MCP to analyze smart contractsAI agents for protocol research and data engineeringContext windows, planning, and agent workflowsCursor vs OpenCode vs Claude CodeManaging multiple agents simultaneouslyModel selection, costs, and productivity tradeoffsBuilding internal AI knowledge basesAgent orchestration and autonomous workflowsTraining agents to replicate human expertiseThe future of AI-powered crypto analyticsAnd much more—enjoy! —Timestamps:(00:00) Introduction(01:24) AI replaces frontends(03:24) Herd MCP demo(05:40) Exploring contracts with AI(08:06) Exploration, planning, execution(11:38) Investigating onchain activity(17:10) Managing agent workflows(20:20) Multi-agent productivity(23:01) Model selection tradeoffs(29:11) Trusting AI outputs(31:28) Missing links today(34:37) Agent orchestration future(38:02) Training agents from work(38:20) Outro —Content links:https://x.com/0xKofi/status/2059375006367490340?s=20 https://x.com/addyosmani/status/2059844244907696186?s=20 —Follow the guest:https://x.com/0xKofi Follow the co-hosts:https://x.com/hildobbyhttps://x.com/0xBoxerhttps://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast:https://x.com/indexed_pod —The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! —DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

  6. Jun 18

    Why Ethereum PropAMMs Aren’t Actually AMMs

    Today we're joined by Katia Banina, CEO of Bebop, to unpack one of the most misunderstood emerging trading primitives in DeFi: PropAMMs. We discuss:  What Bebop does and its evolution  Why PropAMMs aren’t actually AMMs  RFQs vs streaming quotes  The concept of Request for Stream (RFS)  How PropAMMs work on Ethereum  Market maker incentives and quote signing  Toxic flow and execution quality  Block builders and sidecar quote streams  Ethereum vs Solana PropAMM designs  Oracle updates and onchain execution  RFQ vs PropAMM tradeoffs  Adoption across aggregators  The future of onchain market structure And much more—enjoy!  — Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (01:35) What is Bebop? (02:25) Bebop’s evolution (07:41) Why PropAMMs aren’t AMMs (10:20) RFQs vs streaming quotes (12:35) Request for Stream explained (26:39) Ethereum vs Solana designs (32:05) Signed quotes and incentives (39:11) Block builders and sidecars (47:06) RFQ vs PropAMM execution (55:03) Oracle-traded markets (56:24) Adoption and market share (1:02:15) Future of onchain trading (1:03:16) Outro —Content links:https://pamm.wtf/ https://docs.titanbuilder.xyz/propammshttps://x.com/bebop_dex/status/2049867261662347594?s=20—Follow the guest:https://x.com/katiabanina Follow the co-hosts:https://x.com/hildobby https://x.com/0xBoxer https://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast:https://x.com/indexed_pod — The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! —DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

  7. Jun 4

    Did AI Trading Agents Actually Work?

    Did AI Trading Agents Actually Work? Today we're diving into AI trading agents, the rise of DeFAI, and whether autonomous trading bots are actually generating alpha.  We discuss:  AI trading agents and the DeFAI hype cycle  Eliza, Virtuals, and agentic trading products  Onchain tracking vs qualitative research  Whether agents actually made money  Early wins, later losses, and extractive markets  Alpha Arena and AI model trading competitions  Why sample size matters for agent experiments  Agent reliability, harnesses, and model variability  AI workflows, Dune MCP, and product building  ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and personal productivity  Ethereum bearishness, EVM success, and ETH value capture  Stablecoins and prediction markets as local bull markets And much more—enjoy! — Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:46) AI trading agents (01:26) DeFAI product promises (04:55) Eliza and Virtuals (05:08) Research methodology (12:58) Biggest wallet gains (14:48) Profitability fades (16:19) Alpha Arena experiment (19:18) Sample size problem (25:57) Learning from competitions (31:51) Dune MCP workflows (42:04) Ethereum bearishness (53:41) Outro —Content links:Agentic Trading paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.29174* Tweet 1: https://x.com/jay_azhang/status/1996301170281795607?s=20 Tweet 2: https://x.com/jay_azhang/status/1996984618751611006?s=20 Tweet 3: https://nof1.ai/leaderboard  —Follow the co-hosts:https://x.com/hildobby https://x.com/0xBoxer https://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast:https://x.com/indexed_pod — The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414. Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show! —DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

  8. May 22

    Inside Solana’s PropAMM War

    In today's episode, we dive deep into Solana’s PropAMM landscape and the battle shaping onchain market structure. We discuss: What PropAMMs are and why they’ve taken over Solana spot liquidityHow gas economics shift costs from makers to takersLatency games, flashing, and spoofing tacticsExecution quality vs oracle pricingWhy onchain price discovery is still laggingBinance vs PropAMMs vs true decentralizationThe role of Solana’s scheduler, priority fees, and compute unitsWhy PropAMMs dominate spot but struggle in perpsThe case for continuous order booksDoubleZero and private fiber networksBuilding Blink: a neutral, price-discovery-first venueThe future of fair and verifiable crypto exchangesAnd much more—enjoy!—Timestamps:(00:00) Introduction(01:07) What is Blink?(04:07) Crypto market structure problems(10:46) Binance vs decentralization spectrum(22:10) PropAMM gas advantages(32:37) Latency and order flow(39:26) Spoofing and flashing tactics(1:03:27) Solana PropAMM efficiency(1:04:25) Blink tech stack(1:06:13) Spot vs perps limits(1:07:26) Continuous order books(1:10:33) Outro—Content links:https://dune.com/the_defi_report/prop-amms https://x.com/moonshiesty/status/2019803058750824710?s=20 https://x.com/moonshiesty/status/2041266918015803661?s=46&t=CgOOIjEz_uRbAZFFRLsgAg https://x.com/jump_/status/2044494127367135386?s=20 https://0x.org/post/propamm-shenanigans https://www.helius.dev/blog/solanas-proprietary-amm-revolution —NEW: Join the Indexed Pod group chat:https://t.me/+Jmox7c6mB8AzOWU0 And our new website is live:https://indexedpod.com—Follow the guest:https://x.com/moonshiesty Follow the co-hosts:https://x.com/hildobbyhttps://x.com/0xBoxerhttps://x.com/sui414 Follow the Indexed Podcast:https://x.com/indexed_pod—The Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, brought to you by wizards @hildobby @0xBoxer @sui414.Subscribe/follow the show and leave a comment to help us grow the show!—DISCLAIMER: All information presented here should not be relied upon as legal, financial, investment, tax or even life advice. The views expressed in the podcast are not representative of hosts' employers views. We are acting independently of our respective professional roles.

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Hi! 👋 We are 3 data nerds here to chat trendy metrics, chart crimes in web3. We hope to bring you deep dive of the topics with data-driven insights, and bring more transparency to the crypto industry! Let us know your opinions under each episode, and the topics you'd like to hear from us! Follow us on X: Indexed: https://twitter.com/indexed_pod Hildobby: https://twitter.com/hildobby Boxer: https://twitter.com/0xBoxer Danning: https://twitter.com/sui414 And our website: indexedpod.com

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