Castle Labs Podcast

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Bringing you the sharpest insights and the highest value guests across all things digital assets from the research firm you know and love.

Episodes

  1. Nov 4

    Re: Reinsurance as Uncorrelated RWA Yield

    Re is bringing an interesting alternative to RWA yield, one that is less correlated to markets and instead is based on real reinsurance activity. We sat down with their CEO, Karn Saroya, to discuss the importance of reinsurance as an alternative to current RWA yield and Re's role.

  2. Oct 16

    Jumper: The Onchain Finance Super-App

    Marco, CEO of Jumper, joins Tom at Castle Labs to discuss what comes after bridge aggregation: why cross-chain movement is becoming invisible, how Jumper is separating from LI.FI, and whether one interface can become the front end for onchain finance.

  3. Oct 7

    M0: Building the Internet Dollar with Laert Skreli

    Stablecoins are becoming app-specific dollars.  Apps, wallets, and fintechs are launching their own dollars, giving them more control over the economics, rewards, and user-retention loops behind their products.  In this episode, we discussed this evolution with @laert and how @m0 is helping to drive it.

  4. Sep 30

    On Raydium, Solana, Stocks, and Memes

    Raydium has been one of Solana's key protocols; its infrastructure is now fundamental to tokenised stocks, which have taken over Solana. We sat down with Ben Ungvari, Raydium's CMO, to talk about their success and resilience, the Solana ecosystem, their partnership with Stonk, and more.

  5. Sep 26

    Putting Tokenised Stocks to Work

    Tokenised stocks have crossed $3B, but most of that capital still sits idle. Last week, xStocks vaults went live in collaboration with Kamino, Veda and Sentora, letting Kraken users earn yield on these assets. We sat down with them to discuss the importance of making RWAs productive capital once they land onchain and the best practices for doing so. Follow us at x.com/castle_labs

  6. Sep 18

    Inside EtherFi: Growing a Neobank with Mike Silagadze

    EtherFi has been one of the fastest-growing neobanks for both crypto natives and retail users.  We sit down with Mike and learn more about his experience, what led to start EtherFi, their pivot, and current growth strategy.

  7. Sep 9

    Fixed Rate Lending is coming to DeFi with Bitwise, KPK and Tenor Finance

    Today, the lending category has $28.5 billion in active loans, and almost all of that demand comes from variable-rate lending. This works fine in periods of stability; however, during stress events, as utilisation curves move, borrowing rates can spike. This rate surge forces some borrowers to exit or deleverage, making the overall credit market inefficient. DeFi money markets, in fact, solved one problem traditional credit cannot offer by providing near-instant borrowing against collateral.  One problem remains: knowing the cost of debt before the loan is over.  That’s what many products are focusing on nowadays, moving toward fixed-rate and fixed-maturity credit products. Join us today as we discuss this with Bitwise, KPK and Tenor Finance

  8. Aug 9

    Interviewing the CEO of Variational: A Different Model for Onchain Trading

    Perps are one of crypto’s largest markets, but still carry trade-offs around liquidity and liquidation handling. Variational uses RFQ to list more markets faster and source deeper liquidity. Now, they’re adding swaps too. Join us with Lucas Schuermann, Co-Founder & CEO of Variational.

  9. Aug 4

    RWAs: Bringing TradFi Onchain

    RWAs have become the fastest-growing category in crypto since 2024 Unfortunately, they still struggle with low representation in DeFi (~10%), but new solutions are in development to overcome this... Join us with Redstone, xStocks, and Pendle This episode focuses on our flagship report, written for TokenizeThis, the longest-running US conference dedicated to the tokenization of finance: https://castlelabs.io/research/reports/real-world-assets

    RWAs: Bringing TradFi Onchain
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Bringing you the sharpest insights and the highest value guests across all things digital assets from the research firm you know and love.

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  • Creator
    Castle Labs
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    9
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Castle Labs Podcast
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