The Smart Economy Podcast: Real-World Blockchain Applications with Crypto, DeFi, NFTs, and DAOs

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The Smart Economy Podcast features interviews with some of the most interesting people within the blockchain industry, working to make the new smart economy a reality.

  1. From 2017 ICO Mania to $100M Corporate Treasuries: Injective's Path to Wall Street

    9 OCT

    From 2017 ICO Mania to $100M Corporate Treasuries: Injective's Path to Wall Street

    In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Mirza Uddin, head of business development at Injective, a blockchain-based platform building infrastructure for DeFi, aiming to enable truly open, permissionless, and interoperable financial systems. Together, they sat down for an insightful conversation about long-term thinking in crypto, creative inspiration from anime, the rise of decentralized finance infrastructure, and how Injective achieved true product-market fit.

    59 min
  2. Building Freedom Tools for Digital Money: Ian Rogers on Ledger's Strategy for Mainstream Crypto Adoption

    25 SEPT

    Building Freedom Tools for Digital Money: Ian Rogers on Ledger's Strategy for Mainstream Crypto Adoption

    In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Ian Rogers, Chief Experience Officer at Ledger, a hardware and software security provider for digital assets and Web3. Together, they explore the parallels between early internet adoption and crypto security, discussing how lessons from the web’s evolution inform today’s digital asset protection strategies.

    57 min
  3. The Darwin Cycles of Crypto: What Survives and Why with Aryan Sheikhalian of CMT Digital

    14 AUG

    The Darwin Cycles of Crypto: What Survives and Why with Aryan Sheikhalian of CMT Digital

    In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Aryan Sheikhalian, Head of Research at CMT Digital, a global blockchain and Web3 proprietary trading and venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments that accelerate the adoption of blockchain technology. Together, they dive into what it really takes to build sustainable decentralized systems.

    58 min
  4. Why Everything Will Trade 24/7: Pyth’s Mission to Bring TradFi On-Chain

    31 JUL

    Why Everything Will Trade 24/7: Pyth’s Mission to Bring TradFi On-Chain

    In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Marc Tillement, Director of the Pyth Data Association, an independent entity pursuing decentralized financial data distribution through the Pyth Network ecosystem. Together, they explore how Pyth Network aims to transform financial data distribution through its oracle network that serves over 100 blockchains.

    55 min
  5. Crypto Security: Building Open Source Education for Blockchain

    17 JUL

    Crypto Security: Building Open Source Education for Blockchain

    In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Josh McIntyre, Chairperson of the CCE Committee at C4, a non-profit organization advancing the understanding and adoption of Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, and secure private key management. Together, they explore essential blockchain security practices that both newcomers and veterans often overlook.

    59 min
  6. Why Everything Will Be Tokenized: Spark's Path to Mainstream DeFi Adoption

    3 JUL

    Why Everything Will Be Tokenized: Spark's Path to Mainstream DeFi Adoption

    In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Sam MacPherson, CEO and co-founder of Phoenix Labs, the R&D company behind the multi-chain DeFi platform Spark. Together, they dive into how Spark Protocol is aiming to transform multi-chain liquidity management, delivering risk-adjusted yield through stablecoin solutions, and bridging the gap between DeFi and traditional finance.

    55 min
  7. The Pseudonymous Team That Saved THORChain: Aaluxx Myth on Maya Protocol and the TCY Rescue

    19 JUN

    The Pseudonymous Team That Saved THORChain: Aaluxx Myth on Maya Protocol and the TCY Rescue

    In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Aaluxx Myth, co-founder of Maya Protocol, a decentralized liquidity solution enabling native L1-to-L1 token swaps. Together, they discuss building decentralized liquidity solutions, the creation of the TCY token following the THORFi crisis, and the importance of permissionless finance in emerging economies.

    54 min
  8. From Wall Street to Web3: How Plaza Finance is Bringing TradFi Sophistication to DeFi

    5 JUN

    From Wall Street to Web3: How Plaza Finance is Bringing TradFi Sophistication to DeFi

    In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Ryan Galvankar, the founder of Plaza Finance, a platform built on Base that is specializing in programmable derivatives. Together, they discuss how Plaza's innovative bond and leverage products are making sophisticated financial instruments accessible on-chain.

    55 min
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