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Today we’re joined by Andrew Hong, Co-Founder of Herd, Advisor at Archetype, and former Headmaster at Dune.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Leaving Dune to start Herd
- Composability in the age of AI agents
- Why crypto due diligence doesn’t scale
- Morpho vault complexity & operational risk
- AI agents for contract research
- Two-sided marketplace: protocols & institutions
- Hooks, adapters, and modular vault design
- Wallet policies & multisig risk management
- Institutional DeFi integrations (Coinbase, BlackRock)
- Agent-to-agent payments: hype vs reality
- Why crypto needs “boring” infra
- AI replacing crypto analysts?
And much more—enjoy!
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:08) Leaving Dune, starting Herd
(03:16) Agent research inbox vision
(05:14) Institutional crypto adoption challenges
(08:16) From aggregation to operations
(10:21) Protocols vs institutions marketplace
(14:11) Mapping contracts & transactions
(21:48) One-shot integrations with AI
(24:32) Vault adapters & hidden permissions
(30:49) Security vs operational risk
(34:30) Uniswap hooks & modular design
(41:07) Agent payments skepticism
(53:12) AI replacing analysts?
(57:50) Outro
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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.
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By Indexed PodcastToday we’re joined by Andrew Hong, Co-Founder of Herd, Advisor at Archetype, and former Headmaster at Dune.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Leaving Dune to start Herd
- Composability in the age of AI agents
- Why crypto due diligence doesn’t scale
- Morpho vault complexity & operational risk
- AI agents for contract research
- Two-sided marketplace: protocols & institutions
- Hooks, adapters, and modular vault design
- Wallet policies & multisig risk management
- Institutional DeFi integrations (Coinbase, BlackRock)
- Agent-to-agent payments: hype vs reality
- Why crypto needs “boring” infra
- AI replacing crypto analysts?
And much more—enjoy!
—
Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:08) Leaving Dune, starting Herd
(03:16) Agent research inbox vision
(05:14) Institutional crypto adoption challenges
(08:16) From aggregation to operations
(10:21) Protocols vs institutions marketplace
(14:11) Mapping contracts & transactions
(21:48) One-shot integrations with AI
(24:32) Vault adapters & hidden permissions
(30:49) Security vs operational risk
(34:30) Uniswap hooks & modular design
(41:07) Agent payments skepticism
(53:12) AI replacing analysts?
(57:50) Outro
—
Content links:
https://bit.ly/4sgi1uT
https://bit.ly/4b8wt28
https://bit.ly/4rqEWlQ
—
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/andrewhong5297
https://x.com/herd_eco
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.