Matt Mudano is the co-founder of Arch, which is building the permissionless financial rails for a Bitcoin-denominated world. The entrepreneur began his blockchain journey while mining Bitcoin from his college dorm in 2012, and has had multiple successful exits in the consumer products and technology sectors. Now he is building the infrastructure to support fast, liquid, and composable Bitcoin apps, including DEXs, Perps, and more.

In this conversation, we discuss:

- Bitcoin's momentum
- Bitcoin’s brand
- BTC corporate treasury companies 
- Enhancing the building on Bitcoin experience 
- The ArchVM
- Continuing to incentivize bitcoin miners
- The future of the Bitcoin ecosystem 
- BTC conference in Vegas
- Mainnet launch 
- Programmability on Bitcoin
- Bitcoin DeFi has grown 1,700% in the past year to $5.4 billion
- The Future of Bitcoin DeFi

Arch
Website: www.arch.network
X: @ArchNtwrk
Discord: discord.gg/archnetwork

Matt Mudano
X: @proofofmud
LinkedIn: Matt Mudano

 
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Marcin Kazmierczak is Co-Founder of RedStone Oracles, the fastest-growing blockchain oracle, backed by Arrington Capital. In crypto since 2017, Marcin has played a key role in developing several innovative DeFi prototypes, previously a Google Cloud PM with a background in quantitative methods in economics. He is also the Co-founder of ETHWarsaw and a Laureate of Forbes 30 under 30 Poland. With a deep understanding of cross-chain infrastructure, Marcin’s expertise spans from DeFi applications to oracles and blockchain data solutions.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- The infrastructure powering the future of finance
- What is an blockchain oracle?
- Price still trumps everything in the oracle game
- The surge for trad-fi data coming on-chain
- Oracles beyond price feeds
- The identity bottleneck in DeFi
- Decentralized identity and AI
- Real-world use cases for institutional RWAs
- The $20B signal
- Composability meets compliance
- Tokenizing private credit and the future of private credit
- On-chain looping

RedStone
Website: www.redstone.finance
X: @redstone_defi
Telegram: t.me/redstonefinance

Marcin Kazmierczak
X: @MarcinRedStone
LinkedIn: Marcin Kaźmierczak ⛓️

 
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Anthony Anzalone is the CEO and Founder of XION, the first layer 1 blockchain purpose-built for consumer adoption by abstracting away the complexities of crypto. Previously known for his "Burnt Banksy" project that sparked global discourse on NFTs, Anthony has established himself as a pioneering figure in Web3 with his work covered by Bloomberg, BBC, CBS, and other major media outlets.

Through his leadership at XION, Anthony focuses on democratizing blockchain technology through chain abstraction, enabling partnerships with global brands like Uber, BMW, and Amazon. His innovations have gained significant institutional validation, with XION becoming the first Title II EU-compliant L1 blockchain and receiving support from Anchorage Digital, the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- The Evolution of Mainstream Blockchain Adoption
- Institutional Validation & Market Positioning
- Chain Abstraction: From Theory to Implementation
- Chain Abstraction is Dead
- Enterprise Adoption Success Stories
- Securing Partnerships With Major Brands
- Regulatory Leadership in a Changing Landscape
- Building a Web3 Ecosystem for Everyone
- NYSE Live Appearance
- Blending the Physical and Digital World

XION
Website: xion.burnt.com
X: @burnt_xion
Discord: discord.gg/burnt

Anthony Anzalone
X: @BurntBanksy

 
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Harrison Hines is the CEO and Founder of Fleek. Fleek is an agentic cloud platform that gives developers and creators the tools to create, manage, and monetize AI agents and virtual influencers. Before launching Fleek, Harrison founded Token Foundry at ConsenSys and has spent the past 8+ years building in the blockchain and Web3 space, now focused on the next evolution of the web: agents.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- What is Fleek and what is an agent?
- The Agentic Cloud
- The Agent Layer and Why It Matters
- Why agents are the next step after apps and websites
- Real Use Cases and Impact of Agents
- Companions, digital twins, AI-powered influencers
- Combining agents + AI UGC to scale content with real reach
- Partnership with Eliza
- The Future of the Creator Economy
- Agent marketplace

Fleek
Website: fleek.xyz
X: @fleek
Discord: discord.gg/fleek

Harrison Hines
X: @harris0nhines
LinkedIn: Harrison Hines

 
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Lucas Matheson is the CEO of Coinbase Canada. He is committed to helping create a more equitable financial system in Canada through the power of blockchain.

Lucas has always believed in Coinbase’s mission. He opened his Coinbase account back in 2014, long before joining the company. In his role, he ensures Coinbase is built for Canadians and with their interests in mind. Working with partners, government and regulators, he is making crypto more accessible to Canadians.

Prior to Coinbase, he was the founder and CEO of Pinshape (exit Formlabs), and Senior Director at Shopify leading various operational and finance teams.

Lucas is passionate about entrepreneurship. He spends his spare time advising entrepreneurs and founders on how they can grow and scale, and actively invests in web3 projects and infrastructure.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Why Stablecoin Regulation Must Be a National Priority
- Canadian stablecoin
- How do you define a stablecoin?
- To update the system, we need to change the rules
- Stand With Crypto
- How to get governments to adopt crypto
- The power of Stripe and how they adopted stablecoins
- Educating institutional partners in Canada
- Coinbase introducing EFTs in Canada
- Building a trust battery with regulators

Coinbase
Website: www.coinbase.com
X: @coinbase
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Coinbase

Lucas Matheson
X: @lucmatheson
LinkedIn: Lucas Matheson, MBA, CFA

 
 
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Austin Federa is the Co-Founder of DoubleZero, a dedicated high-performance network for modern distributed systems, and President of the DoubleZero Foundation.

Prior to co-founding DoubleZero in 2024, Austin served as Head of Strategy at the Solana Foundation where he was responsible for setting the direction of the Foundation and working with projects and developers building across the Solana ecosystem. Previously, Austin worked on marketing and product at Bison Trails, and was Director of Marketing at Republic and Republic Crypto, a private investing platform.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- The future of Solana
- Token 2049 & Dubai
- Solana’s emergency patch
- We are living in the best time, and we’re on a good track
- How AI will impact our lives
- The founding story of Double Zero
- Increase bandwidth and reduce latency
- Testnet transactions are always quicker than mainnet
- Manufacturing
- Scaling to 500,000 TPS
- Why validators are so important
- Data routing is a huge problem for high-performance networks

DoubleZero
Website: doublezero.xyz
X: @doublezero
Discord: discord.gg/doublezero

Austin Federa
X: @Austin_Federa
LinkedIn: Austin Federa

 
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Joe Burnett is the Director of Market Research at Unchained, a leading bitcoin financial services company founded in 2016.

At Unchained, Joe drives research and market analysis efforts, delivering insights into bitcoin movement indicators, market trends, and the evolving needs of Unchained’s client base — from individual holders to large institutions. As the host of The Bitcoin Frontier Podcast, he leads expert discussions surrounding bridging the gap between bitcoin adoption and financial markets to audiences worldwide.

Before joining Unchained, Joe served as Product Manager and Head Analyst at Blockware Solutions, where he shaped market research and product strategy focused on bitcoin mining. An influential voice in the bitcoin community, Joe’s commentary regularly appears across major media outlets, and his independent publication, The Mustard Seed, offers unique perspectives on the future of bitcoin, technology, and civilization.

Joe holds a Master’s degree in Business Analytics and a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and Computer Science from the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- HODL waves = tracking the movement of bitcoins on-chain
- Saylor’s billion $ BTC buys not moving the market?
- Bitcoin as a strategic reserve
- Collaborative custody model
- Financial services for Bitcoin holders
- Bitcoin market trends and analysis
- Publicly traded companies holding bitcoin
- nMAV for bitcoin treasury companies
- Have we decoupled?
- Bitcoin reaching gold parity

Unchained
Website: www.unchained.com
X: @unchained
LinkedIn: Unchained

Joe Burnett
X: @IIICapital
LinkedIn: Joe Burnett, MSBA

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Raullen Chai is the Co-Founder and CEO of IoTeX, a modular Web3 infrastructure platform connecting smart devices and real-world data to blockchains. Chai is an expert cryptographer, privacy and data security expert who previously held positions at Google, Uber and Oracle. At Google, he led security initiatives for the company’s technical infrastructure and was the founding engineer of Google Cloud Load Balancer. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo, where his research focused on designing and analyzing lightweight ciphers and IoT authentication protocols.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Raullen’s journey from working at Google, Uber, Oracle >>> founding IoTEX
- Waterloo grads moving to USA instead of staying in Canada
- Why Physical AI changes the game
- The DePIN + AI strategic reserve
- Current DePIN landscape
- Smart cities & infrastructure for the people
- Decentralized robotics
- Autonomous infrastructure
- Unlocking real-time, real-world AI inputs
- Enabling sentient AI agents and self-learning infrastructure
- An Uber-like system for robots

IoTex
Website: iotex.io
X: @iotex_io
LinkedIn: IoTex

Raullen Chai
X: @Raullen
LinkedIn: Raullen Chai

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Michael Mo is the CEO and Co-founder of KULR Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: KULR), a leader in energy management solutions accelerating the global transition to a sustainable electrification economy. Under his leadership, KULR has developed cutting-edge thermal management and battery safety technologies that power innovations in aerospace, electric vehicles, consumer electronics, and energy storage systems.

A seasoned technology entrepreneur and investor, Michael brings over 20 years of experience in go-to-market strategy, product development, and business growth within hardware, semiconductor, and energy sectors. Before founding KULR, he was Senior Director of Product Marketing at Amlogic Inc., where he drove strategic product initiatives, and an early-stage investor in more than 20 technology companies, including Spreadtrum Communications, CadMos, and AllBusiness.com.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Getting orange-pilled by Michael Saylor
- KULR’s strategic BTC treasury acquiring 668 BTC
- Digital capital and digital energy
- Adopting the corporate bitcoin reserve strategy
- Volatility = vitality
- Why don’t more public companies adopt BTC?
- KULR’s recent partnership with German Bionic for exoskeletons
- Robotics will 100% be a multi-trillion dollar industry
- Thermal management tech
- Future Developments in Energy Management
- The importance of energy in AI

KULR Technology
Website: kulr.ai
X: @KULRTech
Instagram: @kulrtech

Michael Mo
X: @michaelmokulr
LinkedIn: Michael Mo

 
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Daniel ‌Marin is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nexus. Daniel founded Nexus in 2022 while he was at Stanford with the mission to enable the Verifiable Internet, which will redefine digital trust and create a more transparent, secure, and efficient world. To achieve this mission, Nexus is building a globally distributed Layer-1 blockchain powered by a zkVM engine.

Daniel earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Stanford University. He was named to Forbes’ ’30 Under 30’ list in 2025, and earned Bronze medals at the International Physics Olympiad in 2018 and 2019.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Are we back?
- Enabling the Verifiable Internet
- Parallels between AI and ZK
- Aggregating unused compute power
- Verifiable AI
- Solving critical issues around privacy, trust, and security
- 2.1 million users and 3.6 million nodes already connected to the network
- With Nexus, more nodes = faster blockchain
- Verifiable computation will impact many markets, blockchain is just one example
- The power of zkEVM
- The future of AI & Blockchain

Nexus
Website: nexus.xyz
X: @NexusLabs
Discord: discord.gg/nexus-xyz

Daniel Marin
X: @danielmarinq
LinkedIn: Daniel Marin

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