Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
Epicenter Media Ltd. • Business, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Investing
Epicenter Media Ltd. • Business, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Investing
Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
Epicenter Media Ltd. • Business, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Investing
Epicenter Media Ltd. • Business, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Investing

About

Epicenter brings you in-depth conversations about the technical, economic and social implications of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. Every week, we interview business leaders, engineers academics and entrepreneurs, and bring you a diverse spectrum of opinions and points of view. Epicenter is hosted by Sebastien Couture, Brian Fabian Crain, Friederike Ernst, Meher Roy and Felix Lutsch. Since 2014, our episodes have been downloaded over 8 million times.

Episodes

  • 'Is Tether's USDT Safe?' - Paolo Ardoino
    We were joined by Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, to discuss how crypto evolved over the past 10 years, and what role Tether played in shaping both crypto, as well as emerging markets and developing economies.
  • Safe: Securing $100 Billion of Crypto Assets - Lukas Schor
    We were joined by Lukas Schor, co-founder of Safe, to discuss Gnosis’ role in building early Ethereum infrastructure and tooling, and how Safe branched out to help secure >$100Bn worth of assets.
  • Saga: 'Ethereum and Solana CAN NOT Scale. Our Chainlets Fix This!' - Rebecca Liao
    We were joined by Rebecca Liao, co-founder & CEO of Saga, to discuss blockchain scalability, its effects on dApp development and how Saga chainlets could provide 'infinite' horizontal scaling.
  • Movement Labs: 'Facebook's MOVE Will Bring Billions of Users to Crypto' - Rushi Manche
    We were joined by Rushi Manche, co-founder of Movement Labs, to discuss the rise of modern VMs and how Move-VM aims to offset Ethereum’s shortcomings through parallelisation.
  • Wintermute: 'Avoid These Trading Mistakes!' Secrets of a Market Maker - Yoann Turpin
    We were joined by Yoann Turpin, co-founder of Wintermute, to discuss the ever-changing trading landscape, the skills needed to succeed, and how a top-level market making firm operates.
  • Gearbox Protocol: 'DeFi Is Boring, Let's Reinvent Credit' - Ivan & Mikael Lazarev
    We were joined by Mikael Lazarev and Ivan from Gearbox Protocol, to discuss how they aim to create a universal and composable on-chain credit layer, through credit account abstraction.
  • Humayun Sheikh: Fetch AI – Decentralising AI Economies
    We were joined by Humayun Sheikh, co-founder & CEO of Fetch.ai, to discuss AI economic models and how LLMs can be integrated by agentic systems as a foundation for autonomous AI apps.
  • Jasper De Goojier: SEDA – Intent-Based Modular Data Layer
    We were joined by Jasper De Goojier, co-founder of SEDA Protocol, to discuss the oracle landscape and how SEDA aims to decentralise it and make data access permissionless.
  • Anish Mohammed: Panther Protocol – Zero-Knowledge Compliant Privacy in DeFi
    We were joined by Anish Mohammed, co-founder & CTO of Panther Protocol, to discuss the importance of compliant privacy for on-chain transactions, powered by zero knowledge technology.
  • Gil Binder & Yair Cleper: Lava Network – Decentralising RPC and Node Providers
    We were joined by Gil and Yair to discuss Lava Network’s decentralised marketplace for RPC and node providers in the modular, multi-chain landscape.
  • Zhiming Yang: Orbit Markets – Crypto Derivatives and Structured Products
    We were joined by Zhiming Yang, co-founder of Orbit Markets, to discuss crypto derivatives and how TradFi expertise applies to customising structured products for crypto markets.
  • David Goldberg: Founders Pledge – Maximising Charity Efficiency & Impact
    We were joined by David Goldberg, founder of Founders Pledge, to discuss the landscape of charitable non-profit organisations and how data can streamline donations and maximise their social impact.
  • Lefteris Karapetsas: Rotki – From Ethereum Devcon 0 to Building Rotki
    We were joined by Lefteris Karapetsas, true Ethereum OG, to discuss his 10-year long journey through the Ethereum ecosystem, from joining EthDev (pre-Devcon 0) to founding Rotki.
  • David Minarsch: Autonolas – Autonomous AI Agents
    We were joined by David Minarsch, co-founder of Valory & Autonolas, to discuss the ever-changing landscape of AI agents and how they can be used to automate crypto applications.
  • Andreas Tsamados & Vijay Krishnavanshi: Fileverse: A Trustless Stack to Decentralize Knowledge and Collaboration
    We were joined by Andreas Tsamados & Vijay Krishnavanshi, co-founders of Fileverse, to discuss their decentralised file sharing solution and how they plan to disrupt the Web2 quasi-monopoly.
  • Guy Itzhaki & Guy Zyskind: Fhenix – FHE-powered End-to-End Encrypted Ethereum L2
    We were joined by Guy Itzhaki & Guy Zyskind, to discuss fully homomorphic encryption and how Fhenix plans to leverage it to build an end-to-end encrypted Ethereum L2 with compliant privacy.
  • Illia Polosukhin: Near Protocol – From AI to High-Throughput Blockchain
    We were joined by Illia Poloshukhin, co-founder of Near Protocol, to discuss Near’s journey, from AI company to high-throughput L1 blockchain, and how LLM training influenced the modular design choice
  • Isidoros Passadis: Lido DAO – Staking Decentralisation for Ethereum and LSTs in DeFi
    We were joined by Isidoros Passadis, Master of Validators at Lido DAO, to discuss Ethereum’s current staking landscape, Lido’s governance model and what steps it takes to ensure decentralisation.
  • Epicenter - 10-Year Anniversary Livestream
    On this anniversary episode, our hosts were joined by special guests and friends of Epicenter, to share their favourite moments and fun stories gathered during the 10 years of epicness.
  • Aki Balogh: DLC Link – Self-Wrapped Bitcoin (dlcBTC)
    We were joined by Aki Balogh, co-founder of DLC Link, to discuss discreet log contracts, their trust assumptions and what they mean for Bitcoin’s use cases and liquidity.