In this episode of Form & Structure, Patrick Murck invites David Taylor (Co-founder & CEO of Etherfuse) on to discuss how Etherfuse is bringing sovereign debt onchain, solving cross-border payment inefficiencies, and why they chose Surus as their custody partner.

In this episode of Form & Structure, Patrick Murck sits down with three Bitcoin network experts – Neha Narula (Director, MIT Digital Currency Initiative), Ethan Heilman (Research Engineer, Cloudflare), and Tadge Dryja (Bitcoin Core developer and Lightning Network co-inventor) – to discuss recent debates around the Bitcoin network including user activated soft forks, op return transactions, the security budget debate, and the necessity of protocol specialization.

In this episode, Patrick Murck sits down with Adam Silver, co-founder and CEO of Plural Energy, to discuss how tokenization is transforming renewable energy investment and bridging traditional finance with DeFi innovation. After taking the unconventional path of studying for his Series 7 exam while building his company, Silver shares his vision for creating what he calls the "financial operating system for the base layer of the economy" and why he believes bringing real assets on-chain is key to unlocking capital flows into the energy transition.

In this episode, Patrick Murck sits down with Kristin Smith, President of the Solana Policy Institute and former CEO of Blockchain Association, to discuss crypto's regulatory evolution and the path forward. After seven years leading industry advocacy efforts, Smith shares insights on how crypto can achieve lasting policy results despite political challenges and shifts.

In this episode, Patrick Murck chats with Nick Ducoff, Head of Institutional Growth at the Solana Foundation. Nick unpacks how the Solana ecosystem scaled from $300 million to over $10 billion in TVL and discusses the influence of the rise of institutional adoption and how tokenized assets, streaming payments, and stablecoins are creating the foundation for the next wave of onchain finance.

In this episode, Patrick Murck sits down with Punia, Co-Founder of Nashpoint, to explore why today's DeFi ecosystem is dominated by hedge funds and crypto whales —and what it will take to return to crypto's original principals of building open, accessible financial infrastructure. The conversation dives into how DeFi has drifted toward mimicking TradFi, the limitations of current liquidity models, and how sovereign debt tokens and diversified capital bases could help reshape the onchain economy for broader participation.

In this episode, Patrick Murck chats with Andrey Chabanov, who explains how his company, Trusttek, is providing seamless crypto integration for financial institutions while Ramp Me Daddy, his Telegram-based wallet born from a hackathon project, makes buying meme coins simple for everyday users. The conversation explores how meme coins compare to previous trends like ICOs and NFTs, and the potential future innovations in this space.

How are venture investors approaching the crypto and FinTech landscape in 2025? In this episode, Patrick Murck sits down with three experienced VCs – David Mort, Tyler Griffin, and Kabir Kumar – to explore investment strategies in today's regulatory environment, where to find opportunity among established players, and how AI is reshaping financial innovation. The investors share candid perspectives on what they're looking for in founders and which trends show lasting potential beyond the hype.

What does the future of Bitcoin development look like? In this episode, Patrick Murck sits down with Tadge Dryja (Bitcoin Core developer, researcher, and co-inventor of the Lightning Network) to explore the practical challenges of scaling Bitcoin, how innovations like Utreexo could dramatically reduce node operating costs, and whether decentralized alternatives to stablecoins are viable through technologies like Discrete Log Contracts. Tadge offers a clear-eyed view of what's working in Bitcoin development, what isn't, and where the real opportunities for innovation lie.

What exactly makes a payment a payment—and why does it matter when crypto gets involved? In this episode, Patrick Murck sits down with Jess Cheng (Partner at Wilson Sonsini, previously at the Federal Reserve, IMF, and Ripple) to explore the legal foundations of payments, how crypto is challenging traditional financial frameworks, and what it will take to modernize money movement in a rapidly evolving ecosystem.