# Empire

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Official site: https://blockworks.co/podcasts/empire/
Author: Blockworks
Episodes: 648

## Resource

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.

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## Episodes
- [CFTC Chair Michael Selig On Perps, Prediction Markets & Crypto In The U.S](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/cftc-chair-michael-selig-on-perps-prediction-markets-crypto-in-the-u-s) — 2026-06-08T13:02:00+00:00
- [SpaceX’s $1.75T IPO, Strategy Sells Bitcoin & Crypto’s Hard Reset](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/spacex-s-1-75t-ipo-strategy-sells-bitcoin-crypto-s-hard-reset) — 2026-06-05T12:17:00+00:00
- [Avichal Garg On Investing in Crypto, AI and Ethereum’s Path Forward](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/avichal-garg-on-investing-in-crypto-ai-and-ethereum-s-path-forward) — 2026-06-01T10:33:00+00:00
- [Why’s Everyone So Bearish, Robinhood's AI Agent and SoFi's Stablecoin Launch](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/why-s-everyone-so-bearish-robinhood-s-ai-agent-and-sofi-s-stablecoin-launch) — 2026-05-29T10:34:00+00:00
- [Hyperliquid Just Had It's Breakout Moment](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/hyperliquid-just-had-it-s-breakout-moment) — 2026-05-22T12:31:00+00:00
- [Figure Co-Founder: How Figure Became A $10B Business | Mike Cagney](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/figure-co-founder-how-figure-became-a-10b-business-mike-cagney) — 2026-05-19T16:28:00+00:00
- [AI Feels Like Crypto In 2017, Circle Raises $222M and Anthropic Cracks Down On SPVs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/ai-feels-like-crypto-in-2017-circle-raises-222m-and-anthropic-cracks-down-on-spvs) — 2026-05-14T10:29:00+00:00
- [How KelpDAO's $290M Exploit Nearly Killed DeFi | Stani Kulechov & Mike Silagadze](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/how-kelpdao-s-290m-exploit-nearly-killed-defi-stani-kulechov-mike-silagadze) — 2026-05-04T12:06:00+00:00
- [Big Tech Earnings, DeFi United and Pump Fun’s Token Burn](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/big-tech-earnings-defi-united-and-pump-fun-s-token-burn) — 2026-05-01T10:58:00+00:00
- [A Quantum Fork is Coming to Bitcoin | Alex Pruden & Philip Martin](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/a-quantum-fork-is-coming-to-bitcoin-alex-pruden-philip-martin) — 2026-04-27T16:03:00+00:00
- [DeFi’s Latest $290M Hack, Kalshi vs Polymarket & Will the Clarity Act Pass?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/defi-s-latest-290m-hack-kalshi-vs-polymarket-will-the-clarity-act-pass) — 2026-04-24T18:32:00+00:00
- [The Blockworks Vision](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/the-blockworks-vision) — 2026-04-22T17:20:00+00:00
- [Solana vs Hyperliquid, Why Ethereum Is Overvalued & Crypto In 2026 | Logan Jastremski](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/solana-vs-hyperliquid-why-ethereum-is-overvalued-crypto-in-2026-logan-jastremski) — 2026-04-20T11:06:00+00:00
- [Markets Bounce Back, The Hyperliquid Thesis and Kraken Raises $200M](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/markets-bounce-back-the-hyperliquid-thesis-and-kraken-raises-200m) — 2026-04-17T10:24:00+00:00
- [How To Make DeFi Great Again | Adrian Cachinero Vasiljevic & Luca Prosperi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/how-to-make-defi-great-again-adrian-cachinero-vasiljevic-luca-prosperi) — 2026-04-13T12:32:00+00:00
- [Why DeFi Is Unattractive, Claude Mythos and Cryptos's Biggest Winners](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/why-defi-is-unattractive-claude-mythos-and-cryptos-s-biggest-winners) — 2026-04-10T09:22:00+00:00
- [Hivemind: Ceasefire In Iran, Is AI a Bubble & Drift Exploited For $280M](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/hivemind-ceasefire-in-iran-is-ai-a-bubble-drift-exploited-for-280m) — 2026-04-09T09:45:00+00:00
- [Paxos CEO on Crypto Today & Why Stablecoins Are Exploding | Charles Cascarilla](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/paxos-ceo-on-crypto-today-why-stablecoins-are-exploding-charles-cascarilla) — 2026-04-06T11:08:00+00:00
- [Making Tokenization a Reality: Bringing Assets Onchain | Samara Cohen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/making-tokenization-a-reality-bringing-assets-onchain-samara-cohen) — 2026-04-04T11:04:00+00:00
- [Western Union CEO: Western Union's Stablecoin Future](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/western-union-ceo-western-union-s-stablecoin-future) — 2026-04-04T11:01:00+00:00
- [The Two Biggest Issues In Crypto Today | Weekly Roundup](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/the-two-biggest-issues-in-crypto-today-weekly-roundup) — 2026-04-03T10:59:00+00:00
- [Copper Founder: Building a Billion Dollar Company & Fixing Crypto Custody](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/copper-founder-building-a-billion-dollar-company-fixing-crypto-custody) — 2026-03-30T13:59:00+00:00
- [It's Still a Bull Market, But Not The One You Wanted](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/it-s-still-a-bull-market-but-not-the-one-you-wanted) — 2026-03-27T12:50:00+00:00
- [Hivemind: State of The Market, Saylor’s End Game & AI Growth in China](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/hivemind-state-of-the-market-saylor-s-end-game-ai-growth-in-china) — 2026-03-26T14:46:00+00:00
- [Investor Relations in the Onchain Era](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/investor-relations-in-the-onchain-era) — 2026-03-24T21:30:00+00:00
- [State of The Market, How to Value Hyperliquid & Tempo Launches Mainnet](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/state-of-the-market-how-to-value-hyperliquid-tempo-launches-mainnet) — 2026-03-20T11:27:00+00:00
- [How To Fix Crypto's Token Problem | Weekly Roundup](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/how-to-fix-crypto-s-token-problem-weekly-roundup) — 2026-03-13T10:58:00+00:00
- [How Hyperliquid Unlocks 24/7 Markets | Jake Chervinsky & MC Lader](https://stenobird.com/podcast/empire-1487353/how-hyperliquid-unlocks-24-7-markets-jake-chervinsky-mc-lader) — 2026-03-11T12:36:00+00:00

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