Empire
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Empire

by Blockworks

Empire features interviews with top crypto founders to get the real stories that aren’t shared elsewhere. Empire is your look behind the curtain of the crypto industry. We release two episodes per week: guest interviews on Monday and a weekly roundup on Friday.

101 episodes
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1
How To Fix Crypto's Token Problem | Weekly Roundup
1:08:07 Mar 13, 2026
2
How Hyperliquid Unlocks 24/7 Markets | Jake Chervinsky & MC Lader
1:05:12 Mar 10, 2026
3
State of The Market, Polymarket Insider Trading & a16z Raising $2B | Weekly Roundup
1:21:12 Mar 6, 2026
4
Hivemind: Can Bitcoin Reclaim $80k, State of The Market & The AI Trade
1:02:37 Mar 6, 2026
5
Introducing: Inflection Point | The Crypto-TradFi Convergence
1:03:50 Mar 5, 2026
6
Building The Perfect Portfolio In 2026 | Tushar Jain & Pranav Kanade
1:19:59 Mar 3, 2026
7
Terra vs Jane Street, Circle Earnings & Robinhood’s Venture Fund | Weekly Roundup
1:24:15 Feb 27, 2026
8
Zero Just Made Blockchains 100x Better | Bryan Pellegrino & Raz Zarick
1:38:37 Feb 23, 2026
9
Inside Dragonfly’s $650M Raise | Weekly Roundup
54:17 Feb 20, 2026
10
Hivemind: Surviving Market Chop, Is Crypto Bottoming & Reasons to Be Optimistic in 2026
1:00:07 Feb 19, 2026
11
Quadrillions: The New Wall Street | Nick Shalek & Mathew McDermott
42:26 Feb 18, 2026
12
MegaETH in 2026 & Ethereum's L2 End Game | Brett DiNovi & Lei Yang
1:17:07 Feb 16, 2026
13
The Clarity Act, State of Crypto VC & LayerZero Launches Zero | Weekly Roundup
1:15:56 Feb 13, 2026
14
How Rain Grew To A $2B Company | Charles Yoo-Naut
1:12:58 Feb 9, 2026
15
Why Is Crypto Crashing? | Weekly Roundup
1:15:39 Feb 6, 2026
16
Hivemind: Are L1s Still Overvalued, Hyperliquid’s End Game & State of The Market
55:55 Feb 5, 2026
17
Quadrillions: Stablecoins: We’ve Only Just Begun | Mohamed Afifi
47:40 Feb 4, 2026
18
Why BitGo Went Public | Mike Belshe
1:19:17 Feb 2, 2026
19
The Bull Case For DePIN, RWAs on Hyperliquid & The Onchain Endgame | Weekly Roundup
1:18:22 Jan 30, 2026
20
Why Kraken Is Betting Big on Onchain Vaults | John Zettler & Sun Raghupathi
1:03:22 Jan 26, 2026
21
AI Breaking Software Economics, CLARITY Bill, & Debating BitGo’s IPO | Weekly Roundup
1:18:15 Jan 23, 2026
22
Hivemind: Bitcoin Volatility, Perp DEX Trends, and Crypto Market Cycles
1:04:34 Jan 22, 2026
23
Quadrillions: How to Win the World | Chris Maurice
48:18 Jan 21, 2026
24
Inside Lighter’s Plan to Overtake Hyperliquid | Vladimir Novakovski
54:21 Jan 20, 2026
25
Claude Code, Stablecoin Adoption, and 2026 Trends | Weekly Roundup
1:14:12 Jan 16, 2026
26
Claude Opus 4.5’s Breakout Moment & Investing in 2026 with Qiao Wang
57:51 Jan 12, 2026
27
Lighter’s Token Launch, Erebor Raises $350M & Walmart's Crypto Strategy
49:26 Jan 9, 2026
28
Hivemind: Will 2026 Be Bullish & Crypto's Token vs Equity Problem
1:04:29 Jan 8, 2026
29
Quadrillions: The Crypto Capital of the World | Acting Chairman Pham
35:23 Jan 7, 2026
30
Our 2026 Predictions
1:30:45 Dec 26, 2025
31
The State of Crypto, 2026 Predictions & Espresso's Token Launch | Jill Gunter
57:02 Dec 22, 2025
32
Is 2025 Crypto's Dot-com Moment? | Weekly Roundup
1:03:04 Dec 19, 2025
33
Hivemind: Crypto Is Dead with Dougie DeLuca
48:38 Dec 18, 2025
34
Fundamentals Are The New King of Crypto | Smac & Noah Goldberg
1:03:08 Dec 15, 2025
35
Tempo Testnet Goes Live, Burnout In Crypto, and Farcaster’s Pivot | Weekly Roundup
1:03:10 Dec 12, 2025
36
Institutional Flows Will Overpower the 4-Year Cycle | Matt Hougan
51:34 Dec 8, 2025
37
Ethereum’s Valuation, Saylor’s Next Move, and Prediction Markets | Weekly Roundup
1:19:19 Dec 5, 2025
38
Hivemind: Have We Bottomed, Bitcoin's Quantum Threat & Hyperliquid Unlocks
52:30 Dec 4, 2025
39
Quadrillions: Privacy or Perish | Eli Ben-Sasson, Shaul Kfir, & Eric Saraniecki
50:18 Dec 3, 2025
40
Monad Founder: The Next Chapter For Monad | Keone Hon
55:25 Dec 1, 2025
41
Klarna Launches A Stablecoin, Hyperliquid Perps & The Prediction Market Wars | Weekly Roundup
1:30:40 Nov 28, 2025
42
How to Trade Crypto Cycles with Raoul Pal
1:03:52 Nov 24, 2025
43
Market Sell Off, State of Crypto VC & Why Your Coin Isn't Pumping | Weekly Roundup
1:05:14 Nov 21, 2025
44
Hivemind: Can Crypto Bounce, Monad's ICO & The Perp Opportunity
56:07 Nov 20, 2025
45
Quadrillions: You’re Already Late | Mike Belshe, Justin Peterson & Eric Saraniecki
56:48 Nov 19, 2025
46
Bitcoin Breaks $95k, Crypto’s Valuation Problem & The Path To Real Onchain Users
1:07:59 Nov 18, 2025
47
State of The Market, Monad's ICO & The Stablecoin Gold Rush | Weekly Roundup
1:20:11 Nov 14, 2025
48
Phantom CEO: The Next Chapter For Phantom | Brandon Millman & Donnie Dinch
1:25:52 Nov 10, 2025
49
Finding Alpha In Crypto, Mamdani Wins & The AI Gold Rush | Weekly Roundup
1:14:59 Nov 7, 2025
50
Quadrillions: Unlocking Quadrillions | Don Wilson & Yuval Rooz
1:04:36 Nov 5, 2025
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