Crypto Adoption & Culture

In this episode of When Shift Happens , I sit down with Zen and Soju to discuss how a 20-person team built Solana’s most advanced liquidity engine, why “Internet Capital Markets” are the next frontier, and what it really takes to launch culture-shaping tokens without losing the plot. Meteora didn’t begin as today’s sleek “liquidity layer”. Its roots trace back to Mercurial, a 2021-era Solana project that launched during the FTX boom. Zen, a product-first operator with a knack

In this episode of When Shift Happens , I sit down with Paolo Ardoino to discuss how Tether became one of the most profitable businesses per employee in history, why stablecoins matter most to people outside the West, and what it means to build a “stable company” in an unstable world. Ardoino, CEO of Tether and CTO of Bitfinex, is matter-of-fact about the numbers. Tether earned $13.7 billion last year and expects similar performance this year. Some of that windfall reflects m

In this episode of When Shift Happens , I sit down with Arthur Hayes to discuss why he keeps most of his wealth in Bitcoin, his framework for turning “shitcoins” into more BTC, the stablecoin meta he thinks will reshape finance, and the human routines like skiing, tennis, and discipline that anchor his risk-taking.  The Bitcoin Standard Hayes is the CIO of Maelstrom, co-founder and former CEO of BitMEX, and the inventor of the perpetual swap. Across an hour of fast exchanges

In this episode of When Shift Happens , I sit down with Mark Moss to discuss how to build lasting wealth without gambling or luck, why...

In this episode of When Shift Happens , I sit down with David Bailey, Chairman of Bitcoin Magazine, the man behind the world’s largest...

In this episode of When Shift Happens , I sit down with Paul Faecks, the founder and CEO of Plasma, to discuss the trillion-dollar...

In this episode of When Shift Happens , I sit down with Lily Liu, President of the Solana Foundation, to discuss why Bitcoin and Solana...

In this episode of When Shift Happens , I sit down with Emin Gün Sirer to discuss his journey from Turkish immigrant to Cornell professor...

In this episode of When Shift Happens , I sit down with Sergey Nazarov, co-founder and CEO of Chainlink, to discuss why crypto has...

In this episode of When Shift Happens , I sit down with Luca Netz to discuss the highs and lows of building Pudgy Penguins, how he...

In this episode of When Shift Happens , I sit down with Hunter Horsley, CEO of Bitwise, to unpack why he believes 2025 is the best year...

What if everything you’ve been taught about money, like buying a home, playing it safe, and climbing the ladder, is actually keeping you...

Sebastien, the Swiss co-founder and CEO of Sophon, sat with me on When Shift Happens  to explore why crypto has stayed niche for so long,...

Anthony Pompliano, widely known as Pomp, is a leading voice in crypto and finance, founder and CEO of Professional Capital Management,...

Raoul Pal is known for spotting macro shifts before they hit the mainstream. But in his latest appearance on When Shift Happens , he...

At 18, Anthony Scaramucci came home from school to find a $10,000 check waiting for him. His father, a crane operator, had cashed out his...