{"podcast":{"title":"Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies","slug":"epicenter-learn-about-crypto-blockchain-ethereum-bitcoin-and-distributed-technologies-918755","podcast_index_feed_id":918755,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10901e500/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://epicenter.tv","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44360864/0371a674fc039595.jpg","author":"Epicenter Media Ltd.","episode_count":671,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T20:19:20.862625+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/epicenter-learn-about-crypto-blockchain-ethereum-bitcoin-and-distributed-technologies-918755"},"episode":{"title":"Institutional-grade yield on USD, BTC, and Gold?","slug":"institutional-grade-yield-on-usd-btc-and-gold","published_at":"2026-04-13T12:12:33+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/epicenter-learn-about-crypto-blockchain-ethereum-bitcoin-and-distributed-technologies-918755/institutional-grade-yield-on-usd-btc-and-gold","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/epicenter-learn-about-crypto-blockchain-ethereum-bitcoin-and-distributed-technologies-918755","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epicenterpodcast/episodes/Institutional-grade-yield-on-USD--BTC--and-Gold-e3hoqh3","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10901e500/podcast/play/118302691/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-11%2F421865812-44100-2-e0b51e179fb1a.mp3","summary":"In this episode, host Sebastian Couture is joined by Torab, CEO of Move Industries, to discuss the tension of radical transparency and the decision to scrap Movement's complex L2 architecture in favor of a sovereign L1 powered by the Move VM. He explains how this transition drastically reduced latency and AWS infrastructure costs while improving the builder experience.The conversation explores Movement's core thesis: \"Move is for Money\". Torab argues that general-purpose L1s are becoming saturated and that Movement's true product-market fit lies in the Global South, serving nations battling currency devaluation. They discuss the implementation of AI agents for continuous security auditing, the \"Move Alliance\" for ecosystem financial alignment, and why the industry must move past \"decentralization theater\" to offer pragmatic, yield-bearing stablecoin products to users who actually need them. Finally, Torab teases the upcoming roadmap, including institutional-grade yield on USD, BTC, and Gold. Topics 00:00 Intro & Context 04:15 The Movement Turnaround 09:30 Why Movement Pivoted 15:00 The Move VM & Overcoming Developer Friction 21:45 AI Agents for 24/7 Security Audits 27:10 The Global South 35:20 Currency Devaluation & The Demand for Stablecoins 42:15 The Move Alliance 49:00 Pragmatism vs. Decentralization 55:30 Roadmap: Bringing Yield to USD, BTC, and Gold Episode Links Torab on X: https://x.com/utorabyou Movement: https://movementnetwork.xyz/ NEAR: https://near.ai/ Sponsors:NEAR AI Cloud now lets developers deploy OpenClaw—the rapidly growing open-source AI agent platform—inside Trusted Execution Environments, providing hardware-level encryption with cryptographic attestations. With OpenClaw on NEAR AI Cloud, you can run agents with cloud convenience, but wi…","meta_description":"In this episode, host Sebastian Couture is joined by Torab, CEO of Move Industries, to discuss the tension of radical transparency and the decision to scr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3382,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/epicenter-learn-about-crypto-blockchain-ethereum-bitcoin-and-distributed-technologies-918755/episodes/institutional-grade-yield-on-usd-btc-and-gold/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/epicenter-learn-about-crypto-blockchain-ethereum-bitcoin-and-distributed-technologies-918755/institutional-grade-yield-on-usd-btc-and-gold.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}